PROPERTY TAXATION REVENUE VS. BEST VALUE SERVICE PROVISION IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES: THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE

2006 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Property Taxation ◽  
Best Value

scholarly journals The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vilde Hernes
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
European Governance

AbstractLocal autonomy is a highly promoted feature in European governance, and the integration field is no exception. In the integration literature, values and considerations favoring local autonomy are often emphasized, while values and considerations underpinning central steering has received less analytical attention, thus a more nuanced perspective in studies of central–local governance relations is warranted. This commentary identifies general dilemmas in central–local governance which expose clear justifications for both local autonomy and central steering. Furthermore, it presents empirical examples of policy changes regulating central–local governance in the Scandinavian countries where increased centralization has been introduced with reference to promoting values and considerations favoring central steering, such as a fairer distribution of responsibilities between local authorities, legal safeguards for individuals, and equal service provision across the country. Lastly, it suggests how future studies of central–local governance could benefit from of taking a more nuanced perspective.

scholarly journals The Scottish scene

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Loudon ◽  
Denise Coia
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Deputy Minister ◽  
Scottish Parliament ◽  
The Press ◽  
Scottish Executive

Health service provision now lies almost completely within the powers of the Scottish Parliament and accounts for 40% of the Executive's budget. There is a Minister and a Deputy Minister for Health. There are six key groups – the Scottish people, the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Executive, the health service, the local authorities and the press, all with high expectations that things should get better.

Best value: A new management imperative

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Kirsten Gillingham
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Best Value

This article examines the features of Best Value, and the ways in which they may affect local authorities, other organisations, housing and support services and individuals. It introduces the pilot schemes, with their significance for local authorities throughout the country.

The Community Care Changes: Unresolved Tensions in Policy and Issues in Implementation

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Lewis ◽  
Penny Bernstock ◽  
Virginia Bovell
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
London Borough ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Community

ABSTRACTMany of the difficulties of implementing the new community care policy arise from the fact that local authorities are being asked to make substantial changes on a large number of fronts. However, studies to date have tended to concentrate on only single areas of change. This article aims to provide a wide-ranging discussion of the new policy and its implementation, drawing on empirical research for illustration.The article suggests first that it is important to situate the difficulties local authorities are experiencing in implementing the changes in the context of the unresolved tensions contained within the objectives of the reforms. The problems these issues raise for implementation are then examined in relation to two main areas: care management and assessment, and enabling, drawing on a two-year monitoring project (from mid-1992 to mid-1994) in one shire county, one inner London borough and three outer London boroughs. The article concludes by speculating on what the changes will mean for the future of social service provision.

Change in Local Authority Services for the Elderly in England, 1979–88

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1741-1757 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Hoggart ◽  
T A Smith
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Party Control ◽  
Fiscal Conditions ◽  
Policy Variation ◽  
Service Need

In most studies of service provision in local authorities it is assumed that councils respond directly to service need and fiscal conditions. In this paper it is argued that this is a fallacy as responses are conditioned by the filter of political party control. With a focus on nonmetropolitan counties and metropolitan boroughs and districts, it is shown that relationships between policy variation and socioeconomic conditions vary in Conservative-dominated and Labour-dominated councils. In particular, Conservative councils respond more notably to fiscal resources, whereas Labour authorities are more responsive to service need. Examination of changes in provision show that these patterns have persisted through the 1980s.

scholarly journals Tiebout Sorting, Zoning, and Property Tax Rates

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven C. Bourassa ◽  
Wen-Chieh Wu
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Property Taxation ◽  
Tax Mimicking ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Fiscal Zoning ◽  
S Model

This paper examines certain implications from the literature on Tiebout’s model of local gov-ernment service provision, particularly Hamilton’s extension of the model to include local control of land use and property taxation. Our empirical analysis focuses on the use of fiscal zoning to lower property tax rates, a topic that has not been addressed in the extensive Tiebout literature. Using data for over 100 municipalities in the Miami, Florida, metropolitan area, we specify property tax rates as a function of fiscal zoning measures, other municipal characteristics, and tax mimicking. We conclude that single-family zoning is by far the most important variable ex-plaining municipal property tax rates.

Coming of age? On the professionalisation of social work in Israeli-Arab society in the new millennium

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mahajne ◽  
Arnon Alexander Bar-On
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Palestinian Society ◽  
Written Sources ◽  
New Millennium

The article traces social work’s development in Israel’s Palestinian society from 2007 until a reform of the welfare bureaus in 2018, based on primary and secondary written sources, interviews with Palestinian social workers employed at the time, and a survey of social workers throughout the country’s Palestinian local authorities. Despite gains, social work in this society continued to face historical government-based obstacles to its professionalisation, namely, significantly reduced resources compared to its Jewish counterpart, absence of the Palestinian narrative in service provision and lack of Palestinian representation in policy formulation. The result was a continuing dual welfare system: one for the country’s Jewish citizens; and a significantly more restricted one for their Palestinian compatriots.

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