Local Government in the German Federal System

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Lutz R. Reuter ◽  
Arthur B. Gunlicks
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Federal System

Power of Initiative and Immunity of Local Government in Federal Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Amrit Kumar Shrestha ◽  
Tara Nath Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Federal System ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Ancient Regime ◽  
History Of ◽  
Autonomous Institution

Traditionally, it was considered that federal and state governments are the primary two components of the federal system. Provisions relating to local governments were left in the hand of state governments. The recent concept of federalism accepts the local governments as third and integral tier of the federal system. However, federalism and decentralization are used in different meaning. Federalism means the division of power within the center and federal units whereas decentralization considers devolution of power to the local units. The history of the local government begins with the ancient regime in Nepal, and it continues till at present. This article analyzes whether Nepal's local governments are exercising autonomous powers in the new federal system. It examines the local governments' status and positions in light of Clark's theory of autonomy. It concludes that the local governments have vested a significant level of powers of initiative and immunity to being needed for an autonomous institution.

Decentralisation in Britain: A Critique of the Case in the Light of West German Experience

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Social Democratic Party ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
The Social ◽  
British Experience ◽  
British Case

The regional decentralisation of government has been persistently advocated in Britain, but none of the attempts to move in this direction has had any success. The comprehensive proposals published on behalf of the Social Democratic Party in July 1982 are taken as a basis for examining why this reform theme nevertheless persists. The assumptions underlying the call for regional government in Britain are set out and then examined in the context of West German federalism. It is argued that the main assumptions in the British case for regional decentralisation were of relatively little importance in the reshaping of a federal system in West Germany, nor have they had much influence on the subsequent consolidation of such a system. Further light is thrown on the obstacles to decentralisation in Britain by considering some of the centralising tendencies which have actually been reinforced after the structural reform of local government. The conclusion is that proposals for extensive regional decentralisation in Britain fail because they work against the grain of British experience in the structuring of government.

U.S. City Finances and the Growth of Government, 1850–1902

1988 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Legler ◽  
Richard Sylla ◽  
John J. Wallis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
City Size ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Trends Over Time ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

In terms of revenues and expenditures, local government was the largest component of the U.S. federal system in 1902. Although it has been conjectured that this was also true during most of the nineteenth century, the evidence to support the conjecture is weak. We present a summary of a large sample of data for individual cities in 1850, 1860, and 1870, and link it to census data for 1880, 1890, and 1902.We study effects of city size and geographical location, and trends over time in city fiscal activity. Our provisional conclusion is that local government became the largest of the three components in the federal system only toward the end of the nineteenth century.

scholarly journals Local Government Performance under a Federal System: The Nigerian Experience

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Chukwuma Chinedu Ukachukwu
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Uniform System ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The People ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Secondary Method

This paper examines the local government practice under the federal system of government in Nigeria. It highlights the performance of local government system in Nigeria as a federal entity. It accounts for the circumstances which underline the performance of the local government system in Nigeria and the impact on its efficiency and effectiveness. The secondary method of collecting data has been adopted in this paper and data collected were subjected to further documentary analysis.  David Easton’s systems theory is employed as the theoretical framework. The findings reveal that because the practice of federalism in Nigeria has failed to take into account the heterogeneous composition of its peoples, it adopted a uniform system of local government which has failed to make impact on the people within their localities. The paper recommends enthronement of genuine and practical democratic federal cultures across the country and a fundamental review of the laws that created the Nigerian local government system with a view to evolving fewer but stronger local governments that are relatively independent, functional and adapted to meet peculiar local needs.

scholarly journals Decentralisation or Recentralisation? Trends in local government in Malaysia

2008 ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siew Nooi Phang
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
State Government ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Federal System ◽  
State Governments ◽  
The Third ◽  
Federal Constitution

Local government in Malaysia occupies the third and lowest level after federal and state governments. Under the Malaysian federal constitution (paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Ninth Schedule), local government is the responsibility of the states, but the federal government also exercises considerable power and influence over local government, especially in peninsular Malaysia. The dynamic of the Malaysian federal system is such that it has shifted the balance of power to the centre.Local government accounts for only 1% of GDP. There are 144 local authorities divided into cities (major administrative and commercial centres), municipalities (other urban areas), and districts (chiefly rural areas). Executive powers rest with the Mayor (cities) or President, supported and/or overseen by a system of committees. Currently, local councils in Malaysia are not elected: councillors are appointed by the state government for 3-year terms (with the option of re-appointment) and in most cases come from the ruling coalition.

Local Government in the German Federal System

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
C. Lloyd Brown-John ◽  
Arthur B. Gunlicks
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Federal System

scholarly journals Local Governments and Synchronous Issues Since Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-347
Author(s):  
Kunle Awotokun
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Federal System ◽  
State Governments ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Holistic Review ◽  
Fourth Republic

The paper examines the contentious issues bewildering local government as a level of governance in Nigeria’s federal system of government against the backdrop of classical theory and practice of federalism. The article relies heavily on secondary data to run its analysis. Such data includes textbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, the Nigerian 1979 and 1999 constitutions, etc. The findings are that there are lots of contradictions (inconsistencies) in the running of the Nigerian federal system of government. The federal government is fond of always arm-twisting state governments especially in the area of creating new local governments which has, no doubt, led to frustration, reactions and counter-reactions between the two tiers of government. The work concludes on the note that there is the need to have a holistic review of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, with the view to returning the country to a true federal system akin to the Nigerian constitutions of 1960 and 1963 with modifications to reflect contemporary issues. This is the path of wisdom to stem the tide of separatist agitations in Nigeria and perhaps in plural African countries. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. 8(2): 341-347.

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