scholarly journals Local Government Service Efficiency: Public Participation Matters

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 827-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zikri Muhammad ◽  
Tarmiji Masron ◽  
Aziz Abdul Majid
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Service Efficiency

The Place of Lump-Sum Benefits in Superannuation Schemes

1960 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 3-22
Author(s):  
P. R. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Government Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Insurance Contracts ◽  
Lump Sum ◽  
Considerable Success ◽  
Industry And Commerce

It has long been recognized by statute and by general consent that the main purpose of a pension scheme is the provision of annuities for employees on their retirement and for the dependants of employees who die either in service or after retirement. In recent years, however, the provision of lump-sum benefits in addition to annuities has become widespread; in national and local government service, and in some of the public boards, superannuation arrangements include the provision of lump sums on a substantial scale. In industry and commerce, the advantages of tax-free lump sums have been vigorously sold, with considerable success, by brokers specializing in pension-scheme business.The objects of this paper are to place such claims in perspective and to explain in broad terms the various methods by which lump-sum benefits may be provided. Reference will be made to insured and to privately administered schemes, but the detailed provisions of trust deeds and insurance contracts are not within the scope of this paper.

scholarly journals Fra eneveldets scene mot representative forsamlinger: visitasen som offentlig arena i Norge, ca. 1750–1850

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 183-211
Author(s):  
Trond Bjerkås
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Common People ◽  
Lay Members ◽  
The Common ◽  
Control Apparatus ◽  
The Church

From the Stage of State Power to Representative Assembly?: The Visitation as a Public Arena, 1750–1850In the eighteenth century, the bishops’ visitations to dioceses constituted an important part of the control apparatus of the Church and the absolutist state. The article examines visitations in Norway in terms of public arenas, where the common people interacted with Church officials. During the period 1750 to 1850, the visitations were gradually transformed from arenas in which the state manifested its power towards a largely undifferentiated populace, to meeting places that resembled representative assemblies with both clerical and common lay members. Thus, it adapted to new forms of public participation established by the reforms of national and local government in the first half of the nineteenth century. At the same time, the process amounted to an elitization, because a few representatives replaced of the congregation as a whole. It is also argued that parish churches in the eighteenth century functioned as general public forums with a number of other functions in addition to worship, such as being places of trade and festivities. This seems to change in the nineteenth century, when churches became more exclusively religious arenas. The transition can be seen in the context of new forms of participation in Church matters. Many clerics wanted greater participation by sections of the commoners, in order to strengthen control in moral and religious matters.

Public Participation in Cooperative Planning: A Local Tax Issue in Nagykanizsa, Hungary

1997 ◽  
Vol 552 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
RITA PÁLVÖLGYI ◽  
ISTVÁN HERBAI
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Training Program ◽  
The Other ◽  
Planning Session ◽  
Cooperative Planning

This article presents, in the context of public participation, a case of cooperative planning, a practice that is still rather rare in Hungary. The Partners-Hungary Foundation arranged cooperative planning concerning a local tax issue in a medium-sized city in Hungary. The authors describe the program, the essence of the conflict, and the stakeholders. The foundation provided a training program to develop skills in cooperation. The article examines the course of the training, the process of the cooperative planning, and the proposals of the participants to resolve the conflict. The article reviews which proposals were adopted by the local government, how they were adopted, and the other outcomes of the cooperative planning session.

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