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This book is based upon a comparative public administration research project, initiated by the Hertie School of Governance (Germany) and the Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany) and supported by a network of researchers from many EU countries. It analyzes both the regimes and the practices of local fiscal regulation in 21 European countries. The book brings together key findings of this research project. The regulatory discussion is not limited to the prominent issue of fiscal rules but focuses on every component of regulation. Beyond this, the book covers affiliated topics such as the impact of regulation for local governments, evolution of regulation, administrative costs and crisis prevention...
This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening of local self-government. It focuses on analyses of the most recent developments in local democracy and administration.
Subnational capital finance -- A theory of subnational government capital market information -- Review of literature on subnational government borrowing -- System-level information resolution and contractibility -- Information resolution, information content, and city debt -- Understanding, managing, and communicating credit fundamentals -- Three contexts of information resolution reforms -- Subnational government capital financing : lessons for policy and practice.
- Up-to-date account of the principles and practice of inelastic and spectroscopic methods available at neutron and synchrotron sources - Multi-technique approach set around a central theme, rather than a monograph on one technique - Emphasis on the complementarity of neutron spectroscopy and X-ray spectroscopy which are usually treated in separate books
In Para-States and Medical Science, P. Wenzel Geissler and the contributors examine how medicine and public health in Africa have been transformed as a result of economic and political liberalization and globalization, intertwined with epidemiological and technological changes. The resulting fragmented medical science landscape is shaped and sustained by transnational flows of expertise and resources. NGOs, universities, pharmaceutical companies and other nonstate actors now play a significant role in medical research and treatment. But as the contributors to this volume argue, these groups have not supplanted the primacy of the nation-state in Africa. Although not necessarily stable or resp...
The integration of food into urban planning is a crucial and emerging topic. Urban planners, alongside the local and regional authorities that have traditionally been less engaged in food-related issues, are now asked to take a central and active part in understanding how food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, marketed, consumed, disposed of and recycled in our cities. While there is a growing body of literature on the topic, the issue of planning cities in such a way they will increase food security and nutrition, not only for the affluent sections of society but primarily for the poor, is much less discussed, and much less informed by practices. This volume, a collaboration be...
Through a comparative analysis of the development of auditing practices in governments across the globe, Auditing Practices in Local Governments: An International Comparison provides a contemporary overview of public sector auditing practices at both local and state level.
In diesem Band werden aktuelle Ansätze zur strategischen, das heißt an mittel- und langfristigen Zielstellungen orientierten, Konsolidierung der Haushalte in deutschen Kommunen vorgestellt und diskutiert – aus Sicht der Verwaltungswissenschaften, der Beratungs- und der Verwaltungspraxis. Die Konsolidierung kommunaler Haushalte, so zeigt sich, ist ein anspruchsvolles Projekt, das je nach Perspektive erhebliche Selbstorganisations-, Führungs- und Steuerungskompetenzen erfordert. In den Beiträgen wird deutlich, unter welchen Rahmenbedingungen und mit welchem Vorgehen strategische Konsolidierungsprozesse erfolgreich sein können.