The purpose of this research is to examine the factors that have influenced political decentralization in Paraguay and Colombia and how the new intergovernmental relations that result in political, fiscal and policy decentralization impact local governments and their capacity to deliver public services. The research, building on institutional theory, places particular emphasis on trying to explain and understand how intergovernmental relations shape the decentralization—and effectiveness—of public service delivery to local and regional governments, particularly in the areas of health and education. The research method is principally a path-dependent within-cases analysis. The analysis traces how the processes of decentralization evolved from 1990 to 2010. Special attention is given to critical junctures, or special political or social circumstances, that have significantly changed the process of decentralization. Data was collected mainly through reviews of documents, journals and newspapers, and most significantly through elite interviews “tailored to the purposes of the study” (Aberbach & Rockman, 2002). Leaders of political parties, unions, non-governmental-organizations and civic movements were interviewed in both countries. The research shows that political parties play a very important role, not only in the design and implementation of decentralization of public service delivery, but also in sustaining and furthering the process. The analysis is based on the assumption that increased decentralization of health and education to local and regional levels should positively impact basic health and education indicators. If decentralization, as argued, helps governments to be more responsive to local needs, and if more health and education programs are decentralized to the local and regional level in response to the demands of many communities, it is predicted that health and education indicators would improve, as people would have easier access to these services. Analysis of health and education indicators in the form of infant mortality rates (deaths of children under one year old, live births) and school enrollment show mixed results for both Colombia and Paraguay.

Parallèlement à son développement économique, la Chine connaît à l'heure actuelle une évolution de son organisation territoriale, la réforme des « districts provinciaux ». Mais de quel type de réorganisations territoriales s'agit-il ? Et quels en sont les enjeux ? Cette thèse s'attache à analyser le mouvement de décentralisation en Chine à partir de l'étude de ce processus dans deux provinces, à savoir celle du Zhejiang et du Sichuan. L'hypothèse développée est que la déconcentration de l'État et le mouvement de décentralisation locale constituent un nouveau mode gouvernance locale en Chine. Cette thèse repose sur la combinaison de plusieurs perspectives d'analyse : une perspective nationale et historique d'abord, centrée sur les évolutions du système centralisé et la genèse de cette réforme ; ensuite, une autre perspective visant à rendre compte du changement de la relation intergouvernementale au sein de la province et de la formation d'une confrontation entre les partisans de la croissance effrénée du pays faisant face à de plus en plus de résistance de la part du mouvement « anti-croissance ». Ces deux types d'analyse permettent de montrer que le mode de gouvernance dépend non seulement du système national, mais plus particulièrement du mode d'action publique associée à un territoire. Les niveaux administratifs : districts/régions, zones urbaines/rurales, les acteurs sociaux comme les entreprises et les associations de protection de l'environnement ainsi que les dynamiques individuelles jouent un rôle de plus en plus important dans ce mouvement de déconcentration / With its economic development that enhanced the power of local governments, China is experiencing an evolution of its territorial organization called the « provincial Districts » reform. But what kind of territorial reorganization is it ? And what are the stakes? This thesis aims to analyze decentralization reforms in China through the cases of two provinces, Zhejiang and Sichuan. The hypothesis is developed that the devolution of state and local decentralization movement present a new model of local governance in China.This thesis is based on the combination of several analytical perspectives: first, historical and a national perspectives, focusing on the evolution of centralized system and the genesis of this reform; then another perspective accounts for the change in the intergovernmental relations under the level of province and the formation of« growth » coalition and the « anti-growth » coalition. These two types of analysis show that the governance depends not only on the national system but especially on what is the local public action associated with a territory, such as the action of Districts / urban areas/ province, social actors, such as entrepreneurs and green associations and individual dynamics which become more and more important

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On November 24, 1964, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth approved a contract that read, in part: "The City of Euless and the City of Fort Worth desire to cooperate in the stationing of personnel and fire fighting apparatus of the City of Fort Worth in facilities owned and operated by the City of Euless..." An examination of the establishment of this contract is the purpose of this thesis.

<p>The study seeks to investigate the perceived lack of coordination, integration, and coherence among units of government as related to eGovernment. The nature of the study is qualitative with a focus on the use of eGovernment in the public sector and whether it can facilitate intergovernmental forums business processes in an effective and efficient manner. The scope of the study is confined to the intergovernmental fiscal system but focused on eGovernment, intergovernmental relations, and cooperative governance. The primary objective of the study is to explore the use of eGovernment whether it can facilitate, coordinate, and integrate intergovernmental relations. Some studies portray that there are challenges in the coordination of intergovernmental forums which have resulted into a disintegration of services. The study further investigates options that could mitigate these challenges through acknowledging the effective application of ICTs (eGovernment) in government services. The study has found that South Africa has a functioning system of intergovernmental which are not effectively coordinated in terms of engaging each other in matters of mutual interest. On the other hand, eGovernment promised to bring about cohesion and transparency when they are effectively employed. The study revealed that the application of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums has the capability to improve their operations, respond to its ineffective coordination and improve delivery of services. In a nutshell, the study has found that there is a need for a radical planning outlook that recognises proper utilization of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums to promote cooperative governance.</p>

<p>The study seeks to investigate the perceived lack of coordination, integration, and coherence among units of government as related to eGovernment. The nature of the study is qualitative with a focus on the use of eGovernment in the public sector and whether it can facilitate intergovernmental forums business processes in an effective and efficient manner. The scope of the study is confined to the intergovernmental fiscal system but focused on eGovernment, intergovernmental relations, and cooperative governance. The primary objective of the study is to explore the use of eGovernment whether it can facilitate, coordinate, and integrate intergovernmental relations. Some studies portray that there are challenges in the coordination of intergovernmental forums which have resulted into a disintegration of services. The study further investigates options that could mitigate these challenges through acknowledging the effective application of ICTs (eGovernment) in government services. The study has found that South Africa has a functioning system of intergovernmental which are not effectively coordinated in terms of engaging each other in matters of mutual interest. On the other hand, eGovernment promised to bring about cohesion and transparency when they are effectively employed. The study revealed that the application of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums has the capability to improve their operations, respond to its ineffective coordination and improve delivery of services. In a nutshell, the study has found that there is a need for a radical planning outlook that recognises proper utilization of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums to promote cooperative governance.</p>

135fls. / Submitted by Hozana Azevedo (hazevedo@ufba.br) on 2013-06-13T17:33:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Isis Gomes dos Santos.pdf: 1078876 bytes, checksum: e01d5f087d7808c0f05ff1bb6e5d304d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Oliveira Santos Dilzaná(dilznana@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-06-25T17:48:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Isis Gomes dos Santos.pdf: 1078876 bytes, checksum: e01d5f087d7808c0f05ff1bb6e5d304d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-25T17:48:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Isis Gomes dos Santos.pdf: 1078876 bytes, checksum: e01d5f087d7808c0f05ff1bb6e5d304d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / CNPq / Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de identificar como a política federal do Sistema Único de Segurança Pública está sendo implementada em municípios do Nordeste e, por sua vez, como as políticas dos Governos Locais convergem para este processo de implementação. Um segundo objetivo foi analisar quais fatores podem auxiliar a compreensão da existência de estágios diferenciados de implantação nos municípios selecionados, destacando os constrangimentos e incentivos relacionados a estes. Para seleção dos casos estudados, utilizaram-se dados da Pesquisa de Informações Básicas Municipais – CENSO MUNIC/IBGE, tendo sido selecionada uma amostra censitária de dez municípios nos estados da Bahia e de Pernambuco. Nestes contextos, foram explorados aspectos relativos aos processos e mecanismos de implementação do SUSP e de outras políticas públicas e iniciativas locais de prevenção à criminalidade e violência, tanto entre segmentos dos governos subnacionais, como da sociedade civil organizada. Por alcançarem maior interface com o SUSP, as políticas municipais (Guardas Municipais, Planos Municipais, Fundos Municipais e Conselhos Municipais/Comunitários) foram estudadas de forma mais incisiva, por meio da coleta primária de dados qualitativos, buscando-se aprofundar a compreensão do fenômeno em análise. Considerando que a implementação da política nacional do SUSP presume a descentralização de poderes, competências e atribuições, mas, em contrapartida, exige o estabelecimento de relações cooperativas e complementares entre níveis de governo, a fundamentação teórica das análises empíricas desta pesquisa buscou, notadamente, contribuições na literatura sobre implementação de políticas públicas e nos estudos sobre descentralização política e relações intergovernamentais, a fim de dar conta de compreender quais instituições afetam comportamentos e decisões no processo de implementação da política em análise. Os achados indicaram que embora apresente incentivos universais, o SUSP se encontra em estágio mais institucionalizado nos municípios de Pernambuco do que nos municípios da Bahia, permitindo concluir que a implementação da política analisada envolve um arranjo de relações que varia segundo a interação entre os desenhos das políticas municipais pré-existentes e as seguintes variáveis: o caráter de execução da política estadual de segurança pública nos municípios; o acesso ao conhecimento técnico e científico sobre as políticas de prevenção; as articulações estabelecidas entre o nível municipal e federal; e, sobremaneira, os contextos de governança intermunicipal. Conclui-se, ainda, que a implantação do SUSP potencializa-se em situações que envolvem um desenho robusto de relações entre governos locais circunscritos num mesmo território e que, em tais contextos, as burocracias da área e a intervenção da União jogam papel determinante na implementação da política federal. This thesis has been carried out with the aim of identifying how the federal policy of the Unified Public Safety System (SUSP) is being implemented in Northeast municipalities and, in turn, how the policies of the Local Governments converge to this implementation process. A second aim has been to examine which variables may help understand the existence of different stages of implementation in the selected municipalities, highlighting the associated constraints and incentives. Data from the Municipal Basic Information Survey- CENSUS MUNIC / IBGE- has been used in selecting the studied cases and a sample census of ten municipalities in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco has been selected. In those contexts, aspects of the processes and mechanisms for implementing the SUSP and other public policies and local initiatives to prevent crime and violence have been explored, both among segments from subnational governments and from the organized civil society. Municipal politics (Municipal Guards, Municipal Projects, Municipal Funds and Municipal/Community Councils), for achieving greater interface with the SUSP, have been studied most deeply through the primary collection of qualitative data, aiming to deepen the understanding of the phenomenon under review. The theoretical foundation of the empirical analysis has searched contributions, notably, in the literature on implementation of public policies and in the studies on political decentralization and intergovernmental relations, aiming to understand which polity affect behaviors and decisions in the process of implementing the policy under review, considering that the implementation of the national policy for the SUSP presupposes the decentralization of powers, functions and duties, but in contrast, requires the establishment of cooperative and complementary relations among levels of government. The findings have indicated that the SUSP, although showing universal incentives, is found to be in a more institutionalized stage in the municipalities of Pernambuco rather than in those of Bahia, allowing the conclusion that the analyzed policy implementation involves an arrangement of relationships which varies according to the interaction among the designs of pre-existing local policies and the following variables: the character of implementation of state policy for public safety in the municipalities, the access to technical and scientific knowledge on prevention policies, the links established between the federal and municipal levels and, above all, the contexts of municipal governance. One can also conclude that the implementation of the SUSP gains strength in situations involving a robust design of relationships between local governments circumscribed within the same territory and that, in such contexts, the bureaucracies of the area and the intervention of Federal Government play a decisive role in implementing the federal policy. / Salvador

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Orientador: Nora Rut Krawczyk / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T12:45:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Grinkraut_Ananda_M.pdf: 1489090 bytes, checksum: bc0e2f3d8786bd107586fcb32fac3ff2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar as relações intergovernamentais, particularmente entre a União e os municípios na gestão local da política educacional, identificando os conflitos, interesses e demandas sociais que permeiam o processo de implementação do Plano de Desenvolvimento da Educação (PDE). A análise teve como base a realização de estudo de caso em dois municípios paulistas, sendo um destes, considerado como "prioritário" e o outro como "não-prioritário", segundo classificação do Ministério da Educação (MEC). Foram realizadas observações de campo, análise documental e entrevistas em ambos os municípios, e junto a representantes do MEC envolvidos com esta ação. A partir dos dados coletados foi possível estabelecer três eixos de análise: a) as implicações da elaboração e monitoramento do Plano de Ações Articuladas (PAR) e constituição do respectivo Comitê do Plano na gestão e planejamento municipal; b) os usos do Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (IDEB) e suas implicações na gestão local; e c) o lugar do município na política educacional brasileira, considerando o enlace proposto pelo PDE entre educação e território. O primeiro eixo foi delineado com base nos aspectos introduzidos pelo governo federal, no âmbito do PDE, como uma nova forma de atuação junto aos municípios. O segundo eixo de análise concentrou-se na reformulação e usos da avaliação externa realizados pelo MEC, e em suas implicações na gestão municipal da educação. O terceiro eixo de análise buscou confrontar a proposta do MEC com a realidade encontrada em cada um dos municípios estudados. Considerouse, neste sentido, a ênfase no município como espaço privilegiado da atuação dos diversos níveis governamentais bem como do encontro de diferentes redes de ensino. Constatou-se, por um lado, que as dinâmicas introduzidas pelo PDE no âmbito do planejamento e da participação social, pouco interferiram na gestão local da educação, enquanto, por outro lado, a gestão local continua sendo intensamente influenciada pelos mecanismos de avaliação externa, mesmo considerando as alterações realizadas em seu formato e uso dos resultados pelo governo federal. Apesar de alguns avanços, a dinâmica proposta pelo PDE tem, de maneira geral, tratado os conflitos presentes nas relações intergovernamentais como se fossem decorrentes de problemas técnicos, desconsiderando os embates que historicamente têm consolidado o formato do federalismo brasileiro e da oferta educacional. Tem-se, assim, encoberto alguns dos problemas e conflitos vivenciados pelos municípios, na gestão da política educacional local. / Abstract: This dissertation aims to analyse intergovernmental relationships, particularly those between the National level and municipalities, in the enactment of local educational policies, identifying the conflicts, interests and social demands which permeate the implementation process of the "Education Development Plan". In order to support this analysis, case studies were carried out in two municipalities in the state of Sao Paulo; one of them was classified by the Ministry of Education as a 'priority municipality' and the other one as a 'non-priority municipality'. Field observations, document analysis and interviews were conducted in both municipalities and with representatives of the Ministry of Education involved with this Plan. From the data collected, it was possible to establish three lines of analysis: a) the implications of the elaboration and monitoring of the "Articulated Actions Plan" and the constitution of its Committee; b) the uses of the "Index of Basic Education Development" and its implications for local management; and c) the place of the municipality in the educational policy agenda, considering the link proposed by the Plan between education and territory. The first set of factors analysed was established with basis on the aspects introduced by the national government under the Education Development Plan, as a new relationship established with the municipalities. The second line of analysis focused on the reformulation and use of the national evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, and its implications in the local management of education policies. The third line of analysis has sought to confront the Ministry proposal with the reality in each of the municipalities studied. In this sense, municipalities were considered as a privileged space in the performance of the various governmental levels as well as the intersection of different school systems. It was noted, in one hand, that the new dynamics promoted by the federal policies related to the planning process and social participation, barely changed the local management. On the other hand, it was observed that the local administration remains strongly influenced by mechanisms of external evaluation, even considering the changes made in its format and use of its results by the federal government. Despite some advances, the dynamics proposed by that Plan have dealt with the intergovernmental conflicts as they were merely the reflex of technical problems, disregarding the role of historical conflicts which have been consolidated in Brazilian federalism and its educational system. Thus, this process has concealed some of the problems and conflicts experienced by the municipalities in the management of local educational policies. / Mestrado / Ciencias Sociais na Educação / Mestre em Educação

Masters in Public Administration - MPA / The study seeks to investigate the perceived lack of coordination, integration, and coherence among units of government as related to eGovernment. The nature of the study is qualitative with a focus on the use of eGovernment in the public sector and whether it can facilitate intergovernmental forums business processes in an effective and efficient manner. The scope of the study is confined to the intergovernmental fiscal system but focused on eGovernment, intergovernmental relations, and cooperative governance. The primary objective of the study is to explore the use of eGovernment whether it can facilitate, coordinate, and integrate intergovernmental relations. Some studies portray that there are challenges in the coordination of intergovernmental forums which have resulted into a disintegration of services. The study further investigates options that could mitigate these challenges through acknowledging the effective application of ICTs (eGovernment) in government services. The study has found that South Africa has a functioning system of intergovernmental which are not effectively coordinated in terms of engaging each other in matters of mutual interest. On the other hand, eGovernment promised to bring about cohesion and transparency when they are effectively employed. The study revealed that the application of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums has the capability to improve their operations, respond to its ineffective coordination and improve delivery of services. In a nutshell, the study has found that there is a need for a radical planning outlook that recognises proper utilization of eGovernment in the intergovernmental forums to promote cooperative governance. / South Africa