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Chinalski, Maciej. "Regional-Governance in der Oder-Partnerschaft." Potsdam Univ.-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1003338194/04.
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Grosskurth, Jasper Alexander. "Regional sustainability tools for integrated governance /." [Maastricht] : Maastricht : [Maastricht University] ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=13925.
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Lau, Mandy Hang Man. "Spatial planning, meta-governance and sub-regional variation." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608284.
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Ribeiro, Clarissa Correa Neto [UNESP]. "Overlapping regionalism e proliferação de instituições na América Latina: complementariedade e fragmentação nas agendas regionais." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/136383.
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Esta pesquisa analisa a multiplicação dos processos de integração regional na América do Sul a partir de sua institucionalidade. O objetivo é verificar se o desenvolvimento desses processos ocorre de forma concorrente ou de maneira complementar, avaliando o quanto há de sobreposição de atividades, agendas e interesses. Selecionamos como objeto as agendas de MERCOSUL, UNASUL e CELAC e a hipótese deste trabalho é que a fragmentação pode ser verificada na multiplicação de iniciativas, refletindo a pluralidade de estratégias adotadas pelos governos em sua política externa para tratar a integração, e denotando a ausência de uma concepção majoritária de “integração regional” na América Latina que permita a formação de uma base de convergência das múltiplas iniciativas de modo articulado. Para a verificação da mesma, realizou-se um mapeamento dos processos regionais e análise documental, combinados com entrevistas a atores institucionais dos mecanismos. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que os cenários de governança e fragmentação coexistem no espaço regional, demandando novos estudos e esforços para a construção de um espaço integrado.
This research analyzes the proliferation of regional integration processes in South America from its institutionality. The goal is to verify if the development of these processes occur concurrently or in a complementary manner by evaluating how activities, agendas and interests overlap. MERCOSUR, UNASUR and CELAC agendas’ were selected as the object of this work and the hypothesis is that fragmentation can be seen in the multiplication of initiatives and reflects the diversity of strategies adopted by the governments in their foreign policy to treat integration, denoting the absence of a majority conception of "regional integration" in Latin America that may allow the formation of a base of convergence of multiple initiatives. To verify it, we did a mapping of regional processes and document analysis, combined with interviews with institutional actors of the mechanisms. The results show that governance and fragmentation scenarios coexist in the region, demanding new studies and efforts to build an integrated space.
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Dimitrova, Ana. "Europeanization of regional policy in Bulgaria – the establishment of a regional level of governance." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-10516.
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The study has intended to analyze the Europeanization of the institutional structure for regional policy in Bulgaria after the first programming period of the country as a full-fledged member state of the EU. Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007 as part of the so called ‘Eastern Enlargement’ that was characterized by power asymmetry and strong conditionality. The study employs two research methods – document analysis of key policy documents and legislation, as well as qualitative interviews with key respondents with involvement or experience in the field of regional policy and development in Bulgaria. The analysis is underpinned by the concept of Europeanization and historical institutionalism which complement each other in order to explain the changes and the reasons for them. The main findings show that the EU requirements are only ‘accommodated’ in the already existing institutional structure of Bulgaria and real transformation has not occurred. The established regional level still does not have a significant role in the regional policy of the country because it represents neither self-government, nor administrative unit. The research suggests directions for future reform and refinement of the current institutional system with regard to the better formulation and implementation of regional policy in the country.
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Normann, Roger. "Democracy in Development. A Critical View on Regional Governance." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-1573.
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In this study, I argue the restraints induced through neoliberal ideology and the potential of democracy in regional development. Neoliberal ideology holds a dominating role in premising the inputs and determining the outcomes of development processes, in the sense that it overpowers facts, unbiased information, and individual intent. Democracy is challenged when neoliberal ideology retains a hegemonic position, but democracy can also be efficient in challenging the hegemonies.
The focal point of the study is to inquire into some of the processes associated with the transformation and changes towards a regional system of governance, and ask: Why is democracy disappearing from regional development? This means that this study is oriented towards how some recent regional change processes have affected democratic values on a system/regional level. Explicitly this thesis examines how meta steering of regional governance networks can influence and change both democratic and development practises in regions.
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Thielemann, Eiko Ralph. "Contested governance? : European regional policy initiatives and German federalism." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251712.
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Veenstra, Gerry. "Social capital and regional health governance in Saskatchewan, Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0024/NQ51018.pdf.
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Veenstra, Gerry. "Social capital and regional health governance in Saskatchewan, Canada /." *McMaster only, 1998.
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Leite, Maria Luísa Telarolli de Almeida [UNESP]. "O Acordo do Aquífero Guarani e a ótica da integração regional." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/154202.
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Esta dissertação se propôs a analisar o histórico e os desdobramentos da assinatura do Acordo do Aquífero Guarani (2010), no âmbito do MERCOSUL. A pesquisa buscou pensar se é possível tratar o meio ambiente – mais especificamente a água, devido a sua já reconhecida importância como fonte de conflito e cooperação – como um dos eixos de ação conjunta entre os países por meio de sua gestão compartilhada. Sendo este um tema relevante, foram analisados quais os progressos alcançados nesse sentido e sua relação com ótica da integração entre países que possuem reservas hídricas compartilhadas extremamente ricas e de interesse não apenas regional, mas também mundial, uma vez que a escassez desses recursos se faz presente no dia a dia de diversas populações ao redor do globo. Em suma, a pesquisa teve como fulcro observar em que medida o projeto de integração do MERCOSUL facilitaria ou não a cooperação na gestão do recurso hídrico. Pretendeu-se analisar a governança internacional engendrada no acordo do Aquífero Guarani, o que pressupõe a criação de estruturas supranacionais e extrapola os limites que caracterizam o MERCOSUL do modo como foi concebido, enquanto projeto intergovernamental. Ademais, foi interesse desta dissertação refletir também sobre o modo como a concepção do acordo do Aquífero, embora secundária em relação ao perfil comercial dominante do bloco, poderia ser um estímulo ao aprofundamento da integração entre os países, questão que é debatida, mas aguarda ainda ações mais concretas para sua efetivação.
The study aimed to analyze the history and developments of the signing of the Guarani Aquifer Agreement (2010) within the scope of Mercosur. The research sought to ponder whether it was possible to treat the environment – more specifically water resources, due to their recognized importance as a source of both conflict and cooperation – as one of the axes of joint action between the Mercosur countries through their shared management. Indisputably a relevant theme, the study looked into what progress has been achieved in the cooperative direction, from the perspective of the integration between countries that have extremely rich water reserves and of both regional and worldwide interests, for the scarcity of these reserves is present in the day-to-day life of diverse populations around the globe. In sum, the research focused on evaluating the extent to which the Mercosur integration project would facilitate the cooperation to carry out the water resource management. The intention was to analyze the international governance generated in the Guarani Aquifer Agreement, for it presupposes the creation of supranational structures and goes beyond the limits that characterize the Mercosur in the way it was conceived as an intergovernmental project. In addition, the scope of this project has included pondering how the design of the aquifer agreement, although of minor importance in relation to the dominant commercial profile of the block, could foster deeper integration between the countries, though a controversial issue, it still awaits more concrete actions for their implementation.
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Andersson, Eric. "Det regionala spelet : Dynamiken mellan regional enighet och kommunal egenart." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-80338.
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This essay maps and analyze the dynamic interaction between the regional and municipal levels. This is based on the case of Region Jönköpings län. The thesis is a qualitative document study that will focus on he municipalities and the region as unitary public actors and their public policy in the development area. The study material is public documents of the municipalities and the region that relates to municipl/regional development. The essay is based on previous research dealing with New regionalism, Rescaling, Re-territorialization, the Competition state (konkurrensstaten) and New Public Governance. In addition, previous research also handles unity as a factor for regional development and local/regional conditions. Based on these, the study's theoretical approaches and frameworks have constructed and formed the basis of the interpretations for the study's issues. The conclusions of the study are that the dynamics, attitudes and interactions between the region and its municipalities takes place in a complex system where ach actor's conditions, objectivies and ambitions determine how they view themselves, each other and the region as a whole. The conditions can include anything from the geographical situation, demographics, business composition and communications with the rest of the region. In addition, the municipalities' efforts to be competitive, attractive and distinctive can be linked to the societal developments of the past decades. It is about the impact explained by New regionalism, New Public Governance and the Competition state on the local/regional landscape within which the municipalities and the region reside, as well as creating a landscape where several actors, on several levels, share the same commitments, responsibilities and powers. Which gives us a complex game between regional unity and leadership, and a municipal effort to be singular.
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Kan, Ka-man. "Regional planning and regional governance : a case study of Hong Kong-Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576064.
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Kan, Ka-man, and 簡嘉敏. "Regional planning and regional governance: a case study of Hong Kong-Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576064.
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Falk, Karolina. "Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen, vägen till en hållbar regional utveckling?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16953.
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This study is based on a case study of Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen, a project whose ambition is tofind ways to secure nature conservation in a local context. This is promoted at governmentlevel, which says that a local connection is needed to achieve sustainable regionaldevelopment. The study, based on a theoretical background of the concept of governance,intends to evaluate whether Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen can contribute to a sustainable regionaldevelopment.This study is based on meeting documentations, semi-structured interviews with variousstakeholders in the project, field studies and participant observation at an informativemeeting. The region of interest, north Dalarna, was visited twice to obtain the specificconditions that Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen have. The interviews revealed positive attitude to theincreased dialogue and cooperation that Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen has meant for theparticipants. Some questions were raised among respondents about the concept of localmanagement and its definition as well as for the representativeness of the parish unions.The conclusions, based on the conceptual framework, is that the Pilotprojekt Drevfjällen hasmany attributes to succeed with a local connection, however, with the exception that therepresentativeness should be reviewed and elaborated further. To stimulate sustainabledevelopment the social dimension needs to be further integrated into the discussions. Theconcept of local management can´t be defined at this point. To make the process moveforward and to prevent speculation among stakeholders local management needs to be definedin a near future.
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au, s. talukder@murdoch edu, and Sirajul Haq Talukder. "Managing megacities : a case study of metroplitan regional governance for Dhaka." Murdoch University, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070508.145238.
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Megacities of over 10 million population are a phenomenon not seen before in human
history. Among 19 Megacities, 14 are in developing countries and 11 are in Asia. Dhaka
represents one of the most extreme examples of rapid Megacity growth having a mere
129,000 at the start of the 20th century, 417,000 by 1950 and more than 12 million in
2001.
How can a city be governed that has increased 30 times in size over a persons lifetime?
This thesis makes a case for integrated Metropolitan Regional Governance (MRG) of the
Extended Metropolitan Region of Dhaka.
The growing problems of Asian Megacities in general and Dhaka in particular are
outlined, showing how governance has developed in a sectoral and national way rather
than being place oriented. This has fractured and become totally inadequate as a means
of solving the deep environmental, social and economic problems of the Megacity.
The governance issues of Megacities are traced to the primary problem of the need for
integrative functions in strategic and statutory planning as well as development
facilitation of the Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). Ten core principles of
Metropolitan Regional Governance are established. Without this, the Megacitys
functions of infrastructure, investment, housing, environmental management,
employment etc. are not coordinated or prioritised in ways that lead to common good
sustainability outcomes.
The ten principles are applied to four Asian Megacities Metro-Manila, Tokyo, Bangkok
and Jakarta to confirm their relevance and application before applying them to Dhaka.
The problems of Dhaka are outlined then an analysis of Dhaka governance options is
attempted based on the ten core principles of MRG. Four possibilities are analysed and
a way forward is suggested combining the options.
The proposed structure will build on the present system with greater responsibilities for
strategic planning, statutory planning and development facilitation. It will also build up
municipalities through a more transparent and engaged local planning process and create
partnerships for infrastructure development.
The proposed governance structure would use the dynamism of the Megacity to create
sustainable solutions and hope for the future of the city. The key to implementation will
be finding the political solution to make such painful change, and training professionals
in the broad integrative skills of urban sustainability and community engagement that are
required for the region as well as the participation and partnership skills at local level.
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Zhang, Jing. "Foreign direct investment, governance, and the environment in China : regional dimensions." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2008. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/152/.
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This thesis includes four empirical studies related to foreign direct investment (FDI), governance, economic growth and the environment. We firstly investigate the existence of the so called pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) in China, i.e. the impact of regional environmental regulations (ER) on FDI inflows. We then examine the other determinants of FDI: regional government effort to tackle corruption and government efficiency. It then extends the methodology of the first two studies and revisits the PHH issues by treating ER as endogenous. Finally, we observe the effects of economic growth and foreign direct investment on the environmental quality across Chinese cities. After addressing the weaknesses in previous literature, our findings provide the following results. First, an intra-country pollution haven effect does exist in China. Such an effect is also found when ER is treated as endogenous but not robust for the sensitivity checks using different instrumental variables and estimators. Second, FDI is attracted to regions that have made more effort on fighting against corruption and that have more efficient government. Third, government variables do not have a significant impact on ER. Fourth, economic growth has a negative effect on environmental quality at current income levels in China. Finally, foreign investment has positive effects on water pollutants and a neutral effect on air pollutants. Such effects vary across pollutants and investment from different sources.
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Sorg, Jens [Verfasser]. "Experimentalist Regional Governance : Policy Analysis in Geographic-Functional Regions / Jens Sorg." Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1228749051/34.
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Talukder, Sirajul Haq. "Managing megacities: a case study of metroplitan regional governance for Dhaka." Thesis, Talukder, Sirajul Haq (2006) Managing megacities: a case study of metroplitan regional governance for Dhaka. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/330/.
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Megacities of over 10 million population are a phenomenon not seen before in human history. Among 19 Megacities, 14 are in developing countries and 11 are in Asia. Dhaka represents one of the most extreme examples of rapid Megacity growth having a mere 129,000 at the start of the 20th century, 417,000 by 1950 and more than 12 million in 2001.
How can a city be governed that has increased 30 times in size over a person?s lifetime? This thesis makes a case for integrated Metropolitan Regional Governance (MRG) of the Extended Metropolitan Region of Dhaka.
The growing problems of Asian Megacities in general and Dhaka in particular are outlined, showing how governance has developed in a sectoral and national way rather than being place oriented. This has fractured and become totally inadequate as a means of solving the deep environmental, social and economic problems of the Megacity.
The governance issues of Megacities are traced to the primary problem of the need for integrative functions in strategic and statutory planning as well as development facilitation of the Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). Ten core principles of Metropolitan Regional Governance are established. Without this, the Megacity's functions of infrastructure, investment, housing, environmental management, employment etc. are not coordinated or prioritised in ways that lead to 'common good' sustainability outcomes.
The ten principles are applied to four Asian Megacities - Metro-Manila, Tokyo, Bangkok and Jakarta - to confirm their relevance and application before applying them to Dhaka.
The problems of Dhaka are outlined then an analysis of Dhaka governance options is attempted based on the ten core principles of MRG. Four possibilities are analysed and a way forward is suggested combining the options.
The proposed structure will build on the present system with greater responsibilities for strategic planning, statutory planning and development facilitation. It will also build up municipalities through a more transparent and engaged local planning process and create partnerships for infrastructure development.
The proposed governance structure would use the dynamism of the Megacity to create sustainable solutions and hope for the future of the city. The key to implementation will be finding the political solution to make such painful change, and training professionals in the broad integrative skills of urban sustainability and community engagement that are required for the region as well as the participation and partnership skills at local level.
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Talukder, Sirajul Haq. "Managing megacities : a case study of metroplitan regional governance for Dhaka /." Talukder, Sirajul Haq (2006) Managing megacities: a case study of metroplitan regional governance for Dhaka. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/330/.
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Megacities of over 10 million population are a phenomenon not seen before in human history. Among 19 Megacities, 14 are in developing countries and 11 are in Asia. Dhaka represents one of the most extreme examples of rapid Megacity growth having a mere 129,000 at the start of the 20th century, 417,000 by 1950 and more than 12 million in 2001.
How can a city be governed that has increased 30 times in size over a person?s lifetime? This thesis makes a case for integrated Metropolitan Regional Governance (MRG) of the Extended Metropolitan Region of Dhaka.
The growing problems of Asian Megacities in general and Dhaka in particular are outlined, showing how governance has developed in a sectoral and national way rather than being place oriented. This has fractured and become totally inadequate as a means of solving the deep environmental, social and economic problems of the Megacity.
The governance issues of Megacities are traced to the primary problem of the need for integrative functions in strategic and statutory planning as well as development facilitation of the Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). Ten core principles of Metropolitan Regional Governance are established. Without this, the Megacity's functions of infrastructure, investment, housing, environmental management, employment etc. are not coordinated or prioritised in ways that lead to 'common good' sustainability outcomes.
The ten principles are applied to four Asian Megacities - Metro-Manila, Tokyo, Bangkok and Jakarta - to confirm their relevance and application before applying them to Dhaka.
The problems of Dhaka are outlined then an analysis of Dhaka governance options is attempted based on the ten core principles of MRG. Four possibilities are analysed and a way forward is suggested combining the options.
The proposed structure will build on the present system with greater responsibilities for strategic planning, statutory planning and development facilitation. It will also build up municipalities through a more transparent and engaged local planning process and create partnerships for infrastructure development.
The proposed governance structure would use the dynamism of the Megacity to create sustainable solutions and hope for the future of the city. The key to implementation will be finding the political solution to make such painful change, and training professionals in the broad integrative skills of urban sustainability and community engagement that are required for the region as well as the participation and partnership skills at local level.
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AHADIAN, OMID. "Regional transportation planning in the U.S. : lessons for Tehran metropolitan governance." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/282325.
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Jakobsson, Nina. ""Det har varit lite trevande" : En studie av samverkansprocesser i Region Kronoberg - behov, incitament och institutionella ramverk." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16372.
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Den här uppsatsen studerar vilka möjliga vinster som deltagande i regionala planeringsprocesser kan generera. På senare tid har den regionala planeringen i Sverige fått ett uppsving där kommuner och regioner väljer att samverka i informella nätverk. Däremot har ett glapp mellan nivåerna identifierats, varpå samverkan inte fungerat utan problem. Denna studie ämnar därför till att undersöka vilka incitament som ligger till grund för aktörers deltagande i regionala samverkansprocesser men även hur processerna påverkas av sin informella karaktär. Uppsatsen tar utgångspunkt i en fallstudie, i form av fallet Region Kronoberg med tillhörande kommuner. Data har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med sammanlagt fem stycken regionala och kommunala tjänstemän, samt genom dokumentstudier där olika regionala och kommunala dokument har granskats. För att analysera insamlade data har en kvalitativ innehållsanalys genomförts. Ett analytiskt ramverk har satts upp utifrån Nuissl och Heinrichs (2011) fyra kategorier aktörer, relationer, institutionella ramverk och beslutsprocessen. Uppsatsens teoretiska utgångspunkter har grundat sig på governance och nätverksstyrning. Studien pekar på att globaliseringen är den övergripande anledningen till varför en regional planering behövs. Den regionala nivån ses bli en arena där vissa planeringsfrågor kan lyftas och hanteras. Incitamenten till varför kommunerna och regionen väljer att samverka skiljer sig åt, där kommunerna främst fokuserar på ett resursutbyte för kommunens egna vinning, och där regionernas intresse är att gynna den regionala utvecklingen varpå de har ett större helhetsperspektiv. Regionen är beroende av att samverkan sker samt att kommunerna väljer att agera utifrån regionala strategier för att dessa ska kunna realiseras. Kommuner visar däremot inget beroende av regionen men ser ändock ett intresse i att delta då processen kan generera vinster. Institutionella ramverk har stor påverkan på samverkans- och beslutsprocessen, där det formella ramverket sätter ramarna för samarbetet, medan de informella genererar en arena där roller och regler får växa fram utifrån förhandlingar och behov. I denna informella arena uppstår dock konflikter och det är här det omtalade glappet går att finna. Konflikterna beror på problematiskt ansvarsutkrävande, vaga rollfördelningar, olikartade intressen och bristande gemensam identitet. I det informella ramverket uppstår även en maktkamp mellan kommunerna och regionen, där aktörerna innehar makt i varsin ände av processen. Olika intressen och ansvar påverkar även beslutsprocessen där vissa intressen får prioritet framför andra. Slutligen pekar studien på att det främst är kommunerna som ser vinster med samverkan. Då regionens strategier inte realiseras på kommunal nivå är det inte säkert att regionen upplever lika mycket vinster med samverkan. Regionens begränsade mandat ställs mot kommunernas planmonopol varpå regionen själv inte kan implementera sitt arbete.
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Latysheva, Ekaterina. "Governance and macro-regional strategies of the European Union : The case of the Baltic Sea Region." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104499.
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The introduction of the European Union (EU) macro-regional strategies (MRS) in the latter half of the 2000s was a significant step in the process of transformation of EU governance system. EU MRSs act as a new form of comprehensive governance framework for multi-objective and cross-sectoral cooperation in geographically defined macro-regions. This thesis examines the case of the Baltic Sea Region in order to evaluate a potential of this new governance instrument to transform cooperation arrangements in the region. In order to shed light on the strategy’s patterns and dynamics, the present study utilizes a qualitative methodological approach that uses document analysis based on a comprehensive analytical framework. The analytical framework incorporates the theoretical perspectives of multi-level and experimentalist governance, as well as the theory of differentiated integration. The main findings of this study suggest that the inception of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in 2009 has offered an innovative and dynamic framework for cooperation that enabled a wider representation and more active participation of local and regional actors. This allowed for a more coherent and coordinated policymaking, facilitated a more responsive and transparent cooperation system in the region, as well as fostered transnational cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region by ensuring a wider engagement of non-EU countries.
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Piro, Roxie Eugene. "Growth management in an urban regional context : the contemporary transformation of regional development planning from a governance perspective /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10813.
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Oliveira, Sueza Abadia de Souza. "A dinâmica de uma Comissão Intergestora Regional (CIR) em Goiás." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2016. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/7581.
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Decentralization, through regionalization, acts as a strategy to expand coverage, access of the population to services and health actions; Promotes the organization of health care at the local level, and broadens the participation of social control. From this perspective, in 2011, Federal Decree 7,508 / 2011 was published, which improved the concept of regionalization, presenting the Inter-Management Committees as negotiating bodies. Notwithstanding the advances of previous instruments, Decree 7,508 / 2011 regulated Law 8.080 / 90, and improved the inter-agency instances of the SUS, conferring legal security in interfederative relationships, greater transparency, and greater social control. At the regional level, inter-managerial commissions (CIR); At the federal level, Tripartite Interagency Committee (IAC); And at the state level by the Bipartite Interactive Commission, the CIB. Considering regionalization, as a strategy to increase access to promote the integrality of health care; As a way of expanding community participation in health management; And as a result, the responsibility of the municipal manager. In this perspective, the present research was constituted with the purpose of understanding the dynamics of the operation of the CIR Oeste II in Goiás, with the analysis of the participation of their respective municipal health secretaries in the meetings of the year 2014, pursuing initiatives that could be attributed as Form of municipal protagonism. It was also made the characterization of the professional and political profile of the respective health secretaries of CIR Oeste II of the same period; And demonstrated the flow of discussions scheduled in 2014. Qualitative method with quantitative aspects; Where documentary analysis was developed, and interview applied through a semi-structured script, composed of open and closed questions. The findings showed that CIR Oeste II, in the year 2014, presented permanent political-scientific support structures, but with discrete initiatives of municipal protagonism. Her municipal health secretaries, in the year 2014 had a varied professional profile, with a majority of women, and with party affiliation. The resolutions produced during this period were not sufficient to characterize regional governance, since they were mostly a reproduction of the CIB-GO's discussions, where "ad referendum" approvals of ordinary meetings were also identified.
A descentralização, por meio da regionalização, atua como estratégia de ampliação de cobertura, de acesso da população aos serviços e às ações de saúde; promove a organização da atenção à saúde, no nível local, e amplia a participação do controle social. Nessa perspectiva, em 2011 foi publicado o Decreto Federal 7.508/2011, que aprimorou o conceito de regionalização, apresentando as Comissões Intergestoras, como instâncias de negociação. Não obstante os avanços dos instrumentos anteriores, o Decreto 7.508/2011 regulamentou a Lei 8.080/90, e aprimorou as instâncias intergestoras do SUS, conferindo segurança jurídica nas relações interfederativas, maior transparência, e maior controle social. No âmbito regional, as comissões intergestoras (CIR); no âmbito federal, Comissão Intergestora Tripartite (CIT); e no âmbito estadual pela Comissão Intergestora Bipartite, a CIB. Considerando a regionalização, como estratégia de ampliação do acesso para promoção da integralidade da atenção à saúde; como forma de ampliação da participação da comunidade na gestão da saúde; e em decorrência, a responsabilização do gestor municipal. Nessa perspectiva, a presente pesquisa foi constituída com a finalidade de compreender a dinâmica do funcionamento da CIR Oeste II em Goiás, com a análise das participações de seus respectivos secretários municipais de saúde nas reuniões do ano de 2014, perseguindo iniciativas que pudessem ser atribuídas como forma de protagonismo municipal. Foi feita ainda, a caracterização do perfil profissional e político dos respectivos secretários de saúde da CIR Oeste II do mesmo período; e demonstrado o fluxo das discussões pautadas no ano de 2014. Método qualitativo com aspectos quantitativos; onde foi desenvolvida análise documental, e entrevista aplicada por meio de um roteiro semiestruturado, composto por perguntas abertas e fechadas. Os achados demonstraram que a CIR Oeste II, no ano de 2014 apresentou estruturas de apoio político-científico permanentes, porém com iniciativas discretas de protagonismo municipal. Seus secretários municipais de saúde, no ano de 2014 apresentavam perfil profissional variado, com maioria do sexo feminino, e com filiação partidária. As resoluções produzidas no referido período não foram suficientes para caracterizar governança regional, visto serem em sua maioria reprodução das discussões da CIB-GO, onde também foi identificada homologações “ad referendum” das reuniões ordinárias.
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Sedlacek, Sabine, Bernhard Kurka, and Gunther Maier. "Regional identity: a key to overcome structural weaknesses in peripheral rural regions?" De Gruyter, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10091-009-0015-3.
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Depopulation is a well-known phenomenon in peripheral rural regions. The most identified problems are based on structural weaknesses in terms of decreasing business activities and a lack of public infrastructure. In such regions population is mainly older causing major changes in social infrastructure. For instance many schools and kindergartens close down for lack of demand, which hinders young families to migrate to such regions. The result is typically a negative cumulative process of loss of population, loss of jobs, loss of infrastructure, further outmigration. It is an enormous challenge for such regions to overcome this vicious circle. Regional identity can be seen as an important factor to overcome such structural weaknesses. The paper will discuss the concept of regional identity in order to define the term and how it is embedded in regional development theory. The empirical analysis is presenting results focusing on regional identity coming out of a qualitative data analysis and a postal survey. We designed a regional identity index, which measures the intensity of personal and social relationships of both in-migrants and out-migrants.
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Stephens, Ursula, and n/a. "Bridging the service divide: new approaches to servicing the regions 1996-2001." University of Canberra. Business & Government, 2005. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20051128.093333.
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This study examines ways in which Australian governments, at national
and state level, have developed policy responses to the issue of regional
service delivery in the post new public management environment. It
argues that new public management has changed many institutional
arrangements in Australia and led to new public policy approaches based
on those reforms. The study compares the approaches taken by federal
and state governments in determining service levels for regional
communities. The period under consideration is 1996-2001, coinciding
first with the election of new NSW and federal governments and their
subsequent re-election. Four cases studies are used to analyse a range of
activities designed to provide services at local and regional levels,
identifying key indicators of policy successes based on coordinated and
integrated regional services combined with technology-based solutions
that can be adapted to local community needs. The research draws on
new governance theory and principles of effective coordination to propose
a new model for determining appropriate service delivery. This model
highlights the importance of local participation in decision-making, a
regional planning focus, social and environmental sustainability, and the
engagement of local communities as key determinants of regional policy
success.
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Qaderi, Josef. "Nätverksstyrning som strategi för regional utveckling? : Kommuner och högskola i samverkan." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-23016.
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Det är en spännande tid vi lever i där samverkan antas vara strategin för att lösa problem med klimathot, hälsopolitik och hållbar samhällsutveckling. I samverkansplattformen Samhällskontraktet samarbetar Västerås stad, Eskilstuna kommun och Mälardalens högskola för att bidra till en regional utveckling. Den här fallstudien har fokuserat på styrgruppen för Hållbar samhällsutveckling i Samhällskontraktet utifrån teoribildning om nätverksstyrning. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att bidra till en ökad kännedom och förståelse för hur aktörer samverkar kring komplexa samhällsproblem. Resultaten från fallstudien visar på - i linje med teoribildningen kring nätverksstyrning – om politikens förändrade roll. Konkret innebär detta att det är inom ramen för samverkan som policyproblem prioriteras och avgränsas. Till följd av detta försvåras ansvarutkrävande enligt den traditionella parlamentariska styrningskedjan. Den samverkan som sker mellan aktörerna i Samhällskontraktet har inslag av förhandlingar mellan tjänstemän och forskare, vilket bidrar till ett personberoende. Studien bekräftar den forskning som tidigare gjorts gällande nätverksstyrning om att den inte gör det möjligt att kräva ansvar av politiker då beslutskedjan bryts horisontellt. Frågan om vem som ska hållas ansvariga för de beslut som i slutändan rör medborgarna står därmed fortfarande utan svar.
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Rydland, Christoffer. "Aspects of Cooperation and Corporate Governance in the Swedish Regional Newspaper Industry." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Marknadsföring och strategi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-2098.
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The Swedish newspaper industry was for many years characterized by geographically separated markets. This allowed for open discussions and learning. In addition, economic objectives were often not expressed by the owners of the newspaper companies. This dissertation analyzes two organizations which mirrored these distinctive traits of the industry. The Lindesberg Group (1956-2008) was a secretive group of CEOs. It is described how this group started in a time of crisis to share experiences, how it developed an intricate system of benchmarking, but later transformed into an exclusive personal network with a reputation of power and influence in the media industry. Centertidningar AB (1973-2005) was a group of newspapers owned by the Centre Party. The newspapers were originally acquired to promote a political message, but they soon turned into a profit generator. This dissertation shows that the orientation for profit came from the managers rather than from the owner, and how the managers took complete control from the politicians but made the Party rich. Comparisons to other organizational forms are made, such as the open price associations. Theories of interfirm cooperation and corporate governance are used. An inverse relation between hierarchical integration and open discussions is found. It is shown that many board functions can be replicated by managers. The dissertation is of interest to scholars in business history, media economics, governance, accounting, and organization studies. Christoffer Rydland is a researcher at the Department of Marketing and Strategy (MaST) and EHFF at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is also the illustrator of the cover. A seabird, standing on a small stone, represents the leader's loneliness in the hierarchy. A sea mark on the horizon represents his search for navigation. (Lake Siljan, Midsummer 2009.)Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2013
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Biniakos, Michail. "The changing politics of local and regional development and governance in Romania." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1226.
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This thesis investigates the extent to which a move from a planned to a market economy has changed the nature and character of local and regional development and government in Romania. In the aftermath of the collapse of the ‘Iron Curtain’, the swift towards a market economy and democracy by the ex-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe triggered a vast process of change that affected all aspects of social life across different many levels. In spite of the complexity of these changes, and the general realisation that local and regional policies are determined from place to place and overtime according to specific domestic characteristics and political decisions the nature of which will also depend on the time and the place of their execution and implementation, most scholarly analyses remain entrapped within existing theoretical ‘orthodoxies’ and research gaps. In this thesis, various theories in local and regional development, post-Socialist transition and Europeanisation are combined to derive a ‘heterodox’ approach to understanding local and regional development and government in Romania by placing particular emphasis on noneconomic factors. The case-study of Neamt County in the North East Region is used to illustrate the empirical evidences of local and regional development policies for the post-Socialist period in Romania. Through a close examination of the context, the procedures and the actors of these policies, this thesis argues that despite the occurrence of systemic change in Romania, local and regional policies present ‘layering’ effects, a ‘change in continuity’ that emphasises more the continuity instead of the changes. The ‘heterodox’ analysis proposed in this thesis challenges the theoretical hegemony and uniform applicability of the New Regionalism that is suggested by the European Union (EU) and adopted by the Romanian Government. The consideration of historical and cultural legacies, alongside the economic environment, challenges both the explanatory power and policy paradigm proposed by the New Regionalism for the Romanian experience. Furthermore, it raises questions regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of the EU’s local and regional policies and underlines the necessity to reconsider and reform several aspects of these polices- in the direction of a rather different orientation that responds better to specific local and regional needs and aspirations.
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Terranova, Florence. "Regional structures in Poland : reshaping governance in a global and European context." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400887.
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Coates, A. G. "Constructing security governance : comparing regional narratives of institutionalisation and modalities of cooperation." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502165.
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Francesca, Giovannini. "Cooperating to compete : the role of regional powers in global nuclear governance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b1e99751-f5be-48df-9446-3897839db348.
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This thesis explores the role of regional powers in the development of regional nuclear regimes. Its central argument is that the devise of regional nuclear regimes through the leadership of regional powers is driven by both functional and strategic reasons. Functionally, regional nuclear institutions serve to provide more tailored solutions to respond to nuclear risks emerging at the local level. Strategically, the formation of sub-global institutions enables regional powers to exercise considerable influence on nuclear governance processes at both regional and global levels. And in situations where regional powers are dissatisfied with the global nuclear-institutional status quo, regional nuclear institution-building provides an incomparable opportunity to question that status quo and challenge, albeit indirectly, the preferences of the United States, their main architect. The type of leadership provided by regional powers in the establishment of regional nuclear regimes is affected dynamically by two relationships: the regional powers' relation with the United States and their relation with secondary regional players. The former relation is defined as 'global nuclear alignment' and refers to the degree of proximity of the regional power towards U.S. nuclear preferences. The latter is defined as 'regional embeddedness' and captures the degree of convergence of regional powers' nuclear preferences with those of its most proxy regional contender, as well as the level of commitment shown by the regional power vis-à-vis regional integration. The thesis argues that when both relations are low, divergence of the regional nuclear regime from global nuclear institutions is most acute. Conversely, when only one of the relations is high, the regional nuclear regime tends to converge with global nuclear institutions, either in goals or in methods. The theoretical framework is applied to investigate three cases of regional leadership as provided by Brazil, Indonesia and France in the establishment of the regional nuclear regimes in their respective regions.
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Elsmann, Dominik [Verfasser], Martina [Akademischer Betreuer] Fromhold-Eisebith, and Carmella [Akademischer Betreuer] Pfaffenbach. "Regional Railway Governance – Akteursnetzwerke im regionalen Bahnsystem im internationalen Vergleich / Dominik Elsmann ; Martina Fromhold-Eisebith, Carmella Diana Pfaffenbach." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1161741917/34.
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Lahner, Marion. "Regional Governance in Biosphärenreservaten : eine Analyse am Beispiel der Regionen Rhön und Schaalsee unter Einbeziehung von Place-Making /." Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/99509747X/04.
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Myrrha, Marco Aurélio de Lima e. "Gestão e eficácia do planejamento do desenvolvimento regional." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/256915.
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Orientador: Nilson Antonio Modesto ArraesDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola
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Resumo: A descentralização político-administrativa ocorrida no Brasil a partir da Constituição de 1988 ampliou a autonomia de decisão, o poder e o controle sobre os recursos e responsabilidades dos municípios. Por outro lado, a União e os Estados reduziram seu apoio aos programas de financiamentos e de assistência técnica municipais. Também são conhecidas as dificuldades econômicas e administrativas de boa parte dos municípios brasileiros, notadamente aqueles com baixa população e distantes das capitais administrativas. A partir desse panorama, tem-se buscado novos modelos de governança que possibilitem maior cooperação intermunicipal, uma vez que diversos problemas e potencialidades são comuns a maioria deles. Há exemplos de sucesso desse tipo de cooperação em diversos países. No Brasil, a maioria das iniciativas em curso tem encontrado dificuldades quanto à continuidade das ações. O problema desta pesquisa é discutir "como implementar planos de desenvolvimento regional sem a constituição de autoridade político administrativa para sua gestão?" O objetivo é avaliar as condições que favorecem e dificultam a gestão e implementação de planos regionais e a consequente consolidação das microrregiões. A hipótese é que as associações intermunicipais podem se constituir importantes opções para a gestão e implementação dos planos de desenvolvimento regional em Minas Gerais. A metodologia abrangeu as etapas de: (i) Revisão bibliográfica; (ii) Coleta de dados sobre os Planos Regionais em estudo; (iii) Sistematização e análise de três iniciativas já consolidadas de Governos Estaduais para promover o Desenvolvimento Regional e do recém concluído Plano de Desenvolvimento Regional em Minas Gerais, que foi utilizado como fonte de exemplos; (iv) Apresentação e discussão dos resultados, a partir da idéia central de que a institucionalização de uma região envolve quatro aspectos para aferição das experiências de planejamento regional. Na etapa (v) são apresentadas as principais conclusões: (1) os Governos Estaduais têm grande dificuldade em atuar como agentes de implementação das ações de planejamento e tendem a descontinuar programas de governos anteriores, caso não se consolide instância de governança local; (2) a existência de associações de municípios já consolidadas em Minas Gerais tais como a AMEG, aliada às novas possibilidades institucionais como os consórcios intermunicipais, constituem importantes passos para o início do processo de gestão territorial microrregional no Estado mineiro
Abstract: The political/administrative decentralization in progress in Brazil since the Constitution 1988 amplified decision autonomy, empowerment and control on the resources and duties of the cities. Nevertheless, both federal and states administrations diminished their backing to the finance and municipal technical assistance programs. To aggravate the situation, widespread are the economic and managerial constraints faced by a great deal of brazilian cities, noticeably those which have few inhabitants and are distant from major administrative capital cities. Given such perspective, new managerial structures/patterns which enable greater inter-municipal cooperation have been pursued, since various problems and potentialities are common to the majority of those cities. There are examples of similar successful cooperation actions carried out in many countries. In Brazil, the majority of the initiatives to establish inter-municipal cooperation in progress have been facing difficulty in terms of continuity. The proposition of this study is "how to implement plans of regional development without resorting to political/administrative authorities constituted to their management?" The objective is to evaluate conditions which favor or hinder the management and implementation of regional planning and the consequent consolidation of the "micro-regions". The hypothesis is that the inter-municipal associations might represent important options for the management and implementation of regional development plans in Minas Gerais. The methodology ranged the stages: (i) bibliographic revision; (ii) Collection of data on the Regional Plans in study; (iii) Systematization and analysis of three currently consolidated initiatives by states administrations to foster regional development and the recently concluded Regional Development Plan in Minas Gerais, which will be utilized as a source of examples; (iv) Presentation and discussion of the results based on the premise that the institutionalization of a given region involves four aspects to assess the experiences on regional planning. At stage (v) the main findings are presented: (1) the state governmental authorities experience great difficulty to act as agents for the implementation of planning actions and tend to discontinue programs implemented by previous administrations, in case an instance of governance is not consolidated. (2) the existence of currently consolidated municipal associations in Minas Gerais, such as AMEG, together with new institutional possibilities like inter-municipal consortia represent important steps to the commencement of the process of territorial management in Minas Gerais State
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Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável
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Aberley, Douglas Carroll. "Bioregionalism : a territorial approach to governance and development of northwest British Columbia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25155.
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The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of bioregionalism as an alternate approach to the governance and development of Northwest British Columbia. Bioregionalism is a territorially oriented perception and practice based on the capability of a bounded physical environment to sustain both its native ecosystems and a level of human activity. The hypothesis that bioregionalism could better guide the Northwest's governance and development is argued by employing five major premises.
First, the Northwest is introduced as a region where the effect of increasing industrial activity, based solely on large-scale natural resource extraction, is becoming a major concern of region residents. The potential that Native people will soon evolve methods of self-government which better address this concern is offered as a logical reason for non-Native residents of the same region to investigate similar representation.
Second, a review of 10,000 years of Northwest history is organized to describe seven major eras of economic activity. This overview shows that the region has one, a distinct indentity, and two, that European explorers, colonists and industrial interests have for two centuries badly exploited both the region's natural resources and indigenous peoples.
The third premise examines the structures of governance and development which currently control the region. These structures are shown to have serious flaws which perpetuate absentee government and an economy based on widespread ecosystem destruction. Extended quotes, originating from region interest groups, are offered to emphasize resistance felt against these practices and an optimism that a more positive alternative exists.
The fourth premise introduces bioregionalism as one alternative way to guide the Northwest's future. The concept's literature is reviewed, its 200-year intellectual pedigree outlined and, from both these exercises, a practical Utopian working structure is developed. Bioregional theory is shown to be based on a single dominant theme: that a region population with political control over an ecolocically regulated economy would be the basic building block of a modern and responsible governance structure.
The fifth premise applies the ideas of bioregionalism specifically
to the Northwest. A bioregional survey is completed which both defines the area's new borders and explains in great detail the output of its present economy. Annual extraction and harvest levels of thirty natural resources over varying periods between 1877 and 1984 are presented. These figures demonstrate the Northwest's native wealth and provide a strong reference for a more detailed understanding of how the region economy operates. Finally, bioregionalism is shown to be already unconsciously practiced across the Northwest, with many more opportunities existing to expand its influence.
This extended argument in favour of a bioregional alternative for the Northwest makes several conclusions. The concept would provide a better way to guide the region's future. It could be successfully implemented in the Northwest only, or be more boldly applied to all British Columbia bioregions, which are speculated as being equally rich.
The broad structure of the thesis presentation, integrating both theory and place related topics, is concluded to be a useful method to address complex problems of rural regions. This approach has delivered a viable conceptual framework, a starting point from which systematic further investigation into the details of bioregionalism1s application can be tested.Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Silva, Edson Coutinho da. "Desafios da governança no Grande ABC Paulista: coesão e integração regional das políticas de inclusão social." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/3461.
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The innovation in movement of regional coordination, cooperation and agreement which began in the 1990s in the Greater ABC composed of seven cities: Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, Mauá, Ribeirão Pires e Rio Grande da Serra the region has been recognized around the country and started the rising of the process of the metropolitan governance in the region. In 2000 the public and civil society prepared a Regional Strategic Plan (RSP) with a prospect for ten years with seven Thematic Topics (TT). However, that study we will study one of them, the Social Inclusion TT (SITT). This research objective to describe the metropolitan governance in SITT: to understand the relationships among the seven cities and the São Paulo State and the other; to identify the implementation of the programs, projects and policies of social inclusion between 2000 2009; and to investigate the relationship and the consequence of the process of coordination between regional agents this period. We interviewed nineteen key-informants and documentary sources from the cities departments, civil society and Professors to help us to achieve these objectives. We have observed that the movement of metropolitan governance was active between 2000 2002, because of leaders like Celso Daniel and Mário Covas and the regional agents. Moreover, after the death of both in 2001 and 2002, respectively, not much has been achieved in accordance with the regional development; because of competition among cities; political-party conflicts; and lack of administrative synchronization, which has prevented the establishment common interest projects in Social Inclusion TT in the 2000s. We could see that changing the Greater ABC Intercity Consortium to Public Consortium, brought a new impetus to regional strengthening and metropolitan governance in the Greater ABC
A região que engloba Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, Diadema, Mauá, Ribeirão Pires e Rio Grande da Serra, o Grande ABC é parte da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP), é reconhecido no país pelo pioneirismo nos movimento de articulação, cooperação e pactuação regional, tendo início na década de 1990 e fez emergir na região o processo de governança metropolitana. No ano de 2000 foi elaborado um Plano Estratégico Regional (PER) com perspectiva para dez anos, que estabeleceu sete Eixos Temáticos (ET) de desenvolvimento, sendo que concentramos nosso estudo no ET Inclusão Social (ETIS). Os objetivos do estudo são, ao descrever a governança metropolitana no ETIS, buscar compreender as relações entre os sete municípios e o Estado e entre os próprios municípios; identificar os programas, os projetos e as políticas públicas de inclusão social implementados no período entre 2000 2009; e investigar as relações e os desdobramento do processo de articulação entre os atores regionais no período correspondente. Para alcançar esses objetivos do estudo, entrevistamos 19 informantes-chave, além de fontes documentais das secretarias municipais, sociedade civil e docentes da região. Pudemos observar que o movimento na direção da governança metropolitana causou esperança e entusiasmo nos atores regionais até o ano de 2002, devido as lideranças de Celso Daniel e Mário Covas; por outro lado, pouco foi realizado em termos regionais após a morte dos dois líderes políticos; muito em virtude da competição entre os municípios; dos conflitos políticospartidário e da descontinuidade administrativa, que inviabilizaram a constituição de projetos de interesse comum no ETIS na década de 2000. Vimos também que a mudança do Consórcio Intermunicipal do Grande ABC para Consórcio Público, trouxe um novo alento ao fortalecimento regional e a governança metropolitana no Grande ABC
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Li, Yi. "Changing regional governance in China : a case study of the Yangtze River Delta." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2011. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54434/.
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Urban entrepreneurialism and intensive inter-city competition prevails in post-reform China, which has been extensively documented in the literature. However, decentralisation is not the overall characterisation of China's changing central-local relationship since 1978. The aim of this research is to present various types of 'regionalisation' initiatives and examine the development of regional governance in China With reference to the Western theoretical perspective of state spatiality, state rescaling and politics of scale, this study develops a research framework to examine the changing scale of governance and explore the engagement and motivations of different actors. In this study, after an overall examination of recent regional practices in China, Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is treated as a laboratory to investigate the dynamics and politics around the building of regional governance. In addition to a large amount of relevant material and publications on regional policies, regional plans, administrative changes and collaborative practices, semi-structured interviews with involved academics, planning professionals and government officials are conducted to investigate the actual transformation process of regional governance. Since the mid 2000s, the economic development and agglomeration in the YRD has created more scope, as well as a need for collaboration. It seems regional collaboration is valued and driven by both central and local government. Nevertheless, in terms of institutional arrangements, there has been no formal regional institution or informal regional coalition thus far. Moreover, both the bottom-up and the top-down regional governance initiatives lack substantial participation and multilateral negotiation between cities. There are essentially two different readings of the rationale of regional governance. While the bottom-up collaborative development is envisioned by the local entrepreneurial government to use regional competitiveness to promote local development, the top-down national and regional agenda is used by the central government to tackle discretionary local development. Therefore, the emerging regional governance in the YRD is hybrid and complicated. The building of regional governance in China is contested by complex inter-governmental politics, especially the division of central-local power and responsibility.
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Hoole, Charlotte. "Leadership and governance in a city-regional context : a case study of Doncaster." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/19852/.
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Since 2010, sub-national government in England has undergone a major restructure in view of a central government agenda to devolve more powers and fiscal responsibilities to city-regions, in the context of austerity. This has led to an increasingly complex governance and policy landscape for local leaders to navigate, who under these conditions are recognised for playing a significant role in responding to changes and acting strategically to ensure that local and regional development objectives are realised. In response, this thesis investigates the structures, processes and practices that underlie this new governance and policy context. It looks at this through the lens of a mid-sized city, bringing an alternative perspective to debates about urban and economic growth policy that have for a long time been dominated by big city-centrism and agglomeration economics. Drawing on 36 in-depth interviews with local leaders in Doncaster in the Sheffield City Region, rich insights are offered into the ways that sub-national institutions and leaders are coming together to implement city-regional governance on the ground. Drawing on the themes of power, negotiation and acceptability, the research reveals how city-regional devolution has created new institutional and spatial complexities, and has failed to rework central-local relations away from a highly centralised approach. The research also finds, however, that local leaders play a significant role in their ability to navigate the broader structures and controls for constructing an operating environment that they can work with. This is suggested to be particularly the case for mid-sized cities that have neither the political might nor collective weight of the ‘big cities’ under the current urban system. This research adds knowledge to theories on leadership and governance, providing a greater level of depth for understanding the structures and processes that underlie city-regional governance and leadership than mostly broader narratives. It also provides original insights on the role of agency within this context that has seldom been examined in local and regional development research. Furthermore, by recognising that places on the periphery are a worthy object of research within urban studies, it sheds new light on the mid-sized city experience of city-regionalism as well as the relational dynamics between a mid-sized city and a core city within a city-region. This research will not only complement future academic study in this field, but it also has practical relevance for policymakers and place leaders for navigating, making arrangements, and suggesting ways forward for future policy on city-regional devolution.
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Asare-Donkoh, Frankie. "Multi-level governance and European Regional Policy : the case of post-devolution Wales." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2010. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54388/.
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This thesis examines how the implementation of the European Union's (EU) Regional Policy supports the concept of multi-level governance in post devolution Wales, a concept that implies the dispersion of the powers of central government and sharing of its competences among multiple actors. The examination involves the critical analysis of the Structural Funds and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), two of the Union's flagship policies. Wales is chosen as a case study for the analysis of the implementation of the CAP and the Structural Funds for the period 2000-2006 because the 'national-region' has been empowered under the devolution process in the United Kingdom (UK) to implement EU programmes. The choice of Wales is an obvious one since choosing a strong identity region is the most appropriate way to test the reality of multi-level influences. Moreover, our case study of Wales facilitates comparison of regions in the wider EU environment. Empirical data is drawn from extensive empirical fieldwork in Wales and Brussels, as well as from case studies of how three Welsh Local Authorities implemented the Structural Funds from 2000-2006. The thesis concludes that the potent mixture of devolution and EU Regional Policy has indeed produced a new form of multi-level governance in Wales and has enhanced the role of sub-national authorities at both national and EU levels.
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Mardiasmo, Diaswati. "Good governance implementation and international allignment : the case of regional governments in Indonesia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16508/1/Diaswati_Mardiasmo_Thesis.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the level of good governance understanding implementation in Indonesia regional governments, identify impeding variables to good governance implementation, and evaluate the extent of international good governance standards alignment. The influence of economic and political transition, decentralisation and regional autonomy regime, bureaucracy culture, and political history is analysed to reflect the degree of good governance implementation and level of convergence to international good governance standards. The methodological approach involves a triangulation of in-depth interview, document analysis, and International Good Governance Standard comparison. Findings from the study reflect disparities in good governance understanding and implementation between Indonesia regional governments, nine main impeding variables to good governance implementation including bureaucratic culture and political history, and a positive response to convergence towards international good governance standard alignment. Findings also act as an in depth study and analysis of current Indonesia regional government situation, resulting in inputs and recommendations geared towards public policy development and good governance implementation guidelines.
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Mardiasmo, Diaswati. "Good governance implementation and international allignment : the case of regional governments in Indonesia." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16508/.
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the level of good governance understanding implementation in Indonesia regional governments, identify impeding variables to good governance implementation, and evaluate the extent of international good governance standards alignment. The influence of economic and political transition, decentralisation and regional autonomy regime, bureaucracy culture, and political history is analysed to reflect the degree of good governance implementation and level of convergence to international good governance standards. The methodological approach involves a triangulation of in-depth interview, document analysis, and International Good Governance Standard comparison. Findings from the study reflect disparities in good governance understanding and implementation between Indonesia regional governments, nine main impeding variables to good governance implementation including bureaucratic culture and political history, and a positive response to convergence towards international good governance standard alignment. Findings also act as an in depth study and analysis of current Indonesia regional government situation, resulting in inputs and recommendations geared towards public policy development and good governance implementation guidelines.
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Callou, Antonio Ãdio Pinheiro. "GovernanÃa territorial e desenvolvimento regional sustentÃvel do Cariri Cearense." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=10207.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorA governanÃa territorial enfrenta grandes desafios para integrar o poder pÃblico, iniciativa privada e sociedade civil organizada na gestÃo das polÃticas pÃblicas direcionadas a promover o desenvolvimento regional sustentÃvel. Os esforÃos para alcanÃar um desenvolvimento justo e sustentÃvel apontam para a superaÃÃo do paradigma materialista e economicista predominante. O surgimento de novos conceitos de sustentabilidade, baseados em princÃpios Ãticos e na interaÃÃo das dimensÃes econÃmicas, ambientais, sociais, culturais e polÃtico-institucionais, influenciam os rumos das relaÃÃes entre o local e o global exigindo constante aperfeiÃoamento dos sistemas de governo. No aspecto polÃtico-institucional as democracias contemporÃneas continuam alimentando expectativas de uma melhor qualidade de vida para as populaÃÃes, por meio da conquista da dignidade humana, liberdades individuais e coletivas, tidas como alicerces desses regimes. Buscando o aprimoramento democrÃtico e a superaÃÃo das limitaÃÃes do Estado em atender as necessidades das geraÃÃes atuais e futuras, governos experimentam estratÃgias de redistribuiÃÃo de responsabilidades e benefÃcios inerentes aos processos de desenvolvimento. Dentre as estratÃgias emergentes se destaca a adoÃÃo da governanÃa na gestÃo das polÃticas pÃblicas voltadas para os territÃrios, um modelo de gestÃo pÃblica compartilhada com outros atores, condizente com a democracia participativa e a gestÃo social, de complexa efetivaÃÃo. Partindo do reconhecimento da contribuiÃÃo da democracia participativa para a consolidaÃÃo dos emergentes desÃgnios do desenvolvimento, surge uma questÃo fundamental: O que à necessÃrio para a governanÃa territorial contribuir efetivamente com a promoÃÃo do desenvolvimento regional sustentÃvel? Adotando como resposta hipotÃtica a participaÃÃo integrada entre poder pÃblico, sociedade civil organizada e iniciativa privada na gestÃo das polÃticas pÃblicas, verificamos a dificuldade no cumprimento da dimensÃo sÃcio-polÃtica da governanÃa voltada para a integraÃÃo dos atores e esforÃos, e a tendÃncia para a evidenciaÃÃo da sua funÃÃo utilitÃria nas dimensÃes administrativa, econÃmica ou institucional. Utilizando mÃtodos qualitativos de investigaÃÃo por meio da revisÃo bibliogrÃfica e da observaÃÃo empÃrica de duas polÃticas pÃblicas atuantes na RegiÃo do Cariri cearense, classificamos os principais desafios segundo a origem, em internos e externos à governanÃa, e segundo a natureza, nas prÃticas polÃticas tradicionais, na dificuldade de empoderamento dos atores na gestÃo das polÃticas pÃblicas, nas dificuldades operacionais da governanÃa e na desmotivaÃÃo dos atores. A profusÃo dos recortes territoriais adotados nas polÃticas de desenvolvimento e a baixa eficÃcia do arcabouÃo jurÃdico legitimador da democracia participativa completam o quadro de dificuldades. A combinaÃÃo desses fatores resulta na baixa contribuiÃÃo atual da governanÃa territorial para a promoÃÃo do desenvolvimento regional sustentÃvel, devido a frÃgil participaÃÃo integrada dos atores locais na gestÃo das polÃticas pÃblicas voltadas para o territÃrio.
The territorial governance faces big challenges to integrate the government, private sector and civil society organizations in public policy management aimed to promote sustainable regional development. Efforts to achieve a just and sustainable development indicate to overcome the materialistic paradigm and predominant economicist. The emergence of sustainability new concepts, based on ethical principles and interaction of economic dimensions, environmental, social, cultural and political-institutional influence the direction of the relationship between local and global demand constant improvement of governmental systems. In the political-institutional the contemporary democracies keep fueling expectations of a better quality of life for the populations, through the conquest of human dignity, individual and collective freedom taken as foundations of these regimes. Looking for democratic improving and overcoming the State limitations to assist the necessities of current and future generations, governments experience strategies of redistribution of responsibilities and benefits of the development processes. Among the emerging strategies highlights the adoption of governance in the management of public policies for the territories, a public management model shared with other characters, consistent with participatory democracy and social management of complex execution. Starting of the contribution recognizing of participatory democracy to consolidate the emerging plans of development, arises a fundamental question: What is needed for territorial governance effectively contribute to the promotion of sustainable regional development? Adopting a hypothetical answer the integrated participation among government, civil society and the private sector in the management of public policies, we identified the difficulty in the execution of the socio-political dimension of the governance facing the integration of characters and efforts, and the tendency for the disclosure of its utilitarian function in the administrative, economic or institutional dimensions. Using qualitative research methods through the literature review and empirical observation of two public policies involved in the Cariri region of Cearà state, we classify the main challenges according to the origin, in internal and external to the governance, and according the nature, in the traditional political practices, the difficulty of the characters empowerment in the public policies management, in the operational difficulties of governance and characters demotivation. The profusion of territorial cuts adopted in territorial development policies and the low efficiency of the legal framework of participatory democracy legitimizing complete the list of difficulties. The combination of these factors results in low current contribution of territorial governance to promote sustainable regional development, due to fragile integrated participation of local characters in the management of public policies for the territory.
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Dargahi, Ali. "Regional Innovation Systems: an application and a framework." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187316.
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Boosting economic growth and competitiveness in different spatial contexts such as national, regional, metropolitan etc. has always been in the epicenter of both large and small-scale planning efforts pursued at different levels of government from local to extra- regional and their significance is still, and probably will always be, on the rise given the ever increasing competition in today’s, and yet-to-come future world. In order to achieve this, relevant authorities have devised and implemented a vast variety of policies and approaches which are, more often than not, based on abundance of theoretical contributions in the field of economic geography. This thesis explores one of the main theoretical contributions to this field being Innovation Systems theory and tries to adapt the concept, originally intended for application at a larger scale, to the perspective of an individual firm rather than a whole production system while briefly using empirics from the spatial context of Adelaide/South Australia, loosely defined as a region, and the sectoral context of electricity infrastructure. The initial conclusion here is that applying the concept to the more manageable context of an individual firm, may have the potential to enable one to identify the relevant organizational and institutional setup more effectively and present a better explanatory description of their role in the whole Innovation system and in turn, can contribute to a more informed planning and policy- making process for regional economic growth.
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Marshall, Adam Jay. "EU regional policy and urban governance : assessing reform and renewal in Britain and Ireland." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415412.
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Noikokyris, Athanasios. "EU regional policy and new modes of governance : implications to the EU's democratic legitimacy." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/34711/.
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Several indicators highlight that the EU suffers from a democratic legitimacy deficit that threatens not only the effectiveness of its policies, but also its integration project. This deficit has become very prominent since the 1990s and derives from the EU's multilevel governance political system. This political system combines elements both of a nation state and an international organisation, and, thus, transforms traditional politics and government and redefines the concepts of democracy and legitimacy both at European and national levels. This thesis investigates the EU's democratic legitimacy issue and also demonstrates how New Modes of Governance (NMG) can contribute towards the democratic legitimation of the EU's political system. NMG, due to their non-hierarchical, more inclusive and co-operative governance approaches, can theoretically enhance participation and improve the quality of policies and policy-making. Against this background, this thesis examines the employment of NMG in the EU's regional policy and especially in four case studies (Austria, Denmark, Italy and Poland). Through this comparative investigation, it offers an assessment of NMG influence on the EU's democratic legitimacy. Nevertheless, NMG have certain limitations too which constrain their employment on the EU's regional policy and limit their contribution to the EU's democratic legitimation of the EU, but they have to be better connected with the processess of representative democracy. They also depend on the progress of the EU's political integration. However, they constitute an innovative method of governance and further inquiry is necessary.
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Clark, Kim. "The governance schema of regional and rural public hospital nurses: how relevant are the dimensions of stewardship governance and trust in management?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/613.
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This study broadly pertained to the issue of public health sector governance. The field of healthcare governance had been characterised as having challenges of greater intricacy and sensitivity than those found in any other sector (Philippon & Braithwaite, 2008). While increasingly regarded as important to health system performance, governance had, however, been evaluated as poorly understood in conceptual and practical terms and subject to competing ideas regarding its role and challenges (Brinkerhoff & Bossert, 2013). Specifically, the thesis elucidated frontline regional and rural hospital nurses’ cognitive schema of strategic aspects of governance practice of managers in the Western Australian Country Health Service (WACHS). It also explored the question of whether compatibility between nurses’ schema and their perceptions of governance practice increased their propensity to form the intention to leave their jobs in WACHS hospitals. Because of its heavy reliance on its nursing workforce, the Australian regional and rural health system had been described as an essentially ‘nurse-led’ healthcare context dominated by public hospitals (Bish et al., 2012). Regional and rural health reforms had also deeply affected the practice and work environments of many nurses in these areas over a long period and more change was proposed by State and Commonwealth levels of government (Department of Health and Ageing, 2010; Mahnken, 2001; WACHS, 2007, 2009). The Department of Health and Ageing had suggested an outcome of this had been that many clinicians in regional and rural areas were unhappy with strategic aspects of healthcare governance, which had led to less responsive services and the loss of opportunities to improve clinical safety and quality. Given this context, the strategic governance perspectives of frontline hospital nurses’ employed by WACHS appeared an important area of study. A core purpose of the study was to anchor the assessment of regional and rural nurses’ perspectives of strategic aspects of governance within the theoretical frames of Stewardship Governance (Travis et al., 2003) and Trust in Management (Clark & Payne, 1997, 2003, 2006). These frames had been postulated as consistent with the underpinning motives of caring professions such as nursing (Brown & Calnan, 2010, 2011; Calnan, Rowe, & Entwistle, 2006; Saltman & Ferroussier-Davis, 2000) suggesting they were likely to be apparent within the profession’s broader architecture of ‘shared mental models’ or schema of appropriate governance practice (Epitropaki & Martin, 2004; Mohammed et al., 2010). Methods suited to elucidating schema were employed in the study (Floyd & Widaman, 1995). The validity of the schema measures identified was subsequently tested with respect to their relevance and importance to the study population. This validation process was theoretically grounded in the empirically-supported cognitive process of schema ‘compatibility testing’ (Beach, 1993; Miner, 2007) and entailed the use of a turnover intention scale developed by Roodt (Jacobs & Roodt, 2007) as an outcome measure. The design features of this scale suggested it was suited to the assessment of nurse ‘compatibility testing’ of governance schema (Morrell et al., 2008). The issue of nursing turnover had also been established as a widespread and important problem for healthcare systems (Coomber & Barriball, 2007; Holtom et al., 2008; Hwang & Chang, 2008; McCarthy, Tyrrell, & Lehane, 2007; West, 2005) and had been linked with issues of management style and governance (Attree, 2005; Hayes et al., 2006; Kleinman, 2004). The stages of the research undertaken included initial interviews with 16 highly experienced clinician-managers, in which the boundaries, principles and practices of managerial governance were explored with a view to ascertaining the preferences of hospital nurses. Data from these interviews was used along with information derived from literature on the elements of Stewardship Governance (Travis et al., 2003) and Trust in Management (Clark & Payne, 1997, 2003, 2006) to construct an inventory of strategic governance practices. This inventory was then used to develop a governance questionnaire, which was further developed and evaluated in two subsequent mail surveys. Data from an initial small-scale mail survey (n=199, response rate 44%) were analysed using Exploratory Factor Analysis to check item reliability and validity, thereby guiding item deletion. The subsequent main-study survey of 1682 nurses working in WACHS regional and rural hospitals resulted in the return of 697 completed questionnaires, representing a response rate of 45%. Main-study data were interpreted using Principal Components Analysis to elucidate governance scales reflecting WACHS frontline hospital nurses’ underlying schema of strategic aspects of governance in their organisation. Scale validation was undertaken using multiple regression analyses with scores on Roodt’s Turnover Intention Scale as the dependent variable. The results supported the study hypothesis that compatibility between the governance schema of frontline regional and rural public hospital nurses employed by WACHS and their perceptions of WACHS managers’ governance practices would predict their turnover intentions. Overall, the thesis lent weight to the World Health Organization’s (WHO, 2000) claim that the concept of Stewardship Governance had relevance to health systems. Further, it supported the contentions of those like Brown, Calnan, Rowe and colleagues in relation to the relevance of trust to manager-clinician governance relationships (Brown & Calnan, 2010, 2011; Calnan & Rowe, 2008a; Calnan, Rowe, 2008b; Calnan et al., 2006). The research findings have relevance to issues of effective healthcare reform; models of nurse management and the development and support of nurse managers; and the prevention of nurse turnover in regional and rural public hospitals. The scales developed in the study may be useful in similar investigations in other regional and rural jurisdictions and to nursing research in other contexts. The scales might also have value in evaluating the impact of changes to governance in regional and rural public hospitals on frontline nurses.
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Brissman, Elsa. "Hur skapas den regionala planeringen? : en studie av intressen, perspektiv och maktresurser inom regional samverkan." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14506.
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Den här uppsatsen studerar processerna bakom den regionala planeringsprocessen. I ljuset av förändringsmönster såsom globalisering och urbanisering har det uppstått ett behov eller en vilja att samverka på en överkommunal nivå. I svallvågorna av den här debatten har regionen och en regional samverkan inom planering fått ett stort uppsving. Vad som dock är oklart är för vem den regionala planeringen egentligen genomförs. Eftersom det rör sig om ett förhållandevis nytt sätt att arbeta går det även att ställa frågan vem som har makten att styra processerna? Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka de här frågorna men även vad som är en regional fråga och hur den konstrueras. Uppsatsen är utformad som en fallstudie. Det studerade fallet är Region Örebro län med tillhörande kommuner. Metoder för datainsamling har varit dokumentstudier där kommunala och regionala planer ingått, samt semi-strukturerade intervjuer med kommunala och regionala planeringstjänstemän. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys har genomförts på det empiriska materialet. Det teoretiska perspektivet har haft sin grund i governance, soft spaces och strategiskapande. Den studie som genomförts i uppsatsen pekar på att det finns två skilda sätt att se på regionen, både avseende syfte och roller men även avseende intresset i planeringen. Kommunerna och regionen har olika intressen i den regionala planeringsprocessen där kommuntjänstemännen ser processen utifrån den egna kommunen och hur de kan dra nytta av den. Regiontjänstemännen ser däremot regionen som en enda enhet där nyttan ska gå till enheten och inte vissa utpekade delar. Att de två aktörsgrupperna har olika intressen får konsekvenser även i andra delar av processen. De har bland annat mycket skilda uppfattningar om hur rollfördelningen ska se ut, vad syftet med regionen är samt vem regionen är till för. Kommunerna anser att regionen är till för dem, att det är en arena där de och andra aktörer kan komma samman i regionala frågor. Regiontjänstemännen anser däremot att regionen är till för regionens bästa. De två olika perspektiven på regionen skapar konflikter. De problem som upplevs handlar i mångt och mycket om att det inte finns en tydlig förutbestämd process som arbetet ska följa. Den regionala planeringen befinner sig i ett soft space och är således fri att utformas så som aktörerna önskar. Även om det här leder till en stor flexibilitet bidrar det även till en osäkerhet och ett läge där aktörernas skilda bilder av hur processen ska gå till leder till svårigheter att komma överens. En intressant upptäckt är att det finns en splittring även mellan de två intervjuade regionala tjänstemännen angående vad regionen är och ska syfta till. En av dem utgår från kommunernas behov medan den andra av dem har ett ovanifrånperspektiv i vilket kommunerna ska ta hänsyn till den regionala planeringen och inte tvärt om. Från den genomförda studien framkommer även att makt är ett centralt begrepp inom den regionala planeringsprocessen. Aktörsgrupperna försöker båda hävda sig gentemot varandra i ett försök att kontrollera processen. Hur regionala frågor konstrueras är således en process definierad av vem som har makten att styra. De båda aktörsgrupperna har olika maktresurser som de använder för att hävda sig mot varandra. Kommunerna har sitt planmonopol och regionen har ekonomiska medel. Dessutom har regionen makten att bestämma över delar av processen, något som visat sig ha en betydelse i det perspektiv som tillåts råda.
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Silva, Roselani Maria Sodré da. "A participação nos fóruns das mesorregiões metade sul do RS e grande fronteira do Mercosul : um estudo sobre novas instâncias de governança territorial participativa (2007-2013)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172973.
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Esta tese trata da atuação das novas instâncias participativas voltadas para a governança territorial constituídas para atender ao Programa de Promoção da Sustentabilidade de Espaços Sub-Regionais, da Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Regional. Busca identificar a contribuição dos arranjos institucionais deliberativos, denominados Fóruns das Mesorregiões Diferenciadas, enquanto espaços privilegiados para a prática da democracia deliberativa, na governança do desenvolvimento dos seus respectivos territórios. Para tanto, foram escolhidos como objetos de estudo dois fóruns mesorregionais, localizados na macrorregião Sul do país, abrangendo os estados do Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina e Paraná. A abordagem empírica foca-se na atuação do Fórum da Mesorregião Metade Sul do Rio Grande do Sul (Fórum MESOSUL) e do Fórum da Mesorregião Grande Fronteira do Mercosul (Fórum MESO MERCOSUL), constituídos para atuar na integração e articulação dos diferentes atores regionais para a construção, implementação, monitoramento e avaliação de planos, projetos e ações de interesse público para o desenvolvimento das mesorregiões. Buscou-se por meio de uma base teórica-metodológica compreender a atuação e o processo de deliberação destes fóruns, enquanto estratégias inovadoras de governança territorial participativa, em novas escalas de planejamento do desenvolvimento. Com base neste propósito, buscou-se analisar a trajetória sócio-histórica dos Fóruns MESOSUL e MESO MERCOSUL enquanto possíveis instâncias de governança territorial. No estudo empírico dos Fóruns se verificou suas características de espaço de governança territorial participativa. A forma como as deliberações são efetivadas, representam uma inovação em relação às práticas tradicionais de planejamento e gestão do desenvolvimento, embora com algumas fragilidades e dificuldades, a atuação destes fóruns representa um avanço no processo de descentralização político administrativo, principalmente por atuarem em uma escala intermediária entre a municipal e a estadual, onde a multiplicidade de estruturas públicas e privadas se entrecruza, constituindo uma complexa rede de poder e de interesses individuais e coletivos. Conclui-se que os respectivos fóruns se enquadram como arranjos institucionais deliberativos e as suas práticas demonstram um esforço de governança territorial, mesmo que ainda não atenda aos modelos ideais. A expectativa quanto à realização desta pesquisa é a de contribuir com informações sobre o campo do conhecimento das políticas de desenvolvimento local/regional do país, bem como, das estruturas de governança territorial constituídas em espaços territoriais diferenciados.This thesis focuses on the practice of the new participative bodies aimed at the territorial governance set to meet the Program for the Promotion of Sustainability of Sub-Regional Spaces, of the National Policy for Regional Development. It seeks to identify the contribution of deliberative institutional arrangements, called Forums of the Differentiated Mesoregions, while privileged spaces for the practice of the deliberative democracy, in the governance of the development of their respective territories. In order to do so, two mesoregional forums were chosen as study objects, located in the South macro-region of tthe country, comprising the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná. The empirical approach focuses on the practice of the Fórum da Mesorregião Metade Sul do Rio Grande do Sul - Forum of the Mesoregion Southern Half of (Forum MESOSUL) and the Fórum da Mesorregião Grande Fronteira do Mercosul – Forum of the Mesoregion of the Mercosur Great Border (Fórum MESO MERCOSUL), comprised to work in the integration and articulation of the different regional actors for the construction, implementation, monitoring and assessment of plans, projects and actions of public interest for the development of the mesoregions. We aimed, through a theoretical-methodological basis, to understand the work and the process of deliberation of these forums as innovative strategies of participative territorial governance, in new scales of development planning. Based on this purpose, the aim was to analyze the social-historical course of the MESOSUL and MESO MERCOSUL Forums while possible instances of territorial governance. In the empirical study of the Forums it has been noticed their characteristics of space of participative territorial governance. The way the deliberations are made represent an innovation in terms of the traditional planning practices and development management, although with some weaknesses and difficulties, the practice of these forums represents an advance in the process of political and administrative decentralization, mainly as they work in an intermediary scale between the city and state level, where the diversity of public and private institutions intertwines, resulting in a complex network of power and individual and collective interests. The conclusion is that the respective forums fit in as deliberative institutional arrangements and their practices show an effort of territorial governance even though it does not yet serve the ideal models. The expectation concerning the completion of this research is to contribute with information on the field of knowledge about policies of local/regional development of the country as well as structures of territorial governance comprised in differentiated territorial spaces.
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Hörnström, Lisa. "Redistributive regionalism : Narratives on regionalisation in the Nordic periphery." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-33933.
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During the last decades a stronger role for the regions has developed in many West European countries. To a significant degree this regionalisation trend has coincided with European integration. The key change in the role of the regional level has been with regard to its status as an agent of regional development. In most West European countries there has been a shift from an approach to regional policy that has focused on redistributive measures from the centre in which the regions play a relatively weak role to a perspective that is sometimes labelled “new regionalism” in which the focus is on the region taking responsibility for its own development. In this new regionalist perspective, which is both descriptive and normative, the region is considered as the appropriate arena for both economic activities and decision-making. In the political systems of the Nordic countries the regional level has traditionally been in a relatively weak position and regional policy has emphasized centralisation and redistributive measures. Not unexpectedly, the pan-European trend toward a stronger role for the region has also found its way to the Nordic countries. The aim of this study is to describe and analyze if and to what extent key actors in three peripheral regions, situated in countries with a strong tradition of redistribution from the centre and a weak role for the regional level, have embraced the new regionalist perspective. The three regions are Troms in Norway, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa in Finland and Västerbotten in Sweden. All are peripherally located with small populations and economies that rely heavily on natural resources. The analysis is based on interviews with regional and local politicians, civil servants, and business representatives. The empirical material is presented in the form of narratives formulated by the regional actors who express their views on regional policy and the role of the region. The results of the study show that regional actors in the three peripheries express similar narratives. To a certain degree actors have embraced the new regionalist perspective in the sense that they see the regional level as an important coordinator for development initiatives and measures. However, the actors’ claims for a stronger regional level must be understood in the context of the unitary state. In this context, the actors’ perspective combines the new regionalist and the centralist redistributive approach, one that can be labelled ‘redistributive regionalism’. The state remains the key actor and is expected to guarantee equal conditions in all parts of the country. The emphasis on strengthening the administrative region is more pronounced in Troms and Västerbotten than in Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, where instead there is a stronger focus on the functional region. Actors in the three regions do not see any contradiction between a strong state and increased regional influence on development issues. In sum, the study finds that the new regionalist perspective has been embraced to a certain extent but that it has been adapted to national characteristics, as well as to the specific conditions in the three regions.