La composition du collège communal après la réforme du Code wallon de la démocratie locale

Matagne, Geoffroy; Radoux, Emmanuel; Verjans, Pierre

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“…Au fil des décennies, les communes se sont transformées, avec une augmentation de la variété des secteurs d'intervention et une augmentation des processus de participation (Matagne, Radoux et Verjans, 2011). Les responsables administratifs et les élus doivent mobiliser des compétences de plus en plus complexes et tech niques.…”

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A Critical Exploration of Culture in International Development Evaluation

Chouinard

Hopson

2016

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

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The basic ideas behind contribution analysis were set out in 2001. Since then, interest in the approach has grown and contribution analysis has been opera tionalized in different ways. In addition, several reviews of the approach have been published and raise a few concerns. In this article, I clarify several of the key concepts behind contribution analysis, including contributory causes and contribution claims. I discuss the need for reasonably robust theories of change and the use of nested theories of change to unpack complex settings. On contribution claims, I argue the need for causal narratives to arrive at credible claims, the limited role that external causal factors play in arriving at contribution claims, the use of robust theories of change to avoid bias, and the fact that opinions of stakeholders on the contribution made are not central in arriving at contribution claims.

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A Critical Exploration of Culture in International Development Evaluation

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Hopson

2016

Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation

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“…12 A series of local scandals were, however, a game-changer and resulted in widespread outrage that made proponents of direct election more vocal and pushed the parties in the regional parliament to find a legislative compromise. 13 Political forces advocating for a majoritarian system and those leaning more towards a proportional system reached an agreement and passed the reform at the end of 2005 (Matagne, Radoux and Verjans, 2011). The timeline in Figure 1 summarizes the chain of events that lead to the 2005 reform in Wallonia and how it relates to the subsequent municipal elections.…”

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“…participating more actively in capturing preferential votes (Matagne, Radoux and Verjans, 2011). 14 Competition within lists has therefore become fiercer, placing candidates under more intense scrutiny and thereby increasing the elected mayors' accountability to voters, rather than to the city council (Ferraz and Finan, 2011).…”

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“…Hence, parties have since converged into cartel-like entities to either consolidate or seize power, polarizing the local political arena and increasing electoral competition. This polarization has further encouraged the preferential vote and thus direct mayoral accountability to the voters (Matagne, Radoux and Verjans, 2011).…”

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Appointed or Elected? How Mayoral Accountability Impacts the Provision of Policing

Colombo

Tojerow

2020

SSRN Journal

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Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

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“…Finally, the president of the public social welfare centre (CPAS) acts as a member of the local executive, which supports an increase in transversal policies. Matagne et al (2011) present these transformations as a tendency towards a stronger democracy of and for the public, with a decrease in political parties' power.…”

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Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles?

Wayenberg¹,

Reuchamps²,

Kravagna³

et al. 2017

Policy Analysis in Belgium

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What policy style(s) does local government display in Belgium? This seemingly straightforward question does not have an easy answer. After all, the country is renowned for its institutional complexity and thickness [[meaning of thickness? impenetrability?]], two features that have a significant impact on local government's way of working. In the wake of state reforms, the federal government granted the three Belgian regions (Walloon, Flemish and Brussels) key competencies over the cities and municipalities standing on their territory (Deschouwer and Reuchamps, 2013). In 2001, regions were even given powers over and above those granted in the basic local government legislation, regulating to a large extent local political and administrative institutions and practices. A new and influential layer of central government has thus been created: all regions have grasped their new powers to introduce policy tools and instruments on the local level, according to their own needs and policy orientation (Wayenberg et al, 2011). This federalisation process added diversity between cities and municipalities that were already very heterogonous in size, financial status and political dynamics, to name but a few of their basic characteristics (De Rynck and Wayenberg, 2013). As a result, local government in the three Belgian regions now operates under different regulatory frames.This chapter explores whether local government in Belgium displays a specific style of policy analysis. To this end, we use a two-level comparative analysis that allows us to shed light on local policy analysis in the context of the specificity of the Belgium's regions. The first level is a comparison of the Flemish and the Walloon regions. The focus on them is not only a matter of size, as Flanders and Wallonia respectively count for 308 (52%) and 262 (45%) of the 589 Belgian municipalities, but also a matter of policy analysis. Indeed, they represent the country's two main administrative traditions, being located in the Dutchspeaking north and the French-speaking south. Both have also made use of their competency to legislate on local government political and administrative institutions and practices, and have promulgated local government legislation to this end. That is not the case with the Brussels-Capital Region, which accounts for 19 municipalities (3%) still functioning according to the Belgian legislation of 1988 (De Rynck and Wayenberg, 2013). The case of Brussels will therefore not be covered by this chapter nor will the peculiar case of the nine Germanspeaking municipalities that are attached both to the Walloon Region and the German-speaking community (Bouhon et al, 2015).

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La composition du collège communal après la réforme du Code wallon de la démocratie locale

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A Critical Exploration of Culture in International Development Evaluation

A Critical Exploration of Culture in International Development Evaluation

Appointed or Elected? How Mayoral Accountability Impacts the Provision of Policing

Local planning in Belgium: A myriad of policy styles?

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