Local Government
Introduction to Local Government
Local Government, agency organized to provide and supervise administrative, fiscal, and other services to the people who reside within its territorial boundaries. It is the level of government most directly accountable to the public. In the U.S. local governmental units consist of five major types: county, town and township, municipality, special district, and school district.” (1)
Literature Review on Human Resource Management in Local Government
In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] J. Edward Kellough offers the following summary about the topic of Human Resource Management in Local Government: In the broadest sense, human resources management encompasses everything connected with the management of people in organizations. More specifically, it is that area of activity associated with the recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and discipline of employees. These functions are central to effective management; in the public sector, which is heavily labor intensive, that significance is magnified. Furthermore, in local governments, jurisdictional size and the nature of certain public services provided will shape the context of human resources management in important ways. Small local governments, e.g., may lack the capacity necessary for in-house delivery of critical human resource management functions, and in some locations where the legal environment is permissive, public employee unions play an important role in shaping the nature of human resource management policies. Some local government services, including police and fire protection, have long histories of union activity.
Local Government
In relation to the local government and constitutional law, Elena Vodyanitskaya[1] made the following observation: Local or municipal self-government is a system of management of local affairs which is exercised by special elected bodies directly representing the population of particular administrative-territorial unit of the country (Leybo and Entin 291). The European Charter on Local Self-Government adopted by the Council of Europe on 15 October 1985 (CETS 122) gives a general definition of local government which has become universal and accepted by all democratic states. Under the local government Charter understands ‘the right and the ability of local authorities, (…)
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See Also
- Government
- Government Contract
- Local Government
- Public Administration
- Administrative Law
- Public Law
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Notes and References
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Elena Vodyanitskaya, “Local Government” (2018, Germany, United Kingdom)
See Also
- State territory
- Decentralization
- Delegation of power
- Local government
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Notes and References
- Entry about Human Resource Management in Local Government in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Further Reading
- Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)
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Notes and References
- Information about Local Government in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
Guide to Local Government
Local Government, Sexual Behaviour and the Law
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Local Government in Constitutional Law
From the Comparative Constitutions Project: Local/municipal government refers to government at the level of the city, town, or village
Hierarchical Display of Local government
Politics > Executive power and public service > Public administration
Economics > Regions and regional policy > Regional policy
Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public finance > Local authority finances
Law > Sources and branches of the law > Source of law > Legislation > Local legislation
Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Election > Local election
Local government
Concept of Local government
See the dictionary definition of Local government.
Characteristics of Local government
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Translation of Local government
- Spanish: Administración local
- French: Administration locale
- German: Gemeindeverwaltung
- Italian: Amministrazione locale
- Portuguese: Administração local
- Polish: Administracja lokalna
Thesaurus of Local government
Politics > Executive power and public service > Public administration > Local government
Economics > Regions and regional policy > Regional policy > Local government
Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public finance > Local authority finances > Local government
Law > Sources and branches of the law > Source of law > Legislation > Local legislation > Local government
Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Election > Local election > Local government
See also
- Regional policy
- EU regional policy
- Regional integration
- Regional disparity
- Town and country planning
- Regional development
- Rural development
- Region-EU relationship
- Local authority finances
- Local legislation
- Local election
- County council
- Local administration
- Local powers
- Municipal authority
- Town council
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