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Contested Legitimacy: Coercion And The State In Ethiopia, Dima Noggo Sarbo
Contested Legitimacy: Coercion And The State In Ethiopia, Dima Noggo Sarbo
Doctoral Dissertations
Most studies on Africa that analyzed the institution of the state emphasized the colonial origins of state formation, tracing the crisis of socioeconomic and political development to that specific historical trajectory. Colonialism has shaped the characteristics of modern African states, but it is also important to address institutional factors, methods of governance, and state-society relations in the post independence period. As Ethiopia was not directly constituted by European colonialism, a study of the Ethiopian state provides an opportunity to look at how the state has performed, and how it relates to its own society, without the colonial baggage. This case …
Service Delivery Consolidation, Governance And The Enhancement Of Local Government Capacity: Creating A Service Consolidation Model, Charles Richard Abernathy
Service Delivery Consolidation, Governance And The Enhancement Of Local Government Capacity: Creating A Service Consolidation Model, Charles Richard Abernathy
Doctoral Dissertations
This research project addresses the issue of service consolidation by units of local government. Service consolidation between units of local government is a frequent occurrence and references the partial merger of local government departments. The research defines the topic and suggests a distinct placement in the academic literature. Service consolidation is a similar but different topic from local government cooperation, collaboration, functional consolidation or comprehensive merger. To assist, a survey of county managers in North Carolina is conducted to determine the frequency of service merger activity, the attitudes of manager‟s regarding the practice and to determine the types of services …