The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today's challenges with yesterday's recipes, lacked the necessary deregulatory framework and failed to address key issues such as the housing crisis. This paper proposes an alternative: a new generation of 'Hong...

Die Selbstverwaltung des Handwerks ist geprägt von der Einbeziehung der Betriebsinhaber:innen und der Arbeitnehmer:innen. Dieser neokorporatistische Ansatz bringt sowohl Vorteile als auch rechtlich Herausforderungen mit sich, und stellt einen elementaren Unterschied zur Selbstverwaltung in den...

Die Selbstverwaltung des Handwerks ist geprägt von der Einbeziehung der Betriebsinhaber:innen und der Arbeitnehmer:innen. Dieser neokorporatistische Ansatz bringt sowohl Vorteile als auch rechtlich Herausforderungen mit sich, und stellt einen elementaren Unterschied zur Selbstverwaltung in den...

Purpose: This paper analyzes the development of the concept of subsidiarity, its relationship with management theories and the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity in the context of local self-government in Poland and Lithuania by conducting comparative research....

A vast majority of court systems in the world are managed by the executive government, but a small and growing number of jurisdictions, including Victoria, South Australia and the Australian federal courts, have transitioned to judicial management of the court system. This article analyses the...

The association of local and regional self-government is examined in regard to the decentralization of state administration. This study extrapolated data from 36 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and analyzed whether decentralization of the state assists in...

Does self-governance, a hallmark of democratic societies, foster or erode norms of generalized cooperation? Does this effect persist, and if so, why? I investigate these questions using a natural experiment in Switzerland. In the middle-ages, the absence of an heir resulted in the extinction of...

This paper describes an organizational model that is intended to increase the proportion of co-operatives in the economy. This organizational model is of large co-operative companies that are networks of small co-operative self-governing teams, where these teams are legally independent companies...

The association of local and regional self-government is examined in regard to the decentralization of state administration. This study extrapolated data from 36 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and analyzed whether decentralization of the state assists in...

This paper describes an organizational model that is intended to increase the proportion of cooperatives in the economy.This organizational model is of large cooperative companies that are networks of small cooperative self-governing teams, where these teams are legally independent companies but...

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...

Recent empirical work shows that judicial dependence can explain high levels of corruption. This paper examines how the dependence of judiciaries influences corruption at different levels of the government in a model where the central government, low-level officials, and the judiciary are...

This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of internationalisation, private returns to education and the funding problems of European universities. Our proposals for reform are based on more autonomy for universities, higher...

It is argued that an independent judiciary is a necessary condition for both individual liberty and economic prosperity. After having surveyed the literature dealing with how to arrange for an independent judiciary, the authors derive some additional policy implications by drawing on two...

The emergence and spreading of COVID-19 pandemic were surprising and sudden. It caused the need for competent crisis management throughout the public administration to manage the initial stage of the crisis. The purpose of our research is to identify the connection between the competencies of...

This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing yearly data on Muslim presence in the period 711-1492 and literacy rate in 1900 for about 7500 municipalities in Spain, we estimate the local impact of the length of Muslim rule in...

Purpose: This paper analyzes the development of the concept of subsidiarity, its relationship with management theories and the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity in the context of local self-government in Poland and Lithuania by conducting comparative research....

This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing yearly data on Muslim presence in the period 711-1492 and literacy rate in 1900 for about 7500 municipalities in Spain, we estimate the local impact of the length of Muslim rule in...

"An essential work on autonomy and self-governance for scholars of Indigenous politics, Indigenous rights in the Americas, constitutional law, and multicultural citizenship regimes. Across the Americas, Indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples have demanded autonomy, self-determination, and...

Istražujući društvene odnose i strukture u kasnom socijalizmu autori poglavlja u ovome zborniku pozornost su usmjerili na ulogu građana kao samoupravljača u mjesnim zajednicama i kućnim savjetima, položaj poduzeća između ekonomije i politike, kulturno stvaralaštvo i kulturnu politiku,...

Kathrin Jurkats Studie befasst sich mit der Privatisierung der Wirtschaft während der postsozialistischen Transformation in Serbien. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stehen Arbeiter und Arbeiterinnen zweier Betriebe in der vojvodinischen Stadt Zrenjanin. Die Autorin untersucht, wie diese den...

This paper analyzes the Peruvian-highland tradition of Takanakuy, a public brawling ritual occurring each Christmas to resolve conflicts between local community members. We argue that Takanakuy provides an effective way for locals to resolve disputes that Peru's formal judicial system is unable...

What is self-governance, and under what sets of institutions is it possible? We explore this question from the perspective of informal (de facto) constitutionalism. The dominant approach, grounded in formal constitutionalism, overlooks crucial institutional features that determine whether...

In the valid legislation of the Czech Republic, we do not find a clear and completely unambiguous definition of the concept of "self-government". Nonetheless, it is an institute traditionally used and with content defined in a particular way by the theory of administrative law or administrative...

The Chinese state has installed the residents' committee as a form of self-governance organization in each residential area in the cities. It is, however, challenged by the homeowners, a social group that has newly emerged as a result of China's economic liberalization. To protect their own...

We study the emergence of urban self-governance during the Commercial Revolution in the 12th- 13th century and show that municipal autonomy shaped national institutions over the subsequent centuries. We focus on England after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and build a novel comprehensive dataset of...