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....

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 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...

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 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....

Hayek's emphasis on the rule of law as a source of economic and political well-being underestimates how customary and informal institutions contribute to the common good in countries where the government is predatory. While customary governance can sometime be subjected to local tyrannies, it is...

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...

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...

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...

Chambers of commerce are omnipresent in domestic public policy and play a crucial role in business self-governance. However, they are rather neglected in both public and scientific debates and seem to be in decline. This volume fills this gap in research on organised business and state-market...

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...

Die soziale Selbstverwaltung in der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) ist immer wieder Gegenstand von Diskussionen und Reformvorschlägen. Ein Vorschlag ist dabei die Ergänzung der bisher in der Selbstverwaltung vertretenen Organisationen durch Patientenorganisationen. Dieser Vorschlag...

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...

Los países de América Latina del siglo XXI están experimentando una profundización de sus democracias, proceso que va de la mano con la reflexión y mirada crítica al desarrollo y con el creciente convencimiento de que este debe centrarse en la igualdad con una perspectiva de derechos. Esto...

"As many Indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are taking their own approaches to property rights and community development. Why did the Nisga'a Nation introduce property rights that can be traded in the market? And how have communities such as the...

This paper presents a unique historical experiment to explore the dynamics of institutional change in the Middle Ages. We have assembled a novel dataset, where information on political institutions for northern-central Italian cities between 1000 and 1300 is matched with detailed information on...

The paper deals with the problem of municipalities' fiscal distress and its diagnosis. The study examines the key financial indicators of Polish municipalities located in the West Pomeranian Region and uses them to build an aggregate measurement to identify the level of these municipalities'...

Das Ziel des Aufsatzes ist, auf die wohlbekannten Phänomene von Selbstverwaltung und Selbstregulierung zu blicken; dabei wird die Governanceperspektive in einer recht ungewöhnlichen Weise mit der Perspektive der Rechtsgeschichte verknüpft. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass nahezu jede...

This article analyses how the concept of ‘local ownership’ has been employed within policy frameworks in the context of peacebuilding since the late 1990s. It identifies the paradox that lies in the increasing willingness to transfer ownership to the local population and the also explicit...

Die Studie untersucht ausführlich, wie sich die Hochschulautonomie in Deutschland in den einzelnen Bundesländern in den vergangenen fünf Jahren verändert hat. Ausgangspunkt ist die Frage, ob es eine Umkehr in Richtung weniger Autonomie gibt und in welchem Umfang dies erfolgt. Diese...

For a panel of 122 cities observed over 300 years in medieval northern-central Italy, we document that the occurrence of an earthquake retarded institutional transition from the feudal regime to the commune (free city state) in cities where the political and the religious leaders were one and...