Institution-building in Somalia has met with high levels of failure for two decades. But successes have occurred in other Somali-inhabited regions of the eastern Horn, and have been especially present at the local and municipal level. The most effective a

Local governance based on institutions for collective action can help overcome social dilemmas in natural and agricultural resource management. A common path towards local governance is decentralisation, and within this context, a transfer of property rights from central government to local...

The current economic crisis has demonstrated that rugged collectivism as an economic, social and political system has failed. While the majority of nation powers have been stripped from nation-states inside the European Union, there are still a handful of nations that have yet retained their...

The current economic downturn has put public budgets under pressure, reducing investments and revenues for local stakeholders to cope, among other things, with contemporary demands of environmental protection. Local-based partnerships may provide an efficient tool by adopting, integrating and...

This paper presents an integrated analytical framework for the study of participatory local democracy weaved around the concepts of Governance, Governability and Governmentality. Drawing lessons from international experience, It focuses on the key determinants of the success of the local...

This article proposes to study the logics of territoriality and regionalization of innovation conveyed through cluster policies conducted at different levels of power (Europe, States, Regions) and/or through networks of actors belonging to different institutional fields (public, private and...

Social mobilisations are becoming increasingly frequent in the hinterland of the new Tangier-Med, port as a reaction to the abrupt transformation of the area. Local people are making use of new politically expedient structures provided by the reform of the State. As a consequence of their hybrid...

Constructing and promoting an innovative urban eco-land performance assessment model are important issues for local environmental governance. Local government employees play a key role in executing environmental planning and management policy. Government employees' behaviors and attitudes are...

Depuis 2007, deux séries successives d’envolée des prix des denrées alimentaires ont causé la faim ou la malnutrition pour des millions de personnes dans le monde. Les mêmes facteurs qui avaient contribué à la hausse des prix en 2007-2008 ont refait surface en 2011 et ont pour nom : la...