Abstract
The recent economic slowdown has revealed major weaknesses in existing fiscal arrangements in local authorities, resulting in the introduction of stronger enforcement mechanisms in a number of OECD countries. This article describes an extreme intervention approach-the neutralization of the elected local leadership and its replacement with a convened committee (CC), in Israeli local authorities. The performance of local authorities headed by CCs was significantly improved with only a temporary loss of democracy. The Israeli approach could be an option for countries dealing with failing local administrations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 137-144 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Public Money and Management |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author would like to thank the Division of Local Government Administration and the Mifamin Unit at the Ministry of the Interior of Israel which funded this research.
Keywords
- Democratic deficit
- direct administration
- fiscal discipline
- local government
- organizational failure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Sociology and Political Science
- Public Administration