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Local Government

by brianbelen

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Lecture slide deck on Local Government.

Lecture slide deck on Local Government.

This was for a class on Philippine Politics and Governance that I taught between 2003-2005.

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Tiers of Local Authority Local governments are composed of local government units that form a specific hierarchy (more on that next session) Field Organizations v. Local Governments Local Governments possess political powers whereas field organizations simply execute administrative functions (decrees/administrative orders) General Purpose Authorities Local governments perform a gamut of functions, as opposed to field organizations which perform just one Municipal corporations It possesses both private and public functions  it is created by and for the stakeholders it is meant to serve Private: the enactment of its own laws Public: the implementation of national policies within its borders It is an instrumentality of the national government as well as local governance
Strictly speaking, decentralization in terms of local government is more of devolution, although there is a fair bit of deconcentration involved.
Debureaucratization Decentralization can lessen the bureaucracy (so that people do not have to wait for central government processes to run their course in order to enjoy government services) It also helps overcome the divisiveness that arises from the simultaneous operation of separate government agencies Subsidiarity It empowers local units to take care of their own affairs, which they most likely will be able to do much more effectively on their own Stakeholdership and Participatory Governance It is a means of giving grassroots communities ownership of their affiars It incorporates participation within the government mechanism Identity - Because LGUs are bound by territory, to some degree they bestow (political) identity to the areas they are meant to represent Accountability - Since LGUs are within the grasp of community members, much more direct accountability for government administration and services is facilitated

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L OCAL G OVERNMENT
OVERVIEW
- What do we mean by local government(s)?
- What is the rationale behind local governance?
REVIEW
- Governments are either unitary or federal
REVIEW
- The Philippines is a unitary state
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- Local governments are subordinate entities to national governments that enjoy the legal authority to exercise political power over a fixed territory
CHARACTERISTICS
- Tiers of local authority
- Different from field organizations
- General purpose authorities
- Municipal corporations
DECENTRALIZATION
- Deconcentration
- Devolution
RATIONALE
- Debureaucratization
- Subsidiarity
- Stakeholdership and Participatory Governance
- Identity
- Accountability
RA7160
- Decentralization in the Philippines was effected by RA7160
- The local government code is the framework for local governance in the Philippines