Abstracts
Opening Session - Day One (1)
Opening Plenary - Issues Informing Local Governance Futures
- Presentation 1: Multi-spatial Strategic Partnership in the UK: New forms of Organisation and Emerging Issues
- Presentation 2: Is Subsidiarity the Panacea for Local Government Problems in the Caribbean?
- Presentation 3: Local Governance and Regional Political Integration: Obsolete or Essential. A Case for the Local State
Session One (1): Panel One (1) - Alternatives in Local Governance Structure and Organisation
- Paper 1: Local Governance Structures in Trinidad and Tobago: Muddling Through
- Paper 2: Local Government Reform in Trinidad, St.Lucia and St.Vincent: Propositions for Participatory Democracy and Governance or Merely Local Administrative Schemes?
- Paper 3: Local Government Reform in Jamaica – Lessons for the Caribbean: Hope for Social and Political Transformation in the Region
Session One (1): Panel Two (2) - Local Service Delivery and Performance-Case Study
- Presentation 1: The Manchester Parish Experience in Jamaica: Looking In and Out
- Presentation 2: An Analysis of Service Provision at the Local Level: A Case study of Local Government In Jamaica
Opening Session - Day Two (2)
- Presentation 1: Competition, Networks and Partnerships in Local Governance: Bold Jamaican Programme, Cautionary Tales
- Presentation 2: The Community Leadership Model and Country Ownership of Local Development in Jamaica
Session Two (2): Panel Three (3) - Managing Competition, Partnerships and Networks in Local Governance
- Paper 1: Assessing the Functionality of a Sustainable Municipality in Relation to the Existing Local Governance System
- Paper 2: The Evolving Role of Community Based Organisations in Jamaica: “A Means for Local Governance, Community Empowerment, and Redevelopment?”
- Paper 3: Revisiting the Parish Development Committee: Implications for Improved Local Governance and Development
Session Two (2): Panel Four (4) - Organisational Change
- Paper 1: Exploring the Significance of Strategic Planning in the Public Sector
- Paper 2: Organisational Change and Human Resource Planning – An Investigation into Local Government Reform in Trinidad
- Paper 3: Local Service Delivery and Performance
- Paper 4: A Critical Evaluation of the Institutional Arrangements: Governing Human Resource Management (HRM) in Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Jamaica: In search of a “goodness of fit” model
Session Three (3) : Panel Five (5) - Local Democracy and Local Development
- Paper 1 : The Conversation on Gender in the Local Government Reform Process : 1998-2008
- Paper 2 : Progress towards Gender Equality in Political Leadership in the Caribbean: The Case of Local versus Central Government in Jamaica, 1944-2007
- Paper 3: Participatory Democracy- does it work in practice?
Session Three (3) : Panel Six (6) - Local Government and National Development
- Paper 1 : Poverty Reduction by 2015: The Role of Local Government Institutions in Trinidad and Tobago: the Case of Tobago
- Paper 2 : Local Government’s Capacity and Communities Vulnerability to Hazards in Jamaica
- Paper 3: Local Government As the Engine of Development: towards a theory of a Local Government Development Model (LGDM); A review of the literature
- Paper 4 : Good Governance and Planning – Can Foresighting and Scenario Planning offer a more robust platform for establishing Sustainable Development Strategies in Jamaica?
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