dossier 2014/05 kommunalpolitik

Local self-administration

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A candidate in Kenya's county elections wooing voters in front of a polling station in 2013.
Editorial
– by Hans Dembowski

All politics is local

Devolution of government powers to sub-national levels deepens democracy and serves long term stability
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Sanitation
– by Isabel Günther, Alexandra Horst

Access to better toilets

How to improve the sanitation situation in slum settlements
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Argentina
– by Sebastián Vargas

Direct democracy

After the financial crash in Argentina in 2001, citizens organised direct democracy at the local level
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Urban environment
– by Mohit Ray

Old mirrors

Ponds belong to Kolkata’s heritage and must be protected to the benefit of future generations
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Public participation
– by Christian Wuttke

Field trials

China's urban planners are increasingly interested in their people’s desires
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Twin cities
– by Stefan Wilhelmy

Tackling climate issues

Local governments in Germany draft and implement climate policies with twin cities in the Global South
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Manila
– by Alan C. Robles, Hans Dembowski

Dysfunctional complexity

Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual
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Municipal climate partnership
– by Birgit Reher, Stefan Jankowiak

Renewable energy for Nicaragua

Bielefeld is supporting climate-relevant projects in its Nicaraguan twin city Estelí
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Local government
– by Monika Huber, Wolfgang Kaiser

Mixed feelings

Peru’s NGOs want government decentralisation to serve social goals and public participation
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Urban marginalisation
– by Michel Silva

The favela reporter

Interview with Michel Silva, a blogger who writes about daily life in his favela in Rio
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Bolivia
– by Alcides Vadillo

Making enemies talk

Promoting dialogue systematically helps to tackle Bolivian social conflicts by peaceful means
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International civil society
– by Sheila Mysorekar

Reaching out to young people

For two years, Engagement Global has been working for development on municipal level, and is drawing a balance
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