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- Title: Voluntary Regional Co-Operation in Australia */ la Co-Operation Regionale Volontaire en Australie.
- Author : Canadian Journal of Regional Science
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 238 KB
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Provincial and state governments in Canada and Australia have encouraged the development of regional cooperation as an alternative to local government consolidation. In Canada, this process has usually been a 'top-down' affair with provincial authorities using legislative and financial measures to encourage collaboration. In Australia, on the other hand, cooperation has usually been a voluntary, 'bottom-up' exercise. The most common form of this activity bas been the regional organization of councils (ROC). ROCs consist of groupings of neighbouring local governments which combine their resources to pursue mutually beneficial economic, social and political objectives. This article explores the growth of ROCs over the last two decades and suggests that several of these entities have evolved into de facto forms of regional governance. Three brief case studies are provided. The analysis draws upon theories of social capital and organizational networks to explain how and why some ROCs achieve success. The article also explores how the achievements of ROCs have helped to erode state governments' long standing commitment to amalgamation as the most cost-effective policy option. The discussion includes a number of comparative references to the Canadian environment. Les gouvernements provinciaux et d' etat au Canada et en Australie ont encourage le developpement de la co-operation regionale en tant qu'alternative a la consolidation des gouvernements locaux. Au Canada, ce processus a ete pour la plupart une affaire 'top-down' avec les autorites provinciales utilisant des mesures legislatives et financie res afin d'encourager cette collaboration. En Australie, par contre, la co-operation a ete volontaire pour la plupart. La forme la plus repandue de cette activite fut l'organisation regionale des conseils (Regional Organization of Councils--ROC). Les ROC sont des regroupements de gouvernements locaux avoisinant qui se mettent ensemble afin d'atteindre des objectifs economique, social et politique qui sont positifs pour tous les participants. Cet article explore la croissance des ROC au cours des deux dernie res decennies et sugge re que plusieurs de ces entites ont evolue pour devenir des formes de gouvernance regionale de facto. Trois etudes de cas sont presentees brie vement. L'analyse se base sur les theories du capital social et de l'organisation des reseaux afin d'expliquer comment et pourquoi certaines ROC ont connu un succe s. L'article explore egalement comment les reussites des ROC ont contribue a reduire l'engagement depuis longtemps des gouvernants d'etat a la fusion municipale en tant que l'option politique le plus efficace en termes de cou ts. La discussion se refe re a plusieurs reprises a la situation au Canada.
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