Can PR voting serve as a shelter against declining turnout ? : Evidence from Swiss municipal elections

To assess the impact of electoral systems on voting turnout, cross-national studies can be usefully complemented by studies of turnout in local elections in countries using more than one electoral system at that level. In this article, we look at data from a 1998 survey of Swiss municipalities to revisit the findings of our earlier study. This previous study, based on a 1988 survey, concluded, in particular, that there exists a positive relationship between proportional representation elections, party politicization, and voter turnout. The moment is opportune since, in the interval, turnout has markedly declined in Swiss municipalities, as elsewhere. By testing whether municipalities with proportional representation voting were more or less successful in stemming the decline, we learn more about the relationship among these three phenomena. We use the results for those Swiss municipalities which participated in both surveys as our primary source.

Audit report on the Council Bluffs Airport Authority for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the Council Bluffs Airport Authority for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the Perry Municipal Waterworks, Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the Perry Municipal Waterworks, Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2011

Report on applying agreed-upon procedures to the Villisca Municipal Power Plant’s accounting procedures, cash and investment balances and compliance with Code of Iowa requirements for the period February 1, 2007 through December 31, 2010

Report on applying agreed-upon procedures to the Villisca Municipal Power Plant’s accounting procedures, cash and investment balances and compliance with Code of Iowa requirements for the period February 1, 2007 through December 31, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the New Hampton Municipal Light Plant for the period January 1, 2001 through May 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the New Hampton Municipal Light Plant for the period January 1, 2001 through May 31, 2012

Audit report on the Council Bluffs Airport Authority for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Council Bluffs Airport Authority for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Perry Municipal Waterworks, Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the Perry Municipal Waterworks, Perry, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the Coggon Municipal Light Plant for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the Coggon Municipal Light Plant for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2012

Gestão de recursos para manutenção e desenvolvimento do ensino na esfera municipal

O trabalho objetivou desvelar a gestão dos recursos para manutenção e desenvolvimento do ensino no município de Campo Grande, capital do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, no período de 1997 a 2012. O propósito foi verificar em que medida o montante de recursos disponíveis seria suficiente para a garantia do direito à educação nas etapas da educação básica sob a responsabilidade e a competência do município. Trabalhou-se com a legislação e documentos de âmbito federal e municipal, com destaque para os balanços gerais do município e a literatura pertinente à temática. Constatou-se que as receitas municipais se mostraram ascendentes no período, o que pode ter contribuído para a universalização do ensino fundamental e para a expansão obrigatória da educação básica.