Locally-proposed comprehensive Four Rivers alternatives
”As the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project is directly connected to the lives of local residents, the central government should negotiate with the local governments.”
Empty safes labeled “bankruptcy of the local governments,” and shovels and bulldozers representing the Lee Myung-bak administration’s widespread construction projects lie on a desolate sandy beach as high-rise buildings on the brink of collapse due to the plummeting real estate sector dot the landscape.
Polycentric Systems as One Approach for Solving Collective-Action Problems
After an introduction to the problem, this chapter will review the extensive research that demonstrated the capabilities of many citizens to design imaginative and productive ways of producing public goods and common-pool resources. Successful systems tend to be polycentric with small units nested in larger systems. Not all such systems are successful, and we need to understand factors associated with failure as well as success.
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Korean government looking for a "cyber"spokesperson...
“Whereas the official spokesman mostly delivers the president’s messages, the cyber spokesperson will answer Internet users’ questions on a real-time basis and speak about government positions on light issues as well,” another presidential aide said.
