Article 10 Local Governement Units Flashcards
Refers to a political subdivision of a national or state, which is constituted by law and has substantial control affairs, with officials elected or otherwise locally selected.
Local government
Stated, “unitary system maintains a clear hierarchy between national and local levels, with powers enjoyed by the superior
Cariño 1998
The state or process of systematically dispersing power, authority and responsibility from the the national government to local government units
Decentralization
Forms of decentralization
Deconcentration
Devolution
Privatation
Transfer to ngos and community organization
Also known as administrative decentralization, involves the delegation of functions by national government departments to their respective field units.
Decentralization
Aims to free the central office from having to take measures on concerns that may be best dealt with at the lower levels
Deconcentration
Entails the transfer of powers from the center to local government units.
Dovolution
The transformer of responsibility to business firms in the performance of specialized tasks, entailing partnership between the government and the private sector.
Privatization
Entails certain functions that are usually
Performed by the government organization (NGOs)
Transfer to NGOs and community organization
The basic political units in the Philippines
It functions as the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, program, projects, and activities in the community
Barangay
Consists of a group of barangays and the code provides that the municipality must serve for the coordination and delivery of basic, regular, and direct services to its inhabitants
Municipality
More urbanized and developed barangays, as against those barangays that composed a municipality
City
The biggest unit of local government
A cluster of municipalities, or municipalities and component cities
Province
