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Russo, Charles J. – Education and the Law, 2007
As the most unionized segment of the public sector workforce in the USA, teachers and their bargaining representatives wield significant power in the world of educational labour relations and beyond. Yet, just as the First Amendment's freedom of association clause affords unions the right to exist, its concomitant recognition that employees are…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Joumard, Isabelle – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
Enhanced autonomy of sub-national governments has spurred innovative management. Spending assignments across levels of government, however, often overlap and/or are not yet fully understood by most citizens. Sub-national governments' accountability is further reduced by the heavy reliance on federal transfers, as opposed to own-revenues (taxes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Sector, Educational Finance, Administrative Organization