Question

Distinguish between local government and local self government

Answer 1

In unitary states (like France), all laws are made at the center and apply equally everywhere in the country. Local governments are merely administrative districts applying the national laws locally. Local governments may be elected or appointed by the center but they have no law-making power.

In non-unitary states (like the USA and other federal states), local governments at various levels can make their own laws in certain areas. Local officials are all elected locally. This is local self-government.

When the elected local governments in Northern Ireland get along, they have local self-government. Unfortunately, in the last year or so the local self-governments have been deadlocked; the UK took away local self-government/home rule and now governs Northern Ireland through the central government in Westminster.

Answer 2

Local government :- Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. In federal states, local government generally comprises a third or fourth tier of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually occupies the second or third tier of government.

Local self government :- Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the hosts in their own home. People elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the most important issues.

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