English for Public Administration (Central, Regional and Municipal Administration) (Английский язык для студентов, обучающихся по направлению «Государ

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Answer the questions:

A.What are the problems of regional administration in the US and Canada?

B.Why do they encounter them?

C.Who must be responsible for regional administration in the US and Canada?

2. Mark the sentences True or False. Correct the false ones:

A.Regionalism was neglected in Canada because many scientists found difficulties dealing with it.

B.Investigating the performance of organizations, non-hierarchical interactive policy processes is the most appropriate.

C.In federal systems it is possible to work out comprehensible chains of command for policy-makers.

3. Fill in the blanks:

A.Both in Canada and the USA communication between departmental field _____ is irregular, and no cooperative forecast has been initiated with state and local governments.

a)offices

b)officer

c)official

B.It is hard to distinguish the precise sequence of ____ _________in the federal systems of Canada and the USA.

a)command

b)commanding

c)restriction

4.Complete each sentence using a word derivationally related to the word given in brackets:

A.I suppose cost shouldn’t be a _____ factor. (decision)

B.They are under the _____ of very qualified social workers. (supervise)

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C._____ administration was paying attention to the developing nations and the analysis of “transitional societies”. (compare)

D.A number of industrialized nations are supplying _____ countries with new technologies. (develop)

E._____ your baggage before you leave home. (insurance)

F.They must behave in a way which will be _____ suitable. (social)

G.These societies became _____ during this century. (industry)

H.They are the best part of my _____ team. (manage)

I.These people are well qualified _____ . (academy)

J.In a short time public administration developed a theory and a method of _____ of its own. (investigate)

6. Which words can you derive from the following:

7. Match the words with their equivalent:

8.Discuss in pairs:

A.What is your opinion of the US Government?

B.What would you do to improve the federal systems of the US and Canada?

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UNIT 3. LOCAL AUTHORITIES

IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

1. Give the initial forms of the following words:

typical, examples, include, the city, town, borough, bodies, generally, made, cities, stipulated, different, types, called, variously

2. State to what parts of speech the following words belong:

tax, libraries, social services, housing, council, governed, central, local, waste management, waste, collection, single, collection, education.

3.Check up if you can translate the following words correctly: tax collection, demarcation, empowerment, municipal services

to track the requests, engage, social services, housing, council, the culture of the organization.

4.Compare the following pairs of words and translate them:

determine – determination; policy – political; administrate – administration; govern – government; confront – confrontation; check – checking, empower – empowerment.

5. Match the word combinations with their Russian equivalents:

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TEXT A

LOCAL AUTHORITIES

No modern country can be governed from a single location only. The affairs of municipalities and rural areas must be left to the administration of local governments. Accordingly, all countries have at least two levels of government: central and local. A number of countries also contain a third level of government, which is responsible for the interests of more or less large regions.

There are several different types of local government in Russia. Type I. A one-tier regional state administration together with one-

tier local government administrations.

In this model, local government bodies are generally made up of large cities and raions and enjoy full fiscal rights stipulated by federal legislation.

Type II. A two-tier regional state administration together with onetier local government administrations where local governments are deprived of important rights. (municipalities formed at the sub-raion level are deprived of some powers established by federal legislation, particularly) budgetary rights.

Type III. One-tier structure regional state administration together with a two-tier local government structure in which some local governments are subordinate to others, in violation of federal legislation.

The first tier of local governments is comprised of big cities and raions; the second level of sub-raion cities and other populated areas within cities or raions.

The above-mentioned types of municipal organization can be combined within regions. For example, Tyumen oblast has 295 municipalities; of these, four are large cities, two are raions, and the rest are small townships.

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VOCABULARLY

1.a one-tier regional state administration –

*

2.district –

3.city/town –

4.to stipulate –

5.to be deprived of rights – *

6.urban-type settlement – 4

7.okrug –

8.rural administration (selsovet) – *

9.volost –

10.rural localities – 4

11.township – ,

12.violation of federal legislation –

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Answer the questions:

A.What is the first tier of local governments comprised of?

B.Can a modern country be governed from a single location?

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C. How many levels of government do all countries have?

2. Mark the sentences True or False. Correct the false ones:

A. All countries include a third level of government, which is responsible for the interests of less large regions.

B. The problems of municipalities and rural areas must be left to the administration of state governments.

3. Translate into Russian:

4. Translate into English:

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5. Translate into Russian:

a one-tier regional state administration; fiscal rights; to be deprived of some powers; township; violation of federal legislation is not common; this district; cities; stipulate; to be deprived of rights; some people live in urbantype settlements; rural administrations should; volost; rural localities must be responsible for.

6. Discuss in pairs:

A.What problems may occur if rural administrations are unfamiliar with their own duties?

B.What other types of local government can you suggest to Russia?

C.Do you agree with this division of administration?

7. Read Text A again and retell it in short.

TEXT B

LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

There are several different types of local government at the municipal level in the USA. Local governments generally include two tiers: counties, also known as boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns. In some states, counties are divided into townships. Municipalities can be structured in many ways, as defined by state constitutions, and are called, variously, townships, villages, boroughs, cities, or towns. Various kinds of districts also provide functions in local government outside county or municipal boundaries, such as school districts or fire protection districts.

In Canada the administration of local governments of different provinces includes towns, villages, parishes, rural municipalities, townships or hamlets.

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Functions and powers of the local authorities in England:

Although local government has been broadly defined as that element of the governmental structure which deals with affairs of peculiarly local significance, there is no immutably fixed line of demarcation between its responsibilities and those of the Central Government. The allocation of functions between local and central Government changes constantly as circumstances warrant. There is a wide range of powers and functions for which local authorities as a whole or as individual units may have varying degrees of responsibility.

VOCABULARLY

1.demarcation –

2.waste management – *

3.social services –

4.consumer protection – )

5.housing –

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6.waste collection –

7.tax collection – , *

8.licensing –

9.council tax – * (* *

*, ; *

* * * *)

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Answer the questions:

A.What are the types of local government at the municipal level in the USA?

B.How many tiers do local governments generally include?

C.What are the functions and powers of the local authorities in England?

D.Does the allocation of functions between local and central government change constantly?

2. Mark the sentences True or False. Correct the false ones:

A.The US local authorities usually include three tiers: counties, boroughs in Alaska and parishes in Louisiana, and municipalities, or cities/towns.

B.Local government deals with affairs of local consequence.

2. Fill in the blanks:

powers, boroughs, townships, different, authorities

A.Municipalities are named as __________, villages, _________, cities, or towns.

B.There is a wide selection of _________ and functions for which local

______ have _______ extent of accountability.

4. Translate into Russian:

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