LR 23
... Public policy as collective decision making by self-interested individuals • Who: rational self-interested individuals will in both politics and economics cooperate to achieve their goals • How: individuals come together in politics for their own mutual benefit; government must respond to market fai ...
... Public policy as collective decision making by self-interested individuals • Who: rational self-interested individuals will in both politics and economics cooperate to achieve their goals • How: individuals come together in politics for their own mutual benefit; government must respond to market fai ...
Political Science
... Political scientists who oppose this scientific emphasis argue that politics is highly complex and variable, continually changing as new events unfold, and driven by unpredictable human actions. They argue that any rigidly scientific approach can only yield trivial results. They point out that their ...
... Political scientists who oppose this scientific emphasis argue that politics is highly complex and variable, continually changing as new events unfold, and driven by unpredictable human actions. They argue that any rigidly scientific approach can only yield trivial results. They point out that their ...
Dynamic capabilities
... • technological opportunities may not be completely exogenous to industry, not only because some firms have the capacity to engage in or at least support basic research, • but also because technological opportunities are often fed by innovative activity itself. • The depth and width of technological ...
... • technological opportunities may not be completely exogenous to industry, not only because some firms have the capacity to engage in or at least support basic research, • but also because technological opportunities are often fed by innovative activity itself. • The depth and width of technological ...
GLOBALISATION AND REGIONALISATION IN INTERNATIONAL
... Globalisation theorists "differ on a number of issues.They "focus primarily upon the world as a system and devote most of the attention to the global processes that transcend or operate more or less autonomously from individual societies or nations."2 In support of their argument that globalisation ...
... Globalisation theorists "differ on a number of issues.They "focus primarily upon the world as a system and devote most of the attention to the global processes that transcend or operate more or less autonomously from individual societies or nations."2 In support of their argument that globalisation ...
good governance
... decency, accountability, transparency and efficiency. ‘Universally applicable’ because based on Human Rights Often used by donors and international organizations (perceived link with poverty alleviation) Many definitions, each one with specific emphasis, but not much contradiction ...
... decency, accountability, transparency and efficiency. ‘Universally applicable’ because based on Human Rights Often used by donors and international organizations (perceived link with poverty alleviation) Many definitions, each one with specific emphasis, but not much contradiction ...
Chapter 2: Theories of Strategy
... The processes and objectives may be rational according to criteria of the locally dominant group. Their focus: is external, where strategist has to be socially sensitive to understand what is going on within organization and among competitors. The means and the end depend on the characteristic of so ...
... The processes and objectives may be rational according to criteria of the locally dominant group. Their focus: is external, where strategist has to be socially sensitive to understand what is going on within organization and among competitors. The means and the end depend on the characteristic of so ...
Political Economy of Productivity - Inter
... their impact. We can only ask country teams to look into certain issues only as long as we know that that is the problem in the country. ...
... their impact. We can only ask country teams to look into certain issues only as long as we know that that is the problem in the country. ...
GST 201: Peace and Conflict Resolution
... laying claim to the pencil. One of them of course, may decide to let go the pencil (object of conflict) to the other pupil (party), and this will render the conflict terminated. Thus, in some cases such a concession may only achieve a negative peace, and there is need to always adopt a win-win appro ...
... laying claim to the pencil. One of them of course, may decide to let go the pencil (object of conflict) to the other pupil (party), and this will render the conflict terminated. Thus, in some cases such a concession may only achieve a negative peace, and there is need to always adopt a win-win appro ...
17 Government and Politics
... individuals who hold titles in such sovereignties are often aristocratic figureheads. A few nations today, however, are run by governments wherein a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power. Such nations are called absolute monarchies. Although governments and regimes are constantly changing across ...
... individuals who hold titles in such sovereignties are often aristocratic figureheads. A few nations today, however, are run by governments wherein a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power. Such nations are called absolute monarchies. Although governments and regimes are constantly changing across ...
Importance of Good Governance in Public Sector Reform
... what the institutions of government are, and how they are intended to operate Good governance emerges from its structural provisions, such as separation of powers and statement of explicit rights that guard against ...
... what the institutions of government are, and how they are intended to operate Good governance emerges from its structural provisions, such as separation of powers and statement of explicit rights that guard against ...
Executive Summary
... actually made it more difficult to argue that other transnational threats, such as infectious diseases or resource scarcities, are security issues. The quagmire results from the fragmentation of non-traditional approaches to national security into diverse approaches that are not easily reconcilable. ...
... actually made it more difficult to argue that other transnational threats, such as infectious diseases or resource scarcities, are security issues. The quagmire results from the fragmentation of non-traditional approaches to national security into diverse approaches that are not easily reconcilable. ...
BUDGETING, AUDITING AND GOVERNANCE
... imbalances, reduce inflation, and undertake key trade, exchange, and other market reforms needed to improve efficiency and support sustained economic growth. ...
... imbalances, reduce inflation, and undertake key trade, exchange, and other market reforms needed to improve efficiency and support sustained economic growth. ...
Political Participation and Governance Effectiveness
... term governance has been used for the description of decision-making processes and ensuing implementation, frequently being associated merely with the government and public administration. However, the further development of the Western democracies has aroused interest in the detailed knowledge of m ...
... term governance has been used for the description of decision-making processes and ensuing implementation, frequently being associated merely with the government and public administration. However, the further development of the Western democracies has aroused interest in the detailed knowledge of m ...
Political Science 1 – US Government West Coast American Leadership Academy
... Elitism in the United States is government by the few. Elites and the Masses in American Political Life. 1. Elites have power to decide who gets what, when, and how. 2. The lives of the masses are shaped by elite decisions. Democracy and the Survival of Democracy 1. Democracy is government by the pe ...
... Elitism in the United States is government by the few. Elites and the Masses in American Political Life. 1. Elites have power to decide who gets what, when, and how. 2. The lives of the masses are shaped by elite decisions. Democracy and the Survival of Democracy 1. Democracy is government by the pe ...
Human Resource Management (HRM)
... Although this model postulates a link between individual goals to organizational goals, however, how this is achieved is not shown. ...
... Although this model postulates a link between individual goals to organizational goals, however, how this is achieved is not shown. ...
WOLD VISION TANZANIA - The Appreciative Inquiry Commons
... Appreciation. We are committed to appreciating staff and upholding their contributions. We want to celebrate their respective gifts and talents. Empowerment. We are committed to empowering all staff to be the best they can be by maximizing their skills and abilities. In so doing, staff also increase ...
... Appreciation. We are committed to appreciating staff and upholding their contributions. We want to celebrate their respective gifts and talents. Empowerment. We are committed to empowering all staff to be the best they can be by maximizing their skills and abilities. In so doing, staff also increase ...
What is legitimacy and why does it matter for peace?
... context and there are basic ways of working that external or international peacebuilders can usefully employ: “do no harm” by not (unwittingly or intentionally) imposing inappropriate political processes on local populations; spend more time listening to (and not just talking to) local populations; ...
... context and there are basic ways of working that external or international peacebuilders can usefully employ: “do no harm” by not (unwittingly or intentionally) imposing inappropriate political processes on local populations; spend more time listening to (and not just talking to) local populations; ...
Official and Unofficial Actors and Their Roles in Public Policy
... What you see on C-SPAN does not represent the bulk of legislative action on policy. Most of the critical work on public policy is done in committees, which review legislation, propose and vote on amendments, and, in the end, decide whether a bill will die at the committee level or be elevated for co ...
... What you see on C-SPAN does not represent the bulk of legislative action on policy. Most of the critical work on public policy is done in committees, which review legislation, propose and vote on amendments, and, in the end, decide whether a bill will die at the committee level or be elevated for co ...
see here - RC08 - Legislative Specialists
... Most democratic states practice a version of a parliamentary system where a number of parties compete for power. In most cases a coalition of various parties is needed in order to form a government. Coalition studies tend to be static and focus on a single coalition process at one point in time. New ...
... Most democratic states practice a version of a parliamentary system where a number of parties compete for power. In most cases a coalition of various parties is needed in order to form a government. Coalition studies tend to be static and focus on a single coalition process at one point in time. New ...
Institutional Constraints
... perhaps thus the failures of the 1960s reform era (Offe 1984; Alford and Friedland 1985). Crenson’s book, The Un-Politics of Air Pollution (1971) provides a good example of this ‘third face’ of power, as Lukes has called it. In Gary, Indiana—the location of the headquarters of US Steel—there were no ...
... perhaps thus the failures of the 1960s reform era (Offe 1984; Alford and Friedland 1985). Crenson’s book, The Un-Politics of Air Pollution (1971) provides a good example of this ‘third face’ of power, as Lukes has called it. In Gary, Indiana—the location of the headquarters of US Steel—there were no ...
Revised White Paper on South African In International Peace Missions
... maintenance of buffer zones, monitoring and observing ceasefires, stabilising situations so that efforts could be made at the political level to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. The multidimensional approach came about as a result of the complex nature of conflicts and to address the limitat ...
... maintenance of buffer zones, monitoring and observing ceasefires, stabilising situations so that efforts could be made at the political level to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. The multidimensional approach came about as a result of the complex nature of conflicts and to address the limitat ...
`Tracing Patterns of Inequalities and Grievances in South Asia`
... Similarly, the control of resources by the state and the accumulation of resources by private interests, directly or indirectly, too were recognised as conditions for creating ethnic inequalities and grievances. This leads to unequal distribution of resources, as is evident in many conflict prone re ...
... Similarly, the control of resources by the state and the accumulation of resources by private interests, directly or indirectly, too were recognised as conditions for creating ethnic inequalities and grievances. This leads to unequal distribution of resources, as is evident in many conflict prone re ...
1. Theories and Concepts of Local Government
... On the question of the relationship between centralization and decentralization, Conyers, Rondinelli, Faltas, and others appear to echo the views of Fesler in asserting that both “centralization” and “decentralization” should be regarded as processes of change, rather than as fixed poles. It is furt ...
... On the question of the relationship between centralization and decentralization, Conyers, Rondinelli, Faltas, and others appear to echo the views of Fesler in asserting that both “centralization” and “decentralization” should be regarded as processes of change, rather than as fixed poles. It is furt ...