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Kim, Gouk Tae. "Science Government policy Korea." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8094.
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Donovan, Claire Angela. "Government policy and the direction of social science research." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392801.
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Using the UK Social Science Research Council (SSRC)lEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC)l as a case study, this thesis tests the hypothesis that government funding of social science research has altered research directions. Academics often assume a causal link between government policy, ESRC-funded research and research directions but no adequate evidence has been presented to support this claim. As a senior ESRC figure puts it, 'Most of the people who say these things, even though they are social scientists, speak without looking at very simple .... evidence that's publicly available.' This research examines this evidence in detail and draws upon extensive interviews with ESRC figures. Various governments have viewed social science as either the equivalent of, or inferior to, natural science. The ESRC has been caught in the middle of this conceptual and ideological battle. An understanding of the history of social science in the UK Research Council system, and of the development of the disciplines of sociology and economics in particular, is crucial in revealing how the Left and Right have confronted the idea of a 'science of society' and the impact, if any, upon social science research via the ESRC. This thesis concludes that there is no evidence that government policy has deliberately been filtered through the ESRC in order to direct the social science research effort. There have, however, been indirect consequences of government funding social SCIence through the Research Council system. An ex-ESRC Secretary explains that governments do not understand what social science is so they support 'social science that makes sense to natural scientists', which is 'social science in the service of natural science and technology'. Through fear of budget cuts the ESRC never sought to correct this image and has more recently strategically promoted this brand of social science to its advantage. This has led to a picture of the ESRC as positivistic and directive but, as an ex-committee secretary says, this is 'more apparent than real'. A closer examination of the ESRC's relationships with government, its research priorities and the secretariat's dealings with academics reveals a very different day-to-day picture.
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De, Villiers K. A. "Analysing science-based advice-giving for UK government policy." Thesis, University of Essex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399970.
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Lee, Kyu Young. "Political clout of government bondholders: how government bondholders expect and affect states’ conflictual behaviors." Diss., University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5801.
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How do government bond markets expect and affect states’ conflictual behaviors? Many assume that interstate disputes harm states’ credit; however, existing research on finance have sparingly investigated specifically through what channel international disputes disturb government bondholders and the extent of the effect. On the contrary, although government bonds have been used as primary means for states to finance disputes, most empirical studies on conflicts have not factored in the financial costs of disputes. My study delves into the questions of what role government bondholders play in international disputes, and how they constrain or give leeway to states’ conflictual behaviors. My study seeks to propose detailed criteria that rational bondholders use when they evaluate states’ credit risks when facing interstate disputes and to provide an overview of how government bonds could be an instrument of market power for the purpose of state security.
I analyze my theory of how government bondholders react to international disputes, by using a dataset of Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) incidents and government bond yields of 25 countries, including 18 developed and 7 developing countries, for 1971—2010. My results of panel regressions show that investors do not always react negatively when they observe their bond issuer engaged in an international dispute. Instead, they evaluate the actual risk that the interstate dispute would impose on their bond investments, conditional on how likely a dispute is to escalate to war and the predicted outcome of potential war in case the parties in dispute go into war. Investors are prudent enough to show more sensitive reactions to major clashes than minor quibbles among states. Further, bondholders withdraw their investments only when they expect their bond issuer’s defeat in potential war or when they have difficulties predicting the outcomes of disputes. Moreover, states’ economic development status conditions bondholders’ risk assessments in the sense that investors have biased perceptions of the (in)capabilities of developing countries’ governments to deal with potential credit risks associated with international disputes. Bondholders respond more negatively to the interstate disputes in which developing countries are the parties than developed countries are, even though the disputes themselves have objectively similar prospects of escalation to war.
Next, I investigate how states’ borrowing as well as their interest rates lead to different outcomes of disputes in two ways: whether a dispute is likely to escalate into war and if not who will be winner of the dispute. While the amount of debt has contradictory effects on a state’s waging conflict, augmenting its win probability on the one hand, but increasing the burden of debt service, on the other hand, the level of borrowing costs contributes only to financial pressure on a state’s economy. My results of binomial and multinomial logistic regressions on MIDs and interest rates of 56 countries for 1816–2007 show that high interest rates suppress the likelihood of escalation to war as well as a state’s win probability in a dispute. On the contrary, states try to avoid developing into war as far as the amount of debt is bearable, but once it exceeds a certain level, states turn more aggressive and prefer escalating to war over staying in the bargaining process.
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Hudson, John Robert. "Information and delivery of government services : a political science perspective." Thesis, Brunel University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286798.
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Seneviratne, Mary. "Complaints procedures in local government." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1990. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1883/.
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This study examines the ways in which local authorities in England handle complaints from consumers of their services, and, in particular, looks at the extent of and use of internal complaints procedures. It is argued that complaints procedures are important because they are a part of a citizen's democratic entitlement, and that, as they are concerned with the resolution of the individual trouble case, they are a fit study for lawyers. Justifications are given for locating the study within local government, and the impact of organisational theory in this area is explored. Other methods of dealing with consumer complaints are examined, and it is concluded that, although councillors, the courts and the Local Ombudsman all have a role to play in this area, there is still a need for authorities to have internal complaints procedures. The major part of the study explores in detail the extent of authority-wide internal complaints procedures in local government in England. It justifies the use of these procedures, and compares the experiences of various departments within local government in relation to the use of departmental complaints procedures. In addition, there is more detailed study of social services departments and planning departments, not only in relation to complaints procedures, but also in relation to other practices which may reduce complaints. Authorities, in general, did not have well developed complaints procedures, and there was little evidence of their use as part of the managerial process. There were, however, some authorities with good practices, and there is evidence of change within local government, which is now recognising the necessity of taking complaints seriously.
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Hawkins, David Alexander. "Social Capital and Trust in Government." W&M ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625903.
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Harrigan, Brian. "Government environmental policy in Brazil." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9881.
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Brazil is not a homogeneous mix of peoples or ecological traits and its regions are in fact characterized by widely divergent cultures, beliefs, perceptions and attitudes reflected in a wide array of social and political structures. This thesis posits that there are underlying characteristics which form the foundation of the Brazilian governments' environmental policies, and that fundamental trends have emerged from this policy process. Part 1 attempts to hone the meanings of both the environment and policy, and presents the elements which form the environmental policy framework, and provides the blueprint from which Brazil's environmental mapping is traced. Part 2 underlines Brazil's diversity alluded to previously, and which must constantly be contrasted with the admittedly simplifying policy instruments developed in Part 1 in order to more accurately reflect the country's diverse realities. Brazil's less than brilliant environmental reputation is also briefly described. Part 3 and, particularly, Part 4 form the nucleus of the thesis, and describe Brazil's historical formation viewed through its effect on the environmental policy framework elements, namely long and short-term forces, "environmental players", and the constituent parts of the policy process including: Agenda setting and policy formulation, and policy legitimization, implementation and evaluation. Nearly five hundred years of social, political and economic evolution and their effects on the environmental framework are sectioned into five periods, with relevant elements affecting Brazil's environmental policy arena concluding each historical section, and with particular analytical emphasis starting from the onset of the military regime in 1964. Finally, Part 5 is a retrospective overview which pulls together the analysis of the previous parts, and unfold Brazil's environmental policy map, identifying the clear characteristics and trends which have surfaced within the country's environmental evolution, thus reaching the thesis' objectives. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Elder, Dennis Samuel. "Media Influence in Urban Government." W&M ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625399.
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Dry, Sarah Crawford. "Chapter of accidents : science, safety and government in mid-Victorian Britain." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252019.
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Mallick, Ross. "West Bengal government policy : 1977-1985." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254502.
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Buang, Abd Aziz. "The division of responsibilities between different levels of government : the case for local government in Peninsular Malaysia." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316364.
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Taylor, Kenneth. "Genetic science in the risk society : contrasting responses of government and public." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432581.
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Gärdemalm, Niemi Matilda, Öhrling Sara Rydberg, and Emma Stam. "Establishment of Technical Life Science Consulting Services in a Local Government Market." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384571.
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This master thesis evaluates the possibility for Semcon AB to establish a business within the public sector of Uppsala. The need and prerequisites for technical life science consultant services has been investigated by interviewing experts in their field. The study is explanatory and contributes with an understanding of the current situation and the outlook for consultants in in the public sector, with Region Uppsala as the targeted customer. The results show that the need for consultants lies within IT, logistics, medtech, and construction. A consultant should preferably have a combination of these competences. Another possibility is to aid the public sector with the difficulties in specifying the requirements of a procurement. There are different ways of establishing a business with Region Uppsala. Either by a framework agreement, as a subcontractor, or by innovation procurement. One aspect of successful collaboration between a consultant company and the public sector is the attitudes toward consultants. The result indicates generally positive attitudes. Despite this a concern of knowledge disappearing when the assignment is finished exists. Therefore, transparency as well as constant feedback and evaluation is highly important.
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Gobewole, Stephen H. "Public Corruption in Liberian Government." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/355.
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There is a widespread public perception of corruption in Liberia's election process, yet there is little documentation on the characteristics of voters and their perceptions of electoral corruption. The purpose of this correlational study was to explore the relationship between gender, ethnicity, physical location, and perceptions about political activity during the 2005 national election. Roderick Chisolm's conceptualization of the internalist view of justification served as the theoretical construct. Data were acquired from the Afrobarometer survey (n = 1,200), which used a representative cross-sectional sample design, and were subjected to cross-tabulation analysis, a chi-square test, and a correlation analysis. The results of the analysis indicated that elections were perceived as unfair and that gender was an important predictor of perception. The analysis revealed that 26.8% of women perceived the National Election Commission as untrustworthy and 79.0% reported that they did not feel completely free to choose their preferred candidate. A chi-square test of association confirmed that among males, the belief that elections are free and fair was statistically significant (p = .002), though not for females (p = .151). Gender was moderately correlated (r = .088) with corruption of government officials. It was also found that the theoretical construct may explain the behavior of elected officials, but was not predictive of voter engagement. Recommendations to remedy this problem include widespread election reform that focuses on combating negative perceptions of voters, particularly among women, and correcting technical irregularities in Liberia's electoral processes.
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Sibanda, Desire Mutize. "Financial accountability in the Government of Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364916.
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Lorman, Thomas Anselm. "The domestic politics of the Bethlen government." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269979.
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Kioko, Sharon N. "Fiscal institutions and state government fiscal performance." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330814.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2008.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 22, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 4120. Adviser: Craig L. Johnson.
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Choi, Ho-Taek. "Central-local government fiscal relations in South Korea the impact of central government grants on local authorities' finance /." Thesis, Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.311609.
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Lowndes, Vivien. "Local government decentralisation : a study of institutional change." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1994. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21279.
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The thesis analyses local government decentralisation as a process of institutional change. It is based on a case study of decentralisation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (1986-1990). Drawing on 'new institutionalist' theory, the thesis develops a new approach to understanding local government decentralisation. It provides analternative to accounts which concentrate on identifying the 'pros and cons' of decentralisation. It examines the capacity of decentralisation to secure change in the underlying institutional framework of local governance. The thesis develops a conceptual framework depicting four stages of an institutional lifecycle: creation, recognition, maintenance and collapse. The framework maps the interaction of formal and informal institutional rules, and the relative significance of strategic action and norm-governed behaviour in institutional change. The conceptual framework is used to analyse local government decentralisation in Tower Hamlets. The thesis shows that decentralisation arose out of the collapse of old institutional rules, under the influence of dominant informal institutions in the locality. It explores how, through strategic action and the 'embedding' of new norms of behaviour, a new institutional framework was established through decentralisation. It also considers the ambiguous and contested nature of institutional change; in maintaining an institutional framework over time, rules are reinterpreted and modified. The thesis makes a conceptual and empirical contribution to understanding institutional change in general, and local government decentralisation in particular.
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Khan, Taj Moharram. "Central-local government relations in Pakistan since 1979." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1996. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/272/.
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This thesis explores the pattern of relationship of local government institutions in Pakistan with the higher level of governments, particularly with the provincial governments, under whose jurisdictional purview they fall. Pakistan is a federation where the provinces are empowered to legislate on various aspects of the working of local councils. Despite being a provincial subject, the influence of the central government under both the military and civilian regimes has also been immense. To analyse this, field work was undertaken in two provinces of Pakistan (the Punjab and the N-W. F. P). In each a district was selected (Gujrat and Mardan respectively) and the working of their municipalities and district councils were studied in the context of the impact of party-politics, the administrative control exercised, and the implications of financial decisions taken by the higher levels of government. Part one of the thesis describes the origin and development of local government in the South Asian sub-continent, particularly an analysis of the initiatives taken for their growth by military and civilian regimes during the years preceding independence. Part two consists of the case studies of four local councils and an analysis of the provincial-local government relations under the present Local Government Ordinance of 1979 introduced by General Mohammad Zia-ul Haque. Part three reflects the concerns and recommendations of experts and those involved in the working of local government in Pakistan. The conclusions drawn from the thesis material show that, though local government institutions have been operating in an environment of political expediency and without assistance from the general political cultural background, they have been able to make positive contributions to the development of democracy and to the provision of local services for the general welfare of the people. Local government in Pakistan has suffered from gaps between theory and practice, public statements and practical realities, and a pervasive political context which has neglected the development of services. There has been a tendency to proclaim the virtues of local government in theory and to make promises to support local institutions but in practice to do much less and to continue with practices which do not enable local government and its services to flourish. The clearest exemplification of this is that periods of martial law, where democracy at a national level has been imperilled, have seen the positive encouragement of local government and local democracy as a means of gaining popular support for the regime. In contrast, in periods of democratic central government, local institutions have proved to be obstacles to central authority, and they have been neglected or abused in favour of a more bureaucratic mode of governing. Both military and civilian rulers have manipulated local institutions for their own benefit. The outcome has been that the relationship between centre and provinces and the provinces and the local institutions has never been balanced or fully articulated. At the local level, as illustrated in the case studies, the consequences has been a lower level of civic amenity than is either desirable or what local persons know is practicable with a more stable institutional base. The past record of the cases studied shows that, despite the impact of local and national politics, real progress had been made in services and in developing local democracy
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Manda, P. M. M. "The decentralisation of government in Zambia since independance." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234024.
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Seymour, M. J. "Pro-government propaganda in Interregnum England, 1649-1660." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383947.
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Jeffrey, Barbara. "Community participation in decentralising local government." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1995. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7227/.
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This thesis examines recent experiments with participatory democracy in the context of decentralised local government. It charts the evolution in attitudes to the role of the generality of citizens in their own government, from commentators who were convinced that stability depended upon their apathy, to the current belief that mass involvement will save local democracy from deteriorating further into crisis. From the literature it is apparent that various authorities have pursued decentralisation initiatives for very different, sometimes conflicting reasons, not all concerned with democratisation. These have frequently been only vaguely articulated and then half-heartedly implemented. Where democratisation has actually been attempted and has included a participatory element, it is the particular contention here that there has been a mismatch between the structures adopted and the objectives to be achieved such that the community participants involved are prevented from playing the role envisaged for them. Furthermore, it is argued that a belief that the emergent participants are non political overlooks their true party affiliations; consequently there has been a failure to introduce sufficient safeguards to ensure true accountability to the constituents for whom they are intended to speak. The case studies on which the research is based are drawn from Scotland where there is an existing grassroots network of community councils which might have formed the building block for any new structures of involvement. Two quite contrasting models are examined, one primarily intended to improve the council's responsiveness to local needs and aspirations in regard to provision of public services, and one intended to offset disadvantage through empowerment. These are evaluated in the light of the above hypotheses and alternative models are evolved better suited to achieving the council's apparent aims. Finally lessons are drawn in relation to their effectiveness or otherwise as examples of new forms of participatory democracy which would have a potential to lower the barriers to involvement by those who currently choose, or are forced, to remain excluded from our present representative forms of democracy.
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Toussant, Chad A. "Environmental Science in Local Government: A Fellowship with the City of Hamilton, OH." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1386336999.
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Cho, Im-Gon. "Local government fiscal impacts on wages, housing values, and household migration." Connect to resource, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1271855326.
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Kittredge, William Patrick. "Local government debt policies: Do they make a difference?" Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Chetty, Deenadayalan. "Perceptions of cloud computing in the South African government." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12827.
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Includes bibliographical references.The South African government is unable to provide efficient Information Technology (IT) services to the citizens because of the fragmented approach in government where each department procures their own IT services and equipment. This leads to a silo approach and no sharing across the departments. The rapid technology advancements are creating new opportunities and a new way of working. Government is unable to respond to the demand and the rigid procurement makes getting a new service or equipment a laborious task. The departments do not have buying power because of the silo approach. There are no economies of scale, integration and interoperability that will make technology less expensive and shared across government. The diverse environments that have different technologies are growing and becoming increasingly more complex and unmanageable. The suppliers are going directly to the departments by by-passing the government mandate. Cloud computing is an option to assist government but the adoption of cloud computing is slow. If the situation remains the same or if nothing is done to improve the government ICT services, the service delivery for efficient ICT services to citizens will decline. An example is: People will need to take time off from their jobs in order to go to a government department and then wait in the long queues to get a basic service - this will create frustration and dissatisfaction towards the SA government. This is time consuming as each time that a person will need a service then they will have to go to the government department for a service that could have been offered as an ICT service. A survey was conducted for the government users and the primary objectives was to determine the awareness of government IT employees about cloud computing and government IT employee readiness to implement cloud computing solutions. The results show that government users are in favour of using cloud computing and understand the many benefits and challenges. Poor security is the number one disadvantage; and the government department must ensure that the data in cloud computing is kept secure. E-Mail, ECM and ERP software are the most used software in government that must move to cloud computing. A government cloud and community cloud must be used in order to keep data secure. For a successful adoption of cloud computing, the important drivers that must be considered includes: scalability of infrastructure, reduce cost as it is pay for what is used, skills training and ensure business continuity.
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Stallard, W. "The Labour Party in opposition and in government, 1970-79 : The effects of the government-opposition cycle upon intra-party stability." Thesis, Keele University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372827.
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Velasquez, Raul. "Agency, institutional constraints and law in the creation of Bogota's new local governments, and in the evolution of local government policies." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365606.
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Cho, Hye Jee. "Partisan politics and credibility in government bond markets what political institutions help leftist governments build policy credibility? /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1692119671&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Knazko, Jana. "Understanding government Web communication strategy as applied within the Public Health Agency of Canada." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27698.
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The research examines the components that make up the Web communication strategy of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The thesis focuses on the extent to which PHAC's Web site reflects its mandate and implements the Government of Canada's public policies that regulate its Web presence. The Web communication strategy is analyzed from the perspective of Johnson's conceptualization model which separates a discourse into the stages of production, text, and context. The methodology employs content analysis and interviews to illustrate to which extent the democratic rights of the public were taken into account when the Web strategy was elaborated and how the public and PHAC stakeholders benefit from the implementation of this strategy. The research finds that although the general public is considered to be an important audience segment of the PHAC Web site, the emphasis of Web policy is to reinforce health care, education, and government sector stakeholder relationships.
Keywords. public health agency, health Web site, Web analytics, communications policy, e-communications, accessibility, stakeholders, government Web.
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Mora, Guerra Mario Ivan. "Privacy law issues for encryption and government control in Mexico." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=27462.
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Mexico is part of the dramatic change that information technologies are triggering worldwide and is thus subject to the potential risks of privacy that this "digitally conformable" world implies. Encryption may be a solution to this problem, but its use also involves important difficulties that some countries have tried to solve restricting its use, import or export.This thesis studies the legal challenge of achieving a balanced legislative answer that ensures maximum protection of privacy without conflicting with law enforcement. It also warns the Mexican Consultant Committee on Informatic Policies about the potential problems that the use of encryption technologies will create in Mexico and proposes some solutions.
Mexico is urged to reform its laws pertaining to privacy and confidentiality, and to regulate the illegal and beneficial uses of encryption, in order to achieve a comprehensive and poised legal and administrative infrastructure for information technologies, privacy and encryption. We lay out basic legal parameters to shape a future encryption law in Mexico, emphasizing that the Mexican Government should guarantee that any Mexican can use, develop, market, import or export any encryption product, and that in no event should the Mexican Government impose any compulsory encryption standard. In order to control the criminal use of encryption, we suggest lawful compulsory decryption and certain encryption use restrictions in cases where these technologies are found to have been used to further a crime.
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Lönn, Carl-Mikael. "An m-Government Solution for Complaint and Problem Management : Designing a Solution for Government 2.0." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-103540.
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In recent years emphasis has been placed on opening up governments and empowering and engaging citizens in governmental activities: this view of e-government is referred to as government 2.0. Government 2.0 focuses on governments becoming more transparent, accessible, and responsive, and on governments promoting increased collaboration and participation. There is also an increasing demand from citizens to interact and gain access to government services through mobile devices. Adopting mobile and wireless technology within the public sector is referred to as mobile government (m-government) and this new phenomenon is expected to become an important part of the development of e-government. By combining government 2.0 and m-government, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the research community envisages benefits and calls for action within this field. This research answers this call, and addresses the research problem of how to design an m-government solution for complaint and problem management that enables government 2.0. Challenges that inhibit Swedish municipalities from adopting and utilizing such a solution are also identified in this research. Citizens in Sweden can submit complaints and problems concerning a community, such as broken streetlights, to municipalities. By enabling complaints and problems to be reported through mobile devices it facilitates reporting at the point and time of discovery of the issue. Complaint and problem reporting is therefore a suitable m-government service. The m-government solution for complaint and problem management was designed and evaluated within a research project. This compilation thesis builds on and communicates research performed within the research project. By following a design science research methodology, the complaint and problem management solution is designed and evaluated. The solution (Munizapp) comprises a mobile application (app) and an integration platform (ePlatform). The app is the front-end that enables citizens to report complaints and problems to municipalities. The ePlatform facilitates seamless two-way communication between the app and back-end case management system in municipalities. A theoretical evaluation shows that the solution has functionalities that enable all aspects of government 2.0. Additional evaluations indicate evidence of citizens finding the solution valuable and easy to use. There is willingness among municipalities to adopt and utilize the designed m-government solution, but there are challenges that inhibit them from realizing the full potential of the solution. The challenges identified in this research are described and related to business process management and to government 2.0. Future research should investigate how to overcome these challenges.
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Mulla, Richard M. "Legal aspects of decentralisation of government in the Sudan." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296352.
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Booth, Tim. "Social policy research and government in the United States." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325314.
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Mishra, Rajalakshmi. "Municipal finance and local self-government : the Indian experience." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316374.
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Parker, Simon Frank. "Local government and social movements in Bologna since 1945." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240050.
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Reichenbach, Randall D. "The use of social science knowledge in administrative policy in the state of Ohio." Connect to resource, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1263046408.
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Päri, J. (Jasmin). "”Democracy is government by lying”:Joseph Schumpeterin demokratiakäsitys." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2018. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201805312119.
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Tutkielmassa tarkastelen itävaltalaisen taloustieteilijä ja valtionvarainministeri Joseph Schumpeterin (1883–1950) demokratiakäsitystä. Etenkin yhteiskuntatieteiden parissa Schumpeterin muotoilemaa elitististä minimidemokratiaa on pidetty merkittävänä virstanpylväänä demokratiateorioiden historiassa. Tarkastelen Schumpeterin demokratiateoriaa aiemmasta tutkimuksesta poiketen osana laajempaa yhteiskunnallista ja historiallista analyysia. Tutkin Schumpeterin henkilöhistoriaa suhteessa hänen elinpiirinsä yhteiskunnallisiin ja poliittisiin konteksteihin vaikuteanalyysin keinoin. Tutkielmani teoreettinen viitekehys perustuu tulkintaani Quentin Skinnerin aatehistoriallisesta metodologiasta, minkä lisäksi toisena merkittävänä metodologisena ulottuvuutena tutkielmassani toimii Juha Mannisen maailmankuvatutkimus. Maailmankuva on tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa sekä tutkimukseni kohde että sen väline, sillä siihen heijastuu kirjoittajan ajattelun yksilöllinen ulottuvuus. Sijoitan Schumpeterin yhteiskunnallisen ajattelun osaksi niin sanottua poliittisen taloustieteen traditiota, jossa talous yhdistyy osaksi laajempaa historiallista ja yhteiskunnallista analyysiä. Vaikka Schumpeter lähtökohtaisesti kielsi poliittiselle taloustieteelle olennaisen luokkavastakohtaisuuden olemassaolon, katson hänen ajattelunsa olevan loogisessa yhteydessä yhteiskunnan luokkarakenteeseen ja siitä kumpuaviin ristiriitoihin. Aiemmassa tutkimuksessa on nostettu esille Schumpeterin yhteydet marxilaisuuteen, mutta tässä tutkielmassa pohdin laajemmin hänen varsin vähälle huomiolle jääneitä yhteyksiään muihin sosialismin suuntauksiin, erityisesti fabianismiin. Tutkielmassa lähestyn Schumpeterin demokratiateoriaa aatehistoriallisesta näkökulmasta, jollaisesta häntä ei ole aiemmin tutkittu. Keskeisimpänä lähteenä käytän Schumpeterin vuonna 1942 julkaistua Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy -teosta, jossa Schumpeter nimenomaisesti kirjoittaa kapitalistisen sekä sosialistisen järjestelmän suhteesta demokratiaan. Schumpeterin on katsottu kyenneen teoksen viidellä pääluvulla luomaan kokonaan uuden demokratiasuuntauksen. Katson Schumpeterin kuitenkin kirjoittaneen demokratiasta myös silloin, kun hän ei erikseen ilmoittanut niin tekevänsä. Tämä laajentaa lähdemateriaalini koskemaan myös muuta Schumpeterin kirjallista tuotantoa. Tutkielmani keskeinen johtopäätös on, että Schumpeterin demokratiateoria on ymmärrettävissä osana samaa teoreettista rakennetta, johon hänen kapitalismia koskeva ajattelunsa kuuluu. Esimerkiksi Schumpeterin ennustus kapitalismin korvautumisesta sosialismilla on ymmärrettävissä moraalis-poliittisena varoituksena massayhteiskunnan ja demokratisoitumisen vaarallisuudesta. Aiemmin Schumpeterin muotoilema demokratiakäsitys on tunnettu lähinnä vain sen kapeassa äänestyskäyttäytymiseen viittaavassa merkityksessä. Tulkitsen Schumpeterin demokratiateorian heijastavan epäsuorasti ympäröivän yhteiskunnan muuttuneita poliittisia ja yhteiskunnallisia mielialoja. Schumpeterin demokratiateoria tulisi äänestyskäyttäytymiseen viittaavan merkityksensä lisäksi nähdä eräänlaisena historiallisena muutoksena.
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Smith, Melissa Jane. "Planning for the Last Time : Government Science, Civil Defence and the Public, 1945-68." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518449.
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Watson, Patrick Gordon. "The interface of (social) science with government and politics : An ethnography of political action." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514429.
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This dissertation explores the possibility of conducting an ethnography of political action through the detailed examination of politician's use of a specific political phenomenon: performance measurements. Performance Measurements are a combination of actuarial, managerial and social science assessments of which culminate, in the UK case, as a ranking of municipal performance, on each individual publicly (municipally) provided service as well as an overall ranking of local authorities in England. Using performance measurements as a departure point from which to explore the structures of politics more generally, I will illustrate how ethnomethodologically informed ethnography responds to Foucault's proposed examination of the arts and sciences of government in light of recent developments in politics and public policy in the Western world. Over the last thirty-or-so years, governments in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have been, nearly unanimously, incorporating what are considered business management techniques for monitoring and assessing public service provision. This ranges from various levels of government (central/federal, provincial/state/regional, municipal) and reforms have been implemented in a variety of ways. As a general description, it can be said that the advent of cost-benefit accounting combined with business management expectations and assorted social science techniques have furnished the assessment regimes with varying degrees of acceptance and success. At the same time, political scientists, management theorists, and social scientists, aware of this paradigm shift in the practice of governance, have been examining methods for approaching the phenomenon of the governmental actor. In a handful of cases (c.f. Gains, 2009; Yannow, 2006; Rhodes, 2005; Abram and Cowell, 2004) ethnographic approaches to the phenomenon of political action have been proposed, explored developed and implemented. However there is a great deal of deliberation on what might properly be said, ethnographically, about government activity, and the new field of ethnography of government or governance is struggling to come to terms with a mode a purpose. I will propose an ethnomethodologically informed ethnography of government can provide insights to what Foucault (1991) described as governmentality: the rational and practical features of government action. While Foucault proposed a historically informed examination of the discourses of government, I will suggest that an observationally informed inquiry garners knowledge on "rational action", as well as organisational rule usage, decision making practices and accountability structures or practices in a way that other forms of inquiry cannot achieve. In a time of flux in the structures and practices of governance, I will suggest that ethnomethodologically informed ethnography is one approach with rich insights towards the inquiry of these new governmental arrangements.
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Ridge, Charlotte Lee. "Women and gender in local government." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2137.
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This dissertation examines whether men and women in rural local government differ on a number of demographic and attitudinal variables. Using survey data for city council members in rural Iowa, this dissertation used difference of means tests, cross-tabs and multiple regression modeling (OLS and logistic regression) to compare the responses of male and female town councilors. Scholarship on state legislatures and Congress often find that male and female legislators are different on a number of important demographic and attitudinal variables and many feminists argue that electing more women to office will change the way government institutions work. However, council members are very different from legislators at higher levels of government, and many of the theories developed using data from Congress and state legislators do not apply.
Male and female town councilors share many important characteristics and attitudes, with some important exceptions. Women and men in local government are different on many demographic characteristics, in their approach to the delegate-trustee dilemma and regarding the initial motivation to run for office. On occasions where council members disagree with their constituents on policy issues, women are more likely to be politicos than trustees. Female council members were less likely than male council members to run for office because they were interested in addressing a particular issue and more likely to say that they ran for office because they believed there was no good alternative. Several factors contribute to the differences between council members small town Iowa and other types of elected officials in the U.S: the nature of elections and office responsibilities at the local level, and conservative rural politics.
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Meade, Rosemary Raphael. "Analysing collective action : intersections of power, government and resistance." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2018. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/2980/.
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This research takes the form of ten journal articles and book chapters that were published between June 2008 and February 2018. This body of work encompasses outputs that are focused on community development, community arts, youth work and social movement praxis. These fields of praxis are understood as constituting a vital part of a variegated and differentiated Irish civil society and, while acknowledging their specificities, the body of work situates them together within the contested terrain of collective action. The Covering Document elucidates how, across the ten outputs, collective action is theorised: as the site of and target for complex and dynamic power relationships; as imbricated with various governmental projects through which multiple societal actors seek to mobilise citizens; as a potential site of and resource for resistance to particular expressions of government, ideology and power; and as developing alternative social relationships, organisational forms and modes of communication. The boundaries between the state and civil society are imprecise and fluid: civil society and state actors seek to induce desired forms of conduct and relationships from each other. This research exposes and critically interrogates associated power dynamics, overlaps, and contestations, and how they in turn shape expectations of collective action. Drawing together findings from youth work, community development, social movement, and community arts praxis, the research illuminates; how and by whom collective action is rationalised and (de)legitimised; the changing role of the state in governing civil society; and the potential for collective action to prefigure alternative forms of relationships and to resist particular forms of government. Therefore, the body of work analyses how the meanings, forms and purposes of collective action are constantly reworked, just as they give expression to important societal struggles. The Covering Document details the theory, methodology and methods that have underpinned the research. It offers an integrated thematic overview of the ten research outputs, highlighting their coherence, originality, and relevance for a critical analysis of the dynamics of collective action in contemporary Ireland. The research analyses the discourses of collective action as they have been expressed in key policy documents, in newspapers such as the Irish Independent and in the documents of protest of social movement organisations. It highlights and interrogates the political, economic and cultural context for collective action in 21st Century Ireland, paying particular attention to the ways though which the recent regime of austerity has impacted on civil society, the state and on relations between these spheres. The research is critical in orientation, but it draws upon and articulates diverse critical traditions as it analyses the power dynamics associated with collective action. Gramscian style, cultural materialist and Foucauldian governmentality perspectives are variously adopted and adapted within specific outputs. The Covering Document also outlines how and why the body of work troubles the boundaries between community development, community arts, youth work and social movement research and praxis. It calls for an articulated and dialogical theory and practice that challenge the assumed estrangement of these fields. As the Covering Document outlines, the research records how state policy now seeks to govern youth work, community development and community arts organisations through an increasingly intrusive and prescriptive set of policy ordinances, self-reporting techniques, and accountability measures. Against that, it also points to the potential for collective action to re-politicise issues otherwise framed as non-political by policy-makers and media, to build and be based upon reflexive forms of solidarity, and to reclaim the arts and tactics of protest.
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Almagwashi, Haya. "A framework for preserving privacy in e-government." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2015. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/71303/.
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Today the world is relying heavily on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in performing daily tasks and governments are no exception. Governments around the world are utilising latest ICT to provide government services in the form of electronic services (e-services) in a phenomena called the electronic government (e-government). These services vary from providing general information to the provision of advanced services. However, one of the major obstacles facing the adoption of e-government services is the challenging privacy issues arising from the sharing of user’s information between government agencies and third parties. Many privacy frameworks have been proposed by governments and researchers to tackle these issues, however, the adoption of these frameworks is limited as they lack the consideration of users’ perspective. This thesis uses Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to investigate the concepts relevant to e-government, and preserving privacy in the context of e-government. Using SSM, Conceptual Models(CMs) relevant to the concepts under investigation were developed and used to review and to identify the limitations of existing frameworks in the literature and to determine the requirements for preserving privacy in an e-government context. A general framework for Privacy REquirements in E-GOVernment (PRE_EGOV) is proposed based on the developed CMs. The proposed framework considers the perspectives of relevant stakeholders and the ownership rights of information about users. The CM relevant to preserving privacy and the elements of the PRE_EGOV framework were evaluated against stakeholders’ perspectives using a survey. The applicability of the proposed framework is demonstrated by applying it on a real world case study. The insight gained from the analysis of the case study and the survey’s results increased confidence in the usefulness of the proposed framework and showed that a system thinking approach to tackle such complex, multi-disciplinary problem can result in a promising solution that is more likely to be accepted by involved stakeholders. The work in this research has been published in three full papers and a poster. The developed Conceptual Models and proposed framework have found acceptance in E-government research community [1, 2, 3, 4] as well as in other research communities [5].
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McHahen, Thea. "Word power: Manifestations of power in the environmental discourse of the Canadian government." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27711.
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This thesis presents an analysis of the manner in which the current Canadian government, under Stephen Harper, has been using specific linguistic strategies in their environmental discourse in an effort to maintain their power. This research was undertaken utilizing a combination of content analysis and critical discourse, using Edelman's (1967) typology of language as a guiding framework. In total, nine speeches and 49 press releases were analyzed using this methodology. The findings indicate that government language influences government power insofar as government language functions as a type of strategic action that government can use to mobilize support amongst members of its target audiences.
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Bevan, Amanda Sonia. "The role of the judiciary in Tudor Government, 1509-1547." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/250866.
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Seaward, P. C. "Court and Parliament : The making of government policy, 1661-1665." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371737.
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Downe, James Daniel. "The determinants of voter turnout in English local government elections." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1647.
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White, L. G. "War and government in a Castilian province : Extremadura 1640-1668." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.356617.
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