Institutions On The Edge

Author : Gretchen Helmke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521496144

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Institutions on the Edge by Gretchen Helmke Pdf

Why does institutional instability pervade the developing world? Examining contemporary Latin America, Institutions on the Edge develops and tests a novel argument to explain why institutional crises emerge, spread, and repeat in some countries, but not in others. The book draws on formal bargaining theories developed in the conflict literature to offer the first unified micro-level account of inter-branch crises. In so doing, Helmke shows that concentrating power in the executive branch not only fuels presidential crises under divided government, but also triggers broader constitutional crises that cascade on to the legislature and the judiciary. Along the way, Helmke highlights the importance of public opinion and mass protests, and elucidates the conditions under which divided government matters for institutional instability.

Author : Patrick Weller,Michael Keating
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000257571

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Institutions on the edge? by Patrick Weller,Michael Keating Pdf

Australia faces major challenges to its forms of governance. Changing expectations from its citizens, global pressures on the economy and technological innovation are impacting on government operations. Yet most of its institutions were designed a hundred years ago. Cabinet government was inherited. Parliament was already established in its forms and procedures. The federal structure, the High Court and the federal public service were created as a consequence. The party structure has been effectively frozen since the 1920s and a tradition of handing some responsibilities to arms-length organisations was well established. So how have these institutions changed over the last hundred years and how well will they adapt to the demands of the modern world? Do they have the capacity to adapt appropriately and enable governments to achieve their preferred outcomes? In this book experienced academics and practitioners explore these questions. They examine each of the institutions in terms of their ability to meet new challenges and provide some hope that Australia's institutions, even if at times slow to move and dominated by internal interests, have a capacity to adapt and govern effectively. The book shows our political institutions in a new light, as dynamic, often flexible organisms; it provides important new insights into the way we are governed and how our system of governance might develop in the future.

Author : Lucy Montgomery,John Hartley,Cameron Neylon,Malcolm Gillies,Eve Gray
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262542432

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Open Knowledge Institutions by Lucy Montgomery,John Hartley,Cameron Neylon,Malcolm Gillies,Eve Gray Pdf

The future of the university as an open knowledge institution that institutionalizes diversity and contributes to a common resource of knowledge: a manifesto. In this book, a diverse group of authors—including open access pioneers, science communicators, scholars, researchers, and university administrators—offer a bold proposition: universities should become open knowledge institutions, acting with principles of openness at their center and working across boundaries and with broad communities to generate shared knowledge resources for the benefit of humanity. Calling on universities to adopt transparent protocols for the creation, use, and governance of these resources, the authors draw on cutting-edge theoretical work, offer real-world case studies, and outline ways to assess universities’ attempts to achieve openness. Digital technologies have already brought about dramatic changes in knowledge format and accessibility. The book describes further shifts that open knowledge institutions must make as they move away from closed processes for verifying expert knowledge and toward careful, mediated approaches to sharing it with wider publics. It examines these changes in terms of diversity, coordination, and communication; discusses policy principles that lay out paths for universities to become fully fledged open knowledge institutions; and suggests ways that openness can be introduced into existing rankings and metrics. Case studies—including Wikipedia, the Library Publishing Coalition, Creative Commons, and Open and Library Access—illustrate key processes.

Author : Jakob de Haan,Sander Oosterloo,Dirk Schoenmaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107025943

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Financial Markets and Institutions by Jakob de Haan,Sander Oosterloo,Dirk Schoenmaker Pdf

Second edition of a successful textbook that provides an insightful analysis of the world financial system.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1456 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Banking law
ISBN : UCAL:B3410808

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Depository Institutions Deregulation Act of 1979 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Pdf

Author : Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438456096

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World Politics at the Edge of Chaos by Emilian Kavalski Pdf

Comprehensive overview of the inroads made by Complexity Thinking approaches and ideas in the study and practice of world politics. Why are policymakers, scholars, and the general public so surprised when the world turns out to be unpredictable? World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of international politics needs new forms of knowledge to respond to emerging challenges such as the interconnectedness between local and transnational realities; between markets, migration, and social movements; and between pandemics, a looming energy crisis, and climate change. Asserting that Complexity Thinking (CT) provides a much-needed lens for interpreting these challenges, the contributors offer a parallel assessment of the impact of CT to anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric (post-human) International Relations. Using this perspective, the result should be less surprise when confronting the dynamism of a fragile and unpredictable global life. Emilian Kavalski is Associate Professor of Global Studies at the Institute for Social Justice at Australian Catholic University, North Sydney. He is the author and editor of several books, including Central Asia and the Rise of Normative Powers: Contextualizing the Security Governance of the European Union, China, and India.

Author : Bert Mosselmans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134450008

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William Stanley Jevons and the Cutting Edge of Economics by Bert Mosselmans Pdf

The impressive young scholar Bert Mosselmans, analyzing the theory and policy of Jevons, a major figure in the field of the history of economics, has put together a volume with broad international appeal, particularly in Europe, North America and Japan, that offers a synthetic approach to Jevons’ economic theory, applied economics and economic policy. Adopting a relativist approach to his subject, Mosselmans focuses on all aspects of Jevons’ theory, tying the different strands together where appropriate and discriminating where necessary. Examining the relation between theory and practise he situates Jevons within the history of economic thought and in relation to his logic, ethics, religion and aesthetics. Ideal for scholars working in the fields of philosophy and history as well as economics, this ambitious and insightful work offers a comprehensive analysis of one of the founding fathers of modern economic thought, whose work marked a new chapter in its history, bridging the gap between classical and neo-classical economics.

Author : Thomas W. Lippman
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597978767

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Saudi Arabia on the Edge by Thomas W. Lippman Pdf

Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people. Saudi Arabia's unique place in Islam makes it indispensable to a constructive relationship between the non-Muslim West and the Muslim world. For all its wealth, the country faces daunting challenges that it lacks the tools to meet: a restless and young population, a new generation of educated women demanding opportunities in a closed society, political stagnation under an octogenarian leadership, religious extremism and intellectual backwardness, social division, chronic unemployment, shortages of food and water, and troublesome neighbors. Today's Saudi people, far better informed than all previous generations, are looking for new political institutions that will enable them to be heard, but these aspirations conflict with the kingdom's strict traditions and with the House of Saud's determination to retain all true power. Meanwhile, the country wishes to remain under the protection of American security but still clings to a system that is antithetical to American values. Basing his work on extensive interviews and field research conducted in the kingdom from 2008 through 2011 under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas W. Lippman dissects this central Saudi paradox for American readers, including diplomats, policymakers, scholars, and students of foreign policy.

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107148246

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Institutions and Democracy in Africa by Nic Cheeseman Pdf

Offers new research on the vital importance of institutions, such as presidential term-limits in the African democratisation processes.

Author : Alejandro Portes,Lori D. Smith
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520273542

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Institutions Count by Alejandro Portes,Lori D. Smith Pdf

What leads to national progress? The growing consensus in the social sciences is that neither capital flows, nor the savings rate, nor diffuse values are the key, but that it lies in the quality of a nation’s institutions. This book is the first comparative study of how real institutions affect national development. It seeks to examine and deepen this insight through a systematic study of institutions in five Latin American countries and how they differ within and across nations. Postal systems, stock exchanges, public health services and others were included in the sample, all studied with the same methodology. The country chapters present detailed results of this empirical exercise for each individual country. The introductory chapters present the theoretical framework and research methodology for the full study. The summary results of this ambitious study presented in the concluding chapter draw comparisons across countries and discuss what these results mean for national development in Latin America.

Author : Alejandro Portes,Lori D. Smith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520273535

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Institutions Count by Alejandro Portes,Lori D. Smith Pdf

"Institutions Count is an impressively collaborative project and a valuable contribution, both for its lucid presentation of case study data across countries and cultures as well as its new insights to the roles institutions play in national development." —Bryan R. Roberts, Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin "Institutions Count by Portes and Smith is a significant addition to studies of institutions as well as studies of development. The main contributions include a clarification of the concept of institutions; an impeccable methodology for the empirical analysis of five institutions in five developing countries; and an innovative, comparative analysis of the outcomes of the individual studies. It is to be recommended to scholars across the social sciences who are frustrated by the lack of rigor in the existing literature on the increasingly popular topic of institutions."—Barbara Stallings, Wm. R. Rhodes Research Professor, Brown University

Author : Charles Wankel,Robert DeFillippi
Publisher : IAP
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781617352713

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The Cutting Edge of International Management Education by Charles Wankel,Robert DeFillippi Pdf

Author : Dambisa Moyo
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465097470

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Edge of Chaos by Dambisa Moyo Pdf

From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds--from aging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens. Hobbled by short-term thinking and ideological dogma, democracies risk falling prey to nationalism and protectionism that will deliver declining living standards. In Edge of Chaos, Dambisa Moyo shows why economic growth is essential to global stability, and why liberal democracies are failing to produce it today. Rather than turning away from democracy, she argues, we must fundamentally reform it. Edge of Chaos presents a radical blueprint for change in order to galvanize growth and ensure the survival of democracy in the twenty-first century.

Author : William Irwin Thompson
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0940262320

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At the Edge of History and Passages about Earth by William Irwin Thompson Pdf

Seminal works of cultural history that changed the way we think about ourselves.

Author : Office of The Federal Register
Publisher : IntraWEB, LLC and Claitor's Law Publishing
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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2018 CFR e-Book Title 12, Banks and Banking, Parts 200-219 by Office of The Federal Register Pdf

Title 12, Banks and Banking, Parts 200-219