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Local Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Resource Allocation

Author : Nethra Palaniswamy and Nandini Krishnan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Local Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Resource Allocation by Nethra Palaniswamy and Nandini Krishnan Pdf

Swiss Public Administration

Author : Andreas Ladner,Nils Soguel,Yves Emery
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030064220

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Swiss Public Administration by Andreas Ladner,Nils Soguel,Yves Emery Pdf

Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public administration, there are other factors which make a country successful. The authors argue that Switzerland is an interesting case, from a theoretical, scientific and a more practice-oriented perspective. While confronted with the same challenges as other countries, Switzerland offers different solutions, some of which work astonishingly well. Andreas Ladner is Professor for Political Institutions and Public Administration at the Institut de Hautes Études en Administration Publique (IDHEAP) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interests include the quality of democracy, political institutions and public administration, local government, political parties and voting advice applications. Nils Soguel is Professor of Public Finance at the Institut de Hautes Études en Administration Publique at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interests include public sector financial management, fiscal policy, fiscal federalism and the evaluation of non-market goods and services. Yves Emery is Professor for Public Management and Human Resource at the Institut de Hautes Études en Administration Publique at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His areas of research include HRM strategies, work identities, motivation and competencies of civil servants and public managers. Sophie Weerts is Associate Professor of Public Law at the Institut de Hautes Études en Administration Publique at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research interests are in constitutional and administrative law. They focus on the structural sources and transformation of public law and the separation of powers. She also works on human rights, language policies and gender policy. Stéphane Nahrath is Professor of Public Policy at the Institut de Hautes Études en Administration Publique at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His areas of research include comparative public policy, sustainable resource management and circular economy.

Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector

Author : Howard Whitton
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015062439727

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Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector by Howard Whitton Pdf

Conflicts of interest in both the public and private sectors have become a major matter of public concern world-wide. The OECD Guidelines define a conflict of interest as occurring when a public official has private-capacity interests which could improperly influence the performance of their official duties and responsibilities. However, identifying a specific conflict of interest in practice can be difficult. And resolving the conflicting interests appropriately in a particular case is something that most people find even more challenging. The Toolkit focuses on specific techniques, resources and strategies for: Identifying, managing and preventing conflict-of-interest situations more effectively; and Increasing integrity in official decision-making, which might be compromised by a conflict of interest. This Toolkit provides non-technical, practical help to enable officials to recognise problematic situations and help them to ensure that integrity and reputation are not compromised. The tools themselves are provided in generic form. They are based on examples of sound conflict-of-interest policy and practice drawn from various OECD member and non-member countries. They have been designed for adaptation to suit countries with different legal and administrative systems. FURTHER READING: Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service: OECD Guidelines and Country Experiences

Accountability without Democracy

Author : Lily L. Tsai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139466486

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Accountability without Democracy by Lily L. Tsai Pdf

Examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The state often lacks sufficient resources to monitor its officials closely, and citizens are limited in their power to elect officials they believe will perform well and to remove them when they do not. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that have earned high moral standing in the community.

Change and Mobility in Contemporary India

Author : Sobin George,Manohar Yadav,Anand Inbanathan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000692303

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Change and Mobility in Contemporary India by Sobin George,Manohar Yadav,Anand Inbanathan Pdf

This book studies caste and community dynamics in India and offers a critical view of social mobility from below. Building on the theories of the eminent sociologist M N Srinivas, the essays in this volume reformulate the debate on caste as they document the changing inter-caste dynamics and caste-based violence in contemporary India. The volume showcases the new language of change in caste relations, articulated mostly from the perspective of the marginalised as experiences, differences, contestations, assertions and as citizenship rights. It focusses on the clash between traditional structures of inequality and the ideals of equality and justice in a liberal, democratic India. It also highlights the persistence of caste and endogamy and the interlocking nature of caste, gender and disability, struggles of ethnic groups and informal workers in the market economy, discrimination in the labour market and the dissolution of dissent in the public sphere. With contributions from leading scholars of social change and development in India and abroad, this volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, social anthropology, minority and subaltern studies, and development studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy

Author : Barry R. Weingast,Donald Wittman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199548477

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The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy by Barry R. Weingast,Donald Wittman Pdf

Over its lifetime, 'political economy' has had different meanings. This handbook views political economy as a synthesis of the various strands of social science, treating it as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behaviour and institutions.

Institutions and public agricultural investments

Author : Mogues, Tewodaj,Olofinbiyi, Tolulope
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Institutions and public agricultural investments by Mogues, Tewodaj,Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Pdf

This paper makes a contribution to this literature by drawing on the framework of actor-centered institutionalism (Scharpf 1997) to empirically examine how political and budget institutions affect the incentives of actors involved in the public agricultural finance process, structures the interactions between them, and ultimately shapes expenditure allocations

Local Knowledge Matters

Author : Nugroho, Kharisma,Carden, Fred
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447348085

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Local Knowledge Matters by Nugroho, Kharisma,Carden, Fred Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of policy relevant knowledge with the scientific and professional communities. The authors consider the mechanisms used by local organisations and the constraints and opportunities they face, exploring what the knowledge-to-policy process means, who is involved and how different communities can engage in the policy process. Ten diverse case studies are used from around Indonesia, addressing issues such as forest management, water resources, maritime resource management and financial services. By making extensive use of quotes from the field, the book allows the reader to ‘hear’ the perspectives and beliefs of community members around local knowledge and its effects on individual and community life.

Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action

Author : Ashwini Deshpande
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 909 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811941665

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Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action by Ashwini Deshpande Pdf

This Handbook deals with theoretical and empirical evidence on the economics of discrimination and affirmative action across the world, assessed over a variety of social identities, such as caste, race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, tribal status. It also outlines methodological advances in this area, with plenty of additional references for the interested reader. It combines theoretical frameworks developed in the West with historical writings about discrimination and social justice from primarily Indian philosophers, aspects which are typically not found under one roof. It offers the reader a combination of insights into theories across a range of disciplines, as well as evidence, data –both quantitative and qualitative, in addition to the latest methodological advances in the estimation of discrimination – econometric, experimental, mixed-methods.

Gender and Governance in Rural Services

Author : The World Bank,International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821381563

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Gender and Governance in Rural Services by The World Bank,International Food Policy Research Institute Pdf

'Gender and Governance in Rural Services' provides policy-relevant knowledge on strategies to improve agricultural and rural service delivery with a focus on providing more equitable access to these services, especially for women. It focuses India, Ethiopia, and Ghana, and focuses on two public services: agricultural extension, as an example of an agricultural service, and on drinking water, as an example of rural service that is not directly related to agriculture but is of high relevance for rural women. It provides empirical microlevel evidence on how different accountability mechanisms for agricultural advisory services and drinking water provision work in practice, and analyzes factors that influence the suitability of different governance reform strategies that aim at making service provision more gender responsive. It presents major findings from the quantitative and qualitative research conducted under the project in the three countries, which are analyzed in a qualitative way to identify major patterns of accountability routes in agricultural and rural service provision and to assess their gender dimension. The book is intended for use by a wide audience interested in agricultural and rural service provision, including researchers, members of the public administration, policy makers, and staff from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international development agencies who are involved in the design and management of reform efforts, projects, and programs dealing with rural service provision.

The Dravidian Years

Author : S. Narayan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199093595

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The Dravidian Years by S. Narayan Pdf

From Haryana to Gujarat to Maharashtra, numerous Indian states have been witness to protests by backward classes pressing for quotas and reservations. In stark contrast is the exemplary case of Tamil Nadu, which has managed to effectively integrate economic and development agenda for the backward classes into state policy. In the fifty years of rule between them, M. Karunanidhi, MGR, and J. Jayalalithaa—the iconic leaders of Tamil Nadu politics—managed to effectively transform institutions and structures to deliver a social welfare agenda in the state. Was it pure charisma on part of these leaders that gave us the unusual story of politicians and bureaucrats working hand in hand to implement a social agenda? Written by S. Narayan, who as part of the administration was both a witness to and a participant in these developments, this book is an intimate narrative on the Dravidian years of Tamil Nadu. At an important juncture of Tamil Nadu politics, it also makes us wonder: With no charismatic leader in the horizon, who can take the state forward?

Class, Politics, and Agrarian Policies in Post-liberalisation India

Author : Sejuti Das Gupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009481335

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Class, Politics, and Agrarian Policies in Post-liberalisation India by Sejuti Das Gupta Pdf

Studies the changing political economy of India post liberalisation in the 90s.

Claiming the State

Author : Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107199750

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Claiming the State by Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner Pdf

Explores the conditions that shape whether and how citizens in rural India make claims on the state for social welfare.

The Increasingly United States

Author : Daniel J. Hopkins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226530406

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The Increasingly United States by Daniel J. Hopkins Pdf

In a campaign for state or local office these days, you’re as likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues affecting the state or local community. This is because American political behavior has become substantially more nationalized. American voters are far more engaged with and knowledgeable about what’s happening in Washington, DC, than in similar messages whether they are in the South, the Northeast, or the Midwest. Gone are the days when all politics was local. With The Increasingly United States, Daniel J. Hopkins explores this trend and its implications for the American political system. The change is significant in part because it works against a key rationale of America’s federalist system, which was built on the assumption that citizens would be more strongly attached to their states and localities. It also has profound implications for how voters are represented. If voters are well informed about state politics, for example, the governor has an incentive to deliver what voters—or at least a pivotal segment of them—want. But if voters are likely to back the same party in gubernatorial as in presidential elections irrespective of the governor’s actions in office, governors may instead come to see their ambitions as tethered more closely to their status in the national party.

Local Impacts of a Global Crisis: Food Price Transmission and Poverty Impacts in Ghana

Author : Godsway Cudjoe, Clemens Breisinger, and Xinshen Diao IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 842 2008
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Local Impacts of a Global Crisis: Food Price Transmission and Poverty Impacts in Ghana by Godsway Cudjoe, Clemens Breisinger, and Xinshen Diao IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 842 2008 Pdf