Resources For Reform

Author : Elana Shever
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804783200

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Resources for Reform by Elana Shever Pdf

While most people live far from the sites of oil production, oil politics involves us all. Resources for Reform explores how people's lives intersect with the increasingly globalized and concentrated oil industry through a close look at Argentina's experiment with privatizing its national oil company in the name of neoliberal reform. Examining Argentina's conversion from a state-controlled to a private oil market, Elana Shever reveals interconnections between large-scale transformations in society and small-scale shifts in everyday practice, intimate relationships, and identity. This engaging ethnography offers a window into the experiences of middle-class oil workers and their families, impoverished residents of shanty settlements bordering refineries, and affluent employees of transnational corporations as they struggle with rapid changes in the global economy, their country, and their lives. It reverberates far beyond the Argentine oil fields and offers a fresh approach to the critical study of neoliberalism, kinship, citizenship, and corporations.

Author : Friedrich Heinemann,Philipp Mohl,Steffen Osterloh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783790820669

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Reform Options for the EU Own Resources System by Friedrich Heinemann,Philipp Mohl,Steffen Osterloh Pdf

The general review of the European Union’s budget scheduled for the years 2008 and 2009 offers a unique opportunity for reflections. Explicitly this review is “without taboos” so that also substantive changes can and should be debated. Without doubt much better budgetary systems can be imagined compared to the status quo of the EU budget which is the outcome of a path-dependent process and where many details are only understandable by taking account of the historical context of past decisions. However, even if much better systems could be designed in theory, each reform suggestion, in the end, must pass the reality check of fi- ing unanimous support from all 27 member countries. This restriction heavily l- its the universe of available reform options. Faced with that difficulty the ZEW project team embarked on the adventure to think about possible reform options for the future EU own resource system. This volume documents the conclusions. At first sight our reform suggestion may - pear to be of a rather piecemeal nature since we recommend a reform model with strong ties to the status quo. Nevertheless, we are convinced that our seemingly minor changes will set the budget on a path towards a more rational European budget which, in the end, will create leeway for financing European policies with a true European value added. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the German Federal Min- try of Finance in conducting this study.

Author : Peter R. Kingstone
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0271043776

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Crafting Coalitions for Reform by Peter R. Kingstone Pdf

The success of political efforts to create a more open economy in Brazil over the past decade has depended crucially on support from the industrial sector, which long enjoyed the benefits of protection by the state from economic competition. Why businesses previously so sheltered would back neoliberal reform, and why opposition arose at times from sectors least threatened by free trade, are the puzzles this book seeks to answer. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews with industrialists and business association representatives, as well as a wide range of other sources, Peter Kingstone argues that the key to understanding the behavior of industrialists lies in the impact of four factors on their preferences for reform: the effect of economic crisis on industrialists' perception of the viability of the earlier development model; the sectoral location of their firms in the economy and the advantages historically accruing therefrom; the adjustment options available to them given their position in the market; and the credibility of the government's promises about reform and its tactical choices for getting them implemented through the political system. The mix of these four factors, Kingstone shows, left business preferences relatively malleable and thus available for support of reform, even in the face of potentially high costs. Whether such support was forthcoming depended on industrialists' perceptions of the ability of government leaders to deliver on their promises. Widespread resistance to reform occurred when leaders lost their credibility. Under Fernando Collor's leadership, that credibility was never recovered; under Fernando Henrique Cardoso's, it was recovered through increasing concessions to industrialists on the character of the reform program.

Author : Robert J. Rossi,Samuel C. Stringfield
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788178931

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Education Reform and Students at Risk by Robert J. Rossi,Samuel C. Stringfield Pdf

This study was conducted by the Amer. Institutes for Research and the Johns Hopkins Center for the Education of Students Placed at Risk. Case studies were conducted of 12 model and 6 replicate school sites nationwide, and reports, books, articles, and practical guides for education practitioners were prepared. Reveals the essential mechanics of effective reforms for students at risk. Documents the incentives for and barriers to implementing and sustaining these reforms and their effects on students. This report reviews the findings of the study and presents their implications for policy, practice, and needed future research.

Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857026163

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Public Sector Reform by Jan-Erik Lane Pdf

Deregulation, privatization and marketization have become the bywords for the reforms and debates surrounding the public sector. This major book is unique in its comparative analysis of the reform experience in Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Leading experts identify a number of key factors to systematically explain the similarities and differences, map common problems and together reflect on the future shape of the public sector, exploring significant themes in a lively and accessible way.

Author : Keith A. Nitta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135896164

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The Politics of Structural Education Reform by Keith A. Nitta Pdf

Education policymaking is traditionally seen as a domestic political process. The job of deciding where students will be educated, what they will be taught, who will teach them, and how it will be paid for clearly rests with some mix of district, state, and national policymakers. This book seeks to show how global trends have produced similar changes to very different educational systems in the United States and Japan. Despite different historical development, social norms, and institutional structures, the U.S. and Japanese education systems have been restructured over the past dozen years, not just incrementally but in ways that have transformed traditional power arrangements. Based on 124 interviews, this book examines two restructuring episodes in U.S. education and two restructuring episodes in Japanese education. The four episodes reveal a similar politics of structural education reform that is driven by symbolic action and bureaucratic turf wars, which has ultimately hindered educational improvement in both countries.

Author : Richard W. Willson
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1610913590

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Parking Reform Made Easy by Richard W. Willson Pdf

Today, there are more than three parking spaces for every car in the United States. No one likes searching for a space, but in many areas, there is an oversupply, wasting valuable land, damaging the environment, and deterring development. Richard W. Willson argues that the problem stems from outdated minimum parking requirements. In this practical guide, he shows practitioners how to reform parking requirements in a way that supports planning goals and creates vibrant cities. Local planners and policymakers, traffic engineers, developers, and community members are actively seeking this information as they institute principles of Smart Growth. But making effective changes requires more than relying on national averages or copying information from neighboring communities. Instead, Willson shows how professionals can confidently create requirements based on local parking data, an understanding of future trends affecting parking use, and clear policy choices. After putting parking and parking requirements in context, the book offers an accessible tool kit to get started and repair outdated requirements. It looks in depth at parking requirements for multifamily developments, including income-restricted housing, workplaces, and mixed-use, transit-oriented development. Case studies for each type of parking illustrate what works, what doesn’t, and how to overcome challenges. Willson also explores the process of codifying regulations and how to work with stakeholders to avoid political conflicts. With Parking Reform Made Easy, practitioners will learn, step-by-step, how to improve requirements. The result will be higher density, healthier, more energy-efficient, and livable communities. This book will be exceptionally useful for local and regional land use and transportation planners, transportation engineers, real estate developers, citizen activists, and students of transportation planning and urban policy.

Author : Patricia J. Vondal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UOM:39015085672031

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Operational Issues in Developing A.I.D. Policy Reform Programs by Patricia J. Vondal Pdf

Author : Daniel Béland,Pierre-Marc Daigneault
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442609716

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Welfare Reform in Canada by Daniel Béland,Pierre-Marc Daigneault Pdf

Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social welfare across Canada's provinces in relation to trends and issues in the country and beyond. These conceptual, international, and historical perspectives inform in-depth case studies of social assistance reform in each province. The key issues of social assistance in Canada, including gender relations, immigrants, Aboriginal peoples, and the impact of activation programs, are addressed, as is the possibility of convergence taking place in provincial welfare policy. This book is the second volume in the Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy, published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, an interdisciplinary centre for research, teaching, and executive training with campuses at the Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan.

Author : Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402034024

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Reform and Change in Higher Education by Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of implementation analysis in higher education and an extensive review of relevant recent literature. Coverage analyzes the effective and specific complexities of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries, including: Australia, Austria, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Author : Caledon Institute of Social Policy,Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Human Resources Development
Publisher : The Institute
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Canada
ISBN : 189579627X

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The Comprehensive Reform of Social Programs by Caledon Institute of Social Policy,Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Human Resources Development Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264083578

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OECD Studies on Water Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture by OECD Pdf

This report calls on policy makers to recognise the issues at stake in water resource management in agriculture and gives them the tools to do so, offering a wealth of information on recent trends and the outlook for water resource use in agriculture.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0788116886

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Management Reform by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

Monitors the implementation of the recommendations contained in the NPR1s Sept. 7 1993 report. Charts and tables

Author : Edward L. Glaeser,Claudia Goldin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226299594

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Corruption and Reform by Edward L. Glaeser,Claudia Goldin Pdf

Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world’s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today’s most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and Reform, contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption worldwide today. Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and the forces that ultimately led to their decline within the United States. They show that various approaches to reducing corruption have met with success, such as deregulation, particularly “free banking,” in the 1830s. In the 1930s, corruption was kept in check when new federal bureaucracies replaced local administrations in doling out relief. Another deterrent to corruption was the independent press, which kept a watchful eye over government and business. These and other facets of American history analyzed in this volume make it indispensable as background for anyone interested in corruption today.

Author : Robert Ash,Christopher Howe,Y Y Kueh,Y. Y. Kueh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134547142

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China's Economic Reform by Robert Ash,Christopher Howe,Y Y Kueh,Y. Y. Kueh Pdf

This book presents a collection and analysis of original policy documents, newly translated into English, from a key period of Chinese development, providing both a current and a retrospective analysis of China's economic reform efforts. Topics dealt with include the evolution of Chinese economic strategy; economic planning and the spread of market mechanisms; technology transfer in industry; evolution of an agricultural system; the development of population policy; and foreign economic relations. The collection will be of great interest not only to scholars and students of Chinese studies, but also to professionals and social scientists concerned with China but unable to read source documents in Chinese.