System Transformation In Comparative Perspective

Author : Mica Jovanovic
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124039459

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System Transformation in Comparative Perspective by Mica Jovanovic Pdf

This book consists of articles on the current institutional, economic, and managerial transformation and its impediments in Central and Eastern Europe as well as East Asia. Comparison in the Euro-Asian dimension, as this book is structured, is worldwide unique. Particular emphasis is placed on the general role of the state, institutions (internal and external), other transformation actors and their interplay with underlying specific structural and cultural features for economic systems. Further, empirical sector-, issue-centered and, in particular, country case studies are provided. Contributions have been made by scholars and experts with long experience in transformation analysis.

Author : Ferrel Heady
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1420029487

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Public Administration, Sixth Edition, A Comparative Perspective. by Ferrel Heady Pdf

Continuing in the standard of excellence set by previous editions, this sixth edition assesses the bureaucracies and development of governments around the world-providing helpful and revealing analyses of the relationships between bureaucracies and political regimes. With over 1000 literature references, tables, and drawings, the book has been updated to reflect changes in the political systems of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the developing world. The editor clearly articulates recent developments in the shifting global political landscape and discusses how conditions in development administration and comparative public policy affect nation-states.

Author : Bogus?awa Dobek-Ostrowska
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9639776548

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Comparative Media Systems by Bogus?awa Dobek-Ostrowska Pdf

Compares models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : A. J. G. M. Bekke,James L. Perry,Th. A. J. Toonen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015037337923

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Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective by A. J. G. M. Bekke,James L. Perry,Th. A. J. Toonen Pdf

Author : Qihao He
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Climate change insurance
ISBN : 9781788111867

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Climate Change and Catastrophe Management in a Changing China by Qihao He Pdf

China is the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world and also suffers from devastating climate catastrophes. Increasingly, policymakers in China have come to realize that government alone cannot adequately prevent or defray climate-related disaster risks. This book contends that a better way to manage catastrophe risk in China is through private insurance rather than directly through the Chinese government. In addition, private insurance could function as a substitute for, or complement to, government regulation of catastrophe risks by causing policyholders to take greater precautions to reduce climate change risks.

Author : Winfried Schm‹hl,Sabine Horstmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 178254139X

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Transformation of Pension Systems in Central and Eastern Europe by Winfried Schm‹hl,Sabine Horstmann Pdf

'Given the highly specialised subject matter, which so easily degenerates into rather tedious calculations, this book is really amazingly interesting and competently executed.' - The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UK

Author : Joachim Ahrens,Herman Willem Hoen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415602006

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Institutional Reform in Central Asia by Joachim Ahrens,Herman Willem Hoen Pdf

The countries of Central Asia are increasingly the focus of intense international attention due to their geopolitical and economic importance as well as their unsettled transition processes. The region faced enormous challenges when the Soviet Union disintegrated, and this book focuses on the reforms of the institutional environment that have been largely neglected. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the book explores key aspects of institution building as well as economic and political governance in Central Asia. Contributors from a variety of disciplines, such as economics, political economy, political science, sociology, law, and ethnology, investigate the challenges of institutional transition in a non-democratic region. The book discusses how the lack of effective institution building as well as rule enforcement in the economic and political realms represents one of the key weaknesses and drawbacks of transition, and goes on to look at how crafting market institutions will be of utmost importance in the years ahead. Making an important contribution to understanding of political-economic developments in Central Asia, this book is of interest to students and scholars of political economy, comparative economics, development studies and Central Asian studies.

Author : J. Jay Choi,Michael R. Powers,Xiaotian Tina Zhang
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785609572

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The Political Economy of Chinese Finance by J. Jay Choi,Michael R. Powers,Xiaotian Tina Zhang Pdf

Volume 17 of International Finance Review focusses on a variety of issues relating to the political economy of Chinese finance.

Author : Mária Csanádi,Márton Gerő,Miklós Hajdu,Imre Kovách,István János Tóth,Mihály Laki
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633865781

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Dynamics of an Authoritarian System by Mária Csanádi,Márton Gerő,Miklós Hajdu,Imre Kovách,István János Tóth,Mihály Laki Pdf

This conceptually synthetic and empirically rich book demonstrates the vulnerability of democratic settings to authoritarianism and populism. Six scholars from various professional fields explore here the metamorphosis of a political party into a centralized authoritarian system. Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party needed less than ten years to accomplish this transformation in Hungary. In 2010, after winning a majority that could make changes in the constitution – two-thirds of the parliamentary seats, they evolved and stabilized the system, which produced again the two-thirds majority in 2014 and 2018. The authors reveal how a democratic setting can be used as a device for political capture. They show how a political entity managed to penetrate almost all sub-fields of the economy to arrive at institutionalized corruption, and how the centralized power structure reproduces itself. With the help of a powerful empirical apparatus—among others analyses of more than 220,000 public tenders, redistributions of state subsidies, and the interconnectedness of those privileged with the political elite — the authors detail the functioning of a crony system and the network aspects of political connections in the rapid enrichment of politically-linked businesses. Their studies demonstrate the role of political capture in this redistribution and how this capture leads to a new social stratification.

Author : M. Seeleib-Kaiser
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230227392

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Welfare State Transformations by M. Seeleib-Kaiser Pdf

This edited volume provides new empirical evidence of far-reaching changes to welfare states globally, which have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private' domain within the mixed economies of welfare. Various modes of policy intervention are investigated, providing a nuanced account of reforms in the past decade.

Author : Wisnique Panier
Publisher : Common Ground Research Networks
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781957792170

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The Haitian Media System and its Main Characteristics: A Model of the Precarious System of Democratic Transition by Wisnique Panier Pdf

This book presents a new theoretical model of a media system called: the model of the precarious system of democratic transition. The latter is based on fifteen parameters that characterize the Haitian media system and the environment in which it evolves. This is a significant contribution to advancing knowledge in media studies and public communication in general. After carefully analyzing different models of media systems existing in the scientific literature, including the three models proposed by Halin and Mancini (2004), the author concludes that none of them applies to the typical Haitian case. His study confirms the limitations of media system models resulting from Halin and Mancini’s comparative studies in the context of Western countries. It is a real reference document that gives an unprecedented reading grid to analyze the media systems of non-Western countries, particularly African or Latin American countries, which have characteristics similar to that of Haiti. Indeed, in his doctoral thesis, the author concluded that the Haitian media system has transformed over the past 60 years under the influence of three sets of factors: linguistics, democratic and technological. Nevertheless, he comes to the conclusion that the changes observed are only in the relations between the actors of the system without leading to a reconfiguration of the system. The main characteristics of the Haitian media system and its environment remained unchanged from 1957 to 2022. So, there is an inertia that keeps the system in an initial state.

Author : Yuzhuo Cai,Vuokko Kohtamäki
Publisher : University of Tampere
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 9789514492686

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Transformation of Higher Education in Innovation Systems in China and Finland by Yuzhuo Cai,Vuokko Kohtamäki Pdf

This book publishes selected papers of the 2nd Sino-Finland Higher Education Forum – Transformation of Higher Education in Innovation Systems in China and Finland, held in Tampere, Finland in 2011. The Forum was jointly organised by the University of Tampere, University of Helsinki, Peking University and Beijing University of Technology. The aim was to bring the higher education researchers, policy makers, administrators and other experts together to exchange experiences and views and to explore current challenges of the role of higher education in innovation systems with a particular focus on China and Finland. Ideally, new ideas and best practices could be found by comparing the systems and the policies. The papers selected from the forum are categorised into six sections, namely 1) Theoretical insights and emerging practices, 2) Finnish experiences, 3) Chinese higher education systems, 4) Roles of universities in innovation systems in China, 5) Transformations in Chinese higher education, 6) Comparative perspectives and cooperation between the two countries. The book is intended for researchers, administrators, policy makers as well as students of higher education policy and administration.

Author : John Downey,Sabina Mihelj
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409435433

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Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective by John Downey,Sabina Mihelj Pdf

Discusses what extent media institutions in Central and Eastern Europe are still controlled by political forces and what extent media markes operate.

Author : Christian von Hirschhausen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781959781

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Modernizing Infrastructure in Transformation Economies by Christian von Hirschhausen Pdf

The design of infrastructure policies is a controversial issue in the transition economies of Eastern Europe, where the dismal state of infrastructure was widely regarded to be one of the major obstacles to economic recovery and sustained growth. With the imminent enlargement of the EU, Christian von Hirschhausen provides a detailed, reflective analysis of the state of infrastructure development in Eastern Europe.

Author : Sallie Hughes
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822973041

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Newsrooms in Conflict by Sallie Hughes Pdf

Newsrooms in Conflict examines the dramatic changes within Mexican society, politics, and journalism that transformed an authoritarian media institution into many conflicting styles of journalism with very different implications for deepening democracy in the country. Using extensive interviews with journalists and content analysis spanning more than two decades, Sallie Hughes identifies the patterns of newsroom transformation that explain how Mexican journalism was changed from a passive and even collusive institution into conflicting clusters of news organizations exhibiting citizen-oriented, market-driven, and adaptive authoritarian tendencies. Hughes explores the factors that brought about this transformation, including not only the democratic upheaval within Mexico and the role of the market, but also the diffusion of ideas, the transformation of professional identities and, most significantly, the profound changes made within the newsrooms themselves. From the Zapatista rebellion to the political bribery scandals that rocked the nation, Hughes's investigation presents a groundbreaking model of the sociopolitical transformation of a media institution within a new democracy, and the rise and subsequent stagnation of citizen-focused journalism after that democracy was established.