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Poor returns to cultivation and absence of non-farm opportunities are indicative of the larger socio-economic malaise in rural India. This is accentuated by the multiple risks that the farmer faces – yield, price, input, technology and... more
We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way... more
Like all other nations Nigeria aspires to greatness but over five decades after Independence still ranks very low on all parameters of good governance. The objective of the paper is to examine the concepts of leadership, participatory... more
There is a long lineage in neighbourhood research that has underpinned sustained academic and policy interest in the UK centred on understanding how spatial ‘clusters’ of neighbourhood-based deprivation might be destabilised. This has... more
From the past few years, multi-stakeholder governance is one of the captivating concepts that mostly discussed in public administration. Multi-stakeholder governance has represented the modes of governing that involves a multiplicity of... more
Public Policy, being a quintessential concept when it comes to International Law, is scarcely interpreted or even approached by present courts due to its complex nature. The purpose of this research paper would be to unify the meaning and... more
La presente aportación es una breve revisión del proceso político por el cual ciertos valores, creencias y orientaciones en torno a la crisis del agua se han convertido en visiones competitivas por parte de los actores relevantes en el... more
Les instruments gouvernent en structurant sur le long terme des configurations d’action publique regroupant des acteurs soumis à des contraintes contradictoires. D’une part, les instruments sont moins le chaînon manquant entre les... more
Problematyka rozwoju lokalnego była wielokrotnie podejmowana w literaturze przedmiotu. Liczne prace poświęcone mu koncentrują się na jego celach, czynnikach, stymulowaniu go i na jego pomiarze. Mimo to, jak dotąd niewiele uwagi poświęcono... more
This dissertation is about the exploration of the traits of the Maltese welfare state in comparison to the mainstream welfare regimes. Many studies have taken place to determine the various characteristics of several welfare regimes which... more
The field of public policy involves two fields of study: "producing knowledge for public policy" and "producing knowledge of public policy". This distinction, which leads to defining public policy on the dualities of politics-knowledge,... more
PIMENTA, M. S. (Org.) ; CANABARRO, D. R. (Org.) . Governança Digital - Coleção CEGOV Capacidade Estatal e Democracia. 1. ed. Porto Alegre: Editora da UFRGS, 2014. v. 1. 212p . Volume integrante da serie CAPACIDADE ESTATAL E DEMOCRACIA... more
Liberalism is a term employed in a dizzying variety of ways across the humanities and social sciences. This essay seeks to reframe how the liberal tradition is understood. I start by delineating different types of response – prescriptive,... more
In 2008, the Government of Egypt (GoE) announced new targets for Renewable Energies (RE) up to 2020. It was the first time specific targets were set. By 2020, 20 percent of the national energy demand is supposed to be met by renewable... more
Corrupt exchanges are often brokered by a third party, but this phenomenon has not been satisfactorily explored by researchers of corruption. Literature on brokerage in general provides interesting models but they have not previously been... more
Malaysia is one of the most successful developing countries in term of economic growth and stable politic conditions. Rapid economic transition and increasing of urban population will reflect the escalation of solid waste generation. In... more
This research, conducted by the author when a Senior Researcher at Newcastle University, UK, was funded by a UK governance organisation to help them assess, integrate and improve their understanding of the governed population.... more
Complete conference proceedings for the II Brazilian Congress of Leisure Studies that took place September 2016 in the city of Belém, Brazil. Anais completos do II Congresso Brasileiro de Estudos do Lazer, realizado em setembro de 2016 na... more
What is public policy monitoring and how is it carried out? The lecture material helps in understanding the stage of monitoring a policy and what is inherent.
Coautores: victoria Alexandra Calderon, Adolfo Eslava Gómez, Jenny Elisa López, Federico Parra, Juan-Antonio Zornoza, Rocío Rubio, Alfredo Rosero, Luisa Fernanda Cano, Jean-francois Jolly, Luz Alejandra Cerón, Mireya Camacho, Miguel Angel... more
We are a country, full of paradoxes. The forward-looking elite in the country emphasize the need for re-skilling but conduct this with backward-looking institutions. We want to be a knowledge economy without reflecting and contemplating... more
We discuss the case of a monopolist of a base good in the presence of a complementary good provided either by it or by another firm. We assess and calibrate the extent of the influence on the profits from the base good that is created by... more
El següent article pretén reflexionar sobre un dels actors que ha denunciat de manera més contundent i continuada el problema de la manca d’habitatge i d’espais de sociabilitat no mercantilitzats. L’okupació d’immobles abandonats és... more
¿Cómo han evolucionado las principales instituciones políticas del país después de una férrea dictadura de más de30 años? ¿Cuál es el balance institucional a 50 años del ajusticiamiento de Trujillo? Los procesos de configuración del... more
This dissertation scrutinizes the implications of EU Structural Funds on the Maltese Public Administration from Malta’s accession to the European Union up to the execution of the 2007-2013 Programming Period. This study reviews these... more
Both experts and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) have agreed that efficiency, transparency, a diversification of implementers, and an impact-oriented approach is necessary to improve the foreign assistance of the United... more
We discuss and compare the remedies in the two cases antitrust cases of the European Union (EU) against Microsoft. The first EU case alleged (i) that Microsoft illegally bundled the Windows Media Player (WMP) with Windows; and (ii) that... more
Utilizing an array of statistical, oral life history, ethnographic, and other research, this doctoral dissertation is a historical-comparative analysis of the implications of the expansion of mass education and industrialization on the... more
En lo que va de este siglo, el mundo ha empezado a experimentar cambios drásticos, que marcan y acompañan el nacimiento de un nuevo orden mundial. En este contexto, después de muchos años de alto crecimiento económico y notables avances... more