The role of interest groups in EU environmental policy formulation: A case study of the draft packaging directive

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 16-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Porter ◽  
Alan Buff Philip
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Policy Formulation

scholarly journals Political Economy of Coal Mining Policy: A Case Study in Rent Seeking of Surveyor’s Data Manipulation in East Kalimantan (2009-2014)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Bambang Arwanto
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Mining Policy ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Third Person

Both rent seeking and mining policy are two interesting discourses which have enriched the Indonesian policy studies within last two decades. One of prominent problems in this sector is formulation policy process of mining permit (IUP). The concern of mining sector is because the huge economic incentive behind mining business including coal mining. Since the economic incentive is extremely high, the rent seeking is getting higher and more competitive. The competition on rent seeking contest is developed in different policy formulation stages through the elites of business people and bureaucrats.The consequences are the objectivity on issuing the coal mining policy, including extra regulation about surveyors.  The policy formulation in this very case produces the dynamic and complex rent seeking activity among the main players. This study is aimed to reveal the case of rent seeking using surveyors on coal mining policy. Using qualitative method and non positivist approach, this case of study was one of five studies that tried to understand the social relationship among the policy actors during mining policy formulation.Findings in the study were: (i) the role of surveyors as “third person” as mediator who played prominent roles in delivering the interest and determined the data through surveyor’s report, (ii) bargaining power of the businessman to get access in penetrating the bureaucracy through bribing and lobbying, and (iii) the role of bureaucrat in manipulating regulation to accommodate their interest through extra regulation making.

scholarly journals Some Corner of a Chinese Field: The politics of remembering foreign veterans of the Taiping civil war

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1134-1171
Author(s):  
JONATHAN CHAPPELL
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Transnational Politics ◽  
Politics Of Memory ◽  
Treaty Port ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Foreign Fighters ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThe memory of the foreign involvement in the Taiping war lasted long after the fall of the Taiping capital at Nanjing in 1864. The events were commemorated by various actors, Chinese and foreign, from the end of the war until the end of the treaty-port century in 1943 when the right to extraterritoriality was abrogated. This article explores the commemorations of the foreign role through three media: the issuing of medals to foreign fighters, the building of memorials to the foreign dead, and the writing of histories of the events. Across these media, different interest groups used the foreign interventions as a proxy for continuing debates about the role of foreigners in China and about China's place in the world. More broadly, the commemorations of the role of foreign fighters in the Taiping war is a case study in the transnational politics of memory. The memories of the war were contested or commemorated not just by states, but also by individuals and groups whose views often diverged from those of their government. By tracing how memories of the war were remembered and forgotten, we can trace the insecurities of different interest groups over time and their perceived power relative to each other.

GOVERNMENTALITY: CASES OF THE RAYJA HOTEL CONFLICT CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, BUMIAJI SUB-DISTRICT, BATU

REFORMASI ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Friska Ayu O ◽  
Mardiyono , ◽  
Andy Fefta Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Regulatory Governance ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Government ◽  
Construction Permit ◽  
Role Of The Government

Governance concept implies a shift in the role of the government, private sector and community, so that it necessary synergy in the implementation of the government. Community involvement in policy formulation needed to build the quality of local government. In reality, this ideal has not been able to be implemented in developing countries, in particular Indonesia. In Batu City, there is resistance against the construction of hotel residents who opposed the Rayja Local Regulation no. 7 of 2011 on Spatial Planning state that Sumber Gemulo is a protected area. Differences in knowledge caused a power space on each of the actors, in particular the Government. Space power it seeks to create a discourse by the main actor, Mayor. A series of regulatory practices that occur as a strategy of "disciplining” and "tourism city" as a discourse. It also has affected to create a new claims and governmentality among actors. This research used explanatory - case study method. To minimize bias in the classification of the actor then analyzes that support this research is Narrative Policy Analysis (NPA). This research was conducted in Batu City, East Java Province. The results of this study prove that the government is in the process of giving the IMB Hotel Rayja is not regulatory governance practices.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SCIENTISTS IN GREEN FISCAL POLICY FORMULATION: CASE STUDY IN JAMBI

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Fitri Nurfatriani ◽  
Dudung Darusman ◽  
Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat ◽  
Ahmad Erani Yustika ◽  
Fentie Salaka
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Policy Formulation

16. Civil Society, Interest Groups, and Populism

Politics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ferdinand ◽  
Robert Garner ◽  
Stephanie Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Five Star Movement ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Arab Spring

This chapter explores the role of civil society, interest groups, and populism in politics. It first considers the concept of ‘civil society’ and how it came to be associated with the protests that brought down communist regimes in Eastern Europe, along with its role in the Arab Spring. It then looks at interest groups as a major component of civil society, the rise of corporatism, and the notion of ‘infrapolitics’ or politics from below. It also discusses the growing phenomenon of populism as a way of enhancing the status and position of previously neglected groups in democracies as well as a challenge to liberal democracies. A case study on populism online involving Beppe Grillo and the Five star Movement is presented. The chapter suggests that populist politicians make use of the media to forge a direct relationship with their supporters.

scholarly journals The Role of Law in Transformative Environmental Policies—A Case Study of “Timber in Buildings Construction in Germany”

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grit Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Course Stability

Over the last decades, environmental law has significantly contributed to limiting the environmental impacts of our mode of living. Yet environmental problems still prevail and are strongly linked to our production and consumption systems. Therefore, the current challenges must be tackled with a systemic approach. The concept of transformative environmental policy identifies approaches for policymakers to interfere in socio-economic systems in order to give them a more sustainable structure. This article seeks to identify the contributions that law can make to a transformation towards sustainability. For illustrative purposes, I point out the concrete steps in a case study on increasing the use of timber in buildings construction in Germany. I argue that law plays a role in all three phases of a transformation/transition. The legal framework must enable innovations and experiments in the first transformation phase, come up with restricting regulations for old non-sustainable structures in the second phase, and in the third phase provide course stability for the new system. I conclude that the concept of transformative environmental policy helps to design adaptations of the legal framework in order to transform socio-economic and socio-technical systems towards more sustainability.

The role of scientists in the environmental policy process: a case study from the American west

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Steel ◽  
Peter List ◽  
Denise Lach ◽  
Bruce Shindler
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
American West
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