Transport in the Past and Current Climate Policy Regime

This essay offers reflections on Vietnam’s post-socialist state planning system and an upcoming government initiative to reform it. Thirty years after the departure from Soviet-style central planning, state-directed planning prevails as the dominant feature of Vietnam’s governance system, policy regime, and economic system. Our purpose is to examine why state-directed planning has been so resilient despite its many associated drawbacks in the past and present. We present a range of critical thoughts on the underlying causes and drivers that have preserved state-directed planning and that may jeopardize the nascent reform process.

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International Themes in Psychotherapy Integration

Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190690465.003.0021 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 448-473

Author(s):

Beatriz Gómez ◽

Shigeru Iwakabe ◽

Alexandre Vaz

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Psychotherapy Integration ◽

Historical Background ◽

The Past ◽

Current Climate ◽

The World ◽

Training And Research ◽

Sociopolitical Issues

Interest in psychotherapy integration has steadily expanded over the past decades, reaching most continents of the world and more mental health professionals than ever. Nevertheless, a country’s cultural and historical background significantly influences the nurturance or hindrance of integrative endeavors. This chapter seeks to explicate the current climate of psychotherapy integration in different continents and specific countries. With the aid of local integrative scholars, brief descriptions are presented on integrative practice, training, and research, as well as on cultural and sociopolitical issues that have shaped this movement’s impact around the world.

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A Look inside the Current Climate of the Video Game Industry

Gamification ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8200-9.ch099 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1965-1974

Author(s):

Vachon M.C. Pugh

Keyword(s):

Video Game ◽

Initial Assessment ◽

Video Game Industry ◽

The Past ◽

Current Climate ◽

Game Industry ◽

Salary Survey

The issue of the lack of women in the video game industry has been a hot topic for quite some time. For the past twelve years, Game Developer Magazine has published their annual Game Developer Salary Survey, which not only lists the average salaries for each department; but also breaks down each department by gender. By examining the salary surveys for the past four years (2009-2012), an initial assessment can be made on the amount of women working in the game industry, and in what disciplines. The purpose of this chapter is to assess the current climate of the video game industry, and briefly discuss possible causes of the lack of women in this particular field.

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A Look inside the Current Climate of the Video Game Industry

Gender Considerations and Influence in the Digital Media and Gaming Industry - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6142-4.ch004 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 82-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vachon M.C. Pugh

Keyword(s):

Video Game ◽

Initial Assessment ◽

Video Game Industry ◽

The Past ◽

Current Climate ◽

Game Industry ◽

Salary Survey

The issue of the lack of women in the video game industry has been a hot topic for quite some time. For the past twelve years, Game Developer Magazine has published their annual Game Developer Salary Survey, which not only lists the average salaries for each department; but also breaks down each department by gender. By examining the salary surveys for the past four years (2009-2012), an initial assessment can be made on the amount of women working in the game industry, and in what disciplines. The purpose of this chapter is to assess the current climate of the video game industry, and briefly discuss possible causes of the lack of women in this particular field.

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Stuck on the wrong track: 20 years of euro disillusion, denial, and delusion

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention ◽

10.4337/ejeep.2020.0065 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 139-155

Author(s):

Jörg Bibow

Keyword(s):

Monetary Union ◽

Maastricht Treaty ◽

Economic And Monetary Union ◽

Policy Regime ◽

The Past ◽

Asymmetric Growth

This contribution assesses the functioning of Europe's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) during the first 20 years of the euro's existence. It argues that two formative intellectual currents converged at Maastricht to shape the design and reception of the euro regime: ordoliberalism and neoliberalism. Germany's ordoliberalism inspired and shaped the euro regime design. Neoliberalism fashioned the reception of what was agreed at Maastricht under the influence of Bundesbank dogma and power. As a product of the zeitgeist, Europe got stuck with a deeply flawed euro regime. The Maastricht Treaty institutionalized an asymmetric (growth-unfriendly) policy regime. This suited the macroeconomic mainstream well, fighting the ‘1970s stagflation war’ for the past 40 years. Twenty years of euro disillusion have produced the exact opposite: ‘stagdeflation.’

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Macroeconomics and History

National Institute Economic Review ◽

10.1177/002795010217900112 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 179 ◽

pp. 104-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrew Britton

Keyword(s):

General Theory ◽

Gold Standard ◽

Golden Age ◽

Second World War ◽

World War ◽

Policy Regime ◽

The Past ◽

The Stability ◽

Second World

Macroeconomic behaviour varies according to the character of the policy regime. There is therefore no truly ‘general’ theory which will apply at all times and in all places. Over the past hundred years, one model may be appropriate to the period of the gold standard, another to the interwar years, another to the so-called ‘Golden Age’ after the Second World War, and so on. Expectations, which depend on confidence in the regime, determine the stability of both prices and output. Institutions also adapt in ways that may support, or ultimately undermine, the foundations of the policy regime.

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The emergence of a New European Labour Policy regime: Continuity and change since the euro crisis

Competition & Change ◽

10.1177/10245294211031051 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102452942110310

Author(s):

Felix Syrovatka

Keyword(s):

Crisis Management ◽

New Labour ◽

Euro Crisis ◽

European Level ◽

Policy Regime ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

The Past ◽

Labour Policy ◽

And Shifts ◽

The Eu

The architecture of European labour policy has changed in the past years of the euro crisis and its management. While in the pre-crisis phase EU labour policy still had a mainly symbolic character, the EU crisis management gave it a much more binding character. The article analyses the continuities and shifts in European labour policy against the background of austerity and crisis policy arguing that a new labour policy complex was able to emerge at the European level. While institutional shifts were considerable, the market-liberal orientation of labour policy remained in place. However, it was radicalized with the resilience approach. The article therefore provides an overview of the continuity and change of European labour policy in the euro crisis on the basis of institutional and discursive shifts.

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Germany’s Energiewende at a Crossroads

German Politics & Society ◽

10.3167/gps.2021.390203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 47-69

Author(s):

Jonas Heering ◽

Thane Gustafson

Keyword(s):

Climate Policy ◽

Energy Transition ◽

Electricity Sector ◽

Energy Policies ◽

Collaborative Action ◽

Current Climate ◽

National Leadership ◽

Real Progress ◽

The Government ◽

Political Compromises

This article examines Germany’s current climate and energy policies. Nearly two decades on, Germany’s Energiewende—the transition to a less carbonintensive economy—is at a crossroads. While remarkable advances have been made, the technical difficulties of expanding the energy transition beyond the electricity sector, the mounting costs of the transition itself, and now the covid-19 pandemic are slowing further progress. Maintaining the momentum of the Energiewende would require collaborative action, yet the principal political players have different agendas, making it difficult to reach decisions. In this article, we consider three of those actors: the German public, the opposition parties, and the government. We find that agreements on German climate policy have been diluted in political compromises and that real progress is being blocked. These problems will only increase as Germany deals with the consequences of the pandemic and faces a transition in national leadership in 2021.

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