Bureaucratic Activism: Pursuing Environmentalism Inside the Brazilian State

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Neaera Abers
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Temporary Employees ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

ABSTRACTThis study explores the evolution of the Green Grants program, run by Brazil’s Ministry of Environment, as a means for developing the concept of bureaucratic activism. When the Workers’ Party first took office in 2003, many social movement actors joined the government, especially in that agency. After 2007, however, most of these activists left the government. At the same time, the ministry substituted thousands of temporary employees for permanent civil servants. Surprisingly, this study finds that these public employees carried forward the environmentalist cause, even when this required contesting the priorities of superiors. Examining their attitudes and practices leads to a definition of activism as the proactive pursuit of opportunities to defend contentious causes. The case study helps to develop this concept and to demonstrate that workers inside bureaucracies can engage in activist behavior. It also explores the effects of bureaucratic activism on environmental policymaking in Brazil.

Acceptance of social innovation in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-236
Author(s):  
Maizatul Haizan Mahbob ◽  
Wan Idros Wan Sulaiman ◽  
Samsudin A. Rahim ◽  
Wan Azreena Wan Jaafar ◽  
Wan Sharazad Wan Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
The People ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact

Innovation is a key factor to bring about change. The government should formulate policies that are innovative to bring change to the nation. A government that enhances transformation, is a dynamic and progressive government. The Government Transformation Programme (GTP) in Malaysia, that is implemented in three phases started in 2010, is studied to examine how the programme is being accepted by the people. GTP is a programme that has never been implemented before. This programme emphasises more on performance and results of civil servants rather than budget spending. It also emphasises more accurately on planning. The aim is to produce high levels of accuracy and accountability of public employees and to provide rapid results in a short time as desired by the people. The 2011 GTP report showed that more than three million people have been positively impacted by this programme although it has only been implemented for two years. However, empirical studies found that people did not really feel the impact of the GTP programme. Although this programme was advocated through electronic and on-line media, many people still do not understand what is exactly the GTP and what are to be achieved through this programme.

scholarly journals Kesejahteraan Masyarakat Perbatasan Sebagai Tolak Ukur Efektivitas Keadilan di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Gede Yudiarta Wiguna ◽  
Siti Safa’ati Rohmah ◽  
Gusti Ayu Indira Syahrani Putri
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Border Area ◽  
The People ◽  
Border Areas ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Study Type

This article was written with the aim of discussing the situation of the people who live on the borders of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, which are classified as far from the reach of the government regarding justice and justice. The lack of concern for the conditions of life in the border region is a rebellion which has an effect on the sense or spirit of people's nationalism towards their own homeland. The method used in this article is a case study type qualitative approach. This article explains the definition of justice obtained from accountable sources and in this article discusses the conditions and situations of the people who live in the border area as a measure for the realization of equitable justice and justice. This article can later be used as a reference in realizing the welfare and justice of communities in border areas.

scholarly journals PENGORGANISASIAN KELOMPOK TANI DALAM MEMPERJUANGKAN PERHUTANAN SOSIAL (STUDI KASUS PENGORGANISASIAN STAM DI DESA MENTASAN, KECAMATAN KAWUNGANTEN, KABUPATEN CILACAP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titin Marliyana
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Social Forestry ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Media ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Government

<p><em>Forest can be considered as rich natural resources, but many people who lives near the forest is living in poverty because of agrarian conflicts and wrong management of the forest by Perhutani. StaM organized farmers group to resolve the agrarian conflicts in Cilacap regency. Mantesan village experiences some problems with Perhutani, and STaM conducts assistancing program by proposing Social Forestry. From the explanation above, researcher wants to investigate the motivation of StaM doing the organizing program, how the organizing program is carried, and the difficulty in carrying the organizing program. Social Movement theory from Tarrow is used to investigate the organizing program which can be a social movement. Qualitative study with case study approach is conducted to answer the research questions. Research partcipants are selected by using purposive sampling method. The data in this research will be collected through interview and supporting documment. Technique of data collection will be conducted through observation, interview, and docummentation. The data validity will be tested by carrying out triangualtion of data source and data analysis of Miles and Huberman interactive model.The results of the research reveal that the need of the farmer is causing certain behaviour which lead them to form farmers group to fullfill the farmers’ need. Organizing program is carried out to fight the powerless farmer to create some changes for the farmer can adapt to resolve their problems. Organizing program is carried out because there are problem and potential solution, intervention to the direction of change, and people who involved in intervention. To carry out Organizing Program, StaM considers the principle, the model, the media and the procedure of organising. The difficulties found in this research are agrarian reformation issue which become the sensitive issue, farmers group who’s experiencing burnout, the lack of cooperativeness from the government, and the lack of respond from the society to change.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>Agrarian Conflict, Community Organizing, Social Forestry.</em></strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong><strong></strong></p><p>Hutan merupakan sumber daya alam tergolong kaya, namun banyak masyarakat sekitar hutan dalam kategori miskin akibat adanya konflik agraria dan pengelolaan hutan yang salah oleh Perhutani. STaM melakukan pengorganisasian pada kelompok tani untuk menyelesaikan konflik agraria di Kabupaten Cilacap. Desa Mentasan mengalami konflik dengan perhutani dan STaM melakukan pendampingan dengan mengusulkan perhutanan sosial. Peneliti ingin mengetahui motivasi STaM melakukan pengorganisasian, bagaimana pengorganisasian dilakukan, dan kendala yang dihadapi dalam melakukan pegorganisasian. Teori gerakan sosial dari Tarrow digunakan untuk melihat pengorganisasian yang dilakukan menjadi sebuah gerakan sosial. Metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus digunakan untuk menjawab rumusan masalah. Infoman penelitian ditentukan melalui purposive sampling. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara langsung dan dokumen pendukung. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Validitas data melalui teknik triangulasi sumber dan analisis data menggunakan model interaktif Miles dan Huberman. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa kebutuhan petani, menyebabkan tingkah laku untuk membentuk kelompok tani dengan tujuan memenuhi kebutuhan petani. Pengorganisasian dilakukan untuk melawan ketidakberdayaan petani guna menciptakan perubahan agar petani mampu beradaptasi menghadapi permasalahannya. Pengorganisasian dilakukan karena adanya persoalan dan potensi penyelesaian, intervesi ke arah perubahan, dan pihak yang terlibat dalam intervensi. Dalam melakukan pengorganisasian, STaM mempertimbangkan prinsip pengorganisasian, bentuk model dan media pengorganisasian, dan langkah-langkah maupun tahapan pengorganisasian. Kendala yang dihadapi yaitu isu reforma agraria merupakan isu yang sangat sensitif, kelompok tani mengalami kejenuhan, kurangnya kerjasama dari aktor-aktor pemerintahan, dan kurangnya respon dari masyarakat untuk menuju perubahan.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Konflik Agraria, Pengorganisasian Masyarakat, Perhutanan Sosial.</strong><strong></strong></p>

Competency Standards for the Pipeline Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Unger ◽  
Phil Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Standards And Regulations ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Performance

Pipeline standards and regulations explicitly require personnel to be both competent and qualified to work on pipelines, but they neither define competent or qualified, nor provide methods or processes to demonstrate competence and qualifications. This paper defines competence and qualification and introduces and describes “competency standards.” These standards are used to assess the competence of an individual and are an integral part of the process to qualify individuals as being competent. Individuals are proven to be qualified in a competency if they are successfully assessed against these standards. The paper recommends the contents of a competency standard: the standard should clearly state its purpose and outcomes, and detail the knowledge, training, mentoring, and experience requirements, as well as an assessment method. Examples of these standards are presented, showing how competency standards provide a common definition of a competence and showing how competencies can be assessed against these standards. A case study of an assessment of an individual is also detailed. The choice between a prescriptive and a performance-based competency standard is discussed, and it is shown that the choice is affected by the level of the competence, the complexity of the competence, the homogeneity of the industry, and the government regulator’s resources and capabilities to police the standard. The paper explains that qualifications must be “portable”: as individuals move jobs, the qualifications they obtain need to be recognized by all companies. Portability is achieved by having the qualification “certified”. This certification is conducted by an independent body, which certifies that the processes followed (including any assessments) meet the requirements of the competency standard, and that the assessment and the award of the qualification have been audited and verified. Hence, a qualification is a two-step process: award and certification.

“A Not-so-silent Form of Activism”: Intentional Community as Collective Action Reservoir

2020 ◽  
pp. 016059762095194
Author(s):  
Zach Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Political Work ◽  
False Dichotomy ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Definition Of

Recent scholarship on social movement groups has increasingly focused on the relationships between lifestyle and politics. As walls of classical social movement theories holding up the false dichotomy of personal and political spheres continue to crumble, I seek in this article to fill some of the space connecting personal and political work by expanding on the concept of collective action reservoirs. Based on an ethnographic case study of an intentional community named Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, I demonstrate how participation in a shared lifestyle can be the basis for a politicized account of everyday life. The members of this village have developed a unique lifestyle that they consider to be a form of political engagement, in which I show that they have different orientations to the definition of activism and to being in a “reserve guard” for direct action. They have developed and adopted an approach where lifestyle is the primary means of seeking change while direct action is held in reserve. I conclude by theorizing that the collective action reservoir represents a long-term stable base for social movement mobilizations.

scholarly journals GERAKAN SOSIAL DAN PERUBAHAN KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK Kasus Perlawanan Masyarakat Batak vs PT. Inti Indorayon Utama,di Porsea, Sumatera Utara

Populasi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimpos Manulu
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
People Movement ◽  
North Sumatra

A case study which comprehensively elaborated the role of Porsea people movement and its surrounding to urge the present of government policy and decision series, considering with the establishment of PT. Inti Indorayon Utama in Porsea, Toba Samosir, North Sumatra. Data collecting was through literary works, institutional publishing, research documents, chronology, contact report and investigation, news clipping, letters, press release and statement, and last but not least was the participative observation and deep interview. Afterwards, the data was analyzed and interpreted with reference to social movement theories and their relationship with the public policy change. The finding of this research reveals that there has been no single factor or certain theoretical approach monopoly in explaining social movement comprehensively. The movement also has shown up two contributions all at once: trigging and influencing the government newly released policies and stimulating the company's new management to be more active in serving and developing the surrounding people. Both of these were possible to happen because of the people movement, without great expectancy to the complex and distortive state actors parliament and bureaucracy.

Swedish sustainability through a Zhang and London lens

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Lindbergh ◽  
Mattias Jacobsson ◽  
Timothy L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how sustainable development has been initiated in a country (Sweden) in which sustainable development has priority and has produced observable results – essentially, the definition and reshaping of contents (p. 107) referred to in the Zhang and London (ZL) paper, therefore adding some validity to the model. Design/methodology/approach The research is both exploratory and qualitative in nature and uses an in-depth case study approach to the Swedish international economy as might be reflected by ZL’s modified Porter model. Information drawn from current secondary sources is complemented by personal contemporaneous observations of individuals in the country of interest. Findings The task of implementing Sweden’s strategy for sustainable development is holistic, and the State has played a major role in its development. That is, sustainability is the responsibility of the Government Offices as a whole, which produces proactive programs in each of the interactions analyzed in the ZL modified model. As an aside, the country has sustained a high level of competitiveness while producing a pleasant environment in which to live. Research limitations/implications Limitations in the study follow the same criticisms made of Porter’ seminal treatment – (still) lack of a formal model construction (although ZL make a meaningful contribution), (still) lack of clear definitions (although ZL make a meaningful contribution), problematic research methodology (although an attempt has been made at improvement) and lack of empirical testing among others (and it is thought that this paper is a step in the right direction). Practical implications Insofar as Sweden might be a model for other countries interested in extending their efforts in sustainable development, observations here provide some insights into possible approaches and results. Originality/value The approach basically followed Siggelkow’s (2007) definition of the use of cases as illustrations, which is useful when the underlying development depends upon constructs. It follows that the association of real-world observations with theory well serves the underlying foundation and cannot help but build credibility of those concepts and theory.

scholarly journals The Impact of Uncertainty Money Growth on the Economic Growth of South Asian Countries during 2004-2016

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-42
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Action ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Political culture, as a part of public culture and a group of beliefs, virtues, norms and approaches with views to the political area, is one of the basic issues which has been paid attention and the subject of many researches, especially since the second half of the 20th century. The topic of this article is studying Afghanistan political culture as well as answering the question of which impacts it has had on Afghanistan political participation during the after-2001 years. Also, in this research, by using an analytic-descriptive method, at first, the definition of political culture and its features in Afghanistan are presented and then, the occurred changes in the indexes of Afghanistan political coopetation in the recent decades are studied too. Political culture, as the system of empirical beliefs, symbols, virtues and the norms, which are regarded as the foundation of political action and the political behaviours of the public people, parties and the government officials is one of the basic issues which has been considered and studied by many experts of politucal area for the recent era. The continuity and strength of any any kinds of cooperations depends on the society political culture origin as it is a very important factor for defining the political social identity of the public members and determining their views, virtues and norms toward politics and authority. Moreover, in this study, at first,the level of changes in the last-two-decade political culture of Afghanistan society is discussed and then its impact on political participation is analysed through explaining the tie between beliefs and behaviours as well as a case study over the political cooperarion increase.

scholarly journals Role of political culture in Afghanistan political participation(2001-2016)

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-121
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Action ◽  
The Political ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

Political culture, as a part of public culture and a group of beliefs, virtues, norms and approaches with views to the political area, is one of the basic issues which has been paid attention and the subject of many researches, especially since the second half of the 20th century. The topic of this article is studying Afghanistan political culture as well as answering the question of which impacts it has had on Afghanistan political participation during the after-2001 years. Also, in this research, by using an analytic-descriptive method, at first, the definition of political culture and its features in Afghanistan are presented and then, the occurred changes in the indexes of Afghanistan political coopetation in the recent decades are studied too. Political culture, as the system of empirical beliefs, symbols, virtues and the norms, which are regarded as the foundation of political action and the political behaviours of the public people, parties and the government officials is one of the basic issues which has been considered and studied by many experts of politucal area for the recent era. The continuity and strength of any any kinds of cooperations depends on the society political culture origin as it is a very important factor for defining the political social identity of the public members and determining their views, virtues and norms toward politics and authority. Moreover, in this study, at first,the level of changes in the last-two-decade political culture of Afghanistan society is discussed and then its impact on political participation is analysed through explaining the tie between beliefs and behaviours as well as a case study over the political cooperarion increase.

scholarly journals IPTEKS PROSEDUR PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN BIAYA PERJALANAN DINAS PADA BIRO UMUM DAN PROTOKOL SEKRETARIAT DAERAH PROVINSI SULAWESI UTARA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Vikky Rompas ◽  
Fanda D.P Rundengan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Servants ◽  
Travel Agency ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Temporary Employees ◽  
Travel Costs ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
The Government ◽  
Laws And Regulations

The government must run the wheels of government honestly and cleanly and its neighbors must comply with the applicable laws and regulations. In managing finances the government must be able to account for every rupiah spent in carrying out government duties. The corruption cases of Official Travel have been many because of those who were not responsible. Regulations concerning Official Travel in the PMK Number 113 of 2012 concerning domestic official travel for State officials, civil servants and temporary employees. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the Accountability of Travel Agency Services at the General Bureau and Protocol of the Regional Secretariat of North Sulawesi Province is in accordance with the PMK Number 113 of 2012  concerning domestic official travel for State officials, civil servants, and the employee is not permanent or not. The results of the study show that the Accountability of Travel Agency Services at the General Bureau and Protocol of the Regional Secretariat of North Sulawesi Province is in accordance with the PMK Number 113 of 2012.Keywords: government, accountability, official travel costs.

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