Stability through Change: The Pervasiveness of Political Ideas

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Hinnfors
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Path Dependency ◽  
Main Claim ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Policy Window ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Point Of Reference ◽  
Made In

For all the day-to-day changes, the parties have actually been surprisingly faithful to their overarching ideologies. However, in no way has this stability precluded change. The main claim made in this article is that, on the contrary, in several instances it appears that the only way of keeping up ideological stability is through policy change. The kind of stability based on an ongoing adaptation and change might be the very triggering cause behind the successful opening up of a policy window. By offering a firm point of reference, ideology analysis could function as a bridge between ‘formative’ approaches – which indicate some degree of actor freedom — and ‘path dependency’ approaches – which stress deterministic structuring by institutions – and provide one of the missing links between institutional and rational choice analyses.

scholarly journals Strategi Pembinaan Keagamaan Muallaf Dayak Meratus Kalimantan Selatan

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Nadzmi Akbar Baderun ◽  
Samsul Rani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Family Approach ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
New Religion ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Made In

Abstract A person becomes a Muslim convert because he believes in Islamic teachings' goodness, benefits, and truth. On the other hand, converts of Dayak Meratus generally still have many shortcomings and problems carrying out their new religion. Thus, the guidance of Dayak Meratus converts must be carried out by Muslims. It is still unclear that the guidance carried out for Dayak Meratus converts raises how the basic strategy for cultivating Dayak Meratus converts in South Kalimantan is necessary. Religion, supporting and inhibiting factors for converting. Data collection was carried out by observing, interviewing, and opening up documents that could present facts and events in the field. The interactive analysis process is in the following order: data collection, data condensation, data modeling, and describing and verifying conclusions. This research found that the convergence coaching program was made in detail by coaches who were in the field to suit field conditions. Dayak Meratus converts' religious guidance is carried out by using a family approach, warmth, meeting intensity or always being close to converts, teaching the practice of worship, muamalah, and instilling faith. The inhibiting factors for conversion are; lack of dai, converts are scattered over a wide area, it is challenging to gather at one place, the busyness of converts who make a living to a remote area.  

scholarly journals How Rational Is the Greek Plan for Opening up Tourism?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Lazaridis ◽  
Estelle Clark
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Greek Economy ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Executives And Managers

The issue of when and how to return to business following COVID-19 lockdown is occupying the minds of policymakers, C-Suite executives and managers the world over. We are concerned by the extent to which it appears that these decisions are being taken on a wing and a prayer, while being pitched to the public as though they shouldn’t be questioned. In this paper, we compare the likely impact of COVID-19 infections from travellers coming from the main countries that visit Greece, to the revenues they generate for the Greek economy. We find that arrivals from some countries should be excluded but aren't, while arrivals from other countries that are excluded perhaps shouldn't be. We show that a rational choice around limitations on the reopening of tourist markets depends on the demand for travel to Greece. We conclude that the current policy is largely economically rational, with some exceptions, but also speculate that Greece may not be ready to handle the resulting infection load.

The Breeding of Hevea Brasiliensis

1961 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. McIndoe
Keyword(s):  
Hevea Brasiliensis ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Tropical Countries ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
The Past ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Made In

Abstract The intrinsic yield of Hevea brasiliensis has been more than tripled over the past thirty-five years largely by the efforts of plant breeders. While it is not to be expected that progress will be as rapid over the next thirty-five years, yet the end is not in sight, and indeed new horizons are opening up. Coupled with the improvements made in other aspects of rubber culture, the industry is now in an excellent position to maintain its competitive status in world markets, and thus to contribute to the prosperity and economic stability of the tropical countries whose fortunes are so closely bound to it.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATION CHARTS OF FISHING VESSELS OPERATION IN MULTI-SPECIES FISHING SYSTEM: FISHING AREA BASED ON LOGISTIC APPROACH (STUDY OF FISHING SARDINA (IWASHI) IN SOUTH KURIL AREA OF FAR EASTERN FISHERY BASIN)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
pp. 102-112
Author(s):  
Svetlana Lisienko
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Biotechnological Production ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Made In

The article describes the effectiveness of commercial fishing as a biotechnological production process dependent on opening up the resource potential of multi-species fishing systems - fishing zones in fishery basins – by fishing vessels. Currently, the science-based approach to developing such systems with intra-production subsystems is not formed. All processes occurring in the systems are logistic, and the system as a whole is a complex industrial system. An assessment of its efficiency or inefficiency should be made in terms of the use of fishery resources, including production resources and the resource base of fishing, while the minimization of costs (expenses) at all stages of the production and technological process should be the assessment criterion. The process of studying and developing fishing organization schemes including intra-system flow (logistic) processes is carried out in several stages, the result being the improved organizational schemes with the distribution of a group of fishing units in the object-oriented fishing zones working in optimal forms of fishing organization. Taking the Far Eastern sardine (Iwashi) fishing in the South Kuril zone as an example, a multifactorial analysis and accounting of the entire composition of restrictions, conditions, the nature of each component, their influence at each stage of the movement of material flows in the industrial logistic system functioning in the fishing zone was carried out. The design of end-to-end material-conducting circuits and schemes of fishing activities has been carried out. The logistic approach to the processes and systems of commercial fishing used in the design process is a universal scientifically grounded research method and a methodological approach to the design of complex fishing systems.

scholarly journals Our Bodies Our Voice: A case study on utilization of governance streams to change the policy for prevention of sexual violence in universities and the role of grassroots organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Dictus ◽  
Elena Syurina
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Policy Window ◽  
Key Events ◽  
The Impact

Sexual violence (SV) is an issue of global importance, with significant prevalence in the EU generally and the Netherlands in particular. Stigma and taboo often result in underreporting and exacerbate the already substantial mental health consequences of SV. Universities are recognized as high-risk settings, but in general awareness, response and prevention in Dutch universities have been limited. This article analyzes a case study of key events over a number of years resulting in policy change and active response in one university in the Netherlands, focusing on the impact and role of the Our Bodies Our Voice foundation, which started as a grassroots student initiative, using the Kingdon model of policy change. The aim is to make explicit how governance streams need to be aligned to place the issue of SV on the agenda of higher educational institutions, and findings highlight the importance of media coverage, advocacy, awareness raising and perseverance on the part of initiatives like OBOV, while building towards a policy window.

Balancing, Judicial Review, and Disobedience: Comments on Richard Posner's Analysis of Anti-Terror Measures (Not a Suicide Pact)

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Re'em Segev
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
General Assumption ◽  
Small Probability ◽  
Main Claim ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Utilitarian Theory ◽  
Made In

The general assumption that underlines Richard Posner's argument in his book Not a Suicide Pact is that decisions concerning rights and security in the context of modern terrorism should be made by balancing competing interests. This assumption is obviously correct if one refers to the most rudimentary sense of balancing, namely, the idea that normative decisions should be made in light of the importance of the relevant values and considerations. However, Posner advocates a more specific conception of balancing, both substantively and institutionally. Substantiality, he argues for balancing based on a consequential moral theory that rejects the ideas of deontological rights and particularly absolute or very weighty deontological rights. More specifically, it seems that Posner assumes a utilitarian theory that also rejects intrinsic concern for distributive justice. Institutionally, Posner argues that this method of reasoning should be adopted by judges when interpreting the Constitution. These substantive and institutional background assumptions are of course controversial, but I do not dispute them in this Article. My critique concerns Posner's conclusions based on these assumptions. Posner's main claim is that given the magnitude of the danger of modern terrorism, even a small probability that an act of terror may occur justifies extreme anti-terror measures.

scholarly journals Access to legal records by children leaving State care: The experience of young people in NSW

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Greenwood ◽  
Julia Mansour ◽  
Celia Winnett
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
New South ◽  
Community Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Past Wrongs ◽  
Children In Care ◽  
Made In

For those who have been in the care of the State as children, access to records can be critical to securing justice and redress for past wrongs. This article outlines the arguments made in recent litigation undertaken by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) on behalf of young people who requested access to legal audits conducted on their files by the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Family and Community Services (FACS). It documents the policy change that was achieved as a result of the litigation and makes recommendations for further reform to better realise the rights of children in care to access their records.

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