Simulations: Urban Fiscal Crisis

1986 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 15-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus D. Pohlmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Other Hand

PurposeI wish to describe a role-playing simulation, as opposed to an educational game. A game normally has an elaborate set of rules and requires participants to function within the logic of its own reality. A role-playing simulation, on the other hand, allows the participants to maintain their own personalities and values as they interact within far more general roles and rules, creating a unique reality each time. The goal of this particular simulation is to overcome a public policy problem within a simulated political environment.

Investigation and Impact of Knowledge-Based Information on Programming Languages Based on Probabilistic Models

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 436-440
Author(s):  
Zhi Ming Qu
Keyword(s):  
Expert Systems ◽  
Programming Languages ◽  
Probabilistic Models ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
The Other ◽  
Erasure Coding ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Other Hand

In recent years, much research has been devoted to the refinement of IPv6; on the other hand, few have investigated the confusing unification of interrupts and Internet QoS. In this position paper, it demonstrates the emulation of interrupts. In order to overcome this quagmire, a novel system is presented for the intuitive unification of expert systems and massive multiplayer online role-playing games. It is concluded that erasure coding can be verified to make heterogeneous, interposable, and event-driven, which is proved to be applicable.

A French place without a cheese

Focaal ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 2004 (44) ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Filippucci
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Local Product ◽  
Definition Of

In France, the classic produit du terroir, the local product that with its mix of skill and raw materials embodies the distinctive tie between people and their terroir (soil), is cheese. Thus, when inhabitants of the Argonne say that it “does not even have a cheese”, they imply that it lacks a patrimoine (cultural heritage). On the other hand, they do make passionate claims about 'being Argonnais', conveying a marked recognition of, and attachment to, a named place in relation to which they identify themselves and others. Focusing on this paradox, this article will highlight certain assumptions regarding the definition of cultural heritage found in public policy.

An Overview of Worlds A and B

Boilerplate ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Jane Radin
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Voluntary Agreement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Contract Formation ◽  
Other Hand

This book examines standardized form contracts, also known as boilerplate. In the past, “contract” was interpreted as a bargained-for exchange transaction between two parties who each consent to the exchange. Bargained-for exchange represents contract in a world of voluntary agreement—World A (for Agreement). Standardized form contracts, on the other hand, belong to World B (for Boilerplate). World B doesn't fit the theory, the rationale, of contract law. This book explores judicial oversight of boilerplate through the legal doctrines of unconscionability and voidness as against public policy, among others. It also considers the problem of boilerplate rights deletion schemes as well as attempts to bring such schemes under the aegis of traditional contract theories. This chapter provides an overview of worlds A and B as well as varieties of World B contracts, boilerplate as a method of contract formation, and two problems arising from boilerplate: normative degradation and democratic degradation.

scholarly journals Indvandring, offentlig mening og politisk teori

Politik ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian F Rostbøll
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Sharp Contrast ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liberal Theory ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Open Borders ◽  
The One ◽  
Liberal Political Theory

Regarding issues of immigration, there is a sharp contrast between Danish public opinion and public policy on the one hand and liberal political theory on the other hand. This article analyzes whether it is a problem for liberal theory that argues for more open borders to be so far removed from public opinion and vice versa. Considering issues of realism, epistemology, and democracy it is discussed how directly policy-related political theory ought to be. 

Parties Cannot Agree To Give Jurisdiction To Dubai Court If the Defendant Has a Place of Domicile in Another Emirate of the Uae

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-359
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Contractual Arrangement ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Lower Courts ◽  
Judicial Authority

AbstractIn a judgment delivered by the Dubai Court of Cassation, where the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment delivered by the lower courts, the court held that as per Article 104 of the UAE Provisional Constitution, the judicial authority in Dubai was independent from the federal judicial authorities application in the other emirates. Therefore it was not admissible for the parties to contract to agree to give jurisdiction to the Dubai Court unless the Dubai Court already has jurisdiction to hear the matter. Therefore, the parties cannot give jurisdiction to the Dubai Court by contract if the jurisdiction falls originally within the jurisdiction of another emirate, as this will be contrary to the public policy and the UAE Constitution. If the jurisdiction falls in the federal court, the matter should be brought before the federal court and not the Dubai Court as Dubai has an independent judicial system. On the other hand, if the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the Dubai Court, the matter may not be litigated in another federal court. The parties therefore may not contract to give jurisdiction either to the federal or the local court, unless that court has jurisdiction, by virtue of a contractual arrangement between the parties.

scholarly journals Estimaciones, identidad y la relación entre uso de la lengua y autoadscripción

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (103) ◽  
pp. 185-211
Author(s):  
Ignacio Ibarra-López ◽  
◽  
Héctor Calleros ◽  
Jorge David Cortés-Moreno ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indigenous Language ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Government ◽  
Official Information ◽  
At Home

This work studies the differences that arise when self-identification or the use of the indigenous language is used in the estimation of the indigenous population. As a result of the analysis of official information, it is concluded that the increase in schooling at home and the receipt of income from relatives living abroad, discourages people from indicating the use of the language and self-registering. On the other hand, it is found that people who receive support from the government have greater incentives to declare the use of the language and self-enroll. Finally, it is shown that self-enrollment and use of the indigenous language are not the same variables and therefore cannot be used as an equivalent criterion for the realization of public policy. It is statistically demonstrated that people who speak the indigenous language constitute a subset of people who self-describe as indigenous

Managing relationships ‐ is this a quality issue?

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Whymark
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
The Other ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Quality Issue ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Under Performing ◽  
The Way

This paper investigates how companies are managing their relationships with customers and employees. It shows that loyalty to both groups is shifting. While most companies are claiming that their staff are their most valuable resource the enclosed research findings reveal that the reality is vastly different. On the other hand, many companies are rewarding customer loyalty but the service being delivered, largely through demoralised staff, is falling short of expectations. According to the Commission on Public Policy and British Business (1997), UK firms are generally under‐performing and the staff they employ underachieving. It is suggested that the way forward is for companies to manage their relationships more effectively with both groups and to break the vicious cycle of decline.

scholarly journals The policy mood in Spain: the thermostat in a warm climate, 1978–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bartle ◽  
Agustí Bosch ◽  
Lluís Orriols
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Warm Climate ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Dynamic Representation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Party Control

AbstractRepresentative democracies are supposed to be uniquely virtuous in that they ensure that public preferences drive public policy. Dynamic representation is the outcome of a recurring interaction between electorate and parties that can be observed at the macro level. Preferences can shape government policy via two possible mechanisms. ‘Policy accomodation’ suggests that governments respond directly to the electorate’s preferences. ‘Electoral turnover’, on the other hand, assumes that preferences shape policy indirectly. Parties pursue their ideological goals, and public preferences respond ‘thermostatically’ by moving in the opposite direction to policy. This causes voters to switch votes and eventually leads to a turnover of power from one ‘side’ to ‘the other’. In this paper, we estimate preferences for government activity (‘the policy mood’) in Spain between 1978 and 2017. We show that mood responds ‘thermostatically’ to policy. Variations in mood are associated with support for parties. Policy is driven by party control but is not thermostatically responsive to mood. It appears that in Spain – like Britain – dynamic representation can only be achieved by electoral turnover. We consider the implications of this for our understanding of how representation works.

SHOULD CITIZENS OF A WELFARE STATE BE TRANSFORMED INTO “QUEENS”?

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATHIAS RISSE
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
Oxford University Press

Motivation, agency, and public policy: of knights and knaves, pawns and queens, by Julian Le Grand, Oxford University Press, 2003, 230 pages.Julian Le Grand offers an account of public policy that arranges views along two axes: a motivational axis, along which individuals can be knights or knaves, and an agency axis, along which they can be pawns or queens. Knaves are concerned to further their self-interest, understood broadly in terms of whatever people may care about. Following Hume, Le Grand calls such characters “knaves,” but this has no automatic connotations with illegal activities. Knights, on the other hand, are motivated to help others for no private reward, even to the detriment of their interests. Pawns, like the pieces on the chess board, are passive victims of circumstances, unable to make responsible choices. Queens do make such choices: they are empowered agents responsible for their fates.

Clientelism, Law and Politics. Considerations in the Light of the Argentine Case

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Law And Politics ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
The One ◽  
Empirical Approaches

AbstractThe purpose of this article is, on the one hand, to explain what clientelism is through a description of its characteristics in its current Argentinean form. On the other hand, it will evaluate clientelism from a legal and political point of view. In order to achieve these purposes, we will distinguish clientelism from legitimate politics, and then offer a critical evaluation in case there were any differences. Regarding the first objective, it will be necessary to resort to some kind of canonical definition, broad enough to grasp different clientelistic phenomena. Then, it will be possible to explain its Argentinean particularities, noting that it happens to be a specially interesting kind of clientelism because of its refinement and breadth. As to the second objective, we will oppose to the reasoning that equates clientelism and legitimate types of political action. We will argue that ordinary politics is different and that, in fact, this difference turns clientelism illegitimate. Criticism against clientelism may include empirical approaches but, as these only show deficiencies of a particular public policy, they lack the ability to be extended to other cases. Alternative criticism may be more interesting, but it will necessarily be weaker as it may only reveal a model of citizens and political relations upon which clientelism is grounded.

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