The Political Ecology of Pollution Enforcement in China: A Case from Sichuan's Rural Industrial Sector

2007 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 915-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Tilt
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Competing Values ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Rural Enterprises

AbstractThis article uses a case study approach to examine the processes and consequences of pollution enforcement in an industrial township in rural Sichuan. China's national pollution emissions standards are relatively strict, but enforcement is the responsibility of some 2,500 Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPBs) within municipal and county governments. EPB officials exercise considerable discretion in prioritizing and carrying out enforcement activities, but exactly what factors influence regulatory behaviour within EPBs is poorly understood. Data for the article are drawn from interviews with EBP officials, township government officials, industrial managers and local residents, as well as a review of township and district financial records and pollution enforcement records. In this case study, EPB enforcement priorities and actions were guided by State Council directives and State Environmental Protection Administration policy, but citizen complaints and media exposure regarding polluting factories also played a key role, and action culminated in the forced closure of township factories. The article uses political ecology as an analytical framework for understanding how pollution enforcement is shaped by the competing values, goals and priorities within the EPB and the administrative unit in which it operates. This is crucial in China, where the decentralized nature of environmental oversight requires an examination of both policy formulation and implementation. The implications of pollution enforcement on rural enterprises for ecological health, fiscal revenue and rural development are also discussed.

scholarly journals HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF BANGLADESHI FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-155
Author(s):  
Norliza Dolhan ◽  
Zarina@Zairina Othman ◽  
Nor Azizan Idris
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Interview Session ◽  
Universal Approach ◽  
Illegal Activities

Background and Purpose: In the modern globalisation epoch, security threats no longer concern the state’s hostilities, military operation, or nuclear proliferation. It involves non-traditional menaces like human trafficking, which is believed to escalate quickly. The goal of this research is to identify human trafficking activities and to reveal the experiences of victims in the Southeast Asia region, particularly in Malaysia.   Methodology: This study used a qualitative method through a case study approach. It involved an in-depth interview session with five primary informants (represented as Cases 1 to 5) who were the victims of human trafficking from Bangladesh, a government officer from related agency, two local academicians and a representative of Bangladesh foreign workers’ vending system company.   Findings: The study discovered that human trafficking crimes produce detrimental effects on the survival of the victims, especially on the economic and individual security aspect. Their wages are not fully paid and their freedom to socialize is restricted.   Contribution: This study calls for policy formulation and policy implementation to protect the interest and security of people despite their citizenship which is considered the most trustworthy, relevant and universal approach in rectifying these illegal activities within Southeast Asia region especially in Malaysia. Keywords: Bangladesh, labour migration, human security, human trafficking.   Cite as: Dolhan, N., Othman, Z., & Idris, N. A. (2021). Human trafficking and human security in Southeast Asia: A case study of Bangladeshi foreign workers in Malaysia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(1), 136-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp136-155

School Culture, Effectiveness and Low SES in Trinidad

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-225
Author(s):  
Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multiple Case

This chapter presents a cultural diagnosis of three schools of differing effectiveness states – ‘excelling', ‘mostly effective' and ‘under academic watch' within Trinidad, which face socio-economic challenges. It utilizes a multi-method, multiple case study approach and presents an adapted conceptualization of school culture, which is used as an analytical framework to diagnose the professional orientation of teachers within the cultures of the participating schools. Findings reveal that teachers' professional orientation, particularly their dispositions and psychological states, are critically important to many aspects of schooling, including students' orientations and their academic performance and achievement.

scholarly journals The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1218-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Onyango ◽  
Paola Gazzola ◽  
Geoffrey Wood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Environmental Decisions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Austerity Policy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection decisions within planning in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative analysis based on perspectives gathered via questionnaire survey targeted at stakeholders involved in planning in Scotland was undertaken. The questionnaire responses were analysed thematically, supplemented by using statistical tests of significance and variance to show how responses differed across participants. Findings The evidence showed that austerity policy atmosphere resulted in a pervasive neoliberal imperative of resuscitating the economy; whilst producing subtle and adverse effects on environmental decisions. This was best understood within a neo-Gramscian perspective of hegemony, borrowed from the field of political economy of states. Research limitations/implications The gathered views were constrained within unknown biases that the participants may have had; and because the case study approach was not equipped to generalise the results beyond the study, more research testing cause-effect between the austerity and selected environmental parameters is needed, from various contexts. Practical implications Decision-making frameworks should explicitly acknowledge the unique pressures during austerity periods; and contemplate resilient decision-making frameworks that can withstand the hegemonic tendencies which prioritise economic goals above environmental ones. Originality/value Whilst the area of austerity’s impacts on the environment remains poorly evidenced, empirically, this seminal paper uses robust analysis to establish how the austerity policy atmosphere affects environmental decisions. This is insight into what may be happening in other similar situations outside Scotland, raising concern as to whether and how we should approach the challenge of hegemonic ideas.

Discussing Opportunities and Crisis in The Horn of Africa (Hoa)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdilahi Ismail Abdilahi
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Current State ◽  
Returns Policy ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

In this article, an analytical framework is adopted to analyze the socio-political status and economic performance of the Horn of Africa (HOA) region, consisting of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. We have identified the essential socio-economic factors, and constraints specific to each country. The efforts on lifting these constraints and future opportunities for growth are discussed. Such a case study approach provides valuable insight to help policymakers create a targeted strategy for development. The study explores the current state of HOA, in terms of the growth in the Horn region, taking into account factors such as poor social returns, policy, restricted access to finance, instability and market failures.

scholarly journals Causes of Conflict in Organizations: A Case of Takoradi Polytechnic

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Sarah Morrison ◽  
Samuel Sundong .
Keyword(s):  
Staff Training ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Junior Staff

The study explored the various causes of conflicts in organizations. The objectives of the study was to find out the nature, types and factors that lead to staff related conflicts in organizations especially tertiary educational institutions. To achieve the objectives, researchers employed the case study approach using Takoradi Polytechnic as the case study. It also involved the use of interview and questionnaire as the data collection instruments for the study. Researchers used the purposive and simple random sampling techniques to select the respondents. A sample size of 276 out of 736 of the population was selected for the study. This constitutes (36%) of the population. The sample was made up of 109 junior staff, 96 senior staff and 71 senior members. These three groups of staff from different departments were randomly and purposively invited to participate in the study. The study would be of immense benefit to management of institutions especially educational institutions since it would inform them of possible conflict that could arise. It would also inform policy formulation and staff training and development programs. It was discovered after the study that there were various conflicts in the organization which could be grouped into intra-personal, interpersonal and inter-group conflicts. These were as a result of the competing for limited resources, power struggle, differences in behavior among others. It recommends the education of staff through workshops and seminars on the differences that leads to conflicts, provision of resources and infrastructure that could mitigate the competition of resources among others.

A Coherent Method to Fit Cultural Anthropology into the Fertility Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Pushp Kamal Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Alternative Theory ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach

This paper argues for a new analytical framework that draws the most attention to the relationship between demography and sociocultural anthropology, involving micro-level research. It is called ‘a case study approach to studying fertility’, which involves ‘process and product’. The analysis process constitutes a specific way of gathering comprehensive, systematic, and in-depth information about fertility, which leads eventually to a product: a case study fertility data. The incorporation of theories of culture as ‘the evaluative behaviour of social actors’ and ‘social constructionism’ appears to provide an attractive alternative theory of culture for fertility analysis. Special emphasis is placed on the political, economic, feminism, and social constructionism or, more generally, practice approaches to social facts. The present paper begins with good reason to think why we use a case study approach to studying fertility and its theoretical base. We then reconnoitre ‘a theory of culture for demography’ in order to flesh out ‘a coherent method to fit cultural anthropology into the demographic enterprise: a third generation fertility study’. Such interrogation helps clarify problems and advantages in terms of theory, methodology, practicality, useful outcomes and differences.Key words: Demography and sociocultural anthropology;  fertilityTribhuvan University Journal Volume XXVI No. 1, 2009 Page: 69-80

School Culture, Effectiveness and Low SES in Trinidad

2017 ◽  
pp. 195-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multiple Case

This chapter presents a cultural diagnosis of three schools of differing effectiveness states – ‘excelling', ‘mostly effective' and ‘under academic watch' within Trinidad, which face socio-economic challenges. It utilizes a multi-method, multiple case study approach and presents an adapted conceptualization of school culture, which is used as an analytical framework to diagnose the professional orientation of teachers within the cultures of the participating schools. Findings reveal that teachers' professional orientation, particularly their dispositions and psychological states, are critically important to many aspects of schooling, including students' orientations and their academic performance and achievement.

scholarly journals Actor Intervention in Influencing Environmental Policy Formulation: The Case Study of Shrimp Farming Relocation Policy in Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-198
Author(s):  
Luqyana Amanta Pritasari ◽  
Bevaola Kusumasari
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Shrimp Farming ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Official Policy

This research aims to see how policy is formulated by policy actors. This study revealed how official policy actors and non-official policy actors can influence a public policy formulation because of its significant contribution. The research method used was a qualitative method with a case study approach to the policy of relocating shrimp farming in Bantul Regency. Analysis of actors and political strategy typologies, namely positioning strategies; power strategy; player strategy; and perceptual strategies were used in this study. The research found that bargaining power occurred between actors in the form of negotiations and each actor carried out his own political strategy. In addition, this study was expected to overcome the ignorance of various parties regarding the process behind the formulation of policy. The implication to many people was to inform that formulation makers were not only from government and its increased community involvement in policy formulation. Keywords: Policy Actors’ Role, Policy Formulation, Intervention Abstrak Penelitian ini berusaha untuk melihat bagaimana suatu kebijakan di formulasikan atau dirumuskan oleh para aktor. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan khusus untuk mengungkap dan menganalisa bagaimana para pemeran resmi (aktor negara) dan pemeran tidak resmi (aktor non negara) dapat memengaruhi sebuah formulasi kebijakan publik dikarenakan aktor memiliki kontribusi yang signifikan dalam formulasi kebijakan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus kebijakan relokasi tambak udang di Kabupaten Bantul. Analisis aktor dan tipologi strategi politik, yaitu strategi posisi; strategi kekuasaan; strategi pemain; dan strategi persepsi digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Terjadi tawar-menawar (bargaining) antar aktor dalam bentuk negosiasi dan setiap aktor melakukan strategi politiknya masing-masing. Selain itu, penelitian ini diharapkan dapat mengatasi ketidaktahuan berbagai pihak mengenai proses dibalik pembentukan sebuah kebijakan. Implikasi kepada masyarakat banyak adalah agar masyarakat mengerti bahwa aktor perumusan tidak hanya dari pemerintah dan meningkatkan keterlibatan masyarakat dalam perumusan kebijakan. Kata Kunci: Peran Aktor Kebijakan, Formulasi Kebijakan, Keterlibatan

scholarly journals Ecotourism and Natural Resources in Dominica

2016 ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Sarrasin ◽  
Jonathan Tardif
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Innovative Practice ◽  
New Challenges

Tourism is one of the major outcomes of globalization, which also brings new challenges to local authorities. In this perspective, co-management could be analyzed as an innovative practice in promoting natural resources-oriented tourism. Moreover, it raises the following question: how does power sharing – on which co-management is based – contribute to local development? This question could be answered through a case study using political ecology which could contribute to renew the reading of ecotourism through an innovative analytical framework.

scholarly journals A question of scandal? The police and the phone-hacking business

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob C Mawby
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Components

Scandals have featured consistently in the development and operation of public policing in England and Wales. However, criminologists have rarely explored scandal as a concept or its attempted management by criminal justice organizations. This article contributes to the filling of this gap with the intention of initiating debate on the utility of scandal as a conceptual tool for the analysis of policing and criminal justice. It identifies the core components of a scandal using an analytical framework informed by scandal research undertaken across disciplinary areas. Taking a case study approach, this framework is applied to the Leveson Inquiry which explored a combination of potentially scandalous episodes within the overarching scandal of phone-hacking. The article concludes that phone-hacking was a scandal at macro and micro levels under this framework yet damage to the reputation of the police was mitigated through active impression management and enduring characteristics of the police image.

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