Environmental Communication and the Cultural Politics of Environmental Citizenship

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 1445-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Burgess ◽  
C M Harrison ◽  
P Filius
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Environmental Rhetoric ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Environmental Goals ◽  
Discursive Constructions

This paper presents a comparative analysis of how representatives from the public, private, and voluntary sectors of two cities [Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Eindhoven (The Netherlands)] responded to the challenge of communicating more effectively with citizens about issues of sustainability. The analysis is set in the context of literature about the need to widen participation in the determination of Local Agenda 21 policies, and the drive for more inclusionary forms of communication in planning and politics. Workshop members discussed the results of surveys and in-depth discussion groups with local residents which had revealed considerable scepticism and mistrust of environmental communications and environmental expertise. Three themes are explored. First, there is consensus in attributing responsibility for public alienation and resistance to environmental communications to the content and styles of media reporting. Second, there are contrasting discursive constructions of the ‘public’, which reflect different political cultures—with the Nottingham workshop supporting a strategy to share power and knowledge more widely than hitherto, whereas the Eindhoven strategy proposed greater rigour, clarity, and authority from the local state. Third, responding to evidence of public resistance to calls for more sustainable practices, workshop participants in both cities focused on what institutions themselves can and should do to progress environmental goals. Workshop participants in both countries acknowledged the urgent need for public, private, and voluntary sector organisations to match their own practices to their environmental rhetoric.

A Comparative Analysis of Local Agenda 21 Websites in Turkey in Terms of E-Participation

2011 ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bekir Parlak ◽  
Zahid Sobaci
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Governance Model

Local Agenda 21 (LA 21) is a democracy project aiming to enhance the public’s participation in the processes of political and administrative decision-making. E-government, in its own right as a facilitator of participation, is a functional instrument for LA 21s in terms of ensuring the public participation and implementing governance model. In this context, this study aims to examine whether the LA 21s benefit from the e-participation opportunities over the websites in Turkey. According to the findings of empirical research, the LA 21s in Turkey do not offer a wide of number of e-participation services on their websites. LA 21s do not provide real e-participation practices allowing an interaction among the citizens, partners and the officials, elevating the citizens to the position of partners, enhancing their participation and improving the notion of democracy in Turkey.

Determination of Optimal Public Transportation Routes Using Firefly and Tabu Search Algorithms

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 884-891
Author(s):  
Salwa Salsabila Mansur ◽  
Sri Widowati ◽  
Mahmud Imrona
Keyword(s):  
Tabu Search ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Comparison Results ◽  
Congestion Problems ◽  
Transportation Routes

Traffic congestion problems generally caused by the increasing use of private vehicles and public transportations. In order to overcome the situation, the optimization of public transportation’s route is required particularly the urban transportation. In this research, the performance analysis of Firefly and Tabu Search algorithm is conducted to optimize eleven public transportation’s routes in Bandung. This optimization aims to increase the dispersion of public transportation’s route by expanding the scope of route that are crossed by public transportation so that it can reach the entire Bandung city and increase the driver’s income by providing the passengers easier access to public transportations in order to get to their destinations. The optimal route is represented by the route with most roads and highest number of incomes. In this research, the comparison results between the reference route and the public transportation’s optimized route increasing the dispersion of public transportation’s route to 60,58% and increasing the driver’s income to 20,03%.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Upward (Im)mobility and Political Support of Public Education Spending

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora Di Gioacchino ◽  
Laura Sabani ◽  
Stefano Usai
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Decisions ◽  
Low Education ◽  
Public Education Spending ◽  
Country Specific

AbstractThis paper provides a simple model of hierarchical education to study the political determination of public education spending and its allocation between different tiers of education. The model integrates private education decisions by allowing parents, who are differentiated according to income and human capital, to top up public expenditures with private transfers. We identify four groups of households with conflicting preferences over the the size of the public education budget and its allocation. In equilibrium, public education budget, private expenditures and expenditure allocation among different tiers of education, depend on which group of households is in power and on country-specific features such as income inequality and intergenerational persistence in education. By running a cluster analysis on 32 OECD countries, we seek to establish if distinctive ‘education regimes’, akin to those identified in the theoretical analysis, could be discerned. Our main finding is that a high intergenerational persistence in education might foster the establishment of education regimes in which the size and the allocation of the public budget among different tiers of education prevent a stable and significant increase of the population graduation rate, thus plunging the country in a ‘low education’ trap.

Molecular characterization of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) and ESBLs-producing Klebsiella pneumonia isolated from an Iranian teaching hospital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Talebzadeh ◽  
Hamid Mellali ◽  
hamid solgi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Klebsiella Pneumonia ◽  
The Public ◽  
Isfahan Province ◽  
Clonal Distribution ◽  
Cross Transmission

Abstract Background The spread of plasmid-mediated multidrug resistance in Klebsiella pneumonia is a serious threat to the public health. We investigated the clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology of K. pneumoniae isolated at a teaching hospital in Iran. Methods A total of 50 third-generation cephalosporins resistant K. pneumoniae strains were collected from patients’ clinical cultures. Antibiotic susceptibility testing and determination of MIC values for ceftazidime, cefotaxime and ciprofloxacin were performed. PCR and DNA sequencing were used to assess the presence of ESBL genes (blaCTX−M, blaTEM, blaSHV) and PMQR genes (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, qepA, oqxA, oqxB and aac(6)-Ib-cr). Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was performed on the strains to assess homology. Results Our results showed that the rates of resistance to all of antibiotics is high. All 50 K. pneumoniae strains harboured at least one of the ESBL resistance determinants. The blaCTX−M−15 gene was the major ESBLs determinant found in K. pneumoniae (88%; 44/50). PMQR was detected in 96% of the isolates and aac(6′)-Ib-cr was the most common (78% 39/50) followed by oqxA 36 (72%), oqxB 34 (68%), qnrS 20 (40%), qnrB 14 (28%) and qepA 1 (2%). MLST identified seven sequence types (STs), with the most common being ST11 (19/39). There was a strong association between PMQR genes (especially aac(6′)-Ib-cr) and ESBL genes. Conclusion The widespread detection of ESBLs-producing K. pneumoniae that co-carried PMQR determinants has become a threat to the treatment of infections in Isfahan Province of center Iran. Our findings suggest that K. pneumoniae ST11 and ST893 has a clonal distribution in our hospital. Therefore, this study highlighted the crucial need for implementing strict control measures to prevent cross transmission of these endemic clones.

scholarly journals Aristotle’s Two Cities: Reducing Diversity to Homogeneity

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-73
Author(s):  
Refik Güremen
Keyword(s):  
Main Concern ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Working People ◽  
Virtuous Life

Abstract It has often been argued, in scholarly debate, that Aristotle’s denial of citizenship to the working population of his ideal city in Book VII of the Politics constitutes a fundamental injustice. According to this view, although it is true that their way of life prevents them from living a morally virtuous life, it does not follow that the working people are naturally devoid of the human qualities required for such a life. So, rather than finding a just way to distribute citizenship among the diversity a city’s population would naturally exhibit (as he does, to a certain extent, in Book III), Aristotle would commit himself to oligarchic measures in Book VII. In this article, it is argued that the main concern of Book VII is less with a just determination of the extent of citizenship (unlike Book III) than with conceiving the most efficient way for a city to be happy: this consists in establishing a community composed of individuals who lay claim to happiness in the same way and to the same degree. In other words, it consists in reducing the diversity of Book III to a certain kind of homogeneity.

scholarly journals Kontribusi Marketing Syariah dan Citra Lembaga Dalam Mempengaruhi Keputusan Nasabah Menabung

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Nur Anim Jauhariyah ◽  
Kiki Fitria ◽  
Mahmudah Mahmudah
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Institutional Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
Simultaneous Influence

The purpose of this study 1) Knowing the influence of sharia marketing (X1) on customer decisions (Y) saving; 2) Determine the magnitude of the influence of the image of the institution (X2) on the customer's decision (Y) to save; 3) Knowing the simultaneous influence between sharia marketing (X1) and institutional image (X2) on Customer Decision (Y) saving. In this study using a quantitative approach to the type of survey research. Determination of the research sample using simple random sampling technique with 30 respondents. Research conclusions 1) Sharia marketing Bank Syariah Mandiri KC Genteng Banyuwangi Regency is one of the factors that influence customers' decision to save. The better the marketing of sharia is carried out, the more interested the public will be in saving at Syariah Syariah Bank KC Genteng Banyuwangi Regency; 2) the image of the institution of Bank Syariah Mandiri KC Genteng Banyuwangi Regency is one of the factors that influence the interests of customers to save. The better the image in the minds of the public, the more interested people will be saving at the Syariah Mandiri Bank KC Genteng Banyuwangi Regency; 3) sharia marketing (X1) and institutional image (X2) are the dominant variables on customer decisions (Y) saving at Bank Syariah Mandiri KC Genteng Banyuwangi Regency.

scholarly journals Budaya Mutu Dalam Pelayanan Pendidikan

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Basri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Evaluation ◽  
The Public ◽  
School Based ◽  
Process Output ◽  
Fair Wages ◽  
Quality In Education

Educational services in schools is part of the community and the public school. Service quality is a product and or services in accordance with established quality standards and customer satisfaction. Quality in education include the quality of input, process, output, and outcome. Input-grade education when it is ready to proceed otherwise. The process of quality education to create an atmosphere where learning is active, innovative, creative, effective, dan fun. Output otherwise qualified if the learning outcomes of academic and non academic students achieving at least equal to the minimum completeness criteria specified. Outcome graduates expressed significantly faster when absorbed in the world of work, fair wages, all parties acknowledge and satisfied with the intelligence, skill, personality. Government's efforts to service and quality of education is the use of School-Based Management (SBM) is accompanied by the determination of output criteria, processes, and educational input at school. Expected Output school student achievement / school both academic and non academic generated meets the specified criteria. (2) process, ie, among others: the effectiveness of teaching and learning process, schools have the teamwork of a compact, intelligent and dynamic, the school has the authority (autonomy), school evaluation and continuous improvement, (3) input, ie, among other : the school has: policies, goals, and quality objectives are clear, available resources, feasible, and highly dedicated.Pelayanan pendidikan di sekolah adalah bagian dari masyarakat dan sekolah umum. Kualitas layanan adalah produk dan atau jasa sesuai dengan standar kualitas yang ditetapkan dan kepuasan pelanggan. Kualitas dalam pendidikan termasuk kualitas input, proses, output, dan hasil. Input-kelas pendidikan bila sudah siap untuk melanjutkan sebaliknya. Proses pendidikan yang berkualitas untuk menciptakan suasana di mana pembelajaran aktif, inovatif, kreatif, efektif, menyenangkan Dan. Keluaran dinyatakan memenuhi syarat jika hasil belajar siswa akademik dan non akademik mencapai paling tidak sama dengan kriteria kelengkapan minimal yang ditetapkan. Lulusan Hasil mengungkapkan secara signifikan lebih cepat ketika diserap di dunia kerja, upah yang adil, semua pihak mengakui dan puas dengan, keterampilan kepribadian kecerdasan,. Upaya Pemerintah untuk pelayanan dan kualitas pendidikan adalah penggunaan Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah (MBS) disertai dengan penentuan kriteria output, proses, dan input pendidikan di sekolah. Keluaran sekolah diharapkan prestasi siswa / sekolah dihasilkan akademik baik akademis dan non memenuhi kriteria yang ditentukan. (2) proses, yaitu, antara lain: efektivitas proses belajar mengajar, sekolah memiliki teamwork yang kompak, cerdas dan dinamis, sekolah memiliki kewenangan (otonomi), evaluasi sekolah dan perbaikan terus-menerus, (3) input, yaitu, antara lain: sekolah memiliki: kebijakan, tujuan, dan sasaran mutu yang jelas, sumber daya yang tersedia, layak, dan berdedikasi tinggi.

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