Simply Quality? State Governance of Swedish Preschools’ Work with Children in Need of Special Support

The article is devoted to issues of ensuring transparency and ac- countability of authorities in the conditions of participatory democracy (democ- racy of participation). It is argued that the public should be guaranteed not only the right for access to information but also the prerequisites for expanding its par- ticipation in state governance. These prerequisites include: the adoption of clearly measurable macroeconomic and social goals and the provision of control of the processes of their compliance with the government by citizens of the country; ex- tension of the circle of subjects of legislative initiative due to realization of such rights by citizens and their groups; legislative definition of the forms of citizens’ participation in making publicly significant decisions, design of relevant orders and procedures, in particular participation in local referendum; outlining methods and procedures for taking into account social thought when making socially im- portant decisions. The need to disclose information about resources that are used by authorities to realize the goals is proved as well as key performance indicators that can be monitored by every citizen; the efforts made by governments of coun- tries to achieve these goals. It was noted that transparency in the conditions of representative democracy in its worst forms in a society where ignorance of the thought of society and its individual members is ignored does not in fact fulfill its main task — to establish an effective dialogue between the authorities and so- ciety. There is a distortion of the essence of transparency: instead of being heard, society is being asked to be informed — and passively accept the facts presented as due. In fact, transparency and accountability in this case are not instruments for the achievement of democracy in public administration, but by the form of a tacit agreement between the subjects of power and people, where the latter passes the participation of an “informed observer”.

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Principle of Support & Judgment on contributory portion of special support

The Korean Society Of Family Law ◽

10.31998/ksfl.2020.34.2.355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 355-410

Author(s):

Do-Jin Og

Keyword(s):

Special Support

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IP-Bits in Letters 26 December 2018 Self-Correcting Fragmentation in Economics and State Governance (Presentation Slides)

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3306824 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Olena Butriy

Keyword(s):

State Governance

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New formats of public-state governance in Russia

Proceedings of the International Conference IMS-2017 on - IMS2017 ◽

10.1145/3143699.3143728 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Vladimir N. Yakimets

Keyword(s):

State Governance

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Perceptions of governance: state and non-state governance in the North Caucasus

Post-Soviet Affairs ◽

10.1080/1060586x.2021.1954809 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Sasha Klyachkina

Keyword(s):

North Caucasus ◽

The North ◽

State Governance

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Of Visions and Visionaries: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in China

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs ◽

10.1177/18681026211001884 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 3-11

Author(s):

Barbara Schulte ◽

Marina Svensson

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Special Issue ◽

Empirical Reality ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Individual Contributions ◽

State Governance ◽

Different Dimensions ◽

Chinese State ◽

The Individual

This special issue approaches information and communication technologies (ICT) visions and their realisation/implementation at various levels, among different actors and from various perspectives. Conceptually, we distinguish three different dimensions, even though those overlap in the individual contributions as well as in empirical reality – namely ideational, instrumental, and relational. The different contributions address both visions formulated by the Chinese state and by individual actors such as entrepreneurs. Even though the conditions for the use of ICT in China are deeply affected by state governance, this governance is in no way tantamount to one single government. As this issue’s contributions show, state attempts at building a stable cyber-governance are in need of allies and, depending on the allies’ visions and other, competitive visions, the outcomes of these dynamics are seldom truthful realisations of one original grand masterplan.

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