The individual parliamentary member and institutional change: The changing role of the New Zealand member of parliament

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 105-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Barker ◽  
Stephen Levine
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Member Of Parliament

Individual and Community: The Changing Role of Megaliths in the Orcadian Neolithic

1985 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Sharples
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Significant Problem ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Size Type ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role

This paper is an exploration of the chronological development of a series of elaborate and architecturally distinctive chambered tombs on the Islands of Orkney. It begins with a short critique of the present views of the Orcadian Neolithic and highlights a failure to understand chronological developments as the most significant problem. Thus after a brief classification of the monuments there is a detailed discussion of the chronological evidence which consciously avoids typological assumptions. This is followed by an examination of the various uses the tombs were put to and involves an assessment of the location and architectural visibility of the monuments and the remains found in the chamber. When combined with the chronological evidence a series of changes in monument size, type, location and use can be hypothesized for the neolithic period. This culminates in a shift away from burial monuments to physically defined spaces, presumably used for ceremonial purposes. These changes can be interpreted as deliberate manipulation by groups within that society to change the ideological concepts which defined the role of the individual in relation to the other members of the society.

Student Teacher Knowledge: Knowing and Understanding Subject Matter in the New Zealand Context

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Garbett ◽  
Belinda R Yourn
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Changing Role

In the past few decades there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of early childhood education in New Zealand. Concomitant with this has been the move towards professionalising the early childhood sector through a national curriculum and increased expectations for its practitioners. This paper examines issues relating to the changing role of early childhood teachers as they manage the implementation of the New Zealand curriculum. There is no consensus about what makes up the professional knowledge base for early childhood educators. This paper explores the nature of professional knowledge and suggests that subject matter knowledge may be more important than previously recognised for early childhood educators.

scholarly journals Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a Crossroads

2009 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gyöngyi Földesi
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Developmental Trend ◽  
Sport Policy ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
State Financing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role

Class or Mass: Sport (for All) Politics at a CrossroadsHungarian sport politics has long tradition not to accomplish the — otherwise ideal — objectives declared in the overall sport conception for the same period. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the contemporary National Sports Strategies, the contradictory character of their realization and some major conditions of the improvement of all Hungarians' involvement in sport. By way of introduction the notions of sport policy, sport politics and sport for all politics are clarified. Then the methods for collecting information (analysis of documents, in-depth interviews and participant observation) are presented. The main body of the contribution consists of three parts. Firstly a brief overview is given on the legacy on the grounds of which the current sport politics had to start from, with great emphasis of the changing role of the state, civil society and the business sector in the process of planning, developing and supporting the population's sporting activity. Secondly the today's sport policy and the true situation in sport for all are discussed according to the following dimensions: (1) the underprivileged position of sport for all; (2) the lack of the necessary co-operation between sport and other sub-systems, such as education, public health; (3) the low proportion of state aid to be given for sport; (4) the disparity of state financing between the individual fields of sport: (5) the reinforcement of the increasing social inequality in sport. Thirdly the author makes attempts to outline a developmental trend state responsibility in sport for all by answering a crucial question: Whose responsibility is it? In conclusion it is stated that historical opportunity for changing radically the traditional sport politics was missed during the last 15-20 years. The political approach to sport by the individual governments might have been different, but the very essence of their sport politics was rather similar. The core values guiding their sport politics were very positive all the time; however they have not been realized in either period. The author is of the opinion that the vision of a "sporting nation" suggested by the present-day National Sport Strategy seems to be attractive, but she calls the attention to the missing political and financial garantees that would enable to approaching it and urges to promote a more democratic, a m ore just and a truly modern turn in sport politics

scholarly journals Legal Regulation of Public Governance in Finland – an Illusion of Predictable Public Administration?

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Niina Mäntylä ◽  
Laura Perttola ◽  
Kristian Siikavirta
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role

Legal coherence and predictable decision-making are the cornerstones of Finnish administrative law. The aim of this research is to analyze the factors that make administrative decisions unpredictable in Finland today. Why is the challenge so significant for the authorities? The factor analysis revealed six main features affecting predictability in the legal regulation of Finnish public governance: the increasing use of soft law, the devolution of government, deregulation, the changing role of the individual, the blurring of the division between the public and the private sector and the influence of international and EU-law.

scholarly journals THE POLITICS OF SOCIALIST EDUCATION IN GHANA: THE KWAME NKRUMAH IDEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, 1961–6

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERARDO SERRA ◽  
FRANK GERITS
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Shed Light

ABSTRACTThis article reconstructs the trajectory of the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute (KNII) to shed light on the politics of socialist education in 1960s Ghana. On the basis of archival evidence, it explores the changing role of the institute in the making of Nkrumahism as public discourse and documents the evolving relationship between the universalism of Marxism-Leninism and the quest for more local political iconographies centred on Nkrumah's life and work. Secondly, the article analyses the individual motivations and experiences of a sample of foreign lecturers. The article suggests that ideological institutes offer insights into the processes by which official ideologies were created and disseminated, a foil through which to interrogate the usages and appropriation of social sciences education, and a window onto the multiple ways in which local and foreign agents negotiated their identities and political participation in African socialist experiments.

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