Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas I. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Public Reason ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Moral Reason ◽  
Strategic Bargaining ◽  
Canadian Army ◽  
Actual Conflict

Montaigne offers what is perhaps the first historical instance of the now-ubiquitous phrase “public reason.” Whereas contemporary use of this phrase refers to activities of moral reason-giving, Montaigne uses it to refer to the health of public institutions, conventions, and activities that allow parties in potential and actual conflict to negotiate civil peace and other public goods, whether through moral reasoning, strategic bargaining, or other forms of interaction. This chapter engages with two recent instances of Montaignian public reason in action: the local negotiation of “civil alliance” between Jews and Arabs in the lands of the Palestinian Mandate in 1947–1948 and the negotiation of conflict resolution during an armed standoff between the Canadian army and Mohawk warriors outside Montréal, Quebec in the summer of 1990.

Institutions as Fields of Action

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Albert W. Dzur
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Participatory Democracy ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Junctures ◽  
The Social

Institutions shape how citizens think about the social problems they handle, repelling public awareness and involvement by performing tasks in ways that neutralize the citizen’s role. Democratic professionals seek to change this dynamic by building access points and infusing citizen agency at critical junctures throughout major public institutions. The kind of citizen–professional collaborations democratic professionals aim to foster directly address the kinds of counter-democratic tendencies that reinforce callousness and make social problems difficult to handle. The motivations of democratic professionals can be understood through the theory of participatory democracy, which draws attention to the hazards representative governments create by thinking and acting for citizens. Participatory democrats acknowledge the difficulties of fostering civic agency in modernity and attempt to theorize how citizens can occupy a more active role in contemporary political culture and take up a civic responsibility for the public goods and social harms produced by their institutions.

Conflict resolution and moral reasoning

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren R. Heydenberk ◽  
Roberta Anna Heydenberk ◽  
Sharon Perkins Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Moral Reasoning

scholarly journals Conflict Resolution, Public Goods, and Patent Thickets

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Harhoff ◽  
Georg von Graevenitz ◽  
Stefan Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Patent Thickets

scholarly journals "Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets"

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (1) ◽  
pp. 13292
Author(s):  
Dietmar Harhoff ◽  
Georg von Graevenitz ◽  
Stefan Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Patent Thickets

Book V International Disputes and Courts, 24 Prevention and Management of Conflict and Settlement of Disputes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parry Emyr Jones
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
International Peace ◽  
Actual Conflict ◽  
Settlement Of Disputes ◽  
Inter State

This chapter discusses international conflict resolution. Conflict-related issues occupy a spectrum, ranging from its absence (peace); through emerging conflict, actual conflict or war, and ending hostilities; to the challenge of building stable, peaceful societies and States. Inter-State war has diminished since 1945, partly because of the system of international peace preservation put in place, primarily through the United Nations, and perhaps because such conflict is less likely with more democratically elected governments of States participating in the international trade and financial system. But conflict within States remains potent, with armed non-state actors being a frequent characteristic. Thus this chapter presents an overview of conflict prevention and management, covering topics such as negotiations, peacebuilding, mediation, and so on.

Publicness and human development

2020 ◽  
pp. 393-416
Author(s):  
Flavio Comim
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Public Reason ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Reasoning ◽  
Political Emotions ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Development Perspective ◽  
Different Levels

Publicness is far from being a consecrated concept in the human development or capability literature. Instead, it is common to find references to other expressions about ‘public’ such as ‘public reason’ or ‘public reasoning’, ‘public values’, and ‘public goods’. It is important to examine the key concept of ‘public reason’ in Rawls and how it has been discussed by Sen and Nussbaum. However, a concrete concern of this chapter is how to think more broadly in terms of publicness from a human development perspective. In order to make this discussion more concrete, the chapter considers the context of BRICS in terms of the provision of public goods, defining three different levels of publicness. By doing so, it dialogues with what Nussbaum called ‘the institutional side of political emotions’ in societies that have been going through key economic and societal transformations. The public sphere of human development is easier to theorize than to see reflected in concrete indicators.

scholarly journals Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Harhoff ◽  
Georg von Graevenitz ◽  
Stefan Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Patent Thickets

scholarly journals Influence of Contract Administration on Performance of Parastatals in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Josphat Mutua Kimeo ◽  
Dr. John Achuora
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Contract Administration ◽  
Independent Variable

Purpose: The study helped to unearth the influence of contract administration on performance of parastatals in Kenya.Methodology: This study employed descriptive research design. The study reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature and then proposed the research methodology that addressed the gaps identified in literature as well as to validate the statistical hypotheses. The study preferred this method because it allows an in-depth study of the subject. The target population was all the 187 parastatals in Kenya. Questionnaires were administered to collect qualitative and quantitative data from a sample of 127 heads of procurement, who were selected using simple random sampling, from the four strata. After data collection, quantitative data was coded using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistical methods such as means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentage. Inferential analyses were used in relation to correlation analysis and regression analysis to test the relationship between the four explanatory variables and the explained variable.Results and conclusion: The results of regression analysis revealed there is a significant positive relationship between dependent variable and the independent variable. R square value of 0.647 means that 64.7% of the corresponding variation in performance of parastatals in Kenya can be explained or predicted by (management strategy, monitoring and evaluation, shareholder management and conflict resolution) which indicated that the model fitted the study data. The results of regression analysis revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between dependent variable and independent variable at (β = 0.647), p=0.000 <0.05).Based on the study findings, the study concludes that performance of parastatals can be improved by management strategy, monitoring and evaluation, shareholder management and conflict resolution. First, in regard to management strategy, the regression coefficients of the study show that it has a significant influence on performance of parastatals.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study recommended that public institutions should embrace contract administration so as to improve performance and further researches should to be carried out in other public institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained.

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