scholarly journals How to Grasp the Key Democratic Transformations

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Leonardo Morlino
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Economic Equality ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Personal Dignity ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This chapter provides the theoretical framework for the following comparative analysis. For the two democratic values, equality and freedom, the author proposes the justification, definition, specific subdimensions, and the main empirical questions to be addressed in the subsequent chapters. This also allows giving the necessary references to the literature on the two topics and has helped to provide the theoretical framework and develop the empirical analysis. To translate the two notions into empirically detectable concepts, equality and freedom were broken out into more dimensions. For equality, they are economic equality, social equality, ethnic equality. For freedom, they are personal dignity, civil rights, and political rights. The research design and the background approach are also briefly sketched.

scholarly journals Direitos Humanos, Cidadania e Violência no Brasil: a qualidade da democracia em perspectiva | Human Rights, Citizenship and Violence in Brazil: the quality of democracy in perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. e50753
Author(s):  
Carlos Frederico Domínguez Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
Democratic Quality ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Personal Dignity

O artigo explora a evolução recente dos Direitos Humanos, da Cidadania e da Violência, e seus impactos na qualidade da democracia no Brasil. São utilizadas como unidades de análise três conjuntos de tópicos: a dignidade pessoal, os direitos civis, e os direitos políticos. Em geral, constata-se a existência de uma distância considerável entre a proclamação normativa desses Direitos Humanos no sistema legal, de um lado, e a efetiva promoção e execução desses direitos básicos na realidade política e social do Brasil.Palavras-chave: Direitos Humanos; Qualidade da Democracia; Brasil.ABSTRACTThe paper explores the evolution of Human Rights, Citizenship and Violence, and their impacts in the study of democratic quality in Brazil. It is used three set of basic rights as topics for research: the personal dignity, the civil rights, and the political rights. At the end, it is noted some distance between the existence of opportunities for Human Rights in the legal system of the country and the actual guarantee of those set of basic rights in the political and social Brazilian reality.Keywords: Human Rights; the Quality of Democracy; Brazil. Recebido em: 30 de Março 2020.

scholarly journals Assessment of urban transport – a comparative analysis of selected cities by taxonomic methods

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Sławomira Hajduk
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
City Management ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Taxonomic Methods ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Abstract This paper aims to perform comparative analysis of urban transport in selected global cities and to verify the existence of clusters. It was based on data source from the World Organization Data Urban. It used Indicators proposed in ISO 37120 Sustainable Community Development. The test procedure exploited taxonomic methods as Ward’s hierarchical analysis and the deagglomerating k-means analysis. The empirical analysis comprises four indicators: (I) high capacity public transport system, (II) light passenger public transport system, (III) annual number of public transport trips and (IV) number of personal automobiles. Main results are the classification of selected global cities, identification and characterization of trends in the field of urban transport in each group. The empirical analysis confirms a substantial diversity of urban transport in selected cities. These differences arise from their past, geographical location, size, different reactions to the transition process and the different economic structures. The taxonomic analysis of the urban transport in selected cities separated five independent classes typological. This elaboration aims to examine the role of urban transport in city management based on a literature review, databases and reports of the European Union.

scholarly journals Stress Tests By The European Banking Authority: The Immunity Of Italian Cooperative Banks

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 873-886
Author(s):  
Andrea Quintiliani
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Stress Tests ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Risk Return ◽  
European Banking Authority ◽  
European Banking ◽  
Cooperative Banks ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Nature

Purpose. The objectives of the paper are two-fold. The first objective of the research is formulated with the intent to analyze the existence or not of a possible “European Banking Authority (EBA) effect” on the credit offer of local banks compared with national banks subject to the requests of capital from European Authority. The second research objective aims to understand what are the conditions that allow to develop a model of a local bank capable of supporting SMEs, with a suitable risk-return profile. Methodology. This paper presents an empirical comparative analysis between Cooperative Credit Banks (BCCs) and Italian banking groups. Findings. The empirical analysis shows how the financial then real crisis has not induced BCCs to restrict credit to firms. In particular, the BCCs not included in stress exercises, show, unlike national banks, a substantial “independence” of credit trend from the advices of the Authority. The survey evidences have however highlighted some critical elements that are reflected inevitably on the local bank’s risk-return profile. Research Limitations. The quantitative nature of the empirical analysis must be followed by a qualitative analysis in order to strengthen the validity of the results. Implications. This work will be useful to stimulate the debate on the studies of local banks and their anti-cyclic role in favor of the SMEs. Originality. The work affects an aspect which has hitherto been little studied.

Select Regional Strategic Emerging Industries by Using Multidimensional Index System: An Empirical Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 3080-3086
Author(s):  
Tie Liu ◽  
Jiuyun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Multidimensional Index ◽  
Topsis Method ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Emerging Industries ◽  
Region Matching ◽  
Matching Degree ◽  
Quantitative Indexes ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

We build a multi-dimensional qualitative & quantitative Indexes System and using AHP & TOPSIS method for industrial choice evaluation of regional strategic emerging industries of China. We take Anhui Province emerging strategic industries choice to do the empirical analysis as an example. Through comparative analysis, it proves the feasibility and reliability of the multi dimension evaluation Indexes System , verify the strategic significance, industry development, industry value - region matching degree are positive correlation with industry selection result. Finally, the paper put forward suggestions to government for the adjustment of industrial policy.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Christian Kreuder-Sonnen
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Nation State ◽  
International Political Theory ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Design And Methods

The first chapter introduces the emergency problematique for the context of international organizations (IOs). While long tied to the nation-state, the internationalization of political authority in the last decades has now also rendered IOs potential and actual holders of emergency powers. In conversation with the relevant strands of research in international relations, international law, and (international) political theory, the chapter lays out the book’s main conceptual contribution, which consists in an operational definition of IO exceptionalism that is amenable to comparative analysis. Furthermore, it presents the contours of the theoretical framework to analyze the institutional consequences of IO exceptionalism and foreshadows the argument of the analytical model. The chapter concludes with a reflection on research design and methods.

Negotiating paradise lost: Refugee narratives of pre-war Syria – A discursive approach to memory, metaphors and religious identifications

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Løland
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Paradise Lost ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Forced Displacement ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

How are social relations and ethno-religious identifications of pre-war Syria remembered and narrated by Syrian refugees in exile? Crossing the abyss of war, and negotiated through the shifting times and sites of forced displacement, this article addresses Syrian refugee narratives as discursive practices that attempt to reclaim an irretrievably lost terrain. The metaphor of a ‘paradise lost’ is an unmistakable component of the Syrian refugees’ stories, illustrating multiple understandings of ‘paradise’ in which memories of the past gain a particularly idealized character. At the same time, however, and to some extent belying this metaphor, there are traces of tension-filled undercurrents that call for a plural reading of the past. Discussed within a theoretical framework of memory, metaphors and religious identifications, the empirical analysis highlights two narrative themes: (1) coexistence and diversity: narratives of intercultural and inter-religious relations and (2) living under authoritarian rule: narratives of fear and compliance. Leading up to the revolution and subsequent civil war, these narratives display the ambivalent ways in which Syrian refugees conceptualize the past.

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency in the Small Scale Industrial Sectors of Punjab and Haryana - A Comparative Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-125
Author(s):  
Satinder Kumar ◽  
Parminder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Technical Inefficiency ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Technical Efficiency in the Small Scale Industrial Sectors of Punjab and Haryana - A Comparative AnalysisThe present study deals with the inter-temporal variations of technical efficiency in the small scale industrial sector of Punjab and Haryana and compares the performance of both states with the small scale industrial sector of India. Data spanning over the period 1972-73 to 2006-07 has been utilized to estimate technical efficiency with the help of data envelopment analysis (DEA) based upon efficiency scores. The empirical analysis confirms that there exists 0.176 percent and 0.470 percent technical inefficiency in the small scale industrial sectors of Punjab and Haryana, respectively. However, at the aggregated All-India level, the technical inefficiency score is 0.449. Thus, the small scale industrial sector of Punjab is comparatively more efficient than that of Haryana and All-India. Moreover, the reform process has adversely affected both the managerial and scale efficiencies of Haryana, whereas an improvement in managerial efficiency has been observed in the small scale industrial sectors of Punjab and All-India. The empirical analysis showed that in the post-reform period both at the All-India level and in Haryana technical inefficiency scores are increasing, whereas in Punjab it is decreasing. Thus, it can be inferred that scale efficiency is an important determinant of technical efficiency in explaining the performance of the small scale industrial sectors of Punjab and Haryana.

The Empirical Analysis on the Reinforcement Application of the Energy Dissipation to the Framework Structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 580-585
Author(s):  
Ya Juan Sun ◽  
Xiao Dong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Framework Structure ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Passive Energy Dissipation ◽  
Energy Dissipation System ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Dissipation System

With the development of passive energy dissipation technology, using friction damped braces to retrofitted structural are suggested in this paper. Described the basic principles and mechanism of seismic controlled by energy dissipation. The comparative analysis of structure with or without friction damped braces is conducted, and the results show that energy dissipation system is very effective and the working behavior of structure is stable.

Industrial Linkage and the Segmented Economy: 2. An Empirical Reinterpretation

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1615-1632 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Taylor ◽  
N J Thrift
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Linkage Studies ◽  
The West ◽  
Preliminary Attempt ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This paper, the second of two, is a preliminary attempt to translate a theoretical framework based on the concepts of segmentation and networks of power, as outlined in the first paper, to the establishment level. The data used in the empirical analysis, which are drawn from the West Midlands ironfoundry industry, enable surveyed ironfoundries to be assigned to their appropriate segments. The linkage patterns typical of each of these segments are described and this analysis offers a reinterpretation of previous linkage studies.

The Empirical Study of Legitimate Authority Normative Guidance for Positive Analysis

2019 ◽  
pp. 328-361
Author(s):  
Sanford C. Gordon ◽  
Gregory A. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Legitimate Authority ◽  
Normative Study ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

We employ key concepts in the normative study of legitimate authority to place the empirical analysis of legitimacy on firmer analytical foundations. Our critical review of empirical research on support for courts, regimes generally, and international organizations highlights the slippage between normative and positive approaches, while simultaneously drawing attention to problems of measurement and critical inferential problems rooted in limitations of research design. We then describe a simple theoretical model that formalizes these considerations. The model reveals conditions under which it is possible to isolate the effect of an authority’s legitimacy on citizen behavior net of extrinsic compliance motivations as well as environments in which examination of the antecedents of legitimate authority is most likely to be fruitful.

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