scholarly journals The Politics of Protest Processes: A Portrayal

Protest ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Laurence Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Dynamic Field

Abstract This integrated overview of a dynamic field of study covers two main areas. The first half concerns the main internal dimensions of protest movements- their scope and variability, their ideational foundations, and their dynamics, including leadership and resource base. The second half places these movements in the context of their interactions with public authorities, and introduces certain key literatures, including “contentious” politics and the “exit, voice and loyalty” framework.

Destituent Power

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-138
Author(s):  
Markus Patberg
Keyword(s):  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
The Political ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
Constituent Power ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

This chapter takes up the public narrative of ‘We, the multitude of Europe’, which suggests that the only hope for progressive change in the EU lies in a politics of disruption, and asks whether this idea can be defended based on a systematic model. To that end, it resorts to the political theory of destituent power, according to which opposition to or withdrawal from public authority can function as a legitimate trigger for constitutional change. Distinguishing between anti-juridical and juridical conceptions of destituent power, the chapter discusses to what extent the disruptive political strategies put forward by protest movements in the EU can be regarded as justifiable. Focusing on the juridical strand as the more plausible one, it argues that ideas of destituent power as ‘state civil disobedience’ run into a problem of authorization. By contrast, popular sovereignty-based approaches illuminate a neglected dimension of constituent power: the right to dismantle public authorities without the intention to create new ones. While such a model of destituent power in part captures the actions and demands of EU protest movements, it can only complement, not replace, the constructive side of constituent power.

Die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit des Staates und die Akzeptanz seiner Entscheidungen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Drefs
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Free Process ◽  
The University

Just as in the private sector, the public communication activities of state institutions have gained increased weight and significance in our media society. In contrast to the public relations of private institutions, however, the communications of public authorities are subject to severe constitutional restrictions. Promotional activities by state institutions can pose a serious threat to the free process of forming a political opinion in a democratic society. At the same time, public authorities are facing increased demands for transparency and increasing difficulties in gaining acceptance for their decisions, which has been underlined in particular by recent protest movements. Against this background, this thesis, which was supervised at the University of Frankfurt, analyses the informal communications of state institutions and public acceptance of their decisions from a constitutional point of view. It identifies the legal scope within which public institutions are justified in promoting their decisions by means of public communication activities.

scholarly journals Demanding Power: Contentious Politics and Electricity in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umair Javed ◽  
Aiza Hussain ◽  
Hassan Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Selective Generation ◽  
Term Response

This paper explores Pakistan’s electricity supply crisis that lasted from 2007 to 2015, and the ensuing contention that shaped public discourse and political events in the country. During this period, which witnessed electricity outages of up to 14 hours per day, 456 incidents of contention took place, with just under 20 per cent escalating into some form of violence. Electricity became the number one political issue in the country and was integral in shaping the outcomes of the 2013 General Election. Following the election, public authorities undertook extensive investment to expand capacity and ensure consistency in supply while evading questions about affordability and sustainability. On the surface, this appears to be a case of extensive protest working towards shaping state responsiveness. And it is true that the state now sees supply as a non-negotiable aspect in the social contract with citizens. However, a range of factors contributed to the chronology and the selective, generation-focused nature of this response. On the other hand, citizen inclusion and participation in decision-making, and issues of affordability and sustainability, which impact vulnerable and disempowered groups the most, remain absent from the political and policy conversation around energy. This suggests that while protests were useful in generating a short-term response, their long-term legacy in empowerment related outcomes is less visible.

scholarly journals FOREIGN DECENTRALIZATION EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ITS TRANSFORMATION IN UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
V. Gordienko ◽  
M. Onischenko ◽  
I Malionkina
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
And Control

The article is devoted to urgent issues of reforming local self-government. It has been proved that decentralization of public authority is a mechanism that ensures sustainable development of the regions of the state on the basis of legislatively regulated processes of transfer of functions, authority and budgets of central executive bodies to local self-government bodies. The peculiarities in process of decentralization of power and reform of local self-government in Ukraine have been analyzed. As a result, we have some positive tendencies of the implementation this reform and some problems as well. The main ones are: the inconsistency of local policy about socio-economic development with real interests of territorial communities; lack of joint and several liability for development of the territory; inconsistency of sectoral decentralization with the real interests of territorial communities; regulation in rights of ownership of the territorial community for property, etc. The classical models of organization of local self-government and decentralization of public authority in foreign countries have been reviewed. They were: Anglo-Saxon, Continental and mixed ones. The dynamics of decentralization of public authority in Poland were examined and it was proved that this reform contributed to the formation of private property in state, development of democracy, creation of effective political institutions, increase of resource base of local self-government bodies, the protection of individual rights, development of civil and political freedom. The basic conditions for implementation the reform of decentralization of public authority have been defined, such as: consolidation of political forces in implementation the reform; permanent in creating socio-economic programs of development the administrative and territorial units; public support and control over reform. Keywords: decentralization, local self-government bodies, a reform, foreign experience of decentralization of public authority, administrative-territorial division.

scholarly journals The Arab Spring

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Comparative Political Science ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Military

The Arab world’s resilient autocracies are a central puzzle in the comparative politics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). But just as the Arab Spring was a critical juncture for MENA regimes, the popular uprisings that began in 2010 and 2011 also reoriented the study of MENA politics toward questions of social justice, redistribution, and inequality. Protesters, activists, and opposition groups articulated clear demands that aimed to dismantle systemic inequalities of political and economic opportunity after decades of failed neoliberal policies and cronyism. Identity groups and geographies conventionally considered peripheral to the study of MENA politics now featured as prime movers and arenas of contestation. This annotated bibliography focuses explicitly on these themes and their application to the study of the Arab Spring in comparative political science. The resources included in this guide fall under three main categories. The first grouping includes general and case-specific accounts of the Arab Spring. This includes not only zeitgeist cases like Tunisia and Egypt, but also those where the rapid spread of the Arab Spring forced changes to politics “as usual.” This includes second-wave cases like Sudan and Algeria, where protest movements coalesced several years following the Jasmine Revolution. The second category considers how structure and agency factor into analyses of regime strategy, contentious politics, political economy, the military, and political Islam. Third, the bibliography highlights the identity politics of the Arab Spring, including youth, minority populations, and gender.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF THE INTERACTION OF THE FISCAL SPACE COMPONENTS OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-123
Author(s):  
Halyna VASYLEVSKA ◽  
Iryna NOVOSAD
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Fiscal Space ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Economic

Introduction. Modern transformations of economic processes, taking place on the basis of intensive globalization and the need for stable development of socially oriented market economy, and hence, providing economic growth in Ukraine, require a comprehensive study of the functioning of fiscal space to ensure its effective evolution. By forming an appropriate resource base, provided it is used rationally and there exist civilized legal relations, the government of the country can create and implement effective instruments of state regulation, as well as influence the relevant processes within the society as well as provide optimal conditions for its development and self-improvement. The purpose of the article is to comprehensively study and substantiate the interaction of the components of the fiscal space of the state to ensure the effectiveness of their interaction in the future. Results. The article examines the peculiarities of the interaction of components of the fiscal space of Ukraine, a detailed analysis of factors influencing the formation and functioning of the fiscal environment has been carried out and the correlative dependence between the main items of revenues and expenditures of the State Budget of Ukraine in 2007-2020 has been determined. Based on the analysis, the existence of four components of the fiscal space has been identified and substantiated: political, economic, social and financial, in the context of their interaction and improvement. Conclusions. The functioning and interdependent influence of the components of the fiscal space of the state are interconnected by a number of factors that affect social development systematically though in a different manner. The dominant concept of this process is the detailing and thorough examination of these components for their interaction and mutual influence in the overall system of functioning and further evolution. The dominant concept of this process is detailing and thorough examination of these components for their interaction and mutual influence in the overall system of functioning and further evolution. Obviously, the key factor of such interaction of any of the presented spheres (political, economic, social, financial) is nothing but resource provision, which is not always regulated by fiscal methods (customs and tax instruments, preferences or other incentives, etc.), but is nevertheless provided by a proficiently arranged system of social-state communications, with the understanding that any touch points following the “state-society” model arise in the plane of the sphere of service provision. Therefore, an important aspect in this context is the issue of restoring social trust towards public authorities: legislative, executive and judicial, as well as providing quality parity conditions for the organization of co-functioning, cooperation, communication and provision of relevant services to citizens.

Mechanisms of Globalized Protest Movements

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I. Lichbach ◽  
Helma G. E. de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Protest Movements

This article examines the mechanisms of globalized protest movements. It tries to draw together intellectual resources on this field, and offers a survey of theories of contentious politics. These theories aim to explore their applicability to the new phenomenon of global protest movements (GPMs). The article also suggests that the differences between GPMs may be attributed to their differential use of mobilizational mechanisms. A comparison of these mechanisms involved in different GPMs and contentious politics allows for the redefinition of an understanding of how these mechanisms work in explaining globalized collective action as well as other forms of contention.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF INTER-BUDGETARY RELATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION OF POWER IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Igor Oliychenko ◽  
Maryna Ditkovska
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Transfer Policy

The article examines the features of inter-budgetary relations in the context of decentralization of power as an important tool for the formation of local budgets and their effective implementation with limited financial resources. The authors considered the factors influencing the decentralization process such as the taxation system, transfer policy, giving greater powers to local governments in developing programs of socio-economic development and analyzed the sources of financial resources of the region, problems of their formation and use, revenues and expenditures last years. Decentralization reform has made it possible to increase the revenue side of local budgets and strengthen the financial and resource base of the regions, improve the use of intergovernmental transfers and diversify their sources. The study revealed the main problems of formation and use of financial resources of the region. These include inconsistencies in the movement of financial resources, tax pressure, various goals of economic entities and public authorities, low level of financial literacy of local government officials, inconsistencies in budget legislation, and lack of an effective mechanism for redistribution of state revenues. Among the ways to conduct budget decentralization and ensure the effectiveness of inter-budgetary relations, based on expanding the rights of local governments, strengthening their budgetary independence and responsibility, it is proposed to provide local authorities with opportunities for budgeting, redistribution of financial resources between public authorities, clear definition of local government and united territorial communities, application of modern methods of socialplanning, mechanisms of interaction of public authorities, enterprises, the attraction of investment resources through the development of local funds of regional development, granting to investors advantages, support of cooperation and interaction of enterprises, reduction of expenses for maintenance of public authorities, expansion sources of revenue to local budgets. The processes of fiscal decentralization must be constantly improved by overcoming the contradictions that arise in intergovernmental relations and modernizing the main institutions of the budget system.

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