A British anti-imperialist lion in the Grenada revolution

Race & Class ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Didacus Jules
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
National Education ◽  
Economic Decision Making ◽  
The Us ◽  
National Education Policy ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Revolution

In 1979, the New Jewel Movement (NJM), under the leadership of Maurice Bishop, took power in Grenada in a bloodless coup. With a political vision conjoining socialism and black power, the revolution in Grenada immediately drew the hostility of the US government, which began a programme of destabilisation. The leadership of the revolution sought to develop a highly participatory approach to political and economic decision-making that would enable the country’s workers and peasants to actively shape Grenada’s development. With popular education a priority, Chris Searle came to Grenada to teach. But he soon was invited to contribute to ministerial discussions, devising national education policy and creating a publishing house. He also helped to write Maurice Bishop’s speeches. In 1983, the US government took advantage of division and conflict in the leadership of the NJM to mount an invasion, ‘Operation Urgent Fury’, which restored to Grenada a regime more favourable to US interests.

Democracy over power? The democratic decision-making process in the case of the attempted privatization of Estonia’s power production

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-373
Author(s):  
Anna Khakee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Economic Decisions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government

The suspense-filled attempted partial privatization of the Narva Power Plants in the neo-liberal darling Estonia involved a rich cast, from trade unions and local scientists, via Estonian courts and ombudsmen to international consulting firms, major global banks and the US government. More important, a detailed single case study on the democratic decision-making process in this privatization case makes it possible to go beyond common generalizations regarding the consequences of neo-liberalism for democratic processes. It shows that purported proponents of economic neo-liberalism such as the US government sometimes use their arguments to advance the narrow business interests of politically well-connected firms. Established private firms can behave in a more rent-seeking manner than publicly owned, ex-communist companies. Liberal economic principles of open competition and a level playing-field are at times used by actors in the democratic process to question top-down, opaque economic decisions.

scholarly journals Career Expectation and Professional Ability Cultivation of Students in Yuxi Normal University

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Jinli Tang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
University Students ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education Policy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Normal University ◽  
Career Expectation

<p>With the adjustment of national education policy, China's higher education has entered the stage of popular education. Especially in recent years, the number of college graduates is on the rise and graduates employment difficulty increases. In this context, it is quite difficult for normal university students to find a satisfactory job. Therefore, it is very important for normal university students to correct their expectations of graduation in the future and strengthen the cultivation of vocational ability, which is conducive to students to clarify their career ideal on the basis of reality and further reduce the employment pressure of students.</p>

scholarly journals Delegation Process of Virtual Countries: From Non-State Actors To State Actors

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-59
Author(s):  
Park Youn Jung
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Regime Theory ◽  
Domain Names ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Country Code

The identity of each nation on the Internet is represented through country code top-level domain names (ccTLDs). This article uses regime theory to describle the process of delegating ccTLDs, also known as virtual countries. Initially, non-state actors appointed by the emperor of virtual countries, Jon Postel, administered the virtual countries. There was no challenge from state actors until the ICANN regime was created by the US government in 1998. Unlike other international regine, the ICANN 'regime' recognizes non-state actors as decision makers while state actors as advisors for the virtual countries in their decision-making process. This has often led to conflicts within the national regime of many virtual countries. This study found that more and more state actors have expressed their willingness and interests in administering their virtual countries. Governments have started to emerge as a threatening power to the nbon-state actors of the virtual regime as a competitive power in managing the virtual countries.

The Establishment and the Role of the State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting during the Korean War

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-323
Author(s):  
Kyengho Son
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The State ◽  
Joint Chiefs Of Staff ◽  
Limited War ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Korean War

The US government implemented the State–Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Meeting to look over its politico-military policies and strategies to implement NSC 68/4 during the Korean War. The meeting became a critical organization to conduct the war as a limited war by developing a limited goal and providing strategies for a decision-making apparatus after the removal of General MacArthur from the post of Commander of the United Nations in March 1951. The meeting later provided politico-military directives to the JCS to continue the war in limited terms, supported the armistice negotiation, and contributed to the success of the first year’s agreement.

scholarly journals Renegotiating the public good: Responding to the first wave of COVID-19 in England, Germany and Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110300
Author(s):  
Peter Kelly ◽  
Susann Hofbauer ◽  
Barbara Gross
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Good ◽  
News Media ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
National Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
National Education Policy ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Inform Decision Making

We compare national education policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, Germany and Italy to explore negotiations about the public good and identify the role that research has played in framing, legitimating and rendering trustworthy the settlements reached. National data, comprising news media reports and publically available documents, are analysed and compared to identify debates about the public good and their consequences within and across national contexts. Our analysis contrasts policy contexts on three dimensions: (a) the range of interests included in debates; (b) the form and locus of decision-making; and (c) public acceptance of policy during implementation. These are related to processes of depoliticising debate and politicising research evidence in each context, as factions position themselves as trustworthy. We suggest that the way research is seen to inform decision-making during crises such as the current COVID-19 pandemic has enduring consequences for public trust in research, the politicians who employ it to justify their decisions and the schools tasked with putting these decisions into practice.

Economic decision making under conditions of extreme time pressure and option overload: an eye-tracking study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Reutskaja ◽  
Johannes Pulst-Korenberg ◽  
Rosemarie Nagel ◽  
Colin F. Camerer ◽  
Antonio Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Economic Decision ◽  
Economic Decision Making
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