Pathways to legitimacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zack Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Voluntary Compliance ◽  
External Actors ◽  
Planning Institutions

Planners are centrally concerned with the legitimacy of planning institutions and practices. In a democratic society, governments depend on the voluntary compliance of external actors for the implementation of their policies. Planning theorists have largely focused on the inclusiveness and quality of deliberation in goal-setting. This article expands this focus using Scharpf’s and Schmidt’s distinction between three domains of legitimation—input, throughput, and output—each of which affords a distinct pathway to legitimacy. These legitimation processes are examined through a comparison of the postwar development of American regional planning institutions in Minneapolis–St Paul, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. The input-throughput-output distinction can be used to interpret the operation and impacts of historical planning activities, or prospectively to evaluate the potential impacts of institutional reforms.

Rapid urbanization and the growing demand for urban infrastructure in Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Leyeka Lufumpa ◽  
Tito Yepes
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urban Transition ◽  
Development Agenda

Africa is undergoing a rapid urban transition and is set to be the fastest urbanizing region in the coming decades. This shift has profound implications for achieving the continental and global targets for inclusive growth and transformation. Theory and global experience show that urbanization and structural transformation are closely linked—but less so in Africa. Urbanization in many African countries has not been driven by improving agricultural productivity. Indeed, most countries are urbanizing rapidly amid declining or stagnant industrial output and low agricultural productivity. The infrastructure development agenda has to make cities more productive and liveable yet with great reliance on the provision of sizable resources. However, matching the investment agenda to the goals of urbanization is a complex task, encompassing regional, national, urban, and rural dimensions which together determine the quality of the urbanization process. Institutional reforms should be undertaken to positively drive urbanization in Africa.

scholarly journals Improving the business environment in cities and municipalities in Serbia

2014 ◽  
pp. 105-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Stankovic ◽  
Vesna Jankovic-Milic ◽  
Marija Radosavljevic
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Criteria Importance ◽  
Key Questions

One of the ways to determine the benefits of a particular municipality and indicate its readiness to cooperate with potential investors is to promote standards of effective and transparent local administration. This task can be realized through the certification of cities and municipalities with a favorable business environment. Certification is a process that, among other things, allows the assessment of quality of services and information that municipalities provide for investors and businessmen. It is a process aiming at improvement of business environment in Serbia through institutional reforms with the active participation and cooperation of industry, municipalities and citizens. One of the key questions is to determine the importance of the criteria relevant for evaluating the attractiveness of municipality in terms of potential investors. Analysis of criteria importance for certification of cities and municipalities with a favorable business environment, shown in this paper, aims to identify those who have played a key role in the efficiency of municipalities and cities in attracting foreign direct investment. This paper presents three alternative ways of determining the importance of the criteria. The results of this analysis should indicate to the authorities of cities and municipalities possible ways of improving their position at the list of those with a favorable business environment.

scholarly journals The Interconnectedness between Institutional Quality, Civil War and Institutional Reform: A Case Study of Nepalese Maoist Civil War

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Saroj Kumar Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Made In

Various factors trigger civil war, depending on the society and stages of political development. But analyzing it through the quality of an institution or some provisions of institutions may lead to a possible cause of a civil war. Thus, the primary objective of this article is to investigate institutional quality and its role in triggering a civil war. This paper argues that there is interconnectedness between institutional quality, civil war, and institutional reforms, which occurs as a series of events. Although the article provides many examples, in the second section, the case study of Nepalese decade-long civil war and post-civil war institutional reform has been presented to back the argument made in the paper. By discussing various dynamics of historical institutionalism, the paper mainly analyzes the primary and secondary sources.

scholarly journals Does the Quality of Institutions Matter for Financial Inclusion? Cross Country Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Peter W. Muriu
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Cross Country

Despite evidence on the importance of financial inclusion, little is known about the role of institutions in fostering inclusion partly because of data availability. Using annual data corresponding to 120 countries for the period 2004-2019, this study investigates country institutional characteristics associated with the ownership of deposit accounts. A standard regression model is estimated using fixed effects panel data techniques along with financial inclusion proxy and three measures of institutional quality. This paper provides the first empirical justification that financial inclusion is non-negligibly driven by the institutional context. Specifically, rule of law and quality of regulations are crucial in enhancing financial inclusiveness, more so in Africa where they have a stronger effect relative to other regions. Banks and depositors in Africa may be operating in an environment characterized by weak legal systems and excessive or challenging regulations. The evidence presented in this paper may therefore help with the sequencing of institutional reforms that could promote financial inclusion.

scholarly journals When Less Is More: How Complexity Impacts Goal Setting, Judgment Accuracy, and Deals in Negotiation

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412092537
Author(s):  
Josh A. Arnold ◽  
Kathleen M. O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Judgment Accuracy ◽  
Less Is More

In two studies, we examine how objective complexity—in terms of numbers of negotiable issues—affects negotiators’ aspirations, perceptions, actions, and ultimately, the quality of agreements they reach. We hypothesized and found that when negotiators had a greater number of issues to resolve, they were less ambitious for their own outcomes and developed less accurate insights into their partners’ interests.

Effect of Goal Setting Using a Visual Display on Patient Quality of Life and Self-efficacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Lucas ◽  
Ken N. Borce ◽  
Anne Whitford Fast ◽  
Jodi Walker-Tweed
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Visual Display

scholarly journals THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH THE PRISM OF VALUES AND TARGETING OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (40) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
O. Vorobyova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The World

This article presents the results of research on the value and target priorities in the quality management process in higher education. It is determined that the quality of education is a mean of development of the individual and society, a condition of trust in the educational sphere, it reflects the degree of conformity of the properties and results of educational processivity to certain norms and standards of education. It is established that the quality is traced in the presence of competencies that characterize the ability of graduates of the institution to effectively pursue professional activity in modern socio-economic conditions.Each specific historical level of the qualitative parameters of higher education is the result of determining the goal, or the spontaneity and purpose of indifference, or the symbiosis of the two previous possibilities. It is necessary to take into account the fact that in the absolute majority of cases the quality of higher education does not have a self-sufficient target status, but rather becomes the context and prerequisite for achieving some other strategic goal of individual or supra-individual (social, cultural, civilizational, global) value. The totality of these circumstances exacerbates the need to analyze the quality of higher education through the lens of a hierarchy of targets. Goal setting is the process of justification and goal setting. And the goal can be achieved by combining objective factors and ways and actions to do so. It is also proved that the structural components of personality, value orientations are the most important component of an individual's organization, his ethical-psychological and intellectual activity. And worldview is a set of views, principles, understanding of the world and program of action and forms the foundation of human consciousness. The acquired knowledge and beliefs, combined in the worldview, form a system of understanding by the man of the world and himself.Therefore, the quality of education can be ensured if the management system is in place, which involves the organization of a continuous process of influence of the management entity on its object and the appropriate coordination of their joint activities. The process of quality assurance in higher education should be systematic and include monitoring of the educational environment, comprehensive analysis of the factors influencing the quality of education and developing models of quality management of educational services.Keywords: value, purpose, target priorities, quality management of higher education quality, quality of education

scholarly journals FILSAFAT ILMU TERKAIT DENGAN PERENCANAAN WILAYAH DAN KOTA (Studi kasus: Green Urban Open Space dan Quality of Life)

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Dimas Widya Putra ◽  
Heru Purboyo Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Urban Open Space ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Science Philosophy ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Green urban open space becomes discourse in many cities, several cities in Indonesia have gained award because of their successful in building green urban open space, among them are: Surabaya and Bandung, the exsistence of green urban open space can be considered in improving city dwellers’s quality of life, quality of life connected field with urban and regional planning as part of comprehensive planning, science philosophy is a foundation to understand research positition. This research using qualitative descriptive to explore research position in urban and regional planning connected with knowledge philosophy. Analysis technique used in this research is descriptive evaluative using literature and theory. This paper concludes that green urban open space and quality of life are empirical research, logic, and can be measured. These concepts are parts of deductive research and reflection that the urban and regional planning is a logic knowledge and a science part.

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