scholarly journals How to Prevent and Eradicate the “Kuluna” Phenomenon? A Christian Perspective in Social Work and City Governance.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitshou Moleka
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Multidimensional Systems ◽  
Social Pathology ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
The City ◽  
Research Show

The kulunaphenomenon is a social pathology having many causal factors in multidimensional systems such as the microsystem and the macrosystem. So the changing process requires first the prevention by elaborating a public policy with a multisector impact. But many times reaction is applied instead of preventing to avoid gangsters among young in the city of Kinshasa by the public managers. In this article, we give some prerequisites for the elaboration of a multisector public policy and the praxis, concerning legal authorities and the Christian social workers through the churches and other Christian social organizations which are called to work in the sense of a contextual mission, and deal with spiritually in addition to the psycho-sociological questions. The findings of this research show evidence in the hyper military environment of Kinshasa city and the Kuluna phenomenon. Demilitarization of the city is imperative.

scholarly journals HOW TO PREVENT AND ERADICATE THE KULUNA PHENOMENON? A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK AND CITY GOVERNANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (08) ◽  
pp. 1125-1141
Author(s):  
Pitshou Moleka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Multidimensional Systems ◽  
Social Pathology ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
The City ◽  
Research Show

The kuluna phenomenon is a social pathology having many causal factors in multidimensional systems such as the microsystem and the macrosystem. So the changing process requires first the prevention by elaborating a public policy with a multisector impact. But many times reaction is applied instead of preventing to avoid gangsters among young in the city of Kinshasa by the public managers. In this article, we give some prerequisites for the elaboration of a multisector public policy and the praxis, concerning legal authorities and the Christian social workers through the churches and other Christian social organizations which are called to work in the sense of a contextual mission, and deal with spiritually in addition to the psycho-sociological questions. The findings of this research show evidence in the hyper military environment of Kinshasa city and the Kuluna phenomenon. Demilitarization of the city is imperative.

scholarly journals How to Prevent and Eradicate the “Kuluna” Phenomenon? A Christian Perspective in Social Work.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitshou Moleka
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Multidimensional Systems ◽  
Social Pathology ◽  
Causal Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
The City ◽  
Research Show

The kuluna phenomenon is a social pathology having many causal factors in multidimensional systems such as the microsystem and the macrosystem. So the changing process requires first the prevention by elaborating a public policy with a multisector impact. But many times reaction is applied instead of preventing to avoid gangsters among young in the city of Kinshasa by the public managers. In this article, we give some prerequisites for the elaboration of a multisector public policy and the praxis, concerning legal authorities and the Christian social workers through the churches and other Christian social organizations which are called to work in the sense of a contextual mission, and deal with spiritually in addition to the psycho-sociological questions. The findings of this research show evidence in the hyper military environment of Kinshasa city and the Kuluna phenomenon. Demilitarization of the city is imperative

scholarly journals Decision Biases and Heuristics Among Emergency Managers: Just Like the Public They Manage For?

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick S. Roberts ◽  
Kris Wernstedt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structured Decision Making ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Decision Biases ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Outcome Bias ◽  
Attribution Bias

We present evidence that emergency managers exhibit some of the same decision biases, sensitivity to framing, and heuristics found in studies of the general public, even when making decisions in their area of expertise. Our national survey of county-level emergency managers finds that managers appear more risk averse when the outcomes of actions are framed as gains than when equivalent outcomes are framed as losses, a finding that is consistent with prospect theory. We also find evidence that the perceived actions of emergency managers in neighboring jurisdictions affect the choices a manager makes. In addition, our managers show evidence of attribution bias, outcome bias, and difficulties processing numerical information, particularly probabilities compared to frequencies. Each of these departures from perfect rationality points to potential shortfalls in public managers’ decision making. We suggest opportunities to improve decision making through reframing problems, providing training in structured decision-making processes, and employing different choice architectures to nudge behavior in a beneficial direction.

National Public Policy of Aging and Old Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Olaya Molano ◽  
Carolina Aguirre Garzón ◽  
Jaime Manuel Mora Cruz ◽  
Jorge Eliecer Gaitán Méndez
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City

The application of the public policy of aging and old age in the city of Bogotá in the last 10 years has forced people over 60 years to regularly undertake activities in which they worked for many years as employees. Other older adults have continued working to meet their basic needs. However, under this reference, the methodology used in the research was a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach because the two are of great importance to deduce whether the national public policy of aging has brought advantages or disadvantages to the development and/or continuity of the business plans being prepared by senior entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals URBAN PUBLIC POLICY FOR NATURAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN BLUMENAU-SC: PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES,

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAELA VIEIRA ◽  
GABRIELA SCHMIDT ◽  
JOÃO MARCOS BOSI MENDONÇA DE MOURA
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk ◽  
The City ◽  
Risk Knowledge

Abstract The objective of this study was the analysis of urban public policy for natural disaster risk management in the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Two approaches were used: (1) A survey of the municipal public agencies responsible for disaster risk management was conducted. (2) The surveyed agencies’ representatives’ ideas and activities regarding natural disaster risk were analyzed. A systemic approach was adopted, bibliographical research was performed, and interviews were conducted with 10 municipal public managers. The results facilitated the description of the municipal public disaster risk management organizational structure and the ideas and activities related to disaster risk knowledge, prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery/ reconstruction. The study concludes that there is a need for improvements in the coordination among the municipal public agencies and in shared responsibilities of the federal entities and the society for disaster risk management.

scholarly journals Perception of public managers on the sustainability of sports mega-events: the case of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Ricardo Maia de Vasconcelos ◽  
Fernando Cabral de Macedo Filho
Keyword(s):  
World Cup ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
The Public ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
The World ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The City

The realization of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil generated meaningful transformations in the host cities. These transformations brought concerns over the sustainability of a mega-sport event. The present study tried to understand the sustainability resulting from the World Cup in the city of Natal, Brazil, from the perspective of local public managers. This qualitative, descriptive research, whose data were inductively analyzed, used a semi-open interview composed of 24 semi-structured questions in order to obtain information from the public managers at local and state levels and who are linked to the event. As a result, the managers involved concluded that the 2014 World Cup in Natal did not serve sustainability neither leave any sustainable effects. It was also observed that the lack of sustainability was due to the lack of adequate planning and technical projects, as well as to the lack of organization and social participation in the preparation and follow-up of the works and actions necessary for its accomplishment. Among the propositions of new works, there is the recommendation to analyze how the public managers and the normative regulations are dealing with sustainability in the planning and in the projects for the realization of two other mega-sport events, the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia and the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

scholarly journals The Geography of Clusters: The Case of the Video Games Clusters in Montreal and in Los Angeles

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvianne Pilon ◽  
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Video Game ◽  
French Language ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
The City ◽  
Cross Fertilization

The aim of our research was to examine how clusters appear and develop in the video game sector. We thus did a comparative study of the video games cluster in Montreal and Los Angeles. This paper shows that concentration of human creativity in arts and in technology is a significant economic localization factor, but cross-fertilization of sectors and public policy also contributes to the understanding of the emergence of clusters in certain urban regions. Thus, political and industrial factors offer an explanation as to why clusters emerge and how they evolve, going beyond the purely geographic or economic factors. In LA as in Montreal, the cross-fertilization with film is important. However, in Montreal, it is the public policy contributing to financing jobs in the Multimedia City and the French language that brought Ubisoft to the city; this contributed to make the city well known in the field, creating a “brand” for the city and thus fuelling the cluster development.

scholarly journals Implementasi Kebijakan Publik Dalam Pembangunan Ruang Publik Pantai Losari Makassar

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondang Surjana
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Strategic Location ◽  
Public Policy Implementation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Attraction

ABSTRAK Kebijakan publik serta implementasinya merupakan sebuah program yang  komplek karena perlu melibatkan seluruh stakeholder, yaitu pihak pemerintah, publik dan swasta. Kebijakan publik terdiri dari banyak aktor dengan berbagai kepentingannya tetapi publik sebagai target sasaran sehingga menjadi aspek yang paling penting. Ruang publik merupakan salah satu sarana fisik yang dalam pembangunannya memerlukan sebuah kebijakan publik. Ruang publik adalah sebuah barang publik yang dibangun oleh pemerintah bagi kepentingan publik. Ruang publik dapat diakses bebas dan digunakan oleh seluruh warga kota dan fungsi utamanya sebagai tempat interaksi sosial. Keberadaan ruang publik sangat penting bagi warga kota dan merupakan salah satu elemen kota. Ironisnya, jumlah ruang publik di kota kota besar menurun. Pantai Losari, Makassar, adalah salah satu ruang publik yang paling populer dan paling banyak dikunjungi masyarakat setempat maupun dari daerah lain. Ruang publik tersebut merupakan ruang publik utama di Kota Makassar serta sebagai landmark kota. Daya tarik utamanya adalah lokasinya yang strategis berada di pinggir pantai.  Ruang publik pantai Losari dibangun dengan menggunakan gaya arsitektur modern dipadukan dengan elemen elemen estetis tradisional. Tujuannya agar dapat mengakomodir beragam etnis di kota tersebut. Pada dasarnya pantai Losari adalah hasil implementasi kebijakan publik. Kata kunci: kebijakan publik, implementasi, ruang publik, arsitektur modern.    ABSTRACT Public policy and its implementation is a complex program because of the need to involve all stakeholders, namely the government, public and private. It consists of many actors with different interests but the public as a target to become the most important aspect. Public space is one of the physical facilities in a city which its development requires a public policy. Public space is a public goods built by the government for public purposes. It  can be free accessed and used by citizens and its primary function as a place of social interaction. The existence of public space is very important for the citizens of the city and is one important elements of the city. Ironically, the amount of public space in big cities declined. Pantai Losari, Makassar, is one of the most popular public space and most visited by local communities and other areas. This is a major public space in  Makassar city  as well as a city landmark. Its main attraction is its strategic location at the seaside.  Pantai Losari  built using modern architectural style combined with traditional aesthetic elements. The goal is to be able to accommodate diverse ethnicities in the Makassar. Basically, Pantai Losari is the result of the implementation of public policy.   Keywords: public policy, implementation, public space, modern archtecture.

scholarly journals Examination of the Factors That Influence Public Perception of Mythically-Based Human Behavior in Disaster Conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir M. Cvetković ◽  
Marina Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Research Show

Starting from the importance of risk perception for taking certain preventive measures to protect people and their property from disasters, the subject of the research is to examine the factors influencing public perception of mythically-based human behavior in disaster conditions. Using the random sampling method, 250 adult respondents were surveyed in the city of Belgrade, using a specially created and adapted survey questionnaire. The results of the research show that there is no statistically significant influence of gender, age, educational and economic factors on the public perception of human behavior in disaster conditions. The results of the research can be used to improve strategies and campaigns based on risk assessment, aimed at improving the safety of people in disasters.

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