scholarly journals Two-Eyed Seeing in Research and its Absence in Policy: Little Saskatchewan First Nation Elders' Experiences of the 2011 Flood and Forced Displacement

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna E Martin ◽  
Shirley Thompson ◽  
Myrle Ballard ◽  
Janice Linton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives

Two-eyed seeing is a guiding framework for research that values and uses Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. In this article, we describe the merits and challenges of using two-eyed seeing to guide a collaborative research project with a First Nation community in Manitoba, Canada devastated by a human-made flood. In 2011, provincial government officials flooded 17 First Nation communities including Little Saskatchewan First Nation (LSFN), displacing thousands of people. To date, approximately 350 LSFN’s on-reserve members remain displaced. Two-eyed seeing ensured that the study was community-driven and facilitated a more thorough analysis of the data. This case study illuminated the absence of two-eyed seeing in policy making and decision making. We argue for the need to incorporate two-eyed seeing in policy making and program development, and to value and foster Indigenous perspectives in decision making within communities, especially regarding activities that have a direct impact on environments within or surrounding Indigenous lands.

Adversary Politics and Land Policy: Explaining and Analysing British Land Values Policy Making since 1947

1981 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Land Values ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Effective Policy

This paper looks at the question of whether or not political parties in Britain have autonomy in drawing up legislation when in office. Using the development of party and governmental policies for land values problems since 1947 as case study, the paper assesses the relative merits of various explanations of policy making. While it is true in this particular case that adversary party politics and relative governmental autonomy in decision making does exist, the paper concludes by assessing the consequences of this for effective policy implementation. It is argued that policy formulated primarily on the basis of ideology and dogma leads to policy failure and, ultimately, the generation of pluralistic and/or corporatist tendencies.

Case Study Research

2014 ◽  
pp. 454-470
Author(s):  
Helen Simons
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Political Interests

This chapter explores case study as a major approach to research and evaluation. After first noting various contexts in which case studies are commonly used, the chapter focuses on case study research directly Strengths and potential problematic issues are outlined and then key phases of the process. The chapter emphasizes how important it is to design the case, to collect and interpret data in ways that highlight the qualitative, to have an ethical practice that values multiple perspectives and political interests, and to report creatively to facilitate use in policy making and practice. Finally, it explores how to generalize from the single case. Concluding questions center on the need to think more imaginatively about design and the range of methods and forms of reporting requiredto persuade audiences to value qualitative ways of knowing in case study research.

Policy Making and Rationality in Sweden: The Case of Transport

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Realistic View ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
The Comparative Study

It is not uncommon for the case-study approach to the study of policy making to be criticized for failing to produce broad generalizations or concepts applicable to systems as a whole. For example, in discussing policy making and political culture in Sweden, Anton argues that case-studies of decision making do not offer an adequate or realistic view of the process. In doing so he suggests that we should shift our focus of concern ‘from the single decision (whatever it is), to the structure of relationships between participants and the norms which serve to maintain or change those relationships through time. The focus shifts, in other words, from decisions to systems of decision-making’. Whilst not disputing the need for studying the general properties of decision making in a given political system (or indeed the need for the comparative study of policy making in different systems), this article will suggest the value of studying individual policy areas – in this case, transport – as opposed to both individual decisions and entire political systems, as a means of testing broader propositions such as those formulated by Anton.

scholarly journals The "Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework": A Case Study on its Impact

in education ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura-Lee Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Powerful Learning ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
Policy Direction

In 2007, the Ontario Government implemented the Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework. Some schools and school boards have been active in piloting and supporting these initiatives. Because this is a newly implemented policy direction, I wanted to begin to assess best practices and challenges, so I asked participants at one school board and one high school what impact their participation in the Aboriginal education program initiatives had on them professionally, academically, and personally. The Aboriginal programming initiatives, like the ones in which I have participated and studied, have been found to be personally and academically/professionally transformative for administrators, teachers, and youth. As Indigenous-focused curriculum is brought into the mainstream, and as a space is created to consider and include Indigenous perspectives, there is potential for Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants to experience powerful learning opportunities, some of which may transform their perceptions of Canadian history and for contemporary Indigenous people to be valued, though many challenges remain systemically to decolonize the educational realm.

Participation in Administrative Decision-Making: A Sequential Analysis of Announcement, Obections and Concluding Letter

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-579
Author(s):  
Peter Münte
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Sequential Analysis ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Positioning ◽  
The Subject

AbstractThe essay summarizes results of a case study on participation in administrative decision-making on the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This case study evolved from a research project on social positioning within communication between government officials and citizens in different legally driven participation procedures. The communication within the participatory component of the permitting procedure will be interpreted as a "communicative collision" between two parties: A public authority obliged to contribute to a legally constituted public order, and citizens who wish to discuss or negotiate the subject with authorities, or otherwise to "deconstruct" the knowledge base of the authority's decision-making.

scholarly journals Democratic Administration and Commitment of Members of Agricultural Cooperatives: A Case Study from a Prefecture in Greece

Businesses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Konstantina Ragazou ◽  
Evgenia Anastasiou ◽  
George Theodossiou ◽  
Konstantinos Koutsogeorgos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Democratic Administration

Cooperatives are democratic organizations, governed and controlled by their members, who are actively involved in their policy-making and decision-making process. The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between cooperative culture and the way that cooperatives are governed. To this end, a probability sampling method is used in the agricultural cooperatives of the Greek prefecture of Larissa, which is one of the most powerful and dynamic in the agricultural economy. The data collection was carried out to 100 members of agricultural cooperatives through the use of a closed-ended questionnaire. The findings highlighted that agricultural cooperatives are distinguished for their increased level of cooperative culture and commitment, provided that the conditions for the democratic governance of cooperatives are met. The role played by the level of education of the members of the agricultural cooperatives was also important, thus confirming the main purpose of the research, which was none other than to prove this correlation. Finally, this correlation can lead to the improvement of certain elements which contribute to the optimization of agricultural governance.

Keeping the Higher Education “Promise” in Nevada: Latina/o Legislators Policy Ways of Knowing

2021 ◽  
pp. 153819272199497
Author(s):  
Magdalena Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Cultural Assumptions ◽  
Policy Actors ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Structural Inequities

In this case study, I draw attention to key Nevada Latina/o legislators’ policy ways of knowing and their higher education policy priorities. A focus on the policy actors uncovered structural, racial, and cultural assumptions in policy-making often absent in the exclusive analysis of policy interventions. Their policy ways of knowing were shaped in at least three ways: acknowledging and naming the sources of structural inequities, embracing political humility, and challenging policy knowledge-generating practices.

scholarly journals Shifting Perspectives and Practices: Teacher Candidates’ Experiences of a First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Infusion in Mainstream Teacher Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Marilyn Fern Blimkie ◽  
Diane Vetter ◽  
Celia Haig-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Field Site ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Faculty Of Education

This exploratory case study shares teacher candidates’ perspectives and experiences of the First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Infusion at ABC University’s Faculty of Education field site in XYZ, Ontario. For this initiative, Aboriginal content and pedagogies were infused throughout placements and courses of the mainstream teacher education program. Teacher candidates shared that the Infusion prepared them to teach Aboriginal content in culturally respectful and meaningful ways by providing them with a foundation to build on and helping them to develop teaching practices inclusive of diverse ways of knowing and being in the world. These findings may be useful to other educators developing and implementing their own infusion initiatives.

Towards the institutionalisation of parliamentary technology assessment: the case for Ireland

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-334
Author(s):  
Csaba Csaki ◽  
Ciara Fitzgerald ◽  
Paidi O’Raghallaigh ◽  
Frederic Adam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Technology Governance ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Science Technology And Innovation

Purpose – This paper aims to consider the case study of Ireland with regards to the implementation of a formal parliamentary technology assessment (PTA) capability. With emphasis on innovation and knowledge-based economies, society faces a proliferation of technological challenges with far-reaching unpredictable impacts. Elected representatives need unbiased scientific knowledge to underpin evidence-based policy-oriented decision-making. PTA is directed at policy-oriented decision-making processes within the parliament. It identifies the role played by existing agencies and the gaps that remain to be filled in the current landscape. It explores the feasibility of potential future institutional arrangements in a country without a recognised formal PTA agency. Design/methodology/approach – An embedded case study approach was utilised based on three main sources of evidence: relevant published documents pertaining to science and technology governance; interviews with key decision-makers; and illustrative case of “hydraulic fracturing” demonstrating key issues stemming from the lack of a formal PTA structure. Findings – The case revealed the interplay between key actors in the area of science, technology and innovation in Ireland. It demonstrated the need for improved citizen engagement. The analysis revealed that formal technology assessment channels should be established to provide a voice for civil society to engage in policy-making. Given the requirements and constraints, a feasible way to implement PTA seems to be the “parliamentary office” model which would seem to be a good fit in the context of Ireland’s current situation. Originality/value – The paper presents how PTA may be realised in a country without a formal PTA agency using a parliamentary office model to provide a channel for citizen engagement in science, technology and innovation (STI) policy-making.

scholarly journals The Modernization of Policy-Making Processes in National Sport Organizations: A Case Study of Athletics Canada

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Dowling ◽  
James Denison ◽  
Marvin Washington
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Amateur Sport ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Sport Organization ◽  
Policies And Programs

<p>This article explores the consequences of modernization on the policy-making processes of a singular National Sport Organization: Athletics Canada. In drawing upon the works of Green and Houlihan (2005) as a baseline comparison we examine how the organizations’ policy-making processes have changed over a 10-year period (2002-2012). Specifically, our analysis focuses on the nature and extent of these intra-organizational policy-related changes and how they have influenced the organizations’ decision-making capabilities. The descriptive analysis is informed by empirical data collected from eight in-depth semi-structured interviews with senior Athletics Canada personnel and concentrates on three inter-related themes (i) the development and prioritization of OTP-funded policies and programs; and (ii) the development and prioritization of evidence-based policies and programs, which, in turn, has resulted in (iii) increased inter-organizational relationship strain between Athletics Canada and its key delivery partners. More broadly, our investigation contributes to recent amateur sport scholarship that has sought to better understand how these broader socio-political shifts have influenced the specific decision-making processes of sport organizations.</p>

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