scholarly journals Understanding the concepts of innovation in regional governance

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak ◽  
Aldona Wiktorska-Święcka ◽  
Monika Klimowicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Level System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Political Decisions

Understanding the concepts of innovation in regional governanceThe purpose of this paper is to present the concepts of innovation in regional governance — both their theoretical foundations and empirical dimension. The concepts proposed here are rooted in the public management model, while the idea of regional governance is based on the framework of a multi-level system of making and implementing political decisions. The article analyses definitions of innovation and the process of its implementation. This, in turn, provides a research tool for examining regional governance. The authors present a definition of innovation in public management — a sphere oriented toward meeting common needs of society, as contrasted with the market-oriented private sector. They proceed to pointing out the doctrinal sources of pursuing innovation in public management: theories of democracy, civil society, knowledge, social capital and networks. Finally, they propose a three-part analytical model for examining innovation in regional governance. The study is based on a typical scientific literature review using the following research methods: analysis, synthesis and theoretical modelling.

8. Referendums

UK Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 171-191
Author(s):  
Andrew Blick
Keyword(s):  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Considerations ◽  
Political Decisions

This chapter starts with a definition of the term ‘referendum’. A referendum is a means of involving the public in political decisions via voting on specific issues such as leaving the European Union. The chapter focuses on the use of referendums at the local level. It sets out the key features of a referendum. Who is allowed to vote in referendums? What sort of questions are put to voters? Under want circumstances should a referendum take place on specific issues? What are the risks associated with holding a referendum? The chapter also looks at regulations surrounding referendums in the UK. The theoretical considerations that the chapter examines are the fact that a referendum subject tends to be controversial, the relationship between referendums and direct democracy and the implications of the results.

scholarly journals inserção internacional da cidade de Uberlândia-MG: um processo em evolução

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-96
Author(s):  
Armando Gallo Yahn Filho
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Government ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Institution ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Private Corporations ◽  
Natural Pressure ◽  
Definition Of

 A globalização ampliou a participação de outros atores nas relações internacionais, tais como governos subnacionais e diversas instituições não governamentais (ONGs, empresas, universidades etc.). Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar, com um estudo de caso da inserção internacional de Uberlândia-MG, que uma cidade pode se internacionalizar com a participação de diversos atores, por meio de uma governança multinível. Ademais, tomando-se como referência a definição de cidade internacional, de Panayotis Soldatos – que aponta ser a paradiplomacia pública um dos critérios para se chegar a esta característica –, demonstra-se, também, o fato de que Uberlândia-MG vem avançando na sua internacionalização, mesmo sem a existência de uma paradiplomacia pública. Este trabalho também utiliza o método prospectivo de Michel Godet, a fim de criar um simples cenário de médio prazo para a inserção internacional de Uberlândia-MG, baseando-se nos chamados “fatos portadores de futuro”. Nesse sentido, ao se observar as ações que já vêm sendo colocadas em prática, por diversos atores, ao longo dos últimos 18 anos – ressaltando a criação, em 2017, de uma Câmara Técnica para fins de internacionalização, numa instituição municipal não governamental (o CODEN), com a participação do setor privado, das universidades, da sociedade civil e do governo municipal –, é possível visualizar um cenário de evolução, cada vez maior, dessa internacionalização, até o final da próxima década. Afinal, isso criou uma pressão natural sobre o governo municipal, a fim de que ele começasse a participar, efetivamente, dessa inserção internacional, por meio de uma paradiplomacia pública que também fortalecerá esse processo.     Abstract: The globalization process has expanded the participation of other actors in the international relations, such as subnational governments and many non-governmental institutions (NGOs, private corporations, universities etc.). In this sense, the objective of this paper is to demonstrate – taking a case study about the international insertion of Uberlândia City, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil – that a city can be International with the participation of many actors, through multi-level governance. Moreover, taking as reference Panayotis Soldatos´ definition of international city – which considers the public paradiplomacy as one of all factors needed to reach that characteristic –, it is also demonstrated the fact that Uberlândia City has evolved in its process of internationalization, even without the existence of a public paradiplomacy. This paper also utilizes some basic principles from the Michel Godet´s prospective method, in order to elaborate a simple mid-term scenario for the internationalization of Uberlândia City, based on the “fact bearer of future”. Then, observing many actions that have already been put into practice by several actors along the last 18 years – highlighting the creation of a Technical Chamber for internationalization, inside a local institution (CODEN), in 2017, which is composed by private sector, universities, civil society and local government –, it is possible to elaborate a scenario that indicates the evolution of this internationalization until the end of the next decade. Eventually, it was created a natural pressure on the municipal government to participate effectively in the process of international insertion, elaborating a public paradiplomacy, which will further strengthen this process.         Keywords: Subnational actors, internationalization of cities, public paradiplomacy, multi-level governance, Uberlândia City.     Recebido em: agosto/2018.Aprovado em: novembro/2018.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN SEAPORTS OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
A. O. Panchuk
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Definition Of

The article covers changes of direction in development of the maritime management complex of Ukraine. The need for a comprehensive study of specific stages of seaports development is due to the fact that maritime ports are an integral part of the transport and industrial infrastructure of the state since they are located on the routes of international transport corridors. The European integration of Ukraine and activation of its transit influence enhancing the quality of services of the maritime management complex. By the adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On the Seaports of Ukraine”, there were significant changes in the public administration of the maritime industry, which remain in force to this day. The methodological basis of the research is formed by a system of general scientific and special legal methods of scientific knowledge (historical, dialectical, analysis and synthesis, scientific abstraction, forecasting). Based on the study of scientific works on the public management theory and the public administration, the author’s definition of the category “public administration” in the maritime industry at the stage of transformation has been formulated. Aspects of management have been analyzed, tasks and functions have been revised in accordance with European standards and best management practices; critical factors for the successful administration of the port sector of Ukraine have been identified. It was pointed out, that nowadays the Ukrainian maritime industry has a unique opportunity to create its own port management model based on the European “port-landlord” management pattern. It was emphasized, that there is a need for a seminal work in the direction of changing national legislation, a significant change in the approach, not only in planning the development of ports, but also a binding development implementation through the application of a direct rule on prosecution for failure to comply with strategic documents on the development of the industry. Fostering the emergence of an approach for determining the direction of public administration development of the maritime industry at the stage of changes involves solving the following issues: withdrawal of land administration from the public sector; optimization of managerial decision making; adoption of the institution for the implementation of plans for the development of ports and the responsibility for the execution of those tasks.

Impartiality and the Definition of Corruption

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Alan Sparling
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Political Corruption ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Essential Questions ◽  
Social Scientific Research ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Exact Definition

The study of political corruption has been beset by disagreements concerning the exact definition of the term. One definition that has grown increasingly popular in the social-scientific literature in recent years is that proposed by Oskar Kurer and developed by Bo Rothstein: political corruption should be understood as a breach of the norm of impartiality. This article argues that while this definition has intuitive plausibility and while its relative parsimony makes it attractive for cross-cultural social-scientific research, it suffers from a number of the ills attending all attempts to depoliticize inherently political concepts. Not only is the definition insufficient to capture numerous instances of the abuse of the public office for private gain, but it is dangerous insofar as it papers over fundamental disagreements about the nature of the good regime. To insist upon this parsimonious definition of corruption is to foreclose a number of essential questions of political philosophy.

HANS HENRICH BOOMS AND ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
VALENTYNA V. BEZDRABKO
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Archival Studies ◽  
Archival Appraisal ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Archival Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Active Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of

The article is devoted to one of the most important and most complex tasks of archival studies – the theory of archival appraisal. Despite its representative scientific literature, its individual aspects remain poorly developed. One of the largest european archivists of the 20th century Hans Booms, has entered the history of developments in the archival appraisal. The main content of his theory is the need to consider complex approaches to determining the significance of documents, in particular the value framework of society, personality. He became the first who changed the official paradigm of archives to the public, recognized the usefulness of hermeneutics to find out the motives for creating documents without touching upon the relativity of objective and subjective reflection of reality in them. Hans Booms expanded the concept of “documentary heritage”. Its meaning goes beyond the traditional perception of a document that serves to provide managerial actions and implement relevant decisions, and covers all “texts” irrespective of their form of existence – written, printed, photographic, mechanical or automated. This greatly influenced the notion of “public heritage” and determined the well-known concept of collective memory. H. Booms deny the usual vision of the archive as a place of cumulating of documents that ensure the effectiveness of management in “active life”. Theoretical understanding of the archive was reflected in the definition of the unit of storage, which, in the conditions of the emergence of the newest information carriers, expands significantly. This is no longer just administrative documents, but also other objects that archivists may have nothing to do with the appearance and operation of which. Therefore, as Booms argued, archivists can be responsible for the practical scope of working with operational documents when it comes to administrative documentation. An important merit of G. Booms is that he holistically represented the natural inclination of the archivist – to create a documentary heritage. Keywords: Hans Booms, Archival Education, Archivist, Archive, Archival Appraisal, MacroAppraisal.

scholarly journals On the Application of Information Audit for the State Public Audit

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Ye. A. Chegrinets
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
Definition Of

The paper analyzes methodological approaches to the implementation of information audit by public audit institutions. The aim of the research is to analyze instruments of the traditional information audit developed as a part of information management theory and to make propositions on its basis on the creation of methodology of information audit as a form of public audit. It is based on general scientific methods, including comparative analyzes. The article substantiates the necessity for public audit institutions to conduct information audit due to the key value of information and information resources for the legality and efficiency of the public resources' management. The authors analyze basic approaches to the definition of the traditional information audit and its instruments. Based on this the authors made a conclusion that such general approach could be used for the purposes of public audit with necessary amendments due to specific aims of this type of public financial control, legal status of public audit institutions and position of auditees in the public management system. The study defines basic stages of the information audit conducted by public audit institutions and unique characteristics of its aims due to their interrelations with the tasks of audits and analytical research performed by such bodies. The paper also proposes basic instruments for the data collection as well as a general approach to interaction between auditors conducting information audit, auditees and other stakeholders.The practical results of the research are relevant for the introduction of information audit instruments into the practice of public audit institutions and for the development of applicable methodological documents.

scholarly journals Boa administração: um direito fundamental a ser efetivado em prol de uma gestão pública eficiente

2018 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Salomão Ismail Filho
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Right To Good Administration

<p>Good administration: fundamental right to be implemented in favor of efficient public management</p><p> </p><p>O direito administrativo moderno encontra-se intrinsecamente relacionado com o direito constitucional. Uma consequência de tal relação é o direito fundamental a uma boa administração. O conceito de boa governança, de caráter mais amplo e multidisciplinar, e o princípio da eficiência auxiliam na definição daquilo que seja uma boa administração no serviço público. É dever do gestor público/decisor político atender aos objetivos fundamentais da Constituição por meio de uma administração que concilie os custos orçamentários com os interesses e necessidades do administrado, ou seja, a pessoa humana, razão de ser do Estado.</p><p> </p><p>Modern administrative law is intrinsically related to constitutional law. One consequence would be the so-called fundamental right to good administration. The concept of good governance, broader and multidisciplinary, and the principle of efficiency help in the definition of what good administration is in the public service. The public and political manager has the duty to comply the fundamental objectives of Constitution through a management that reconciles the budget costs with interests and needs of the administered, that is, the human person, reason for existence of the State.</p>

scholarly journals The human rights-based approach in public policies: from institutionality to citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Jefferson Alexander Rodríguez-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach

This article is a product of the research project "Public policies, citizenship and the human rights approach in the Norte de Santander Department" carried out as a public management project - social extension of the Comfanorte Higher Studies Foundation - FESC in the Public Management Specialization Program. The aim was to describe conceptual and methodological elements that would allow the proposal of foundations for the formulation of public policies with a long-term vision and a human rights-based approach for the Norte de Santander Department, with a scope that includes the identification of the problem, the definition of the population, the diagnosis and the action plan. To this end, from the qualitative approach, theoretical foundations were adopted to support the proposal under the protection of interdisciplinary information sources through interviews with public policy experts in the region. Finally, the importance of differential approaches in the formulation of public policy was recognized, since their specificity guarantees in a differential manner the satisfaction of the rights of the different population groups, as well as the transverse and incidental participation of the citizenry as necessary in all phases of the formulation, which is fundamental to the success of public policy.

scholarly journals Rola prawa działalności kulturalnej w indoktrynowaniu społeczeństwa w okresie Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej — część II

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-191
Author(s):  
Jolanta Behr
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Level System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Law

The aim of the article is to establish the role of the law of cultural activity in the process of indoctrination of society in the period of the Polish People’s Republic. The work will analyze the legal acts regulating the system and tasks of state entities involved in the promotion of ideas and views approved by the then authorities, primarily of a socialist nature. It will be shown in the work that the law of cultural activity played an important role in indoctrinating society during the communist period. It actively supported state bodies, legitimizing their actions. The support was provided to a different extent and in various forms, both imperious and non-imperative. The general axiology of law included the values approved by the rulers, in the light of which legal provisions should be interpreted. The law also created an organized state administration apparatus whose task was to influence the society. A complex, multi-level system of state administration was created, the scope of which was to create a new reality and support the authorities and parties. Care was taken to ensure that the information provided to the public was ʻproperlyʼ verified. Entities providing them were regulated, in various forms and scope. Actions in this area were carefully planned and carried out, taking into account the orders of the party authorities subordinate to the authorities in Moscow. The minister for propaganda, organizing and co-ordinating the activities of state entities, functioned informally. The tasks and competences of state administration entities and bodies in the field of cultural activity were often constructed by law with the use of undefined concepts. This created a wide field of interpretation for the state administration body, which adjusted the meaning assigned to them to the current needs and directions of the policy pursued, thus extending the scope of its activities. In many cases, the provisions of acts and decrees defined tasks and competences in a concise manner, allowing them to be further specified or developed by the provisions of regulations. This created a lot of room for maneuver for the administration, which itself created the regulations on the basis of which it functioned. In practice, it often extended the scope of its activities, interfering in an unauthorized way in the area of human and civil rights and freedoms. All this, however, was legal — on the basis and within the limits of the law. Moreover, the law regulated the control and supervision of entities popularizing cultural activity, enabling wide-ranging censorship. The law also specified severe sanctions against entities not complying with the current policy of the rulers. They were regulated by acts of cultural activity and acts of criminal law. Moreover, internal law played an important role.

Organizational and Legal Mechanism of Land Resource Management in the Context of Decentralization of Power in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Nataliіa GOLOSH
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Land Resource ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Legal Mechanism

During the decentralization of power, the influence of society on managerial decision-making, including in the field of land resource management, increased significantly. Under such conditions, the public management entity should look for ways to ensure the effective functioning of the land resource management system. The purpose of this article is to highlight the approaches to the creation of an organizational and legal mechanism for land resource management in the context of decentralization. To solve the problems of a specific territorial community, there is a need to create an organizational and legal mechanism for land resource management, taking into account all the principles and foundations of decentralization, national and regional characteristics. The organizational and legal mechanism of land resource management is a direct impact on public relations as to the ownership, disposal and use of land resources using management tools to ensure revenues to the budget of the territorial community. The organizational component of the land resource management mechanism includes activities that are aimed at ordering and consistency of interrelated elements of the system. The modern understanding of the essence of the creation of the organizational and legal mechanism of land resource management should unambiguously take place through the definition of performance indicators that will determine the nature of the development of the territorial community. Only taking into account this approach we can expect socio-economic development of the territorial community through land resource management.

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