The concept of collaboration windows on the example of world cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
A. Sychova
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Schematic Model ◽  
Accountability Standards ◽  
Political Response ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Trust Formation ◽  
Window Technique ◽  
The Eu

The article presents the concept of the collaborative windows as a tool for establishing cooperation between the maximum number of stakeholders to solve problems of different hierarchical levels. Through the synthesis of theoretical developments by B. Gray, J. Kingdon, and D. Lobster, the author proposes an integrative model of the collaborative window by crossing four relatively independent flows, namely: problem, procedural, political response, and organizational-structured ones. The researcher notes that except for the outlined components, external triggers and the figure of the collaborationist politician with a developed network of contacts play an important role in maintaining the potential of the collaboration window to further unite all stakeholders on a single collaboration platform. The latter serves as a space to facilitate the establishment of communications and the trust formation between the participants of the collaboration. But even the presence of all these elements does not guarantee the longevity of joint cross-sectoral projects due to the lack of adaptive capabilities of temporal and spatial factors because of their dynamic nature. The researcher also outlines some issues with the creation of collaborative platforms such as liquidity traps, power distribution, common accountability standards, and monitoring of participants’ actions. The article presents not only a schematic model of the collaboration window, but also examples from the world practice of cooperation between public, private, and civil sectors. The author also analyzes the transformation of urban infrastructure within the EU on an integrative model, highlighting the relevant flows and platforms of joint interaction. The collaborative window technique can be applied to a different range of common practices, as the outlined flows take place in virtually every policy area.

The EU and Human Rights as Institutional Facts in the Finnish Political Discourse on Family Reunification

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-328
Author(s):  
Linda Hyökki
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Family Reunification ◽  
Institutional Facts ◽  
Political Response ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Impact ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Violent Conflicts ◽  
The Eu

This article analyses the Finnish political response to the refugee influx connected with the Syrian war and violent conflicts in its neighbouring states. In July 2016, a law amendment on the Finnish Aliens Act about a secured income prerequisite for family reunification applications came into force. Using argumentation schemes as outlined by Fairclough & Fairclough (2012), this article analyses the discursive framing of the law amendment in Parliament. The paper benefits from the social ontology of John Searle (1995; 2010) and utilises his concept of institutional facts. The analysis shows that, as normative sources for action, the institutional context of the EU, as well as the Human Rights, possess different degrees of deontic modality which in turn shapes the representation of social reality in the context of the refugee crisis and its global and local impact.

scholarly journals Vietnam's strategic hedging vis-à-vis China: the roles of the European Union and Russia

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuc Thi Tran ◽  
Alena Vysotskaya G. Vieira ◽  
Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Power ◽  
Hedging Strategies ◽  
Strategic Hedging ◽  
The Eu

Against the backdrop of China's assertive policies in the South China Sea, the present study evaluates how Vietnam has sought to mitigate the increasingly unequal regional power distribution vis-à-vis China. It argues that Vietnam tends to cope with China mainly by engaging itself in hedging strategies on the basis of diversified and strong relationships with different players. Appraising the roles of Russia and the European Union (EU), the study analyzes the pay-offs of Vietnam's military hedging with Russia and its economic hedging with the EU.

European Union Enlargement and Power Distribution in the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament: The Case of the Turkish Application

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 103-124
Author(s):  
Fuad Aleskerov ◽  
Gamze Avcı ◽  
Z. Umut Türem
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Small States ◽  
New Members ◽  
European Union Enlargement ◽  
Large Member ◽  
Council Of Ministers ◽  
The Eu

Critics of European Union (EU) enlargement claim that new members could pose a serious challenge to the existing institutional balances within the EU and endanger future institutional deepening. Together with various enlargements since its inception in 1958, the EU has gone through numerous institutional changes that increasingly reflect its supranational character, although the European Community still contains intergovernmental elements. The most important dimension, which has evolved in this evolutionary process of the EU institutions, is the fine balance between small and large member states in terms of representation and power distribution. This is reflected, for example, in the European Commission, where the ten (relatively) small states are apportioned one commissioner and the remaining five large states two commissioners each.

Facing forwards, looking backwards: Coming to terms with continuing uneven development in Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The North ◽  
Political Response ◽  
The Uk ◽  
North And South ◽  
The Eu

At a time of major changes in the geography of the global economy, and following the major financial and economic crises of 2007/2008, the European Union (EU) is marked by deepening uneven economic development, between and within the territories of its 28 (for now) member states. This is one expression of neo-liberalisation as the dominant political force in the EU, combined with deep austerity policies in response to the crises of 2007/2008. Within the Eurozone, a common currency without a common fiscal policy further intensified inequalities, especially between the economies of the north and south of the EU. These developments had profound political ramifications as the promise of increasing economic growth and material well-being has been rudely shattered for many people and unemployment, poverty and ill-being have burgeoned in many parts of the EU. The political response to this – in ways reminiscent of the 1930s – has been a resurgence of regressive virulent right-wing nationalisms, sometimes with fascistic tendencies, as people have come to see the EU, and neoliberal globalisation, as inimical to their interests. This tendency has been further intensified by inflows of migrants and refugees, many in response to neo-imperialist ventures in the Middle East. This is most starkly (so far) the case in the UK, leading to the British Exit from the European Community (BREXIT) vote to leave the EU. There are counter-tendencies, locally based political movements that espouse a more humane social democratic model of the EU, but there seems little chance of these cohering politically to challenge the dominant view.

scholarly journals The European Union, Conflict Management, and the Normative Illusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 09-36
Author(s):  
Nuno Magalhães
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Conflict Manager ◽  
The Eu

The European Union (EU) has recently become the most active conflict manager, currently deploying more operations than any other organisation. There has been a total of 13 operations of military nature from 2003 to 2019, deployed in Europe and in Africa. The discourse at the level of the European Union emphasizes not only the security of its members but also the importance of humanitarian norms. Do these norms drive the deployment of EU’s military operations? There is literature that recognizes the relevance of norms, suggesting that these factors may indirectly or even directly have a driving impact. On the contrary, I suggest that there is no normative driving impact. To be precise, I argue that power distribution and exposure to conflicts are the fundamental conditions driving the deployment of military operations by the EU.

scholarly journals EU og arbejdspladsromanen

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (84) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
Jonas Ross Kjærgård
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Framework Conditions ◽  
The Eu

The article presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary EU novels, Robert Menasse’s Die Hauptstadt (2017) and Michel Houellebecq’s Sérotonine (2019). Based on the observation that both novels investigate the bureaucracy of the EU and the changing framework conditions of European farmers, this article argues that Menasse and Houellebecq present a peculiar EU power distribution that can be summed up in the formula sovereignty without a sovereign. In investigating the dynamics of this distribution, the novels are shown to combine elements from various novelistic genres, including the proletarian novel, the picaresque and the multiperspectival novel.

Environmental effects of drainage, drain-blocking and prescribed vegetation burning in UK upland peatlands

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J. Ramchunder ◽  
L.E. Brown ◽  
J. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Schematic Model ◽  
Artificial Drainage ◽  
C Storage ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Suspended Sediment Concentrations ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Vegetation Burning ◽  
The Eu

Peatlands are important ecosystems for carbon (C) storage, provision of water resources and biodiversity. UK blanket peats represent 10—15% of those found worldwide. While many peatlands continue to be managed through artificial drainage and vegetation burning, it has long been recognized that local habitats and ecological diversity are strongly influenced by these practices. This paper reviews the hydrological, physicochemical and ecological effects of three widespread UK peatland management practices, namely artificial drainage, drain-blocking and rotational heather burning. Drainage and burning of peat often lead to altered runoff regimes, oxidation of organic matter, changes to C, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycling, and increased metal and suspended sediment concentrations in streams relative to intact peatlands. Although artificial drainage is now rarely implemented on UK upland peats, a great number of historical drains remain, thus drain-blocking is increasingly being applied to restore many peatlands. In contrast, recent increases in the intensity and extent of rotational heather burning may result in further changes to peatland ecosystems. Relatively little is known about the environmental effects of rotational heather burning compared with drainage and drain-blocking management, and for all three of these management techniques there is scarce information on river ecosystem response. We hypothesize some likely effects of basin-scale drainage, drain-blocking and heather burning on stream ecosystems and illustrate these with a schematic model. Such a holistic consideration of peatland river basins is particularly timely with respect to the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.

scholarly journals New Continuum of High Volatile Currency Spillover During EU-BREXIT

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (II) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Javed Satti ◽  
Zaheer Abbas
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
High Frequency Data ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
Index Approach ◽  
Window Technique ◽  
Rolling Window ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Turkish Lira ◽  
The Eu

In this study, the researchers observed the impact of Brexit on the Pound and its spillover to other European countries, likely to be affected during that period. The intraday high-frequency hourly return data of chief monies as Great Britain Pound (GBP), Euro (EUR), Danish Krone (DDK), Hungarian Forint (HUF), Turkish Lira (TRY), Swiss Franc (CHF), Swedish Krona (SEK), and Polish Zloty (PLN), for two months and one day, was utilized. The Intraday volatility spillover index approach and a further rolling window technique applied. The analysis of high-frequency data revealed that four currency pairs as TRY/USD, DKK/USD, PLN/USD, and HUF/USD, are highly volatile currencies. However, three pair currencies as GBP/USD, EUR/USD, and SEK/USD, are comparatively lesser volatile. The results and managerial implications reflect preparedness dynamics and proactiveness for a new continuum project that regional transmission effects of volatility spread from one currency to other currencies in the EU during Brexit.

The Efficiency of CO2 Market in the Phase III EU ETS: Analyzing in the Context of a Dynamic Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Mirzaee Ghazani ◽  
Mohammad Ali Jafari
Keyword(s):  
Historical Data ◽  
Time Windows ◽  
Oscillatory Behavior ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Eu Ets ◽  
Test Statistics ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Window Technique ◽  
Rolling Window ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This study has investigated the changing efficiency for the phase III EU ETS CO2 market using the daily historical data of allowance futures prices and coverage from August 2015 to June 2019. To achieve this goal, we have applied two alternative tests for checking dependency by linear and nonlinear methods, which include Generalized Spectral (GS) and Automatic Portmanteau (AQ). Also, we had a comprehensive look at the carbon market evolution and the EU ETS scheme development over time. The analysis of observed results validates the Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH) in the market, which corresponds with the oscillatory behavior of the applied test statistics' p-values. The other aspect of the study was to analyze the existence of evolutionary behavior on the market. To reach this purpose, we checked the results by applying a rolling window technique with four different time windows (50, 100, 150, and 250 days) on the test statistics in harmony with the adaptive market hypothesis. The obtained results show that overall, market efficiency has been improved by moving toward implementing the higher window lengths.

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