Public Policy and Quality of Life: An Empirical Analysis of Interstate Migration, 2000-2012

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Sorens
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Interstate Migration

scholarly journals Environmental entrepreneurship and public policy: the case of the Programa Emprender para la Vida (Entrepreneurship for Life Program)

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (61) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana María Arroyave Puerta ◽  
Flor Ángela Marulanda Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Colombian Government ◽  
Depth Interviews

Nowadays, several mega-trends capture the attention of governments, academia and the public in general given their implications for the quality of life and the development of nations. This work deals with two of them: entrepreneurship and environmental protection, as a result of research aimed at analyzing the processes, actors and results of the “Entrepreneurship for Life” Program led by the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area, executed during the period from 2012 to 2015, in order to contribute to the improvement of public policies on eco-entrepreneurship. The methodology of the Synergy System1, applied by the Colombian Government, was used to appraise public policies. The required information was collected through in-depth interviews with the creator of the program, the entrepreneurs who benefited from it, officials of the entities involved and experts. Then, it was complemented by the analysis of documents such as minutes, reports and other sources. Among other results, it was evident that, although the public policy on environmental entrepreneurship is still incipient, the evaluated Program met the objectives for which it was created.

scholarly journals Health, Wealth or Wisdom? Religion and the Paradox of Prosperity

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Elaine Graham
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
The West ◽  
Contributory Factors ◽  
Vexed Question

AbstractThe so-called 'happiness hypothesis', associated with the work of the economist Richard Layard, has attracted much public debate over recent years. Its main contention is that despite rising levels of material prosperity in the west, incidence of recorded happiness and greater quality of life has not increased accordingly. In considering the major contributory factors to happiness and well-being, however, Layard is not alone in identifying the significance of religious values and participation in religion for positive and enduring levels of happiness. In response, this article critiques some of the evidence correlating religion and well-being, as well as considering the broader and much more vexed question of how far public policy is capable of incorporating questions of belief and value into its indicators of happiness and the good life. Drawing on traditions of virtue ethics as the cultivation of 'the life well-lived', I ask whether specifically Christian accounts of human flourishing and the good life still have any bearing in the wider public domain, and what 'rules of engagement' might need to be articulated in any dialogue between Christian values and the discourse of theology and a pluralist society.

scholarly journals The Process Of Advocacy In Romanian Public Policy

10.26458/1617 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gurgu ◽  
Raluca Ileana ZORZOLIU
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Free Enterprise ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Civil Society Participation

Influencing public policy in favor of interest groups can be achieved through advocacy associations legally constituted whose mission is to: promovate professional excellence in the application of advanced practices of advocacy, strengthen civil society participation in development of public policies and continuously develop policies to private firms.. Through advocacy associations can uphold and enforce the values of entrepreneurship and free enterprise. Any resource used in advocacy efforts associations should generate added value and impact, contribute to the progress, development and improved quality of life. Advocacy associations must primarily promotes technical and professional skills of advocacy for any civil society interested group with honesty, dignity, mutual respect, transparency and social responsibility in order to strengthen the system of participatory democracy to which they are signatories. 

Partnerships for Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gray ◽  
Jill Purdy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Marine Stewardship Council

Both the management and the public policy literatures have documented an uptick in the number of partnerships formed to address sustainability. Sustainability refers to fostering the total quality of life, now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on which life depends while satisfying the basic needs of all stakeholders. These partnerships range from alliances between businesses and NGOs to community partnerships to address global warming to industry-level, certifying and norm-setting bodies designed as substitutes for government intervention (such as the Soya Roundtable, the Marine Stewardship Council, and the Better Cotton Initiative). How partners define sustainability will affect the ease or difficulty with which they can partner. This chapter introduces a continuum of sustainability partnerships ranging from one-off engagements to sustained transformative efforts among many partners and considers the outcomes that partners from each sector seek in joining these partnerships.

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