scholarly journals State and non-state regulation in African protracted crises: governance without government?

Afrika Focus ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Raeymaekers ◽  
Ken Menkhaus ◽  
Koen Vlassenroot
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Key Words ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Political Order ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Tangible Evidence ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Governance Processes

This article introduces a collection of papers that treat the question of governance in conditions of protracted crises in Subsahara Africa. Contrary to the widespread belief that African conflicts are little more than (undoubtedly complex and intractable) instances of anarchy and chaos, the authors present the reader with tangible evidence of the existence of non-state governance processes by constituencies attempting to manage the perils of long periods of violent strife and state failure. Their aim is to move beyond the purely empirical and to theorize and situate such phenomena of non-state governance in the broader context of political and social change that is currently reshaping Africa. Key words: protracted crisis, non-state governance, political order 

scholarly journals State and non-state regulation in African protracted crises: governance without government?

Afrika Focus ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Timothy Raeymaekers ◽  
Ken Menkhaus ◽  
Koen Vlassenroot
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Tangible Evidence ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Governance Processes

This article introduces a collection of papers that treat the question of governance in conditions of protracted crises in Subsahara Africa. Contrary to the widespread belief that African conflicts are little more than (undoubtedly complex and intractable) instances of anarchy and chaos, the authors present the reader with tangible evidence of the existence of non-state governance processes by constituencies attempting to manage the perils of long periods of violent strife and state failure. Their aim is to move beyond the purely empirical and to theorize and situate such phenomena of non-state governance in the broader context of political and social change that is currently reshaping Africa.

UNFAIR COMPETITION REGULATION IN AZERBAIJAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (03) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Gülarə Məzahir qızıCahangirli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
State Policies ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Unfair Competition ◽  
Competition State

Key words: unfair competition, state regulation, state policies

Immortality, Romanticism, and the Limit of the Liberal Imagination

PMLA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-525
Author(s):  
Jamison Kantor
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
John Stuart Mill ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Civic Life ◽  
Lionel Trilling ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
The Future ◽  
Liberal Imagination ◽  
Emergent Theory

At Margaret hatcher's funeral, in 2013, attendees received a program with William Wordsworth's Immortality Ode printed on the back. This was unsurprising. he ode has always been popular with igures who champion liberal capitalist democracy as the most efective form of governance, one that delivers reform through incremental change and pragmatic policies rather than revolutionary idealism. Framed by the current unrest in Western civic life, this essay paints a darker picture of this reigning political order. Considering readings of the ode by John Stuart Mill, Cleanth Brooks, and Lionel Trilling, I suggest that the poem allowed liberal intellectuals to romanticize reformist politics. For these readers, Wordsworth reveals a core of sublime possibility within systems built on routinized order. However, idealizing a gradualist approach to reform allows progress to be pushed into the future indeinitely. Tracing the commitment to practical sublimity may reveal an emergent theory of liberal technocracy, in which citizens are compelled to operate under a vast, incomprehensible array of protocols that never quite deliver meaningful social change.

The formation of the business community in the transformation of state regulation of the economy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Олеся Соловьева ◽  
Olesya Solovyeva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Presented in the monograph material comprehensively reflects the results obtained in the course of the study. Developed theoretical and methodological knowledge on the issue of state regulation of business allows you to expand scientific understanding of the evolution of modern business in conditions of transformation of the national economy. Practical recommendations that can be used to create Federal and regional plans, programs, taking into account features of national entrepreneurship in the transformation of private economic initiatives in the economic policy of the state. The scientific results presented in the monograph of the study can provide practical assistance to public authorities and commercial entities of various forms of ownership in the organization of effective interaction. Presents a study designed for undergraduates, graduate students, state governance structures and other persons whose research interests are focused in the field of state regulation of the economy.

Floreas into Virágs: State Regulation of First Names in Dualist Hungary

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 107-127
Author(s):  
Ágoston Berecz
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Special Challenge

The Kingdom of Hungary instituted the civil registry of births, marriages, and deaths in 1894. While the new institution was both eulogized and criticized as a major step in the separation of church and state and toward the creation of a modern, secular Hungary, it also opened up a new path for nation building. In this exceedingly multilingual and multinational country, churches often acted as proxies of cultural and political institutions for the national minorities. In the present article, I examine the specifically nation-building aspects embodied in the new regulation for the official use of first names that accompanied Act XXXIII of 1894 on the civil registry, and focus particularly on Romanian first names. Due to their considerable mismatch with Hungarian first names, Romanian names posed a special challenge to policy makers, and for this reason they demonstrate some less obvious dimensions of the changes instituted in 1894. The geographic parameters of this investigation have been imposed by the spatial framework of a wider research project on the interconnections among language, nationalism, and social change in the eastern part of Dualist Hungary, a territory encompassing Transylvania, the easternmost counties of contemporary Hungary proper (according to the administrative division created in 1876), and the eastern two-thirds of the Banat. This framework enables me to make comparisons with other ethnolinguistic groups, notably Transylvanian Saxons and the Catholic Germans of the Banat.

scholarly journals Cell Wall-Deficient Bacteria as a Cause of Infections: A Review of the Clinical Significance

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Onwuamaegbu ◽  
RA Belcher ◽  
C Soare
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Clinical Significance ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Disease Outcomes ◽  
Disease Associations ◽  
Considerable Controversy ◽  
Widespread Belief

Cell wall-deficient bacteria (CWDB) are pleomorphic bacterial forms. These atypical organisms may occur naturally or they can be induced in the laboratory. Their presence has been known about for over a century, but a definite link to clinical disease outcomes has not been demonstrated. A number of case reports and laboratory studies suggest some disease associations, however. Considerable controversy surrounds the true relevance of CWDB to disease; there is a widespread belief that they may represent a response by the walled organism to adverse extracellular conditions like antibiotic pressure. This review looks at studies published between 1934 and 2003, which were identified by Dialog DataStar using the key words ‘cell wall deficient bacteria and clinical significance and infections’ and by further scanning the reference list at the end of the papers retrieved. We conclude that the evidence for the clinical significance of CWDB in disease is not compelling.

Stability in Yemen awaits deal on new political order

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Order ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Popular Appeal ◽  
Rapid Emergence

Significance This, combined with a conciliatory speech from Huthi leader Abd al-Malik al-Huthi, signals that a compromise may be negotiated to end the impasse triggered by the resignation of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah on January 22. They resigned after Huthi militants failed to withdraw from the presidential residence following clashes in Sana'a earlier in the week. At the root of the crisis is the Huthis' rapid emergence as the strongest single group in Yemen, and the need for new political arrangements to accommodate this. Impacts Failure to reach an agreement would increase the risk of state failure, fragmentation and a major humanitarian crisis. The alliance between the Huthis and Saleh is purely tactical and is likely to collapse. Al-Qaida will seek to exploit the vacuum to extend its military reach and popular appeal as the defender of Sunnis. The Huthi advance has effectively annulled the transition deal agreed following the 2011 uprising.

When States Fail: The Politics of Orthodox Churches, Forced Displacement and Humanitarian Structures in Serbia and Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucian N Leustean
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
State Failure ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Forced Displacement ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Governance ◽  
European Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Government

Abstract In Serbia, during the 2015 European refugee crisis, the Orthodox Church mobilized communities in providing humanitarian aid before local authorities and the government issued an organized response. Two years later, in December 2017, with the support of the Orthodox Church, Ukraine exchanged war prisoners with the separatist authorities in Donbas. In both countries, the social and political involvement of Orthodox Churches in dealing with forced displacement was unprecedented. Drawing on literature review and interviews with 25 representatives of governmental and civil-society bodies, members of the clergy and academics, this article explores the ways in which, in Serbia and Ukraine, when states fail to offer support for populations affected by violence, religious communities have been among the first actors to take over state governance and provide human security. It argues that, by doing so, Orthodox Churches become open to politicization from state authorities. The article contributes to the study of religion and forced displacement by linking the politicization of Orthodox Churches to the concept of state failure.

IMPROVEMENT OF MECHANISMS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN FIELD OF FIRE SAFETY AS A COMPLEX NATIONAL SECURITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Sergey Georgiyovych Bugaytsov ◽  
Vasyl Anatoliyovych Shoyko
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Facilities ◽  
State Management ◽  
Independent Expert ◽  
State Governance

The article describes the objects of administrative influences from the position of development of the sphere of fire safety. Mechanisms of state management of the fire safety sphere in Ukraine are investigated. The main causes of fires in Ukraine are identified according to experts. Proposals have been made on the necessary changes to the law of Ukraine “On the Fundamentals of National Security of Ukraine”. The proposed scientific and theoretical foundations of mechanisms for the implementation of state governance in the field of fire safety. It was determined that the state should always act as a reliable guarantor of mandatory liability of organizations operating hazardous industrial facilities, establish criteria for determining the amount of financial security for civil liability for damage caused by an emergency situation related to the occurrence of a fire; introduction of scientifically sound approaches to the assessment of fire damage with the involvement of independent expert organizations; development of the regulatory and legal framework for the implementation of supervisory functions and ensuring the responsibility of managers of enterprises (institutions, organizations) and executive authorities in the field of fire safety. At the same time, it is justified that the main indicators in the state regulation should be considered: the frequency of fires, losses, the costs of measures to prevent and eliminate emergencies associated with the occurrence of a fire and prevented damage. It is specified that the understanding of the importance of fire safety as a priority component of national security is not very deep in our opinion, is also due to the fact that the losses that result from the occurrence of fires are not always properly calculated. In our opinion, the calculations of only a set of known losses can not expose all the costs that the state and society bear on the results of fires. The most obvious example is the consequences of a fire in the forest.

Particularly Universal Encounters: Ethnographic Explorations into a Laboratory of World Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
Teresa Koloma Beck
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
World Politics ◽  
World Society ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Experimental Setting ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions

This chapter reviews an experimental setting that is of major relevance in world politics, particularly international military, and humanitarian interventions in armed conflicts. It defines the laboratories of world society as societies that are subject to intervention. It also talks about the enactment, stabilization, and negotiation of an abstract and global epistemic, and normative and political order in human interaction, which makes them productive fields for the study of social change in world society. The chapter sketches the potential of an approach based on an ethnographic research into the intervention in Afghanistan. It focuses on one field of interventionist politics that has attracted particular attention and controversy: policies to empower women.

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