How a Bill Becomes a Law, Hollywood Style

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Mordecai Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Political ◽  
Positive Contribution

While film studies have become common in public administration, no inquiries have related to the cinematic depiction of the process of public law, a subject that is the underpinning of all public administration. This inquiry identified thirteen movies that present scenes of how a bill becomes a law. From these movies the American public learns about lawmaking, as a civics lesson writ large. In large part, these movies are relatively accurate about both the technical steps involved in legislation as well as the political and behind- the-scenes aspects of decision-making in Congress. This means the movies are making a positive contribution to understanding public administration. Given the contemporary sense of a decline in the quality of Congress, these movies have contributed not just to a relatively realistic understanding of how a bill becomes a law, but probably also to public support for reform. Public administration would be one of the beneficiaries ofreforms that improve Congressional decision-making.

IT in Improvement of Public Administration

2011 ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kisielnicki
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Management System ◽  
Handling Time ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
City Hall ◽  
The City

Bialystok City Hall is an organ of public administration. The city of Bialystok has 280,000 inhabitants. In result of the political transformation in Poland, the new authorities have inherited a bureaucratic and inefficient management system as well as an outdated IT. In the electoral programme for 2000 - 2004, the following objectives have been set for the City Hall: to significantly improve the quality of operations and, in particular, to reduce time of handling affairs; to provide complex and professional customer service; to improve the management of assets. In order to improve the City Hall management system, reengineering and TQM rules have been applied. The new management system has been based on new IT solutions, including extranet network and integrated database. In consequence of those changes, some significant results have been achieved, e.g., an improvement of the quality of customer service and also a possibility to monitor the City Hall operational procedures. The vital result however, was a reduction of the decision-making time by the average of 30% and the reduction of the routine affairs handling time by the average of 25%.

scholarly journals The epistemology of democracy: The epistemic virtues of democracy

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Snjezana Prijic-Samarzija
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social System ◽  
Epistemic Justification ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Epistemic Values ◽  
Epistemic Virtues ◽  
Political Justification

The new and vibrant field of the epistemology of democracy, or the inquiry about the epistemic justification of democracy as a social system of procedures, institutions, and practices, as a cross-disciplinary endeavour, necessarily encounters both epistemologists and political philosophers. Despite possible complaints that this kind of discussion is either insufficiently epistemological or insufficiently political, my approach explicitly aims to harmonize the political and epistemic justification of democracy. In this article, I tackle some fundamental issues concerning the nature of the epistemic justification of democracy and the best theoretical framework for harmonizing political and epistemic values. I also inquire whether the proposed division of epistemic labour and the inclusion of experts can indeed improve the epistemic quality of decision-making without jeopardizing political justification. More specifically, I argue in favour of three theses. First, not only democratic procedures but also the outcomes of democracy, as a social system, need to be epistemically virtuous. Second, democracy?s epistemic virtues are more than just a tool for achieving political goals. Third, an appropriate division of epistemic labour has to overcome the limitations of both individual and collective intelligence.

scholarly journals Poliheuristic Theory and Indonesia’s Absence in Deep-Sea Mining (DSM)

2021 ◽  
pp. 186810342110367
Author(s):  
Moch Faisal Karim ◽  
Willy Dwira Yudha
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The Political ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The Many

Indonesia is among the many states that have become interested in conducting deep-sea mining (DSM) since it first became viable in the 1970s. However, it was during the administration of President Joko Widodo (2014–2019) that DSM became an important viable endeavour, with the increasing depletion of Indonesia’s mineral and metal reserves. Nevertheless, Indonesia is yet to undertake DSM activity. This article aims to explain the absence of DSM in Indonesia by analysing the political dimensions of the decision-making process during President Widodo’s administration. This research utilises the poliheuristic theory (PHT) of decision-making. It shows that Indonesia’s DSM absence is the result of conscious decisions made by President Widodo to avoid loss in public support and drop in popularity. This article contributes to expanding the study of non-event or non-decision, which has been largely ignored in decision-making literature in Indonesia.

Internal review systems and administrative justice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Administrative Organization ◽  
Initial Decision ◽  
Internal Review ◽  
Administrative Justice

Internal review is a process whereby an administrative organization reconsiders its own decisions. The rationales typically offered for internal review are that it provides a means of challenging administrative decisions which is more accessible, quicker, and more cost-effective than external remedies such as appeals to tribunal and judicial review, and encourages improvement in the quality of initial decision-making in public administration. This chapter reviews the use made of internal review and evaluates the performance of several existing systems of internal review, concluding that they have failed to deliver the benefits claimed for them. Possible reasons for this failure are discussed and suggestions made as to what is required for internal review systems to achieve the aims to providing effective remedies for bad decisions and to contributing to improving initial decision-making.

Taking Public Administration Seriously

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Joseph Heath
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Democratic Legitimacy ◽  
Administrative Power ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The One ◽  
Public Decision

This chapter begins with a series of examples that illustrate the power wielded by unelected state officials. This power includes not only discretion but also control over the policy process, as well as the ability to bring pressure to bear upon elected officials. The exercise of this administrative power, far from being an imperfection in the system, contributes a great deal to the quality of public decision-making. But it raises a difficult normative question concerning how unelected officials can wield power in a way that is consistent with the commitment to political neutrality of the permanent civil service and to the more general principles of democratic legitimacy that govern liberal-democratic states. A contrast is drawn between this position and the one defended by Pierre Rosanvallon.

scholarly journals Transparency of the decision-making process during the Coronavirus pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-97
Author(s):  
Irina Ciacir ◽  
◽  
Ecaterina Subina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Republic

2020 is a year of global change. The spread of the COVID-19 virus was an impetus for transformation. The entire globe confronts impediments hard-to-anticipate, but who endangers people’s life. This article refers to the transparency of the decision-making process in the pandemic period. Also, it is explained the communication problems that can appear in complicated situations between the public administration and the citizen. Both the authorities of the European Union, in general, and of the Republic of Moldova, in particular, encounter social problems, which must be resolved in a very short period. Many decisions must be made promptly and unforeseen. It is important that this process does not affect the quality of public services provided and does not infringe on the rights of citizens. Thus, the decision-making process must be transparent and accessible to citizens

scholarly journals BIG DATA IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN PUBLIC POLICY: FROM ANALYSIS OF THEORIES TO EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRACTICES

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-51
Author(s):  
S. А. Shmeleva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Political Decision Making

This article analyzes the theoretical research base of the last decade on the use of big data in the decision-making process in public administration and describes the methodology proposed by Van der Voort for eval-uating the influence of the two elements on each other. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that there is an extensive study of the use of big data in public administration with an emphasis on potential benefits and threats that conditionally divides researchers into techno-optimists and techno-pessimists. Most studies are empirical in nature, however, they are fragmented and use different approaches to identify the relationships between big data and political decision making. The question arises as to how can we verify or evaluate the relationship between big data and the political decision-making process, taking into account both the dubious reliability of the data used in the process and the interests of decision-makers. The article describes the methodology proposed by Van der Voort for assessing these relationships taking into account the role of ac-tors in the political decision-making process using big data, as well as their interests and values.

An Expertise as a Part of Decision-making Training for Educational Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.В. Гончар ◽  
С.В. Усков
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Separate Type ◽  
Master's Degree Programs ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Master’S Degree

в меняющихся условиях экспертиза на всех уровнях управления образованием становится компонентом процессов принятия решений, все более определяющим их качество. В этой связи экспертная деятельность в образовании получает развитие и обосабливается в отдельный тип профессиональных задач, требующий от субъектов экспертной деятельности овладения специальными компетенциями. Успешная подготовка руководителей и организаторов образования к экспертной деятельности может быть реализована в магистратуре по направлению «Педагогическое образование», а также в рамках направления «Государственное и муниципальное управление» с опорой на андрагогический подход и встраивание экспертных технологий в учебную и исследовательскую работу обучающихся. while uncertainty at all levels of educational management, the expertise increases its influence on the quality of decision-making processes and results. Therefore, the educational expert activity is developing and completed as a separate type of professional tasks. It requires subjects of expertise to master special competencies. Successful training for educational managers to expert activities can be implemented through the master’s degree programs on pedagogy and public administration if it bases on andragogical approach and uses expertise as a part of studying and research.

Policy analysis, the political game and institutional change in the labor market

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graciela Bensusan ◽  
Ilan Bizberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Rules Of The Game

This chapter analyses two public policy cases: The most recent labour and educational reforms in Mexico. It focused on these two cases because they show the interplay and decision making of social and political actors framed in a corporatist arrangement and its consequences on the design and implementation of public policies. The chapter is organized as follows: First, it presents an analysis of each of the abovementioned public policies and their institutional changes. It then studies the political processes through which the decisions were made, taking into account what was at stake, the actors involved, the scenarios and the rules of the game. The chapter then discusses the way in which all these factors influenced the quality of policy analysis, the implementation of the policies adopted and the manner in which corporatism diminished their effectiveness, credibility and permanence.

scholarly journals The activities of the second and third Orbán governments in the first hundred days

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-125
Author(s):  
Ádám Nyerges
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Political System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
The Past ◽  
Qualified Majority ◽  
Government Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The subject of the present study is an examination of the activities of two governments with a two-thirds parliamentary majority. For the past 10 years, it has been these governments with two closed cycles of government that have had the authority to structurally transform the Hungarian political system without the involvement of the opposition. The study will also present the measures taken over the first hundred days, as well as, to a lesser extent, the political environment of each government and the predestined goals. The summary also highlights some similarities and differences in the speed and quality of government work and its decision-making, which requires a qualified majority.

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