scholarly journals From Welfare State to Optimal Size of Government: A Paradigm Shift for Public Policy

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Caragata
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Optimal Size ◽  
Size Of Government

scholarly journals Aggressors and resilient youths in Medellin, Colombia: the need for a paradigm shift in order to overcome violence

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 2208-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. Duque ◽  
Nilton E. Montoya ◽  
Alexandra Restrepo
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
High Ratio ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Sexually Risky ◽  
And Control ◽  
Resilient Behavior

The objective of this study was to estimate the ratio of resilient youth and compare this to youth with aggressive behavior, and to youth who also exhibit sexually risky behavior and drug use. A cross-section study of a representative sample of people between aged between 12 and 60 who are residents of Medellin, Colombia, and its metropolitan area (N = 4,654) was employed using probabilistic multi-stage sampling. Youth between 14 and 26 years old were selected for the present analysis (n = 1,780). The proportion of resilient youth is 22.9%, of aggressors is 11.3%, and that of youth with other risky conduct is 65.8%. The high ratio of resilient youth calls for a reorientation of public policy toward prevention and control of violence, prioritizing the promotion of resilient behavior instead of continuing with tertiary prevention actions.

scholarly journals Internal Migration and Public Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele G. Giuranno ◽  
Rongili Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Government Spending ◽  
Median Voter ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Size Of Government ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Distribution Of Income ◽  
Actual Size

Abstract This paper studies the relation between internal migration and public spending on public goods. We describe centralized public policy when a central government is comprised of elected representatives from local electoral districts. Internal migration determines the median voter in the districts. The median voters decide the equilibrium policy through bargaining. We find the conditions under which voters’ mobility results in larger or smaller public spending. Furthermore, the distance between the actual size and the efficient size of government spending depends on the way internal migration changes the distribution of income within and between districts.

Economics and policy analysis: ‘from state to market’?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Benamouzig ◽  
Frédéric Lebaron
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Historical Viewpoint ◽  
And Diffusion

This chapter describes and analyses the progressive spread of economic "expertise" in the sphere of public policy. It sketches the historical process of the expansion of economic expertise in France, and discusses the way it involves a reshaping of the relations between the State, markets, universities, and other relevant institutional entities (e.g., political parties, unions, etc.), as well as society in general. Considered from this socio-historical viewpoint, economic expertise seems to have contributed to the opening of State-centered regulation to more pluralistic and market-driven public policies in a number of sectors. The analysis draws more specifically on the case of health care, which has been engaged in a clear transformation from a traditional (welfare) State-centered regulation to more open and economically-driven policy. Various components of economic expertise and its concrete uses are under scrutiny, such as classic macroeconomic/econometric forecasting and conjunctural analysis; sectorial expertise; think tanks and organization-related expertise or counter-expertise; academic knowledge in the sphere of policy advice and decision-making; and the production and diffusion of economic discourse through newspapers, magazines, books, etc.

scholarly journals Government expenditure in New Zealand since 1935: a preliminary reassessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Optimal Size ◽  
Economic Issue ◽  
Size Of Government ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Term Data

The optimal size of government is an important political and economic issue. However, because no long-term government expenditure series has official standing, New Zealand is often a missing case in comparative studies of government expenditure (Castles, 1998). Although government expenditure data is available from 1972 on Treasury’s website (New Zealand Treasury, 2016), the most widely used data before 1972 is a ‘consolidated’ long-term data series, on Statistics New Zealand’s website, which uses data from a number of sources and is published with strong disclaimers. 

Welfare

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Weale
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Policy Discussion ◽  
Public Decision

Notions of welfare occur widely in political philosophy and political argument. For example, utilitarianism is a social ethic that may be interpreted as giving a pre-eminent place to the idea that the welfare of society should be the overriding goal of public policy. Discussion of the ethics of redistribution focuses upon the institutions and practices of the so-called welfare state. Even those not convinced that we can validly speak of animal rights will often accept that considerations of animal welfare should play a part in legislation and morals. Moreover, the concept of welfare is clearly related to, and indeed overlaps with, concepts like ‘needs’ or ‘interests’, which are also central to public decision making and action. Welfare can be thought of in three ways. Firstly, there is a subjective sense, in which to say that something contributes to a person’s welfare is to say that it makes for the satisfaction of a preference. However, people can adapt their preferences to their circumstances, and happy slaves might be better off changing their preferences than having them satisfied. This thought leads on to the second sense of welfare as doing well according to some objective measure, like the possession of property. However, this conception can ignore subjective differences between people and fail to account for their capacity to take advantage of their objective circumstances. Hence, a third conception of welfare would make the capacity to take advantage of one’s possessions an essential element of welfare. A satisfactory overall conception will have to bring these ideas together.

Public Policy and the Welfare State

The USSR ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
Darrell P. Hammer
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
The Welfare State

Public policy: from welfare to empowerment of women in India

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indira Mahendravada
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Sample Surveys ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Women In India ◽  
The Capability Approach

This chapter examines the paradigm shift in public policy from welfare to the empowerment of women in Karnataka, India. Drawing on data collected through sample surveys from two districts in rural Karnataka, it considers the impact of policy interventions on the empowerment of women in Karnataka at the micro level by using the capability approach. The study tests whether the policy of involving non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the empowerment of rural women positively affects the autonomy of women measured in terms of capabilities. The chapter first presents an overview of the capability approach, its application to women's empowerment and agency, and indicators to measure autonomy before discussing the findings from the study of Karnataka women. The study provides evidence that the policy of involving NGOs in delivering inputs for the empowerment of women has enhanced the capabilities of women in Karnataka.

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