scholarly journals Romania’s Anti-Corruption Policy: Results, Prospects and Experience for Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 144-158
Author(s):  
Iuliia Myndresku
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Quantitative Result ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Activity System ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Legal Decisions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

The article analyzes the results and prospects of anti-corruption policy in Romania. Using the method of a logical chain model for evaluating government programs and projects made it possible to prove that two competing approaches have emerged in Romania regarding the appropriateness of the forms and methods of this process: the first of them is focused on the quantitative result of anti-corruption policy, which is achieved despite numerous procedural violations of the legal procedure; the second emphasizes the need and importance of ensuring and strict observance of procedural guarantees and legal decisions focused on the quality of the results of anti-corruption activities of special anti-corruption structures. It was found that the growth of the institutional and organizational potential of anti-corruption structures in Romania led to a quantitative increase in the effectiveness of anti-corruption policy, while reducing its qualitative indicators, reflected in the procedural characteristics of the implementation of anti-corruption policy. Such a ratio of quantitative and qualitative results of anti-corruption policy indicates a certain imbalance in the activities of the structures of the anti-corruption activity system and requires a political adjustment of anti-corruption policy. It has been substantiated that the most important aspect of anti-corruption practices that can be used in Ukraine is the public consensus on the ratio of quantitative and qualitative indicators of the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of anti-corruption policy. It is noted that the pursuit of quantitative indicators, however, as well as neglect of them, will inevitably form a public discourse about the organizational necessity / importance of the national system of anti-corruption institutions and the principles of anti-corruption policy.

Die Reformen des Wahlrechts zum Deutschen Bundestag 2011 und 2013 im öffentlichen Diskurs

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 844-864
Author(s):  
Eric Linhart ◽  
Oke Bahnsen
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Electoral Law ◽  
German Newspapers

The German electoral law to the federal parliament was reformed in 2011 and in 2013 . While political scientists have extensively evaluated consequences of these reforms, the role of the public discourse has been largely neglected . We analyze articles from three leading German newspapers (FAZ, SZ, Welt) on this topic and find the debate around the reforms to be dominated by parties and political institutions . Scientists, interest groups, and journalists have only played minor roles . Regarding content, the discourse largely focused on surplus seats, reform speed, and a proposal by the CDU/CSU‑FDP coalition government in 2011 . A broad public debate in which multiple social groups could participate has not taken place . From a normative perspective this is problematic since the lack of a public debate might have contributed to the poor quality of the reform’s result .

Moral and Ethical Problems of Public Service Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
E. Il'chenko ◽  
O. Gorina
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Separate Region ◽  
Structural Entity

The civil service is a structural entity endowed with a certain amount of competence and authority necessary for the implementation of the tasks assigned to it. An analysis of the effectiveness of the public administration sector indicates a clear relationship between the activities of civil servants and the performance of government bodies. The quality of the work of the authorities has a significant impact on the effectiveness of the implementation of government programs. Modern conditions for reforming the civil service require civil servants to have such qualities as: education, upbringing of civil servants, their professionalism, driving motives for entering and passing the civil service. It becomes obvious that the lack of these qualities among civil servants reduces the effectiveness of the implementation of government initiatives. The article presents the results of research on the moral and ethical problems of the development of the state civil service at the level of the country and a separate region.

Using God-Talk in a Secular Society: Time for a New Conversation on Public Issues?

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Andrew Bradstock
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Square ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Right ◽  
Michael Sandel

Abstract The role that religious language should play in the ‘public square’ has long been a matter of debate. As Rawls, Rorty, Audi and others have long argued, albeit with subtle variations, discussion on public issues must be truly ‘public’ and therefore employ vocabulary, principles and reasoning which are intelligible to any reasonable person and based on public canons of validity. But does this argument do justice to religious voices? Can the growing number of such voices clamouring for the right to be heard continue to be ignored? Does excluding conviction-based language from public debate lessen the quality of that debate and the potential to find effective solutions to policy challenges? Drawing upon recent work by Jonathan Chaplin, Rowan Williams, Roger Trigg and Michael Sandel, this article examines the current state of scholarship on the question of language in public discourse, and concludes that the case for ‘confessional candour’ to be accepted in such discourse is overwhelming and could have a positive effect on policy outcomes. A prerequisite to this, however—at least within the context of New Zealand—will be a fresh debate about the meaning and scope of the term ‘secularism’.

scholarly journals Digital Modernization of the System of Public Administration: Prerogatives and Barriers

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 05003
Author(s):  
Sayabek Ziyadin ◽  
Khakimzhan Malayev ◽  
Igor Fernández-Plazaola ◽  
Gulim Ismail ◽  
Anara Beyzhanova
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Administration System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
High Level

In most advanced countries of the world, the transition of public administration to “digital tracks” is proceeding rather slowly; development is far behind officially defined and announced schedules. In this regard, the digital modernization of the public administration system becomes particularly relevant. The purpose of the article is to identify the prerogatives for digital modernization of the public administration system, based on an assessment of the development of digital government and identification of major barriers. Based on the assessment, a high level of development of the digital government in Kazakhstan has been determined, despite the special emphasis of government agencies on automation in recent years, the visible results of the conversion of public services into electronic format are still unsatisfactory. The article discusses the main barriers and prerogatives of digital modernization of the public administration system. The authors conclude that active digital modernization of the public administration system implies the expansion of methods for analyzing and evaluating the implementation of government programs and projects, including the audit of the effectiveness and efficiency of their implementation.

Literacy in statistics for the public discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Walter J. Radermacher
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
And Training

If one assesses the quality of statistics according to whether they are fit for purpose, one must put the question of this very purpose at the beginning, not only for the production of statistics, but also for their use and the literacy required. In this contribution, public discourse, political communication and decision-making processes are placed at the beginning of the argument. Official statistics work with a conceptual approach in which very much emphasis is placed on standardisation of products and processes, thus ensuring comparability of facts in regional and temporal terms. Only in this way can statistics be used as a common language to objectify conflicting issues. It is not about everyone being able to create his or her own statistical model of reality, quite the opposite. In this sense, public statistics are an infrastructure, comparable to rail transport. Moreover, statistical processes today are highly rationalised and industrialised, comparable to a factory. So, when approaching the question of what literacy is needed in this particular application area of statistics, the education and training of professional statisticians has accordingly specific requirements, which are in many ways comparable to what professions in other industries or in the operation of the railways should have as a basic qualification. For the citizen, the entrepreneur, the teacher, the student, etc., who wants to understand and apply the indicators of the public statistical sources, technical skills are of secondary importance. Rather, it is necessary to understand enough about the product and its properties to be able to judge its quality in the light of personal application goals and questions. This indeed already presupposes a lot of knowledge and experience in dealing with quantitative information. Such competencies do not necessarily belong to the field of mathematics but demand practice in interpreting indicators in their context, an assessment of the reliability of sources and processes, experience with graphical representations of statistics (including the flaws that may appear in them) and practice in assessing uncertainties, etc. One needs to know a certain amount about the data sources, the preparation processes, quality standards, etc., but not at the level that would be required if one were to carry out this work oneself.

scholarly journals New Educational Discourse: The Well-Being of Schoolchildren

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
K.N. Polivanova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Wide Scale

The article traces the logical sequence of the emergence of the constructs “quality of life” and “well-being” in the public discourse. It is shown that gradually since the end of the 60s of the XX century, the socio-economic and public sphere is turning to invest in education and health, indicators of well-being are being developed. Within the framework of the economy of well-being, it is shown that contributions to the quality of life enhance economic development. The analysis of the wide-scale PISA project shows an increasing body of data on the well-being of schoolchildren. It is shown that over the course of six successive waves of the PISA project, research interest has expanded from recording academic achievements in different countries to indicators of the quality of the educational environment and then to discussing the well-being of schoolchildren. Initially, the characteristics of the school environment were analyzed as factors that contribute to improving academic achievement. Since 2015, well-being has been studied as such, recognizing the importance of a student's well-being and experiences outside of their relationship to achievement. The well-being of schoolchildren is described as a set of its components such as cognitive, psychological, social, physical, and material. The article states that this turn indicates a significant change in the “education” construct itself: it is now considered not only as a preparation for the future life through the achievement of educational results by the student, but also as a part of the life cycle, valuable in itself.

scholarly journals Implementasi Sistem Informasi Manajemen Nikah Dalam Peningkatan Kualitas Layanan (Studi Deskriptif di Kantor Urusan Agama Kecamatan Ciwidey)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Sutisna Sutisna ◽  
A. Bachrun Rifa'i ◽  
Yuliani Yuliani
Keyword(s):  
Management Information System ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Application System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Descriptive Method

ABSTRAK Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui secara faktual mengenai Implementasi Sistem Informasi Manajemen Nikah dalam peningkatan kualitas layanan di Kantor Urusan Agama Kecamatan Ciwidey yang dilihat dari segi kualitas sistem aplikasi SIMKAH, urgensi penerapan sistem dan kualitas informasi yang dihasilkan oleh aplikasi SIMKAH. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Penelitian ini diperoleh dengan cara observasi lapangan, wawancara, studi kepustakaan dan studi dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kualitas sistem dari aplikasi SIMKAH sangat baik, karena mudah digunakan dan lengkap sehingga dapat mendukung segala aktivitas pelayanan kepada masyarakat. Akan tetapi masih belum optimal karena server dan jaringan sering mengalami gangguan sehingga berpengaruh pada kecepatan aplikasi. Urgensi penerapan sistem merupakan upaya mendukung pelaksanaan program pemerintah dalam memaksimalkan pelayanan kepada masyarakat berbasis IT dan membantu petugas KUA dalam bidang pencatatan nikah dan rujuk. Kualitas informasi yang dihasilkan dari sistem tersebut sudah relevan dengan kebutuhan pengguna dan output nya lengkap dan dapat langsung dirasakan oleh pengguna sistem dan masyarakat sebagai penerima informasi.Kata Kunci : Sistem Informasi Manajemen Nikah; Kualitas LayananABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out factually about the Implementation of Marriage Management Information Systems in improving service quality at the Ciwidey District Religious Affairs Office in terms of the quality of the SIMKAH application system, the urgency of the system implementation and the quality of information produced by the SIMKAH application. The method used is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. This research was obtained by field observations, interviews, literature studies and documentation studies. The results of this study indicate that the quality of the SIMKAH application system is very good, because it is easy to use and complete so that it can support all service activities to the community. However, it is still not optimal because servers and networks often experience interference so that it affects the application speed. The urgency of implementing the system is an effort to support the implementation of government programs in maximizing services to the IT-based community and assisting KUA officers in the field of marriage and referral registration. The quality of information generated from the system is relevant to the needs of users and its output is complete and can be directly felt by users of the system and the public as recipients of information.Keywords : Marriage Management Information System; Quality of Service

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kunjungan K4 di Puskesmas Katomaliga Beteleme, Kecamatan Lembo, Kabupaten Morowali Utara, Sulawesi Tengah

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Jessica Florensia Lawani ◽  
Risma Riendera
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
The Public

The high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Indonesia proves that the quality of various government programs in an effort to reduce MMR is not optimal, one of which is antenatal care (ANC). The quality of ANC service implementation can be assessed from the achievement of the K4 visit. The purpose of this research was to determine the factors related to the K4 visit at the Public Health Center’s ofKatomaliga Beteleme, Lembo Sub-District, North Morowali District, Central Sulawesi.This type of research is analytic survey with cross sectional approach. The sampling technique used probability sampling with random sampling (simple random sampling) totaling 144 respondents. The research instrument used a data collection format made in columns and rows containing numbers, initials name, age, occupation, gravida and K4 visits. Data analysis used Chi square statistical test. The results of this research indicate the factors associated with the K4 visit, namely gravida (p = 0.000) and those that are not related to the K4 visit, namely age (p = 0.462) and occupation (p = 0.838). Thus it is concluded that there is a gravida relationship with K4 visits and there is no relationship between age and occupation with K4 visits at Puskesmas Katomaliga Beteleme. ABSTRAK Tingginya Angka Kematian Ibu (AKI) di Indonesia membuktikan bahwa mutu dari berbagai program pemerintah dalam upaya penurunan AKI belum optimal, salah satunya adalah antenatal care (ANC).Mutu pelaksanaan pelayanan ANC dapat dinilai dari pencapaian kunjungan K4.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengankunjungan K4 di Puskesmas Katomaliga Beteleme Kecamatan Lembo, Kabupaten Morowali Utara, Sulawesi Tengah.Jenis penelitian survey analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Teknikpengambilan sampel menggunakan probability sampling dengan pengambilan secara acak (simple random sampling) berjumlah 144 responden.Instrumen penelitian menggunakan format pengumpulan data yang dibuat dalam kolom-kolom dan lajur-lajur yang berisi nomor, inisial nama, umur, pekerjaan, gravida dan kunjungan K4.Analisis data menggunakan uji statistik Chi square.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan faktor yang berhubungan dengan kunjungan K4, yaitu gravida (p = 0,000) dan yang tidak berhubungan dengan kunjungan K4, yaitu umur (p = 0,462)dan pekerjaan (p = 0,838).Dengan demikian disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan gravida dengan kunjungan K4 dan tidak ada hubungan umur serta pekerjaan dengan kunjungan K4 di Puskesmas Katomaliga Beteleme.  

scholarly journals Women Mayors in Spain: An Analysis of Gender Differences in the Management and Quality of Information on Municipal Websites

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Francisco-Javier Herrero-Gutiérrez ◽  
Núria Simelio ◽  
Lara Carrascosa Puertas
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Women Mayors ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Institutional Websites

This article analyses the differences in the level of transparency and quality of information on the institutional websites of Spanish councils depending on whether the mayor’s office is held by a woman or a man. We focus on 605 Spanish municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants in which women mayors represent 26.3% (n = 159) of the total. The method is based on 52 quantitative indicators divided into two thematic blocks related to municipal transparency and to information for participation. The principal results reveal that municipalities led by women yield better results in terms of compliance with the indicators evaluated, with 50.68%, compared to the municipalities in which the mayor is a man, with 38.13%. In addition, a more detailed analysis reveals how women mayors obtain better results in all groups of indicators: transparency, quality of the information published on municipal websites and tools provided for citizen participation. The study reveals how the increase in elected women has a positive influence on the implementation of policies that allow for more transparent information and communication and that promote greater inclusion of citizens in the public debate.

Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan. Edited and translated by Fran Martin. [Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2003. 248 pp. $18.95. ISBN 0-8248-2661-2.]

2003 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 1116-1118
Author(s):  
Jens Damm
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Social History ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Hawai'i

This collection of ten short stories from the 1990s, translated and annotated by Fran Martin, highlights the importance of the topic “queer” in a non-Western context. Not only is the excellent quality of the translation worthy of mention; the familiarity of the author with queer theory, Taiwanese social history and Chinese literature in general is also outstanding.In her detailed introduction, Fran Martin illustrates vividly the relevance of tongzhi-literature (tongzhi wenxue is the expression currently used to describe the same-sex discourse in the Taiwanese world) within the broader transformation of Taiwanese society in general and “in the public discourse on sexualities” in particular (p. 2). She attributes the development of tongzhi-literature and the more recent sub-genre of ku'er-literature (ku'er wenxue or “queer literature”) to the rise of postmodernism (houxiandai zhuyi) in post martial-law Taiwan (p. 4–5).

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