scholarly journals Testing Negative: The Non-Consequences of COVID-19 on Mass Ideology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Blumenau ◽  
Timothy Hicks ◽  
Alan Jacobs ◽  
Scott Matthews ◽  
Tom O'Grady
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Mass Ideology ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Ideological Change ◽  
Study Panel

Responding to COVID-19, governments implemented large-scale economic and social policies of unprecedented scale. This highlighted the state's capacity to guarantee economic and health security, and affected demographic groups that are less commonly beneficiaries of state support. We hypothesise that exposure to the pandemic and these policy responses caused change in attitudes to the role of government in the economy and redistribution. We test this expectation using data from the (2014–present) British Election Study panel, together with a unique panel survey fielded to existing BES respondents in April and September, 2020. We find virtually no evidence of any effect on ideological beliefs. Moreover, using a survey experiment, we find exposure to cues linking the pandemic to greater roles for government has no impact on ideological beliefs. We conclude that such elite rhetoric, even if it had been present in the field, would not have yielded ideological change.

Tourism suppliers’ view of the role of government initiatives and tourism competitiveness in distressed contexts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erisher Woyo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level

This chapter analyses the role of government initiatives in tourism competitiveness, using data collected from suppliers operating in a distressed tourist destination. The government’s involvement in the process of tourism development, especially in developing countries, is critical. The role and participation of governments in tourism development vary from minimal to a high level of involvement. Developing economies with ongoing political and economic challenges like Zimbabwe have not been comprehensively researched, especially on the nexus between competitiveness and government initiatives. Using qualitative data from a convenience sample of 15 hospitality and tourism managers in Zimbabwe, it was found that the role of government is important for enhancing tourism competitiveness. The study concludes that a higher level of government involvement is needed for Zimbabwe to enhance competitiveness. The government should play a greater role, especially in providing an enabling environment for improved competitiveness while reducing corruption.

The Political Economy of Crisis Responses

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-58
Author(s):  
Agnar Freyr Helgason
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Crisis Responses

Chapter 3, by Agnar Freyr Helgason, offers a review of political economy theories of crises responses. He starts by explaining the broad perspectives of the Keynesian and Austrian schools and then probes more deeply into recent work on government policy responses to economic crises, with a focus on the economic welfare of populations or households. The role of the welfare state and its importance during periods of crisis is considered, as well as the role of government policy more broadly, either that directed at the economy generally or at specific population groups. Key policy debates are covered, for example austerity versus stimulus, as well as mixed approaches.

Lessons from CODI on co-production

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 444-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somsook Boonyabancha ◽  
Thomas Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Program Committee ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Development Institute ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Somsook Boonyabancha, former director of CODI (the Community Organizations Development Institute in Thailand) and now an advisor to the CODI board and chairperson of the Baan Mankong Program Committee, reflects on the evolution of CODI, the management of its fund, and the community-driven activities it has supported since 1992. The paper explains how substantial and large-scale changes can be brought about in the lives of the poor by supporting a community-driven process that opens space for negotiation and collaboration with government and other partners on housing and other aspects of community development. It describes the transitions that have had to be managed, as both the community networks and the support institution have navigated various challenges and opportunities. A centrepiece of this co-production is the Baan Mankong Program, which represents a dramatic change in the role of government – from a provider of housing to facilitator of community-driven local housing co-production.

scholarly journals PERAN KEARIFAN LOKAL BAHUMA BATAHUTN TERHADAP KONDISI LINGKUNGAN MASYARAKAT SUKU DAYAK

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
Rida Respati ◽  
Muhammad Azhari ◽  
Sari Marlina
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Quality Degradation ◽  
Using Data

The environment that continues to experience quality degradation caused by human activities in fulfilling the necessities of life such as the fulfillment of food and board clothing requires that human beings have to sacrifice what is around it for that matter. The role of government and society is very important in maintaining environmental sustainability. For example by optimizing the role of local wisdom owned by the public like Bahuma Batahutn. Bahuma Batahutn is one way of environmental management wisely, owned by the Dayak people. This type of research is a type of qualitative research using ethnographic methods and research data obtained by using data collection techniques in the form of literature review, observation, and interviews related to local wisdom.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE DEFENSE INSTITUTIONS IN HANDLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Marina Ika Sari ◽  
Yuli Ari Sulistyani ◽  
Andhini Citra Pertiwi
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The Military ◽  
Adaptation Phase

<p>The involvement of the military in the global health crisis has begun since the COVID-19 outbreak broke out in Indonesia, starting from the implementation of Large-Scale Social Distancing to the implementation of the new normal adaptation phase. However, the involvement has received mixed responses. Some parties consider it as natural, while others question the urgency of the military involvement. This study focuses on the role of two defense institutions, namely the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense in handling the COVID-19. It employs a qualitative research method and the theory of role, the concept of national defense, and the concept of Pandemic Management to analyze the problem. This study finds that the Indonesian National Armed Forces has a strategic role in several fields such as health, security and socio-economic as part of the efforts to contain COVID-19. The Ministry of Defense also plays a strategic role both internally and externally, by cooperating with other ministries, domestic private companies, state-owned enterprises in the defense industry sector, and with other countries in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>role, defense, military, pandemic, COVID-19.</p>

Contractual Constitutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 417-430
Author(s):  
Albert Weale
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Political Equality ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
International Public Goods ◽  
Mutual Advantage

Arendt pointed out that social contract theory identified some elementary truths of democratic politics. What might be those elementary truths? The first is the need for public goods; the second the role of a two-level theory; and the third is the essential role of government in providing the conditions for social cooperation. Democratic contracts need to respect the requirements of political equality. However, this still leaves us with the problem of knowing what could be agreed among agents reciprocally situated. The empirical method suggests that we need to look to social conditions that embody the circumstances of impartiality. One such set of conditions is found in common property resource regimes, where power is roughly equal. Such regime exhibit various forms of equality, but they also suggest the need for participation as well as monitoring and sanctions. Large-scale societies need to incorporate conditions of open representation and effective deliberation if they are to exhibit the circumstances of impartiality. International contracts are best understood if the Grotian norms of traditional international relations are regarded as equivalent to the individualistic minimum of a domestic order, which needs a social contract to deal with externalities and provide international public goods. It is plausible to think that, in an interdependent world, mutual advantage may exhibit the logic of a universalization to humanity as an end in itself.

Redistributive efficiency in 28 developed economies

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas P. Kyriacou ◽  
Leonel Muinelo-Gallo ◽  
Oriol Roca-Sagalés
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Direct Taxation ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Degree Of Redistribution

This article analyses the redistributive efficiency of social transfers and direct taxation in a panel of 28 developed economies during the period 1995–2010. In order to explore how redistribution is achieved through these fiscal policies, a two-stage approach is applied. First, we evaluate their redistributive efficiency – the degree of redistribution attained for a given level of transfers and taxes – using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We find lower redistributive efficiency in Southern Europe and the United States and higher efficiency levels in the Nordic and Central European countries and Australia. Second, we use panel regression analysis to identify the determinants of efficiency differences and reveal the crucial role of government quality as well as factors affecting the redistributive profile of fiscal policies.

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