Production and Transfer of Knowledge Between Citizens and Local Governments in Democratic Participatory Processes

2022 ◽  
pp. 1056-1074
Author(s):  
Vanessa Duarte de Sousa ◽  
Nelson Dias ◽  
Maria Helena Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
New Form ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

Participatory budgeting has been progressively implemented by several Portuguese municipalities, encouraging a broad discussion about the importance of the participation of citizens in political life. This approach implies new forms of relationship between electors and elected little explored in the Portuguese democratic system. New learnings related to the dialogue among stakeholders and the possibility of coexistence of representative and participatory models have emerged. There is a transfer and production of knowledge between local governments and citizens that increases the field of opportunities for working together. After a theoretical reflection that refers to the key concepts coupled with this new form of exercising governance, the authors present data on the participatory budget of Cascais (region of Lisbon, Portugal) and the participatory deliberative experience consolidated in Portugal.

Production and Transfer of Knowledge Between Citizens and Local Governments in Democratic Participatory Processes

2019 ◽  
pp. 300-318
Author(s):  
Vanessa Duarte de Sousa ◽  
Nelson Dias ◽  
Maria Helena Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
New Form ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

Participatory budgeting has been progressively implemented by several Portuguese municipalities, encouraging a broad discussion about the importance of the participation of citizens in political life. This approach implies new forms of relationship between electors and elected little explored in the Portuguese democratic system. New learnings related to the dialogue among stakeholders and the possibility of coexistence of representative and participatory models have emerged. There is a transfer and production of knowledge between local governments and citizens that increases the field of opportunities for working together. After a theoretical reflection that refers to the key concepts coupled with this new form of exercising governance, the authors present data on the participatory budget of Cascais (region of Lisbon, Portugal) and the participatory deliberative experience consolidated in Portugal.

A Real Or a Marginal Trend in Participatory Budgets in Local Governments

e-Finanse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Beata Zofia Filipiak ◽  
Marek Dylewski
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Participatory Budget

AbstractThe purpose of the article is analysis of participatory budgets as a tool for shaping decisions of local communities on the use of public funds. The authors ask the question of whether the current practice of using the participatory budget is actually a growing trend in local government finances or, after the initial euphoria resulting from participation, society ceased to notice the real possibilities of influencing the directions of public expenditures as an opportunity to legislate public policies implemented. It is expected that the conducted research will allow us to evaluate the participatory budget and indicate whether this tool practically acts as a stimulus for changes in the scope of tasks under public policies. The authors analyzed and evaluated the announced competitions for projects as part of the procedure for elaborating participatory budgeting for selected LGUs. Then, they carried out an in-depth analysis of the data used to assess real social participation in the process of establishing social policies.

scholarly journals Interpretive description: a viable methodological approach for nursing research

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilara Parente Pinheiro Teodoro ◽  
Vitória de Cássia Félix Rebouças ◽  
Sally Elizabeth Thorne ◽  
Naanda Kaana Matos de Souza ◽  
Lídia Samantha Alves de Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Interpretive Description ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reflective Study ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

Abstract Objective: To present a theoretical reflection about the origin and the assumptions of the "Interpretive Description" method, and to discuss its applicability in Nursing and Health research. Method: Theoretical-reflective study, based on articles and books published by proponent of this approach, as well as scientific articles in which the authors reported having used this method in their studies. Results: It was evidenced that the "Interpretive Description" arose from the need to generate a better understanding of clinical practices in Nursing. This approach has its roots in the methodological traditions of the Social Sciences, although it differs from them in terms of its excessive rigidity and essentially theoretical objectives. The proposed method has been applied in several studies either in Nursing as other areas of Health. Conclusion: The "Interpretive Description" is considered a feasible approach for the production of knowledge in Applied Sciences such as Nursing.

scholarly journals DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAQASID SHARIA : STUDY ANALYSIS OF YUSUF AL-QARADAWI’S THOUGHT

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Athoilah Islamy ◽  
Sansan Ziaul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Holistic Vision ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Democratic Political System

Abstract: one of the big issue that is still debatable about the relationship between Islam and politics is how legitimate the democratic political system is in the paradigm of Islamic law. This study will explain the alternative paradigm in evaluating the democratic system based on the paradigm of Islamic law from a prominent Muslim intellectual named Yusuf al-Qaradawi. This research is a qualitative research in the form of literature review. The primary source used is a variety of literature that explains Yusuf al-Qaradawi's thoughts about democracy in Islam. The method used is the method of interpreting the thoughts of the figures with the maqasid al-shari‘ah approach. There are two big conclusions of this research. First, Yusuf al-Qaradawi's view of democracy can be said to be grounded in its epistemological foundation in understanding the concept of an Islamic state. For al-Qaradawi, an Islamic state is a system of government that provides policy improvisation space in the benefit of social, economic and political life based on the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid shari'ah). Second, Yusuf al-Qaradawi's view, the democratic system can be compatible with Islam if the principles in the democratic system are in accordance with various values which are the spirit of the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid shari'ah), such as the value of justice, equality of rights, freedom, etc. so. To realize this, the democratic system must carry a holistic vision and mission, which includes worldly and ukhrawi benefits as well as individual and social benefits.       Keywords: Validity, democracy, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, maqasid shari’ah; 

scholarly journals The Participatory Budget Experiment in Delhi and Warsaw: a Comparison

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Iwanek
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Indian Experience ◽  
Participatory Budget ◽  
Economics And Politics ◽  
Legislative Assembly

The aim of this paper is to compare the two fresh and in-progress experiments in participatory budget on local level in two state capitals: New Delhi in India and Warsaw in Poland. As of now, the recently chosen AAP government has introduced participatory budget as an experiment in 2015 in 11 legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi. In Poland, however, such exercises have been introduced in a number of cities in all of their administrative areas and therefore the exercise straddles the Polish political divides. Therefore, I would like analyse how can the Warsaw participatory budget experience be relevant and inspiring for the ongoing Delhi participatory budget exercise.This paper was originally presented and the ‘Economics and Politics of Local Governments: The Indian Experience’ conference, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, December 28-29, 2015.

Punishing Inequality: Notes on Social Worth from Sweden

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-241
Author(s):  
Vanessa Barker
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
New Form ◽  
Social Worth ◽  
The Welfare State

This chapter revisits key concepts of equality, inequality and punishment in the Nordic context. By reexamining who and what the welfare state is for, and who and what punishment is for, it questions the presumed universality of equality in the Nordic context. Instead, it will argue that equality is conditional. It is conditional upon a hierarchy of social worth, with negative implications for punishment. This chapter draws our attention to a new form penal power –penal nationalism– in which penal power is used to uphold national interests, in this case, welfare state preservation and equality for insiders, at the expense of inequality for outsiders.

Collaborative Regionalism and Foreign Direct Investment

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Northeast Mississippi ◽  
Assembly Plants ◽  
Fiscal Distress

Jurisdictions in the Southeast Automotive Core (SEAC), encompassing Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee, have attracted 8 of the 11 light vehicles assembly plants built by the “New Domestics” in the United States over the past 20 years (i.e., Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW). Through case studies of the Toyota-PUL Alliance of Northeast Mississippi and the Hyundai-Kia Auto Valley Partnership of east-central Alabama and west-central Georgia, this article chronicles how by working together, certain subregions within the SEAC have gained a comparative advantage in their competitions for New Domestics Foreign Direct Investment. Overall, the findings of this study show how local governments in the form of the collaborative region still can be an important economic development agent within an ever-globalizing economy. As a result, this article should prove informative to development scholars and practitioners in the United States and Canada, especially in areas combating economic/fiscal distress.

Ignorance Management: The Lessons of Small Enterprises for Knowledge Management

2002 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Lambe
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
High Uncertainty

Knowledge management as traditionally espoused has two main strands: dealing with the aggregation of knowledge, and the transfer of knowledge. However, this official discourse and its key concepts grew out of the experience of large, mature, highly structured and dispersed enterprises. A look at the environment in which small enterprises work suggests a different set of key concepts, considering the notions of experience and structural capital as key knowledge manipulation tools. These tools are particularly relevant to environments of high uncertainty, volatility and risk — and so also have a significant contribution to make to the direction of knowledge management for larger enterprises, where adaptiveness and ignorance management tools are becoming increasingly important.

scholarly journals Sustainable Community Development for Developing of Coastal Areas in Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-344
Author(s):  
Rachmini Saparita ◽  
Diki Nanang Surachman ◽  
Hendarwin M. Astro ◽  
Sukirno Sukirno ◽  
Eki Karsani Apriliyadi
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The People

Community empowerment activities are carried out in Alor Regency - East Nusa Tenggara through the application of fish-based food processing technology in 2018 & 2019, aimed at improving the community’s economy in the coastal area of Alor Island and building the concept of sustainable empowerment. The intervention stage is approached by the Community Capacity Building method. Community empowerment carried out through the transfer of knowledge and technology with continuous assistance has implications for improving coastal communities’ skills and the use of technology to increase added value to get better income. In order for community empowerment to be sustainable, LIPI and the local government of Alor Regency have developed a community empowerment concept that local governments can implement to develop their areas and communities in a better and more competitive direction. By collaborating between R & D institutions, local governments, and business actors (triple helix) and the market, it is hoped that the economy of the people in the coastal area of Alor Island will run well and can be a lever in the development of areas based on the use of technology in the community.

scholarly journals FACILITATING COLLABORATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Collaborative Activity ◽  
Shared Cognition ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Collaborative Activities

Collaboration entails working together toward a common goal, but what is the common goal we want students to work toward in classes? What kinds of interactions and outcomes do we value as collaboration, and how do we facilitate them? This paper addresses these questions, beginning with an examination of research on groups, community, and shared cognition that inform collaboration, and then addressing what we mean when by collaboration. Three questions define the discussion: Why do we emphasize collaboration and try to engage students in collaborative activities and collaborative learning? What outcomes do we expect from collaboration in terms of how students interact, tasks are conducted, learning accomplished, and knowledge created? How does communication differ online from offline, and how does the difference affect collaboration? Each section ends with some recommendations on how to facilitate collaboration, and the paper concludes with a brief summary and some key concepts for facilitating collaborative activity.

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