scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Success of Participatory Egovernment Applications in Romania and South Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Im Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Contextual Features ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Political Economic

While participatory e-government is increasingly advocated, few studies have investigated whether it is feasible across all national contexts. This study investigates how certain contextual features influence the success of participatory applications of e-government. In particular, it assesses how the political, economic, and social context in which a particular government operates influence the introduction of participatory e-government, and compares participatory e-government applications in Romania and South Korea. These nations possess important similarities and differences in their political, social, and economic contexts. The study results suggest that the success of participatory e-government projects is to a large extent contingent upon political and economic factors and less related to social factors.

The Revival of ‘Big Government’ Discourse in South Korea, 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 913-929
Author(s):  
Inhye Heo
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Political Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Policy Influence ◽  
Authoritarian State ◽  
Political Economic

After the democratisation of South Korea in 1987, political discourse on ‘big government’ nearly disappeared, largely because it recalled past authoritarianism. Authoritarian states are highly likely to employ ‘big government’ – exerting policy influence over the distribution of private resources – to sustain their political power, and Korea’s authoritarian state was no exception. Thus, newly inaugurated President Moon Jae-in’s official implication that he would pursue big government is notable, because he claimed to represent pro-democracy groups that opposed both historical authoritarianism and the former president’s undemocratic governance. In this context, this study examines external and internal political-economic factors behind the revival of big government discourse in Korea. Results show that critical factors included the lack of pressure in the global capitalist market and the dominance of governmentalists over marketists in the political-economic discourse influencing the administration’s maintenance and expansion of its political foundation.

scholarly journals Building ships while breaking apart

Focaal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (89) ◽  
pp. 12-24
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Schober
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Economic Actor ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Risky Business

With the center of gravity of the maritime industry over recent decades progressively moving eastwards, South Korea is today a giant in both shipping and shipbuilding. Its largely family-controlled industrial enterprises are nowadays increasingly engaged in risky business experiments abroad, which on occasion fail in a spectacular manner. By following the story of how one family-run economic actor invested unsuccessfully in the Philippines, I combine an exploration of the political-economic factors involved in this failure with an investigation of how these larger structures are entangled with a complex family story inside a Korean conglomerate. The forced separation between family and business that ensued in this case illuminates changing and competing ideals of “waterborne” capitalism in the twenty-first century.

The Role of Politics in the Historical Transport Networks of the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees from Roman Times to the Nineteenth Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-260
Author(s):  
Pau de Soto ◽  
Cèsar Carreras
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Transport Networks ◽  
Political Economic

AbstractTransport routes are basic elements that are inextricably linked to diverse political, economic, and social factors. Transport networks may be the cause or result of complex historical conjunctions that reflect to some extent a structural conception of the political systems that govern each territory. It is for this reason that analyzing the evolution of the transport routes layout in a wide territory allows us to recognize the role of the political organization and its economic influence in territorial design. In this article, the evolution of the transport network in the Iberian Peninsula has been studied in a broad chronological framework to observe how the different political systems of each period understood and modified the transport systems. Subsequently, a second analysis of the evolution of transport networks in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula is included in this article. This more detailed and geographically restricted study allows us to visualize in a different way the evolution and impact of changes in transport networks. This article focuses on the calculation of the connectivity to analyze the intermodal transport systems. The use of network science analyses to study historical roads has resulted in a great tool to visualize and understand the connectivity of the territories of each studied period and compare the evolution, changes, and continuities of the transport network.

The political, economic and social context 1740–1830

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Richard Lawton ◽  
Colin G. Pooley
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Economic

Christian Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula

2019 ◽  
pp. 622-644
Author(s):  
Alexandra Chavarría Arnau
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
The Political ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Material Evidence

This chapter traces the material evidence for the spread of Christianity in the Iberian peninsula (including Spain and Portugal) between the third and seventh centuries, focusing on a critical review of traditional interpretations and identifications frequently based on inconsistent chronological references, fragile and poorly surviving materials, and often contradictory textual and archaeological evidence. The result is a new perspective on the subject that is much more comparable to that seen in other areas of the Mediterranean. The chapter will analyze the development of Christianization in cities and the countryside, taking into account when churches were built, who built them, and the political, economic, and social context in which Christian topography was created.

scholarly journals Achieving Sustainable And Inclusive Economic Growth In Latin America: National Development During The Commodity Boom

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Mares
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Latin American ◽  
National Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Resource Wealth ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThis article examines how government policy affects the sustainability and inclusiveness of national development after the boom. The impact of the latest commodity boom (2003-2014) on the sustainability and inclusiveness of Latin American national development varies, but not by whether governments were ideologically left. I present the economic results of the commodity boom for the major Latin American countries, followed by the social results as measured by the reduction in poverty rates and income inequality. I examine potential countervailing economic factors that could mitigate the importance of the political economic determinants of the use of resource wealth. Finding the countervailing economic factors inadequate to explain the variation in social results, I propose that the political economy of linking resource wealth with economic and social outcomes is the key determinant. I conclude the paper with a discussion of current challenges post-commodity boom.Keywords: Commodity Boom; Poverty; Income Inequality. RESUMOEste artigo examina como a política do governo afeta a sustentabilidade e a inclusão do desenvolvimento nacional após o boom. O impacto do último boom das commodities (2003-2014) na sustentabilidade e inclusão do desenvolvimento nacional da América Latina varia, mas não pelo fato de os governos serem ideologicamente de esquerda. Apresento os resultados econômicos do boom das commodities para os principais países da América Latina, seguidos pelos resultados sociais medidos pela redução das taxas de pobreza e desigualdade de renda. Examino os possíveis fatores econômicos compensatórios que podem mitigar a importância dos determinantes político-econômicos do uso de recursos financeiros. Considerando os fatores econômicos compensadores inadequados para explicar a variação nos resultados sociais, proponho que a economia política de vincular os recursos financeiros a resultados econômicos e sociais seja o principal determinante. Concluo o artigo com uma discussão dos desafios atuais do pós boom das commodities.Palavras-chaves: Boom de Commodities; Pobreza; Desigualdade De Renda.

Hezbollah, Neoliberalism and Political Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-747
Author(s):  
Joseph Daher
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Fundamentalist ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Popular Classes ◽  
Political Economic

AbstractHezbollah, like other Islamic fundamentalist movements in the region, professes an “Islamic way of life” as an objective to achieve and implement in society, but its actual practices can best be understood as harmonious with—and reflective of—the nature of the capitalist environment in which it operates, despite discourses appealing to the popular classes of society. Religious fundamentalist movements should indeed not been considered as fossilized elements from the past. While they may employ symbols and narratives from earlier periods, fundamentalisms are alive, dynamic, and representative of major contemporary trends. Their emergence must thus be fully situated in the political, economic, and social context of the contemporary period. In this perspective, the article analyzes the political economy of Hezbollah and its support for neoliberal policies.

The political economic factors of migration to Bangkok

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Porpora ◽  
Mah Hui Lim
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Political Economic
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