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How Joint Governance is Possible: Political Factors in COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Beijing

dominant power forming alliances with other stakeholders. The political advantages that Beijing enjoys make it work. Our study suggests that joint governance is a new perspective of collaborative governance ... Governance; Political Factors; Transboundary Crisis Management; COVID-19; Beijing - Introduction Over the last three decades, collaborative governance has become a new strategy for governments to replace

Can Ethical Political Leadership Restore Public Trust in Political Leaders?

This article presents findings from a qualitative study (via in-depth interviews with 121 local political leaders from 65 local authorities in the UK) that aims to understand how ethical leadership ... ), 214 - 228 . Walzer , M. ( 1973 ). Political action: The problem of dirty hands . Philosophy & Public Affairs , 2 ( 2 ), 160 - 180 .

FINANCIAL INFORMATION USE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES IN A CHANGING CONTEXT

. There is clear preference for Budgetary Information. A change in the political majority in Parliament and an improvement in the country’s economic and financial situation affect the intensity and ... Economics , Av. Dias da Silva, 165, 3004-512 Coimbra , Portugal and Research Centre in Political Science (CICP), Campus de Gualtar , 4710-057 Braga , Portugal 1 Business Research Unit, ISCTE Business School

Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications from Governance Capacity and Legitimacy

. Using unique interview data with 36 elite administrative and political executives in Norway, the study finds varied learning by the involved actors, and most learning about coordination between ministries ... . This had major consequences in all parts of society, which provided administrative and political actors with many aspects to focus on in the learning phase of handling this pandemic (Ansell et al., 2021

Government Preparedness Towards Ebola and Covid-19 Health Crises in Ghana

training of healthcare workers, the health infrastructure introduced, approaches to public engagement, and political decisions made to fight both crises. ... in the capital of Ghana (Obern, 2020; Oleribe et al., 2015) . The response headquarters was equipped with facilities enough to serve the subSaharan region. Political Decision Making on Ebola

Decentralisation or Recentralisation in Bolivia? Autonomous Territorial Entities and Intergovernmental Relations in a Decentralised State

The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation, has profoundly marked Bolivia’s political history. This article examines the reorientation of the ... “recentralisation” is explained by: (a) the political hegemony achieved by the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) and its consequences for local politics; (b) regulatory centralism, especially in the Ley Marco de

Decentralization in Latin America After 40 Years: Work in Progress; A Commentary Essay

liberal philosophy in the region. The classic work on the American political system, Democracy in America, written by Alexis de Tocqueville, appeared in a Spanish translation in Buenos Aires in 1864. His ... central planning which fitted well with the corporatist philosophy of the political regimes in power at the time. It also reflected the influence of the US foreign aid program, USAID, whose technocratic

The Case Study of Los Angeles City & County Fraud, Embezzlement and Corruption Safeguards during times of pandemic

fraud, and that internal infrastructure and the work climate within public institutions exacerbated fraud risks. Institutional fragmentation, political pressures and human resources practices hindered the ... an effort to counter political patronage. The current risk-regimes era is characterized by the need for ethical leadership and bureaucratic transparency. Misconduct is perceived as the product of a

The Conflicts for the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Mexico: An Analysis of Intergovernmental Relations

administrative systems; 2) formal rules for balancing IGR lose value versus informal rules based on transitory political-partisan agreements; 3) the weakness of the rule of law, power imbalances, lack of clear ... ; Cooperation; Pandemic management; Emergency management; COVID-19 Introduction After decades of centralized governments —by constitutional design or political pragmatism— Latin American countries came to

Beyond Buildings: Social Bargaining and Effective Access to Public Services

University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden 1 Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam , Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam , The Netherlands Physical access to public services ... neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Monika Bauhr is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg and the Quality of Government

Theme-based Book Review: public policy problems, and solutions?

This theme-based book review considers three recent titles related to public policy problems, processes, and solutions, from scholarly and practitioner perspectives: The Political Formulation of ... , when sharing victory with ideological enemies is repulsive; movement can seem like failure. People have shown themselves to be aggressive in political circles; appeasement does not work, and some refuse

The Role of Scientific Expertise in COVID-19 Policy-making: Evidence from Four European Countries

but is also influenced by social and economic values, which are core to what politicians find important. During the pandemic a growing gap between scientific advice and political decisions is observed. ... political decisions is observed. COVID-19 policy making; Scientific advice; Political logics; Scientific logics Introduction This paper focuses on the role of scientific expertise in formulating COVID-19

Scientization Under Pressure—The Problematic Role of Expert Bodies During the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

-instrumental and a cultural perspective. The main findings are that managing the pandemic led to a centralization of power in the hands of the political leadership, a blurring of the dichotomy between politics ... ; Administration Introduction Most scholars concede that there is a grey zone between politics and administration; as well as implementing policy administrators also participate in advising political executives on

Religion-Spirituality Influences in the Governance of Faith-Based Organizations during the Covid Pandemic

, 2007a, b; Sider & Unruh, 2004) . However, religion has been kept separate from the discussion of governance networks, only returning to political debate in recent decades (Prideaux & Dawson, 2018 ... social and political goals (Khan, 2000) . Governance in FBOs and Results in the Fight Against Covid‑19 FBOs maintain a close relationship with the State through funding, openings, or restrictions on

The Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery, Government Performance and Lived Poverty Conditions in Kenya

Science , London , UK 1 Gedion Onyango 2 Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi , Nairobi , Kenya The post-COVID-19 era has witnessed intensive engagements on ... and improving citizens’ welfare remain the top priority in most governments’ political agendas and public administration activities. Policy systems and bureaucratic capacities have been profoundly

Introduction: Experiences and Challenges of Subnational Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean

partially collaborative, which goes hand by hand with the predominance of informal rules, based on conjunctural political agreement, over formal institutional rules. The article by Lissette Perez analyzes ... decentralization in Latin America. Nikson argues that despite some setbacks, obstacles, and recentralization observed in some countries, the process has gone forward and that political democratization has been the

The Nexus of Policy Legitimacy and Crisismanship Performance: Examining the Harmonizing Role of Value-Based Decision Making

management emphasize the distinct political nature of governments’ crisis management activities. Similarly, by acknowledging the politics of crisis policies, the theory of crisismanship, as developed by ... Farazmand and Danaeefard (2021), indicates that defining, sensemaking, policy-making, and responding to crises is a ground for political contests between governments and stakeholders. Each side of the contest

Unitarian Illusion in Peru: Recentralization and Intergovernmental Conflicts from the Perspective of Local Governments

and exercise of functions and competencies of government. This phenomenon was named by Véliz (1984) as the centralist tradition of Latin America. An expression of this tradition is that political ... recomposition of the relations between State and society: the State embodied in the different levels of government plays the role of direction and political leadership in the decisions and actions of development

Pandemic Leadership: Is It Just a Matter of Good and Bad?

virus from spreading, while others have failed. Although every country has its own distinct cultural, social, economic, and political circumstances, healthcare systems around the world are relatively ... approaches; manage information submitted; make relevant policies which are very likely to include political elements. Process, business, women, members, research, importance, change, power, and order are some

Technocratic Decision-Making in Times of Crisis? The Use of Data for Scientific Policy Advice in Germany’s COVID-19 Management

, consensus-building, compromise and political feasibility (Sager et al., 2020) . Consequently, the question arises, how to organize institutional processes in a way that the logic of evidence and knowledge ... digital maturity, data culture, and data literacy in public administration and examine their influence on data-based scientific policy advice and political decision-making. Methodologically, the present