Search results for "PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION"

Identity, Threat Aversion, and Civil Servants' Policy Preferences: Evidence from in the European Parliament

2017

The accepted and peer reviewed manuscript to the article Distinct policy options are typically characterized by a number of advantages (or ‘opportunities’) and disadvantages (or ‘threats’). The preference for one option over another depends on how individuals within an organization perceive these opportunities and threats. In this article, we argue that individuals' identification with an organization's core aims and objectives constitutes a key determinant of this perception. We propose that stronger identification shifts individuals' attention towards potential threats rather than opportunities in the payoff distribution, encouraging avoidance of negative outcomes. Moreover, we argue that…

Expenditure on public services in the countries of the European Union. Determinants of fiscal policy and public governance

2018

The aim of the article is to present the General Government expenditure on public services in the European Union countries, including selected aspects of fiscal policy and public governance. In order to achieve this aim, the varius research methods are used. The data used in the study comes from the following databases: Eurostat, OECD, PORDATA. The survey covers the period of 2007–2016. We note that expenditure on public services is an important determinant of fiscal policy and public governance. The originality of the analysis presented in the article is intended to emphasize the importance of GG spending on public services such as health and education spending in the socio-economic develo…

Spanish Report, Private International Law, International Academy of Comparative Law: XVIII International Congress

2011

Spanish Private International Law has undertaken relevant changes during the last decades in many areas. This work approaches them in depth connecting these reforms with the process of harmonization of Private Law and Private International Law in Europe and with the process of codification of Private International Law undertaken by different institutions.

Public Financial Management Reforms: The Role of Ipsas in Latin-America

2016

Summary During the last 30 years, many public administration reforms promoted by New Public Management have been undertaken. These reforms have spread to Latin-American countries and include changes in governmental accounting systems, where the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) has been a stimulus for modernization. This article aims to clarify the situation of IPSASs implementation in the Latin-American context as well as the stimuli for and effects of their implementation. The analysis shows that there is an emerging international trend to adopt IPSASs in Latin-American countries although at the same time, there are evident obstacles to achieving …

Innovation through implementation of a quality improvement method : A finnish public-sector case

2019

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effectiveness of a quality improvement method in driving innovation in the public sector. The study expands on the concept of innovation and analyses the types and usefulness of the innovations observed. Design/methodology/approach The study utilizes an action research approach. The aim of the quality improvement method introduced is to generate innovations enhancing efficiency. An interventionist research method is required to produce the findings. Data collection methods include a preliminary question sheet, interview, workshops, observation and the examination of other material concerning the case organization. Findings The study suppo…

Quality Indicators in Reference to the Evaluation of the Quality Management of Services in Local Public Administration

2014

Abstract The paper proposes to show evidence in measures of quality through quantification of the level of current performance of an organization, like local public administration, in accordance with performance standards. The evaluation of quality measures the difference between the expected performance and the actual performance, to identify and improve the quality of the local public administration. Standards of performance could be set for different dimensions of quality. For example: the quality of managing documents, the products, processes and services requires the gathering and analysis of information, set in measuring terms. In a few cases the measuring of quality as percentage of …

REGULATION

2009

Polarisation and Electoral Realignment: The Case of the Right-Wing Parties in Spain

2020

The article analyses the consequences of elite polarisation at the mass level. We study the electoral re-alignment within the right-wing Spanish electorate in recent years, whereby support for the long-predominant Partido Popular has been eroded dramatically to the benefit of new challengers. Measuring ideological polarisation at the party system level and at the individual level, we show how the polarising strategy implemented by the liberal Ciudadanos - and imitated by PP - to gain support from the right-wing electorate paved the way for a massive transfer of conservative voters to the radical-right Vox. The results provide counter-intuitive evidence about the electoral effects of elite p…

Authoritarian Neoliberalism : Its Ideological Antecedents and Policy Manifestations from Carl Schmitt’s Political Economy of Governance

2018

The regime of authoritarian neoliberalism is underway. In contemporary political economy of governance, this regime has been construed as a crisis response of the capitalist class to manage the conflict-ridden consequences of economic globalization; and, as an ideological project of a section of the ruling elites to justify the embedding of market-oriented development processes in a politically repressive government institution. To contribute to recent scholarship attempts at defining the character and tendencies of this emergent regime, the article traces one of its key ideological antecedents from Carl Schmitt’s earlier formulation for a “strong state, free economy”. It then presents a su…

Hans J. Morgenthau´s Turn from International Law to International Relations: A transition affected by History

2018

Este texto aborda el papel que las consideraciones históricas desempeñaron en un movimiento teórico sustancial: el paso que a partir de los años cuarenta se produce desde el Derecho Internacional a las Relaciones Internacionales en tanto que principal disciplina ordenadora del ámbito interestatal. Se tomará a Hans J. Morgenthau como el ejemplo más claro de este movimiento. Al igual que tantos otros intelectuales europeos exiliados en Estados Unidos, el cambio de continente y de contexto académico implicará para Morgenthau el salto del estudio del Derecho al estudio de la Política. Para explicar este movimiento y, en concreto, el peso que la Historia tiene en él, se estructurará el artículo …