Search results for "Political management"

Academic Political Science in Latvia: The First Steps

1994

Historical memory and forgetting in the teaching of history : the case of Japan and Italy

2015

En el presente artículo, se revisan algunas investigaciones y publicaciones relevantes donde se analizan aspectos vinculados con la inclusión de la memoria en la enseñanza de la historia (en los casos de Italia y, en mayor medida, Japón) y la conexión existente entre política y gestión de la memoria. Respecto a este último asunto, se evidencia la importancia de la política en relación a la selección y los olvidos en la memoria institucional y cómo los rituales conmemorativos o la construcción de una historia oficial implican un posicionamiento respecto a la memoria. Se observan posicionamientos políticos que determinan la selección de la memoria en la Historia oficial que, al mismo tiempo, …

A Political Scientist's Experience in the Real World of Politics

2009

Doctoral candidates in political science have a universe of potential career options to choose from. These include not only academia, but also the non-governmental sector, political consulting, and government work. When I obtained my doctoral degree in 1993, little did I imagine that within fifteen years I would have tried my hand in all of these fields, including serving as a cabinet minister. In this article, I reflect on how this professional whirlwind came about, how each field helped and/or hindered the others, what these wanderings taught me about post-communist democratic politics, and particularly what lessons a political scientist learned from entering, albeit briefly, the ‘real wo…

Are Citizens Significant Users of Government Financial Information?

2006

This article reports on the use that the public makes of the budgetary and financial reporting produced by Spanish local authorities. The authors show financial reporting influences voting behaviour. Although citizens cannot decide how much tax they have to pay or the volume or quality of the services, they can control public management when it comes to election time. Accounting information can reflect the results of public policies and consequently serve as a vehicle for communicating the economic effects of political management. The authors make a strong case for more ‘popular’ financial reporting so that government accounts can be understood and properly used by non-specialists.