Search results for "Polity"

The current state and developments in higher education in gerontology in the Nordic countries

2012

The growing size of the older population challenges not only researchers but also higher education in gerontology. On the basis of an online survey the authors describe the situation of Nordic higher education in gerontology in 2008 and 2009 and also give some good examples of Nordic- and European-level collaboration. The survey results showed that gerontological education was given in every Nordic country, in 31 universities and 60 other higher education institutions. Although separate aging-related courses and modules were relatively numerous, programs for majors were relatively few. Networking in the Nordic region offers a good example on how to further develop higher education in geront…

The extreme longevity: the state of the art in Italy

2008

The state of stroke services across the globe: Report of World Stroke Organization–World Health Organization surveys

2021

Background Improving stroke services is critical for reducing the global stroke burden. The World Stroke Organization–World Health Organization– Lancet Neurology Commission on Stroke conducted a survey of the status of stroke services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to high-income countries. Methods Using a validated World Stroke Organization comprehensive questionnaire, we collected and compared data on stroke services along four pillars of the stroke quadrangle (surveillance, prevention, acute stroke, and rehabilitation) in 84 countries across World Health Organization regions and economic strata. The World Health Organization also conducted a survey of non-communicabl…

ADR Mechanisms and Their Incorporation into Global Justice in the Twenty-First Century: Some Concepts and Trends

2014

The State and State courts have been approached for centuries as the almost only available instruments to ensure access to justice to citizens; that is to guarantee the right to an effective remedy before an independent and impartial tribunal previously established by law within a reasonable time. A monopoly for the State in the field of dispute resolution has existed to the extent that despite the long presence of non-judicial instruments of dispute resolution in many jurisdictions, they have been traditionally considered as marginal in most countries and have lacked real implementation by citizens and legal actors.Unfortunately, the situation is not fully satisfactory. State courts have b…

Social capital management. A case study of the town of Racibórz

2021

For many years, social capital has been the subject of research in various areas and social environments. What is worth diagnosing is not so much its functioning or formation, but its management, i.e. deliberate development aimed at achieving individual or collective benefits. The cultural borderland region of the Racibórz area, especially the town, is a good case for an analysis of such phenomena, because, over the centuries, the town has been part of various administrative and economic regimes and thus has developed forms of social capital independent of state structures. The main research questions in this paper are the following: What remains of them today? Are they subject to managemen…

Los toques de queda, confinamientos territoriales, prohibiciones de pequeñas reuniones y de actividades y horarios en la contención del Covid-19

2021

Se analizan los “toques de queda”, los confinamientos territoriales o perimetrales, las prohibiciones de pequeñas reuniones, así como las restricciones de actividades y horarios de los establecimientos y sus dudosas garantías. Todas estas restricciones Covid-19 bajo los estados de alarma o el muy cuestionable artículo 3 Ley Orgánica 3/1986 no han sido especial objeto de atención, ha habido  fuertes divergencias entre tribunales y están pendientes recursos y cuestiones de constitucionalidad. Se afirman lineamientos y criterios para una deseable futura regulación. Finalmente se concluye que especialmente el gobierno y el legislador estatal no han superado el "test de estrés" al sistema jurídi…

La Deuda Odiosa

2011

Spanish Abstract: Un breve analisis sobre cuestiones relacionadas a las deudas contraidas por las naciones durante los gobiernos de facto. English Abstract: Should a State pay the debts contracted by a de facto Government? This is an essay that explores the world of the odious debts, trying to find the answers to the most recurrent questions that arise when the third world countries face the time to pay.

Decentralization, the State and Conflicts over Local Boundaries in Northern Ghana

2006

Decentralization projects, such as that initiated by the Rawlings government in Ghana at the end of the 1980s, create a political space in which the relations between local political communities and the state are re-negotiated. In many cases, the devolution of power intensifies special-interest politics and political mobilization aiming at securing a ‘larger share of the national cake’, that is, more state funds, infrastructure and posts for the locality. To legitimate their claims vis-a-vis the state, civic associations (‘hometown’ unions), traditional rulers and other non-state institutions often invoke some form of ‘natural’ solidarity, and decentralization projects thus become arenas of…

Media Control in the Twentieth Century

2015

Media control by which the duplication and distribution of knowledge are under attendance is as old as modern media. Efforts at control emerged rather quickly after the printing press was invented, first inaugurated by the Catholic Church but soon adopted by the state(s). The reasons were similar but the conditions varied from country to country. The decline of government control began in England at the end of the seventeenth century; other countries followed with more or less delay. At the end of the nineteenth century, pre-censorship had generally been abolished in the European countries; however, the twentieth century did not become an era of press freedom as expected. This resulted from…

State, Politics and the Legitimacy of Religious Peacebuilders

2016

In this chapter, Steen-Johnsen shows how the failure of religious leaders to challenge the political strategies of the Ethiopian regime affects their legitimacy as spokespersons for peace. Steen-Johnsen shows how this makes the religious leaders appear as accomplices of the state among groups that they try to address with their message of peace. Steen-Johnsen acknowledges that conflicts which appear religious almost always have political dimensions. She shows how retorting to toothless messages of coexistence and appearing alongside government officials, the Ethiopian religious leaders lose legitimacy as spokespersons for peace. Steen-Johnsen suggests considering how relationships between s…