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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"administrative reforms"”.
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New public management and administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bahrain : implementing performance and programme-based budgeting
This research explores the opportunity for administrative reform in the government of Bahrain. In particular it offers an awareness and better understanding of how political elites construe and enact the principles of “NPM” in public sector organisations,explores the institutional capability of …
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A praça da República de Niterói
… by political disputes and urbanistic and administrative reforms.
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The governance dynamics of the emergent European administrative order: Explaining the strategy process of EU Agencies
… and the 2000s, subsequent waves of institutional-administrative reforms have established at the European Union (EU) level a variety of ‘public agencies’, characterised by a certain degree of autonomy from both the European Commission and the individual Member States. <br/>The research project aims …
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Reinventing VAT collection : industry vertical assessment, revenue increase, and public sector reliability
This dissertation shows how administrative reforms of the State Tax Administration Bureaus (STABs) in Brazil between 1997 and 2005 contributed to strengthening public sector bureaucracies and institutions at the sub-national level, while increasing tax revenues and compliance. STABs' administrative …
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The analysis of the accession of Sultanate of Oman to the World Trade organization (WTO) and its consequences
… are suggested for Oman, these being: administrative reforms; according the private sector a greater role, and co-ordinating Oman's economic policies with those of other GCC States.
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ICT-based information systems and organisational change in microfinance organisations
… with the use of ICT, an ethical ambiance and administrative reforms are required to prevent corruption more effectively. It also argues that the adoption of emerging mobile phone-based microfinance will radically change the conventional operational model and its IS, with profound implications …
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The Insurgent's Dilemma: A Theory of Mobilization and Conflict Outcome
… of popular support to organizational and administrative reforms, which, in turn, affect an insurgency's chances of winning or losing. I argue that all rebel groups face a core "Insurgent's Dilemma." On the one hand, insurgent groups often need to become organizationally centralized and …
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The impact of King James II on the departments of the royal household
… considerations. Chapter three explains the major administrative reforms implemented at the beginning of the reign. These are related to changes which had taken place under his predecessor and the way in which these changes had been interpreted by observers is used to understand the implications of …
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Thomas Cranmer's Register: a record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province
… Thomas Cranmer was able to implement certain reforms in diocese and province and he used traditional administrative practices to achieve that end. It is clear, nonetheless, that there are many parallels in Cranmer's Register with the Registers of his mediaeval forbears. The theological and …
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Reforming institutional responses to violence against women
… system, this can be achieved by legislative and administrative reforms which reduce the ability of decision makers to exercise discretion in woman-blaming and batterer-colluding ways, which ensure that there is a common set of priorities across agencies, which provide for the sharing of …
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Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship: Administrative Behavioral Changes and E-Government Advancement in Bangladesh
… delivery traditions and processes, through soft administrative reforms. The mainstream literature on Bangladesh focuses on how the dual colonial legacy structured bureaucrats' behavior within the post-independence political context, making it unresponsive to societal needs. Taking a cue from …
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Between Majority Power and Minority Resistance : Kurdish Linguistic Rights in Turkey
… which stretches from the late Ottoman period of administrative reforms to the Republican era of the Turkish modernisation and nationalisation projects. This linguistic aspect enables Kurdish intellectuals in Turkey to criticise Turkey’s EU harmonisation process for being delimited by the binary …
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Crisis discourse, response, and structural contradictions in Thai Buddhism, 1990-2003
… from contradictions brought about by the secular administrative structures imposed by the Thai state and internalised within the Sangha. While the Sangha's acceptance of the secular bureaucratic structure maintains its hegemonic control over Thai Buddhism, this also creates a continuous source of …
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The dynamics of accountability in public sector reforms
… a clear development towards less political or administrative accountability could not be observed. The second article analyzes how the structure and development of reform processes affect accountability relationships and via what mechanisms. It is distinguished between an instrumental …
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Progress and problems in implementing the Local Administration Act, 1980 : a case study of Lusaka Urban District Council
… also to identify problems of implementing the reforms policy objectives under the Local Administration Act (1980).This is being done in order to find out whether or not Decentralization reforms undertaken have been beneficial in view of the opposing schools of thought about its merits and …
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Political change and modernization: northeast Thailand's quest for identity and its potential threat to national security
… the case of Northeast Thailand following the Administrative Reforms of King Chulalongkorn and the subsequent “takeovers” of the regional power base and the local political structure by Bangkok officials. The suppression of the Isan political identity, the brutal executions of the outspoken …
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Of bureaucracies and motorways: administrative reform and infrastructure policy for national roads in Poland
… the European Union, which it joined in May 2004. Reforms in government administration have been necessary for ensuring the proper development and implementation of infrastructure policy. This dissertation examines the course of administrative reform in the Ministry of Transport, Construction and …
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The "Equalizer" Administration: Managerial Strategies in the Public Sector
… such that of Karl Weick. A review of the the administrative reforms in Brazil is made from the perspective of the main stream organizational design conceptual framework. It highlights the complex dynamics of a constant search for differentiation and flexibilization subject to patterns of …
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Las reformas administrativas de las entidades territoriales: Una mirada desde sus limitaciones, controles y riesgos
Teniendo en cuenta los importantes aportes efectuados desde los estudios académicos a los procesos de reforma administrativa, la importancia de las reformas administrativas en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y la necesidad de profundizar en las reformas administrativas de las entidades …