The Economic Crisis in Brazil

1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-221
Author(s):  
S Silva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
National Development ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Financial Speculation ◽  
National Capital ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper are presented data on the behavior of the Brazilian economy in 1983 including the more immediate effects of the economic crisis and its links with the ‘national development model’. Economic development of the last decades has determined the core of the economic structure formed by the relationship between international capital, private national capital, and the public sector. The current crisis and, in particular, financial speculation are explained by the (contradictory) movement of the core. Finally, the political implications that are arising in the process of solving the economic crisis are stressed.

Administrative elites and the crisis: what lies ahead for the senior civil service in Greece?

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calliope Spanou
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Elites ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The nature of the relationship between the public administration and politics and the subsequent role of the administration appear to be incompatible with the emergence of an administrative elite. After analysing the reasons for this incompatibility, the article explores the impact of the measures taken in the wake of the economic crisis on the civil service and its reform, and also the prospects for the development of a senior civil service. The key, and also the challenge, to any change in this direction remains the rebalancing of the relationship between the public administration and politics. Points for practitioners What might interest practitioners is the issue of the conditions of effectiveness of civil service reform in times of economic crisis and significant pressure.

The Impact of Public Sector Restructuring On the Economy

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
Idoko Peter
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Functional Organization ◽  
National Development ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Borrowing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

This research examined the impact of public sector restructuring on the economy. Secondary source of information was used for the study. The findings from the study shows that public sector restructuring draws our attention to the issues affecting the smooth implementation of restructuring efforts especially in the developing countries. The specific objectives of the study are to examine the attainment of the planned resource allocation and the economy, the relationship between efficiency and booming economy, the relationship between functional organization and the relationship between accurate source of capital formation and the economy. Content method o data analysis was adopted to elicit data for this study. The paper revealed, among other things that the public sector had over the years been weakened with an over expanded public expenditure profile, persistent deficits financed by domestic and external borrowing with resultant high debt service burden, breakdown of the traditional instruments of control leading to corruption and misappropriation of funds, incidence of ghost workers, poor costing of programmes and projects, a large portfolio of abandoned/on-going projects especially in efficient and wasteful parastatals. Not only that the system has accumulated pension arrears but some states and agencies of the federal government are beginning to accumulate salary arrears and payments due to contractors and suppliers. Amidst these challenges, public sector restructuring is a demanding task and should not be seen as a quick solution for problems militating against our national development. It was recommended among others that the it is advisable to eliminate duplication of organizations to save cost and to channel the resources to other project.

The (Im)possibility of Class Identity: Reflections on a Case of Failed Right-Wing Hegemony

2020 ◽  
pp. 089692052095942
Author(s):  
Giorgos Bithymitris
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
Far Right ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses the dialectics of class identifications in the case of a shipbuilding community of workers in Greece. Unlike other working-class segments that went through the traumas of the recent economic crisis silently, the workers of Perama Zone attracted the attention of the public discourse on more than one occasion. The violent far-right activism that encroached on the formerly thriving industrial communities of the wider area have reopened an old discussion about the relationship of the working class with fascism. Analysing interview and ethnographic material, the article focuses on the discursive processes of class identity formation. Class as an (im)possible identity is examined through the lenses of sociological and psychodynamic distinctions between identity and identification drawing on the broader literature of cultural class analysis. The overarching aim of the study is to explore the opportunities and limitations of the far-right appeal when class is at work through affirmation and/or negation.

scholarly journals The Development and Innovation of Physical Education in Colleges and Universities under the Concept of "Lifelong Physical Education"

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ou Bai ◽  
Chenyang Xia
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

<p>In modern society, people's material living standards have risen substantially, and physical exercise has been paid more and more attention by the public. Therefore, the goal of physical education in colleges and universities should be set lifelong physical education thought as the core and reform towards lifelong physical education thought. This paper analyzed the importance of lifelong sports, the relationship between sports and lifelong sports in colleges and universities is parsed, discussion how the lifelong sports education in physical education in colleges and universities to carry out the problem, which will be lifetime sports thought and the integration of college physical education reform, put forward the corresponding strategy, in order to improve the universities sports teaching methods of teaching.</p>

Citizenship For Sale?

2017 ◽  
pp. 788-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelet Shachar
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

“There are some things that money can’t buy.” Is citizenship among them? This chapter explores this question by highlighting the core legal and ethical puzzles associated with the surge in cash-for-passport programs. The spread of these new programs is one of the most significant developments in citizenship practice in the past few decades. It tests our deepest intuitions about the meaning and attributes of the relationship between the individual and the political community to which she belongs. This chapter identifies the main strategies employed by a growing number of states putting their visas and passports “for sale,” selectively opening their otherwise bolted gates of admission to the high-net-worth individuals of the world. Moving from the positive to the normative, the discussion then elaborates the main arguments in favor of, as well as against, citizenship-for-sale. The discussion draws attention to the distributive and political implications of these developments, both locally and globally, and identifies the deeper forces at work that contribute to the perpetual testing, blurring, and erosion of the state-market boundary regulating access to membership.

scholarly journals Caminhos da construção da União Europeia: Tudo que nasce, morre?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-583
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Ismael Francisco Maia
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
European Economic Community ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Treaty Of Rome ◽  
The Relationship

Depois de mais de sessenta anos da assinatura do Tratado de Roma que deu origem à Comunidade Econômica Europeia, o bloco europeu vive ainda hoje uma grande crise. Não é uma crise apenas econômica. Buscamos expor uma releitura de diferentes componentes do processo de integração europeu que culmina nesta crise, e tentaremos indicar elementos analítico-metodológicos sobre os caminhos da União Europeia fundamentado na relação entre capital e trabalho. O fio condutor deste artigo se encontra na divergência entre capital e trabalho no processo integrativo, pois persistiu um modelo integrativo no qual a economia é o fator hegemônico.     Abstract: After more than sixty years ago, the signature of the Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community, the European bloc is still suffering a significant crises. This is not merely an economic crisis. In this paper the aim is to expose different features of the European integration process, which culminated in the current crisis, and to indicate methodological analytical aspects concernd the paths of the European Union based on the relationship between labour and capital. This article points out the idea that exist a divergence between capital and labor in the integration process, as persisted an integrative pattern in which economy is the hegemonic feature. Key-words:  European Economic Community;  European Union; integration; crisis.       Recebido em: outubro/2018. Aprovado em: outubro/2019.

The Impact of Public Sector Restructuring On the Economy

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
Idoko Peter
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Functional Organization ◽  
National Development ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
The Public ◽  
External Borrowing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

This research examined the impact of public sector restructuring on the economy. Secondary source of information was used for the study. The findings from the study shows that public sector restructuring draws our attention to the issues affecting the smooth implementation of restructuring efforts especially in the developing countries. The specific objectives of the study are to examine the attainment of the planned resource allocation and the economy, the relationship between efficiency and booming economy, the relationship between functional organization and the relationship between accurate source of capital formation and the economy. Content method o data analysis was adopted to elicit data for this study. The paper revealed, among other things that the public sector had over the years been weakened with an over expanded public expenditure profile, persistent deficits financed by domestic and external borrowing with resultant high debt service burden, breakdown of the traditional instruments of control leading to corruption and misappropriation of funds, incidence of ghost workers, poor costing of programmes and projects, a large portfolio of abandoned/on-going projects especially in efficient and wasteful parastatals. Not only that the system has accumulated pension arrears but some states and agencies of the federal government are beginning to accumulate salary arrears and payments due to contractors and suppliers. Amidst these challenges, public sector restructuring is a demanding task and should not be seen as a quick solution for problems militating against our national development. It was recommended among others that the it is advisable to eliminate duplication of organizations to save cost and to channel the resources to other project.

scholarly journals The Main Value Vectors of Solidarity of LGBTQ+ Scene with Other Activist Groups

Inter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Elena V. Onegina
Keyword(s):  
Private Sphere ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
The Relationship

The conservative ideology influences the life scenario of LGBTQ+ people by pushing them out of the public sphere and controlling the private sphere of their lives. At the same time, over the past three years, online projects about and for LGBTQ+ people and communities have been actively developing, gaining popularity and support. LGBTQ+ scene is a decentralized space of various initiatives, organizations, and independent activists. The participants of the scene are fighting against gender and sexual-based discrimination by organizing protests, educational projects, and other activities. The empirical basis of the study is 20 interviews involving LGBTQ people.The LGBTQ+ scene is constituted through a reflexive, often conflicting discussion of issues that have fundamental importance for the community such as status of sexuality, public actions, power, and hierarchy, as well as new sexual and gender identities.The person engaging in activism on an individual level not only chooses a form of participation (professional work, volunteering, or independent activity), but also the direction of activity within the community or outside it. The core of the scene is set by active individuals and groups, the periphery and borders are supported by passive participants and opponents of the LGBTQ+ scene. The article examines the relationship of solidarity of LGBTQ + scene participants with other initiatives, or rather, what values serve as the basis for the formation of intergroup solidarity. KEYWORDS:

scholarly journals The "Problem of Extension" revisited: new modes of digital participation in science

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. A06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Dickel ◽  
Martina Franzen
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Scientific Practice ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technology Governance ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Relationship

Citizen Science is part of a broader reconfiguration of the relationship between science and the public in the digital age: Knowledge production and the reception of scientific knowledge are becoming increasingly socially inclusive. We argue that the digital revolution brings the "problem of extension" — identified by Collins and Evans in the context of science and technology governance — now closer to the core of scientific practice. In order to grasp the implications of the inclusion of non-experts in science, the aim of this contribution is to define a role-set of non-certified knowledge production and reception, serving as a heuristic instrument for empirical clarifications.

scholarly journals Political and Economic Factors Influencing Strike Activity during the Recent Economic Crisis: A Study of the Spanish Case between 2002 and 2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pohl
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Strike Activity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Manpower Supply ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

PolThe Great Recession and the upsurge of widespread social movements in various crisis-ridden countries have given new impetus to the debate on the relationship between economic breakdown and the occurrence of collective action. I revisit the issue by examining strike activity in Spain between 2002 and 2013. For a better understanding of the continuities and changes, I contrast two sets of literature on industrial conflict. The first deals with economic factors influencing strikes or, in other words, with the question of whether and how fluctuations in manpower supply and demand account for continuities and changes in strike activity. The second advocates for a look beyond the economy, towards the political exchange that takes place between unions and state actors and which, depending on its positive or negative nature, leads to shifts of the distributional struggle away from the marketplace towards the public arena or vice versa. The findings reveal that, rather than exclusive, the two perspectives prove to be mutually conducive and are most significant when they are combined. The political exchange model is helpful for understanding the rather stable or even declining strike frequency prior to the economic crisis but also the three nationwide general strikes in 2010 and 2012, which represented a rupture in the social consensus. If the general strikes are left aside, the economic variables come into play: an increased strike frequency during the economic crisis is in fact accompanied by a shift towards smaller strikes related to a single workplace, and to so-called “defensive” strikes. This indicates that an actual decrease in workers’ bargaining power was overcompensated by a growing number of circumstances in which the recourse to strike action became a means of last resort.

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