Public Policy and Civil Rights: An Analysis of Agency Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emir Dini
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Rights

scholarly journals Analisis Maqasid Al-Shariah Terhadap Peran Pemerintah Kota Surabaya dalam Mewujudkan Kota Layak Anak

AL-HUKAMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-72
Author(s):  
Zakiyatul Ulya
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Field Research ◽  
City Government ◽  
Institutional Strengthening ◽  
Child Friendly

The research entitled: "Maqasid al-Shari'ah Analysis of the Role of the Surabaya City Government in Realizing Child Friendly Cities" is a field research that aims to answer the question how the role of the Surabaya City Government in realizing Child Friendly Cities through established public policies from the perspective of the maq??id al-shar?'ah. Research data were collected using interview and documentation techniques and then analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques with a deductive mindset. The results of the study concluded that the Surabaya City Government was very active in realizing Child Friendly Cities through the protection and fulfillment of children's rights, which was clearly seen from the existence of various public policies that were established to support institutional strengthening and fulfillment of the five Child Friendly Cities clusters.The role of the Surabaya City Government is in accordance with the concept of maqasid al-shari'ah because the determination of public policy is based on the welfare of children. This is proven by the elements of hifz al-din and hifz al-nasl in the public policy regarding civil rights and freedom, family environment, and alternative protection. In addition, there are elements of hifz al-nafs and hifz al-aql in public policies regarding institutional strengthening and the five Child Friendly Cities clusters, although they are actually less than perfect due to the absence of the hifz al-mal elements in them.

Innovation in the States: A Diffusion Study

1973 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1174-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Gray
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Specific Factor ◽  
Diffusion Study ◽  
Common Criteria ◽  
Issue Area ◽  
Interaction Term ◽  
Time Specific

This study focuses on a nonmonetary dimension of public policy—innovation by states in the fields of education, welfare, and civil rights. Innovation is considered equivalent to the adoption of a law by a state. From the literature on diffusion (or spread) of innovations, the explanation of user interaction is taken, and a simple model with an interaction term is constructed. The model performs fairly well when evaluated by several common criteria. The results do vary somewhat from one issue area to another; other types of supplementary analysis also indicate variation in diffusion patterns according to the issue involved. Political and economic differences among states are found to account for differences in time of adoption, and “innovativeness” is shown to be an issue- and time-specific factor.

“The Right to Lease and Occupy a Home”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Gold
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New York ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Rent Control ◽  
Private Housing ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines how tenants addressed three public policy questions: public housing, slum clearance, and civil rights. The rent-control statutes that tenants vigorously defended served to moderate prices that would otherwise be set higher by the law of supply and demand. However, many tenants and housers were aware that rent control was a superficial fix. The underlying problem was scarcity of housing and a consequent landlord's market. Therefore from the Depression onward, the city's tenants and their allies also promoted programs to build new rental units and improve old ones. The chapter considers how these efforts extended “New York exceptionalism” in two important ways: expansion of public housing and the opening of a new arena for black struggle. It also explores how New York exceptionalism extended into the private housing market and discusses the relationship between rental housing and black progress. It shows that, by organizing widely and using the courts and formal politics, tenants managed to hold the line on some of the gains they had made before and during the war.

Societal Attitudes and the Civil Rights of Persons With Disabilities

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey L. Moore ◽  
Sonja Feist-Price
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Model ◽  
Rehabilitation Act Of 1973 ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Policy Arena ◽  
Made In

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are evidence of the progress, in relation to civil rights, made in the disability public policy arena. Similarly, much progress has been made in changing negative attitudes that sometimes prevail in the organizational workforce. Although much progress has been made for persons with disabilities, there remains much work to be accomplished. An abundance of concerns have recently surfaced regarding whether the previously noted legislation effectively address the rights of persons with disabilities in the organizational workforce. In light of recent concerns, the authors advocate the minority group model as a catalyst for creating public policy that will effectively address the rights of persons with disabilities. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to support the hypothesis that the organizational workforce's perception of persons with disabilities as a minority group will change societal attitudes resulting in a more progressive public policy.

Litigation as Public Health Policy: Theory or Reality?

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Jacobson ◽  
Soheil Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
Health Goals

An ongoing debate among legal scholars and public health advocates is the role of litigation in shaping public policy. For the most part, the debate has been waged at a conceptual level, with opponents and proponents arguing within fairly well-defined boundaries. The debate has been based either on speculation of what litigation could achieve or on ideological grounds as to why litigation should or should not be used this way. With the exception of Rosenberg's study of how litigation shaped policy in civil rights, abortion, and environmental matters, there is almost no empirical support for either position.In recent years, the most ardent proponents of litigation as public policy have been public health advocates. Perhaps out of frustration with the inability to achieve desired public health goals through the legislative branch of government, public health advocates have pursued litigation as an alternative strategy. Beginning with tobacco class action litigation in the early 1990s and continuing with litigation against gun manufacturers at the end of that decade, public health advocates have waged a veritable litigation assault aimed at changing how public health policy is formed.

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