Il potere e il problema della qualitŕ. Considerazioni della prospettiva della sociologia economica

2009 ◽  
pp. 143-170
Author(s):  
Luigi Doria
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Quality Certification ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Sociological Studies

- Quality is one of the most relevant and, at the same time, ambiguous key-word of the contemporary socio-economic lexicon. The reference to quality discourses and technologies (such as those related to quality management, quality assurance, quality certification) ranges from market competition to organizational and managerial dynamics, from policy making to the new forms of governance. But, if quality constitutes itself as an eminent value for contemporary development, the treatment of the most diverse social domains (including, for example, administration, research, culture) in terms of quality is often assumed as the emblem of a disquieting trend towards control and rationalization. This contribution deals first with the analysis of the multiple meanings of the notion, paying particular attention to sociological studies and to the relationship between quality and the dimension of calculation. The attention focuses then on the role of the concept in the field of public policy and governance and, in particular, on quality as a sort of connecting device, which promotes processes of integration among different policy fields and networking phenomena involving public and private actors. The articles briefly hints, in the last part, at the root of the peculiar normativity of quality and at the enigmatic character of its current power.Keywords: Quality, networking, economic sociology, public policy.

Information

2018 ◽  
pp. 179-192
Author(s):  
Peter Knoepfel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Product ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Environmental Archive ◽  
Private Actors

This chapter is dedicated to the resource Information, which has become an indispensable key resource for both public and private actors involved in public policy processes in recent years. Information has become a real common pool resource. Nevertheless, each of the actors will try to obtain advantages from exclusive access to Information and secrecy. This is particularly true of target groups, which are the most important owners of such resources in technical policy fields. The examples presented in this chapter stem from security and risk policies, (institutional) transparency policies, economic, environmental, archive and pharmaceutical product policies. The chapter illustrates strategies of exclusion and proliferation for each of the three actor groups and other specific uses of the resource Information, particularly in policy implementation processes.

Gambling control regimes

2018 ◽  
pp. 139-158
Author(s):  
Pekka Sulkunen ◽  
Thomas F. Babor ◽  
Jenny Cisneros Örnberg ◽  
Michael Egerer ◽  
Matilda Hellman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Control Structures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gambling Regulation ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Private Actors

This chapter explores gambling regulation regimes, looking at the different control structures used, and their effectiveness in serving the public interest. Gambling has always been regulated by public policy, and in whichever way the industry is developing, government regulation is always involved. Regimes of gambling regulation involve both public and private actors and institutions. Public monopolies may be stronger in the area of consumer protection than restrictive licensing, associations-based operations or competitive markets. In considering the choice of regulation regime, policymakers would be well advised not to weigh the pros and cons or the costs and benefits of legal gambling in itself but to consider whether it is the best way to achieve the public interest goals compared to the alternatives.

Fostering Ecocultural Resources, Identity, and Tourism in Inland Territories (Galicia, NW Spain)

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Elena De Uña-Álvarez ◽  
Montserrat Villarino-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Nw Spain ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Territorial Identity ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Depth Interviews

Inland territories hold a great diversity of ecocultural resources, increasingly constituted in tourist products for local development. Their role in improving the socioeconomic conditions and wellness of local communities, as well as in promoting tourism and sustainability, depends on the involvement of public and private actors. The relationships and the collaboration of local actors are essential in that regard. The study of aforementioned processes takes place in the inland territory of Galicia (NW Spain). The methodology of research relied on in-depth interviews. Due to the key role of the local actors, the interviews focused on their professional and life experiences. The analysis of the answers establishes the definition and the appraisal of the main resources, attached to territorial identity, and highlights the engagement and involvement of the actors in the territorial dynamics that foster the promotion of the ecocultural resources for tourism.

Property

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-178
Author(s):  
Peter Knoepfel
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Swiss Canton ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Oriented Approach

The application of the resource-oriented approach used in this book confirms the prominent role of the resource Property in the resource portfolios of each of the three policy actors. Property consists of the ownership of property and use rights to material and immaterial (natural, manufactured, social and/or human) resources and the various bundles of goods and/or services they provide to the owner. One of the prominent services of such resources involves their role as policy resource (abstract use of such resources as opposed to concrete uses). The most prominent material resource is the ownership of (strategic) land, which enables both public and private actors to play a predominant role in policy formulation and, especially, implementation processes. The chapter illustrates the mobilization and use modes of the resource Property in the areas of spatial planning, institutional policies (creation of a Swiss canton) , public accounting and state infrastructural policies (land acquisition policies for communal land use policy). It stresses the role of legal appeals by target groups or beneficiary organizations and the privileged position occupied landowners in the planning and implementation of large urban projects.

scholarly journals New Values of Non-Wood Forest Products

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiss ◽  
Emery ◽  
Corradini ◽  
Živojinović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Innovation Support

The role of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in industrialised country economies has declined in the past, but they are generating renewed interest as business opportunities. In a forest-based bio-economy frame, NWFPs can contribute to human nutrition, renewable materials, and cultural and experiential services, as well as create job and income opportunities in rural areas. Applying a service-dominant logic (SDL) approach to analysis of NWFPs, this article aimed to understand how new goods and services are co-created through networks of public and private actors in specific institutional, social, and cultural contexts. This focus sheds light on the experiences associated with NWFP harvest and use, revealing a fulsome suite of values and economic opportunities that include but are greater than the physical goods themselves. Turning the SDL lens on in-depth case studies from Europe and North America, we show dimensions of forest products that go beyond commercial values but are, at the same time, constituent of commercial activities. SDL provides a new view on customer relations, service provision to businesses, and policy measures for innovation support for non-wood forest products.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Government, and Civil Society

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Moon ◽  
David Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Government Relations ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the role of governments and civil society in shaping and encouraging corporate social responsibility (CSR). It begins by exploring the relationship between CSR and particular patterns of business–government–civil society relations. It then examines the patterns of business–government relations that are associated with CSR. It explores two basic models. One is the dichotomous view that posits that CSR and government are, by definition, mutually exclusive; accordingly, the scope of CSR is defined by the absence of regulation and public policy. The second posits that CSR is the relationship between market actors and governments. This article also investigates changes in business–government–civil society relations which explain the recent growth and development of CSR. Finally, it examines the ways in which governments have promoted CSR and the relationship between responsible public and private policies.

Public Health and the Law

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 690-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Lexi C. White ◽  
Andrew Sniegowski
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Structural Principles ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Private Actors

Promoting and protecting the public's health in the United States and abroad are intricately tied to laws and policies. Laws provide support for public health measures, authorize specific actions among public and private actors, and empower public health officials. Laws can also inhibit or restrict efforts designed to improve communal health through protections for individual rights or structural principles of government. Advancing the health of populations through law is complex and subject to constant tradeoffs. This column seeks to explore the role of law in the interests of public health through scholarly and applied assessments across a spectrum of key issues. The first of these assessments focuses on a critical topic in emergency legal preparedness.

Integrated Regional Policy: Lessons from Switzerland

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Thierstein ◽  
U K Egger
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Private Actors

The global context for regional policy is changing fast. Regional policy is challenged by the globalisation and regionalisation of political and economic structures, the implementation of sustainable development, and the reform of political and administrative structures. Most European countries have started to reformulate their regional policy. This wave of change has touched Switzerland as well. Although disparities between the regions are not of the same magnitude as in other countries, regional development problems can be found all over Switzerland. Regional policy, however, has not been adapted to tackle the present challenges. Evaluations in Switzerland and experiences in other countries reveal a need for a more integrated regional policy approach. With reference to the Swiss context, the authors outline the form an integrated policy approach could take. The approach includes the political system and sectoral policies with regional impact and comprises six elements: public and private actors; institutional structures and processes; top-down and bottom-up approaches; exogenous and endogenous strategies; economic, social, and environmental dimensions; and policies at regional, national, and European levels. This integrated perspective is complemented with considerations of how this approach in practice could look like on the national and the regional level. Special attention is given to the role of regional actors and institutions in the development process.

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