scholarly journals “Preparing” and “Repairing” Public Debate: Organizational Learning of Promoters in Environmental and Energy Governance

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Simard
Keyword(s):  
Public Debate ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Energy Governance ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Extra High Voltage

The deliberation experience, new imperative for public action (Blondiaux and Sintomer, 2002) produces some forms of learning that set in a new way the distribution of resources in punctual actors system that create infrastructure projects. If deliberative procedures could appear like moments for “metre à plat” values, ideas and solutions in a equilibrated, informed, respectful and transparency exchange, could we expect that it will suspend the power manifestations and the “rapports de force” in the pursuit of interests for stakeholders ? Analyzing the operation of environmental and energetic governance at the individual project level, from the promoter’s point of view, by looking at four extra-high-voltage (EHV) transmission line projects in France and Québec, and the consultation and deliberation procedures applied in each case, we argue that promoters learn better and quicker than the other stakeholders that are concerned by the large infrastructure projects. The radical imbalance of resources, experience and learning capacity among the actors tends to promote negotiation, before and after the public debate, with the actors considered relevant by the promoter, emptying the public debate of much of its content by leaving only the most antagonistic parties.

scholarly journals Practical aspects of assessing the efficiency of the modern system of public procurement in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohdan Dmytryshyn ◽  
Ruslana Zhovnovach ◽  
Oleksandr Levchenko ◽  
Yurii Malakhovskyi ◽  
Viktoriya Gonchar
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Public ◽  
Electronic Procurement ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Procurement System

The issue of reforming the institute of state (public) procurement is one of the key directions of the modernization of the administrative sector of our state. Increasing the efficiency of this institute should be recognized as one of the conditions for ensuring stable economic growth. In this regard, issues relating to the assessment of the efficiency of the use of public funds are of particular interest. The indicators of the efficiency of the activity of the public procurement sector in Ukraine in the context of the introduction of the “ProZorro” electronic procurement system are calculated and analyzed. The existing works of the individual scientists in the direction of developing indicators of the efficiency that can be used to evaluate the results of the operation of the procurement logistics system in the public sector in Ukraine are generalized. As a result, approaches have been identified that can be used to determine the effectiveness of the participation of customers, private sector representatives and the system of electronic public procurement in general. On the basis of retrospective data of past years and the first half of the current year, a number of estimates of absolute and relative savings, as well as indicators of the effectiveness of the open bidding in the public sector of Ukraine have been identified. The dynamics of these indicators before and after the introduction of the “ProZorro” electronic procurement system was analyzed. The analysis shows that the first results of the functioning of the “ProZorro” system demonstrate the existence of negative trend of competition and reduction in the amount of savings in public funds. Ensuring high efficiency and competitiveness, integrity and transparency of the procurement process are the main tasks of the Ukrainian government in the field of public procurement. The authors argue that the introduction of the “ProZorro” system can help to solve them successfully, and the application of the analytics module enables to calculate the savings from the use of this system.

scholarly journals Konstytucyjne aspekty procesu karnego w działalności Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-211
Author(s):  
Stanisław Trociuk
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Public Prosecution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Individual

The changes in the broadly conceived criminal procedure which were introduced in recent years refer to the problems which are crucial from the perspective of the protection of human rights, such as the scope of the authority of the services due to operational control which is conducted secretly, the model of the functioning of the public prosecution service or the unlawful acquiring of evidence in a criminal procedure. The evaluation of these changes, conducted by the Ombudsman from the point of view of the constitutional standards of the protection of the rights of the individual is not positive. The new regulations reduce the quality of these standards and they do not contain sufficient guarantees of protection against the arbitrariness of the activities engaged in these terms by the organs of public authority. This phenomenon imposes a particular duty on the courts – which hear criminal cases – to see that the final decision in a criminal case respects the universal standards of the protection of human rights.

THE RISE OF PROFESSIONALISM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-360
Author(s):  
M. L. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Personal Problems ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Special Competence ◽  
Better Than

The particular relation that professionalism bears to individualism and to the subjective illusion deserves to be noted. Their special competence empowers professionals and experts to act in situations where laymen feel incompetent or baffled. In fact, the assumption by the public that the expert is competent creates a sort of pragmatic compulsion for the expert: to certify his worth in the eyes of the laity, he must act. Deferentially requested to intervene by his clients, the expert practitioner is compelled to do something; from this point of view, anything is better than nothing. As Freidson remarks: "Indeed, so impressed is he by the perplexity of his clients and by his apparent capacity to deal with those perplexities, that the practitioner comes to consider himself an expert not only in the problems he is trained to deal with but in all human problems." Most particularly in the personal professions, the behavior of the expert asserts, ideologically, that a variety of ills—and, in particular, those that can most affect the person—have individual remedies. This reinforces the optimistic illusion of ideological individualism: personal problems of all kinds are purely private and admit, as such, individual and ad hoc solutions. In the predominant ideological way of addressing social issues and social relations experienced by individuals, therefore, structural causes, as well as collective action upon those causes, are relegated to a vaguely utopian realm. At the same time, the practitioner's "compulsion to act" reiterates to the layman that education confers superior powers upon the individual and superior mastery over physical and social environments.

Between Americanism and Modernism: John Zahm and Theistic Evolution

1987 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Scott Appleby
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Notre Dame ◽  
The Individual ◽  
American Catholic ◽  
The University ◽  
Remarkable Advance ◽  
Special Creation

“Romanism and Evolution. Remarkable Advance. No Special Creation.” “Father Zahm on the Six Days of Creation.” “Father Zahm on Inspiration.” “Father Zahm Honored with a Private Audience by His Holiness.”1 During the final decade of the nineteenth century religious periodicals and secular newspapers alike chronicled the growing fascination of the American Catholic community with the public debate over the latest theories regarding the evolution of species. One figure in particular, John Augustine Zahm, a Holy Cross priest and professor of chemistry and physics in the University of Notre Dame, captured many of the headlines and captivated Catholic audiences with his sophisticated, clear expositions of the various theories in the post-Darwinian controversies and with his repeated assurances that the idea of evolution, properly understood, posed no obstacle to the faith of the individual Catholic.

The Mentally Defective Criminal

1913 ◽  
Vol 59 (245) ◽  
pp. 314-325
Author(s):  
J. P. Sturrock
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Preventive Detention ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
The Public ◽  
Resident Surgeon ◽  
Psychological Point ◽  
Physical Defects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Aspect ◽  
Mental Defect

Some forty years ago, Dr. Bruce Thomson, the first resident surgeon to this prison, contributed to the medical journals a series of observations upon over 5,000 prisoners. He dealt chiefly with the more obvious physical defects which, to his thinking, supported the theory of the existence of the instinctive criminal, and though his observations were somewhat generalised, he was rightly regarded as a pioneer in the science of criminal anthropology. He also drew attention to the prevalence of weak-mindedness among juvenile prisoners, and stated that as much as 12 per cent. of all prisoners required special observation soon after admission because of mental defect. There is little doubt that in his time the old method that consigned all forms of disordered conduct to prison still persisted, and many changes have since taken place that would tend to diminish his percentage. Prison discipline is still, in spite of its mildness, largely credited with bringing into prominence many symptoms that are put down to mental defect. It would be reasonable to look for a considerable reduction in the numbers of weak-minded persons in prisons during a period when prison administration can conscientiously take to its credit the fruits of a progressive spirit that is not, however, readily granted to it by many whose reforming enthusiasm takes no thought of the spade-work that has preceded their own awakening. The psychological point of view is prominent in the most recent methods of dealing with the criminal. Preventive detention for the habitual, probation for the first offender, Borstal training for the juvenile delinquent, etc., all recognise the mental aspect of the offender as fully as any system that can be evolved by the mental pathologist. That the mental abnormality of the habitual major offender is a more complex affair in its origin and treatment than is insanity will, I am sure, be amply verified by the future experience of the preventive detention institutions, where grave disorder can only result if the treatment views too much in this light of irresponsibility the vicious tendencies of the inmates. From whatever point of view we look upon the habitual and professional criminal, it is certain that many of this type may be safely left to the law which is rightly concerned with the protection of the public, and continually progresses in an endeavour to fit the punishment to the individual.

Academic and public attitudes to the notion of ‘standard’ Canadian English

English Today ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Dollinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Canadian English ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Public Debates

This paper reflects on ‘standards’ in Canadian English in scholarly research and the public debate about English in Canada from a number of viewpoints. The goals of these reflections are three-fold. First, I aim to characterize the chasm between scholarly and public debates about a language ‘standard’ in Canadian English (CanE). While this debate is not new (e.g. Kretzschmar, 2009: 1–5 for a recent example), its application in the Canadian context is a desideratum. Second, I aim to characterize the standard in CanE from a demographic point of view: what is this standard and, above all, which Canadians (and, more importantly, how many) presently speak it? And third, what can linguists who research Canadian English offer to the public, and how can the perceived gap in knowledge be bridged?

scholarly journals Assessment of highway infrastructure projects in Latin America and Perú from the competences point of view

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1537-1546
Author(s):  
Germán Gallardo Zevallos ◽  
Tatiana Machicao ◽  
María Josée Martínez-Echevarría Romero
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
The Right

AbstractIt is stressed that Latin America and Perú should become more competitive. Under the actual development scenarios, attention to competences of programme managers and project managers related to public transportation infrastructure projects has risen substantially.An inefficient bureaucratic system is related with deficiencies of people skills and competences. On the other hand, an excellent system demands quality of the system and quality of people working in it.Thus, it is important to have excellence in administration and excellent administrators in the public sector. Three main lacking elements have been identified: i) lack of good education; ii) absence of fair salaries in the public sector; and iii) lack of incentives. Many misconceptions and disputed consequences have been observed and analyzed. It is clear that there is lack of competence among infrastructure transport project managers and teams, which causes trouble with the main goal of Peru getting benefits from these investments and achieving sustainable development. Furthermore, the right way to achieve these benefits is through a new model of education for project managers and programme managers in Perú. This education should be based more on competences than on qualifications. Thus, the International Project Management Association (IPMA) competence baseline, which is the standard that best fits to these needs, needs to be implemented to achieve the real contribution and benefits of these projects to society.

scholarly journals Copyright issues in Archives

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Kampen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Fair Dealing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Watermarks ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to examine the policy process, the stakeholders, the individual policies, the public debate, and the impact that copyright, specifically fair dealing, has on access to and interaction (i.e. use) with audiovisual digital archival content in an academic archive in Canada. The paper takes a preliminary look at Canadian copyright act and the copyright modernization act as well as differences between fair use and fair dealing. It then outlines two of possible applications of the copyright act in archives by looking at digital watermarks and take-down policies.

A Study of the Reliability and Validity of the Repertory Grid Technique as a Measure of the Hysteroid/Obsessoid Component of Personality

1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (528) ◽  
pp. 1305-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Caine ◽  
D. J. Smail
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Repertory Grid ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Repertory Grid Technique ◽  
Test Of Hypotheses ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Measure Change ◽  
Grid Technique ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mathematical Relationships

One of the most attractive features of the Repertory Grid Technique from the clinician's point of view is that it provides a quantifiable test of hypotheses concerning data which are not readily measurable by more traditional standardized instruments (such as questionnaires). An example of such a situation as this would be where the psychologist wishes to measure change in a person's construing of his world before and after psychotherapy. This immediately involves, however, questions concerning the “reliability” and “validity” of the particular grid or grids used. How do we know whether reasonably stable psychological processes within the individual are reflected in equally stable mathematical relationships between constructs, and how do we know that we have chosen, or elicited, those constructs which really are most psychologically meaningful to the subject, or indeed psychologically meaningful at all ?

scholarly journals Wahlplakat-Busting. Formen und Funktionen einer (neuen) Textmustermischung

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha Michel ◽  
Steffen Pappert
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Text Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function ◽  
Communicative Power

AbstractFrom a linguistic point of view, this article deals with election poster busting, a widespread practice in which the elements of the text type “election poster” and its text-image-combinations are alienated by processes of resemiotisation. In addition to a corpus-based typology of the practices used in this context, a qualitative analysis of case studies from the Bundestag election campaign 2017 shows that satirical-playful, thematic-discursive and successive (and thus complex) alienation practices are carried out during poster busting. Depending on the respective practices, this can lead to differently pronounced blend of text pattern, i. e. Textmustermischungen (Fix 2008a), which are characterized by a change in content and function. Thus, the function of CAMPAIGNING, which is written into the original poster, is surpassed by that of CRITICISING which not only questions the individual poster but also the communicative power relations in the public space.

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