http://www.artipot.com/dir/society-and-culture/politics/ Latest Politics articles from Artipot - your one-stop resource for free articles. http://www.artipot.com/articles/481962/african-bureaucracies.htm The context in many African countries (among others) is not conducive to successful bureaucracies For example: * Information and evaluation are scarce and expensive, which inhibits internal and external controls Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/481962/african-bureaucracies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/481957/organizing-workshops-to-design-anti-corruption-strategies.htm High-level participatory diagnoses have proved remarkably fruitful in generating frank analyses of sensitive policy issues, leading to suggestions for remedial measures But sometimes there is no carrot or stick to keep that momentum moving Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11:12 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/481957/organizing-workshops-to-design-anti-corruption-strategies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/481955/fight-against-corruption-after-deterrence-comes-the-structural-changes.htm A campaign against corruption must be credible The public has grown cynical Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:04 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/481955/fight-against-corruption-after-deterrence-comes-the-structural-changes.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/481954/anti-corruption-strategies.htm Anti-corruption strategies must go beyond blanket condemnations Privately, at least, one must be very shrewd about where to begin and how Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:15 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/481954/anti-corruption-strategies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/481948/applications-to-country-programs-against-corruption.htm A campaign against corruption must go beyond words, indeed beyond new laws Institutional adjustment is needed to limit the scope of corruption (and more generally, to enhance efficiency) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:53:07 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/481948/applications-to-country-programs-against-corruption.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474900/measuring-democracy-artur-victoria-studies.htm The International Political Risk Service Group Ltd is a private company that provides analysis of political risk for 140 countries in the world Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:17:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474900/measuring-democracy-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474899/measuring-democracy-relevant-projects-of-the-international-idea-artur-victoria-studies.htm The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is one of the most interesting, if not the most useful, possible sources in the area of democracy research Though at the moment they have nothing that could be used as a source of data for measuring democracy, they have few projects that may be very useful potential sources in the future Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474899/measuring-democracy-relevant-projects-of-the-international-idea-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474898/measuring-democracy-the-idea-questionnaire-artur-victoria-studies.htm From the broadly concept of democracy an assessment questionnaire is formed It contains four components and each of them contains a number of questions Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474898/measuring-democracy-the-idea-questionnaire-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474897/measuring-democracy-the-undps-human-development-report-artur-victoria-studies.htm The UNDP Human Development Report was first launched in 1990 and it has been conducted regularly each year since then The last report for 2001 included 162 cases and the report for 200 included 174 cases Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:59:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474897/measuring-democracy-the-undps-human-development-report-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474625/economist-magazine-well-educated-well-off-readers-only-please.htm For more than 160 years the Economist informs a worldwide audience with Economic Financial and Political news that affect economies at a local and global level We examine the main characteristics of this established publication Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:38:50 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474625/economist-magazine-well-educated-well-off-readers-only-please.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474296/measuring-democracy-reports-by-the-committee-to-protect-journalists-artur-victoria-studies.htm The Committee to Protect Journalists is a non-profit organization established with the aim to protect the press freedom around the world There is not much information available on who the members of organization are and whether it has regional affiliates apart from its central office in New York Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:59:29 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474296/measuring-democracy-reports-by-the-committee-to-protect-journalists-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474293/measuring-democracy-reports-on-press-freedom-by-reporters-sans-frontiers-artur-victoria-studies.htm Reporters sans frontiers are another source of information on the state of press freedom The report of RSF that is conducted annually is in terms of content and topic covered very similar to the reports of the CPJ and IPI Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:52:42 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474293/measuring-democracy-reports-on-press-freedom-by-reporters-sans-frontiers-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474288/measuring-democracy-the-icftus-reports-on-violations-of-union-rights-artur-victoria-studies.htm International Confederation of Free Trade Unions publishes annual report about the violations of labor and union rights that is covering 148 countries and territories The organization is founded in 1949 and has 225 affiliated organizations in 148 countries Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:45:43 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474288/measuring-democracy-the-icftus-reports-on-violations-of-union-rights-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474200/concept-of-democracy-artur-victoria-study.htm "Democracy" is nearly universally cherished in the contemporary world: hence the inherently contested nature of the concept This contested nature means that different political forces try to attach somewhat different meanings to the word Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:46:06 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474200/concept-of-democracy-artur-victoria-study.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474181/measuring-democracy-human-rights-watchs-artur-victoria-studies.htm Human Rights Watch's annual report is similar to the AI report and can be put to the same use as suggested above It is also heavily country focused and not made according to methodology that includes comparable indicators Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:58 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474181/measuring-democracy-human-rights-watchs-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474178/how-to-measure-democracy-the-freedom-house-survey-of-political-and-civil-liberties-artur-victoria-studies.htm Freedom House was founded almost sixty years ago by Eleanor Roosevelt, Wendell Willkie and other Americans concerned with the dangers that faced democracy Freedom House is led by a Board of Trustees composed of Democrats, Republicans and Independents; business and labor leaders; former senior government officials, scholars, writers and journalists Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:11:25 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474178/how-to-measure-democracy-the-freedom-house-survey-of-political-and-civil-liberties-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474175/measuring-democracy-reports-by-the-international-press-institute-artur-victoria-studies.htm The International Press Institute is the organization that is operating as the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists The focus of organization work is the enhancement of professionalism and journalist standards and the media freedom Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:04:08 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474175/measuring-democracy-reports-by-the-international-press-institute-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474173/about-democracy-artur-victoria-researchs.htm More generally, not all definitions operate at the same level of abstraction, or even if they do, they may define democracy with reference to different sets of other abstract concepts despite an apparent agreement on what empirical phenomena is delineated by the concept For instance, Kenneth Bollen (1980) submitted that "[democracy] is the extent to which the political power... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:59:58 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474173/about-democracy-artur-victoria-researchs.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/474171/measuring-democracy-the-us-department-of-states-reports-on-human-rights-artur-victoria-studies.htm The American Department of State issues an annual report on the state of human rights in each country that is a member of the United Nations Although these country reports acknowledge the cultural diversity of each country, the basic principle underlying them is in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:53:22 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/474171/measuring-democracy-the-us-department-of-states-reports-on-human-rights-artur-victoria-studies.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/469758/has-the-united-states-penchant-for-sports-crossed-over-into-and-blurred-the-political-landscape.htm It's a new day I've been told, or sold, I should say I want to believe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:24:29 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/469758/has-the-united-states-penchant-for-sports-crossed-over-into-and-blurred-the-political-landscape.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467832/bribery-of-foreign-officials-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm In the past the extent of bribery by companies from Western Europe and North America of foreign officials for contracts has been a matter of pure speculation Little or no empirical evidence was available Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:45:41 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467832/bribery-of-foreign-officials-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467830/spying-and-bribery-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm Attitudes in the West are changing No longer is it deemed acceptable to bribe your way into a contract as long as you and your company are not caught Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:38:50 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467830/spying-and-bribery-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467821/political-parties-funding-recent-history-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm Parties seek more money from the taxpayer but there will always be tight constraints on this source of funding The obvious source of big money is rich donors and corporations Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:17:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467821/political-parties-funding-recent-history-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467179/political-donations-and-corruption-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm In one case Spanish anti-corruption public prosecutors began the investigation last March into the allegedly fraudulent sale of the Spanish telephone installation company Sintel to the Cuban entrepreneur Jorge Mas Canosa The action was taken after unions alleged the former management of the company had plundered millions of pesetas from the sale of the company Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:03:28 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467179/political-donations-and-corruption-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467178/approach-to-knowledge-and-learning-integrity-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm The resources required to 'deliver' high levels of public integrity are huge though, even if it were possible; arguably greater than the resources one could imagine being available This is due to the high costs of achieving: * Strategic 'doneness' (prioritization/sequencing) * Local legitimacy (polices come with ideological baggage) * High quality of knowledge to transfer... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:59:35 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467178/approach-to-knowledge-and-learning-integrity-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467176/organizational-learning-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm The learning curve for implementing effective reforms is steep To better understand one of the important dimensions of organizational learning, we find the distinction between tacit and codified knowledge to be a useful one Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:52:30 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467176/organizational-learning-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467174/money-arms-and-much-more-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm If one person in the West symbolizes the growing resistance to corruption it is Eva Jolly, the Paris based investigating magistrate in the Elf Aquitaine affair With its allegations of bribes and suspicious arms deals involving those at the highest levels of French political life the case have rocked France over the last eighteen months Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:45:35 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467174/money-arms-and-much-more-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467172/privatizing-a-way-to-make-illicit-profits-with-bribery-and-corruption-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm For more than a year it has been France's turn to fall under the microscope of the international media over bribery and corruption allegations, as it had been Britain turn in the mid 1990s over sleaze in the Conservative Government Recent events in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey,... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:38:44 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467172/privatizing-a-way-to-make-illicit-profits-with-bribery-and-corruption-a-study-by-artur-victoria.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467017/the-lisbon-treaty-for-women-the-reasons-why.htm Joining the European Community in 1973 was a fundamental step forward for Irish women who automatically upon membership of the EEC received rights of equality particularly in the field of employment For example, women who married prior to 1973 were prohibited from continuing in civil service employment following their marriage under Irish law guided by the Irish Constitution Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:10:37 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467017/the-lisbon-treaty-for-women-the-reasons-why.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/467014/should-david-miliband-resign-over-tibet-suzerainty.htm Last year the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband removed the suzerainty status afforded to Tibet a country the size of Europe that has been illegally occupied by China since 1959 This status of autonomy was one of the main claims Tibetans had to their nation; internationally, diplomatically and legally Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:03:53 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/467014/should-david-miliband-resign-over-tibet-suzerainty.htm