No. 04: Silenced by Nation-Building: African Immigrants and Language Policy in the New South Africa [PDF]
, 1998 All people in South Africa have constitutionallyguaranteed language rights. To what extent do these rights apply to non-citizens and are they actually observed by various state departments and officials?
Crawhall, Nigel, Reitzes, Maxine
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The relationship between government and civil society: a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents a neo-Gramscian framework for the analysis of the relationship between government and civil society. We argue that the influence of ‘post-traditional’ theories of modernisation on ‘networks’ and ‘network society’ is crucial in ...
De Rynck, Filip +2 more
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The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions [PDF]
, 2015 Representative bureaucracy theory is central to public administration scholarship due to the likely relationship between the demographic composition of the public workforce and both the actual and perceived performance of public organizations.
Gershenson, Seth, Holt, Stephen B.
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Prison staff and the health promoting prison. [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose – This paper aims to discuss some of the obstacles to implementing policy and strategy related to health promoting prisons. It focuses on the role of prison officers and raises issues concerning their conditions of service, training and ...
Dixey, R, Woodall, J
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From “Clientelism” to a “Client-centred orientation”? The challenge of public administration reform in Russia [PDF]
, 2007 The inefficiency, corruption and lack of accountability that afflict public administration in Russia impose substantial direct costs on both entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens.
Tompson, William
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Workfare in the undemocratic states: the case of China [PDF]
, 2015 This article examines the problems caused by workfare in China. It is found that China’s public assistance scheme is managed mainly by volunteers and government officials who do not necessarily possess relevant qualifications.
Chan, CK, Ngok, K
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Beyond the Win: Pathways for Policy Implementation [PDF]
, 2016 When it comes to policy, a lot of attention is given to "the win." Whether it is something new and big like the Affordable Care Act, a piece of legislation in a large federal omnibus bill, or inclusion of critical language in a state policy, seeing the ...
Eritrea Habtemariam +3 more
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From Bureaucracy to Enterprise? The Changing Jobs and Careers of Managers in Telecommunications Service [PDF]
, 1995 This paper analyzes how organizational restructuring is affecting managerial labor markets. Drawing on field research from several Bell operating companies plus a detailed survey of managers in one company, this paper considers how organizational ...
Batt, Rosemary
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‘Together in Work, but Alone at Heart’: Insider Perspectives on the Mental Health of British Police Officers [PDF]
, 2018 This research explored the mental health of British police. Interviews with six officers, of varying rank, were conducted to explore the nature, prevalence and causes of mental health issues amongst colleagues.
Jenkins, Molly, Turner, Tim
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Social Work and Society, 2020 This study investigates how formal equality is"done" in 48 individual action plans for social assistance. We use a street-level perspective to understand how policy is"done" to enhance equality for social assistance applicants. The analysis is based on
Rickard Ulmestig +2 more
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