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Climate change and security: forging a cooperative mechanism in South Asia

Jolly, Stellina; Mahajana, Sandeep - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 6, pp. 315-332

The traditional notion of security in international relations can be seen as something focusing on a state's concerns with safeguarding territory. The post-cold war era, characterised by issues such as economic dependency, intra-wars, globalisation and environmental degradation, resulted in new...

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Changing higher education landscapes - implications for South Africa

Baumert, Stefanie - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 281-294

In changing societal contexts, systems and institutions of higher education are in need of reorientation. In this … article, it is argued that part of the search for reorientation in the South African higher education system is confronted by … trends in higher education (such as the reference to processes of globalisation and the knowledge society) and their …

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Migration of health workers and health of international migrants: framework for bridging some knowledge disjoints between brain drain and brawn drain

Khadria, Binod - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 266-280

A paradox in knowledge management paradigms is posed: that leading to a dichotomy between factor-endowment and factor-use in the health sector of any given country. While investment in acquiring health knowledge embodied in overseas health workers from other countries could lead to better health...

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On the causal relationship between trade-openness and government-size: evidence from OECD countries

Molana, Hassan; Montagna, Catia; Violato, Mara - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 4/5/6, pp. 226-249

The compensation hypothesis predicts a positive causation from international economic openness to the size of the public sector, as governments step in to perform a risk mitigating role to counterbalance the increasing exposure to external risk and the economic dislocations caused by growing...

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Irish public assets: establishment, control and privatisation of state-owned enterprises

Jackson, John - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 1, pp. 74-85

This article reviews the establishment and use of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Ireland. It notes the many difficulties experienced in obtaining a precise view of the composition of the Irish public sector and comments on ambivalent (and therefore often destructive) attitudes to the control...

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The 'externalisation' of local public service delivery: experience in Italy and Sweden

Argento, Daniela; Grossi, Giuseppe; Tagesson, Torbjorn; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 1, pp. 41-56

In recent years, the local government sector in European countries has undergone important changes involving, among other things, the externalisation of local public service provision through various forms of corporatisation, public-public collaboration, public-private partnerships and...

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Turnaround of the Indian Railways: a public ownership saga

Gupta, Desh; Sathye, Milind - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 1, pp. 86-102

The reported turnaround of the Indian Railways (IR) has attracted wide notice. This article locates the enterprise within the broader Indian public sector and explores the factors that led to the turnaround from a low performing organisation to a high performing one. The case study method is...

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From 'entrepreneurial state' to 'state of entrepreneurs': ownership implications of the transformation in Mexican governance since 1982

Vargas-Hernandez, Jose G. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 1, pp. 57-73

This article recognises that the Mexican financial crisis of 1982 marked a turning point in the country's development. The crisis followed a period of steady economic growth. Since then, the entrepreneurial state has been under steady attack by members of a new business elite, who are direct...

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Pathways for redistribution: privatisation, regulation and incentives for pro-poor investment in the Argentine water sector

Post, Alison E. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 4 (2009) 1/2, pp. 51-75

Recent studies of the effectiveness of privatisation programmes in the water and sanitation sector have highlighted the diversity of experiences, especially with respect to the distributional consequences of reforms. This study of water and sanitation privatisation programmes in the city and...

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EU â€“ shield or booster in the globalisation process?

Karrass, Anne - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 1/2, pp. 58-71

All too often, ascriptions to the EU as being 'neoliberal' or 'interventionist' have been made from both sides of the political and academic sphere. However, the evidence to prove these assessments are mostly only implied. This paper takes a closer look, based on textual evidence and using the...

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