This work is the result of experiences from application of strategic Total Quality Management to a group dance. Explained using the analogy of Sargam, the little protocol of Music marked by a sequence of 7syllables (sounds), that is the essence of celebration of Music. Sargam has been attempted...

Megan's Law requires public dissemination of information from sex offender registries. Opponents to this controversial law have questioned whether households misinterpret or even use this information. One concern was that the information might simply induce a "fear of crime." This study finds...

Research findings sometimes play a part in the policy making process. This can happen through direct use of analysis, or through their impact on public perceptions and preferences as a result of media coverage. There are opportunities in this process for distortions to occur. This paper looks at...

The question of inviting international election observers to monitor an election is one of the most controversial issues in Africa. Most of the time, the presence of international election monitors in emerging democracies is important to measure whether or not an election is conducted in a free...

Since we can safely say about Romania that it had to go through a long process of transformation until the European Union member state stage, we can also state that the Romanian public accounting system has suffered multiple changes in order to match the level of the European accounting system,...

Because it is possible to find for any political position economists who defend it (for money), economists giving policy advice are in the general public often accused of being corruptible. The purpose of this paper is to show that nevertheless it is possible that the process of policy advice...

A modern budget reform, performance-based budgeting (PBB) emphasizes the measurement of government performance by agencies and public servants. In this article we define PBB as requiring strategic planning regarding agency mission, goals and objectives, and a process that requests quantifiable...

Energy security and energy sovereignty have their national and international dimensions. In the EU Member States, these dimensions are further complemented by the EU perspective. The concept of raw materials and energy security, as currently proclaimed by a number of states, is probably too...

The growth of ?globalization studies? in the social sciences has done little to undermine the term?s seemingly essential elasticity. Many academic debates about the veracity of the globalization hypothesis often struggle around meanings of ?globalization?, yet the concept also possesses a ?real...

Many people on the left still dismiss the tea party as the same old religious right, but the evidence says they are wrong. The tea party has strong libertarian roots and is a functionally libertarian influence on the Republican Party. Compiling data from local and national polls, as well as...