• This involves investigating the underlying dynamics between the granular elements, the generative processes, how to visualize complex systems, and other aspects of dynamics around human centered ad-hoc interactivities. (nature.com)
  • As a general objective, this project aims to the development of a theoretical framework to analyze and model, from the perspective of System Dynamics and its relation to Peace Studies, situations and conditions of intractability related to both political violence and deep-rooted violent conflicts. (europa.eu)
  • Presidentialism in Indonesia creates very specific political dynamics. (theconversation.com)
  • System dynamics was used to model the interactions within the three main sectors that will affect the projects performance, waste, energy and climate. (lu.se)
  • VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted Tuesday that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are political revenge that show the fundamental corruption of the United States. (wtnh.com)
  • The indictment of former President Donald Trump by special counsel Jack Smith-with the full approval of Attorney General Merrick Garland-is an attack on the American political system and fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment to freely discuss, debate, and contest serious election and political issues. (heritage.org)
  • No one person, least of all the congenitally corrupt Donald Trump, can fix our rigged political and economic system. (citizen.org)
  • SANTIAGO, Jan 30 2012 (IPS) - Chile's political system is "exhausted" and urgently needs reform to truly represent its citizens, consolidate democracy and ensure governability, say experts consulted by IPS. (ipsnews.net)
  • In his view, the fundamental issue is the quality of democracy, "which requires a more comprehensive reform, not only of the electoral system, but to establish mechanisms to give independent sectors an opportunity to participate. (ipsnews.net)
  • A new law introducing automatic voter registration and voluntary voting, removing the obligation on registered electors to exercise their vote, is adding to the pressure for electoral system reform. (ipsnews.net)
  • Then there is the proposal for structural changes to the "binominal" electoral system, put forward by the governing National Renewal party and the opposition Christian Democratic party, the first instance of a reform pursued jointly by the two coalitions dominating national politics. (ipsnews.net)
  • and it lists the challenges this approach faces in its attempt to contribute to the reform of food systems. (eldis.org)
  • Policy reform is a profoundly political process, and advocates need to manage the politics of change, through careful political analysis and innovative political strategies. (harvard.edu)
  • This guide can be used in conjunction with the Flagship Approach, but it is also designed to be used independently, to provide policy makers and policy analysts with instructions on how to manage the political processes of reform. (harvard.edu)
  • The guide helps identify political, fiscal and institutional constraints that need to be addressed by political strategies that can improve the adoption and implementation of health reform. (harvard.edu)
  • This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the office of the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai, India. (epw.in)
  • She added that for the first 20 years of democracy, Chile directed its efforts at improving the economy, rather than the political system, which is why its institutions are so backward. (ipsnews.net)
  • This new issue of the IDS Bulletin, edited by Jody Harris, Molly Anderson, Chantal Clément and Nicholas Nisbett examines a range of perspectives on power in food systems, and the various active players, relationships, activities, and institutions that play a major role in shaping them. (eldis.org)
  • But according to some thinkers believe that renaissance failed to develop effective political institutions. (artscolumbia.org)
  • During the period of renaissance, both these political institutions have developed from the medieval roots, but both failed to get transformed completely into a modern system. (artscolumbia.org)
  • In other words, Russian intelligence agencies are using the Democrats' false 'collusion' narrative to further inflame partisan tensions that lead to a distrust of our political system and institutions, which resolutely is a threat to social stability and, as a result, our national security . (newstarget.com)
  • This year, LUCSUS is happy to host the 2017 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance in October. (lu.se)
  • The conference is part of the global series organised by the Earth System Governance Project. (lu.se)
  • The conference theme Allocation and access in a warming and increasingly unequal world will be addressed in five thematic streams: Environmental justice in earth system governance, Conceptual understandings and progress, Science and activism, Theory and methodology and Earth system governance in turbulent times. (lu.se)
  • The vision for this year's conference is two-fold: on the scientific side, we want to use this as a key moment for the Earth System Governance community to reflect on the last decade and look to the future of the Earth System Governance project. (lu.se)
  • We will also host an Early Career Researcher workshop and for the first time, a teaching workshop on "Innovative Methods for Teaching Earth System Governance. (lu.se)
  • In addition to the main programme, don't miss out on the opportunities of the Early Career Researcher Workshop and the Earth System Governance Teaching Workshop . (lu.se)
  • The Lund Conference on Earth System Governance is hosted by Lund University and jointly organised by the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Department of Political Science and the Earth System Governance Project. (lu.se)
  • If you ask people if their political ideas are represented, 60 percent of Chileans say, 'no'," said Lagos. (ipsnews.net)
  • People eventually take their frustration on to the streets, and the more the street protests, the less representation is vested in the political system," Lagos said. (ipsnews.net)
  • Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of democracy and political plurality. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the most controversial issues is the "binominal" (dual candidate) electoral system, which encourages domination by two large coalitions: the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación), in power from 1990 to 2010, and the rightwing Coalition for Change that is now in government. (ipsnews.net)
  • What we have today is disillusion with the political system in general and with democracy in particular, and this is all related to participation mechanisms," he said. (ipsnews.net)
  • and this is enough to relieve despair & to let the system portray itself as a 'democracy. (opednews.com)
  • This book provides a cross-country study of the consequences of the expansion of intra-party democracy, the trend towards more inclusive methods of selection for party candidates and leaders, and the impact of these on political elites in terms of sociopolitical profile and patterns of careers. (routledge.com)
  • As for the prosecution of Trump, for us what is happening in today's conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy," Putin said at an Eastern Economic Forum gathering in Russia's Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok. (wtnh.com)
  • Note: Today, U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers introduced the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a broad package of democracy reforms designed to clean up corruption and give voters more say in the political process. (citizen.org)
  • Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of Political Science, Univerzita J.E. Purkyné Usti nad Labem, Katedra politologie, Euroregion Elbe/Labe, and Aktion Zivilcourage e.V., Pirna are cooperating in a Czech-German model project on the promotion of democracy and civil courage. (tu-dresden.de)
  • Parties can be more factionalised if intra-party democracy is higher, if the political economy of parties does not benefit single financiers, if the party is rather decentralised, if organisational regulations (for example on party membership or the election of the executive board) are not well-defined, and so on. (theconversation.com)
  • The political system undermines citizens' sovereignty," she said. (ipsnews.net)
  • This principle of the Oneness of God altogether negates the concept of the legal and political sovereignty of human begins, individually or collectively. (islambasics.com)
  • The social protests are a consequence of the crisis of representation arising from this electoral system. (ipsnews.net)
  • We kick off discussing how and why the COVID crisis became so acute across the country before discussing the current political intrigue. (undispatch.com)
  • And, as Leticia Casado explains, there is a direct link between the COVID-19 crisis and this emerging political competition. (undispatch.com)
  • The understanding of violent conflicts and political violence conflicts as parasite systems functioning within societies, will address the question of how systemic the treatment of long, eluding-resolution disputes may be of use to conflict policies, both at the national and international levels. (europa.eu)
  • Everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons. (wtnh.com)
  • The Trump administration is working to implement an "unproven" tracking system for public health officials to schedule coronavirus shots and manage supplies , Politico reported on Sunday. (govexec.com)
  • Blatant political interference in CDC's reports on the coronavirus outbreak appears to be just one element in the Trump administration's all-out strategy to, in the president's words, 'play it down,'" they wrote. (govexec.com)
  • Traditional community/village level dispute resolution systems still coexist with formal processes of justice and administration. (epw.in)
  • This guide seeks to help reformers navigate the political processes involved in changing and implementing health policies that will improve societal health and well-being. (harvard.edu)
  • This, through the development of behavioural models of (state and non-state) agents involved in processes of political violence (seen here as relational systems within national systems). (europa.eu)
  • Political analyst Guillermo Holzmann concurred, and said the constraints of the electoral system are perceived as an obstacle to more effective representation by both political parties and general citizens. (ipsnews.net)
  • In May 2022, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Fundación Esquel Ecuador launched a training process with Indigenous women from Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik - Nuevo País (Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement, or Pachakutik) on gender parity and political leadership. (ifes.org)
  • Factionalism in presidential systems is, of course, not only a question of electoral rules governing whether parties are well-organised or institutionalised. (theconversation.com)
  • The main types of political systems recognized are democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with a variety of hybrid regimes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Modern classification system also include monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there a three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes (with hybrid regimes). (wikipedia.org)
  • Although often interrupted by episodes of oligarchic or tyrannical rule and by periods of civic dissension and class rivalry, the main theme of governmental development in the Greek city was the elaboration of structures that permitted the control of political affairs by its citizens. (britannica.com)
  • A record high unemployment rate of 27%, political corruption allegations and austerity measures have eroded support for the two main political parties, the ruling People's Party (PP) and socialist PSOE, the survey of 2,482 people showed. (mercopress.com)
  • The Latin American Program is pleased to share a new bulletin on political corruption: "When Corruption Funds the Political System: A Case Study of Honduras," by Wilson Center Fellow Daniel Sabet. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • While each is distinct, in all four cases, corrupt proceeds help fund political campaigns, making corruption a core input to the political system. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Public support for Spain's ruling centre-right party the PP has slipped following a high-level corruption scandal and ongoing recession, and Spaniards remain pessimistic about the political and economic outlook, a poll showed last Friday. (mercopress.com)
  • Half of Spaniards consider the political situation to be "very bad" and ranked corruption as Spain's number two problem behind unemployment, according to a survey by the state-owned Sociological Investigations Centre (CIS), carried out in April. (mercopress.com)
  • The course Parties and Political Behaviours explores the theories, methods and empirical results that relate to political decision-making in different political systems. (lu.se)
  • Panelist spoke about the independent voter movement and how election reforms efforts would impact political culture. (c-span.org)
  • But with the latest election, this Nigerian system-which evolved in response to a horrific civil war in the 1960s, the military dictatorships that followed, and the powerfully centrifugal religious and identity divisions that have perennially loomed as threats to the nation's survival-seems now to have outlived nearly all of its remaining utility. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Whatever government takes the reins after the election desperately needs to address our current child-care system in B.C. Because it is broken. (cbc.ca)
  • Pachakutik participants shared ideas such as inclusive and intersectional political agendas, providing counseling for women leaders facing gender-based political violence, and seeking funding for campaigns to encourage Indigenous and underrepresented women to run for office. (ifes.org)
  • We have seen that within an organisation there is not just one, but several political systems, several different agendas. (lu.se)
  • In political science, a political system means the type of political organization that can be recognized, observed or otherwise declared by a state. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cities first emerged as complex forms of social and political organization in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris, the Nile, the Huang He , and the Yangtze. (britannica.com)
  • The module will introduce you to the context and content of devolved policy-making and political representation in Wales. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • From participative observation and content analysis of the field diary, the LHC actions was problematized as individualist or as communitarian and questioning the psychology political action. (bvsalud.org)
  • The work presented here looks at a simple model of political polarization amongst agents which influence their immediate locality and how a entropy trace of the political discourse can be produced. (nature.com)
  • From the start, the Maldivian democratic project tried to combine democratic liberty with Islamic normativity within its political discourse. (lu.se)
  • It is important to note that this guide is aimed to assist in applied political analysis-not in advancing theory, but in supporting practitioners. (harvard.edu)
  • The famous political thinker, Machiavellian well-known guide to kings - The Prince - is a work of this age's political theory. (artscolumbia.org)
  • They also discussed creating a national database to allow current and aspiring women leaders to connect, share ideas and develop joint strategies to support and strengthen their political participation. (ifes.org)
  • Political participation? (bvsalud.org)
  • From this model an isolated system representation can be formulated in respect to the changes in the entropy values across all variables of the system over simulation time. (nature.com)
  • He, too, came up via the machine system, once serving as governor of Anambra state and as the vice presidential candidate of the other big traditional party (and rival to Tinubu's APC), the People's Democratic Party, in 2019. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Lacey, Nicola and Soskice, David, Crime and Punishment in the US: Political Systems and Technology Regime Change (November 24, 2019). (ssrn.com)
  • The Democrats are permitted to exist because their vague hint of eventual progressive change keeps large numbers of people from bolting the political system altogether. (opednews.com)
  • The Board of Regents is unalterably opposed to political interference or domination of any kind or character in the affairs of any University System of Georgia (USG) institution. (usg.edu)
  • As the resulting healthcare system has developed over the years, it has gained global recognition as an emblem of inclusivity. (coha.org)
  • Nevertheless, longstanding inequities in the Brazilian healthcare system reflect the stark income inequality that still plagues the country today. (coha.org)
  • The free universal healthcare system was first implemented in the period of re-democratization in the late 1980s, and was a result of continued popular protest for the provision of public services during the era of military dictatorship. (coha.org)
  • Tertiary care plays an important role in determining the structure of the healthcare system and universal access to it. (epw.in)
  • Though it may be required only in 1% of cases in a functioning health system, it plays an important role in determining the structure of the healthcare system as a whole. (epw.in)
  • Therefore, we welcome any high-quality suggestions for edited, single or co-authored books dealing with political parties and party systems in Europe and beyond (by which we mean we are also open to comparative projects examining regions outside of Europe). (routledge.com)
  • Comparative political economy has had little to say in recent decades about American exceptionalism in general and about American crime and punishment in particular. (ssrn.com)
  • It intends to undertake a comparative study using two cases that involve political violence and violent conflict. (europa.eu)
  • Your first semester in Lund will focus on deepening your knowledge in Political Science by offering you specialised courses in comparative politics and an introduction to Swedish Politics. (lu.se)
  • Hybrid regimes are categorized as having a combination of autocratic features with democratic ones and can simultaneously hold political repressions and regular elections. (wikipedia.org)
  • as long as seven years earlier, Bork hauls out the notion that "In New York State it is official educational doctrine that the United States Constitution was heavily influenced by the political arrangements of the Iroquois Confederacy. (ratical.org)
  • The goal of this chapter is to help strengthen understanding about how staff can use evaluation to monitor and assess their program's EHDI Information System (EHDI-IS) and integrate this into routine program practice. (cdc.gov)
  • The fact that the two most important 19th century secular ideologies that still dominate our contemporary world, namely communism and liberalism, pose as trans-or inter-national modes of political practice shows that nationalism is always to be understood in relation to "the other" and "to the world. (lu.se)
  • Parallel to this, you will get a chance to explore Political Science Methodology and within the scope of the course start planning for your Bachelor thesis. (lu.se)
  • The cases considered will be the Spanish Basque Country political violence (seen at times and by some as a sometimes overt, sometimes minor conflict), and the protracted, political violent conflict in Colombia. (europa.eu)
  • If you choose to extend your studies at Lund University you will have the opportunity to complete a one year Master's in Political Science. (lu.se)
  • Globalization, first-foods systems transformations and corporate power: a synthesis of literature and data on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Political economy of health in Africa / edited by Toyin Falola and Dennis Ityavyar. (who.int)
  • It usually comprizes the governmental legal and economic system, social and cultural system, and other state and government specific systems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Social physics has laid out an interesting set of goals where natural sciences and social sciences would come together in order to help model human based systems 1 , 2 (that the "verbal reasoning" in the humanities would be assisted by science and technology). (nature.com)
  • In general there is the question, "does the second law of thermodynamics apply to social systems or not? (nature.com)
  • Such work helps establish that social system models can be designed to respect the arrow of time since a decrease produces the Gibbs paradox due to an incomplete system definition 26 , 27 , 28 . (nature.com)
  • The project has also empowered women from three other political organizations: Movimiento Creando Oportunidades CREO, Izquierda Democrática ID y Partido Social Cristiano PSC. (ifes.org)
  • And the Russians are using the Democrats' fake narrative to weaken our social and political trust. (newstarget.com)
  • Moreover, the social, economic, and political systems in which these events occur can function as either increase risk or foster protection. (cdc.gov)
  • However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving the questions of who should have authority and what the government influence on its people and economy should be. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sociological interest in political systems is figuring out who holds power within the relationship between the government and its people and how the government's power is used. (wikipedia.org)
  • Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and regulation over public and private life. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the most pressing issues in this idealistic system lies in its unique financing mechanism, which consists of a combination of tax revenue from the federal government and contributions from state and municipal budgets. (coha.org)
  • A technical decision about the voting system that will be used in the city of Buenos Aires (Caba) to choose a new mayor may turn out to be critical for the nationwide fate of Juntos por el Cambio (JxC), the centre-right opposition coalition, and could even end up influencing the balance of power within the country's next government. (latinnews.com)
  • This description of the Iroquois Confederacy is numbered "XVIII," indicating that it is part of a worldwide survey of federal systems of government. (ratical.org)
  • Online provincewide electronic child-care application system that all providers getting government funding would use. (cbc.ca)
  • The political system in general, the constitution, the government and the political parties are discussed in a historical as well as in a contemporary perspective. (lu.se)
  • Health systems in Brazil are collapsing. (undispatch.com)
  • The high cost in most health systems is due to the expenses involved in tertiary care. (epw.in)
  • In western health systems, tertiary care developed for diseases common to those regions, using tests and treatments that were affordable to them. (epw.in)
  • Sophisticated marketing techniques have been used to grow and sustain milk formula consumption , including marketing through health systems , mass-media and digital advertising , and novel product innovations backed by corporate science . (bvsalud.org)
  • The Department of Political Science is pleased to support this opportunity for Professor Ferguson to engage with a carefully selected set of scholars over the questions raised in his research and we're excited that Professor Ferguson will be able to spend an extraordinarily engaging year in an exciting place working on what will likely become a seriously impactful book. (uwm.edu)
  • By the end of year 1, you will have the option to extend your stay in Lund by one year and in that time complete a one-year master's in Political Science. (lu.se)
  • Their threadbare act as the 'Party of the People' serves not to defend the well-being of the population, but merely to persuade ordinary citizens that within the official political system's framework, there's at least some faint hope for eventual progressive change. (opednews.com)
  • A food systems approach is critical to understanding and facilitating food system transformation, yet gaps in analysis are impeding changes towards greater equity, sustainability, and emancipation. (eldis.org)
  • A practical guide to Pact's Applied Political Economy Analysis tool for practitioners and development professionals. (pactworld.org)
  • is an attack on the American political system and fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment. (heritage.org)
  • Just as the Harlem Globetrotters need their Washington Generals to make their basketball games properly entertaining, Republicans need the Democrats for effective staging of the political show. (opednews.com)
  • It is in this context that some stunning legal developments have shaken the Brazilian political scene. (undispatch.com)
  • Despite these developments, few studies have investigated the global expansion of the baby food industry , nor the market and political practices corporations have used to grow and sustain their markets. (bvsalud.org)
  • This course provides foundational knowledge on the Chinese political system and the political developments since the initiation of economic reforms in 1978. (lu.se)
  • The fact that they are fully accepted by the corporations and political establishment tells us at once that their ultimate function must be wholly in line with the interests of those ruling groups. (opednews.com)
  • First, it has resulted in the establishment of political parties for the purpose of fostering a presidential candidate (or a candidate for other important positions). (theconversation.com)
  • This new series focuses on major issues affecting political parties in a broad sense. (routledge.com)
  • Breaking away from western-oriented tertiary care medical knowledge, a number of issues have to be rethought to defi ne tertiary care in the Indian setting that can be provided by the existing system. (epw.in)
  • That regardless of the perspective of the system viewed this law will be acting 19 . (nature.com)
  • We take the UK as comparator, with a common liberal market economy framework, a non-consensus based political system and a broadly similar welfare state. (ssrn.com)
  • There were no marked political parties or legal courts or any law making bodies other than the Church or the Monarchs in Europe at that time due to the transition in outlook of the population for Catholic Church and rulers, the people were following different ideologies in politics and national consciousness. (artscolumbia.org)
  • This article examines the role of evidence in influencing food and nutrition-related public health policy, and starts to chart a way through the political economy of knowledge and evidence within this nexus. (eldis.org)
  • To enable and sustain this marketing , the industry has engaged in diverse political practices to foster favourable policy , regulatory and knowledge environments . (bvsalud.org)
  • Nonetheless, analysts consider China's political system to be neither monolithic nor rigidly hierarchical. (chinafile.com)
  • New modalities of public health action are needed to negate the political practices of the industry in particular, and ultimately to constrain corporate power over the mother - child breastfeeding dyad. (bvsalud.org)
  • Understanding the political context of health policies is crucial to improving the chances of effectively designing, adopting, and implementing health reforms that can achieve their intended objectives. (harvard.edu)
  • In totalitarian states, political power is often held by autocrats, such as dictators (totalitarian dictatorship) and absolute monarchs, who employ all-encompassing campaigns in which propaganda is broadcast by state-controlled mass media in order to control the citizenry. (wikipedia.org)
  • A hybrid regime is a type of political system often created as a result of an incomplete democratic transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one (or vice versa). (wikipedia.org)
  • 2012-05-03T23:26:34-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTI5XC8zMDU3MDUtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== Participants spoke about independent political movements, the challenges of being an unaffiliated candidate, and the two-party system of American politics. (c-span.org)
  • To understand the political system, one must step back and regard its operation as an integrated whole. (opednews.com)
  • With regard to its South Asian neighbours, the significance of the Maldivian case is that the conjuncture of religion and nationalism is hardly challenged, but rather evoked, played out and reinforced in the political realm. (lu.se)
  • The political economy approach to food systems steers away both from approaches that focus on biogeochemical flows and the embeddedness of food systems in the biosphere, and from classical economists' approaches that address the role of prices in relating supply and demand. (eldis.org)
  • they also had faith on the ideas enervated from the Renaissance for their political approaches. (artscolumbia.org)
  • Professor Kennan Ferguson is among an elite group of scholars invited to join the Institute for Research in the Humanities as a UW System Fellow for AY 2020-2021. (uwm.edu)
  • IFES and Fundación Esquel will continue to work with Pachakutik and other political organizations to empower women to become involved in politics and run as candidates in the 2023 elections and other forthcoming political leadership opportunities across Ecuador. (ifes.org)
  • But Obi broke with the old machine system to head the Labour Party in this race, and with a competitive, official third-place finish, mounted the most serious challenge to the two-party system that Nigeria has ever seen. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The system can't be properly understood if one's study of it begins with an uncritical acceptance of the 2-party system, and the conventional characterizations of the two parties. (opednews.com)
  • I studied how Indonesian parties and its party system have changed since the fall of ex-president Soeharto (a dictator who ruled Indonesia from 1966 until his resignation in 1998) and the subsequent shift to democratic, direct presidential elections. (theconversation.com)