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{"title":"Revisiting the Theory of Late Rentierism: The Special Case of Kuwait","authors":"Abhishek Deshwal","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2934487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2934487","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of the new oil states in the 1970s and their promotion to the forefront of world trade and finance resuscitated the concept of rentier economies. Such economies are characterised by a substantial amount of external rent with the wealth accrued from these rents centred around a small fraction of the society, the rest of the society engaged in the distribution and utilisation of this wealth. The basic assumption surrounding this characterization is that it creates a specific mentality: rentier mentality. This has led to the juxtaposition of two parallel economies: a rentier economy dominated by nationals and a productive economy largely filled by expatriates earning their living in a more productive manner. However, the experiences of many rentier states like Saudi Arabia and UAE in the last two decades pose a serious question to rentier dynamics operating in these. These countries have witnessed economic diversification through a recognition that a more entrepreneurial state can ensure longevity when compared to exclusive dependence on extremely volatile oil prices. For these countries, oil income per capita no longer matches the levels achieved in the 1970s and 1980s. This has placed the traditional rentier bargain under strain. The paper, in turn, argues from observations from the country-wide economic data and data on expatriates and nationals that these factors do not operate in Kuwait. The idea of a late rentier does not apply to the country. Rents per capita stay high, no economic diversification comparable to UAE or Qatar has happened in the country and the economy is dependent almost completely on oil. The country's recent strides towards democracy thus remains a question whose answer has to be sought outside the realm of rentier state theory.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114274869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТИ У БУДУЩИХ МЕНЕДЖЕРОВ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО И МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОГО УПРАВЛЕНИЯ (Pedagogical Conditions of Formation of Information Competence at Future Managers State and Municipal Management)","authors":"D. Donev","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2905043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2905043","url":null,"abstract":"Russian Abstract: В предлагаемой статье рассматриваются основные положения проблемы формирования информационной компетентности у будущих менеджеров государственного и муниципального управления. Также работа посвящена выявлению и обоснованию педагогических условий, способствующих формированию информационной компетентности менеджеров государственного и муниципального управления. \u0000 \u0000English Abstract: In the offered article basic provisions formation problems are considered information competence at future managers state and municipal management. Also work is devoted to identification and justification the pedagogical conditions promoting formation of information competence managers of the public and municipal administration.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"783 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116130934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Globalization and the Decline in Labor Shares: Exploring the Relationship Beyond Trade and Financial Flows","authors":"A. Young, Maria Tackett","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2667996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2667996","url":null,"abstract":"We employ data from up to 125 countries during the 1970–2009 period to explore the relationship between globalization and labor share. Existing studies report a negative relationship between trade and investment flows and labor shares. While we also find that economic flows are often negatively related to labor shares, measures of social globalization tend to be positively related to labor shares. While greater mobility of goods and capital may be associated with increases in capital's bargaining power, all else equal, greater flows of information, ideas, and people may increase the bargaining power of workers.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134173309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regional Finance in Russia","authors":"Viktoria Svischeva","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3294216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3294216","url":null,"abstract":"Condition and development of regional finances is the most important factor, defining the system of public administration in Russia at the regional level, its effectiveness. Practically all the managerial decisions, being made by the bodies of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation, demand financial provision.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"932 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123061925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"통일 후 남북한경제 한시분리운영방안: 노동 및 사회복지 분야 (Temporary Separate Operation of South and North Korean Economies after Unification: Labor and Social Welfare)","authors":"Jae Hyun Kim, Gyu-Seong Hwang, Christina Hiessl","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2954351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2954351","url":null,"abstract":"Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 통일 후 사회경제적 충격을 최소화하고자 노동 및 사회복지 영역의 한시적 분리운영방안을 중·장기적 관점에서 종합적으로 제시하였다. 이는 경제정책과 사회정책이라는 두 가지 틀 안에서 분석되어야 하며, 특히 절충형 제도 통합에 관한 연구는 향후 국가 차원의 거시적 정책 수립과도 직결되는 부분이다. 최근까지 진행된 통일 연구들은 주로 북한이탈주민에 대한 미시적 논의에 치우쳐 있는 탓에 사회정책이라는 보다 넓은 영역에서 현재의 제도 내용을 분석하고 방향성을 제시 하기에 상당한 한계를 갖고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 현재 남북한 노동시장의 상황과 사회복지제도의 비교, 과거 독일이 통일 과정에서 경험한 사회정책의 내용들을 비판적으로 검토하고 이를 남북한에 적용함으로써 통일의 단계별로 발생할 수 있는 빈곤, 실업, 그리고 인구 이동의 측면에서 살펴보았다. 체제붕괴 후 남북한의 노동 및 사회정책의 핵심은 북한 지역의 극심한 빈곤과 실 업, 그리고 급격한 인구 이동에 있다고 볼 수 있다. 특히 통일 과정에서 발생하는 빈곤과 실업 문제는 향후 인구 이동의 규모와 성격에 적지 않은 영향을 미칠 수 있다.통일 단계에서의 인구 이동은 크게 통일 전의 ‘일반 이동상황’, 통일 과정에서의 ‘급증 이동상황’, 통일 후의 ‘조건적 이동상황’으로 구분되며 이 중 과도기적 성격을 가진 ‘급증 이동상황’을 전제로 분석을 실시하였다. 특히 이 과정에서 한시적 분리가가능한 영역에 대한 집중적 고찰을 통하여 전체 일원화된 정책에서 벗어나 인구 이동 대상에 대한 분리를 시도하여 북한 지역의 주민과 북한 외 지역의 조선족 등에 대한 인구 이동에 대한 한시적 분리를 통하여 급격한 인구 이동에 따른 충격을 완화하는 방안을 제시하고 있다... (이하생략) \u0000English Abstract: This study suggests a management plan of temporary separation in the area of labor and social welfare from a medium- to long-term viewpoint in order to minimize socioeconomic impact after reunification of Korea. This suggestion should be analyzed within the two frameworks of economic policy and social policy. In particular, research on the integration of institutionalized systems bears a direct relation to the establishment of future macro-level policies at the national level. Studies on reunification conducted up to recently have been limited mainly to the micro-debate about defectors from North Korea. Therefore, they are limited in analyzing the current system and suggesting future directions in the wider area of social policy. Concerning these limitations, this study compares the current situation of the labor market and social welfare system in North and South Korea, critically examines the contents of social policies carried out in the past by the unified Germany, and applies this to North and South Korea in the areas of poverty, unemployment, and populace migration, which have been identified as the main tasks to address during the process of unification. \u0000Following a collapse of the regime, the core of North and South Korean labor and social policies would lie in dealing with the issues of extreme poverty, unemployment, and rapid migration of the population from the North Korean region. In particular, the problems of poverty and unemployment during the process of unification can have a considerable impact on the scale and nature of future migration. Migration during the unification stage can be largely classified into the phases of \"migration under normal circumstances\" prior to reunification, \"drastic increase in migration\" during reunification and \"conditional migration\" after reunification. Of the three phases, this study focuses on \"drastic increase in migration.\" Especially, through an intensive examination of the possibility of temporary segregation, this study attempts to divide the population movement into that from the North Korean region and that from ","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"2017 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126409465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sovereign Development: A Grand Strategy for Pakistan","authors":"A. Zaman","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2890431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2890431","url":null,"abstract":"Although Pakistan has never been even accused of any complicity in 9/11, during 2005-2013 U.S. drones killed some 80,000 Pakistanis (49,000 civilians); and associated domestic subversion and terrorism, another 50,000 persons. Pakistan needs to defend its citizens, better. This requires sovereign action by the government to formulate and execute a grand strategy integrating a counter-propaganda offensive, defence, diplomacy, and an expanded conception of development that includes national security (sovereign development). \u0000By way of context, the paper identifies four emergent trends that have affected Pakistan, and are likely to be of significance in the years ahead: (1) The re-birth of nationalism in the West; (2) The dominance of “War by Narrative” in the war for oil and Israel; (3) The economic emergence of Sino-Russian Eurasia; and (4) The emergence of militant extremism in India. Together they spell the further weakening of international mechanisms of peace-keeping and the consequent end of globalism as the West turns toward greater nationalism and neo-mercantile economics. While the rise of China and Russia may offset the turn to greater militarism in India, contingent threats to Pakistan's security are likely to rise. \u0000To meet these threats, the paper outlines a four-point grand strategy of sovereign development which would provide an overall integrated approach to: (1) Strategic communication; (2) Defence; (3) Diplomacy; and (4) Development. It concludes by identifying some constraints to implementation and suggesting ways to overcome them.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133921931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Il Principio Del Merito Nel Diritto Delle Amministrazioni Romane. Riflessioni Storico-Comparatistiche Sulle Carriere Nei Pubblici Uffici (The Principle of Merit in the Law of Roman Administration. Historical-Comparative Reflections about Careers in Public Office)","authors":"A. Trisciuoglio","doi":"10.18601/21452946.N16.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18601/21452946.N16.13","url":null,"abstract":"Il contributo mette a confronto il diritto delle amministrazioni romane, in particolare quello tardoimperiale basato sulle costituzioni degli imperatori, con il diritto costituzionale-amministrativo italiano (ivi incluse le piu recenti novita normative) in tema di accesso e avanzamento nei pubblici uffici. Si osserva come nei due diritti considerati si delinea il principio meritocratico e si riflette, alla luce dell’esperienza romana, su come si possa giungere ad una sua concreta, condivisibile attuazione.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114444138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Making of a Constitutionalist: James Buchanan on Education","authors":"Jean-Baptiste Fleury, A. Marciano","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2994683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2994683","url":null,"abstract":"This article studies the few works James Buchanan wrote on education from the end of the 1950s to the early 1970s. These neglected works tell us important things about how Buchanan's ideas on constitutions evolved through time, because they provided Buchanan with the opportunity to apply his ideas about constitutions and, in return, nurture his theoretical thinking. Two historical developments were of importance in the evolution of Buchanan's thinking: the Southern reactions to the Supreme Court's injunction to desegregate public schools in the late 1950s, and, in the late 1960s, university unrest. We argue that Buchanan moved from a rather optimistic conception that constitutions complement market mechanisms, and constitutional manipulation can be tolerated if market mechanisms were sufficiently important to nonetheless let individuals do what they want, to a really pessimistic view – a constitution is absolutely necessary to control and even coerce behaviors. Behind these claims stands Buchanan's conception of what is a \" good society \" and of the role of the economist in its defense.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122431018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"E-Government to M-Government: A Study in a Developing Economy","authors":"M. Faisal, Faisal Talib","doi":"10.1504/IJMC.2016.079301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMC.2016.079301","url":null,"abstract":"This research intends to address variables that would facilitate the migration to m-government model in a developing economy experiencing a very high growth and adoption of mobile communication technology. By conducting an exhaustive literature review and brainstorming sessions with experts, 13 factors were identified that would positively affect m-government initiatives. These variables known as enablers were modelled using interpretive structural modelling ISM to develop a relationship model identifying interdependencies among them. Interdependencies among variables would be utilised to structure them into a hierarchy and cluster them into subsystems with corresponding driving power and dependency. The findings of the study show that for a successful m-government model the policy makers should focus on variables that form the base of the model and which are of strategic orientation. This research would help the government to focus on key elements and develop suitable strategies expediting the adoption and growth of m-government channels.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125322359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incremental Democracy: The Policy Effects of the Partisan Composition of State Government","authors":"Devin Caughey, C. Warshaw, Yiqing Xu","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2666691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2666691","url":null,"abstract":"How much does it matter whether Democrats or Republicans control the government? Unless the two parties converge completely, election outcomes should have some impact on policy, but the existing evidence for policy effects of party control is surprisingly weak and inconsistent. We bring clarity to this question, using regression-discontinuity and dynamic panel analyses to estimate the effects of party control of state legislatures and governorships on a new annual measure of state policy liberalism. We find that throughout the 1936-2014 period, electing Democrats has led to more liberal policies, but that in recent decades the policy effects of party control have approximately doubled in magnitude. We present evidence that this increase is at least partially explained by the ideological divergence of the parties' officeholders and electoral coalitions. At the same time, we also show that party effects remain substantively modest, paling relative to policy differences across states.","PeriodicalId":369466,"journal":{"name":"Political Economy: Structure & Scope of Government eJournal","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122515486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}