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Government Power (government + power)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Humanities and Social Sciences	50%
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting	50%

Selected Abstracts

Pantelhó: History-Making and Identity in Highland Chiapas

JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 1 2002
Pete Brown
This article examines history-making, the creation and re-creation of history, in Pantelhó, Chiapas, Mexico, and the context and consequences of multiple histories for Indigenous and Ladino relations. For the past 200 years Indigenous and Ladino in Pantelho have struggled for land and political power. Throughout these struggles history-making has played an important role in the crafting of identin, mobilizing and unifying support, and legitimizing courses of action. It represents, in Antonio Gramsci's terms (1971), a war of position, a struggle for hegemony which participants have made into two fundamental conflicting positions,Ladino and Indigenous,based on a long history of exploitation and conflict. This article describes the dynamic of their history-making and opposition as played out in the local context and within the larger apparatus of government power in Mexico. [source]

Autonomisation of the Thai state: some observations

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & DEVELOPMENT, Issue 1 2006
Bidhya Bowornwathana
Abstract This article argues that the recent global trend of creating autonomous or quasi-autonomous public arganisations must be understood within the particular context of the country under investigation. In the case of the Thai state, autonomisation should be seen as a transformation process from a unitary administrative system to multiple administrative systems. It is an escape from a very centralised form of government to a more decentralised one where government power is more dispersed among various public organisations. The nature of politics and administration determines the direction of the hybridisation processes of autonomisation in Thailand. The reform direction chosen by the prime minister and the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats are two key factors that dictate the direction of autonomisation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Social Insurance with Risk-Reducing Investments

ECONOMICA, Issue 265 2000
Dan Anderberg
A two-sector model with sector-dependent disability risks is presented. Working in the low-risk sector requires skills that can be obtained by investments in education. Moral hazard precludes full insurance. The labour force allocation is responsive to the incentives created by a social insurance system. The rationale for intervention lies in the government's power to cross-subsidize between the sectors, and it is demonstrated how the responsiveness of the labour force allocation limits cross-subsidization. The second-best policy is time-inconsistent. The consistent equilibrium is explored and is argued to provide weak incentives to reduce risks. [source]

How does the USA PATRIOT Act affect international business?

JOURNAL OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, Issue 6 2002
Enger McCartney-Smith
Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act to combat terrorist money laundering. But the law isn't confined just to banks, say the attorney authors of this article. Many types of U.S. companies can be affected. However, many companies,both domestic and foreign,are reluctant to reveal security breaches or questionable transactions, fearing public disclosure. Are these fears justified? And what about the USA PATRIOT Act's expansion of the federal government's power to investigate foreign businesses? © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source]