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Modernisation Process (modernisation + process)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting	60%

Selected Abstracts

Benchmarking as a Tool for the Modernisation of Local Government

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT, Issue 4 2001
Mary Bowerman
This paper examines benchmarking as a tool of the modernisation process in local government and the contradictory tensions in the Best Value scheme are explored. Benchmarking is shown to encapsulate the dichotomous nature of a modernising philosophy which espouses innovation and local solutions alongside the government's centralising tendencies. One consequence is the advancement of ,compulsory' and ,defensive' modes of benchmarking with local authorities benchmarking for external accountability reasons; issues of tangible improvement are secondary concerns. These tensions are viewed as irreconcilable, the implication is that local government will need to carefully manage and evaluate its benchmarking activities. [source]

Accounting, Modernity and Health Care Policy

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT, Issue 4 2001
Irvine Lapsley
The National Health Service of the United Kingdom has been the subject of many reforms since it was established in 1948. This paper examines the process of reform in relation to significant changes to the NHS in recent decades. This reform process places ideas of the modern at the heart of these various initiatives. This paper also examines the intended or actual role of accounting in this modernisation process to examine its significance in the making of health care policy. [source]

The perception and utilisation of social support in times of cultural change: the case of Arabs in Israel

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 3 2008
Faisal Azaiza
Arabs in Israel are currently undergoing a modernisation process characterised by a gradual shift from a collectivistic to an individualistic cultural orientation. During such a transition, perceptions and utilisation of social support assume great significance. This article examines perceptions and utilisation patterns of social support networks among Arabs in Israel. The research population consisted of 507 respondents, representative of the Arab population, randomly selected by means of a telephone survey. Findings are discussed within the context of modernisation processes, collectivistic and individualistic cultural orientations, and their association with the perception and utilisation of social support. [source]

Rural tourism development in China

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Issue 5 2009
Shunli Gao
Abstract This paper provides an overview and brief evaluation of China's rural tourism. Beginning with the form of poverty alleviation through tourism, China's rural tourism has undergone over 20 years of development and exhibited some unique features in its development pattern, scale and business operational models in accordance with China's political, social and economic systems. Government plays a decisive role in developing rural tourism in China. However, rural tourism has been valued mainly as an economic means for rural development during the country's modernisation process. Overlooking rurality as an essential issue in rural tourism may lead development to a wrong direction, which could jeopardise the sustainability of the industry. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]