Browsing by Subject "Government policy"

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    Can government tap women's potential? : an analysis of local employment policy in Brazil
    (2006-05) Wegmann, Sandra, 1977-; Rodriguez, Victoria Elizabeth, 1954-
    This report presents original research conducted in Brazil in June through August of 2004. My research question is to what extent and why have local governments advanced the issue of employment opportunity for women. This report evaluates the ability of government women’s bodies to influence the policy agenda. I analyze the efficacy of women’s office initiatives on work in São Paulo and Belo Horizante. A discussion of women’s political representation, gender quotas, women’s labor market participation, and Brazil’s First National Women’s Public Policy Conference is included.
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    Democracia y población: Argentina 1983-1999
    (2001-12) Novick, Susana
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    The development and decline of public libraries in Egypt : a shift in national development priorities
    (1993) Bouri, Elizabeth Nicolas, 1947-; Miksa, Francis L., 1938-2019
    This study analyses the circumstances leading to the development and current decline of public libraries in Egypt and advances a new interpretation of this phenomenon, based on a "problem context" approach. In addition to the internal dynamics that have provided the rationale for the establishment of the public libraries, Egypt, like many other developing countries, was also exposed to external influences. The convergence between the national and international forces is at the core of the proposed interpretation of development and current decline of public libraries in Egypt. After 1945 UNESCO's international discourse encouraged fundamental education and the development of public libraries as operational tools of education. The linkage between education and national development ushered in an era of "education for development" during which public libraries witnessed remarkable growth in Egypt. Public library development has come to a standstill and even declined since the early 1970s, however. In the late 1960s, the dominant international discourse about development shifted under the influence of dependency theory to emphasize the need for developing countries to develop from within. Information for development became an almost self-evident requirement. The concept grew out of the realization that information fosters endogenous development by helping countries' decision-makers make optimal use of their local resources. The new international discourse worked its way into Egyptian policymaking in the early 1970s. The emerging idealization of information as the missing element in the pursuit of national development created a new policy environment. For decision-makers the government established highly specialized information handling centers, such as the Cabinet Information Decision Support Center (IDSC), and funded them generously with encouragement from international donors. Traditionally, public library decline is attributed to local factors and issues of scarcity. In the case of Egypt, however, factors of scarcity are better interpreted as symptoms than as underlying causes of the decline of public libraries. This study maintains that the current state of decline of public libraries in Egypt is primarily a consequence of public policy choices precipitated by a shift in national and international development priorities, not of factors inherent in the country's political, social and cultural fabric
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    Indian affairs and the frontier of Texas, 1865-1880
    (1925) Parker, Bruce Logan; Not available
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    Producción social del hábitat y políticas en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires: historia con desencuentros
    (2007-02) Rodríguez, María Carla; Di Virgilio, María Mercedes; Procupez, Valeria; Vio, Marcela; Ostuni, Fernando; Mendoza, Mariana; Morales, Betsy
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    A structure by no means complete : a comparison of the path and processes surrounding successful passage of Medicare and Medicaid under Lyndon Baines Johnson and the failure to pass national health care reform under William Jefferson Clinton
    (2009-08) Johnson, David Howard; DiNitto, Diana M.
    In this comparative policy development analysis, I utilize path-dependence theory and presidential records to analyze President Lyndon Johnson's success in passing Medicare and Medicaid and President Bill Clinton's failure to pass national health care reform. Findings support four major themes from the Johnson administration: 1) President Johnson had a keen understanding of the importance of language in framing debate; 2) He placed control of the legislative process in the hands of a small, select group of seasoned political operatives and career policymaking professionals; 3) He paid considerable attention to the details of negotiations and the policy consequences; and 4) He had a highly developed sense of the political and legislative processes involved in passing major legislation. The case study of the Clinton administration reveals five major themes: 1) There is a lack of evidence that President Clinton remained actively engaged throughout the policy development and legislative processes, instead choosing to delegate the process to the First Lady; 2) There was a naiveté on the part of the Clintons and many administration staff members with regard to the legal and political ramifications of their decisions; 3) The Clintons tried to make the plan fully their own, sharing little credit for its development with Congress; 4) Their attempts to incorporate existing corporate health care delivery structures with their vision for universal coverage proved unworkable; and 5) The extended time from task force launch to bill delivery gave opponents ample time to marshal their opposition forces. I conclude that in developing health care legislation, Johnson had the advantages of: 1) a small group of key policymakers; 2) multiple, simultaneous legislative initiatives which diffused the attention of a more limited media; and, 3) national crises which promoted an environment conducive to sweeping policy change. I suggest that major, national health care reform will not occur until: 1) an economic or geopolitical crisis sets the stage for change; 2) business interests and progressive interests find common ground; and, 3) Americans achieve a new cultural understanding of universal health care as both economically just and economically necessary.
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    TIC, desarrollo y reducción de la pobreza: Políticas y propuestas
    (2004-07) Finquelievich, Susana; Lago Martínez, Silvia; Jara, Alejandra; Vercelli, Ariel
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    Trayectorias laborales masculinas. Estudios diacrónicos de varones beneficiarios del Seguro de Desempleo y del Pago Único.
    (2002-08) Salvia, Agustín; Chávez Molina, Eduardo; Austral, Rosario; Ferro, Mariano; de Gainza, Mariana; Gómez, Florencia; Herrera Gallo, Gonzalo; Persia, Juliana; Salvia, Victoria