Šiandien į „viešojo valdymo“ sąvoką įeina viešosios politikos formavimas ir viešasis administravimas, vykdomoji valdžia ir jos stiprėjimas, tarnautojų, piliečių ir jų grupių įtaka formuojant politinius ir administracinius sprendimus, viešojo ir privataus sektorių partnerystė ir t.t. Svarbiausią vietą Lietuvos Respublikos vykdomosios valdžios institucijų sistemoje užima Vyriausybė. Ji yra aukščiausioji valstybės valdžios vykdomoji institucija Lietuvos Respublikoje, įgyvendinanti vykdomąją valdžią šalyje ir vadovaujanti šios sistemos institucijoms bei koordinuojanti jų veiklą. LR Vyriausybė, spręsdama problemas ar rengdama įstatytumus, jų projektus ir pan, sudaro darbo grupes konkretiems klausimams spręsti. Pasitelkus visas įmanomas priemones ir veikimo būdus galima sumaniai ir pagrįstai kurti, įgyvendinti bei taikyti įstatymus, spręsti konkrečias gyvenimiškas situacijas, sudaryti ir įgyvendinti reikalingas visuomenės vystymo programas, tačiau vis dar atsiranda kliūčių sprendžiant valstybinės reikšmės klausimus ir problemas. Šio darbo tikslas – aptarti viešosios valdžios struktūrą, veiklą, išorinį poveikį, bei politikos tinklų tipus teoriniu lygmeniu bei išanalizuoti vienos struktūrinės dalies (darbo grupių) veiklą, išsiaiškinti Lietuvos Respublikos valdžios institucijose susidarančių politikos tinklų tipus ir jų reikšmę valstybei. Iškeltos 3 hipotezės, jog mokslinėje literatūroje trūksta LR Vyriausybės darbo grupių veiklos reglamentavimo, sudarymo, kandidatų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Nowadays, the concept of "public authority" includes public policy formation and public administration, executive power and its strength, also the influence of civil servants, citizens and their groups on the formation of the political and administrative decisions, public-private partnerships, etc. The Government has the most important place in the Lithuanian system of executive authorities. It is the supreme executive body of state power in the Republic of Lithuania, which is implementing the executive power and leading the institutions of this system coordinating their activity. While solving the problems and drafting the laws and their projects Lithuanian government establishes working groups to tackle specific issues. Through all the possible means and methods of operation the laws can be implemented and applied quite sensibly and reasonably, dealing with specific real life situations, creating and implementing public development programs, however there still are barriers dealing with the issues of state interest. The aim of the research – to discuss the structure, activity of public authority, external impact on it, types of policy networks at the level of theory, to analyze the activity of one of the structural parts (work groups); to clarify the types of policy networks established in the Lithuanian government bodies and their implications for the state. There are raised three hypotheses: (1) in the scientific literature there is lack of regulation of activity of... [to full text]

This PAR project used applied communications to get and use power to influence public policy. Informed by social and policy network theories, the method used Facebook as an organizing tool to create and position a recreation issue network in tension with an environmental policy community, exploring the concepts of layering, conversion, exhaustion, policy image, and venue change in an effort to influence policy. The introduction of a new-media social network as a competing influence in a policy network was an innovation, and demonstrated that the “strength of weak ties” may have implications for policy-making. The study concluded that a Facebook group was an efficient and effective organizing tool, capable of organizing an issue network and disrupting the status quo; however, the tightly coupled nature of a policy community makes it highly resilient to outside influence and an issue network may not gain sufficient influence to change policy. Keywords: Facebook, new-media social network, policy community, issue network, policy image, venue manipulation, layering, conversion, exhaustion

Cette thèse concerne la gouvernance des réseaux de politique publique. Elle cherche à mieux comprendre le phénomène par l’analyse des caractéristiques du réseau d’acteurs impliqués, les défis qui se posent relativement au processus de gouverne, et l’influence qui en résulte pour les interventions. Le cadre d’analyse s’appuie essentiellement sur deux théories de la sociologie des organisations, en l’occurrence la théorie de l’acteur stratégique (Crozier et Friedberg 1977), et la théorie des réseaux de politique publique (Rhodes 1997). Il s’agit d’une étude de cas portant sur le programme VIH/Sida en Haïti, celui-ci étant documenté à partir de données d’entretiens, d’observations et de groupes de discussion. Les résultats de la recherche sont structurés en quatre articles. Le premier article rend compte de l’étape préliminaire, mais non moins importante, de la recherche, c’est-à-dire le travail de terrain. Il présente les défis méthodologiques et éthiques inhérents à la rencontre entre chercheur et participants pour la coconstruction des savoirs, notamment dans le contexte de la recherche en santé mondiale. Le deuxième article analyse les caractéristiques du réseau d’acteurs et montre la nécessité de prendre en compte les attributs propres des acteurs en plus de la structure de leurs interactions pour comprendre la gouvernance des réseaux de politique publique. La plupart des analyses, surtout celles s’appuyant sur l’approche réseau, cherchent à comprendre comment la structure des relations entre les acteurs influence la gouverne, le contenu ou les résultats de politiques. Or, dans le cas du programme VIH en Haïti, il apparaît que ce sont en réalité les attributs des acteurs en termes de ressources et de pouvoir, qui orientent leurs interactions avec les autres acteurs. Le troisième article présente un cadre d’analyse et illustre, à partir de celui-ci, l’influence des outils et des structures, ainsi que du contexte sociopolitique et économique sur la gouvernance du programme VIH/Sida en Haïti. Il argumente ensuite sur les défis que cela pose à la coordination des interventions et à la mise en place des relations de partenariat au sein du réseau d’acteurs. Le quatrième article se penche sur l’émergence de besoins nouveaux chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH (PVVIH) et met en lumière la faiblesse des processus de planification à les cibler. Il renouvelle l’intérêt de l’approche participative, notamment dans le contexte des pays en développement, où il devient crucial d’adapter les interventions au contexte local en utilisant le potentiel et les ressources des communautés. L’étude a donc permis de montrer : 1) les liens qui existent entre les attributs des acteurs, la configuration particulière de leurs interactions et le processus de gouverne; 2) les défis qui résultent de l’influence des outils et structures mis en place, ainsi que des facteurs socioéconomiques et politiques sur le processus de gouverne, et enfin; 3) le lien qui existe entre le mode de gouvernance – via la participation - et la prise en compte des besoins émergents des PVVIH. / This thesis focuses on the governance of public policy networks. It seeks to better understand the phenomenon through the analysis of characteristics of the network of actors involved, the challenges with respect to the governance process, and the resulting influence for interventions. The framework of analysis builds on two main theories of the sociology of organizations, namely the theory of strategic actor (Crozier and Friedberg 1977) and the theory of public policy networks (Rhodes 1997). This is about a case study of HIV/AIDS program in Haïti, documented using data from interviews, observations and focus groups. The research results are organized in four articles. The first article shows the preliminary, but nonetheless important stage for research, that is, the fieldwork. It presents the methodological and ethical challenges inherent in the meeting between researcher and participants for the co-construction of knowledge, particularly in the context of international health research. The second article analyzes the characteristics of the network of actors and shows the need to take into account the specific attributes of actors in addition to the structure of their interactions in understanding the governance of policy networks. Most studies on policy network, particularly those using the network approach, seek to understand how the structure of actors’ interrelations influences governance, contents or results of policies. However, in the case of HIV program in Haiti, it appears that it is the attributes of actors in terms of resources and power that shape their interactions with other actors. The third article presents an analytical framework and shows the influence of tools and structures, as well as socio-political and economic contexts on the governance of the HIV / AIDS program in Haiti. It then argues on the challenges that this poses for the coordination of interventions and the establishment of partnerships within the network of actors. The fourth article shows the emergence of new needs in people living with HIV (PLHIV), and highlights the weakness of the planning process to target them. It renews the interest of the participatory approach, particularly in the context of developing countries, where it has become crucial to tailor interventions to local context by using the potential and resources of communities. The study has allowed us to show: 1) the relationship between the attributes of actors, the specific configuration of their interactions and the process of governance; 2) the challenges resulting from the influence of tools and structures erected, as well as socioeconomic and political factors, on the governance process, and finally; 3) the relationship between mode of governance - through participation - and accounting for emerging needs of PLHIV.

Public policies are not designed and implemented in a vacuum. Instead, policy design and implementation are processes which require that all relevant stakeholders be involved in all stages of a policy process. It is for these reasons that this study was undertaken. Environmental policy implementation has proved to be a challenge for most municipalities in South Africa. The municipality which was chosen by this study as a case study is Msunduzi Municipality. Faced with different challenges which are attributed to a lack of resources and appropriate forms of organisation which are required for environmental policy implementation, this Municipality has struggled to meet its responsibilities. It is for these reason, then, that this study argues that one of the possible ways in which effective design and implementation of environmental policy in Msunduzi Municipality could be achieved is by collaboration and partnership through policy networks involving government agencies, businesses and civil society organisations. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2010.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Kassel, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-144).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:50:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseACVS.pdf: 675186 bytes, checksum: 67b856479ec3ed479604f17e0ed475de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-01-01 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / This work presents a study regarding the strategy adopted for the processing concentrated orange juice companies to produce in proper orchards. It is treated to analyze the vertical integration process, that it occurs from the end of 80´s and that goes to provoke several changes in the interior of the citric network. The objective established here is to discuss the strategy of the companies, searching to understand what role is performed by the land, while it assumes not only the function of asset of capital, but of liquid asset too. Considering the characteristics of the land market in Brazil, that functions without restrictions and privileges who get more financial resources, and also that the land fulfills the function of value reserve, this analyze becomes important, as that vertical integration necessarily involves the land purchase. The hypothesis raised of that the land (while liquid active) fulfill influence in the enterprise strategy, mainly because it initiates in a period of economical instability, that favors the land purchase as a safe form to apply resources. At the same time, the institutional environment is favorable and the companies strategy does not find any type of restriction, formal or informal, in what refers to the lands purchase. The citrus complex is studied through the policy networks, the enterprises actions are looked through resouce-based perspective and dynamic capability and the institutional environment is used because is considered that the system regulation is important to define his dynamics. To the long of the work it is presented information that demonstrate the crisis of the orange producers and the process of exclusion what initiated after the changes of the 90 s, and that had beginning with the strategy of the industry in produce in self orchards. In the conclusion it is evidenced the importance of the land, wich convert in companies power resource, as well as the institutional environment importance in the decision of vertical integration for the processing concentrated orange juice companies. / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo a respeito da estratégia adotada pelas empresas processadoras de suco de laranja concentrado de produzir em pomares próprios. Trata-se de analisar o processo de integração vertical que ocorre a partir do final da década de 80 e que vai provocar diversas mudanças no interior da rede citrícola. O objetivo aqui estabelecido é discutir a estratégia das empresas, buscando entender que papel é desempenhado pela terra, na medida em que ela assume a função não apenas de ativo de capital, mas também de ativo líquido. Considerando as características do mercado de terras no Brasil, que funciona sem restrições e privilegia quem detém mais recursos financeiros, e também que a terra historicamente cumpre a função de reserva de valor, esta análise se torna importante, já que a integração vertical necessariamente envolve a compra de terras. A hipótese levantada é de que a terra (enquanto ativo líquido) exerce influência na estratégia empresarial, principalmente porque esta se inicia num período de instabilidade econômica, que favorece a compra de terras como uma forma segura de aplicar recursos. Ao mesmo tempo, o ambiente institucional é propício e a estratégia das empresas não encontra nenhum tipo de restrição, formal ou informal, no que se refere à compra de terras. O complexo citrícola é estudado através da perspectiva das Redes de Poder, as ações empresariais são olhadas sob a ótica da Perspectiva Baseada em Recursos e da Capacitação Dinâmica e o Ambiente Institucional é utilizado ao se considerar que a regulação do sistema seja importante para definir sua dinâmica. Ao longo do trabalho são apresentadas informações que demonstram a crise dos produtores de laranja e o processo de exclusão que se iniciou após as mudanças da década de 90 e que tiveram início com a estratégia das indústrias de produzirem em pomares próprios. Na conclusão fica evidenciada a importância da terra, que se torna um recurso de poder para as empresas, assim como a importância do ambiente institucional na decisão da integração vertical por parte das empresas processadoras de suco de laranja concentrado.

Orientador: Carlos Lenz César / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-01T14:53:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Camacho_LudwingFerneyMarenco_M.pdf: 18964058 bytes, checksum: fa65aaa210a9f9f4dbd93261b64da143 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Resumo: Apresenta-se um novo método efetivo para analisar um sistema de Deputados usando o formalismo da teoria de redes. Construiu-se uma matriz com os resultados anuais da votação nominal da Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil desde 2007 até 2015. Através da medida do coeficiente de correlação entre os conjuntos anuais de votação nominal, calculou-se uma rede de Deputados. Encontrando a Árvore Geradora Mínima da rede de Deputados características generais do sistema podem visualiza-se. Especificamente, expõe-se a postura de concordância - oposição, as conexões individuais entre os Deputados, a fidelidade partidária e uma nova maneira de observar os projetos de lei aprovados ou rejeitados, assim como sua evolução no tempo. Devido ao bom comportamento de correlação observado entre os Deputados, prova-se que cinco ou seis partidos políticos são suficientes para capturar toda a diversidade política existente na Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Além disso, propõe-se que a distribuição de probabilidade dos valores de correlação da Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil é uma combinação de distribuições logísticas. Enuncia-se também, um novo método de ordenar matrizes de correlação baseado no resultado da Árvore Geradora Mínima / Abstract: A new effective method for analysing a Representatives¿ system from the network formalism is presented. A matrix with the annual results of roll - call vote of the Brazilian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015 was constructed. By measuring the correlation coefficient between each pair of annual roll - call vote sets a Representatives¿ network was computed. For extracting the Minimal Spanning Tree of the Representatives' network general features of this system arises. Specifically, the concordance - opposition stance, the individual connections among Representatives, the partisan fidelity and a new way to identify the approved and disapproved draft bills, as well as, its time evolution are disclosed. A well-define correlation behaviour among Representatives is observed, in fact, we prove that five or six political parties are sufficient to encapsulate all political diversity in the Brazilian House of Representatives. In addition, we propose that the probability distribution of correlation values in the Brazilian House of Representatives is a combination of logistic distributions. Besides that, a new method for re-ordering correlation matrices based on the result of the Minimal Spanning Tree is enunciated / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física / 1490097/2015 / CAPES

Community forestry has become a prominent policy instrument over the past decades as a response to deforestation pressures and rural poverty. Its political implementation involves a complex process with a profound structural change - away from state-based forestry to locally based decision-making authority. The research analyzes the internal development among policy actors in order to understand how community forestry can emerge in a regional policy system. It explores three different case studies with distinct policy processes towards community forestry: an international development project (Ecuador: Esmeraldas), a grassroot environmental movement (Canada: British Columbia), and an institutional restructuring process (Mexico: Quintana Roo). The theoretical approach is based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). The ACF views policy change as a result of competing advocacy coalitions which act according to their policy beliefs. Policy change can be affected by internal changes (policy learning and changes of beliefs) or by external perturbations which affect the power constellation between the coalitions. Each policy process is analyzed over more than a decade, based on empirical data from semi-structured interviews with key actors and complemented by literature. The major actors and coalitions are identified, as well as their learning and changes of beliefs over time to understand their influence on the policy process. In summary, the research found that policy learning has a high importance for the internal development of community forestry policy, while often hidden behind the strong presence of an external perturbation. Although not as a singular force, policy learning has been shown to have a very potent role in enhancing, or sustaining, policy changes. Policy learning can have a stabilizing effect against adverse events, once the implementation process has started (Mexico). Policy learning can even generate the major momentum of change that unfolds when released by an external catalyst event (Canada). It can also, however, have a very limited influence, if not form an internal challenge to the implementation (Ecuador). It has been found that a change of policy beliefs is not a requirement for policy change in the early stages of community forestry, and cannot be indicated by visible changes in the policy network or local forestry arrangements. These might concern other adjustments of the actors to the changes, which do not reflect their substantial policy beliefs. The changes of policy beliefs in the three case studies show some similar patterns in the way the Community Forestry Coalition developed their policy goals over time, as well as in the way the State Forestry Coalition adjusted strategically to the new impact of the CFC on the network. The research discusses three distinct strategic approaches of the coalitions and their varying success.

A shift has occurred in the traditional type of centralised government control to a more multilevel type of governing referred to as governance. The change from government to governance can be illustrated with an emphasis on networks and social capital enhancement. In higher education this is enveloped through a larger emphasis on institutionalisation of collaboration between the higher education institutions (HEI) and the surrounding environment. In lieu of large block grants come financial incentives through semi-governmental agencies embracing collaboration projects between industry and HEI as well as municipalities.` This licentiate thesis objective is to study the collaboration task’s practical implication on undergraduate education in terms of social capital enhancement and research and teaching links. This is reported in two articles that elaborate on social capital establishment through a policy program and whether policy programs focusing on research collaborations also have an effect on undergraduate education by improving research and teaching links. In general, the findings of this thesis indicate that semi-governmental policy programs have a positive effect on establishing new social capital between regional HEI, industry and municipalities, and that semi-governmentally financed research profiles also have a positive effect on undergraduate education by introducing a link to research outside and within the HEI. / QC 20110117

Political parties are usually described as political actors. In this approach, their power struggle and conflict of ideas and ideologies are stressed. However, political parties are also part of policy making process. They have an impact on appointment of executive and legislative offices which are essential for policy making. Moreover, constituents expect elected representatives to be able to solve policy issues. This thesis aims to understand how Czech political parties gather expertise knowledge for policy making. Sources of expertise of political parties are viewed through the lens of policy network analysis. Therefore, the main focus is on who is involved in development of party programs; what the role of different actors is; and what the linkages among them are. The thesis is designed as a case study focused on the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Specifically, it is focused on development of a part of its medium- term political program Vize 2020 related to the issue of ageing society. In the examined case, the key actors are political guarantors of the respective parts of the program. They role decides who else and how is involved. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)