Governance Capacity and Legitimacy Revisited

2018 ◽  
pp. 343-360
Author(s):  
Per Lægreid ◽  
Lise H. Rykkja
Keyword(s):  
Governance Capacity

scholarly journals Policy-relevant insights for regional renewable energy deployment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla De Laurentis ◽  
Peter J. G. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background The paper explores how regional actors engage with energy systems, flows and infrastructures in order to meet particular goals and offers a fine-tuned analysis of how differences arise, highlighting the policy-relevant insights that emerge. Methods Using a novel framework, the research performs a comparative case study analysis of three regions in Italy and two of the devolved territories of the UK, Wales and Scotland, drawing on interviews and documentary analysis. Results The paper shows that acknowledging the socio-materialities of renewable energy allows a fine-tuned analysis of how institutions, governance and infrastructure can enable/constrain energy transitions and policy effectiveness at local and regional levels. The heuristic adopted highlights (i) the institutions that matter for renewable energy and their varied effects on regional renewable energy deployment; (ii) the range of agencies involved in strategically establishing, contesting and reproducing institutions, expectations, visions and infrastructure as renewable energy deployment unfolds at the regional level and (iii) the nature and extent of infrastructure requirements for and constraints on renewable energy delivery and how they affect the regional capacity to shape infrastructure networks and facilitate renewable energy deployment. The paper shows how the regions investigated developed their institutional and governance capacity and made use of targets, energy visions and spatial planning to promote renewable energy deployment. It shows that several mediating factors emerge from examining the interactions between regional physical resource endowments and energy infrastructure renewal and expansion. The analysis leads to policy-relevant insights into what makes for renewable energy deployment. Conclusion The paper contributes to research that demonstrates the role of institutional variations and governance as foundations for geographical differences in the adoption of renewable energy, and carries significant implications for policy thinking and implementation. It shows why and how policy-makers need to be more effective in balancing the range of goals/interests for renewable energy deployment with the peculiarities and specificities of the regional contexts and their infrastructures. The insights presented help to explain how energy choices and outcomes are shaped in particular places, how differences arise and operate in practice, and how they need to be taken into account in policy design, policy-making and implementation.

scholarly journals A modified NK algorithm based on BP neural network and DEMATEL for evolution path optimization of urban innovation ecosystem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruijian Liu ◽  
Fangcheng Tang ◽  
Yuhan Wang ◽  
Shaofang Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Bp Neural Network ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
New Era ◽  
Evolution Path ◽  
Simulation Results

AbstractIn the new era, the key measure to accelerate the construction of smart city, so as to promote the modernization of urban governance system and governance capacity, is to establish a good urban innovation ecosystem, and guide its continuous evolution to the direction of the highest efficiency and the best performance. Focusing on solving the practical problem of “how the urban innovation ecosystem evolves”, this paper develops a NK algorithm using BP neural network and DEMATEL method. First, through literature research, constructing the urban innovation ecosystem including five subsystems of innovation talents, innovation subjects, innovation resources, innovation environment and innovation network. Then, taking Beijing as an example, the weights and the number of epistatic relationships of each subsystem in its innovation ecosystem are calculated by BP neural network and DEMATEL method, and the NK model is modified; on this basis, the fitness values corresponding to different states of the system are calculated using MATLAB software, and the optimal evolution path of Beijing innovation ecosystem is determined through the comparison of 100,000 simulation results. The results show that the optimal evolution path of Beijing's innovation ecosystem is to create a favorable environment and culture for innovation first; then increase the input of innovation resources; and then promote the development of innovation network assets; on this basis, cultivate, attract and retain innovative talents; and finally strengthen the construction of innovation subjects.

Trading Freedoms for Protection: Gender and Localised Protection in Libya

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Outi Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Local Ownership ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Governance Capacity

Abstract Much has been written on the 2011 intervention in Libya and its implications to the R2P principle, but we know less about the lived experience of protection in a context where the post-intervention responsibility for protecting civilians was quickly transferred to the interim authorities who had limited governance capacity. This has resulted in ‘localised protection’ where militias, tribal elders, and family members constitute the main actors providing protection to their respective communities. Although this is in line with the growing emphasis on local ownership underwriting UN and donor discourse, a troubling upshot of the localised protection is that it often disempowers, and at times subjects the protected to further insecurity and violence. The aim of this analysis is to explore this dynamic of protection and insecurity. I draw on feminist theorising of the masculine protection logic and argue that civilians in Libya negotiate multiple, gendered protection bargains that often produce perverse outcomes, by subjecting the ‘protected’ to renewed or increased insecurities, rather than reducing them.

scholarly journals Drivers of Change in National Disaster Governance under the Hyogo Framework for Action

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian S. T. Wanner
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazard ◽  
National Level ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Drivers Of Change ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
First Results ◽  
National Disaster

Many suggestions have been made on what motivates countries to expand their measures for disaster risk reduction (DRR), including the frequency and severity of natural hazards, accountability mechanisms, and governance capacity. Despite the fact that theoretical arguments have been developed and evidence collected from small-scale case studies, few studies have attempted to explain the substantial variation in the adoption of DRR measures across countries. This study combines available data on DRR measures, natural hazard events, governance, and socioeconomic characteristics to provide a systematic assessment of the changes that have occurred in the state of DRR at the national level. In line with theoretical explanations, there are indeed associations between several measures of frequency and severity and the development of DRR status. Additionally, voice and accountability mechanisms, as well as development aid, might facilitate positive change. Although these first results of a global comparative study on change in DRR have to be taken cautiously, it is a step forward to understanding the drivers of change at the national level.

scholarly journals Research on Innovative Computing of Community Governance Capacity in Xiacheng District of Hangzhou

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02068
Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
Kejin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Cultural Services ◽  
Cultural Service ◽  
The Government ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism

Deepening the reform of the cultural system and promoting the all-round prosperity of cultural undertakings and the rapid development of the cultural industry are vital to the realization of the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, to the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Public cultural services refer to the public cultural facilities, cultural products, cultural activities and other related services provided by the government with the participation of social forces for the main purpose of meeting the basic cultural needs of citizens. Hangzhou Xiacheng District is the first community public cultural service performance evaluation mechanism in China, which provides a sample for modern public cultural services in urban communities across the country, and also provides exemplary experience for promoting the modernization of community governance system and governance capacity. This study uses innovative evaluation methods to make an empirical analysis of community governance capacity in Xiacheng District of Hangzhou, and tries to find the reasonable calculation method

Breaking the Wall of Monocentric Governance: Polycentricity in the Governance of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-232
Author(s):  
Tahnee Lisa Prior
Keyword(s):  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Polycentric Governance

Abstract We often mistakenly assume that institutional design will remain effective indefinitely. Complex long-term environmental challenges illuminate the disparity between institutions and state boundaries. While globalization has challenged monocentrism, we must look beyond traditional measures and design resilient governance systems, such as polycentric governance, that combine trust and local expertise in small-scale governance with the governance capacity of large-scale systems. These harness globalization’s benefits and provide solutions for the effects of ecosystem changes. This work examines the lessons – benefits, challenges, limitations, and unanswered questions – that may be learned from polycentric governance in the case of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Arctic, where a polycentric political system has developed as a result of a mismatch in environmental, jurisdictional, and temporal scales. Section One examines characteristics of polycentricity, focusing on actors, multilevel governance, degree of formality, and the nature of interactions. Section Two concentrates on the tools utilized. Section Three applies the outlined framework. Finally, Section Four examines three lessons that global environmental governance may learn from the case study: (1) Peak organizations are effective tools for managing polycentricity, allowing for the inclusion of non-state actors, such as indigenous peoples organizations (2) and epistemic communities (3), in bridging the human-environment nexus.

Managing sustainability development of the agricultural sphere based on the entropy weight TOPSIS model

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-278
Author(s):  
Nataliya Stoyanets ◽  
Zetao Hu ◽  
Junmin Chen ◽  
Lichen Niu
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Capacity Evaluation ◽  
Rural Governance

The evaluation of rural governance capacity is a crucial part of studying the economic and social development of rural areas in the Henan Province. Based on the theory of social structure, this article studies the rural governance capacity. We construct a governance capacity evaluation indicator system from the perspective of social structure theory and use the entropy weight method TOPSIS evaluation model to calculate indicator weight and governance ability score of every township. The results illustrate that the overall governance capacity score is low, and there are differences among regions. The weights, which are different among different governance agents, provide a certain guidance for effectively improving governance capabilities. This study will offer a reference for the assessment of the governance of rural areas in Henan or in areas with similar economic and social development to the Henan region.

RENEWAL of THE MIND AND ECONOMIC ORIENTATION DEVELOPMENT FOR QUANG NINH PROVINCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Quynh Ngo Thuy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Fast Speed ◽  
Seamless Connectivity ◽  
Long Bay ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Quang Ninh

Quang Ninh is one of the few provinces with great potentials, including the famous natural wonder of Ha Long Bay, a large source of coal for economic development with large scale, fast speed and effective tall fruit. State has approved the master plan of economic development - society to 2020 and vision to 2025, but the implementation is not yet eligible desired. What are the causes? and how should develop to make Quang Ninh become rich? To help clarify these questions authors proposed some ideas, and recommendations of 4 things to do. These are (1). seamless connectivity between Quang Ninh and Hanoi and other places by roads and sea; (2). to develop the energy industry, transport and tourism in the direction of modernity; (3). enhance the governance capacity of the local authorities

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