Associations, Movements, Dialogues, Social Problems And News: Voluntary Action And The Life Cycles Of The Third Sector, 2012 West Virginia University
Associations, Movements, Dialogues, Social Problems And News: Voluntary Action And The Life Cycles Of The Third Sector, Roger A. Lohmann
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
This is one of two summation papers presented at the conclusion of the 2012 Queensland University conference on the third sector, looking to the future. The focus initially is on the concept of the social imaginary as offered by the Canadian social philosopher, Charles Taylor. Much of the previous conceptual and theoretical work in third sector studies during the past few decades has been focused on questions of the best ways to imagine the community and national social configurations of increasingly large numbers of nonprofit, voluntary and nongovernmental organizations. The concepts of nonprofit organization and nonprofit sector have been most …
Technical Bulletins: State Street Aid Fund Revenues And Expenditures: On The Road To Understanding (2012), 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Technical Bulletins: State Street Aid Fund Revenues And Expenditures: On The Road To Understanding (2012), Ron Darden
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The Tennessee Legislature authorized the state to distribute a portion of the proceeds from the state gasoline fuel taxes to incorporated cities and towns for use on municipal streets. The current allocation to cities is based on $25.54 per capita.
Hot Topic: Employers Asking For Social Media Passwords, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Hot Topic: Employers Asking For Social Media Passwords, Bonnie Jones
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
Improper use of social media information on applicants and employees may result in claims alleging discrimination, negligent hiring, violation of privacy, and open record conflicts.
From Eastside To Westside Tax Allocation Districts: The Case Of Economic Redevelopment Financing In The City Of Atlanta, Georgia, Usa, 2012 Kennesaw State University
From Eastside To Westside Tax Allocation Districts: The Case Of Economic Redevelopment Financing In The City Of Atlanta, Georgia, Usa, Andrew Ewoh
Andrew I.E. Ewoh
No abstract provided.
Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada): An Updated Employer Guide For Tennessee Municipalities, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada): An Updated Employer Guide For Tennessee Municipalities, Bonnie Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication incorporates the MTAS 2011 Technical Bulletin, ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA): Back to Basics; the focus is primarily on the employment and applicant accommodation process.
Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 1 (Fall 2012), 2012 Maine Division - American Association of University Women
Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 1 (Fall 2012), Dawnbreaker Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Ideas Matter: A Comparative Analysis Of Two Neighbourhood Regeneration Programs Associated With The Administrations Of Two Toronto Mayors Between 2005 And 2012, 2012 Western University
Ideas Matter: A Comparative Analysis Of Two Neighbourhood Regeneration Programs Associated With The Administrations Of Two Toronto Mayors Between 2005 And 2012, Kathy Wiele
MPA Major Research Papers
This paper examines how the neighbourhood regeneration programs of David Miller and Rob Ford in Toronto compare based on the approaches to public administration taken by each mayor. It uses a comparative analysis of the two cases with a specific focus on Miller’s Priority Neighbourhoods (PNs) and Ford’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs). The findings reveal that the two programs are based on different approaches to public administration, with Miller emphasizing the community development approach and Ford favouring the economic model of public administration.
Municipal E-News: Issue 40: September 2012, 2012 University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Municipal E-News: Issue 40: September 2012, Mtas
Municipal E-News
The “Municipal E-News” was created by MTAS in 2009 as part of our continuing efforts to meet our mission of providing timely, valuable information and assistance to Tennessee cities.
Liberalism And Postliberalism In Bolivarian Venezuela, 2012 Montclair State University
Liberalism And Postliberalism In Bolivarian Venezuela, Tony Petros Spanakos
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
In the last half-decade, the “rise of the left” in Latin America has been studied extensively by many scholars. Whether framed as one, two, or many lefts, its various party leaders have been vocal in opposition to neoliberalism, although the orientation of their policies and governments toward neoliberalism has been mixed (Panizza 2009). The most influential and visible case of an anti-neoliberal government is that of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez Frías.
The five books reviewed here, drawing on research on Venezuela, share a common scholarly interest in liberalism, pluralism, and account- ability, although some defend liberalism (Brewer-Carías, Corrales and Penfold), …
Introduction To Geographic Science Using Arcgis V10, 2012 University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Introduction To Geographic Science Using Arcgis V10, Bethany Bradley, Charles M. Schweik
Charles M. Schweik
This is a lab exercise manual with extra supplemental exercises for use in an introductory course in GIS for students in environmental conservation programs or studying public policy public administration. The emphasis is on environmental management/analysis-related applications. Lab exercises require the ESRI ArcGIS v10 software. Data for all labs and exercises are available on this site as supplementary material in .zip format.
Politics Or Policy? How Rhetoric Matters To Presidential Leadership Of Congress, 2012 University of Texas at El Paso
Politics Or Policy? How Rhetoric Matters To Presidential Leadership Of Congress, José Villalobos, Justin Vaughn, Julia Azari
José D. Villalobos
In this study, we examine the linkage between presidential policy proposal messages and legislative success. Employing a dataset on presidential legislative proposals that covers the years 1949-2010, we find that politics matters less than policy. Purely political messages that reference the electoral logic of mandates or appeal to a sense of bipartisanship appear to have no impact on presidential legislative success, nor does policy signaling, though highlighting the role of agency-based policy experts in crafting legislation does. From these results, we conclude that although the way presidents communicate their messages to Congress represents an important component of presidential-legislative relations, it …
The Policy Czar Debate, 2012 Cleveland State University
The Policy Czar Debate, Justin S. Vaughn, José D. Villalobos
José D. Villalobos
Presidential policy czars have been an important and powerful component of President Barack Obama’s approach to management and leadership in the first part of his time in office. By using czars, the President has been able to demonstrate the importance of policy issues, both to his own agenda and to the broader political system. In this chapter, we find that performance outcomes for these czars have been a mixed bag, with as many stories of success to report as tales of frustration and failure. As such, we posit that the cost of czars, in political and organizational terms, has outweighed …
Nonpunctuated And Sweeping Policy Change: Bhutan Tobacco Policy Making From 1991 To 2009, 2012 University of Oklahoma, Norman
Nonpunctuated And Sweeping Policy Change: Bhutan Tobacco Policy Making From 1991 To 2009, Michael S. Givel
Michael S. Givel
This paper examines policy outputs associated with the 2004 Bhutan antitobacco law, including 2009 amendments, to determine if the law is congruent with punctuated equilibrium or social policy realism theories of policy change. There was no direct and sudden tobacco policy output change in Bhutan due to a shock to the policy system contrary to what punctuated equilibrium theory would predict. Rather, policy change was sweeping but nonpunctuated. This paper reconfirms prior findings of social policy realism theory that various and complex policy output patterns occur due to a mixture of contingent and complex factors. Under social policy realism, a …
The Role Tax Preparers Play In Taxpayer Compliance - An Empirical Investigation With Policy Implications, 2012 Ono Faculties of Law & Business Administration
The Role Tax Preparers Play In Taxpayer Compliance - An Empirical Investigation With Policy Implications, Sagit Leviner Dr.
Sagit Leviner Dr.
In January 2010, the IRS published its Return Preparer Review Final Report, recommending extensive increases in oversight of the tax return preparer industry. The IRS suggests achieving these increases in oversight through numerous measures, including preparer registration, competency testing, continuing professional education, ethical standards, and enforcement. Effective August, 2011, new paid preparer regulation requires all tax return preparers who offer their services for a fee to register and obtain a unique Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) that must be used to sign all returns they prepare. Given that additional preparer regulation is expected to come into effect within the next …
Technical Bulletins: Selling Surplus City Property: Suggestions For An Ethical And Transparent Process, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Technical Bulletins: Selling Surplus City Property: Suggestions For An Ethical And Transparent Process, David Angerer
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This publication covers the disposal of surplus items of equipment and materials; includes sample resolutions and surplus property nomination form.
Hot Topic: Ada Changes Regarding Service Animals, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Hot Topic: Ada Changes Regarding Service Animals, Margaret Norris
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
In the latter part of 2010, the Department of Justice made many changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). One set of changes was with service animal regulations, and the modifications became effective on March 15, 2011.
Local Government Public Works Standards And Specifications, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Local Government Public Works Standards And Specifications, John Chlarson, Sharon Rollins
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This document was developed to provide Tennessee cities with guidelines for construction projects. It includes guidelines for construction standards, materials specifications, design criteria, and contract documents to be used for streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and water distribution systems.
Hot Topic: Attorney General Finds Administrative Hearing Officer Act Provides Adequate Due Process, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Hot Topic: Attorney General Finds Administrative Hearing Officer Act Provides Adequate Due Process, Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Hot Topics
A recent opinion by the Tennessee Attorney General alleviates the primary concern of cities waiting to implement an administrative hearing officer program.
Tennessee Public Acts 2012: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, 2012 Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Tennessee Public Acts 2012: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Josh Jones
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.
Cpaf Updates Vol. 13 Issue No. 3, 2012 College of Public Affairs and Development, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Cpaf Updates Vol. 13 Issue No. 3, Stella Concepcion R. Concepcion, Cristeta A. Foronda, Aida O. Grande, Stoix Nebin S. Pascua, Francisca O. Tan
CPAf Updates
In this issue:
- CPAf implements water projects, 1
- CRDES Publishes books on partnership and policy perspectives, 2
- DAR awards additional research projects to CISC, 3
- CRDES program staff meet its partners for food security and sustainability, 3
- CPAf project team conducts seminar-workshop on climate change, 4
- CPAf and OC organize LENTE Forum, 5
- BOR approves CPAf-based PhD in Development Studies program, 5
- CPAf faculty conducts seminar on Magna Carta of Women, 6
- CTTE conducts IPR orientation for CPAf constituents, 7
- CPAf staff participate in international forums, 8
- CISC Director attends training course in South Korea, 9
- CPAf hosts Japanese interns, …