Some governments, the U.S. included, rely on private corporations to run prison systems, partly to save money and partly because the prison population keeps growing and available space is lacking. Like any corporation, the goal of these private companies is to generate profits, which conflicts w...
In the digital age, governments are using digital technologies and media to enhance delivered services and public engagement (Reddick and Anthopoulos, 2014). The UN e-government survey states ' governments around the world are moving forward in e-government development in an effort to enhance ...
"Unlike many ruling parties made by governments, the Communist Party of China (CPC) rose from the people until it came to power. Such meetings, like the 'two sessions' coming in March, help the ruling party strongly convey the voices of the people," said Naggar. He added that the CPC ...
15). Some international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) began to lobby governments for policies that take vulnerability into account. Since then, there has been considerable if uneven uptake of the vulnerability approach by some governments, principally in Latin America and the Caribbean...
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This paper provides a new perspective for the public to understand climate change and extreme weather while providing a useful reference for governments and relevant policymakers. Author Contributions Project administration, X.R.; software, X.R.; methodology, L.L.; writing—original draft, L.L.;...
In any event, while outsiders argue vigorously for social democracy or against so-calledwelfare states, the Nordic countries themselves make no effort to induce or coerce other nations into adopting the Nordic model. Rather, they seem content to work through their problems together in a collective...
And the nation's ranks of right-to-work states are poised to increase, with Republican-controlled state governments in New Hampshire and Missouri advancing legislation. Although right-to-work legislation has historically failed in New Hampshire, supporters see new hope with a GOP governor and legisl...
terms of democracy versus authoritarianism overlooks better possibilities," so claims Bell. 2 Conventional wisdom in the United States (as well as other Western nations) has it that electoral democracy is the universal way to elect leaders to govern with "one person, one vote" by all its ...
Regarding the studies, the country distribution of all authors in terms of the frequency is illustrated in Fig. 5. The findings suggest that most of the authors that researched on governance of distributed ledger technologies adoption in organizations are based in the United States of America, Swit...