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Alternating the Paradigm of Oblivion? Oil and the 21st Century Scramble for Africa
Adesanya Olusegun, Paul
Department of Political Science and International Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6885-6855
It is axiomatic that Africa is presently the epicenter of the 21st century scramble by extra-continental powers; which are being celebrated for, in one way or the other, assisting Africa out of oblivion in global affairs, particularly after the Cold War. The major reason for this act being the extra-African desires for some bits of the mineral resources with which the continent is endowed and the continent’s market. This experience is already making the continent to feel extra-important in and/or to global politics, thus acting like a pigmy that thinks himself a giant. Without much ado, oil is at the front burner of the current scramble; and extant literature has claimed that the deepening presence and interests of extra-regional powers portend good omen for the continent. As such, there are claims that certain African units are witnessing about 7% GDP growth on annual basis. Beyond this however, are certain nefarious happenings, which to a large extent, are the concomitants of or are deepened by the 21st century scramble for Africa. In view of this, the study seeks to understand the prevailing groundswell of anomie before the current scramble; analyse the scramble so as to expose the hidden menu of desires, both of the major powers and their multinational companies; and to investigate the unfolding attendants that are entrenching Africa’s feet in the quagmire of crisis.
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2014-10-10 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014): Issue - September
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21st Century
Copyright (c) 2014 Paul Adesanya Olusegun, Dr.
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Need for south-south cooperation to confront the challenges posed by the global north as to north-south gap
Aynul, Haque
Assistant Professor of Political Science Guskara Mahavidyalaya Guskara, Burdwan, WB http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4175-5410
About 160 developing countries of the “Global South”, also called under the name and style the third world, are facing major development challenges, while Global north refers to the so-called developed countries of the west. Geographically, most of the countries of the `Global South` are in the Southern hemisphere, while the so called developed countries, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, are in the northern hemisphere. The historical genesis of the term third world lies in an approach based on preclusion, that is, after the Second World War and the advent of the cold war the countries of the world could be categorized as: I. the first world which consists of western, industrialised, capitalist democracies (pre-dominantly Christian) II. the second world which consists of the Socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe including the erstwhile Soviet Union; and the third world consists of the rest. The problems to ameliorate the wretched condition of the four-fifth of the world population belonging to the South are diverse in nature. The South presents many drawbacks like mass poverty, paucity of capital, wealth, technology and other development resources that are essential ingredients in respect of self development. Because of these handicaps the countries of the South are helplessly dependent on North in respect of economy, finance, technology etc. By the result of which North has been able to exert undue pressures on the South and MNCs based on the North are able to exploit the weak bargaining power of the South. Why is the North –South issue becoming so important today? First of all the income gap between the North and the South is increasing. Income per head is being raised in the countries of the North .At the same time the problem of development of the developing countries soars up day-by-day. Now the question arises how can the countries of the South come out of such a miserable situation and accelerate the pace of development of their economies, making better utilization of their resource potential? The South Commission was established in 1987, with Julius Nyerere (former President of Tanzania) as the Chairman, and Dr. Manmohan Singh as member and General Secretary, pursued the scope for the South-South cooperation in the context of major development problems faced by developing countries. South Commission observed the crucial challenge that the developing countries face collectively is how to strengthen and diversify South-South cooperation. The development challenges faced by the countries of the South can lead South-South Cooperation a much needed strategy. Growing integration of the developed nations and signifying prosperity of such cooperation the need for SSC is reinforced.
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2014-10-10 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014): Issue - September
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Copyright (c) 2014 Haque Aynul, PhD
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The idea of the political, reconfiguring sovereignty and exception
Meenakshi, Gogoi
Research Scholar in the Centre for Political Studies at The Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India.
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The idea of ‘political’ is the most controversial term in the contemporary social science discourse and it remains vaguely understood. The ‘political’ is the fundamental authoritative domain pertaining to the state which ropes into it one of the basic concepts of politics i.e- sovereignty. The interconnectedness between ‘political’ and sovereignty is challenged with the emergence of liberal democracy. The idea of ‘political’ in the theoretical perspective of Carl Schmitt is related to the notion of sovereignty which is in contrary to the conventional understanding of sovereignty. His idea of sovereignty is specifically related to an exception. Giorgio Agamben’s theory of ‘state of exception’ is inspired from Carl Schmitt’s idea of sovereignty and its relation to exception though it re-interpreted exception as a permanent rule. This paper attempts to analyse Carl Schmitt’s and Agamben’s theories through this interesting tripartite relation among the political, sovereignty and exception which gives an interesting account to reconfigure sovereignty and its effects felt on Indian emergency of 1975-77 and anti-terror laws in recent times. Also in what ways it appears as a challenge to the centrality of law in a democracy.
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2014-06-30 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): Issue - June
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Copyright (c) 2014 Gogoi Meenakshi
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Scottish and French Enlightenment J. Mackintosh and the revolution controversy in Great Britain
Eleni, Xilakis
PhD in Political philosophy in March 2013 from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University of Paris, France.
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Edmund Burke’s Reflexions on the Revolution in France provoked one of the most fertile political debates in Great Britain. As a response to the French revolution and declaration of 1789, Burke received instantly numerous responses, namely by Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft and others; this paper examines the Scottish enlightenment involvement in this debate through James Mackintosh’s response to Burke this encounter of British and French enlightenment will illuminate our modern vision of human rights theories.
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2014-06-30 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): Issue - June
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The Revolution in France
Copyright (c) 2014 Xilakis Eleni
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Understanding Terrorism in the context of Global Security
Shreyasi, Ghosh
Research Scholar /Former Student of Presidency University, Kolkata India.
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Terrorism being a complex phenomenon, is an alarming kind of violence, threat, a method to combat or a strategy to achieve certain goals aiming to induce a state of fear in the victim, which is ruthless and does not confirm to humanitarian norms where publicity becomes an essential factor in the terrorist strategy indulging killing of innocent and destruction of much valuable property thereby creating wide panic and gripping the remotest part of the world. Thus, the fight against terrorism has not only become a primordial concern for all the nations but also for research study in the context of global security under the impact of globalization.
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2014-06-30 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): Issue - June
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21st Century
Copyright (c) 2014 Ghosh Shreyasi
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Corruption Prevention Measures Recommended by Kautilya
Priti, Pohekar
Assistant Professor in Public Administration, At Rajarashi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur-Maharashtra
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Corruption is all-pervading phenomena. Today, it is observed that the world is going through the problem. The malady of corruption prevailed in all periods of history; i.e. ancient, medieval, modern. It can be said that history of corruption is as old as the history of mankind. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the remedies of corruption as was suggested in Kautilyas Arthashastra.
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2014-06-30 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): Issue - June
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Copyright (c) 2014 Pohekar Priti
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Human Rights and Democracy
Aynul, Haque
Assistant Professor of Political Science, at Guskara Mahavidyalaya, Guskara, Burdwan , West Bengal, India
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During the last six decades, human rights have become a live and vibrant issue in the free world. Human rights as the recognition of inherent and basic individual worth and dignity are as old as human civilization. An individual attains by birth some rights as human being. Thus the idea of human rights is civilization as it is a political idea with moral base. The concern for and of human rights has been institutionalized after General Assembly of UN adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the mid twentieth century. The expression “human rights” suggests rights of all human beings. The moral foundation of human rights to universality has not been questioned yet at least in principle, though there are some instances of rejection to this aspect of universality, either manifest or disguised, are fairly large in all parts of the world. The idea of democracy has led to great expectations to the people. It has become a key point of political legitimacy. In fact it is producing the greatest disillusionment and frustration recently. From the late 19th Century democracy and capitalism appear to have moved along independent yet parallel paths. During the 20th Century they gained in strength, interacting mutually and establishing an interface. The result of which the concept of welfare state emerges, defines the role of the state in an interventionist manner. On representative democracy Benjamin Barber says, ‘Representations destroys participation and citizenship even as it serves accountability and private rights.’ Indian Constitution, the most right-based Constitution of the world, provides ethical foundation of human rights in its Preamble, while the legal expression of these found in Part-III and part-IV of the Constitution.
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2014-06-30 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): Issue - June
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21st Century India
Copyright (c) 2014 Haque Aynul
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Akash, Gautam
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Lucknow, India
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Nepal towards democracy.
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2014-03-28 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): Issue - March
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1990
Copyright (c) 2014 Gautam Akash
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INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE ACT AND ITS IMPACT ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Bheemvrat Pratap, Singh
L.L.B. (Hons.) at Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
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The Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2009 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 26th February, 2009. The bill seeks to amend a few provision of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Industrial Disputes and their settlement have been provided in Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Act defines the relevant terms and also defines the Industrial Dispute, Industry and the mechanism of the settlement of dispute. Now we will study different dimensions in detail for managerial perspective. The study of Industrial Dispute prevention involves the study of determining the types of disputes and their causes along with the settlement and prevention of disputes in Management. What is the management attitude towards labour.An exploratory study to use in this paper for industrial dispute act and its impact on industrial development for analysis of different dimensions of this topic and the research paper based on secondary data sources. Finally study gives the suggestions and conclusion about how to prevent the industrial dispute.
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2014-03-28 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): Issue - March
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Copyright (c) 2014 Singh Bheemvrat Pratap
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Africa’s Science and Technology Strategy in the Thought of Kwame Nkrumah
Lloyd Delroy, McCarthy
Adjunct Professor in Africana Studies North Carolina State University United States http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-9200
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This paper explores the African Union’s (“AU”) science and technology plan and strategy for Africa within the construct of Kwame Nkrumah’s socio-political thought. Nkrumah was one of Africa’s most important political and intellectual agitators of the 20th century. He was Ghana’s first prime minister and president, and a founding member of the African Union’s forerunner, the Organization of African Unity. An Africa, unified, modernized and developedwith science and technology for the benefit of all Africans, was the vision he strived for. The paper argues that while the AU is working towardsto achieve Nkrumah’s vision and quotes him prominently, their approach to the plan betrays an ideological conception for Africa’s development that is in contradiction with Nkrumah’s vision by, a) the S&T plan’s ahistorical vision statement, b) exclusion of the African majority from the process, c) baring primarily the interests of the African elites and global corporation by its reliance on foreign aid and capital, and c) Planning and policy omissions in the continent’s fastest growing area of technology adoption. Nkrumah’s worldview and development thinking used to examine the African Union’s strategy is explained with both classical and contemporary sociological theories and philosophy.
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2015-03-24 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): Issue - March
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Copyright (c) 2015 McCarthy Lloyd Delroy, Prof. (Dr.)
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From Political Transitions to Good Governance in Africa
OJO Oluwole, Patrick
Assistant Lecturer College of Social and Management Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria http://staff.abuad.edu.ng/en/college-academic-staff.html?view=employee&id=192 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8805-9466
OJO Mathew, Olusola
Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution School of Arts and Social Sciences National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-3812
ESAN Vincent, Alaba
Department of Political Science and International Studies College of Social and Management Sciences Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti. Nigeria http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6282-6818
Over the past two decades, African countries have experienced major political transitions that seemed to have checkmated the excesses of governments with authoritarian tendencies leading to aggravated security and development challenges. What has been the impact of democratic governance on socio-economic development and security in Africa, past and present? To what extent has the opening up of the political space impacted on the peoples’ living standards in Africa during the same period? Understanding the impact of democratic administrations on the provisions of social and economic needs of the citizens will provide real insights into the roots of insecurity in Africa’s quest for national stability and protection of their citizens. The perspective of this paper is that one of the causes of escalating trends of insecurity and obstacles to the achievement of human security as well as guarantee of national stability is heavily, if not fundamentally, bad governance. We identify and interrogate substantive issues involved in governance styles which create the current socio-economic challenges, and serves as the source of human insecurity, in Africa. The paper identified good governance approach in tackling the raging menace of insecurity in the continent. Finally, the paper concluded that one important missing link in the current democratization as well as guarantee of security in Africa is the challenge of flawed democracy.
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2016-01-10 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 3 No. 4 (2015): Issue - December
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Copyright (c) 2016 Patrick OJO Oluwole, Olusola OJO Mathew, Alaba ESAN Vincent
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Minority Education | A study of Indian Muslims
Fatima Noor, Noor
Research Scholar, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Lucknow India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7389-5656
It is a universally accepted fact that education is the most potent and effective tool to achieve empowerment of any section of society. Muslims in India lag behind in education is a sad aspect of their life. It is a matter of common beliefs that unless Muslim educational backwardness is addressed, the empowerment of Indian Muslims would remain elusive. The Muslims in India would remain politically marginalized and economically poor unless they overcome their educational backwardness. Education holds the key to the empowerment of Indian Muslims. Education is one of the most powerful factors for the political, social, economic and spiritual development of individuals and communities. It is a well known fact that India cannot march on the path of development and claim to be world leader if majority of its minority community remains educationally backward. High dropout rates among Muslim students are worrisome. As with many Indians, the main reason for educational backwardness of Muslims is abject poverty due to which children are forced to drop out after the first few classes.
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2016-04-21 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016): Issue - March
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Copyright (c) 2016 Noor Fatima Noor
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The role of policy space in technology evolution
Richard, Fosu
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Tokyo, Japan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2454-6505
It is incontrovertible that development is and has always been a function of public policy. The necessity for states to have enough space, to figure out in organic manner, which policy options work best for them, cannot be overemphasized. Using national policy tools effectively and freely to navigate a development path engenders sustainable and progressive development. It is without doubt that the sharp divide between developed and developing countries is partly, if not completely, attributable to the space developed countries had to navigate their path to development. Developing countries today are confronted with enormous challenges in their bid to use domestic policy tools—especially in trade and industrial development—effectively in the midst of a strong international and domestic environment of mass liberalization. These developments have constrained the policy space of most developing countries in their use of policy tools to direct their developments. This paper argues that for developing countries to amass adequate capabilities in science, technology and innovations (STI), they require adequate policy space through the use of policy tools such as subsidies, tax and non-tax measures to accentuate their progress. As a matter of fact, developing countries can see meaningful progress in capacity accumulation in technology for development, if they have the unrestrained opportunity to choose the best mix of policy options to drive the sectors of their economies that constitute the nucleus of growth. In this regard, ‘business as usual’ outward policies do not work at least in the interim. The paper dwells on the experiences of India in the software and pharmaceutical industries to argue for the need for policy space in technology evolution.
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2016-07-09 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016): Issue - June
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Copyright (c) 2016 Fosu Richard
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Aiding Corruption through Governance Structures in sub-Saharan Africa
Ojo, Patrick
Doctoral Scholar Department of International Relations Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. Nigeria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8805-9466
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In spite of the fact that sub-Saharan African countries have undergone political transitions and experience new form of governance, the region is still battling with socio–economic challenges. The persistent socio-economic problem is attributable to the governance styles of electoral democracies that are not guided by democratic values and principles of accountability. The perspective in this paper is that the emergence of democratic governments in this region occurred through lopsided process which impacts on their governance structures. Consequently, the institutionalization of liberal democracy has been omitted; the absence of which creates gaps between aspiration for and struggle by African people for democracy on the one hand, and the actual performance of democratic governments on the other hand. The paper identifies structural deficiencies in the current pattern of governance as the political missing link in the value chain between democracy and development in the region. The paper recommends e-governance; an administrative process that guarantees good governance through accountability and transparency, as the necessary connecting link and panacea to bridging the observable existing gaps.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): Issue - September : Special issue on e-government : Future of E-Government learning from the Past
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Copyright (c) 2016 Patrick Ojo
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E - Examination
W. Jyotirmoy, Singh
Assistant Professor D.M. College of Teacher Education D.M. College Campus Imphal Manipur India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-7741
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The contributor is the HSLC Additional Head Examiner for Social Science of BOSEM for the last six year, Assistant Head Examiner for B.Ed of Manipur University and also Higher Level and Standard Level, Diploma Programme online examiner of International Baccalaureate Organisation Examination for the last three years. The paper is developed based on the experience of the contribution of the said examination. It seeks to compare the traditional mode of examination with that of the online examination in citing the mode of High School Leaving Examination of Board of Secondary Education Manipur and International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) examination as case studies. .
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): Issue - September : Special issue on e-government : Future of E-Government learning from the Past
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Copyright (c) 2016 Singh W. Jyotirmoy, Dr.
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Open Government Data (OGD) usage in India
Stuti, Saxena
Research Scholar Dept. of Political Science Central University of Haryana, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-3703
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Open Government Data (OGD) is considered as an important constituent of e-government where the notions of transparency, collaboration and participation are being envisaged. This paper is a step in this direction where the OGD platform (https://data.gov.in/) is being probed using a qualitative and quantitative lens. Research hypotheses are being derived following the popular TOE and UTAUT models and multiple regression informs the quantitative analysis to ascertain OGD usage by end-users. The study shows that OGD usage is popular among the end-users in terms of the number of views and downloads of the datasets. Future research might undertake the empirical investigation of the research hypotheses advanced in the paper.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): Issue - September : Special issue on e-government : Future of E-Government learning from the Past
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Copyright (c) 2016 Saxena Stuti
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A modern Socrates discourse in a local e-government setting
Hoff, Maarten
Retired consultant/researcher Worked for the Government, Netherlands http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-5836
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This paper aims to outline the role of e-governance within the setting of a local government in a modern democratic state. It is agreed that a local governmental organization needs to be fit for the purpose of serving its citizens. Fits can be tested both through universally acknowledged principles, and drivers that suit modern on-demand organizations. This has been demonstrated in this paper.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): Issue - September : Special issue on e-government : Future of E-Government learning from the Past
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Copyright (c) 2016 Maarten Hoff, Dr.
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The Essence of E-Governance in the Modern Era of Indian Public Administration Today
Shreyasi, Ghosh
Guest Faculty Bethune College, Kolkata (Govt. of West Bengal) Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Kolkata. Research Scholar Department of Political Science University of Calcutta, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-0852
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In today's society the pace of change is immensely faster, and it will only continue to accelerate more in near future. Organizations and people that don't embrace change are bound to lose ground and remain stagnate. Thus, as an eventual consequence every government in the modern world has started imparting changes in the administration in order to cope with the altering circumstances around. The traditional pattern and processes of administration have undergone critical analysis by this time. Its excessive dependence on bureaucracy, hierarchy, rules and regulations was proved to be ineffective in delivering proper services to the citizens and when the twenty first century was seen to be characterised by the impact of globalization which has the potential to transform the social, cultural, economic and political arena worldwide in one way or another, the net effect is the need for change and innovation in the delivery of public services. Since 1990s, the concept and practice “reinventing government? has been getting much attention among the advocacy for transforming the public administration. The concept of 'good governance' as a result emerged in 1989 through a World Bank Report and thereafter the objective of attaining 'good governance' through various ways of 're-inventing' government started gaining much consideration. This paper attempts to trace the essence of e-government in the modern era of Indian Public Administration today as another new paradigm shift is in the offspring and slowly becoming distinct from the amorphous shape of Public Administration in the Indian context with the ICT-blessed governance, or e-Governance.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2016 Ghosh Shreyasi
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Conceptual Framework of eService delivery system in Developing Countries with a high level of Instability
Alsaeed, Abraheem
Ph.D. Researcher in the School of Computing The University of Portsmouth United Kingdom http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-computing/staff/mr-abraheem-alsaeed.html http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-6389
Carl, Adams
Researcher-School of Computing Faculty of Technology The University of Portsmouth United Kingdom http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-computing/staff/dr-carl-adams.html
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This study proposes a conceptual framework which captures the main factors (both enablers and barriers) influence and contributes toward a successful implementation of eServices in countries that have unstable status. In such countries, eService is still necessary and governments face extra challenges in their provision, however, academic literature that covers transformational eGov activity in periods of geopolitical instability is uncommon. Our aim is to address this gap in the literature by identifying factors that might affect the success of such implementation. We use the example of Syria and other developing countries facing similar challenges to tackle this problem. The paper draws upon Osborn and Gaebler’s work, ‘reinventing government’, which identifies 10 principles of government transformation. This is used to examine eGov examples in the case of Syria along with previous work covering barriers and enablers to eGov activities within countries that have unstable status. The resulting derived conceptual framework provides a base to understand eGov activity for nations going through geopolitical uncertainty.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2016 Abraheem Alsaeed, Adams Carl, Dr.
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The Plausibility of E-Governance as a Public Service Delivery Mechanism in India
Nandita, Kaushal
Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration University of Lucknow, India Editorial Assistant Dynamics of Public Administration, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5440-0809
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Public administration is the backbone of the governance system of any nation. The rapid advancements in information and communication technologies and their incorporation in public administration have given rise to the practice of e-governance all over the world. E-governance is regarded as a crucial aspect of citizen-centric governance and has gradually evolved in India. In the due course of time it has acquired one of the centre stages in the programme of administrative reforms. It has come a long way in the country. Considering the need for having a national level plan for promoting e-governance and increasing public accessibility of all government services, the Government of India approved National e-Governance Plan in May 2006. Keeping in view the advantages accruing from use of information and communication technologies in governance process, the central and state governments have embarked upon numerous e-governance initiatives. The thrust on e-governance has increased with successive governments. Recognizing e-governance as one of the thrust areas, the Government of India launched its flagship programme Digital India in July 2015. State governments have their official websites and some of their projects have become popular among the masses in terms of service delivery. There is no doubt that wherever e-governance projects have been conceived, designed and implemented with due regard to the needs of the people there positive outcomes have been visible. However, it has to be acknowledged that most of the projects are facing multiple challenges which are reducing their success rate. A serious consideration must be given to all the issues which are hampering their efficiency. At the same time measures must be taken up to maintain the human face of these initiatives.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): Issue - September : Special issue on e-government : Future of E-Government learning from the Past
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Copyright (c) 2016 Kaushal Nandita, Dr.
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Techno Legal Support for E-Governance and Implementation Challenges in Ghana
Peter, Asare-Nuamah
PhD Student Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences. University of Yaounde II, Soa Cameroon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-909X
Darko Emmanuel, Agyepong
Masters Student University of Ghana Business School Ghana
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The Government of Ghana has taken various steps and initiative to provide speedy and quality services to Ghanaians through e-governance but in our legalistic societies, the success of e-governance depends of the availability of legal frameworks and policies. The objective of the study to review and understand the various legal policies and framework that support e-governance in Ghana as well as the challenges of implementing e-governance initiatives. To satisfy the objectives, secondary data were retrieved, reviewed and used for the study. The findings of the study indicate that several polices and frameworks support e-governance in Ghana but their implementations are burdened with social, cultural, political and legal constraints. The study provides some recommendation that is necessary to tackle the challenges of e-governance implementation.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2016 Asare-Nuamah Peter, Agyepong ‘Darko Emmanuel
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Application of e-government in developing countries —issues, challenges and prospects in India
Inderjeet Singh, Sodhi
Assistant Professor Public Administration S.S.Jain Subodh P.G.Autonomous College Jaipur, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3096-7370
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In this paper, we review the achievements and progress of e-government in India. The paper briefly discusses various e-government projects in India. The purpose of the paper is to delve into policy and issue of the government of India in making e-government accessible to the common person. It briefly identifies the strategic issues for achievement of e-government. This paper derives a list of key strategic factors that are appropriate for planning, designing, development and implementation of e-government. The paper identifies the range of diverse problems, challenges and barriers planners and developers must face as they work in the e-government projects. The paper discusses prospects and future of e-government in India. The paper highlights the role of government to develop richer and deeper understanding of e-government.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2016 Sodhi Inderjeet Singh, Dr.
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E-Government in India
Saurabh, Chandra
Faculty and Research Scholar Dept. of Public Administration University of Lucknow, India Editor-in-Chief S O C R A T E S, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3343-3676
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Since the emergence of Public choice theory, New Public Management and Re-inventing government in 1990s, governments around the world are attempting to improve the system of public service delivery. The Information age and its rapid stride in the 2000s facilitated the re-invention of governments and prepare them to serve the needs of a diverse society. The information age has redefined the fundamentals and transformed the institutions and mechanisms of service delivery forever. The vision is the articulation of a desire to transform the way government function and it relates to its constituents. This concern gave rise to the concept of E-Government. It was being felt that E-government can be more productive version of government in general, if it is well implemented and managed. With rapid strides being made in the field of ICT, government all over the world are using digital technologies to re-invent their internal operations and in serving the needs of the diverse society and thereby becoming electronic governments. The idea lies in the successful remodelling of traditional form of ‘citizenship’ into ‘e-citizenship’, which redefines the relationship between government and citizens. The world is moving towards Next generation e-government where the citizen is becoming a unique customer.
The ICT revolution on the global level affected the developing economy of India and it was being realised that Indian Government machinery cannot isolate itself from the IT revolution and its effect on the public administration systems and the process of delivery of Information and, services. Therefore a large number of initiatives were undertaken by various Governmental levels to usher in this era of e-Government. Sustained efforts have been made at multiple levels to improve the delivery of public services and simplify the process of accessing them. The significance of E-government is being widely recognized as technological advancements facilitate the administrative systems by enabling Administrative Development and Effective service delivery.
This paper tends to highlight the initiatives taken by the Governments in India at various levels to modernise their processes and functions for delivery of information and services to the citizens, using the Information and Communication technology [ICT]. It also highlights E-Government uptake in different parts of the world, highlighting its need in India, as in developing countries like India, there is no comprehensive data on actual e-government uptake on a global scale.
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2016-12-02 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2016 Chandra Saurabh
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Fugitive Youth and Transnational Terrorism
Adesanya Olusegun, Paul
Department of Political Science and International Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6885-6855
Olominu, Tomi
Department of International Relations and Diplomacy Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD Nigeria
Youths are oftentimes regarded as the prospective leaders of their countries. Nevertheless, many youths in sub-Sahara Africa, in Nigeria and Cameroun precisely, are potential absconders from homes of orientation. Some of the responsible variables are mind-body problem, alternative thinking, and poverty to mention a few. These variables are the identified drivers of dimensions of insecurity and/or crises that are witnessed in both countries. Given this, the study demonstrates the role of the fugitive youths in the abating terror attacks at the frontiers and within some regions of Nigeria and Cameroun. Also, the study argues that priority should be accorded to the factors inducing fugitive youths to embrace antisocial/ anti-societal behaviours, especially terrorism within the Nigeria and Cameroun. To achieve these objectives, survey interview and desktop research were employed.
DOI: 10.5958/2347-6869.2017.00014.0
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2017-08-25 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017): Issue - June
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Copyright (c) 2017 Paul Adesanya Olusegun, Dr., Tomi Olominu
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Freedom of Expression through Social Media and the Political Participation of Young Voters
Prida Ariani Ambar, Astuti
Department of Library and Information Science North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India Graduate Education Program, Communication Sciences University of Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia http://www.nehu.ac.in http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-6825
Freedom of expression in social media with ease to express an opinion, comment, be a friend, a follower of the candidate, as well as easy to share links and to post 'like', encouraging young voters to participate in the election and influencing their decision to vote. Young people are often considered as a group that does not matter even tend apathetic towards politics because they think their voices will not be heard by the authorities. However, advances in technology have removed this presumption by breaking down barriers to freedom of expression. The survey conducted on 385 university students in Jakarta and the Jakarta gubernatorial elections in 2012 and 2017 to a research context. Freedom to obtain information that is not limited and interaction in social media also encourage young voters to participate in elections.
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2017-03-23 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 4 No. 4 (2016): Issue - December
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Copyright (c) 2017 Astuti Prida Ariani Ambar
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Good Governance and Development
Surendra, Misra
Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar(Central) University Satellite Campus Amethi (U.P.) India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-0583
The concept of good governance plays a very important role in the modern government system. Today people are conscious and they always aware of the day to day functioning of the government. So the government also tries to satisfy the general people. Where good governance creates an environment which fosters strong and equitable development and it is an essential to complement to sound economic policies. With the advent of the new economic order, manifested in the form of globalisation, liberalisation, and Privatisation has brought in a new governance paradigm prescriptively being referred to as good governance. Since the 1990s the concept of good governance has become one of the most widely used in debates in development, public policy and international relations. The first part of this paper is related to be an overview of Governance, Good Governance in India and second part of this paper is related to Good governance and development with different sectors.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2347-6869.2017.00008.5
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2017-06-23 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017): Issue - March
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Copyright (c) 2017 Misra Surendra
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E- Governance Transforming the Rural India
Sanjay Kumar, Dwivedi
Teacher-Political Science Central School, Kanpur, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-9816
E-Governance is the use of information and communication technologies to support good governance. A number of countries across the world have adopted E-governance schemes to transform the life pattern of their denizens. Information and communication technologies have a valuable potential to help meet good governance goals in India. The government of India and several state governments have been continuously endeavoring to provide citizen services in a better manner in all areas of Public administration such as Public Services, Rural Services, Social Services, Agricultural and Revenue Services,etc. The benchmark step taken by the Indian Government is the enactment of Information Technology Act (2000) .It has provisions to facilitate electronic commerce and electronic transactions, electronic contracts, prevention of computer crimes, electronic filing and digital signature, etc. The Union Government had approved the National E-Governance Action Plan for implementation during the year 2003-2007. The plan is an attempt to lay the foundation and provide impetus for long-term growth of e-governance within the country. E- Governance has helped in timely and accurate issuance of Records of Rights (ROR) to land owners. Agmarknet, Kisan Call Centres. E- Panchayats, E- Chaupal, E-learning in education, business and railways are other areas where E- governance is proving the effectiveness. India has a large network of Public Distribution System (PDS) and fair price shops (FPS) to provide essential commodities to the rural folk and E- governance will minimize the corruption and mismanagement of PDS. One goal of e-government will be greater citizen participation. Through the internet, people from all over the country can interact with politicians or public servants and make their voices heard. India has enforced the Right to Information Act (2005) and IT based services would lead to greater transparency in providing information under this Act. India is a country of villages and several types of disputes arise there. The pending court cases have brought the legal system to a halt. The application of ICT in Supreme Court and High Courts has enabled the parties to get information about their cases from remote areas. Further it will not only save the money and time of citizens but will also reduce the backlog of cases. The Postal department has already started effective services like delivery of Money Orders through Extended Satellite Money Order (ESMO) centres in certain stations. These services are being provided with the help of satellite based Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs). There have been several successful initiatives and noteworthy projects undertaken in various states of India. Some of the successful initiatives are: Bhoomi (Karnataka), Gyandoot (M.P.), E-seva(Andhra Pradesh),ASHA (Assam),Lokmitra (HP), Gramdoot (Rajasthan),Lokvani (U.P.),Sari ( Tamilnadu), Akshaya (Kerala), SETU( Maharashtra) and SUDA( Gujarat), etc. This paper specifically focuses on the E-Governance initiatives that have changed the life style of rural citizens and in which the citizens derive benefit through direct transactions with the services provided by the union and the provincial governments. The paper also highlights the variety of constraints in implementing the E-governance projects in rural areas.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2347-6869.2017.00009.7
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2017-06-23 00:00:00
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SOCRATES; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017): Issue - March
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Copyright (c) 2017 Dwivedi Sanjay Kumar, Dr.
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E-Government development strategies in the Eastern Partnership countries
Galyna, Fesenko
Associate Professor Department of History and Cultural Studies O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-484X
Tetiana, Fesenko
Associate Professor Department of Engineering and Architecture Luhansk National Agrarian University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9636-9598
The article aims to outline the role of e-democracy within the setting of the Eastern Partnership program. The article provides the comparative review of E-Government progress in six EaP countries in 2009 – 2016. The E-Government sensitive data of international ratings is analyzed with the special focus on participative aspects. The existing differences of E-Government strategies between the Eastern Partnerships countries are analyzed with the special focus on e-participate. The e-participate differences in the development of the countries are pointed out in terms of e-democracy development. The cognitive model of integrating e-democracy components into the socio-technical system of e-government is proposed.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2347-6869.2017.00007.3
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2017-06-23 00:00:00
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Copyright (c) 2017 Fesenko Galyna, Dr., Fesenko Tetiana, Dr.