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Transitions to Good Governance

Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786439158
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Transitions to Good Governance written by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have so few countries managed to leave systematic corruption behind, while in many others modernization is still a mere façade? How do we escape the trap of corruption, to reach a governance system based on ethical universalism? In this unique book, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and Michael Johnston lead a team of eminent researchers on an illuminating path towards deconstructing the few virtuous circles in contemporary governance. The book combines a solid theoretical framework with quantitative evidence and case studies from around the world. While extracting lessons to be learned from the success cases covered, Transitions to Good Governance avoids being prescriptive and successfully contributes to the understanding of virtuous circles in contemporary good governance.

The Virtuous Circle

Author : Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Virtuous Circle written by Scottish Wildlife and Countryside Link and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Virtuous Circle

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789286143038
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Virtuous Circle written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Positive Development

Author : Janis Birkeland
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1844075788
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Positive Development written by Janis Birkeland and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Towards the Virtuous University

Author : Jon Nixon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134309929
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Towards the Virtuous University written by Jon Nixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good university is invariably assumed to be one which is managerially effective in terms of its economic efficiency, and is judged in terms of entrepreneurialism, self-promotion and competitive innovation. This book argues that in the majority of institutions, these goals are being pursued to the exclusion of academic excellence and public service. It proposes that there is a marked lack of intellectual leadership at senior management level within HE institutions and that academic workers must assume responsibility for the moral purposefulness of their institutions. This will not be a retreat into the old values of an elitist 'ivory tower', but a rejection of the current deeply stratified university system which prematurely selects students for differentiated institutional streams.

Replenish

Author : Sandra Postel
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610917901
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Replenish written by Sandra Postel and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nothing is more important to life than water, and no one knows water better than Sandra Postel. Replenish is a wise, sobering, but ultimately hopeful book." --Elizabeth Kolbert "Remarkable." --New York Times Book Review "Clear-eyed treatise...Postel makes her case eloquently." --Booklist, starred review "An informative, purposeful argument." --Kirkus We spend billions of dollars on irrigation, dams, sanitation plants, and other feats of engineering to control water for our own prosperity. What if the answer was not control, but replenishment? Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. Forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff, and "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Postel argues that efforts like these will be essential as we adjust to a hotter, wilder climate. Will we continue to fight the water cycle, endangering ourselves and the planet, or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers?

Towards Justice and Virtue

Author : Onora O'Neill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521485593
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Towards Justice and Virtue written by Onora O'Neill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards Justice and Virtue challenges the rivalry between those who advocate only abstract, universal principles of justice and those who commend only the particularities of virtuous lives. Onora O'Neill traces this impasse to defects in underlying conceptions of reasoning about action. She proposes and vindicates a modest account of ethical reasoning and a reasoned way of answering the question 'who counts?', then uses these to construct linked accounts of principles by which we can move towards just institutions and virtuous lives.

The Inquiring Mind

Author : Jason S. Baehr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019960407X
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Inquiring Mind written by Jason S. Baehr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Baehr presents a new theory of 'responsibilist' or character-based virtue-epistemology -- an approach in which intellectual character traits are given a central and fundamental role. He examines the nature and structure of an intellectual virtue and accounts for the role of reflection on intellectual virtues in epistemology.

Towards a Virtuous Circle

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Towards a Virtuous Circle written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mindfulness and Character Strengths

Author : Ryan M. Niemiec
Publisher : Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
ISBN 13 : 1613345909
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Mindfulness and Character Strengths written by Ryan M. Niemiec and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, fully revised, and expanded second edition of the handbook for the groundbreaking, evidence-based Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) program is the guide you need in your professional practice. Developed by author Dr. Ryan M. Niemiec, scientist, educator, practitioner, and a global leader in mindfulness and character strengths, the MBSP approach is about the discovery, deepening awareness, exploration, and application of character strengths. It is about understanding and improving how we pay attention in life – the quality by which we eat, walk, work, listen, and experience joy and peace. And it is about seeing our potential – which sits underneath our strengths of perseverance, bravery, curiosity, hope, kindness, fairness, and leadership – and which, unleashed, could benefit the world. MBSP is not only about our clients' own happiness, it is about the happiness of others too. And it is an evolving, evidence-based program that can help people to relieve their suffering by using mindfulness and character strengths to cope with, overcome, or transcend problems, stressors, and conflicts. Counselors, coaches, psychologists, researchers, educators, and managers will discover the "how-to" delivery of mindfulness and character strengths. Following primers on the two strands of MBSP and deeper discussions about their integration, practitioners are then led step-by-step through the 8 sessions of the popular MBSP program. The session structure, scripts, tips, lecture material, processes, examples, and audio files are all there ready for use. This time-tested manual can bring beginners up-to-date on these topics while also serving to stimulate, inform, and provide valuable tools to the intermediate and most advanced students of mindfulness and character strengths. A companion workbook is also available for clients.

The Inter-Processual Self

Author : Kleio Akrivou
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527526216
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Inter-Processual Self written by Kleio Akrivou and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should we understand the self, as well as personal, relational and systemic growth? This volume proposes a radical new way of answering this question. It rests on a non-representational theory of knowledge on how to approach and understand the self and action more broadly. Although it has never been lost, the Aristotelian emphasis on excellence in moral character and practical reason as preconditions for achieving happiness has gradually been degraded. This book suggests that this has happened thanks to a split between knowledge and action that can be traced back to the origins of modernity. Modern academic disciplines in general, and psychology in particular, are based on the idealisation of theoretical, hypothetical and abstract reason, suggesting that this morally neutral ideal must guide human action. This volume systematically integrates those domains in a more profound and meaningful proposal, relevant for current times and challenges. Based on previous research bridging philosophy, psychology and neuroscience, the contributors here identify two alternative paradigms for conceiving of the self and human development: the so-called “autonomous self” (AS) and the “inter-processual self” (IPS). The book considers the person as an ethical being and as the foundational cornerstone of a new theory of self, action and knowing that achieves decisive distance from modern theory’s limitations. To keep on-going dialogue on human development open, the authors introduce a new theoretical model (IPS) which can be scientifically measured and tested; they also suggest its further application in concrete, practical realms, thus touching on how the adoption of the IPS paradigm inspires a renewed view of human cognition, education, governance, and business management.

Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West

Author : Kevin Ryan
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146290761X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West written by Kevin Ryan and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover global perspectives on happiness through this series of essays. Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West presents an important series of essays from Japanese and American authors that examine essential virtues shared by both Eastern and Western cultures. Its ultimate goal is for happiness to be realized in a globally and socially responsible manner. Each chapter examines the importance of one of nine virtues Courage Justice Benevolence Gratitude Wisdom Reflection Respect Responsibility Temperance These essays demonstrate that the virtues and happiness associated with living a good life know no national boundaries. It is the sincere hope of the editors and authors that this book will help its readers re-examine the timeless question of what constitutes true happiness and will therefore play some part in increasing international cooperation and good will. Perfect for readers interested in transculturalism, Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and Westis a thorough examination of global perspectives on happiness.

Toward New Horizons

Author : Mr.Harald Finger
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 147552031X
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Toward New Horizons written by Mr.Harald Finger and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changing political landscape in the Arab world has created opportunities for economic transformation by tackling long-standing economic issues. Nevertheless, three years after the onset of political transition, implementing necessary economic policies has proven to be challenging. This paper lays out key elements of economic policy reform for Arab countries in transition.

Supporting the “virtuous cycle” in urban ecosystems: How research can inform plans, policies, and projects that impact urban resilience

Author : Michele Romolini
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832530583
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Supporting the “virtuous cycle” in urban ecosystems: How research can inform plans, policies, and projects that impact urban resilience written by Michele Romolini and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Politics of Southern Europe

Author : José Magone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313051674
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Southern Europe written by José Magone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European integration has had a profound impact on the politics of Southern Europe, a region that was initially at the margin of the decision-making processes of the European Union, but is gradually becoming more and more influential. This volume offers a comparative overview of modern politics in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, focusing in particular on the process of integration of these countries into the European Union and on the impact of European public policy. The author analyzes the development of Southern European political systems, from the establishment of democratic governments to the most recent political events, looking at each individual system and finding patterns, similarities of development, as well as differences between them. Among the topics examined are the building of institutions, the parties and party systems, foreign policies, the political culture of each country, and the recent efforts towards the creation of a space of security and peace in the Mediterranean.

Managing Polarities in Congregations

Author : Roy M. Oswald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995817
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Managing Polarities in Congregations written by Roy M. Oswald and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregations often find themselves in power struggles over two opposing views. People on both sides believe strongly that they are right. They also assume that if they are right, their opposition must be wrong--classic 'either/or' thinking. A polarity is a pair of truths that need each other over time. When an argument is about two poles of a polarity, both sides are right and need each other to experience the whole truth. This phenomenon has been recognized and written about for centuries in philosophy and religion. It is at the heart of Taoism, where we find the familiar polarity of yin and yang energy. In the past fifty years, business leaders have come to appreciate the phenomenon, often called dilemma or paradox. No matter what it is called, the research is clear: leaders and organizations that manage polarities well outperform those who don't.

Poverty Reduction and Growth

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821365126
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Poverty Reduction and Growth written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for pro-poor growth. What is less well explored is the reverse channel: that poverty may, in fact, be part of the reason for a country's poor growth performance. This more elabborated view of the development process opens the door to the existence of vicious circles in which low growth results in high poverty and high poverty in turn results in low growth. Poverty Reduction and Growth is about the existence of these vicious circles in Latin America and the Caribbean about the ways and means to convert them into virtuous circles in which poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. Through its analysis of fresh data and the attention it pays to issues such as the persistent inequality in the region, the role played by various microdeterminants of income, and the potential existence of human capital underinvestment traps, this title should be a valuable contribution to the current regional debate on poverty and growth, a debate that is critical to the design of policies conducive to enhancing welfare in all is dimensions among the poor of Latin America and the Caribbean."