Civil Administration Research Articles

The service life of military constructions from the heritage of the Romanian Ministry of National Defense: between efficiency and adaptability

Romania’s military infrastructure has undergone significant transformations over time. Periods of expansion and modernization have alternated with phases of reduction and, sometimes, the transfer of barracks into civilian administration. These changes reflect not just technological advancements but also the adaptation to the dynamic requirements of national defense.The 2008 infrastructure regulations link the employment duration of military facilities directly to military activity, highlighting the need for a flexible and adaptable infrastructure. In this context, the article examines the legislative framework regarding the amortization of investments, the wear and tear of constructions, and the authorization of works, emphasizing the importance of aligning military regulations with civil ones.In conclusion, the article analyzes the discrepancies between national legislation and military regulations, suggesting revisions and additions to the existing regulations, particularly regarding temporary and semipermanent facilities, to meet the current and future needs of national defense more effectively.

The local governance of COVID‐19: Lessons learned and ways forward in rural Bangladesh

AbstractThis article investigates how a district administration in Bangladesh managed COVID‐19 pandemic risk governance. Interviews were conducted with civil administrators, local government representatives, and representatives from community‐based organizations and nongovernmental organizations. The findings indicate that, despite limited health facilities, widespread ignorance of the virus, joblessness among wage earners, economic pressure, and a massive outbreak of COVID‐19, the district administration has demonstrated its diligence, professionalism, local knowledge, and promptness in providing optimal public services through coordination and information sharing among all stakeholders. The synergies and coordination between local administration, security forces, and local government representatives were great challenges in implementing nonpharmaceutical polices and support programs.

World War I and Identity Crisis of Russian Germans

The authors consider the position of Russian Germans in the empire, who during World War I became victims of the foreign policy circumstance. There is analyzed the process of the transformation of the state-ethnic identity of the Germans through the identification of factors that had a psychological impact on them and contributed to the formation of a “negative” identity in their environment. The sources for the study are the letters of military doctor F.O. Krause and Russian Germans who served on the Caucasian front, as well as German colonists from various provinces of the Russian Empire; decrees and orders of the military and civil administration, periodical materials; office correspon- dence between ministries and other materials stored in the central and regional archives of the Russian Federation. The study shows that the rise in nationalist sentiments in Russian society and the implementation of anti-German policy in the country exerted significant psychological pressure on Russian Germans. Due to this, during World War I they found themselves in a “new reality.” The authors come to the conclusions that influenced by numerous factors, Russian Germans had to choose various ways to preserve their identity: changing the name, emigrating, completely immersing themselves in their professional activities.

Chinese Civilians Beyond the Palisade: an Inquiry on the Opening of Northern Manchuria to Han Commoners in the Yongzheng era

Abstract Even before the Qianlong ban of 1740 (fengjin zhengce 封禁政策), which officially and thoroughly prohibited Han civilians’ migration to Manchuria, the Qing rulers’ attitude toward the phenomenon was, most of the time, a negative one. Generally speaking, the court meant to preserve the territory to the imperial family themselves and the Manchu people. More specifically, as the policies addressing southern Manchuria (present day Liaoning province) changed over time, as the rulers’ wish to keep the place to their own people clashed with concerns about repopulation and land reclamation – for which Chinese settlers could be a resource, spontaneous settling in the northern part of the region (bianwai 邊外, “beyond the (Willow) Palisade”) was always formally forbidden. Such a difference was clearly reflected by the local administrative structures. The Chinese-fashioned system, zhouxianzhi 州縣制, was present in southern Manchuria since 1653, whereas it was established in Jilin only in Yongzheng era. Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong controlled or opposed the growth of the Chinese civil population in Manchuria. As a consequence, they kept unaltered or weakened the Chinese branch of the local government while making efforts to develop the local Eight Banners’ structures. Yongzheng’ policies were headed toward a different direction. Not only did the sovereign enlarge the civil administration in Liaoning; even more significantly, he ordered the foundation of three civil administrative centres in northern Manchuria – Yongji 永吉, Changning 長寧 and Taining 泰寧, which were in charge of the increasing civil population. Neither in China nor in western studies such policies have been attached the importance they are worth of. In addition, Qing sources such as Veritable Records, Gazetteers and the Collected Statutes provide very scarce information on such maneuver. By resorting to archival sources, both in Chinese and in Manchu, this work aims at researching into the rationales and the decision making process which lead to a brief but important interruption of the main trend of Qing rule of their motherland.

THE RESURGENCE OF MILITARY COUP D’ETATS IN AFRICA: A STEP FORWARD OR BACKWARD IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE?

This article discusses the resurgence of military coup d’états, in Africa, whether it is backward or forward movement in democratic governance on the continent. Recently there has been an upsurge in UCG in Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea and the latest now is Gabon. This trend is against Article 4(m) (p) of the Constitutive Act of African Union that condemns UCG; and the African Charter on Democracy, Election and Good Governance (ACDEGG), 2007. It is not also a surprise that some citizens of these countries where the unconstitutional change of government has taken place were found jubilating due to maladministration of the constitutionally elected leaders. This article aims at bringing the attention of global leaders to the regressive trend in the democratic progress of certain African nations. Doctrinal methodology is used and the data method is content analyses. The findings of the study show that some citizens of these countries are not enjoying dividends of democracy and that the military itself has not imbibed the dictates of civilian administration or rule on the continent. This paper concludes that the mere suspension of a particular country whose civilian administration has been overthrown is not enough deterrent to other countries in Africa, and stricter penalties is needed to be implemented against such country. It is one of the recommendations of this article that paper condemnation of illegal take over government and the suspension of such a country from AU is not enough deterrent to putsch in the continent.

A Rational Actor Model in the Study of the Comparative Foreign Policy of Nigeria towards the Niger Republic under President Muhammadu Buhari’s Military Regime and Civilian Administration

A Rational Actor Model in the Study of the Comparative Foreign Policy of Nigeria towards the Niger Republic under President Muhammadu Buhari’s Military Regime and Civilian Administration

"МЫ ВСЕГДА СЧИТАЛИ, ЧТО НАШ НАРОД СПОСОБЕН НА ВЕЛИКОЕ ДОСТИЖЕНИЕ": ВОЕННЫЕ ПЛАНЫ ПАНГЕРМАНЦЕВ В 1914-1918 ГГ.

The basic understanding of the Pan-German League in historical literature is, as a rule, inextricably linked with the popular belief in the incitement of a military sentiment within the German society on the eve and during the First World War, as well as in the fact that Pan-Germans paved the way for the rooting of National Socialism during the Weimar Republic. If we limit ourselves to only studying the mass literature published by the Pan-German League in large editions, then, undoubtedly, this idea is true. The Pan-Germans really offered the Germans their vision of Germany’s military goals, persistently seeking their approval by the society and the ruling elite. However, outside the scope of the general research, there often remains an understanding of the reasons, motives and the conditions in which the Pan-German League carried out its agitation and propaganda work. The memoirs of its chairman, published in 1932 and 2022, significantly expand the knowledge of what was outside the Pan-German movement: the struggle for the resignation of the Chancellor, the establishment of a dictatorship, the widespread use of all types of weapons, German colonization. The purpose of the article is to show, on the basis of the previously unpublished memoirs of H. Claß, how the Pan-German League’s military objectives were prepared, how those objectives were justified; the paper also aims at revealing the internal contradictions and intentions that went beyond the scope of military plans. The conclusion is about the failed attempts of the Pan-Germans to establish a temporary dictatorship, pushing aside the civil administration, as well as about the failure of the project of military goals. However, despite the failures, the Pan-German agitation achieved its goal, causing a crisis of public confidence in the Chancellor’s personally, and their attempts to spread thoughts about dictatorship in society, inspired by H. Claß, allowed the future myth of the Fuhrer to crystallize.

Assessing the Quality of Electronic Indonesian Identity Card (E-KTP) Services in Semarang City: A Community Satisfaction Survey Approach

This study uses the Community Satisfaction Survey (SKM) technique to assess the effectiveness of Electronic Indonesian Identity Card (E-KTP) services in the city of Semarang in 2023. 325 service users who had varied origins in terms of gender, age, and educational attainment participated in this study. The bulk of responders have completed their secondary education and range in age from 26 to 35. Both primary and secondary data were employed in the research process for this study. According to indicators of requirements, processes, service times, fees/tariffs, and product service standards, guidelines for completing a Community Satisfaction Survey (SKM) on the quality of public service delivery are provided. The study\'s findings demonstrate that the general people can readily fulfill and comprehend the requirements and steps necessary to receive an E-KTP. The majority of respondents were satisfied with how quickly the E-KTP service processed their requests. Although the service unit already has information on service delivery timeframes, there is definitely space for improvement in terms of public information and communication. For the community, it is crucial to have transparency regarding fees or service rates, and the majority of respondents are satisfied that the Civil Registration and Administration Service does not charge for its services. The majority of respondents are aware that product specifications are offered for each service, and it is thought that there is good compliance between the service products supplied and the service requirements. The quality of service items must be maintained and improved on a regular basis, nevertheless.

Policy of the Provisional Regional Government of the Urals on the Organisation of Civil-Military Interaction

This article aims to identify the model of relations between the civil and military authorities, an attempt to construct which was made between August and November 1918 by the anti-Bolshevik Provisional Regional Government of the Urals (PRGU). This problem seems relevant in view of its fragmentary study and contribution to the disclosure of the reasons for the defeat of the White movement and the “third way” in the Russian revolution. As a theoretical basis, the author refers to works of E. Hoffman on total institutions and S. Huntington on the historically established types of civil-military interaction. The study draws on the funds of the Sverdlovsk Region State Archive, including the memoirs of a few PRGU founders, its regulations, and office documents (PRGU minutes of meetings, correspondence with zemstvos and city bodies, chief representatives in counties). The article considers the PRGU’s plans for the formation of the Ural Region branches of power and local self-government with the deprivation of military voting rights, the PRGU’s relationship with the White Guard and Czechoslovak command, as well as the establishment of bodies and practices for the demilitarization of the spheres of civil administration in the Urals. The study shows that the PRGU demonstrated complete subordination to the All-Russian anti-Bolshevik authorities, while excluding the participation of the military in solving local political and economic problems, realizing their lack of specific experience, leading to excessive cruelty, and undermining the loyalty to the White regimes among the local population. At the same time, the PRGU made efforts to help the armed forces without interfering in the military sphere, which demonstrates greater optimality in comparison with the Provisional Government or White generals’ regimes.

Meşruiyet Arayışından Meşruiyet Kaybına: 1980’den 2000’e DYP-Ordu İlişkileri

This study focuses on the True Path Party-Army relations from the birth of the TPP until the period when Çiller left the Party chairmanship. Thus, it is aimed to reveal how the Party's national popular policies have changed as a result of its relations with the Army. In order to achieve the stated aim, historical comparative research method was used in the study. It is thought that a comparative examination of the period from the founding of the Party to Demirel's Presidency and the period when Çiller was the Chairman of the Party can reveal the discussions, dilemmas and continuities between the two periods in the Party's relations with the Army. As a matter of fact, the TPP's most important national popular move to expand its voter base since its foundation was based on the discourse of democracy. The rhetoric of 'resistance against military tutelage' was placed at the center of the Party's discourse on democracy. The Party's attitude towards the civilian administration's dominance over the Army in the period leading up to Demirel's presidency constitutes an important example of the civilianization efforts in Turkish political life. During the Çiller period, this effort was replaced by an essentialist nationalist understanding adorned with the themes of 'flag, azan and land'. In this period, the Party went from a period in which it strengthened its legitimacy through the Army to a period in which it lost legitimacy through the Army.

Lviv Under the Soviets (1939-1941): Students, Refugees and Deportees

The Soviet aggression against Poland at the outbreak of the Second World War resulted in the annexation of more than 50% of the pre-war Polish territory to the Soviet Union, with the rest occupied by Germany. With a focus on western Ukraine, the initial period of Soviet rule is reviewed in the context of the German-Soviet geopolitical alliance, the troubled history of inter-ethnic relations, and the changes imposed by the regime. The situation at Lviv University illustrates the shift from Polish to Soviet sovereignty. In the autumn of 1939, with the earlier antisemitic policies lifted, many Jews applied for admission to the university under Soviet control. The university files show how the political changes were perceived at the time. They also highlight the influx of refugees escaping the German occupation in the rest of Poland. On a broader level, Soviet policies introduced contradictions that had a negative impact on all ethnic groups within the annexed territory. Even though the Soviets granted the right to citizenship to Polish citizens under their control, the regime unleashed systematic repressions. Removed from key positions, Poles were targeted by Soviet propaganda and the security apparatus. Despite a façade of Ukrainization, local Ukrainians were distrusted and their pre-war leaders persecuted. Jews were generally relieved that they had escaped falling under the Nazis. While some of them gained access to higher education and positions in the civil administration, many others were arrested and deported to labour camps, because of their pre-war political affiliations, ‘undesirable’ class distinctions, and refugee status.

‘Re-education’: The Imperial Pre-History and Afterlives of a Pedagogical Conceit

In the aftermath of World War II, the terms ‘re-education’ and ‘rehabilitation’ were ubiquitous. Often employed almost interchangeably, these nouns named the aspirational outcomes sought by military government personnel, civilian administrators and relief workers – for entire national populations or particular encamped populations. This article traces the origins of these entangled efforts to ‘remake’ subject peoples, now primarily associated with the postwar occupations of Germany and Japan. The essay uncovers the hidden connections between re-education and democratization projects – typically projected as constructive and progressive – with Britain’s brutal suppression of colonial counterinsurgencies, as well as the afterlife of the concept in the United States’ Cold War era preoccupation with POW camps and brainwashing. By the 1960s and ’70s, ‘re-education’ in the Western political lexicon denoted something pernicious practiced exclusively by cold war nemeses: in murderous camps in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Yet at the dawn of the twenty-first century, George W. Bush’s administration reanimated memories of the ‘good occupations’ that had transformed Axis foes into pacific and prosperous allies, hoping to persuade sceptics that ‘de-Baathification’ would be every bit as straightforward and successful as ‘de-Nazification’ had come to appear with hindsight. Re-education again provided a language of both obfuscation and legitimation.

TESTING THE CONTRIBUTION, ACCURACY AND PERFORMANCE OF MGEX (GNSS (GPS+GLONASS+GALILEO+BEIDOU+QZSS)) POSITIONING IN THE STUDY REGION

The European Commission (EC) originally proposed ideas for a European Galileo satellite navigation system in 1999. A four-phase development is planned, involving investment from both the public and commercial sectors. Galileo is intended for both public and government use; the system is administered and operated by civil administration. Galileo will consist of a constellation of 30 satellites, a number of globally situated ground stations, and a ground control and monitoring system – all of which are quite similar to the structure, format, and layout of GPS. This document discusses an experiment at the project site that used the static approach to integrate GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, Beidou, and QZSS signals. This research analyses the possible precision of GPS-only and GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO/Beidou/QZSS. These results suggest that combining a GPS system with GALILEO, GLONASS Beidou, and QZSS is preferable for surveying purposes. Integrating GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO/Beidou/QZSS static measurements in the study region with 0–120 millimetre accuracy looks to be possible in three days.

ТРУДОВА ПОЛІТИКА НАЦИСТСЬКОЇ АДМІНІСТРАЦІЇ “ДИСТРИКТУ ГАЛИЧИНА”

The article examines the process of creating the occupying administration on the territory of “District Galicia”, and the structure, powers, and main directions of activity of departments dealing with the issues of mobilization and labor use of local labor resources are highlighted. The role of Nazi officials in campaigns to recruit and transport people to forced labor in the Reich was clarified. The position of the local Nazi leadership periodically did not follow the general political course in the occupied territories due to the career aspirations of certain government officials. It is important to assess the peculiarities of the formation and implementation of personnel policy in the occupation authorities, as the success of the implementation of state policy as a whole depends on human resources. Due to the insufficient number of German employees, the rate of recruitment was low. This led to the need to involve the local population in administrative work, which should have solved the problem according to the Nazi authorities. However, the increase in the number of Ukrainians and Poles in labor departments has exacerbated interethnic conflicts, which directly affected the effectiveness of these authorities, the main criteria of which were indicators of implementation of recruitment and mobilization plans. In addition, the attitude of the local population towards the activities of the occupying authorities has deteriorated due to their repressive and punitive policies. A few months after the establishment of the civil administration, the rate of registration of the working population of the District in workbenches has decreased significantly. These and other factors influenced the spread of protest tendencies among Galician Ukrainians regarding the refusal to go to work in Germany. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the activities of Fritz Saukel's office and the measures taken by him to accelerate the recruitment of local people with a view to their further deportation to Germany. To improve interdepartmental coordination, a special unit was set up within the Reich Ministry of Labor, the European Employment Service (Europaamt für den Arbeitseinsatz). Structurally, it was divided into five departments, which aimed to help improve the regulation of labor used in all occupied areas of Europe and engaged in management training.

Colonial lessons to learn from Habsburg: Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1878–1918

In 1878, as a consequence of an international Balkan summit in Berlin, Austria–Hungary was given permission to occupy the troubled Ottoman provinces Bosnia and Hercegovina. A gory invasion campaign ensued, followed by four decades of civil administration. Finally, the territories were annexated by the Habsburg Monarchy in 1908 as an appendix of sorts, which almost caused the premature outbreak of a great war in Europe. This article will sketch the background for this last – and lethal – expansion of the empire and pursue the research questions of (a) whether this constitutes a case of colonialism within Europe and (b) what its repercussions were, critically challenging the alleged ‘civilising mission’ that would legitimise the whole undertaking.

The role of the Polish Army in the military settlement action in the years 1945–1948

The article discusses the issue of military settlement on the so-called Recovered Territories in the years 1945–1948. The text examines the role of the army and military institutions in this process, the status of military settlers and the system of mutual links between military and civilian institutions dealing with military settlement. The article presents the overall organizational effort related to military settlement, difficulties accompanying settlers, problems of cooperation between military institutions and civil administration and the scale of military settlement against the background of the nationwide settlement action. The action of military settlement took place in extremely difficult conditions (e.g. migration and resettlement of the Polish and German population, or war damage). Despite this, between 1945 and 1948, about 534,000 people with the status of military settlers (including demobilized soldiers, as well as members of their families and families of fallen soldiers) settled in the so-called Recovered Territories. Of these, fewer than 180,000 people settled in the districts designated in June 1945 only for military settlements, while the vast majority (354,000) lived outside these districts. Nevertheless, the settlement of 180,000 people in border powiats can be considered a great success in the process of their development, conducive to better protection of the new Polish-German border. Military settlers played an important role in the process of settling the so-called Recovered Territories, because they constituted almost 12% of all settlers. Due to the extensiveness of the issue concerning the broadly understood Polish settlement in these lands in the first post-war years, the subject matter discussed in the article was limited to selected issues of military settlement, which were discussed on the basis of archival materials and Polish historiography related to the topic of this type of settlement.

Полемика о дате прекращения правления Восточной Римской империи в Климатах Готии

Introduction. Crimean historians dated the liberation of the Klimata of Gothia from the control of the Eastern Roman Empire to the end of the 12th century, 1204 or 1070. Anna Komnene wrote about Cherson belonging to Byzantium in 1092. A.A. Vasiliev, as well as A.A. Kunik and V. Heid, saw in the text of the Alexei III Angel’s chrysoboullos in 1198 a proof of the “liberation” of Crimean Gothia from political dependence on Byzantium. A.L. Jacobson joined this opinion. Analysis. According to the conclusion of A.P. Kazhdan, the Metropolitan of Athens Michael Choniates’s letter no. 3 to Pegonites fixes the dispatch of tax collectors from Constantinople to the Klimata of Gothia and thus is evidence of the real power of Byzantium in the Klimata and the Cimmerian Bosporus around 1180. The term θέμα acquires its former administrative meaning after the reform of the Komnenoi, which restored, at least in Asia Minor, the old principle of dividing the territory of the empire into administrative units, again called themes and controlled by a high-ranking military officer – the doux, who again controlled the civil administration. These military districts formed the core of the Komnenian provincial administration. The 12th-century-seals of Byzantine aristocrats originating from the territory of the Klimata of Gothia testify to the possible sale of administrative positions in the Crimea by the Komnenoi to representatives of aristocratic families. Results. The administration of the Eastern Roman Empire in the region was interrupted by its defeat in 1204 by the Crusaders. Throughout the entire period of their existence in the Klimata of Gothia, there is no evidence of their autonomy. In 1261, the emperor of the Nicaean Empire, Michael VIII Palaiologos, captured Constantinople and restored the Eastern Roman Empire. The Empire of Trebizond continued to live an isolated life, and Cherson with Klimata of Gothia paid tribute to it.

Penerapan Digital Government Melalui Website Taring Dukcapil di Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil Kota Denpasar

The Online Registration Website for Population and Civil Registration Administration (Taring Dukcapil) is service innovation introduced by the Population and Civil Registration Office of Denpasar City. This website was established as an effort to provide online civil administration service during the large-scale social restrictions and continued to be used post-pandemic. The method used in this research is qualitative with descriptive approach. The data for this research was gathered through observations, interviews, and documentations. This research utilized the dimensions of digital government proposed by Lee, which consist of data, technology, service, people, and governance. The result of this research shows that the implementation of the Taring Dukcapil website as a platform for delivering online civil administration services has been working. However, there are still some aspects that are not optimal. Therefore, measures are required to enhance these five dimensions so that the implementation of digital government through the website can run more optimally.

Efektifitas Pelayanan Adminduk Yang Unggul Melalui Inovasi Program Kalimasada Di Kantor Kelurahan Tanah Kali Kedinding Kecamatan Kenjeran Kota Surabaya

The Kalimasada (Civil Administration Aware Community Environment) program is an inovation from the Surabaya City Population and Civil Registration Service which aims to improve Population Administration services for Surabaya City residents. Optimization of the Kalimasada program will be achieved if the administrative service itself can be carried out with superior service. Based on this background, this research aims to analyze the implementation of superior services from the Kalimasada program at the Tanah Kali Kedinding Village Office. The basic qualitative research method became the procedure for implementing this research, where the author then obtained data through interviews and observation results during the research period at the Kali Kedinding Land Office. The research results show that there are still two principles of excellent service that cannot be fulfilled in the implementation of the Kalimasada program at the Tanah Kali Kedinding Village Office. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of the Kalimasada program in Tanah Kali Kedinding is less effective, this may be due to the lack of clarity regarding the two principles of superior service.

Philosophy of Body: Practicing Logic, Managing Diversity and Telling about that Practice and Management: the African Contribution to the Practice of Philosophy

While in predicating and designating, quantifying and generalizing, and in numbering, English speakers use one/many figuring, Yoruba speakers do the same in whole/part as they, like their English counterparts, do the little embodied rituals (with hands, eyes, gestures) that go with these acts. Numbers as used in English and Yoruba languages reveal two systems of abstraction constructed in two diverse systems of categorization. The disparity in the two strings of abstraction is the divergence between Yoruba and English, regarding the forms of actions that bodies do, actions that are in turn coded as the language users engage in predication and designation. As a part of grammar, natural number is a historical product; an attempt at giving meaning. It has been naturalized, and is no longer seen as a social product. Establishing how the truths numbers form come into existence, Verran explains quantifying as resulting from ritualized and routinized collective embodied acting. She renders an account of generalization in the explanatory frame of “emergent worlds.” She tells of the experience of doing quantification and managing diversity in a manner that allows a “going-on together” in Yoruba classrooms, markets, and civil administration. She tells of practicing diversity and telling about that practice, a responsible communication of diversity as practicable and amenable to matters of mutual concern. She also recounts an ‘irresponsible’ doing and telling of difference (conservativist universalism and liberalist relativism), a contriving that legislates a moral order, presenting difference as undoable and unmanageable. Contemplating worlds as outcomes of reciprocally rebelling and cooperating co-players, we find explanatory frames that not only celebrate difference and sameness, and appreciate the place of the inanimate in the animate (human), but also that do not radically sever the symbolic from the material.