Attitude Of Government Research Articles

Policy Analysis of Covid-19 Pandemic Handling in the District of Selayar Islands

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated Covid-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Therefore, it is not surprising that government leaders in many countries are struggling to get out of the covid-19 outbreak with their respective approaches. The purpose of this study was to analyze the implementation of Selayar Islands Regency government policies in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis method with the selection of informants by purposive sampling. The research variable uses the theory of Marsh & Smith (2000) which develops a dialectical model that aims to explain further about the role of actors, actor relations, and their interests in the policy formulation process. The handling of the covid-19 pandemic. The results show that the attitude of the local government in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic case in the Selayar Islands Regency is very serious, this is evidenced by the rapid response in handling Covid-19 cases starting from the emergence of the first case until the time this research was carried out. . Coordination between stakeholders in handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the Selayar Islands district has generally been going well, although it can't be said to be optimal. The behavior of the people of the Selayar Islands district in the application of health protocols in general is high enough to prevent the spread of covid-19 in the Selayar Islands Regency, however, there are still a small number of people in the Selayar Islands district who still do not believe in this pandemic.

They ‘never dared say “boo” while the British were here’: the postal strike of 1922 and the Irish Civil War

AbstractThis article examines the causes and consequences of the 1922 postal strike which was the first nationwide strike to occur following the establishment of the Irish Free State. In the eyes of the government, the dispute was as much a threat to its authority as that posed by anti-Treatyies, and it was resolved to crush both. The significance of the postal dispute within the annals of Irish labour history has been obscured and overshadowed by the civil war. The strike was not only about a demand for a fair and reasonable wage: it also raised issues relating to workers’ rights, including the right to strike; government tactics, including the harassment and intimidation of workers by the military; victimisation; political propriety and probity; the abuse of government power; and the role and effectiveness of the labour movement. Furthermore, the historical collision of both the postal strike and the civil war produced strong emotions among all parties to this labour dispute – the postal workers, postal unions and the fledgling government. The coincidence of the dispute and the civil war determined the government's attitude towards labour unrest, labour affairs and labour relations until Fianna Fáil succeeded Cumann na nGaedheal in 1932.

LANGUAGE USE FOR CRITICIZING TROUGH STAND UP COMEDY SHOW: PRAGMATIC APPROACH

The use of language can be classified into some points. One of them is for criticizing. This paper focused in analyzing the use of language in criticizing. The data was taken from stand up comedy shows. Qualitative is used in elaborating the data of the research. There are 5 stand up comedy videos that was used as data. This papers used three dimensions of theories, those are context, presupposition and implicature, in order to know how the comic deliver a critique in their stand up comedy. As the result, the use of pragmatic can be showed how language can be applied in giving a critique. The information of context and presupposition support in understanding the implicature of the comics’ utterance. Briefly, I can conclude that Comic in this paper gave critiques to the government attitude, government policy and enforcer attitude.

ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF BATHINDA DISTRICT (PUNJAB)

The present study was conducted on environmental knowledge, behaviour and attitude of government and private secondary school students. The objective of the study was to compare and to explore the relationship of the environmental knowledge, behaviour and attitude of government and private secondary school students. A sample of 264 secondary school students was taken. The descriptive survey method was used. The collected data was analysed by using Pearson Correlation and t-test. The result reveals that the environmental knowledge and behaviour of government and private school students differ significantly. The results also indicate that there exists positive correlation among environmental knowledge, behaviour and attitude of private and government school students but the environmental attitude of government and private school students was not significantly different.

Perceived Effectiveness of Government Preventive Measures as Predictor of Attitude and Acceptance toward COVID-19 Vaccines

A positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine and increased vaccination uptake made the institutions behind these efforts realize their goal of creating an immune community. This research would provide crucial information on how the government can establish a desirable attitude of people toward COVID-19 vaccines through their responses to the adversities of the pandemic. This study assessed government preventive influence measures 'perceived effectiveness on the citizens' attitudes and acceptance toward the COVID-19 vaccines. The researchers used descriptive-correlational quantitative design and simple regression analysis as research methods. The study was conducted in the City of Panabo, with 384 samples chosen randomly and surveyed through an adapted instrument. The findings of this study revealed that both the levels of perceived effectiveness of government preventive measures and attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine were high, while acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine was only average. The perceived effectiveness of government preventive measures and attitudes and acceptance toward the COVID-19 vaccine have a positive, high and significant relationship. It further revealed a significant influence manifested between the variables of the study. The effectiveness of government preventive measures is an essential factor in influencing citizens' attitudes and acceptance toward the COVID-19 vaccines. When the government implements preventive measures more influential, the higher the confidence in manifesting a positive attitude and good acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines. Government and local health authorities will be served with assistance in promoting vaccination in the country and strengthening the preventive protocols implemented to control the rapid spread of the COVID-19 disease.

STUDENT EXCHANGE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT POLICY: UK STUDENTS’ STUDY ABROAD 1955-1978

ABSTRACT When the United Kingdom has figured in the modern history of study abroad, it has featured almost exclusively in the role of host country with little attention paid to the study abroad patterns of UK students. In order to gain a rounded picture of the UK’s role in post-war study abroad, this article explores the position of the UK within the context of the rich data gathered by UNESCO. It argues that there is strong evidence that the UK was actually one of the most active countries in sending its students overseas and that this activity increased (both in absolute terms and relative to other countries) significantly in the 1960s and 70s. Following a brief analysis of the UK’s role as both a host and exporter of study abroad students on a global scale, its relationship as a sender country with two particular geographical areas is considered: firstly, the Commonwealth that has been the focus of much of the existing secondary literature, and secondly, continental Europe and the USA which have featured much less frequently in the work of historians. Various reasons for the significant rise in the number of UK students studying abroad are explored – in particular, the role of government attitudes towards overseas study including the possibility of developing student exchange as an instrument of cultural diplomacy. The article pays particular attention to the period between the publication of the Robbins Report in 1963 and the beginnings of the institutionalisation of study abroad (in Europe) in the late 1970s.

Political Climate and the Headscarf Issue in Turkey: A Perspective from the Labor Market

This article focuses on the relationship between the socioeconomic rights of headscarved women and the political attitude of governments towards the headscarf in Turkey. Taking the 2013 removal of bans against the headscarf in the public sphere as the reference point, we attempt to provide a before-and-after comparison of the status of headscarved professionals in the Turkish labor market, based on factors in the political climate. While focusing mainly on the changing outlook in the public sector, we also examine the consequences of this liberalizing move on the private sector and explore the likely futures of the headscarf issue from a labor market perspective. Findings from the qualitative research reveal the strong influence political attitude has on the headscarf issue, as evident in the employment of headscarved women in white-collar occupations. We discovered that the political climate is still expected to be the key dynamic in Turkey that shapes the future for professionals wearing the headscarf, primarily through the channel of the state job market. This study contributes to the vast literature on women’s social and economic rights by addressing a decades-long, divisive issue that concerns a substantial segment of Turkish society.

Strategic environmental assessment implementation: variation across regions in China

ABSTRACT As a significant decision support tool, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been legally necessitated since 2003 when the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the P.R. China was put into effect. However, the different national development targets and the social and economic development gaps between the western region and the eastern region of China greatly influence the SEA implementation. This paper demonstrates the differences in the SEA implementation between the western region and the eastern region of China and discusses the reasons for the disparities. Reviewing government policies and conducting in-depth interviews are selected as the two main research methods. The disparities of SEA implementation existing in intervention time, alternatives, public participation, and monitoring are presented. The differences are caused by the impacts of local SEA regulations and policies, institutions and experts, public attitudes, local government attitudes, strength of Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB), funding, national government strategies, and policies and regulations of environmental management.

Knowledge and practice of preventive measures for occupational health hazards among nurses working in a teaching hospital in Enugu

Occupational hazard preventive measures are important practices because of the high rates of associated morbidity and mortality of exposed workers and include actions that can be taken to reduce the potential of exposure to the hazard. This study assessed the knowledge and practice of preventive measures of occupational health hazards among nurses working in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane Enugu. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional survey design to collect data through a researcher-developed questionnaire. Utilizing the purposeful sampling technique, 214 nurses working in ESUTH, Parklane, completed the survey. A total of 214 questionnaires were filled and returned (response rate = 93.9%). A good level of knowledge (91.6%) on occupational hazard preventive measures was most evident among the respondents. There was also an associated good level of implementation of occupational hazard preventive measures among the respondents with a grand mean of 3.08±1.28. The factors found to influence the implementation of occupational hazard preventive measures among the respondents include the inadequate provision of PPE (3.47±0.58), poor attitudes of government towards workers’ working conditions (3.44±0.63), and lack of adequate staff training (2.93±0.41). Overall, the findings show that Nurses working in ESUTH showed good knowledge and practice of preventive measures of occupational health hazards. In terms of reducing hazards among Nurses in the wards, and in the hospitals, we recommend that risk assessment should be carried out regularly to identify potential hazards at a safe stage.

Is Africa Changing Its Strategic Plan Agaisnt China’s Belt and Road Initiative Because of Covid-19 Pandemic?

The unprecedented Covid-19 global pandemic, hit the world at a time many did not expect with impact not just on health of countries but also on the economy. Efforts to manage the impact of Covid-19 have led to stronger ties with some countries and strain on others. The study investigated the African Relations with China post Covid-19 owing to the growing concerns on Africa’s change of attitude due to the impact of covid-19 and health and economy. Using secondary data, the article assessed the ongoing relations between China and Africa, attitude of African governments to the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) and western perspectives on the BRI in Africa. Findings revealed that there are growing concerns on racist tendencies of China on Africans; while African governments try to maintain diplomatic relations with China, citizens have reservations. It also revealed that Africa and China relations may likely continue however there is a need to look inwards Post Covid-19 to diversify the economy. Findings also revealed that joint partnership with the West will stand a better chance for countries to benefit. Drawing from the findings it was recommended that, Chinese experts and policymakers should work to address African, American (and indeed, global) concerns about the standards and inclusiveness of BRI and be transparent in their dealings. The study also recommends that countries should remain openminded and flexible about BRI and engage with it where it serves their interests rather than viewing the entire initiative through the often simplistic lens of geopolitical competition post Covid-19.

TRANSPARANSI, AKUNTABILITAS DAN PARTISIPASI DALAM PENGELOLAAN APB NAGARI DI KECAMATAN KAMANG MAGEK

The purpose of this study was to find out the management of local government budget in Kamang Magek Subdistrict, Agam Regency. This research is a descriptive analysis using a qualitative approach that uses primary data and secondary data. The technique of collecting data is in the form of field research by means of interviews, focus group discussions (FGD), and documentation studies with valid and accurate sources. The results of the study showed that the management of local government budget has not fully run well this is because there are still obstacles faced in accordance with Permendagri Number 113 of 2014 and Perbub Agam Number 8 of 2017. (1) Implementation of the principle of transparency consists of indicators, namely openness in meetings, openness of information, openness of procedures, and openness in accepting community participation. (2) Implementation of the principle of participation consists of indicators, namely the existence of active public participation, the existence of regulations that provide a place for community control, and the presence of proactive attitudes of regional governments in the budgeting process. (3) Implementation of the principle of accountability consists of indicators, namely the existence of honesty and legal accountability, the existence of process accountability, the existence of program accountability, and the existence of policy accountability

Metaphor Analysis in Political Discourse Based on Discourse Dynamics Framework for Metaphor: A Case Study

Contrary to the pre-existing mapping and top-down instantiation from thought to language, Discourse Dynamics Framework for Metaphor(DDFM)argues that metaphor works mainly inductively upwards from the linguistic metaphor data, offering a tool for understanding people, revealing something of speaker’s ideas, affective aspects and values. This study is designed to apply DDFM to a political speech about fighting COVID-19 made by Xi Jinping, the president of the People’s Republic of China. Assisted by computer software, such as tables of Microsoft Office, to sort metaphors of each segment of this speech, this article investigates metaphors in the speech by progressive process of metaphor analysis of DDFM. It is found that: (1)The most frequently occurring metaphors are related to bodily action and body experience, which implies actions Chinese government will take.(2)The dynamically emergent systematic metaphors evolve as the discourse proceeds, conveying the political ideas and attitudes of Chinese government in fighting COVID-19.(3) Most of metaphors are conventionalized, which indicates the framing role of conventional metaphors in discourse. Thus, DDFM offers a new approach regarding metaphors in political discourse.

SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS SMUGGLING AND BOKO HARAM CHALLENGE TO NIGERIAN SECURITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE BENIN-NIGERIAN POROUS BORDER

Porous borders continue to be the principal source and conduit for small arms and light weapons (SALWs) throughout Africa, particularly Nigeria. Presently, Nigeria’s security environment is severely endangered by the operations of the Boko Haram insurgent group, which often uses smuggled firearms and ammunition. Scholars have paid little attention to analyzing the smuggling problem in SALWs and their threat to Nigeria’s internal security amid the Boko Haram menace. This study addresses the SALWs smuggling, and Boko Haram challenges to Nigerian security by using the Benin-Nigerian Porous Border as a case study. This paper discovers that the porous Nigeria-Benin border and the lackadaisical attitude of both governments have enabled transnational crime of the Boko-Haram sect. The paper recommends adequate coordination between security services and residents to battle the scourge of cross-border proliferation of small guns and light weapons between Benin and Nigeria. This study recommends a West African regional security network structure to regulate borders and coordinate security to curb SALWs and other criminal activities.

Foreign Policy Doctrines of Islamist Organisations in Pakistan (Late 1940s – Early 1970s) within the Context of Islamic Perception of International Law

The article analyses the specifics of how Pakistani Islamists define the guidelines and aims of State’s foreign policy. It is during the initial period of Pakistan’s existence, scrutinized by the authors, that the basis for this vision was laid: at that time the Islamists were urged to form their own perception of Pakistan’s role and position in the world, as well as to transmit their attitude towards the official foreign policy of the Pakistani government. Since both these tasks were being accomplished in consonance with Islamic norms, the current study involves a general review of respective doctrines and demonstrates how they were interpreted within the Pakistani context. The article also provides evidence that at this stage there came into existence specific factors within Pakistan which influenced the Islamists’ worldview – including the matters of foreign policy. The main factors of this kind, laid out in the article, are the following: firstly, the attitude of the State government towards the Islamists and the level of their access to power; secondly, the place of “Islamic theme” within the foreign policy promoted by the State. Created as a Muslim state, Pakistan from the very beginning faced the need to define the role of Islam in policymaking – the task that considerably affected both domestic and foreign policy, complicating inter-State relations. Detailed study of the established points determines under which circumstances Pakistani Islamists developed their views of foreign policy and to what extent these views came in harmony with dogmatic Islamic perception of International Law.

Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848

Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848

Factors Affecting the Student Performance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In 2019, the wide COVID-19 outbreak had noxiously compelled the global educational institutes to experience the irrefutable impacts of the pandemic on students’ academic performance. The destructing COVID-19 emergencies have colossally elevated the concerns of individuals regarding the students’ perspective. The compounding outbreak challenges have made the global institutes alter the learning trends, thus inevitably impeding the students’ learning performance. This abrupt situation has encouraged the institutes to embrace e-learning protocols, ultimately recording a severe toll on students’ social and psychological well-being. In this regard, this empirical paper help to understand that the entire COVID-19 teaching has profoundly changed the learning environment, thereby bringing the unprecedented influence of COVID-19 fear, digital inaccessibility, teaching capability, psychological well-being, and work-life conflict to influence the students’ performance. Considerably, this abrupt shift from conventional pedagogy to digital learning demands that institutions should restore the global educational standards to enhance student learning performance. However, in owning to such factors of increasing vulnerabilities, a positive government attitude is needed to overcome the gap existing due to the online shift in conventional learning. Significantly, the paper suggests that academicians and practitioners should redefine their educational definitions, substantially making these novel technologies combat the emerging learning challenges.

Corruption in Ukraine and the World as a Trigger for the Weakening of the State

The article analyzes corruption as an extra-legal phenomenon that destroys the morality and values of society, threatens democracy and human rights, deforms the functions of state power, discrediting it both within the country and in the international arena. It is noted that the formation of dysfunctions in the sphere of public administration is not the main socio-political danger of corruption.The threat of "corrosion" and gradual destruction of social ties in the system of state regulation, public control and the functioning of social institutions is creating. The sociological and legal interpretation of corruption made it possible to study it as a trigger that weakens statehood, to reveal the social mechanism of the influence of corruption ties on state institutions, to assess the political, economic, legal, socio-structural and psychological factors of its spread. The authors characterize foreign and domestic “models” of corruption and ways of counteracting it from the standpoint of the ontological approach; she also has identified social markers that reflect its specificity in Ukraine; a real assessment of the degree of effectiveness of anti-corruption actions in Ukraine are presented; the expediency of analyzing corruption in the international aspect, especially the mechanisms, forms and methods of Ukrainian corruption spreading in the world corruption services and the penetration of transnational corruption into the Ukrainian political and economic space; it is also revealed the effect of the social mechanism of corruption in the structure of the state, as a result of which the process of state regulation loses its morality and social value. It is shown that the stable, actively "mutating", adaptive to the majority of social changes, the nature of corruption in Ukraine does not only forms and reproduces the tolerant attitude of government and a significant part of the public, but it also actively inhibits democratic transformations and deforms the public consciousness of Ukrainians. It is emphasized that "salus populi" is the most pragmatic option among the systemic models of fighting corruption (totalitarian, authoritarian, liberal).

Muslim di Prancis ‎(Dinamika, Eksistensi dan Historis)‎

This study aims to reveal the phenomena, historical facts, and developments of Islamophobia in France from time to time and the government's attitude about it. The type of research is qualitative research, using historical methods. The data are collected from journals, newspapers, historical records and verbal reports. The results of this study indicate that there are changes in the reaction of the French authorities to Muslims. In 1914-1918 France accepted workers from Islamic countries. While between 1976 and 1989, massive places of worship were built, French Muslims also formed religious organizations and communities. However, several incidents of terrorism which occurred in various parts of the world that accuse Islam as the perpetrator behind it all, gave rise to the term 'Islamophobia' in the West. As a result, the French authorities made several regulations that clearly discriminated against Muslims. The issue of Islamophobia is based on at least three things; first , Islam has been considered an integral part of French society. Second , Islam is the cause of the economic recession. Third , the September 11 tragedy made Islam labeled as a terrorist actor.

«CHILDREN OF THE OCCUPATION» – EXILES OF POSTWAR SOCIETIES

The purpose of this scientific investigation is to analyze the postwar life of children born to enemy soldiers during World War II. The attitude of postwar societies and governments to them. Methodology. The research methodology is based on the application of the principles of scientificity, historicism, systematics, objectivity. The use of historical-comparative, historical-systemic, and functional methods allowed the author to investigate the process of the problem of «children of occupation», to compare the attitudes of societies and governments in different warring countries and attempts to resolve the issue.
 Scientific novelty of the research. In the article, for the first time, on the basis of the existing domestic and foreign narrative, an attempt is made to cover the problem of «children of occupation», which was quite acute in the first postwar years in many European countries and the USSR. A number of problems that children born to soldiers of enemy armies and their mothers had to face were revealed.
 Conclusions. It was found that the «children of occupation» were usually doomed to be stigmatized by society, which distorted their future life solely due to the factor of fatherhood. There was hatred for the parents-invaders, and complexes of guilt and inferiority (especially if the children were born of different races). That is, children who should not be held accountable for their parents' actions had to be patient only because their parents were soldiers of the enemy army. For many «children of occupation» in Europe, the search for a father became the goal of their lives.

Характеристика стосунків органів місцевого самоврядування із закладами первинної медичної допомоги

At the current stage of the development of health care systems, it is believed that local governments should be included in any reform plans. The World Health Organisation emphasizes the important role of local governments in reforming primary care while maintaining the primary responsibility for building national central government health systems. The purpose of the study is to characterize the relations of primary health care facilities with local governments by the heads in the context of reforming the health care system in Ukraine and identifying problem areas in them that require improvement. Materials and methods. The study was carried out in two stages: focusing interviewing heads of primary health care facilities with a high level of competence to determine the set of characteristics that form the relationship between of the local governments and primary health care facilities; a survey of 100 heads of primary care facilities using a questionnaire drawn up based on the results of the first stage of the study. Statistical analysis was carried out using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results and discussion. Comprehensive reform of local self-government and primary health care in Ukraine faces certain difficulties and requires coordination of relations between the local governments and primary health care facilities. Twelve main characteristics of the relationship between local governments and primary health care system of the community were identified. Of the total number of respondents, 72% did not give a satisfactory assessment of the competence of the representatives of local governments in the organization of medical services; 36% – the attitude of local governments to primary care facilities; 32% – response of local governments to the needs of primary health care facilities; 78% – understanding by the owner of the contribution of the primary health care to the prosperity of the community; 52% – priority of health development for community; 12% of the respondents noted that their facilities did not receive additional funding from local budgets for the development of the institution and improvement of the quality of medical care. In general, 68% of the surveyed primary health care managers assessed positively the relationship with the owner; 19% – negatively. Conclusion. The study identified problems in the relationship between the local governments and primary care facilities during the reform of the health care system, which need to be addressed. It was revealed that the main problem is the lack of awareness of the local governments of the importance of primary health care for the community, which is primarily due to the low competence of representatives of local authorities on health issues