Political Management Research Articles

From rationalization to modernization of political management

From rationalization to modernization of political management

Концепты «политическая элита» и «политическое лидерство» в контексте проблемы девиации элитного уровня власти

In the article, the concepts of "political elite", "political leadership" and "deviation" were analyzed in their interrelation and interdependence, the "paradox of elites" was revealed, associated with the duality of their positioning in the system of public morality and management, provided with exclusive powers and resources to establish socio-political norms, realize their own interests, and approve practices Doublethink, transgression and arbitrariness as attributes of political morality based on the paradigm of Machiavellianism and the concept of political efficiency. Since in classical and modern concepts of administrative and bureaucratic elites, their essential characteristics and functionality are determined in accordance with the rational-legal type of domination, the main deviations of their behavior and quality occur in the plane of deviation from the system of rational-legal attitudes and rules. On the one hand, in order to prevent deviations, this focuses on the maximum exclusion of the impact of the so-called "human factor" in political management, associated with the objective tendency of the elite to isolate, distance itself from the majority, its exploitation in the corporate interests of retaining and increasing power, etc. On the one hand, in order to prevent deviations, this focuses on the maximum exclusion of the impact of the so-called "human factor" in political management, associated with the objective tendency of the elite to isolate, distance itself from the majority, its exploitation in the corporate interests of retaining and multiplying power, etc. And, on the other hand, actualizes the problems of the value component in the activity administrative and political elites, the problem of serving the interests of the majority and state strategic development goals, identifying and analyzing mechanisms and models of political governance not only on the basis of legal rationality, but also traditional public values. At the same time, the most promising model of interaction between a political leader and his followers is the constitutional model, and transformational leadership is most consistent with the tasks of parrying the mechanisms of deviation of political elites and the development of civil society in crisis transitions.

Clerical Leadership and Political Management in Africa in the 21st Century: The Case of Nigeria

The return of the military to active participation in the leadership of some countries across African is disturbing on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is indicative of the fact that Africa is in serious leadership crisis. As a result of leadership crises in Africa many countries are underdeveloped and also considered as failed states. Nigeria’s situation seems most pathetic. As such, Africa in general and Nigeria in particular is in need and search of a leadership paradigm that will bring about economic and social development. In this article, the concept “Pastoral Leadership” is explored and projected as the needed leadership paradigm in 21st century Africa in general and Nigeria in particular. The article adopted qualitative research method based on content analysis. It argues that since good leadership is necessary for economic growth, infrastructural development and peaceful co - existence based on requirements of justice and equity; and, since various leadership paradigms adopted in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular since the attainment of independence in the 1960s seem not to be working, pastoral leadership modeled on shepherding imagery as found in both Islamic tradition and Christian scripture is recommended for some Africa in general and Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation in particular.

The politics of heritage in a river-city: imperial, hyper-colonial, and globalising Tianjin

The intent of this article is to analyse the interconnectedness between urban transformation and eco-heritage value over time in Tianjin from a river-city perspective. The focus is on the Hai River’s (海河) contribution to the mechanisms of space and power in imperial, hyper-colonial, and globalising Tianjin. After an analytical excursus of the Haihe’s historical-political-economic roles, attention is given to the Haihe as the fulcrum of Tianjin's creation as a spectacle city in present times. The objectives are to elucidate the Tianjin Municipal Government-led urban ‘beautification’ strategy and analyse the aims and objectives of the 2002 ‘Comprehensive Reconstruction and Redevelopment Plan of the Haihe’s Riversides’ while also considering the actual experience of this transformation. The premise of this article is that the Haihe River has helped determine Tianjin’s politics of design via heritagisation: the historical processes through which cultural heritage is adapted to strategically promote favourable imagery of the river-city for political management purposes.

SECURITY DIMENSION OF THE GLOBAL ISSUES

The article deals with current global issues of our time in their security dimension. An attempt has been made to outline the various directions of influence of global problems on the security architecture in today’s conditions. It was proposed to divide the global problems of our time into natural-ecological and socio-economic ones. At the same time, in our opinion, pandemics occupy an intermediate position between natural and anthropogenic problems. It has been argued that the modern economy is less vulnerable to natural disasters than it has been before, but natural disasters take more lives due to the high population density in the modern world. Human impact on the environment has been extremely destructive. Air pollution on a catastrophic scale is observed in large cities of the developing countries. Deforestation and desertification are making more and more areas uninhabitable. Global warming and climate change are seen not only in the rise in temperature, but also in the appearance of weather anomalies, the melting of glaciers, and the rise in the level of the World Ocean. The appearance of «climate migrants» has been explained to be one of the consequences of climate change. The combination of natural and social dimensions of global issues has been illustrated with the examples of conflicts over water. Socio-economic problems are mostly determined by the imperfection of society. This article has dealt with the demographic problem in different dimensions: in the Western countries there is a demographic crisis, and in the developing countries there is a demographic explosion, which has been shown using the example of Nigeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, etc. Poverty in these countries has an important impact on economic security. A large number of people do not have the basic necessities for life (food, safe water and sanitation, shelter, healthcare, etc.) and live in conditions of absolute poverty. In some countries, the literacy rate is still quite low. The globalisation of criminal activity also a danger. Some countries, such as Haiti, can fall under the control of criminal groups. Terrorism is a type of crime that deserves to be investigated separately for many reasons. All the listed problems are extremely urgent in the conditions of inefficient political management. Solving issues related to security and overcoming the consequences of global issues is possible only in the presence of an effectively functioning public administration system. But creating a good governance system is a difficult task under conditions of dictatorship or the absence of legitimate state power. The issue of supporting international security in all spheres is a topical problem in international politics. It has been underlined that joint efforts can help to overcome of the explored issues.

The Downing Street Chief-of-Staff: a case study in political management

AbstractThe role of Downing Street Chief-of-Staff has been neglected by examinations of British Politics, prime ministers, and political leadership and management. This is despite the role having existed since 1997. This article is a “first move” in correcting this omission. The Chief’s responsibilities are difficult to define but cover oversight of the political operation within 10 Downing Street. This includes Human Resources; “gatekeeping”; being the PM’s closest adviser; institutional reforms; and other related functions. The article uses a theoretical framework drawn from the emerging literature on political management (Lees-Marshment, in Political management: the dance of government and politics, Routledge, Abingdon, 2021) to provide an understanding of what the Chief does and why it is important that we comprehend it better. It focuses upon how chiefs have undertaken the four “D’s” (deliberating, designing, doing, and dancing) of political management and what insights can be gleaned from this evidence. Application of this framework helps to reveal key developments of chiefs’ work in a structured and detailed manner.

Oligarki dalam Demokrasi serta Prakteknya dalam Politik Hukum Indonesia

Oligarchy, or political domination by a small number of individuals or groups, has become a concern in the context of democracy. The existence and practices of oligarchy can have significant implications for the formation of legal policy and the distribution of justice. The aim of this research is to investigate the concept of oligarchy in democracy, as well as analyze how oligarchy is practiced in Indonesian legal politics. This study used qualitative research methods. The data collection technique in this research is literature study. The data that has been collected is then analyzed in three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The research results show that the concept of oligarchy in democracy refers to a political system in which political power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of individuals, often having close relationships with certain politicians and supporters. Oligarchy management in Indonesian legal politics is carried out through oligarchic political practices carried out by an elite group consisting of politicians, businessmen and military figures who hold power. This oligarchic political practice does not occur without reason, because indirectly, several legal provisions in Indonesia actually extend political domination that should be democratic. This situation makes it difficult to avoid oligarchic politics in Indonesia.

Management of Secondary School Education and Politics in Nigerian: Its Implications in a Changing World

The interplay of politics and education cannot be over emphasized, it is drawn from the development of human beings in the society. Various societies developed from the ancient era where people subject themselves to authorities for leadership and control. Based on the permissibility of the authorities, the agents of societal development as economic, cultural, social, and political are influenced directly or indirectly by the authorities. Based on these axioms, this paper is anchored on management of secondary school education and politics in Nigeria: its implication in a changing world. The interplay of these two variables were considered from various diversities of educational finance, curriculum design, educational development, student’s evaluation and teachers union. This paper however, suggested that appointment of educational leadership should be based on merit, policies should be made in line with the needs of the society. Student teaching and learning should be directed to the needs of the society and economy. Curriculum development should be designed to focus on the overall aims and objectives of Nigeria's education system to meet with other societies of the world no matter who is involved. Teachers’ unions should be allowed to function independently without political interference to strengthen the union and pursue its objectives vigorously. Finally, education in Nigeria should be adequately financed to effectively and efficiently meet contemporary societal demands in a changing world.

Transparency and Its Manifestations in Russian Media Discourse: A Case Study of HC Traktor

The article explores the manifestations of transparency related to the Russian political management in 2018–2019. A discursive analysis included the media materials covering the decision by Chelyabinsk (the seventh largest city in Russia) regional authorities, without public discussion, to allocate significant funds from the city budget to support HC Traktor. The public discussion of this issue was widely reflected in the media. Civic activists accessed official online documents concerning the participatory financing and initiated an online dialogue with the authorities, disagreeing with their decisions, offering alternatives, and suggesting that internal political management be made more public. The study systematizes various aspects of transparency: openness, availability, clarity, democracy, visibility and accountability. Since new media and social networks play a key role in the interaction between the state authorities and public, the paper considers all the structural elements of modern media communication: addressees, target audience, channels of information, the content and form of publications, their perlocutionary effect. The results of our study proved that communicative success was reached by breaking language standards, polycode information delivery, and storytelling techniques. The perlocutionary effect of this transparent media communication was difficult and deferred. The public dialogue did not satisfy the initial public demand, but it did influence the management practices (further reflected in Russia’s federal legislation) and accompanied changes in the composition of regional elites. Keywords: Transparency, information society, public authorities, tropes, stylistic devices, storytelling.

서울시 청년수당 도입에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study is to focus on the manager’s role in adopting the youth allowance in Seoul Metropolitan Government. In the process of adoption, there had been conflicts between central government and Seoul. This study tries to evaluate political management based on Mark Moore(1995)’s framework that emphasize the importance of strategic management perspective. While current studies mainly focus on the legal･institutional and social welfare aspects, this study focus on the role of public manager. According to analysis, ‘Entrepreneurial Advocacy’, Managing Policy Development’, and ‘Negotiation’ have important role in adopting youth allowance in Seoul.

Formation of all-Russian civil identity in the context of regional elites' activities (on the materials of the North Caucasus)

The general socio-political situation in the region is analyzed, the centrifugal and centripetal forces that determine the very nature of politics in the region through the prism of ethnic and civic forms of identity are considered. The emergence of new points of ethnopolitical and ethno-religious tension, chauvinistic tendencies, and anti-Semitic sentiments demonstrate a fairly high level of conflict potential and the severity of nationalist manifestations in the region. Such conflict behavior is most often provoked from the outside, including through the use of modern information resources, social networks, using manipulative technologies that have an impact on the masses. These processes indicate the existence of socio-cultural and religious grounds for the growth of discriminatory rhetoric and clashes. The study of these problems is an urgent scientific task in the context of transformation and transit of local identity features. The article also analyzes various forms and approaches of identity formation in the North Caucasus, highlights common and special factors, contradictions in the development of general civil attitudes. The national composition is considered, the role of regional actors in the political management and development of the region is highlighted separately. These issues carry elements of novelty and relevance. The work uses specialized political science techniques: the method of analyzing a specific situation - case-study, secondary analysis of sociological research data. Along with private scientific methods and approaches, general scientific methods and approaches are also used in the study: historical and philosophical methods and approaches (dialectics, the principle of historicism), the system integrative method, comparative studies. In conclusion, recommendations are presented aimed at solving the problems of forming the civil identity of the peoples of the North Caucasus, through the transition of ethnic forms of identity to all-Russian ones.

Effective management in modern political parties and campaigns. The application analysis of political management concept in Poland

Effective management is the key point of each organization’s wellfunctioning, political parties likewise. This article is an attempt to present the importance of the management in politics with particular emphasis on managing the political parties. Essential data for reaching the goal has been taken from literature analysis as well as market observation performed by the author with special attention of international research and Polish marketplace background. Research problem is complemented by comparative analysis of presented concept and polish practice which offers the local conditions identification and good practice recognition it the process of gaining the competitive advantage. An additional value of the text is the pointing out of the fundamental differences and similarities in the area of management between the political and commercial organization.

Legal Re-Construction; The Impact of Empty Column Victory Over Single Candidates in Simultaneous Direct Elections of Regional Heads as A New Phenomenon of Legal Politics in Indonesia

This study examines the legal re-construction of the victory impact of an empty column over a single candidate as a new phenomenon of legal politics in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This is a doctrinal normative legal research, which uses the analytical, explorative, explanatory, and qualitative analysis techniques. The result showed that legal reconstruction needs to be carried out on disputes, policies of single candidate pairs and empty columns, nomination requirements and political party support for candidates. The legal construction also needs to be conducted on the phrase "next election," the emptiness of definitive city government leaders, postponement and legal uncertainty, establishment of Provisional Acts (Pjs), as well as the loss of the constitutional rights of communities and regions.. Legal reconstruction also needs to be carried out through the political management of post-conflict local elections with changes in legal policies Law No.10 of 2016, PKPU No.13 of 2018, Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) No. 1 of 2018.

Optimization of the Integration Development Path of Party Building and Civic Management in Colleges and Universities--Application Based on the Kano Model

Abstract Promoting Party building and Civic-Concern Management in colleges and universities is of great significance to the implementation of the fundamental task of establishing morality, firming students’ ideals, and constructing a good school spirit and learning style. This paper takes the integration and development of party building and ideological and political management in colleges and universities as the starting point, screens the demand element indicators, and explores the demographic differences by using one-way ANOVA after conducting a questionnaire survey. Then Kano model and Better-Worse satisfaction index are used to analyze the demand element indicators for the integration of party building and ideological and political management in colleges and universities. Finally, a practical optimization path is proposed based on the three dimensions of the obtained essential attribute elements, desired attribute elements, and charismatic attribute elements. The specific results are as follows: the evaluation mechanism for the integration of party building and Civic and political management in colleges and universities varies across genders, academic qualifications, and majors (p<0.05), and the satisfaction coefficient of linkage between party building activities and practical teaching of Civic and political courses is the highest (0.7706), while the dissatisfaction coefficient of optimization of incentive methods is the highest (0.9751). The integration and development of party building and civic management in colleges and universities can be optimized by strengthening the top-level design, improving team construction and evaluation mechanisms, and guiding external assistance.

Exploring the gray correlation analysis of student management and ideological and political education in colleges and universities

Abstract This paper takes grey correlation analysis as the theoretical basis and improves the original grey proximity correlation calculation method by adding bias terms. Uniformly select multiple sample datasets so that the proportion of positive and negative samples is roughly equal. Use the BiasGA method to calculate the biased grey correlation between users and other users to obtain the biased grey correlation matrix of users. Determine if there is a link between student management and ideological and political education by setting the correlation threshold. Integration of teaching cases and feasibility analysis led to the results being found. Teachers under 35 account for 68.75% of the total proportion. The teacher team tends to be younger, and they lack experience in ideological and political management. In student management, only a small number of teachers can improve the effectiveness of student management with the guidance of ideological and political education. the performance evaluation values of the five teachers were 72, 63, 72, 58, 61, respectively. The teachers did not do a comprehensive job of integrating the concept of ideological and political education into the management of students in colleges and universities. Daily affairs management should be strengthened in managing students in colleges and universities, and the integration of ideological and political education concepts should be emphasised.

The Golden Age of the Virtual Realms, Right Now

The virtual is just the latest expansion of human craving for meaning and it is brimming with opportunities: mostly symbolic, nonetheless, real. Thinking, presenting ormanipulating a situation has always been dependent on the symbolic operations (Mircea Eliade, Raoul Girardet, Lucian Blaga, Camil Petrescu, Ernst Cassirer), on the uses andabuses of the referential and condensed symbols (Murray Edelman). At the same time, such operations are not reserved entirely to politics. In our virtually expanded contemporarylives, we relate to symbolic meanings, either consciously or not. As Slavoj Zizek noticed: “Behind the realities there are phantasies and behind the phantasies, realities.” Baudrillard’s ecstasy of communication and simulacra present the offer of a golden ageopen for individuals and politicians alike. The enemies are clear and the saviours, too. Justlike decorations hanging in the virtual window here there are the (slightly) cosmeticized images of ourselves carved as individual persona representations, or, as the solution messages for the current problems, prompt as a soft form of political management. All these symbolic décors in the virtual malls that we visit and consolidate are symbolic attemptsto approximate the golden age as we can “see” it, in our human everlasting aspirationsfor success and prosperity, for stability, communion and, possibly, peace.

ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЙ О СУЩНОСТИ МЕСТНОГО САМОУПРАВЛЕНИЯ В ОБЩЕСТВЕННО-ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОМ ДИСКУРСЕ

The article analyzes the socio-political discourse of local self-government in the post-Soviet period of Russia’s development. The aim was to study the transformation of ideas about the functions of local government in the socio-political discourse of 2014-2023. The research method was quantitative and qualitative content analysis of texts. As it turned out, in the associative series with the concept of “local self-government”, word forms associated with the meanings of local democracy, civil society, democracy, and political participation of citizens were least used. To a much greater extent, the concept of local self-government turned out to be associated with concepts describing it as local public administration related to the performance of the function of providing services to the population, solving socio-economic problems. As a result of the study, the hypothesis was confirmed that the idea of transforming local self-government is the lowest link in the system of public power has support in political discourse. In the public consciousness, the function of this institution as a “school of democracy” was almost completely replaced by the idea of it as a “grassroots” management unit, engaged mainly in providing services to the population and solving socio-economic problems. Such a painless rejection of the democratic component in a broader context confirms the hypothesis that the formation of local self-government in the first half of the 1990s was not democratic, but politically situational in nature, associated with the interests of a relatively small number of actors, the lack of formation of local communities in the post-Soviet period, and the weakness of the “middle class”, therefore unable to become social the base of local government. This gave rise to the objective inevitability of the subsequent evolution of the institute of local self-government into the “lower floor” of the regional public administration system, bringing the “superstructure” institute of political management in line with its basic basis.

A synergistic nurturing mechanism of party building and civic management education in colleges and universities combining synergistic modeling

Abstract The Construction and practice of collaborative nurturing between party building and ideological and political management education in colleges and universities has been increasingly emphasized under the current field of higher education. Through an organic combination of party building activities and ideological and political education, this mechanism is committed to fostering high-quality talents with socialist core values. In the context of diversification and complexity of higher education, exploring an effective collaborative parenting mechanism is of great significance for improving college students’ ideological and political quality, moral cultivation and social responsibility. This study thoroughly analyzes the collaborative nurturing mechanism of party building and ideological and political education. It clarifies its components, operation mechanism and evaluation model, and provides theoretical support and practical guidance for ideological and political work. Using methods such as literature analysis, questionnaire survey and expert interviews, the study comprehensively analyzes the constituent elements, operation process and evaluation model of the collaborative nurturing mechanism of party building and ideological and political management education. The synergistic educating mechanism in the article improves the political awareness and moral cultivation of college students, in which the satisfaction of the management system is the highest (score 0.876), and the satisfaction of students is relatively low (score 0.518). The study also found that the implementation effect of collaborative parenting between party building and civic management education is closely related to its systematic, integrative, and dynamic adjustment ability. The strategic suggestions put forward in this paper to strengthen the mechanism construction, optimize the resource allocation and enhance the synergy efficiency have advanced to improve the quality and effect of collaborative parenting between Party building and Civic and Political management education in colleges and universities.

ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ ТРУДОВОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА РОССИИ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВНАЯ ПОЛИТИКА

The purpose of the article is to study the labour potential of Russia as a strategic factor of development, to determine possible ways to improve the efficiency of labour potential utilization and to update policy in this area. The main tasks are as follows: (1) to analyze the state and dynamics of labour potential; (2) to assess the compliance of labour potential with the current and prospective conditions of Russia's development; (3) to propose a promising approach of its transformation. The problem is considered in the context of an urgent political agenda related to ensuring economic and socio-political security, technological and economic sovereignty of Russia. The analysis shows that despite certain efforts on the part of the state negative trends in the social and labour sphere continue to dominate and even intensify. The shortage of labour resources is increasing, the problem of their quality and imbalance in the sectoral and regional distribution is worsening, as well as the personnel imbalance at the company and enterprise level. This necessitates the transition to a new model of socio-economic policy based on human-centricity covering all areas of activity related to the reproduction of labour potential, considering it as the main source of wealth and strength of the country with an emphasis on mass training of highly qualified personnel, primarily for technologically advanced fields of activity. The article defines the basic conditions for the implementation of a new policy, which also assumes the priority and strengthening of horizontal interactions of interested actors. This would make it possible to minimize the costs that are characteristic of the hierarchical traditional model of political management on the basis of more balanced and comprehensive policy decisions affecting different levels and sides of the problem of the growth labour potential in Russia.

The Dynamics of Identity Politics Management In The Tanimbar Islands Regency

Following the reform era, Indonesia faces the challenge of the widespread emergence of identity politics that prioritizes certain groups or symbols to gain political influence. If left unaddressed, this phenomenon could disrupt national resilience and the quality of democracy in Indonesia. This research aims to analyze the dynamics of identity politics in the Tanimbar Islands Regency, Maluku Province, and to find solutions so that identity politics can lead to goodness, in accordance with values and culture, thereby achieving stability in society. The research methodology involves a literature review or literature study as the primary approach. This method entails in-depth analysis of various literature sources relevant to the research topic, aiming to provide a comprehensive overview of current issues, conceptual frameworks, and approaches taken by previous studies. The results of this research reveal that the management of identity politics in the Tanimbar Islands Regency has been organized and become a shared interest. The community sees identity politics as a means to facilitate the interests of groups, ethnicities, religions, and collective interests, allowing peace to be achieved, and government policies to be implemented fairly and equally.