Num contexto caraterizado pelos efeitos da crise económica e financeira mundial e um ambiente cada vez mais globalizado, os moldes de intervenção do Estado na economia deverá ser alvo de reajustes, no sentido de salvaguardar a materialização dos principais objetivos delineados. …
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Can justiciable socioeconomic rights assist in the formulation of government policies and programs that are accountable to Nigerian citizens? This dissertation has tried to answer the question by establishing that mechanisms of accountability such as the rule of law and separati…
The purpose of the qualitative exploratory case study was to explore property management procedures affecting military accountability in an operational environment. The research design included voluntary participants from the Active Army, Army Reserves, and Army National Guard. …
The statistical association between increased exposure to air pollution and increased risk of morbidity and mortality is well established. However, documentation of the health benefits of lowering air pollution levels, which would support the biological plausibility of those pas…
A number of cases have been well documented over the past 15 years in which government employees, both civilian and military, have alleged mistreatment by the government because of discrimination or retaliation for whistleblowing. Many of those cases were dismissed on a technica…
International development nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) are a particularly good example of how transnational accountability commitments present challenges to producing credible accounts to diverse and at times competing stakeholder groups. This dissertation examines acco…
Liberal Statebuilding in post-conflict societies is a very complex, intricate and dynamic task that is often based on liberal assumptions. Critiques argue that local contributions to define democracy and its norms, such as accountability, tend to be limited since local experienc…
In 2006 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) introduced new legislation related to corporate governance (CG). Initial evaluation by the World Bank three years later showed relatively modest implementation of the regulations. This thesis investigates the extent to which this has bee…
When Tony Blair's New Labour administration took control in 1997, it sought to establish a programme of organizational, performance, and democratic reform. Initially badged as the modernizing government programme, it was later developed in the Best Value regime for local governm…
Background and rationale: This work is presented against a background of concern about aspects of the quality of care provided by health services in the UK and beyond, with much of this related to nursing care in particular. It is specifically concerned with the responsibilities…
In Ghana, over 70% of urban dwellers do not have private sanitation facilities in their home and rely instead on an informal network of shared toilets. The predominance of shared toilets in Ghana is the result of unplanned urbanization, specific features of housing, socio-econom…
This thesis is concerned with teacher agency and how this is achieved within the autonomous schooling model of England’s academies programme. The enquiry draws upon the empirical work conducted in a single case study sponsored academy (‘Bucklands Academy’ ) in 2012. The research…
This thesis adds to the design of new announcement schemes in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). An announcement scheme allows vehicles to broadcast information about their surrounding to other vehicles in their proximity. This enables neighbouring vehicles to be aware of their…
Decentralisation, meaning the delegation of responsibilities from central to lower government levels is generally assumed to improve the delivery of local public services. The theoretical assumption is that local authorities are encouraged by decentralisation to behave in a more…
This study investigates the practice of corporate social responsibility reporting (hereafter CSRR) in the context of Saudi Arabia. The investigation encompasses a detailed description of corporate social responsibility (hereafter CSR) perception, CSR implementation and CSRR; and…
This study investigates how waqf officers in two State Religious Councils (SRCs) in Malaysia undertake their responsibilities and duties of accountability to inform and improve the management of waqf properties for the benefit of beneficiaries and the public. The thesis uses the…
This study explores the concept of accountability in Islamic Banks (IB), which may achieve through disclosure. It aims to measuring the bank's disclosure levels which contains Sharia, Social and Financial (SSF) as well as determinants and consequences of this disclosure. It more…
Democratization is a fragile process, easily reversed when and where its advance is most recent. African countries present particular challenges to democratization, given generally low levels of economic and social development, often combined with ethnic and cultural fractionali…
The economic activities of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the extractive industries of developing countries produce a myriad of immediate negative social, economic and environmental impacts on communities hosting their operations. Consequently, stakeholders have increasing…