Public Policy and Administration http://ppa.sagepub.com From Muddling Through to Muddling Up - Evidence Based Policy Making and the Modernisation of British Government Wayne Parsons Public Policy and Administration 2002; 17; 43 DOI: 10.1177/095207670201700304 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ppa.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/17/3/43 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Public Administration Committee Additional services and information
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Othello is a tragedy that examines the darker aspects of human existence such and jealousy and revenge. Othello is unique in the way that it forces us as audience to contemplate what it is to be human. Shakespeare ingeniously challenges the Elizabethan attitudes and values towards the prejudices of race and gender while also presenting his contextual theme of chaos versus order. These values transcend the context of both modern and contemporary audiences and it is through the BBC adaptation by Geoffrey
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ruled over the empire‚ in favour of the radical communist movement in the form of the Bolsheviks‚ headed by one Vladimir Iliych Lenin. However‚ did this sudden move from autocracy to a supposedly more progressive democracy actually bring about the modernisation of Russia industrially‚ agriculturally and culturally‚ or was it simply a rebranding of a totalitarian state that would continue to oppress the Russian citizen? There are other key individuals‚ whose ascendancy to the head of the regime must also
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including global wars‚ economic depression‚ technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article‚ however‚ will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity‚ Modernisation and Modernism between the inter-war period of 1919 to 1939. With an ever expanding city‚ Melbourne designers and architects took advantage of new technologies and advancements in the production of steel and glass which opened up endless possibilities
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What accounts for the modernisation of armed forces in Southeast Asia? Since the nuclear revolution‚ end of Cold War‚ Southeast Asian (SEA) militaries have been modernising rapidly. It is an indication that SEA armed forces are changing towards more complex international context. The reasons behind such behaviour are because of the changes in globalisation‚ technology‚ urbanisation‚ climate change and natural disasters. Modernisation of armed forces in SEA is accounted for with countries enhancing
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In what ways is sustainable development different from mainstream modernisation models? Despite overwhelming proof that the Western modernisation model will mean the end of planet earth as we know it there remains stubborn resistance to necessary change. Why? What are the major opposition forces to sustainability? Are global cooperation and changing lifestyles feasible? Use the example of one Caribbean country in your answer To be‚ or not to be -- that is the age-old question‚ and civilization
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How successful were the Russian governments in promoting economic change and modernisation between 1881-1904? After the Crimean War (1854-56) the econmoy in Russia slowly begun to develop. Alexander II set the development of a railwail bulding programm and a limited spread of factories. But Russia’s economy was still not as well-developed as that in western Europe. So a real industrialisation took of in the reign of Alexander III and the help of Nicholas II’s finance minsters Ivan Vyshnegradsky
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Impact of E-commerce in Modernisation of Traditional Enterprises with special reference to the Entrepreneurship development in Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) of Assam 1. INTRODUCTION: The term Electronic Commerce or E-Commerce consists of all business activities carried on with the use of electronic media that depend on the Internet‚ such as e-mail‚ instant messaging‚ shopping carts‚ Web services‚ UDDI (Universal Description‚ Discovery and Integration)‚ FTP (File Transfer
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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Paper 2 The establishment of the Meiji restoration was the beginning of modernisation in Japan. Japan moved from a traditional to a modern state or from a confucian world view to a secular‚ modern‚ scientific and rationale world view. The Meiji government used the ancient Chinese ideal of enriching the country at the same time strengthening the military to secure a place among the aggressors instead of being a victim of aggression. The economic
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time offers an insight into the history of Russia‚ and helps understand the political‚ social and administrative changes which occurred during the eighteenth century. That is not to say that Western influence was not perceptible before‚ but that Westernisation‚ that is the adoption of modern European models‚ usually with the intent of modernising the State‚ was intensified throughout this century.2 The goal of this essay is not to list all aspects of Russian life which were westernised‚ but rather to
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