Policy studies

domestic policies are sufficient for foreign policies, it is also to be proven true that foreign policies are adequate for the initiation, formulation, and implementation of domestic policies. This study will, therefore, be grounded on Andrew Moravcsik’s Liberal Theory of International Politics and Robert Putnam’s Logic of Two-Level Games. It has always been a struggle to formulate a theory on international relations that would deviate from an ideology. Moravcsik (1997) suggests, in his study…

2. Diffusion Theories and the Blurred Definition of Convergence on Education Privatization Studies of policy diffusion are grounded on the perspective that domestic policy decisions are affected by foreign choices. This influence, in turn, produces policy convergence (Braun 2006; Drori, Meyer, and Hwang 2006; Dobbin, Simmons, and Garrett 2007). Despite this common view, the mechanisms by which these approaches explain diffusion are quite different. Some theorists argue that since countries…

There is stemmed from this research the need for a new direction for environmental research, practice and policy. These are the five recommendations for such research: 1. Develop and integrated conceptual model of the built environment, mobility, and activities of everyday life. 2. Develop strategies to conduct better longitudinal studies 3. Expand the study of diverse aging populations 4. Expand the biological and behavioral mechanisms to explain the effects of the built environment…

demonstrate that the variation in practice in the application of non-refoulement between South Africa and Botswana could not be explained by the variation in the institutionalization of international norms. Regime stretching is demonstrated through the case study of South Africa and Botswana as host states for Zimbabweans. South Africa demonstrated regime stretching through the temporary suspension of the deportation of refugees who fell outside of the 1951 Convention framework. Botswana did not…

began to think, “If I say, ‘Yes’ would my character be questioned?” but, “If I say, ‘No’ would this person think I was being insubordinate?” To answer the question, one must consider policy versus procedure and then somewhere in the middle, lay the legality. There…

state that surpasses the amount of deaths caused by homicide, suicide, motor vehicle accidents, and AIDS combined. That is what is happening in New Jersey. Despite numerous efforts by the state, the opioid epidemic is still on the rise. In 2015, a study conducted by New Jersey advanced media states that, “the per-capita rate of 8.3 heroin-related deaths per 100,000 people is more than triple the national rate reported by the Centers for Disease Control” (Hochman, 2016). The highest amount of…

using PTO policy that offer 25 days off will be present. Some advantages to this policy are: workers are treated as adults that are entitled to use any PTO days at their own discretion; Managers do not have to monitor an employee's use of their paid time; With an employee's scheduling PTO day in advance, they are giving their employee a "heads up" so that they can better prepare for workloads; Employee's tend to appreciate the flexible aspect of a PTO policy.…

United States military. Although there is much debate about foreign policy, there isn’t must justification for our nation’s wars. As the Iraq war grew unpopular, the analytical focus shifted deficiencies in intelligence analysis, war-planning, and counterinsurgency doctrine. There is not much focus on the theories of democratization, energy security, non-proliferation, and of failed states justifying the war and occupation. As the studies are focused on being cost efficient, recent U.S. wars…

emerges of equity has only been emphasize during the last few decades (Wallace Foundation, 2013), equity has now become a significant debate (Castelli, Ragazzi, & Crescentini, 2012) among policy analyst, policy-makers, government officials and scholars (Espinoza, 2007) and is the new mantra in educational policy (Fullan & Boyle, 2014). In fact, the issue of equity has become a…

me to my chosen field: environmental studies. Becoming a scientific diver changed my educational direction. The ocean took my breath away with its wide variety of life and showed me the many dimensions of the underwater world which created a special interest in me for the marine and coastal environmental fields. After spending…