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28 Feb 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose to evaluate the success of transport policy and its implementation in four years period and make public and participatory assessment projects more participatory than today, to contribute to the policy formulation.
Abstract: Four years period is a rather short time to evaluate the success of transport policy and its implementation. Many outcomes of the policies can not really be seen to be effective on that time. This holds true also for policy evaluation projects like INDIC, ASSESS or TRANSFORUM. Furthermore, this kind of assessment projects should be made more public and participatory than today, to really contribute to the policy formulation.

942 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine security and citizenship in the UK and compare the security games of the Cold War with the governmentality of social security, arguing that these games exist in tension with one another.
Abstract: What implications do emerging spaces, concepts and identities of security have for the practice of citizenship? This article examines security and citizenship in the UK. As its focus it takes a recent White Paper published by the British government called Secure Borders, Safe Haven (2002). Two arguments are developed. First, it is argued that with this document, and the reforms it proposes for immigration, asylum and citizenship in the UK, we are in the presence of ‘domopolitics’. Whereas political economy is descended from the will to govern the state as a household, domopolitics aspires to govern the state like a home. Consequently, domopolitics and liberal political economy exist in tension with one another. Second, we need new forms of comparison if we are to adequately map domopolitics. To this end, the article compares the domopolitics of the homeland and similar securitizations not with the interstate security games of the Cold War, but with the governmentality of social security.

333 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reflect on some of the general literature on public sector performance management and the findings and recommendations of the Public Services Productivity Panel in order to attempt to answer whether performance management in the public sector is currently fact or fiction.
Abstract: Since New Labour came to power in the UK in 1997, there has been a drive to improve the effectiveness of public services through the use of private sector principles. From, the Modernising Government White Paper to the development of the Public Services Productivity Panel who, produced a raft of White Papers tackling health, social services, welfare and criminal justice. This paper, through the analysis of two studies, will reflect on some of the general literature on public sector performance management and the findings and recommendations of the Public Services Productivity Panel in order to attempt to answer whether performance management in the public sector is currently fact or fiction? In other words the paper will aim to develop and answer, to a certain extent, if it really possible to raise productivity and performance within public sector organisations through developing performance management systems based on private sector experience.

224 citations


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TL;DR: The concept of territorial cohesion was first proposed by the French in the early 1990s as discussed by the authors and has been adopted by the European Union for planning purposes since the early 2000s, with the focus on regional economic development as such.
Abstract: If finally accepted, the new concept of territorial cohesion could mean a formal planning role for the European Union. The paper traces the French roots of this concept. As other concepts in European integration, it is subject to multiple interpretations. The initial focus has been on regional economic development as such. At present, territorial cohesion is also held to mean (for example, in the White Paper on European Governance) the co-ordination of policies with an impact on one and the same territory. Originally adhering to a more interventionist approach to spatial planning, the French have learned to factor balanced and sustainable development, concerns of the so-called comprehensive integrated approach, into the equation. Germans, in turn, are seeing sense in the new French focus on 'services of general economic interest'. Experts from both countries agree on the need for a spatial framework for Community policies. Such a framework would look somewhat like the European Spatial Development Perspect...

127 citations


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TL;DR: It is suggested that major revisions can result in an outcome-based education system that prepares oral health professionals to meet both the needs of patients/families/communities and the requirements of a changing health system.
Abstract: The oral health education system is in need of major reform! This is especially apparent in university-based education for the health professions. So-called preclinical as well as clinical education simply has not kept pace with or been responsive enough to shifting patient demographics and patient/population desires and expectations, changing health system expectations, evolving interdisciplinary expertise and practice requirements, new scientific discoveries and scientific information, focus on quality improvement, and/or integration of emerging technologies. Moreover, university-based "dental education" is the most costly professional degree education within the entire university portfolio, and dental student accumulated debt is increasing each year well beyond national inflation estimates. Today, we have an enormous opportunity to explore major reforms in health professional education. Through the Santa Fe "process" of open and candid engagements and discussions (see www.santafegroup.org), we advance an argument as well as a national strategy that can enable major reforms in the oral health education system. We further suggest that major revisions can result in an outcome-based education system that prepares oral health professionals to meet both the needs of patients/families/communities and the requirements of a changing health system.

127 citations


Book
01 Jan 2004

73 citations


01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the findings of a study commissioned by the Home Office to explore the factors influencing the decision to return, including the role played by incentives, as well as to enhance understanding of the concept of the sustainability of return.
Abstract: Voluntary return of refugees and asylum seekers is seen as an increasingly important element of the UK policy agenda on immigration and asylum, consistent with proposals contained within the 2002 White Paper Secure Borders, Safe Haven: Integration with Diversity in Modern Britain. Since 1999, the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) of the UK Home Office has been funding programmes to assist failed asylum applicants, those awaiting a decision and those with time-limited exceptional leave to enter or remain, who wish to return to their country of origin. In the context of increasing UK government interest in this area, this report describes the findings of a study commissioned by the Home Office to explore the factors influencing the decision to return, including the role played by incentives, as well as to enhance understanding of the concept of the ‘sustainability’ of return. The research was conducted by a team based at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, and involved fieldwork both in the UK and in the Balkans. This chapter sets out the aims and objectives of the report, its background and relevance, and its structure.

64 citations


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TL;DR: Inclusive education as outlined in the Education White Paper 6 is a response to the widespread social, economic and political changes in South Africa, as well as a means of establishing a caring, humane and egalitarian society as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Inclusive Education as outlined in the Education White Paper 6 is a response to the widespread social, economic and political changes in South Africa, as well as a means of establishing a caring, humane and egalitarian society. The introduction of this policy will, however, require extensive changes in education, as the focus shifts from learners' adjustment to the demands of the system, to the system's capability to accommodate all learners' needs as inclusively as possible. This means that the collaborative effort of every role-player in developing the new system is critical. For the effective implementation of inclusive education, education legislation and policy stress the role and responsibility of parents, viewing them as integral partners in developing a more inclusive system, where decision-making and the responsibility for outcomes are shared. Parent-school partnerships that allow parents to become active collaborators rather than passive observers of their children's education should therefore b...

63 citations


01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a directory of performance monitoring and evaluation tools for grid applications, which can help grid users, developers, and administrators in finding an appropriate tool according to their requirements.
Abstract: This white paper is aimed at creating a directory of existing performance monitoring and evaluation tools. The detailed categorization enables finding relevant properties, similarities and differences, and comparing the tools. The paper is neutral: there are no comments or assessment. The catalogue helps grid users, developers, and administrators in finding an appropriate tool according to their requirements. The white paper is intended to be updated by the APART community until the end of the APART-2 project and possibly beyond. Grid monitoring and performance analysis tool developers are supposed to check the categorization of their product and modify it if they find anything incorrect in our classification. Moreover, they are expected to send update messages of new versions and prototypes and the white paper will be updated accordingly. Finally, feedback about practical experiences learned from deploying and testing these tools are intended to be added to the paper in the future so that it will show a real classification among development trends. ∗This work is funded by the European Commission via the working group on Automatic Performance Analysis: Real Tools (APART), www.fz-juelich.de/apart

56 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the short-lived marriage of transport and environmental policy is facing a stern test, and that greater integration of policy is required (possibly through a Ministerial Committee, but not through further departmental restructuring).

51 citations


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TL;DR: The recent White Paper, The Future of Higher Education, and the annual increase in the number of young people achieving passes at A-level (the final secondary-school examinations) have fuelled an o...
Abstract: The recent White Paper, The Future of Higher Education, and the annual increase in the number of young people achieving passes at A-level (the final secondary-school examinations) have fuelled an o...

01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The challenges that lie ahead in the deployment of an open network monitoring infrastructure that would allow researchers and network operators to easily process and share network traffic statistics over multiple sites are identified.
Abstract: CoMo (Continuous Monitoring) is a passive monitoring system. CoMo has been designed to be the basic building block of an open network monitoring infrastructure that would allow researchers and network operators to easily process and share network traffic statistics over multiple sites. This paper identifies the challenges that lie ahead in the deployment of such an open infrastructure. These main challenges are: (1) the system must allow any generic metric to be computed on the incoming traffic stream, (2) it must provide privacy and security guarantees to the owner of the monitored link, the network users and the CoMo users, and (3) it must be robust in the face of anomalous traffic patterns. We describe the high-level architecture of CoMo and, in greater detail, the resource management, query processing and security aspects.


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TL;DR: There is substantial agreement about the goals of intellectual disability services and the processes that need to take place around individuals to help them get what they need and want, but disagreements about whether person-centred planning will deliver this and whether it will provide a robust basis for claiming and defending the resources people with intellectual disabilities will need in the future.
Abstract: This paper responds to four commentaries on our original paper in this issue. We respond to issues raised under three headings addressing the scale of the task envisaged in the 2001 White Paper Valuing People, the feasibility and effectiveness of individual planning and how to achieve person-centred action. We conclude that there is substantial agreement about the goals of intellectual disability services and the processes that need to take place around individuals to help them get what they need and want. We disagree about whether person-centred planning will deliver this, and about whether it will provide a robust basis for claiming and defending the resources people with intellectual disabilities will need in the future.


Dissertation
01 Nov 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the implementation of the principles of the Batho Pele White Paper, as a definitive government regulation on service delivery, by the South African public service; specifically by Statistics SA.
Abstract: II t is the implementation of laws and the actual provision of services and products that constitutes governance. The programmes of government should thus contribute towards an enhanced quality of life for all. This implies that the outcomes of public administration are aimed at service delivery and the improvement of the general welfare of the people. The Batho Pele White Paper states that the South African Public Service will be judged by one criterion: its effectiveness in delivering services that meet the basic needs of all South African citizens, and the aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the principles of the Batho Pele White Paper, as a definitive government regulation on service delivery, by the South African public service; specifically by Statistics SA.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a series of three white papers that addressed traffic data quality issues, and regional stakeholder workshops were held in Columbus, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah, to critique the white papers and gather input for the traffic data data quality action plan.
Abstract: Recent research and analyses have identified several issues about the quality of traffic data available from intelligent transportation systems for transportation operations, planning, or other functions. FHWA contracted with Battelle, the Texas Transportation Institute, and Cambridge Systematics to develop an action plan to help stakeholders address traffic data quality issues. The project team developed a series of three white papers that addressed traffic data quality issues, and regional stakeholder workshops were held in Columbus, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah, to critique the white papers and gather input for the traffic data quality action plan. Recommendations are provided for defining and measuring traffic data quality. Data quality is defined as "the fitness of data for all purposes that require it. Measuring data quality requires an understanding of all intended purposes for that data." Six key data quality measures are recommended: accuracy, completeness, validity, timeliness, coverage, and a...

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TL;DR: The UK Government's White Paper ‘No More Excuses’ (Home Office, 1997) set out plans for changing the culture of the Youth Court as mentioned in this paper, focusing on one crucial aspect of the reform plans.
Abstract: The UK Government’s White Paper ‘No More Excuses’ (Home Office, 1997) set out plans for changing the culture of the Youth Court. This article focuses on one crucial aspect of the reform plans: the ...


Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The United Nations declared 1997-2006 as the first decade for the eradication of poverty and both the 1997 White Paper on International Development by DFID and the 2000 World Development Report by the World Bank recognise poverty elimination as the “world's greatest challenge” as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Since the middle of the 1990s, poverty alleviation seems to have become the new priority agenda of international development organisations. The United Nations declared 1997–2006 as the “first UN decade for the eradication of poverty” and both the 1997 White Paper on International Development by DFID and the 2000 World Development Report by the World Bank recognise poverty elimination as the “world’s greatest challenge”. UN-agencies (UNICEP, UNDP, etc.) but also other international development organisations and institutions (ILO, WTO, etc.) are now taking concerted action to try to achieve the target proposed by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, namely to reduce by half by 2015 the proportion of people living in extreme poverty1. Even the IMF’s general orientation seems to have been influenced by this ‘new’ poverty agenda. The IMF’s facility for poor countries (formally known as the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility) has now been renamed the ‘Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility’ and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) initiative has replaced the Policy Framework Paper as the overarching document which outlines the IMF’s policy directions and resource allocation framework.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for good higher education in which academics and students take responsibility for their scholarly activities, not the fulfilment of quality criteria that may fail to capture the essences of an educated person.
Abstract: This paper argues for good higher education in which academics and students take responsibility for their scholarly activities. This ought to be the goal for higher education, not the fulfilment of quality criteria that may fail to capture the essences of an educated person. This proposal is offered, in part, as a response to the UK government's recent White Paper – on the future of higher education.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that whilst it is important to consider issues of economic efficiency in the communications sector, this should neither obscure nor compromise the need to create progressive, socially responsible, universal service reflective of the requirements of 21st century users.



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TL;DR: The importance of innovation in higher education is recognised in South African educational discourse as mentioned in this paper, while the future of any nation is seen to be determined by its ability to convert knowledge into wealth and the social or public good.
Abstract: The importance of innovation in higher education is recognised in South African educational discourse. The South African White Paper on Science and Technology, issued in September 1996 and entitled, Preparing for the 21st Century, states that, "... the White Paper is built upon the twin concepts of 'innovation' and a 'national system of innovation'". The National Plan for Higher Education (2001) recently unveiled by the Ministry of Education, also places great emphasis on innovation. Innovation is regarded as the key to knowledge production and processing, while the future of any nation is seen to be determined by its ability to convert knowledge into wealth and the social or public good. In this article we want to argue that innovation in higher education goes beyond the formal systems of innovation done in universities and industrial research and development laboratories. For proper development to occur in the South African context, we would maintain that indigenized African innovations and knowledge systems would also have to be taken into account in higher education curricula. South African Journal of Higher Education Vol.17(2) 2003: 40-45

01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The authors explored the role of organisational culture in either supporting or constraining the success of women in the workplace and investigated the benefits of gender diversity and what organisations can do to prevent ongoing gender bias.
Abstract: This white paper explores the role of organisational culture in either supporting or constraining the success of women in the workplace and investigates the benefits of gender diversity and what organisations can do to prevent ongoing gender bias.


Book
01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: The work of the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the National Crime Squad, and the investigative work of HM Customs and Excise is described in this paper, where the authors look at organisational structures, strategies, skills, capabilities and the case for new powers.
Abstract: This White Paper looks at how the effort against organised crime can be enhanced It builds on a review, which looked at organisational structures, strategies, skills, capabilities and the case for new powers The key organisational change is the proposal for a new organised crime agency, which will bring together the work of the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the National Crime Squad, and the investigative work of HM Customs and Excise Proposed new powers include: the extension of Serious Fraud Office type powers; a review of the law on conspiracy; a review of the case for a national witness protection scheme; a closer control of criminals' finances after release from prison; provisions to encourage defendants to plead guilty and testify against co-defendants

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TL;DR: The main effects of recent legislative changes to the corporate insolvency law of the United Kingdom, from the standpoint of their potential impact upon corporate rescue, have been surveyed in this paper.
Abstract: This paper surveys the main effects of recent legislative changes to the corporate insolvency law of the United Kingdom, from the standpoint of their potential impact upon corporate rescue. The reforms, enacted in 2000 and 2002 and brought into force during 2003, have recast the law relating to company voluntary arrangements, administrations, and administrative receiverships. After considering the various deficiencies in the pre-existing law, which rendered each of these procedures in varying ways unsatisfactory for the purpose of addressing the problems of financially troubled companies, the paper examines the process by which the declared intentions of the government when introducing its reforming legislation were significantly altered during the course of enactment into law. While the outcome of this dialectical drama has been the bringing about of some worthwhile improvements in the refashioned administration procedure, this has been accompanied by a significant dilution of the government’s previously stated intentions with respect to the attenuation of the rights and powers of creditors holding security in the form of a floating charge. Consequently, the paper concludes that administrative receivership will retain a far greater practical significance than had been previously envisaged, while the opportunities made available to floating charge holders under the revised administration procedure provide a strong incentive for institutional lenders to continue to make use of this species of security. The author concludes that UK insolvency law has been unable to embrace the “American way” of corporate rescue, with debtor-in-possession as its core principle, but has instead opted for a “rescue” model in which creditor interests continue to assert a dominant influence.