9 research outputs found

    A Methodology for Ontology-based Knowledge-level Inoperability among Parliaments

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    Most of the information systems (IS) interoperability research and practice in the e-government area has been focused on the operational level, aiming mainly at enabling the delivery of integrated electronic services involving several government agencies to citizens and enterprises based on the ‘one-stop shop’ model, and the support of co-operation among government agencies from the same or even different countries at the operational level. This paper is dealing with knowledge-level interoperability, which aims at the support of higher knowledge-intensive tasks of government, such as the formulation of legislation. In particular, it presents an ontology-based methodology for achieving knowledge-level interoperability among IS of Parliaments. It is based on the common use by Parliaments of the ontology of the ‘Issue-Based Information Systems’ (IBIS) framework for codifying the public policy related knowledge produced in the various stages of legislation formulation. Also, an application of the proposed methodology is presented for the case of the Law concerning ‘Contracts of Voluntary Cohabitation’ that has been recently passed by the Greek Parliament; its evaluation resulted in a proposal for a refinement of the above ontology that can be used for achieving a better codification of the knowledge that the main content (articles) of Laws contains

    The Inter-Organizationa; System (IOS) Artifact: an Interpretaticce Discourse

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    A need for theory-based research covering IOS artifact has been cited by IS academics and researchers, wherein the subject of the research is the IOS itself, as opposed to the contexts within which the IOS gets acceptance. This paper attempts to define a simple proposition pertinent to the IOS artifact and in doing so identifies areas of research interest, which if pursued could potentially lead to theories for IOS that are explanatory, instructive and stand the test of IOS evolution

    Contemporary global challenges in geopolitics, security policy and world economy

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    This is the second time that the International PhD Conference has been organized by the International Relations Multidisciplinary Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest. We hope this is a sign that we have created a tradition, and that the conference will be organized in the future as well. As in the previous year, most of the presentations given at this year’s conference will again be published in a collected volume in the form of edited studies, with the aim of promoting the publication performance of PhD students.The comprehensive profile of the Doctoral School, the diversity of its three subprograms – International and Security Studies, World Economy and Geopolitics – is reflected in the various topics of the studies in this volume. These include e.g. security and defence policy, challenges the world economy is facing nowadays, the institutions and policies of the European Union, the emerging powers of Asia, as well as sustainability and other important, highly relevant issues. The regions examined in the studies range from the EU through the Arab world to Latin America and Asia, and countries such as the United States, Russia, Ukraine, China, India, Jordan and Tunisia are analysed, to name just a few.The multidisciplinary nature of the Doctoral School has long been expressed in its name, mainly due to the fact that it is entitled to award degrees in two disciplines (economics and political science). Multidisciplinarity is also manifested in the diversity of the topics of this volume. Not only multidisciplinarity, but also interdisciplinarity, the presence of “frontiers” in the field of mutually interdependent disciplines can be traced in the articles, as the authors refer to e.g. law, history, security policy as well as theories of international relations

    Proceedings of 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, vol 1

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    Lost in Transitions: Analyzing Sectoral Transitions in Postcolonial Developing Island States, Investigating Theoretical and Practical Gaps in Sustainability Transitions Theory

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    The theory of Sustainability Transitions, a current concept that has a relevance for both policy and academic thinking, attempts to explain fundamental structural changes in individual economic sectors and in societies at large. Yet, its application outside developed industrialized societies, where the theory originated, has been limited. More research is required on the applicability of transition approaches in developing states. This study attends to this constraint by examining the explanatory power of the main theoretical tenets of sustainability transitions in the contexts of the agricultural and extractive sectors of the postcolonial developing island states of Nauru, Jamaica and Sri Lanka, which extends the geographical and historical terrain of the theory. An empirical survey of 180 individuals, participant observations, archival research, a review of 536 books and articles, in 9 fieldwork missions and some 50 research sites, provides a canvas broad enough to test Sustainability Transitions epistemology and hypotheses with local communities of knowledge: its theoretical scope – levels and units of analysis, its transition causation mechanisms, its validity outside its origin-context in developed countries, and, by extension, to establish whether or not its universal assumptions are justified. Drawing on a comprehensive multi-sectoral analysis, this study illustrates that when deployed in the context of developing countries, specifically in postcolonial island states, the multi-level perspective is deficient. While the analytical framework is useful to some extent, it falls short to provide an inclusive explanation of what drives sectoral changes in developing island states and its epistemology is not fully-representative of sectoral and societal transitions in unindustrialized island societies. The theory does not adequately consider the role of government, or agency; it fails to define the notion of sustainability in applicable, operational terms; it overemphasizes the role of niches and radical innovation networks in sectoral change processes while underemphasizing the rigidity of dominant socio-technical regimes; it offers neither a normative model nor a valid descriptive model of sectoral transformations, and therefore, subscribes no instrument for policy analysis and policy design. Further research is essential to examine whether or not these theoretical limitations are observable in other developing states, and in such event, further refinements of sustainability transitions analytical tools should be warranted

    Agamben and Politics : A Critical Introduction

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    The Policies of the European Union from a Central European Perspective

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    Law in the present future : approaching the legal imaginary of smart cities with science (and) fiction

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    This doctoral research concerns smart cities, describing digital solutions and social issues related to their innovative technologies, adopted models, and major projects around the world. The many perspectives mentioned in it were identified by online tools used for the textual analysis of two databases that were built from relevant publications on the main subject by authors coming from media and academia. Expected legal elements emerged from the applied process, such as privacy, security, transparency, participation, accountability, and governance. A general review was produced on the information available about the public policies of Big Data in the two municipal cases of Rio de Janeiro and MontrĂ©al, and their regulation in the Brazilian and Canadian contexts. The combined approaches from science and literature were explored to reflect on the normative concerns represented by the global challenges and local risks brought by urban surveillance, climate change, and other neoliberal conditions. Cyberpunk Science Fiction reveals itself useful for engaging with the shared problems that need to be faced in the present time, all involving democracy. The results achieved reveal that this work was, in fact, about the complex network of practices and senses between (post)modern law and the imaginary of the future.Cette recherche doctorale centrĂ©e sur les villes intelligentes met en Ă©vidence les solutions numĂ©riques et les questionnements sociĂ©taux qui ont trait aux technologies innovantes, ainsi qu’aux principaux modĂšles et projets dĂ©veloppĂ©s autour d’elles Ă  travers le monde. Des perspectives multiples en lien avec ces dĂ©veloppements ont Ă©tĂ© identifiĂ©es Ă  l’aide d’outils en ligne qui ont permis l’analyse textuelle de deux bases de donnĂ©es comprenant des publications scientifiques et des Ă©crits mĂ©diatiques. De ce processus analytique ont Ă©mergĂ© des Ă©lĂ©ments juridiques relatifs aux questions de vie privĂ©e, de sĂ©curitĂ©, de transparence, de participation, d’imputabilitĂ© et de gouvernance. De plus, Ă  partir de ces informations a Ă©tĂ© rĂ©alisĂ©e une revue des politiques publiques relatives aux mĂ©gadonnĂ©es dans les villes de Rio de Janeiro et de MontrĂ©al, ainsi que des rĂ©glementations nationales du Canada et du BrĂ©sil en lien avec ce sujet. Finalement, Ă  travers l’exploration d’écrits scientifiques et fictionnels de la littĂ©rature, les principaux enjeux normatifs soulevĂ©s localement et mondialement par la surveillance urbaine, les changements climatiques et les politiques nĂ©olibĂ©rales ont pu ĂȘtre mis Ă  jour. Le courant cyberpunk de la science-fiction s’est avĂ©rĂ© particuliĂšrement utile pour rĂ©vĂ©ler les principaux problĂšmes politiques, en lien avec la prĂ©servation de la dĂ©mocratie, auxquelles sont confrontĂ©es nos sociĂ©tĂ©s prĂ©sentement. Les rĂ©sultats de la recherche dĂ©montrent finalement la prĂ©sence d’un rĂ©seau de pratiques et de significations entre le droit (post)moderne et les reprĂ©sentations imaginaires du futur
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