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How can power discourses be changed? - Contrasting the âdaughter deficitâ policy of the Delhi government with Gandhi and Kingâs transformational reframing
Social policy impact is partly determined by how policy is articulated and advocated,
including which values are highlighted and how. In this paper, we examine the influence
of policy framing and reframing on outcomes, with particular reference to the policies
of the Delhi state government in India that target the practices of female feticide,
infanticide and neglect that underlie the âdaughter deficitâ. Using Snow and Benfordâs
categories for understanding reframing processes, the paper outlines and applies a
âmodelâ of reframing disputed issues derived from looking at two famous campaigns â
Gandhiâs 1930 Salt March in the struggle for Indian freedom from British rule and the
African-American civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. It argues that âcarrot
and stickâ policy measures, such as financial incentives and legal prohibitions, to
counteract the âdaughter deficitâ must be complemented by well crafted discursive
interventions
Twenty Years after Beijing: Can Promises be Turned into Progress?
Twenty years since the landmark women's conference at Beijing, and as the post?2015 agenda is concluded, it is clear that there has been a significant increase in rhetoric from governments and even some notable achievements in the field of women's equality and rights. But a failure to tackle underlying causes â particularly the persistent unequal power relations between women and men â has thwarted real, sustainable progress. A report by the Gender and Development Network has identified four areas in need of far greater political focus and resources: working with marginalised women to build their own agency; supporting women's collective action; promoting positive social norms; and reassessing macroeconomic policies and the role of the care economy
Syngenta Switching off farmers' rights?
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Corporate Governance and the Public Interest
Abstract Corporate governance has long been a concern for industrial economists but not typically a centrepiece of policy. One reason is that policy design has been based on a marketâorientated approach to the theory and impact of the firm. In contrast, this paper is rooted in a strategic decisionâmaking perspective that makes corporate governance a central policy issue. Moreover, whereas responses to corporate scandals have focused on shareholders wronged by managers, we see the significance of corporate governance very differently. Merely to punish managers who fail shareholders is to ignore systemic failures, namely that, by design, managers are not democratically accountable to all interests in corporationsâ activities. The impact of modern corporations turns crucially on who governs. In practice preferences over strategy vary across actors but not all interests are currently being represented in decision making, resulting in a failure to govern in the public interest. As solutions, we consider the design of company law and also more immediate ways forward, focusing on regulation and democratically controlled public agencies. Our prime concern is the fundamental significance of active, effective citizens. Throughout, the arguments are illustrated using examples from various countries and industries.Governance, strategic decisions, corporations, public interest, industrial economic policy, L5, G38, H11,