Por qué necesitamos una nueva teoría del gobierno

Un importante problema al que se enfrenta el mundo contemporáneo es el relativo a cómo construirgobiernos efectivos donde no existen. Aquí se presentan los componentes que son esencialespara la construcción y el mantenimiento de un gobierno efectivo. Se identifican mecanismosmediante los cuales al menos algunos de esos componentes pueden y llegan a existir. La acción(agency) humana, a través del liderazgo, la reforma de las creencias, la formación de preferencias,y un apoyo generalizado entre los electores, proporciona el ingrediente que faltaba en una teoríadinámica del gobierno efectivo. No obstante, aún faltan las recetas que transformen estos elementosen un gobierno que satisfaga a la población, a toda la población, a la vez que se reproduzca así misma y sin traumas destructivos. La acumulación de conocimientos e investigación se encuentraahora en un punto en el que se puede prever el surgimiento de una teoría dinámica del gobiernoefectivo

Modelando procesos históricos complejos con narrativas analíticas

Artículo originalEl proyecto Narrativas Analíticas representa un esfuerzo por aclarar y hacer explícito el enfoque adoptado por numerosos investigadores que tratan de combinar las investigaciones históricas y comparadas, con los modelos de rational choice. Con el objetivo de comprender las distintas instancias de origen y cambio de las instituciones, los narradores analíticos insisten en la combinación de un profundo conocimiento del caso con un modelo teórico explícito. Estas exigencias, sin embargo, no diferencian en sí mismo a la Narrativa Analítica de otras investigaciones histórico-comparativas bien diseñadas. El objetivo de este artículo es explicar qué es el enfoque narrativo analítico, y qué lo distingue de otros enfoques comprometidos con un riguroso abordaje histórico y comparativo. En el libro original y en las respuestas a sus críticos (Bates et al., 1998; Bates et al., 2000b; Bates et al., 2000a), los autores han tratado de subrayar los elementos cruciales del enfoque, pero aún quedan asuntos por sistematiza

The Analytical Narrative Project

African and African American StudiesGovernmen

Springtime Contribution of Dinitrogen Fixation to Primary Production Across the Mediterranean Sea

Dinitrogen (N-2) fixation rates were measured during early spring across the different provinces of Mediterranean Sea surface waters. N-2 fixation rates, measured using N-15(2) enriched seawater, were lowest in the eastern basin and increased westward with a maximum at the Strait of Gibraltar (0.10 to 2.35 nmol NL-1 d(-1), respectively). These rates were 3-7 fold higher than N-2 fixation rates measured previously in the Mediterranean Sea during summertime and we estimated that methodological differences alone did not account for the seasonal changes we observed. Higher contribution of N-2 fixation to primary production (4-8 %) was measured in the western basin compared to the eastern basin (similar to 2 %). Our data indicates that these differences between basins may be attributed to changes in N-2-fixing planktonic communities and that heterotrophic diazotrophy may play a significant role in the eastern Mediterranean while autotrophic diazotrophy has a more dominant role in the western basin

Analytic Narratives Revisited

African and African American StudiesGovernmen

The Analytic Narrative Project

In Analytic Narratives, we attempt to address several issues. First, many of us are engaged in in-depth case studies, but we also seek to contribute to, and to make use of, theory. How might we best proceed? Second, the historian, the anthropologist, and the area specialist possess knowledge of a place and time. They have an understanding of the particular. How might they best employ such data to create and test theories that may apply more generally? Third, what is the contribution of formal theory? What benefits are, or can be, secured by formalizing verbal accounts? In recent years, King, Keohane, and Verba (1994) and Green and Shapiro (1994) have provoked debate over these and related issues. In Analytic Narratives, we join in the methodological discussions spawned by their contributions

A Fred Friendly Roundtable

Taking a different approach from the other panels in the Court of Public Opinion Conference, participants in the roundtable role-played their way through a hypothetical (though familiar-sounding) legal issue involving alleged sexual assault by a student athlete, sensitive issues of race and class, and high profile media attention. Moderator Jack Ford, a TV news veteran, assigns roles including defense attorney, District Attorney, reporter, and Chancellor to a large panel, and asks them to examine their various obligations and choices when faced with the unfolding controversy. Questions/themes/discussion topics When and how should university officials publicly address criminal investigations involving students? Do in-house investigations by universities of alleged criminal acts by students affect those students\u27 constitutional rights? How should university officials balance the rights of accused students with the safety of the rest of the student body? Television news\u27s reliance on personality over expertise Public statements by prosecutors and defense counse

Obesity inhibits the osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells

Additional file 3: Figure S3. No observable differences in lnASCs and obASCs during early bone regeneration. Critical size calvarial defects were created in the parietal bone of nude mice and assessed after 2 weeks. (A) Representative images of microCT scanning. (B) Quantification of microCT. Scale bar represents 1 mm. Bars, Âą SEM

The Vehicle, Spring 2001

Vol. 42, No. 2 Table of Contents To Dream Without CeasingElizabeth Dedmanpage 4-5 Honoring Commandos at Spean BridgeKat Stevenspage 6 The Girl I NamelyKevin Manuspage 7 AbsolutionMike Mauritzenpage 8 Summertime SuperheroesChris Ptasnikpage 9 Flower at GlencoeKat Stevenspage 10 AddictionAdam Funkpage 11 Cornfield in JanuaryRobert Prattepage 12 MelancholyOona Margaret Burkepage 13 In PicturesAmanda McKaypage 14 Words to a Silent FilmBrianne Bolinpage 15 ManagerRobert Prattepage 16 The WellJanet Windegathpage 17 A Meal at the Personal Growth CafeAshley Kieferpage 18 Castlegate Evening at AberdeenKat Stevenspage 19 What We AreKevin Manuspage 20 Ode to My Gin-Soaked OlivesBrianne Bolinpage 21 The Six String PlayerRyan Guimondpage 22 MaxineJay Edwardspage 23 BarefootKrista Bodenpage 24 JulyAdam Funkpage 25 HopeOona Margaret Burkepage 26 UntitledLevy Wooln Dannerpage 27 The One and Only Picture I Have of YouKevin Manuspage 28 Death of a Fat ManBrianne Bolinpage 29-32https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1075/thumbnail.jp