 | | | | Cost-effective provision of low-volume roads in South Africa South Africa's provincial and municipal road authorities are responsible for the maintenance of an extensive low-volume gravel road network. Given the significant deterioration in the quality of this network, it is questionable whether authorities can and should accommodate the relative maintenance intensity of gravel roads within the resource constraints they face. The high incidence of gravel roads was largely driven by decentralized provision and relatively cheap construction costs compared to sealed alternatives, but consideration should extend to the resources that are required for the... |
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| An economics-based road classification system for South Africa Many road authorities, including those in South Africa, are unable to reliably identify and prioritise the maintenance of two essential road categories: roads that are required to satisfy citizens' constitutional right to access basic services; and roads that maximise potential economic growth. This issue stems from reliance on the current set of classification systems, which lack the requisite detail to determine a road's significance in connecting communities to basic service facilities, the volume and type of economic activity it supports, and overlaps between these functions. This paper... |
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| The Role of Knowledge Sharing in Market Response: The Case of Saman Bank of Iran Perpetual changes in the workplace and daily business activities bring a need for imbedding organizational knowledge sharing within the organizations' culture, routines and processes. Manager's typical work requires adaptive responses to new environmental conditions; it has been asserted that only knowledge sharing and continuous learning behavior can lead to effective responses. Current literature in the fields of strategy and marketing suggests that knowledge orientation influences organizational performances through organizational responsiveness. The research investigated the significant... |
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| Lecture 'Critique and Reconstruction: Pragmatism, Social science, and Democracy' This lecture reviews the original 'pragmatic turn' in philosophical thinking and draws out the consequences for social sciences and political theory. This lecture forms part of a public lecture series that runs in connection with the Doctoral School course "Pragmatism for Social Scientists: Histories, Criticisms & Opportunities". International guest speakers who will be leading seminar sessions in the Pragmatism course will also give a public lecture to present their own work. Brendan Hogan (The New School for Social Research, PhD) is Clinical Associate Professor in the Global... |
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| The name of the game: The Regime of National Collaboration The System of National Collaboration is the great invention of Victor Orbán's communication in which he presents himself as the uncontested leader of the nation. But what kind of political intentions and ideas inform the creation of this regime? I will try to analytically deconstruct the populist authoritarian attempt of Viktor Orbán, one of the trendsetters in politics today. |
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| COURSE: Applied Conflict Analysis - Spring 2018 What does social conflict mean? What are the composing and dynamic elements of a given conflict? How to identify, capture and conceptualize a conflict? What are the strategies and tools of conflict analysis? How to analyze a given conflict in varying social settings? What particular methods does one need to apply? How to generate a research design concerning social conflict issues? In order to answer aforementioned questions, the course at hand is organized into three parts. The first part-Definitions and Phenomena of Social Conflict-provides prominent definitions of social conflict and... |
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| New Railway Route from China to Europe Through Russia: Bluff or Tactical Ploy In the plenary session of the XIV Forum of Interregional Cooperation of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, held on November 9, the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced plans for a new railway route from China to Europe via the territories of Russia and Kazakhstan. Putin expressed support for the idea, which was raised by Nazarbayev, and assessed that this railroad "would provide strong impetus to the development of a number of industries, since the project could be very ambitious" . Coincidentally or not, the announcement was made ten days... |
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| Research Methods in Indigenous Contexts This forward-looking resource offers readers a modern contextual framework for conducting social science research with indigenous peoples. Foundational chapters summarize current UN-based standards for indigenous rights and autonomy, with their implications for research practice. Coverage goes on to detail minimally-invasive data-gathering methods, survey current training and competency issues, and consider the scientist's role in research, particularly as a product of his/her own cultural background. From these guidelines and findings, students and professionals have a robust base for... |
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