1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465330003321

Titolo

From political won't to political will [[electronic resource] ] : building support for participatory governance / / edited by Carmen Malena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, VA, : Kumarian Press, 2009

ISBN

1-56549-564-0

1-56549-345-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MalenaCarmen

Disciplina

323/.042

Soggetti

Political participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"CIVICUS."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Tables and Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Part 1-Introduction -- Chapter 1 Building Political Will for Participatory Governance: An Introduction -- Chapter 2 Revisiting Participatory Governance: An Instrument for Empowerment or Co-optation? -- Chapter 3 Building Political Will for Participatory Governance: Overcoming the Obstacles -- Part 2-Generating Political Will for Participatory Governance at the Local Level -- Chapter 4 Lessons from the Work of the Aga Khan Foundation in Promoting Good Local Governance in Tajikistan, Kenya, and Tanzania -- Chapter 5 Neighborhood Democracy and Participation: Formal Representatives and Empowered Citizens Move From Competition to Mutual Interests -- Chapter 6 Building Political Will for Participatory Governance at the Local Level in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 7 Building Pressure from Below: Lessons from Uganda -- Chapter 8 Beyond Lip Service: Using Social Contracts to Achieve Participatory and Accountable Governance in the Philippines -- Part 3-Nurturing Political Will for Participatory Budgeting -- Chapter 9 Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting in Rural Zimbabwe: The Case of Mutoko Rural District Council -- Chapter 10 Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting in Canada: The Case of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition -- Chapter 11 From Command to Consent in Bolivia: How and Why to Gain Political Will for Citizen Participation -- Part 4-Building Political Will for



Participatory Governance at the National Level -- Chapter 12 Building Political Will for Refining Public Participation Policy in South Africa -- Chapter 13 Building Political Will for Enhanced Citizen Access to Information: Lessons from Latin America.

Chapter 14 Transparency International's Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres: Experiences in Fostering Citizen Participation and Government Responsiveness -- Part 5-Conclusion -- Chapter 15 Participatory Governance: Where There Is Lack of Will, Is There a Way? -- Index -- About CIVICUS -- About the Contributors.

Sommario/riassunto

There is consensus that good governance is participatory governance (PG), but public officials are often reluctant to adopt such an approach. This book addresses the particular challenge of encouraging these officials to involve citizens in the political process. It discusses issues such as identifying PG champions and building trust.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457313803321

Autore

McCue Colleen

Titolo

Data mining and predictive analysis [[electronic resource] ] : intelligence gathering and crime analysis / / Colleen McCue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007

ISBN

1-280-63650-5

9786610636501

0-08-046462-9

Descrizione fisica

XXVII, 393 p.; ; 24 cm

Disciplina

363.25/6

Soggetti

Crime analysis

Data mining

Law enforcement - Data processing

Criminal behavior, Prediction of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Sommario/riassunto

It is now possible to predict the future when it comes to crime. In  Data Mining and Predictive Analysis, Dr. Colleen McCue describes not only the possibilities for data mining to assist law enforcement professionals, but also provides real-world examples showing how data mining has identified crime trends, anticipated community hot-spots, and refined resource deployment decisions.  In this book Dr. McCue describes her use of ""off the shelf"" software to graphically depict crime trends and to predict where future crimes are likely to occur. Armed with this data, law enforcement executi