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2. Values at Stake: Southeast Europe: A Normative Marktplace?
- Author:
- Vedran Dzihic, Gazela Pudar Drasko, Nilay Kilinc, Nilay Kilinc, and Senada Šelo Šabić
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP)
- Abstract:
- Europe has not yet achieved creating a common European sense of »who we are«. The question is whether EU normative influence ever truly existed and whether substantial normative transfers to Southeast Europe (SEE) have ever been achieved. The prevailing top-down »one size fits all« approach to democratization in Southeast Europe must be contested in favour of a more nuanced methodology that considers the interests, grievances, and demands of each society.We cannot have societies with true European values without creating high-quality discursive spaces where SEE citizens can socialize as active citizens. We need to build a democracy of informed and engaged citizens that do not exclude each other.
- Topic:
- Democratization, European Union, Regional Integration, and Norms
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Southeast Europe
3. State Education Finances: A Deep-Dive into School Education Finances in Eight States
- Author:
- Mridusmita Bordoloi, Sharad Pandey, and Ruchi Junnarkar
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Centre for Policy Research, India
- Abstract:
- This study is an attempt to provide an in-depth understanding of school education financing in India through an analysis of expenditures incurred across eight states from FY 2014-15 to FY 2017-18.
- Topic:
- Education, Governance, Finance, and Public Policy
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India
4. Financing Nutrition in India: Cost Implications of the Nutrition Policy Landscape 2019-20
- Author:
- Avani Kapur, Ritwik Shukla, Manan Thakkar, and Purnima Menon
- Publication Date:
- 07-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Centre for Policy Research, India
- Abstract:
- India should have spent at least ₹38,571 crore in 2019-20, across Union government ministries and State government departments to fully finance a set of core direct nutrition interventions (DNIs), at scale. In this study, you will find information on nutrition costing. It carries forward critical studies that costed for nutrition interventions.
- Topic:
- Government, Food, and Finance
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India
5. Invisible Sanitation Workers @ Covid 19 Lockdown: Voices From 10 Cities
- Author:
- Shubhagato Dasgupta, Tripti Singh, and Anju Dwivedi
- Publication Date:
- 04-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Centre for Policy Research, India
- Abstract:
- Despite precarious working conditions, sanitation workers provide an essential service at the cost of their safety, health, and dignity. With the outbreak of COVID-19, their position is further jeopardised. The situation is likely to become more grave if these invisible frontline workers continue to interact with communities either without or with inadequate protective gear and safety equipment. To combat the ongoing public health crisis, while most strategies focus on scientific and technical solutions crucial to contain the epidemic, simultaneously there is a need to strengthen preparedness and response measures to safeguard these invisible frontline workers. Against this background, a rapid research study was launched to delve deeper into issues sanitation workers face during COVID-19 lockdown across ten cities. Findings and learnings from the study highlight the lived reality of sanitation workers during COVID-19. These vibrant voices showcase variations among sanitation workers across the country based on the nature of their contract, typology of work, the procedure of work, access to protective gear and safety equipment, provision of training, and awareness of institutional response.
- Topic:
- Labor Issues, Sanitation, Cities, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India
6. Crammed In Or Shut Out? Implications of Delhi's Homeless Shelter System's Floor Space Constraints - with Attention to the Potential Public Health Risks of Overcrowded Shelters during COVID-19
- Author:
- Ashwin Parulkar
- Publication Date:
- 07-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Centre for Policy Research, India
- Abstract:
- In May 2020, about 50 residents of a cluster of homeless shelters near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital tested COVID-19 positive. Officials from the Delhi Shelter Urban Improvement Board (DUSIB), the state nodal agency responsible for the capital’s approximately 220 24X7 night shelters, later admitted these residents to nearby hospitals but did not initiate widespread testing in Delhi’s shelters. The AIIMS shelter cluster consisted mostly of tent structures set up by the government each winter on a temporary basis. Their tenure was extended this year to accommodate more people in need during the nation-wide Lockdown. AIIMS shelters were crowded spaces. The tents were 600 square feet in size and officially reserved for 50 residents – just 12 square feet per person. About 18 people actually used these tents each night, indicating that 33.8 square feet of personal space existed between residents. This is far below the national shelter floor space guideline of 50 square feet per resident stipulated by the National Urban Livelihood Mission Scheme of Shelters and endorsed by the Delhi High Court and the Honorable Supreme Court. Floor space constraints pervade Delhi’s homeless shelter system. DUSIB allots, on average, 18 square feet of personal space to the 18,478 residents that the system’s 223 shelters can officially accommodate. About 7400 people - 40% of the system’s official residential capacity - use these shelters. The amount of personal space available to these residents – the true as opposed to official shelter area - is 45 square feet per person. This tells us that (a) the average Delhi shelter operates at full capacity to overcrowded conditions and (b) the low percentage of homeless people who use the capital’s shelters represents a limit of how many people can access shelters, not merely the number who do. In that context, this study examines the question: What is the extent of overcrowding in Delhi’s shelters and its implications on the ability of residents in these spaces to socially distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19? Through an analysis of (a) occupancy, residential capacity and floor-space data archived by DUSIB; (b) district-wise homeless and overall population estimates tabulated by the Census; and (c) discussions with DUSIB and Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials , this study examines the nature and implications of limited floor space across Delhi’s homeless shelter system to ascertain the extent to which the system’s capacity and coverage problems are: rooted in shelter planning and design; and how in that context, shelter space constraints may pose a public health risk to homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic districts with rapidly growing overall populations where such space shortages are concentrated may continue to exclude homeless people from shelter; and shelters that, comparatively, have more space may also have the potential to accommodate more people, at least in the near-term.
- Topic:
- Homelessness, Public Health, COVID-19, and Housing
- Political Geography:
- South Asia and India
7. Anchor or Sail: Comparative study of how UK and US universities balance their local and international ambitions
- Author:
- IIE and British Council
- Publication Date:
- 06-2019
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Institute of International Education
- Abstract:
- The role of higher education institutions, and their relationship to their local communities, is a topic of debate in both the UK and the USA. How do institutions balance their civic responsibilities with their global ambitions and internationalization strategies? In this comparative study, conducted by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the British Council, we examine how six selected UK and US colleges and universities are successfully supporting their local communities while providing international opportunities for students and faculty. The case studies highlight various approaches to address this challenge, and the role of civic/private partners, both local and international.
- Topic:
- Education and Higher Education
- Political Geography:
- United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and United States of America
8. Gossip, Corporate Reputation, and the 1905 Life Insurance Scandal in New York
- Author:
- Oenone Kubie, Rebecca Orr, Mara Keire, and Christopher McKenna
- Publication Date:
- 12-2019
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Oxford Centre for Global History
- Abstract:
- On the evening of 31 January 1905, six hundred of the richest and most powerful members of New York society descended on Sherry’s Hotel dressed in extravagant costumes designed to resemble the court of the French King, Louis XV. The wealth on display was astounding. Pearls, emeralds, turquoise, and diamonds abounded. Mrs Potter Palmer, the queen of Chicago society, appeared dressed in a diamond tiara, diamond choker, and diamond breastplates. Mrs Clarence Mackay, wife of the chairman of the Postal Telegraph Company and a suffragist, wore a gold and turquoise crown and the train of her dress was so long, that despite the help of her two pages, she was forced to sit out the dancing.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, History, Capitalism, and Multinational Corporations
- Political Geography:
- United States, New York, France, and Global Focus
9. Nestlé’s Corporate Reputation and the Long History of Infant Formula
- Author:
- Lola Wilhelm, Oenone Kubie, and Christopher McKenna
- Publication Date:
- 11-2019
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Oxford Centre for Global History
- Abstract:
- The demand for infant formula in Australia is insatiable. Bare shelves have led supermarkets and chemists to ration sales, limiting the quantity customers can buy in a single transaction. But it’s not Australian parents fuelling the formula shortages. A high proportion, between fifty and ninety percent, of all Australian infant formula is exported to China. The situation has created tensions between the two countries. Australian shoppers complain of Chinese daigou (personal shoppers) buying formula before it is even stacked on shelves and stripping supermarkets in teams of people. In April 2019, eight people were arrested in Australia for stealing over a million dollars of infant formula in Sydney to sell in China. Two months later, Chinese military personnel were photographed loading boxes of formula onto a Chinese warship before departing Sydney Harbour.
- Topic:
- Economics, Globalization, International Trade and Finance, History, Capitalism, and Multinational Corporations
- Political Geography:
- China, Australia, and Global Focus
10. The Birth of the Modern Chinese Banking Industry: Ri Sheng Chang
- Author:
- Vivid Lam, Oenone Kubie, and Christopher McKenna
- Publication Date:
- 11-2019
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Oxford Centre for Global History
- Abstract:
- Pingyao (平遥) is a remote place for a tourist attraction. Located in the centre of Shanxi province, it is some 380 miles from Beijing and further from Shanghai or Hong Kong where the tourists tend to congregate. Yet, despite the isolation, come they do to Pingyao. The nearest airport to Pingyao is in Tiayuan, over one hundred kilometres away, so most visitors arrive by coach or by train; along the poorly paved streets and past the decaying houses until they arrive in the middle of the city. Here the tourists disembark from their coaches and their trains and find themselves transported to the days of the Qing dynasty emperors, surrounded by imperial architecture. The tourists wander slowly towards West Street. This is the home of the most popular attraction: the headquarters of Ri Sheng Chang (日昇), a late Qing company which revolutionised Chinese banking, now a museum and an increasingly busy tourist attraction. This is the story of how it came to be and how the little city in a small province in China rose to prominence, became the financial centre of the world’s largest economy, fell to obscurity and, now, rises again.
- Topic:
- Development, International Trade and Finance, History, Capitalism, and Global Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia
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