Resource federation in grid computing (Foster et al., 1999, 2001) still requires extensively intervention of resource administrator which is time and cost consuming. This limitation leads to the idea of applying the autonomous intelligent agent to ease the process of resource federation (Foster et al., 2004). The participation and contribution of resources are based on a set of rules and regula...

Minimalism is our name for the dominant liberal perspective on public policy implementation in contemporary legal scholarship. Minimalism emphasizes public interventions that incorporate market concepts and practices and that centralize and minimize administrative discretion. This essay appraises Minimalism in relation to a competing liberal view of the administrative state. Experimentalism emp...

The article offers some theoretical and historical reflections on the concept of gender as it relates to the notion of assistance. Explores the political dimensions of both concepts and problematizes the dichotomy between the gender-marked realms of the political and the pre-political, a dichotomy that has greatly influenced modern political theory and thought. It examines the modern state's ca...

CONTEXT Developing official protection policies for disasters is a main strategy in protecting vulnerable people. The aim of this study was to analyze official documents concerning policies on protecting vulnerable people during disasters. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION This study was conducted by the qualitative document analysis method. Documents were gathered by searching websites and referring to t...

Corruption is almost exist in all human societies throughout thehistory. Any continuation of corruption in different ages made most ofresearchers and policy makers to consider corruption as an inevitablepart of human being challenges (Mukum, 2008).Administrative corruption is common in most developed and/orunder –developed countries.In other words, there is no country in the world that has note...

Abstract As a way to manage political disagreements over public policies, representatives might be tempted avoid open discussions by depoliticising issues—hoping that the conflict may eventually disappear. When decision-makers employ such strategies, it is up administration make priorities and unresolved policy conflicts. Earlier studies indicate there are at least two strategies administrators...