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Journal articles on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Fox, Diana. "Service Learning and Self-Reflexivity in Rural Jamaica." Practicing Anthropology 24, no. 2 (2002): 2–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.24.2.y650538q0733652x.

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In March 1999 and 2000 I traveled to the rural community of Frankfield, Jamaica with four anthropology students from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where I used to be employed. Having conducted fieldwork in Frankfield in 1991, 1995 and 1997, I had established relationships that made it possible for me to arrange for my students to live with Jamaican families and to volunteer in the primary and high schools, the clinic and the town library as part of an anthropological "service learning" project. The program was funded by a Massachusetts College Compact grant as part of a statewide effort to encourage service learning initiatives. The service learning movement is part of a burgeoning national concern with active pedagogies whose aim is to encourage moral and civic responsibility through student participation in community programs. Anthropological service learning programs have multiple goals that reflect the diversity of the discipline. My goals for bringing students to Frankfield were twofold: (1) to encourage students to think about ethnography as a process rather than a final product, whose knowledge traverses the boundaries of empiricism and hermeneutics and (2) to excite my students' civic imagination by introducing them to the ambiguities and conflicts of rural Jamaican life. I hoped that their exposure to a diversity of perspectives in a small community would challenge any notions of "service" as a straightforward, uncomplicated process that would carryover to their thinking about their own communities.
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Newsome, Glendon G., and Bruce R. Harvey. "GPS COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION PARAMETERS FOR JAMAICA." Survey Review 37, no. 289 (2003): 218–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/sre.2003.37.289.218.

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Dawkins, Janine, and Janice Daniel. "Technology Transfer to the Caribbean Case Study of Kingston, Jamaica." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1637, no. 1 (1998): 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1637-05.

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Technology transfer to developing countries has traditionally involved the transfer of tools and methodologies developed in industrialized nations for use in poorer developing countries. Good technology transfer, however, includes knowledge of the relationships between the fundamental principles involved in the design of the technology, rather than implementation of an existing finished product. For successful transfer of technology to developing countries to occur, it is important to recognize the differences between developing countries and industrialized nations because differences in social and economic conditions between the two types of countries may warrant alternative approaches both to analysis and to implementation of solutions. The transfer of transportation technology can be inappropriate where driver behavior is a significant factor, such as in the analysis of intersections controlled by stop signs. Observations of drivers at stop-controlled intersections in Kingston, Jamaica, show that drivers seem to be more interactive than those in the United States. For example, drivers on the major approach of a two-way stop-controlled intersection have been observed to yield their right-of-way to vehicles on the minor or stop-controlled approach. The objectives of this research are to assess the suitability of methodologies developed for use in the United States for evaluating stop-controlled intersections in Kingston and to propose an alternative methodology that may be more appropriate for Kingston and locales in other developing countries with similar driver and roadway characteristics.
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Fernandes, Ana Martha, Paul Kirshen, and Richard M. Vogel. "Optimal Siting of Regional Fecal Sludge Treatment Facilities: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 134, no. 1 (2008): 55–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(2008)134:1(55).

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ROLT, J. "THE PERFORMANCE OF A FULL-SCALE ROAD PAVEMENT EXPERIMENT IN JAMAICA. (WINNER OF 1995 OVERSEAS PREMIUM)." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport 105, no. 3 (1994): 209–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/itran.1994.26796.

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He, Xian, and Eun Jeong Cha. "Risk-Informed Decision-Making for Predisaster Risk Mitigation Planning of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems: Case Study of Jamaica." Journal of Infrastructure Systems 27, no. 4 (2021): 04021035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)is.1943-555x.0000634.

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Willis, Arlene R. M. "Evaluating Transportation Needs in a Developing Country: The Case of Montego Bay Free-Zone Employees." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1563, no. 1 (1996): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196156300104.

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A research effort was undertaken to develop a methodology for evaluating the transportation needs of developing countries. Described are a survey and preliminary findings used to make recommendations to meet the transportation needs of almost 5,000 employees at a major employment center in the Caribbean. In the Montego Bay free zone in Jamaica, mediocre public transportation service is the leading cause of high rates of absenteeism and tardiness and a primary reason that 1,000 job vacancies remain unfilled. Private companies seeking solutions to these employment problems with minimal government involvement initiated the research. The survey was conducted in summer 1994 through personal interviews and self-administered questionnaires distributed to free-zone management and employees and public transportation drivers. Findings indicated a 20 percent net income-to-travel expense ratio, 1.5-hr-long waits, and almost no bicycle or private automobile use. The survey also gathered public opinions and possible solutions. To support more efficient transportation planning for developing countries, it is recommended that a data base that houses reliable and relevant cost information be developed along with other data to be used in determining the potential of improved transportation service to attract workers and stimulate economic growth in the region.
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Davenport, A. G. "The impact of structural damage in Jamaica due to hurricane Gilbert and the prospects for disaster reduction." Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 36 (January 1990): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-6105(90)90292-k.

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Goyal, Manish Kumar, C. A. Madramootoo, and J. F. Richards. "Simulation of the Streamflow for the Rio Nuevo Watershed of Jamaica for Use in Agriculture Water Scarcity Planning." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 141, no. 3 (2015): 04014056. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0000802.

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Atkinson, Travis R., Paul V. Preckel, and Douglas Gotham. "Long-term investment planning for the electricity sector in Small Island Developing States: Case study for Jamaica." Energy 228 (August 2021): 120576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.120576.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Clark, Kristen Ellam. "Predatory politics?: an assessment of Jamaica's civil war, 1990-2000." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192313.

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McKoy, Grace Angela. "An investigation into service quality in the Supreme Court civil registry in Jamaica." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2018. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253090.

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Notwithstanding the strategic importance of service quality to public sector reforms, the Government of Jamaica has given it no consideration in its justice reform project. Neither had anyone previously applied the service quality methodology to service delivery in the Jamaican Supreme Court. This thesis is a study of service quality in the Supreme Court civil registry in Jamaica and of theservices provided to legal practitioners using the registry by clerks, administrators and registrars engaged in that registry. The aim was to identify, investigate andunderstand the perceptions of service quality in the registry. The study was conducted in three stages: A pilot study, a main study andfocus groups' assessments of the findings. The main study used the SERVQUAL instrument, adapted to suit the circumstances of a court's civil registry. The sample frame for the main study was legal practitioners working in the Kingston Metropolitan Area who were users of the civil registry. Survey methodology was used to collect data. Three focus groups of practitioners later evaluated theparticipants' understanding of the items on the questionnaires. The groups supported the findings of the main study and confirmed that the service quality dimensions used in the study represented an accurate interpretation of the servicequality experience of users of the registry. The study also supports the dominant opinion in the literature thatSERVQUAL and SERVPERF are both good measures of overall service quality. The findings were that practitioners in Jamaica experienced poor overall service quality in several service quality dimensions, including the areas that they considered to be most important, and that this dissatisfaction did not vary by gender or how far their place of employment was from the Supreme Court. This work confirms that the Government of Jamaica's programme of civil justice reform is notmeeting the needs of important stakeholders, such as legal practitioners, and that the emphasis of the reforms may be misplaced.
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Johnson, Hume Nicola. "When citizen politics becomes uncivil: Between popular protest, civil society and governance in Jamaica." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2535.

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This thesis focuses on the problem of incivility within the domains of citizen politics and civil society by exploring the proclivity for popular protest in Jamaica and the intersections between popular citizen protest, civil society and governance in this context. It scrutinizes the tenor of contemporary civilian politics and assesses the consequent impact on the quality of civil society more broadly. The thesis challenges the assumption within accepted definitions of civil society that civic participation is always positive. It does so by examining the manner in which citizens engage collectively to defend their interests and make claims upon the state, as well as the extent to which this model of political participation serves the agenda and promise of civil society. Through an in-depth, country-specific, empirical case study, the thesis examines micro social processes of power at community level to raise questions about who should be represented in civil society and how the voices of the marginalized are to be heard. In this regard, it explores the role of social inequality, feelings of social injustice and political exclusion as contributory factors in the existing tenor of citizen politics in Jamaica. It also examines the challenges facing the contemporary state and the impact of violent protests on state engagement, public action and political performance. The study analyses the lived experiences, observations and perspectives of a wide cross section of Jamaican citizens, gleaned from face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions, as well as a range of secondary material, including audio-visual data, to illuminate this process of struggle and underscore the factors which drive violent protests in this political context. The thesis concludes that maximum disruption, including violence, has not only become the basis of civil protest in Jamaica, but that the varied and contradictory responses of the state bureaucracy and political actors (Members of Parliament, activists, other political iii officials), as well as the mass media, have directly contributed to the style and tenor of protest politics in Jamaica. This state of affairs reduces popular citizen participation over genuine concerns to mob-style incivility and undermines civil society as a source of positive and responsible citizenship. The growing political importance of grassroots-based citizen participation and community building within the context of a global imperative to forge 'democracy from below' lends theoretical and normative credence to emerging concerns about the current character of popular citizen mobilizations and protest. This study thus establishes the basis for a presumption in favour of civility, civil discourse and civil action as fundamental to the construction of civil society. In doing so, it extends current scholarly understandings of civil society to Third World contexts, with a specific emphasis on Jamaica.
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Yakou, Regard. "A comparison of road accidents in developing countries with special reference to Jamaica." Thesis, Aston University, 1992. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/14302/.

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This research was originally undertaken to aid the Jamaican government and the World Bank in making funding decisions relative to improvement of road systems and traffic control in Jamaica. An investigation of the frequency and causes of road accidents and an evaluation of their impact on the Jamaican economy were carried out, and a model system which might be applied was developed. It is believed that the importance of road accident economic and manpower losses to the survival of developing countries, such as Jamaica, cannot be overemphasized. It is suggested that the World Bank, in cooperation with national governments, has a role to play in alleviating this serious problem. Data was collected from such organizations as the Jamaica Ministry of Construction, Police Department, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization. A variety of methodologies were utilized to organize this data in useful and understandable forms. The most important conclusion of this research is that solvable problems in road systems and in traffic control result in the unnecessary loss of useful citizens, in both developed and developing countries. However, a lack of information and understanding regarding the impact of high rates of road accident death and injury on the national economy and stability of a country results in an apparent lack of concern. Having little internal expertise in the field of road accident prevention, developing countries usually hire consultants to help them address this problem. In the case of Jamaica, this practice has resulted in distrust and hard feelings between the Jamaican authorities and major organizations involved in the field. Jamaican officials have found confusing the recommendations of most experts contracted to study traffic safety. The attempts of foreign consultants to utilize a technological approach (the use of coding systems and computers), methods which do not appear cost-effective for Jamaica, have resulted in the expenditure of limited funds for studies which offer no feasible approach to the problem. This funding limitation, which hampers research and road improvement, could be alleviated by such organizations as the World Bank. The causes of high accident rates are many, it was found. Formulation of a plan to address this serious problem must take into account the current failure to appreciate the impact of a high level of road accidents on national economy and stability, inability to find a feasible approach to the problem, and inadequate funding. Such a plan is discussed in detail in the main text of this research.
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Lewis, Ghislaine Leslyn. "Evolving Newspapers & the Shaping of an Extradition: Jamaica on the Cusp of Change." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9759.

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The evolution and impact of journalism in the developing world remains largely under-explored, especially in the Caribbean. This case study explores the role of the 21st century daily newspaper in Jamaica, during a period where the country endured its first widespread national crisis in almost three decades. This thesis deconstructs the coverage of Jamaica’s two daily newspapers and the role of civil society during the nine months prior to the extradition of alleged transnational drug dealer Christopher Coke to the United States. The extradition coverage of Coke, whom the American government deemed, one of the most wanted men in the world, highlighted growing concerns about the island’s diplomacy and its place in the global environment. It gave the news media an opportunity to focus on incidences of corruption, party-garrison clientelistic relationships and facilitate debates about good governance and a new vision for the island. In the aftermath of the Coke extradition, there have been questions about influence and who played what roles in the resolution of the crisis. This thesis considers the influence of the media and of wider civil society activism, specifically the way the newspapers and civic organizations shaped the extradition, opened a space for dialogue and created a shift in the nature of media/government relations on the island. An in-depth content analysis of the newspaper coverage leading up to the extradition forms the empirical basis for study. This is supplemented by interviews with journalists, academics and civic agents whose voices helped shape the Coke debate in the newspapers. This crisis provided a unique opportunity to assess the news agenda on the island along with the perspectives of community voices as they engaged to influence a peaceful resolution. The newspaper analysis of the extradition highlighted the political and social complexity of the island, in particular, the rampant political corruption, extreme social inequality, commonplace civil disobedience and criminality. The extradition revealed that there were obstacles to the cohesion of civil society groups in Jamaica. They were hampered by class and income disparities, political allegiances and questions of faith. These underlying concepts, along with newsroom culture, press-politics relationships, self-censorship, newspaper patronage, education, economic structures, and cultural identity can all be understood not by their individual meanings but as ways in which power is shaping the socio-political landscape of the island. The newspaper coverage of the extradition battle also exposed flaws in the island’s political and social fabric, this elevated government’s predicament from a routine extradition warrant to an armed conflict. This thesis reinforces the role of daily newspapers in ensuring governmental transparency and providing a space that facilitates differing views which ultimately allows democracy to work. The findings from the thesis contribute to an understanding of journalism outside of the context of the United States/ United Kingdom. It showed that in the Caribbean and especially Jamaica special considerations must be made for how socio-cultural factors impact newspaper journalism.
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Thomas, Ken Darrie. "Ecotourism and Water Quality: Linking Management, Activities and Sustainability Indicators in the Caribbean." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3464.

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Ecotourism from its genesis and founding theories has been set out to conserve and preserve the environment through sustainable operation that includes surrounding communities in efforts to reduce their poverty levels. Over the years ecotourism has been hypothesized to have departed from this ideal with several researchers, through social, qualitative analyses, have said that these non-sustainable ecotourism operations are simply due to poor management. This work sought to test this central hypothesis as a first approach to quantitatively linking ecotourism activities to management with surface water quality as the key indicator of sustainable ecotourism as a complex system through systems thinking. This pilot work was done by the use of two study sites in the Caribbean: Iwokrama, Guyana and Greencastle, Jamaica. From General Systems Theory, before systems dynamics can be applied there is a need to first observe components of the system in a reductionist view. This approach had to be taken also since the required data inputs for the systems approach were not available, as is the norm throughout the Caribbean. Thus by creating simple, easy-touse and transferrable sustainability indicator based reductionist-type assessment tools relevant data on ecotourism activities, management and water quality can be obtained in the future and acts as a start to understanding the true systems dynamics among these three entities. The creation of these quantitative reductionist tools utilized social surveying onsite, target plots, sustainability indicators and Social Network Analysis. Tools created were tested through what-if scenarios, with sensitivity analyses, and determined to be able to respond to societal, environmental and economic changes. The basic findings of these reductionist tools were used to establish and initial pathway for quantification inclusive of a framework in STELLA® for the numerical linking of ecotourism management, water quality and sustainability indicators in the Caribbean. This work also established water quality baselines for both study sites through in situ water sampling and testing and further ex situ analysis. As an indirect systems approach to linking sustainable development and the Caribbean, an audit of the Caribbean’s primary and secondary school’s system was conducted and recommendations suggested for the infusion of sustainability into formal education both during and after the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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Carstens, Liam Zachary Kivlin. "Civic-ness in the Caribbean civic society and governance in Barbados and Jamaica /." 2007. http://etd1.library.duq.edu/theses/available/etd-03132007-194138/unrestricted/CarstensThesis.pdf.

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Johnson, Hume Nicola. "When citizen politics becomes uncivil between popular protest, civil society and governance in Jamaica /." 2006. http://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20070716.124418/index.html.

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Books on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Issues & approaches to development: Civic perspectives of Jamaica's dilemma. Georgia Simpson, 2012.

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ill, Braithwaithe Barrington, ed. A man called Garvey: The life and times of the great leader Marcus Garvey. Majority Press, 2004.

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Challenges to civil society: Protest & governance in Jamaica. Cambria Press, 2011.

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Ciudadanía afrocostarricense: El gran escenario comprendido entre 1927 y 1963. EUNED, Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 2011.

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Kallen, Stuart A. Marcus Garvey and the Back to Africa Movement. Lucent Books, 2006.

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ill, Vayssières Jean Jacques, ed. Marcus Garvey. Ian Randle Publishers, The Commission for Pan Africans Affairs, 2007.

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Caravantes, Peggy. Marcus Garvey: Black nationalist. Morgan Reynolds Pub., 2004.

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Schraff, Anne E. Marcus Garvey: Controversial champion of black pride. Enslow Publishers, 2004.

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Rodney, Walter. Walter Rodney speaks: The making of an African intellectual. Africa World Press, 1990.

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Cliff, Michelle. Free enterprise. Viking, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Perez, Frank, and Celso Romanel. "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Dynamic Stability Assessment of a Tailings Dam Located in Jamaica." In Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61905-7_6.

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Altink, Henrice. "Commitment to Colour-Blindness." In Public Secrets. Liverpool University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789620009.003.0005.

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This chapter zooms in on colour blindness. Focussing on the racial domains of politics and criminal justice, it explores the correlation between race and colour and the enjoyment of civil and political rights. It argues that it was not just government inaction but also a lack of collective action from race-first and other groups why dark-skinned Jamaicans struggled more than others to exercise their civil and political rights. But while successive governments lacked the commitment to create a society where all Jamaicans irrespective of race and colour could enjoy their ‘fundamental rights’, they did their best to present Jamaica as a colour-blind nation. This chapter will also explore the purposes of this myth of racial harmony that was developed after the Second World War.
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Gatchair, Sonia D. "Collaborative Governance and the Implementation of Fiscal Responsibility Frameworks." In Open Government. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9860-2.ch019.

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Local governments, like their central government counterparts, must demonstrate increased fiscal responsibility. Although the Jamaican finance ministry has overall responsibility for direction and control of fiscal management at all levels of government, successful implementation cannot be achieved solely by the finance ministry's efforts, but requires the inputs of other actors, including central government, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society groups. This chapter examines the strategic use of collaborations among local authorities and other stakeholders in the implementation of fiscal management policies, in particular revenue-raising efforts in Jamaica, a small island state. The study examines relationships/partnerships (collaborative governance) focusing on the actors, structure, and processes in the implementation of fiscal policy reforms in local authorities. It finds that deliberate efforts must be made to manage complexity arising from overlapping networks with unclear boundaries and fluidity in participation and leadership.
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Gatchair, Sonia D. "Collaborative Governance and the Implementation of Fiscal Responsibility Frameworks." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1645-3.ch021.

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Local governments, like their central government counterparts, must demonstrate increased fiscal responsibility. Although the Jamaican finance ministry has overall responsibility for direction and control of fiscal management at all levels of government, successful implementation cannot be achieved solely by the finance ministry's efforts, but requires the inputs of other actors, including central government, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society groups. This chapter examines the strategic use of collaborations among local authorities and other stakeholders in the implementation of fiscal management policies, in particular revenue-raising efforts in Jamaica, a small island state. The study examines relationships/partnerships (collaborative governance) focusing on the actors, structure, and processes in the implementation of fiscal policy reforms in local authorities. It finds that deliberate efforts must be made to manage complexity arising from overlapping networks with unclear boundaries and fluidity in participation and leadership.
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Sorkin, David. "The Atlantic World." In Jewish Emancipation. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691164946.003.0019.

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This chapter assesses how the Atlantic world of Dutch and British colonies followed the west European pattern of emancipation. Jews were spread across numerous colonies. The thirteen British colonies were not preponderant: each of the communities of “Curaçao, Surinam and Jamaica had more Jews in the mid-eighteenth century than all of the North American colonies combined.” In the British colonies of Canada, Jamaica, and the thirteen colonies, Jews achieved civil rights largely without controversy or conflict. In contrast, Jews organized and campaigned for political rights. In the early American republic, Jews received rights state by state, in Canada colony by colony. In the United States and Canada, political rights were linked to disestablishment of the church and the enactment of religious equality. In Jamaica, it was entwined with race relations.
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Booth, Jonathon J. "The Impact of the American Civil War on Political Writing in Jamaica and Cuba." In Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1800–1920. Cambridge University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108647830.020.

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Burkholder, Zoë. "Caste Abolished." In An African American Dilemma. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190605131.003.0002.

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Chapter 1 examines the earliest debates over school integration in Boston, Rochester, Cincinnati, Jamaica (New York), and a number of smaller towns. It argues that Black northerners viewed integrated public schools as essential to abolishing slavery, establishing Black citizenship, and eliminating racial prejudice. For abolitionists and Black leaders, the symbolic ideal of school integration took precedence over concerns about the quality of education available to Black youth. In contrast, Black families and teachers prioritized access to high-quality education and believed separate schools could better meet this goal. The ensuing debates between Black integrationists and separatists were intimately tied to the abolitionist movement, Civil War, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow. By the turn of the twentieth century, Black northerners had won the right to attend public school on an equal and integrated basis, yet they struggled against a rising tide of bigotry and residential segregation.
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Gilmore, Leigh. "Tainted Witness in Law and Literature." In Tainted Witness. Columbia University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.7312/columbia/9780231177146.003.0006.

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Chapter five examines two examples of unsympathetic women witnesses and the transits of their testimony across an assemblage of legal and literary modes of judgment: 1) the rape case brought by Nafissatou Diallo against former head of the International Monetary Fund and former French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn as Diallo and her testimony travelled from criminal court, through the court of public opinion, to civil court in search of an adequate witness and 2) the autobiographical fiction of Jamaica Kincaid, who offers a literary witness in contrast to the sympathetic, pure, young victims featured in humanitarian campaigns. The chapter argues that the dynamics of witness tainting previously analyzed make it imperative that we adopt an ethical response that is not primarily grounded in identification or compassion. The chapter concludes by arguing that sympathy fails to provide an adequate ground for ethical witnessing and that we must learn to engage with the unsympathetic woman witness.
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"Of the Government of the Island, Civil and Military, of the Laws; Courts of Justice; Publick Offices; Revenues, and Church Affairs; with some Observations thereupon." In The Natural, Moral, and Political History of Jamaica, and the Territories thereon Depending. University of Virginia Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1hhj104.15.

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"Of the Expedition and miscarriage of the Design against St. Domingo; The conquest of Jamaica by the English, and such other Occurrences as happened before the Restoration of King Charles the Second, or any form of Civil Government was Established." In The Natural, Moral, and Political History of Jamaica, and the Territories thereon Depending. University of Virginia Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1hhj104.10.

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Conference papers on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Gamble, Douglas W., Scott Curtis, and Jeff Popke. "Double Exposure Vulnerability of Agriculture in Southwest Jamaica." In The 2nd World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. Avestia Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.11159/icesdp17.112.

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Reports on the topic "Jamaican Civics"

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Underwood, Joan H. Building State Capacity in the Caribbean: The State of the Civil Service in Jamaica. Inter-American Development Bank, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001436.

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