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The article defines the notion of naive political discourse. It discusses the specific linguistic markers of negative political evaluation expressed through their grammatical semantics in the forums of Bulgarian online newspapers Dnevnik and Sega. Special attention is paid to collective nouns and the categorical semantics of neuter gender as devices to express political evaluation. ; В статье дефинируется понятие наивный политический дискурс. Рассматриваются основные специфические лингвистические маркеры негативной политической оценки в форумах болгарских онлайн-изданий. Наблюдение базируется на примерах из онлайн-изданий газет Дневник и Сега за период 2013–2016 г. Специальное внимание уделяется грамматическим экспонентам негативной политической оценки, среди которых выделяются имена с собирательной семантикой, специфическое употребление родовых форм, формы деминутива и др.

La Alianza del Pacífico remplazaría a Mercosur como el bloque comercial más importante de las Américas -- La razón fundamental está en que parte de una base pragmática y sobre ella se ha avanzado rápidamente en la integración en varios frentes -- En el primer semestre de 2013 se tomaron decisiones para hacer una desgravación total sistemática del comercio entre los países miembros, y de definieron los lineamentos para su implementación paulatina -- Se adelantaron negociaciones para conformar tratados de impuestos y tratamiento a la inversión dentro de la alianza, para poner a operar ventanillas únicas de comercio exterior (VUCE) en los países del grupo y para diseñar mecanismos macro prudenciales para limitar la entrada masiva de capitales al grupo -- Esto hace que se reduzcan las reservas que existen sobre este proceso de integración que tiene como antecedente una historia de cincuenta años de incumplimientos y fracasos de otros intentos integradores en América Latina -- La segunda razón está en que la integración tiene el propósito más amplio de conseguir un mejor tratamiento comercial y diplomático en Asia, que es de interés común para todos los miembros -- La tercera razón es que hay un interés vivo de naciones observadoras como Costa Rica, Panamá y Guatemala, por vincularse al acuerdo en el corto plazo y la curiosidad manifiesta de Canadá y de Estados Unidos, que pondrían el último puntal para convertir a la Alianza en la más importante del hemisferio -- Para México tiene un interés político adicional en cuanto balancea a su favor los ejes de la integración que tienen ahora a Brasil como centro -- Como en todos los acuerdos de esta naturaleza, el entusiasta impulso inicial se mantendrá solo en la medida en que haya un respaldo político permanente -- No hay evidencia de que las variables económicas clave de los países, como las tasas de interés o las inflaciones, converjan de una forma espontánea cuando se crean acuerdos de comercio -- Naturalmente – como lo recuerda claramente la Unión Europea en la actualidad – tampoco lo hacen las estructuras jurídicas, sin decisiones, a veces difíciles, de los congresos o los presidentes de los países miembros -- Ni siquiera hay buenas experiencias en materia de compartir oficinas y equipos de trabajo comercial – como por ejemplo lo intentaron Proexpo y la Cancillería en Colombia en varias ocasiones ; Proexport Colombia ; 98

THE ROLE OF POLITICAL POWER IN IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING PUBLIC POLICY IS DISCUSSED. POLITICAL ACTIVITY IS DISCUSSED ON 2 LEVELS: THE FORMAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND THE POWER MANEUVERS DESIGNED TO AFFECT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PROGRAM GOALS.

This paper has two connected themes. First, it discusses the relationship between the concepts "research" and "evaluation" and suggests that if one is interested in social change, "evaluation" is less useful an activity than "research." Second, it describes the situation in Australia when a new, social change oriented government came to power, and in order to achieve its social development goals embarked on a number of experimental programs, one of which the author "evaluated." The paper discusses the conduct and findings of the study, and in weaving together the two themes concludes that evaluation and research have very different conceptual, intellectual, ethical, operational, and political ramifications.

AbstractTo meet the needs of politically appointed program managers, evaluators need to overcome organizational and evaluation‐related barriers.

While evaluators can often access examples of complex evaluation frameworks and reports, detailed information about the processes used to develop these frameworks is less available. This article provides insight into the development of an evaluation framework for a whole-of-government multi-component reform program, being implemented by stakeholders over a 10-year period. This program incorporates multiple tiers (activity-level and program-level) of evaluations, planned at critical points of implementation. This article focuses on the consultation process adopted in developing an evaluation framework to capture implementation progress and program outcomes and impacts at three different time points. A consultative, iterative approach, emphasizing stakeholder engagement, was adopted to mitigate the effects of challenges of responding to the variable nature of the program and multiple stakeholders with a vested interest in its implementation. Continual reflection and quality improvement allowed these challenges to be addressed, and will continue to allow lessons learned from earlier evaluations to inform the design of future studies.

BENEFITS RESULTING FROM POLITICAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK: DEVELOPING GOOD CO-WORKER RELATIONSHIPS, INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, CONFIDENCE IN ONE'S ABLITIES, THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, & CAREER PREFERENCES. THOSE RECIEVING HIGHER LEVELS OF VARIOUS BENEFITS FOUND TO BE STUDENTS WHO SPENT MORE TIME ON THEIR STUDIES, HAD SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF POLITICAL INTEREST & EXPERIENCE.

Factors relevant to political feasibility assessment of public policy include: timeliness, support, ideological consistency, bureaucratic support, definition of policy failure, & policy consensus. These factors form the basis of a framework that can be elaborated both empirically, with reference to successful past policies, & a priori. Current treatment of political feasibility issues by political scientists is critically reviewed. 1 Table, 13 References. J. Peterson

The topic of neutrality on the good is linked rather closely to the ideal of political liberalism as formulated by John Rawls. The basic intuition supporting the ideal of political neutrality is that no exercise of political power can be legitimately justified solely by the reason that one way of life is intrinsically superior to others. For a number of contemporary authors, the ideal of neutrality is the hallmark of liberalism. The contributors to this volume are internationally renowned authors and in several cases among the most prominent names to be found in contemporary political theory. The book should become a reference volume on liberal neutrality.

AbstractThe author describes how political psychology, an emerging field that explores the intersection of political science and psychology, can help in conducting evaluations. For example, an evaluator might examine the validity of behavioral assumptions of programs, policies, or organizational mechanisms and people's motivations and subjective experiences within these contexts. An evaluator might also explore the normative orientations of programs and policies, for example, how target goals and implementers are politically framed in a positive or negative light. The author describes a framework for political psychology as applied to evaluation, a brief review of relevant literature and discussion of methodology, and an example of an evaluation informed by political psychology. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association

Looks at the meaning of politics, reexamines the political nature of evaluations and draws some practical implications about the character of the programme evaluator. (PAS)

The topic of neutrality on the good is linked rather closely to the ideal of political liberalism as formulated by John Rawls. The basic intuition supporting the ideal of political neutrality is that no exercise of political power can be legitimately justified solely by the reason that one way of life is intrinsically superior to others. For a number of contemporary authors, the ideal of neutrality is the hallmark of liberalism. The contributors to this volume are internationally renowned authors and in several cases among the most prominent names to be found in contemporary political theory. The book should become a reference volume on liberal neutrality