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    La comunicación interna y externa de las administraciones públicas es de alta importancia para asegurar la calidad, eficiencia y eficacia de prestar los servicios. Sea por la coordinación interna del trabajo, que pavear el camino para más innovación y cooperación entre los empleados, o por la interacción con los usuarios/público, cuyos inputs, opiniones y observaciones contribuyen al desarrollo de la institución, la comunicación es un ámbito que debe ser considerado cuando se habla de las reformas del trabajo público.       Tal como Talavera (en Pastor, 2001: 255) nota «la organización no puede sobrevivir como un ente aislado de lo que le rodea ya que en función de ese entorno, que produce unas exigencias, definirá su misión, políticas y objetivos, estableciendo con él una interacción continua». Por esto, las organizaciones no solamente deben establecer un buen mecanismo de comunicación interno, sino también un mecanismo de co...

      Prime Minister Abdullah Al Nsour responded to the Jordanian parliament's demands to  break off relations with the Israeli state with a clarification that relations with Israel is an issue related to sovereignty, stressing that any decision to change Jordanian-Israeli relations would mean abolishing the Peace Treaty signed between the two countries in the 90s. His Excellency’s remarks raise an important question, and a series of related questions: what does he mean with a sovereign decision? Does not sovereignty mean the manifestation of the will of people through their governments? Does not the parliament represent the people? Or is it only meant to pass, amend and propose laws? Is the Peace-Treaty a holy script that cannot be reconsidered? Is it logical to abide by agreements that were penned decades ago, when circumstances and conditions are very different at the present time? I am not proposing that the peace deal be annulled, ...

Jordanian Parliament   Jordan has been on a path towards democracy and good governance for the past two decades. The National Covenant of 1991 came after  a ban of nearly 30 years on political parties, following the events of 1957 and the confrontation between leftists and pan-Arabists with the regime. Parliamentary work was also frozen after the 1967 war and the resulting state of emergency. Democracy saw its way back in 1989 with the celebration of general elections, and two years later, the reconciliation between the regime and the opposition that took form in the National Covenant. The Covenant served as a starting point towards political plurality and reviving party life; it led to the 1992 Political Parties Law which served as a new clean slate for relations between parties and the regime. Of importance was the Jordanian vision of a gradual transformation into a full democracy where cabinets are the product of parliamentary elections, formed by the winni...

In los años 70, la administración pública dominaba la provisión de los servicios públicos, donde el término “servicios públicos” y el “sector publico” fueron sinónimos (Grout, 2008). Desde entonces, el mundo ha visto un movimiento hacia el sector privado para la provisión de los servicios públicos, algo que puede perjudicar el concepto de estado de bienestar.  Antes de hacer una comparación entre la provisión de los servicios por el sector privado y la administración publica tradicional, se debe antes fijar en el concepto de estado de bienestar. Este estado interviene, tanto en el nivel central como en el nivel autonómico y local, para mejorar el bienestar social y la calidad de vida de la población, a través de los servicios públicos, las transferencias sociales, intervenciones normativas e intervenciones públicas (Navarro, 2004). Entonces, se puede entender que este estado asume la responsabilidad de mejorar la calidad de vida, el desarrollo y el bienestar de la població...

      Well, we all heard about the random act of terrorism in Boston that left many innocent people injured and others dead. The perpetrators were identified as Muslim brothers who immigrated to the US from Dagestan. According to a Startfor analysis, terrorists such as the Dagestani brothers although not affiliated with organizations such as Al Qaeda and its main branches, they are "inspired" by its agenda, and independently - as grassroot movements - form  small cells that implement terrorist acts. Whether the attackers acted as per the indications of Al Qaeda leaderships - which are now opting for smaller attacks that create chaos and shake national stability and security- or they were acting independently to express frustration with US policies towards the Muslim world and the Palestinian plight is irrelevant to this article. What is relevant is the fact that the attackers are from the Caucasus...the troubled and troubling region in Russia's periphery. ...