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Expert perceptions regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation in a large Mediterranean Basin

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 10, Page 2511-2531, October 2025.
Abstract Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly frequent and intense in the Mediterranean region. Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are being put forward as cost‐effective solutions for climate change adaptation to reduce the impacts of floods and droughts and provide multiple other benefits and ecosystem services.
Raquel Luján Soto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiencies of and Motivations for Contracting Out in the Public Sector: The Case of Social Services in Spain

open access: yesPublic Administration, Volume 103, Issue 3, Page 693-706, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Debates on contracting out to the private sector is primarily focused on the cost efficiency of its provision, drawing on experiences with hard or technical services such as waste and water management. This paper focuses on a growing interest in the role and impact of sourcing decisions in softer or more human‐centered services, such as social
Danny Chow   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrevista a militantes de Consulta Popular: “Somos la Consulta Popular, que construye un proyecto popular para el Brasil, un proyecto comunista”

open access: yesKAF, 2014
Bruno Bruziguessi (26 anos) y Michelle Capuchinho (25 anos) son militantes de Consulta Popular, espacio de coordinacion de diferentes movimientos sociales, nacido en 1997 en Brasil y devenido partido politico en 2007. Integran, ademas, el Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados (MTD) y el Movimiento Sin Tierra (MST), respectivamente, tras haber ...
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Popularizing Autogestión: Punk, Zapatismo, and Anarchist Ethics in Mexico City

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Autogestión (self‐management), has been a popular articulation of radical politics since its emergence in the 1960s. This article examines how Mexico City's anarcho‐punk scene transformed autogestión in the 1990s from an anarcho‐syndicalist principle into a unique ethical practice detached from industrial material production.
Livia K. Stone
wiley   +1 more source

La reforma constitucional mexicana del 9 de agosto de 2012, entre racionalización débil de la forma de gobierno presidencial y tímida apertura a la democracia participativa = The mexican constitutional reform of august 9, 2012. between the form of presidential govern¬ment and timid opening weak rationalization to participatory democracy

open access: yesRevista de Derecho Político, 2014
La adaptación de las reglas institucionales mexicanas a las exigencias de una democracia multipartidaria consolidada es objeto de discusión desde el principio de la transición iniciada en los años setenta y desarrollada entre 1988 y 2000.
Marco Olivetti
doaj   +1 more source

Corrupción e igualdad en el marco de una consulta anticorrupción en Colombia

open access: yesTrayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales, 2020
En el 2018, Colombia vive un proceso de consulta popular histórico: con ella se pretende atacar el problema de la corrupción en este país, aunque, de trasfondo, podremos notar que se pretendía combatir la desigualdad.
Julián Andrés Escobar Gómez
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Public Health Policy Communication Through Government–Citizen Social Media Interactions: The Impact of Replying Agents, Inquiry Tone, and Institutional Trust

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines how government responses to citizen inquiries on governmental social media enhance policy communication campaigns for observers. Drawing upon theories of masspersonal communication and artificial intelligence (AI)‐mediated communication, it investigates the effects of replying agents, inquiry tones, and institutional trust ...
Xinzhi Zhang, Fangcao Lu
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of politicians' sex on political budget cycles: An empirical analysis of Spanish municipalities

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 243-270, March 2025.
Abstract Does a politician's sex influence political budget cycles (PBCs)? We answer this question using a sample of Spanish municipalities from the Madrid region for the period 2010–2019. The Madrid region has a homogenous set of budget rules that allow consistent categorization of budget expenditure items as either “mandatory” or “non‐mandatory ...
Israel García, Bernd Hayo
wiley   +1 more source

Las consultas populares en Colombia: empoderamiento, reacción y resistencia

open access: yesColombia Internacional, 2023
Objective/context: This article reconstructs the history of popular consultations against extractive activities in Colombia. It aims to illustrate the forms in which constitutional law shapes the repertories of democratic participation available to social movements and resistances. Methodology: The article develops a descriptive analysis of the ways in
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