ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
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Rethinking Re-Presentation: Developments in Democratic Theory
Lisa Disch
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How to explain the German East-West divide in support of a populist radical right party (AfD): mapping socioeconomic, psychological, and cultural explanatory factors from a demand-side, voter-level perspective. [PDF]
Siebel H, Horozoğlu G, Kessels U.
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ABSTRACT Increasing electricity demand from data centres, industrial applications, electric vehicles and domestic heating is creating pressure to develop electricity systems in many parts of the world, but especially in Western countries. In response to challenges such as grid congestion, interconnection queues and climate‐related hazards, network ...
Jussi Valta +3 more
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Constructing Policy (In)coherence in Germany's Energy Transition and Impacts on (In)equality
ABSTRACT Policy coherence is widely regarded as essential for achieving sustainable development, climate targets, and reducing inequality, as reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Recent scholarship has moved beyond technocratic approaches, drawing on comparative politics, particularly the “3 I's” of ideas, interests, and ...
Alexia Faus Onbargi, Ines Dombrowsky
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Bourdieu's capitals matter: tracking longer working lives across Europe. [PDF]
Lakomý M, Majetić F, Ateş M.
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Learning Networks Drive Environmental Innovation: Evidence From Fourth‐Stage Purification Diffusion
ABSTRACT Contaminants of emerging concern, including pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, threaten water quality globally. In the European Union (EU), until the adoption of the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive in 2024, a regulatory gap had left the member states and the municipalities in them without binding removal standards ...
Simon Bulian +3 more
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Interpersonal climate and moral conduct in competitive sport: A dual-route model with serial mediation. [PDF]
Wang Z, Liu T, Hong S, Wang W, Wang F.
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Steering Industrial Decarbonisation: Explaining OECD Policy Variation
ABSTRACT The ongoing rise in CO2 emissions driven by energy‐intensive industries highlights the urgent need for targeted policy interventions, with national strategies playing a crucial role in the low‐carbon transition. However, the factors that shape the ambition of industrial decarbonisation policies remain poorly understood.
Ebba Minas
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Research on the relationship between parental media literacy and preschool children's quality of learning in the new media environment. [PDF]
Zhou X, Yu CF, Zheng Z.
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