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The Effects of Electoral Institutions in Rwanda: Why Proportional Representation Supports the Authoritarian Regime [PDF]

While much has been written about the special design of Rwanda’s judiciary in order to handle the aftermath of the genocide in 1994, other institutional actions resulting from the 2003 constitution have rarely been addressed in research.
Alexander Stroh
core  

Turning Practices Into Performance: The Role of Implementation in Board Recruitment and Selection

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recruiting and selecting board members in nonprofit organizations poses distinct challenges, given their reliance on volunteers and the difficulty of securing individuals who are both committed and capable of contributing to organizational performance.
William A. Brown, Nara Yoon, Mark Engle
wiley   +1 more source

Rural governance capacity and land-use efficiency: A comparative analysis of rural modernization in China and India. [PDF]

PLoS One
Qu Y, Tang J, Wang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the plastic crisis : How Commitments Can Lead to Polycentric Governance. [PDF]

EMBO Rep
Braun M, Hornidge AK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim, Jean‐Patrick Villeneuve   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sitting still while the world gets sicker: Rethinking physical inactivity as a public health emergency. [PDF]

BMC Glob Public Health
Daniels K, Quadflieg K, Bergs J, Spooren A, Hansen D, Bonnechère B.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Globalizing Comparative Public Administration With Integrative Contextualization: State Autonomy in the Developmental Path of Hong Kong and Singapore

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The lack of a common variable for comparison has been a major obstacle to the development of Comparative Public Administration (CPA). State autonomy enables an integrative contextualization approach, allowing both the analysis of contextual individual country experiences and the generation of generalized comparable knowledge.
Wilson Wong
wiley   +1 more source

Contributory and developmental social participation and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: urban-rural and gender disparities. [PDF]

BMC Geriatr
Yu Y, Ma J, Guo W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking Gender Representation in Policing: Experimental Insights on Citizen Trust and Cooperation in South Korea

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study extends the literature on symbolic representation by examining how increased female representation affects citizens' attitudes in policy areas that are not typically salient to women. A survey experiment with South Korean citizens tested whether a greater presence of female police leaders overseeing patrol programs affects public ...
Sunyoung Pyo
wiley   +1 more source