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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

From Nonfinancial Reporting to Management Control: A GRI‐Based Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The integration of sustainability into strategic management systems has shifted from a reporting‐oriented exercise to a challenge of implementation, control, and accountability. Although the SBSC is widely acknowledged as a suitable framework to embed environmental and social objectives into strategy execution, its practical application ...
Piedad Ortiz‐Fernández   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The demand for military expenditure in authoritarian regimes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We investigate how the influence of the military differs across authoritarian regimes and verify whether there are actually systematic differences in military expenditures amongst different forms of dictatorships.
Bove, Vincenzo, Brauner, Jennifer
core  

Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sound formation of robust environmental policies is increasingly important for low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to achieve their national objectives and international commitments. However, policy implementation can be complex, and environmental policies may not be prioritised given other critical socio‐economic development issues ...
Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei
wiley   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF BUDGET FEDERALISM INSTITUTION IN RUSSIA ON THE BASIS OF FOREIGN PRACTICE ANALYSIS

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2007
The topicality of the article issue is determined by the formation in Russia of the new level of institutional economy. The institution of budget federalism is of keen importance, as the formalized, efficient inter-budget relations build up the basis for
I. Sh. Davydova
doaj  

Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
wiley   +1 more source

Scotland: A New Fiscal Settlement [PDF]

open access: yes
Tax and Expenditure Devolution, Inter-Government Relations, Fiscal Federalism, State Budget, Fiscal Coordination.
Andrew Hughes Hallett, Drew Scott
core  

Different Conditions, Yet Similar Outcomes: How Interaction Between Policy Areas Enabled Carbon Tax Adoption in Sweden and Mexico

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interest in putting a price on carbon emissions is increasing in pace with the urgency of climate change. In this article we compare the adoption of one such policy instrument, carbon taxation, in the cases of Sweden and Mexico. We use a theoretical framework that focuses on economic and environmental factors influencing the policy process
Jakob Skovgaard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal consolidation processes in the European Union [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Economic Policy, 2015
The essence, the stages of formation and development of the budget system of the European Union (EU) are revealed herein, as well as the main directions and mechanisms of consolidation of the national budget of Member States.
Poruchnyk Anatoliy, Alina Kulai
doaj  

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