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Hydraulic Bureaucracies and the Hydraulic Mission: Flows of Water, Flows of Power

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2009
Anchored in 19th century scientism and an ideology of the domination of nature, inspired by colonial hydraulic feats, and fuelled by technological improvements in high dam constructions and power generation and transmission, large-scale water resources ...
François Molle   +2 more
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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process [PDF]

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This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of
Bischoff, Ivo
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Has social sustainability left the building? The recent conceptualization of “sustainability” in Danish buildings

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2012
Sustainable buildings have often been niche products, but in recent years a new approach has emerged in Denmark aimed at mainstreaming and normalizing this mode of construction and seeking to attract ordinary Danes through market conditions.
Jesper Ole Jensen   +3 more
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Buy, Lobby or Sue: Interest Groups' Participation in Policy Making - A Selective Survey [PDF]

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The participation of interest groups in public policy making is unavoidable. Its unavoidable nature is only matched by the universal suspicion with which it has been seen by both policy makers and the public.
Pablo T. Spiller, Sanny Liao
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Lobbying in the European Union: Practices and Challenges

open access: yesEIRP Proceedings, 2011
The aim of this paper is to present the concept of lobby activities and its regulatory methods in the European Union with a main focus on Belgium. Lobbying is a worldwide practice that can provide policy makers with invaluable insight and data for more ...
Sebastian Soimu   +3 more
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Transition to Market Economy in Eastern Europe: Interest Groups and Political Institutions in Russia [PDF]

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The article analyzes the causes of the incoherent reformprogram in Russia in the last decade. It argues that the slow and partial policies can be attributed to a viscous combination of lobbyism and constitutional design.
Esben Bergmann Schjødt   +1 more
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