Results 51 to 60 of about 5,918,326 (352)
Local Democracy in the West-Nordic Countries
Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2020 In 2012, the research project West Nordic municipal structure. Challenges to local democracy, efficient service provision and adaptive capacity was granted money from the Arctic Co-operation Programme 2012-2014.
Grétar Þór Eyþórsson
doaj +1 more source
Democratizing deliberative systems [PDF]
, 2012 'Deliberative democracy' is often dismissed as a set of small-scale, academic experiments. This volume seeks to demonstrate how the deliberative ideal can work as a theory of democracy on a larger scale. It provides a new way of thinking about democratic
Parkinson, John R.
core +1 more source
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study reports the fabrication of trabecular bioactive glass scaffolds (composition “1d”: 46.1SiO2‐28.7CaO‐8.8MgO‐6.2P2O5‐5.7CaF2‐4.5Na2O wt%) through vat photopolymerization and the relevant results from mechanical testing and in vivo implantation procedures in rabbit femora, showing great promise for bone tissue engineering applications.
Dilshat Tulyaganov +8 more
wiley +1 more source
Crisis of democracy in Poland: Does it affect the subnational levels? [PDF]
Filozofija i DruštvoMost current studies on the democratic or de-democratic changes in Europe have concentrated so far on the national level, while they are also important at the local and regional levels.
Szymański Adam
doaj +1 more source
, 2002 Political struggle at the local level is out of fashion. In today’s increasingly “globalized” world, appeals to the local can often appear parochial and tradition-bound.
Gismondi, Mike
core
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Four‐point bending tests are conducted in an argon atmosphere on commercial MgO‐C brick grades with and without MgO‐C recyclate from room temperature up to 1300 °C. No detrimental effect of the MgO‐C recyclates on bending strength is found. Instead, a decisive influence of the total carbon content is observed, with lower total carbon contents ...
Alexander Schramm +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2019 This paper is about the role of local democracy and governance to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Increased reliance on locally generated revenue, difficulties in managing networks of actors with diverse goals and objectives, imperfect ...
Joydeep Guha, Bhaskar Chakrabarti
doaj +1 more source
The Legal Needs of Local Media Reform Organizations: Report of a National Survey [PDF]
, 2006 This report summarizes a nationwide survey of media reform groups to gauge their needs for pro bono legal assistance. Conclusions are that local media democracy groups need legal help on multiple issues, ranging from municipal broadband to cable ...
Neema Trivedi
core
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Plasmonic photocatalytic ammonia decomposition occurs at near‐room temperature on a plasmonic Au nanocone array under visible light illumination. The nanostructure efficiently harnesses plasmonic modes, leading to increased reaction rates upon plasmon decay.
Thanh‐Lam Bui +17 more
wiley +1 more source
Private neighbourhoods as club economies and shareholder democracies
Belgeo, 2003 The spread of privately governed and often guarded neighbourhoods in many countries of the world has been interpreted by several authors as a manifestation of a “privatisation of public space”. However, it often remains unclear what exactly is privatised
Georg Glasze
doaj +1 more source