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The public’s preferred level of involvement in local policy-making [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 We investigated what people consider the optimal level of citizen involvement in local policy decision-making. This is an important question to answer, given that civil servants and politicians are increasingly confronted with the pressure to add a ...
Tessa Haesevoets +4 more
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Factors affecting the role of local councils in local policy-making [PDF]
Review of Economics and Political Science, 2019 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the relevance and impact of a number of factors on the role of local councils in local policy-making in Erbil province/Iraq.
Rushdi Aziz Abdullah
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Using local knowledge in policy making
, 2018 This chapter presents the landscape of technical and non-technical factors shaping constraints as well as opportunities for the use of knowledge in policy-making. It describes the challenges and strategies to communicate local knowledge for influencing policy-making processes in the formal-legalistic policy-making process.
Kharisma Nugroho +2 more
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Arts councils, policy-making and “the local” [PDF]
Cultural Trends, 2019 In the British Isles, national policies for the arts are primarily viewed as the responsibility of arts councils with statutory duties to distribute state funding that meet the requirements of both ’arms-length’ principles and national strategic frameworks.
Victoria Durrer +2 more
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Victims of Crime in Policy Making: Local Governance, Local Responsibility?
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 2009 Abstract: This article examines victims of crime as the subject of policy making in the criminal justice system of England and Wales. The discussion draws on a series of qualitative interviews carried out with legal practitioners and court personnel at three criminal courts in the north of England, as well as representatives of relevant central ...
Matthew Hall
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Mainstreaming indigenous and local communities’ connections with nature for policy decision-making
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 Exclusion of Indigenous and local communities' connections to the rest-of-nature is a typical problem in policy-decision making. This paper highlights the key attributes of these connections and suggests evaluation pathways to mainstream them into policy
Kamaljit K. Sangha +2 more
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Alcohol Policy Making at the Local Level [PDF]
Contemporary Drug Problems, 2014 Several effective alcohol policy measures take place at the local level, yet little is known about local policy-making processes. In Norway, on-premise closing hours are much debated, and they were subject to a liberalization wave in 2004 and a restriction wave around 2008.
Ingeborg Rossow
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Making Food-Systems Policy for Local Interests and Common Good
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 The unjust distribution of poor health outcomes produced via current United States food systems indicates the need for inclusive and innovative policymaking at the local level.
Colene J. Lind, Monica L. Reeves
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The impact of Electoral Rules on Political Particularism.
Italian Political Science, 2022 Candidate-centered electoral systems make it more convenient for politicians to cultivate a personal reputation. In order to cultivate personal followings, candidates provide goods and services to narrow segments of society in exchange for votes ...
Silvia Decadri
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Local knowledge in democratic policy making
, 2018 Building on the argument that local knowledge is political, this chapter investigates how knowledge plays a key role not just in policy formulation but also in implementation. Local knowledge is generated by citizens in everyday conversations and forums, often articulated in civil society and popular participation, including religious knowledge.
Kharisma Nugroho +2 more
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