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The public’s preferred level of involvement in local policy-making [PDF]
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]
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
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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Mainstreaming indigenous and local communities’ connections with nature for policy decision-making
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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Victims of Crime in Policy Making: Local Governance, Local Responsibility?
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 ...
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Making Food-Systems Policy for Local Interests and Common Good
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.
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
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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Making Sense, Making Do: Local District Implementation of a New State Induction Policy
Connecticut’s Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) program is in its early stages of implementation. This study examined how local school districts implemented TEAM and identified factors that affected implementation.
Chad D. Ellis
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Making Network Governance Work in Forest Land-Use Policy in the Local Government
Focusing on Indonesia’s Riau Province, this study examines the complexities of managing networks for forest governance, and how local governments should adopt and enforce policies in network settings based on multi-stakeholder participation.
Sataporn Roengtam +2 more
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