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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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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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Scientific Data, 2023 Despite the fundamental importance of American local governments for service provision in areas like education and public health, local policy-making remains difficult and expensive to study at scale due to a lack of centralized data.
Soubhik Barari, Tyler Simko
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The role of epistemic communities: local think tanks, international practitioners and security sector reform in Kosovo [PDF]
, 2018 Security sector reform (SSR) in Kosovo remains complex and challenging. The existing approach is heavily driven by international agencies. This article addresses the question: What role is played by local research in Kosovo’s SSR?
European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo +15 more
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Practices and perceptions of the politics-administration dichotomy in Malawian local government
Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 2020 Drawing from survey data and key informant interviews of local government councils in Malawi, this article investigates the nature of the relationship between politically elected and appointed officials as well as the perceptions of the roles of ...
AL Chiweza, Y Msiska
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Conservative Party policy for planning: caught between the market and local communities [PDF]
, 2010 Whether in power or in opposition, the planning policies of the Conservative Party are caught in a tension between the free market and local communities. On one hand, the Conservatives face developers who want to simplify the planning system, speed up
Goodchild, B.
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INTRODUCTION FEDERALISM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POLICY-MAKING
Federal Governance, 2011 This special issue examines local government; one of the less explored and yet most relevant aspects of federal studies. The special issue looks at cases that demonstrate how the growing role of local government has a considerable impact on federal systems.
Gamper, Anna, Palermo, Francesco
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Orchestrating Forest Policy in Italy: Mission Impossible? [PDF]
, 2018 In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest ...
Carbone, F. +6 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.
Durrer, Victoria +2 more
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Representing the Local Interests in Governmental Policy Making. The Romanian Experiment [PDF]
Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2008 The paper aims the analysis of mechanisms related to representation of territorial interests at national level in formulation, implementation and evaluation of governmental public policies by involving local actors, local government associations ...
Lucica Matei
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