Does Policy Network Analysis provide an adequate understanding of state-group inter-mediation at the local level? [PDF]
This paper attempts to identify if Network Policy Analysis provides an adequate understanding of state-group inter-mediation at local level. In order to do that the paper refers to recent developments of Policy Network Analysis in UK local government ...
Apostolakis, Christos
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Combining multi-agent simulations and cost-benefit analysis to evaluate policy options for the management of livestock effluents in Réunion Island [PDF]
, 2008 This study uses a multi-agent system to simulate the behaviour of economic players in a context of rapidly evolving environmental policy. The area under study is represented by a sector of a French overseas Department, Réunion Island, with a high ...
Bommel, Pierre +3 more
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Conservation Policy Making in Nepal: Problematising the Politics of Civic Resistance
Conservation & Society, 2015 Protected area governance has witnessed a shift from a strict-nature conservation model towards a seemingly more participatory approach in Nepal. Despite some progress, top-down and non-deliberative processes characterise policy making in protected area.
Ramesh Kumar Sunam +2 more
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Engaging with citizens online: Understanding the role of ePetitioning in local government democracy [PDF]
, 2010 This article can be accessed from the link below.According to the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act introduced in 2009, UK local authorities are expected to implement ―a facility for making petitions in electronic form to the ...
Al-Debei, MM, Panagiotopoulos, P
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Learning from experience leading to engagement: for a Europe of religion and belief diversity [PDF]
, 2012 The Religious Diversity and Anti-Discrimination Training Program provides a remarkable opportunity for participants of all walks of life to share opinions, concerns and needs of a variety of very real and practical issues such as the role of religion in ...
Cheruvallil-Contractor, Sariya +1 more
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Victims of Crime in Policy Making: Local Governance, Local Responsibility?
The 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 ...
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Territorial administration and political control. Decentralization in France [PDF]
The paper is based on intensive longitudinal field research. It suggests an interpretative model of territorial governement in France. Relations between national and local authorities as well as policy-making processes suggest that the centralized state ...
Jean-Claude Thoenig
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The 'place' of multi-level governance? Defining the policy agenda for regional development in Western Flanders [PDF]
The policy-making function of the principal agency for regional development is examined. Are institutional and governance forms for Regional Development as much a product of specific local and regional conditions (the 'place' of multi-level governance)
Stevens, Robert
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New forms of regional industrial policy in Europe: How do policy makers understand 'competitiveness' and 'clusters'? [PDF]
The last decade has seen a revival of regional industrial policy in the Western world. New policies have been built on recent insights into the drivers of competitive advantage and are characterized by a focus on local production systems, on networking ...
Arnoud Lagendijk
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Joined-up food policy? The trials of governance, public policy and the food system [PDF]
, 2002 To address the policy malfunctions of the recent past and present, UK food policy needs to link policy areas that in the past have been dealt with in a disparate manner, and to draw on a new ecological public health approach.
Barling, D., Caraher, M., Lang, T.
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