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The Impact of e-Politician on the Adoption of e-Service: Perceptions from a sample of South African Municipal IT Heads [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Managing Public Sector Information and Communication Technologies (IJMPICT) Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 1-10, September 2014, 2014
The purpose of this study is to establish whether the use of information technology (IT) by elected municipal representatives, for constituency work, emboldens the adoption of e-service in municipals of a developing country. The research data was obtained through the completion of a questionnaire by a sample of respondents who serve as authorities of ...
arxiv  

Professionalism, Community Policing, and Citizen Participation in U.S. Municipal Police Departments

open access: yesThe Korean Governance Review, 2010
Citizen surveys as a tool for democratic governance and for citizen participation have had a rich tradition in local government for the past 30 years. For democratic governance, one of the debate arises over the tension between professionalism and democracy.
Cheon Geun Choi   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Analisis Kinerja Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja Kabupaten Blora Dalam Penanganan Pedagang Kaki Lima [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Police Civil Service Unit (Satpol PP) is the fundamental duty of local governments to enforce local laws, organizing public order and public tranquility.
Utomo, Y. R. (Yahya)   +1 more
core  

“Fight or flight”—A study of frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge, and motivation to work during hazards “战斗或逃跑”——关于一线应急响应人员的感知知识和在危险期间的工作动机研究 “Lucha o huida”: Un estudio sobre el conocimiento percibido y la motivación para trabajar de la fuerza laboral de primera línea de respuesta a emergencias durante los peligros

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to identify different frontline emergency response workforce's perceived knowledge of hazards and their willingness and motivations to go to work during them. An online version of the “Fight or Flight” survey was distributed and collected from Norwegian emergency personnel during the spring of 2023.
Jarle L. Sørensen   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Socialocene: From Capitalocene to Transnational Waste Regimes

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract In this article I will present a relational, and multiscalar, perspective on how state socialism interacted with and shaped the Capitalocene. I introduce a heuristic device, the term Socialocene, a transnational waste regime dominant through the Cold War‐era, that is, during what Will Steffen and colleagues call “the great acceleration”.
Zsuzsa Gille
wiley   +1 more source

Online Social Media and Police in India: Behavior, Perceptions, Challenges [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2014
Police agencies across the globe are increasingly using Online Social Media (OSM) to acquire intelligence and connect with citizens. Developed nations have well thought of strategies to use OSM for policing. However, developing nations like India are exploring and evolving OSM as a policing solution.
arxiv  

Enhancing Circular Economic Activities of e‐Waste Pickers in South Africa: Using Korten's Four Generations Strategies as Framework

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT E‐waste pickers play a valuable role in the circular economy and divert waste from landfills. Despite their contributions to the economy, informal e‐waste pickers work in very adverse conditions. With a view to improving their livelihoods and working conditions and possibly increasing their integration, Korten's four generations framework is ...
Takunda Y. Chitaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Black Families, Damned Territories: Anti‐Blackness and Black Motherhood in (White) Portuguese Parliamentary Debates (1995–2001)

open access: yesAntipode, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The perceptions and representations of whiteness around motherhood, family, and black sexuality reproduce the logic of what Hortense Spillers calls “captive flesh”, controlling understandings about femininity, motherhood, and gender. This debate is guided by the politics of the racial neoliberal agenda that works to control the urban ...
Danielle Pereira de Araújo
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring non-residential technology adoption: an empirical analysis of factors associated with the adoption of photovoltaic systems by municipal authorities in Germany [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
This research article explores potential influencing factors of solar photovoltaic (PV) system adoption by municipal authorities in Germany in the year 2019. We derive seven hypothesized relationships from the empirical literature on residential PV adoption, organizational technology adoption, and sustainability policy adoption by local governments ...
arxiv  

Reforming Indigenous policing: Understanding the context for change

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2020
Protests over the policing of Black and Indigenous people and people of Colour that started after the death of George Floyd in May 2020 at the hands of the Minneapolis police set the stage for debates about the role of the Canadian police in ensuring ...
Rick Ruddell, John Kiedrowski
doaj   +1 more source

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