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From Connections to Actions: When Do Government Ties Matter to Nonprofit Organizational Performance?

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nonprofit organizations are essential for public service delivery, yet the value of their government ties is contested. This study examines the mechanism that translates these connections into tangible results. We propose that political networking—the deliberate cultivation and use of official relationships—is the critical catalyst.
Qiang Dong, Jiahuan Lu, Shanshan Guan
wiley   +1 more source

Primary producers' positions towards bears and bear conservation: Insights for human–bear coexistence

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract We present primary producers' (farmers', livestock breeders', beekeepers') positions towards bears and bear conservation as documented through semi‐structured interviews within the frame of human dimensions actions of LIFE projects implemented between 2015 and 2022 in Greece.
Tasos Hovardas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Participation in Local Development: What is the Answer to Participatory Budgeting in Cote d’ivoire?

open access: yesAsian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences
After 45 years, decentralization, which aroused much enthusiasm in Côte d'Ivoire in the 1980s, is still struggling to achieve the desired inclusive local development. The expectations and needs expressed by the local population are still not taken into account by elected officials in development actions. What reveals the challenges of local governance:
openaire   +2 more sources

The futures of digital democracy. [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Res Eur
Fuchs C, Museba J, Friesch K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and socio‐economic factors behind data provision in 17 citizen science projects

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Citizen science approaches in ecology have recently become increasingly popular. Although many advantages, such as the cost‐effective collection of vast amounts of data, outweigh the disadvantages, most projects face difficulties, such as non‐random sampling, pseudo‐absences or various biases, such as detection/reporting biases or participant ...
Zsóka Vásárhelyi   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Power to the People? How Participatory Budgets Affect Citizens’ Populist Attitudes

open access: yesPolitical Studies
So-called populist citizens feel excluded from political decision-making, which in their eyes is dominated by an unresponsive political elite. While democratic innovation scholars suggest that empowering citizens in the decision-making process can affect populist sentiments, this article addresses the lack of theorization and empirical research on the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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