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Role of Municipal Council in Increasing Citizen Participation at the Local Budget Process

Central European Public Administration Review, 2016
The paper explores the role of the municipal councilors in the budget process in the Republic of Macedonia as well as their role in motivating citizen participation in the budgetary process in the Republic of Macedonia. We demonstrate that municipalities
Memet Memeti, Veli Kreci
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Trends in publicly subsidized and private access to GLP‐1 medicines indicated for type 2 diabetes in Australia, 2020–2025

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims GLP‐1 medicines provide substantial cardio‐renal benefits for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and are increasingly used for weight loss. Most high‐income countries subsidize access for T2D with restrictions; use outside of these restrictions occurs through private prescriptions. Despite strong consumer demand, the extent of private access to GLP‐1 medicines
Michael O. Falster, Juliana de Oliveira Costa, Tamara Y. Milder, Joanne Carson, Cade Shadbolt, Brendon L. Neuen, Clare Arnott, Andrew Wilson, Min Jun, Nicole Pratt, Sallie‐Anne Pearson   +10 more
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Enabling citizens’ Right to the Smart City through the co-creation of digital platforms

Urban Transformations, 2022
In response to increasingly deterministic and all-encompassing implementation of smart city technologies, scholars and activists plea for policies and initiatives to support citizens’ democratic ‘Right to the Smart City.’ Although it is common for ...
Els M. Leclercq, Emiel A. Rijshouwer
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A Century of Learning: The Story of ESA's Education Committee, 1918–2025

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract The Education Committee and its precursors have been highly influential within the Ecological Society of America. Here we document the Education Committee's history, from its origins in reviewing curricular materials through major contributions to ecological literacy, teaching innovation, diversity initiatives, and professional development ...
Kenneth M. Klemow, Alan R. Berkowitz, Carmen R. Cid, Tom A. Langen, Margaret D. Lowman, George Middendorf, Julie A. Reynolds   +6 more
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La démocratie au concret : Les enjeux politiques et territoriaux de la mise en place du Budget Participatif dans la Tunisie post-Ben Ali (2011-2016)

L’Année du Maghreb, 2017
The Participatory budgeting is a modality of local democracy, a guarantee of better citizen participation in the co-production of local public action. Its use seems to have achieved some success in some ten Tunisian communes since 2014, to the point that
Joseph-Désiré Som-1, Damiano De Facci
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma, Swati Singh, Agnieszka Kabalska, Ralf Wagner   +3 more
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Financial Constraints and Corporate Sustainability Performance: Do Climate Exposure and People's Climate Attention Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between financial constraints and a firm's sustainability performance. Our empirical analysis utilises a panel of 40,445 observations from 9466 listed non‐financial firms across 44 countries, spanning the period from 2002 to 2019.
Boying Xu, Ruth Owusu‐Mensah, Daniel Gyimah   +2 more
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Obywatelska inicjatywa uchwałodawcza jako element partycypacji obywatelskiej w kontekście kondycji polskiej samorządności lokalnej na poziomie gmin

Studia Prawa Publicznego, 2019
The article aims to show the interdisciplinary character of citizens initiative. In the introductory part a defi nition of citizens initiative is given. The subsequent parts of the article prove its multi-aspect character.
Łukasz Brodziak
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Beyond the Reports: Cultural Pressures, Unheard Voices and the Climate Accountability Gap in Oil and Gas Sector Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental governance in Nigeria's oil and gas sector remains central to global climate justice debates, yet persistent accountability failures continue to undermine meaningful environmental and social outcomes. Despite extensive regulatory frameworks, accountability in resource‐dependent contexts is frequently reduced to formal reporting ...
Hammed Afolabi, Ronita Ram, Adetola Abdulfattah Sogbesan   +2 more
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