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Examining the Reform of Sao Paulo's Transportation Policy: The Rebirth of Detran.SP

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, states have gone to great lengths to modernize and improve the efficiency and quality of government action. Yet, these endeavors are often only partially implemented and can be challenging, particularly at the local level. This article examines the magnitude and effects of the recent administrative reform of a subnational ...
Maria Clara Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poor compliance and exemptions facilitate ongoing deforestation

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2025.
Abstract Many nations are struggling to reduce deforestation, despite having extensive environmental protection laws in place and commitments to international agreements that address the biodiversity and climate crises. We developed a novel framework to quantify the extent to which contemporary deforestation is being captured under national and ...
Hannah Thomas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoritarismo subnacional: estratégias territoriais de controle política em regimes democráticos

open access: yes, 2010
This document examines the dynamics established between change and continuity under sub-national authoritarianisms (more specifically in provinces) in national democratic regimes. Contributions taken from local theories on territorial politics constitute
Gibson, Edward
core   +1 more source

Diplomacia federativa: o Estado brasileiro e a atuação internacional de suas Unidades Constituintes

open access: yesCarta Internacional, 2011
Desde os anos 1990, o fim do conflito bipolar e a aceleração de fenômenos de transnacionalizaçãoestremecem a ordem internacional centrada no Estado. As relações internacionais exigem novas práticase a recomposição de paradigmas teóricos.
Manoela Salem Miklos
doaj  

Securitization of local adaptation: Signs of riskification in a Dutch region

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 419-440, December 2024.
Abstract Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events and sea level rise, causing scholars to argue that it has become a security issue and that extraordinary measures are being legitimized by its perceived threat, referred to as securitization.
Nenya Jochemsen, Heleen Mees
wiley   +1 more source

Nóminas en alquiler : la carrera subnacional en la elección general de 2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
El proceso de descentralización de inicios del siglo XXI abrió las puertas de la competencia subnacional, ampliando los objetivos electorales de los políticos peruanos.
Barnechea Busse, Alonso
core   +2 more sources

State infrastructural power in a neopatrimonialist democratization context: Why Tunisian sustainable land management fails

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 985-1016, November 2024.
Abstract Sustaining agricultural production in arid and semi‐arid regions is of paramount importance to food security, geo‐political independence, and social stability. In this context, it is vital to understand the effectiveness of policies. In this article, we aim to answer the question of what role the state and its policies play for soil protection
Andreas Thiel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of party competition on LGBTI+ rights: Evidence from Spanish autonomous regions (1990–2022)

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 801-827, August 2024.
Abstract Political competition accelerates the enactment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and intersexual rights (LGBTI+) due to the dynamic, rational behavior of mainstream parties across the political aisle to adapt to the sociopolitical environment.
Joel Cantó, Javier Arregui
wiley   +1 more source

Infringements of European Union law at the local and regional level across Member States

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 188-205, Spring 2024.
Abstract This paper investigates variations in infringements of EU rules by substate authorities. The paper tests the effect of structure and actor level variables. First, we test structural factors in terms of the autonomy that substate authorities hold.
Peter Clinton, Javier Arregui
wiley   +1 more source

Prácticas iliberales y vías hacia la democratización subnacional [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Este capítulo presenta un marco analítico para entender la democratización subnacional en países que son democráticos a nivel nacional desde una perspectiva comparativa.
Behrend, Jacqueline Mariela
core  

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