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Cities in search of Policy

open access: yesMétropoles, 2013
Studies of urban public policy in Italy heretofore have highlighted the absence of attention to urban questions in the national political agenda until 1990, and afterwards the fragmentation of public initiatives, due to the lack of effective tools for ...
Massimo Allulli, Walter Tortorella
doaj   +1 more source

The end of social Europe? Understanding EU social policy change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The financial and economic crisis has increased attention on EU social policy, yet little policy change has been realized. Drawing on Easton’s political system approach, we differentiate demand emanating from the difficult situation following the crisis ...
Graziano, Paolo, Hartlapp, Miriam
core   +1 more source

European Road Safety Policy 2016-2020: A Forecast on Topics and Activities

open access: yesARCHive-SR, 2018
Objective 25,500 people were killed on European roads in 2016. Thus, despite the achievements of the past, there is still need for action in order to reduce the number of people killed or injured in road traffic.
Armin Kaltenegger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“The future for pastoralists is dark unless something is done”: illuminating the constraints and opportunities for a climate-resilient future for Kenyan pastoralists

open access: yesEcology and Society
Despite pastoralists’ contributions to local food systems in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, resource constraints, conflict, and climate emergencies are threatening pastoralists’ abilities to thrive.
Elizabeth L Fox   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building the Road As We Travel: New Political Coalitions and the Washington State Labor Council [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
[Excerpt] New political action often involves testing ideas and approaches that do not always come together immediately or as envisioned. The political agenda of the Washington State Labor Council was formulated as one of three fronts in a comprehensive ...
Feekin, Lynn
core   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Croatian Political Agendas

open access: yes, 2019
Abstract The Croatian Agendas Project is the newest member of the Comparative Agendas network. The project was set up to investigate agenda-setting of the main political institutions and organizations—political parties, the parliament, the government, and the president—in the last twenty-five years.
Širinić, Daniela, Nikić Čakar, Dario
openaire   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter-Media Agenda Setting between Twitter and News-Websites: A Case Study of The Turkish President’s Visit to Pakistan

open access: yesConnectist Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 2021
The current study analyzes Inter-Media agenda setting between Twitter and Newspaper websites in the political sphere. As a data collection method, keyword searches were used.
Abdul Rehman Qaisar, Saqib Riaz
doaj   +1 more source

The Politics of Economic Reform in Thailand: Crisis and Compromise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
What explains the varying responses by Thai governments to changes in the international economic environment over time. To answer this the paper emphasizes the link between the nature of the political structure/policymaking environment and the government’
Hicken, Allen
core   +1 more source

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