Results 151 to 160 of about 39,397 (293)

Politicising participation

open access: yes, 2013
The involvement of local communities in public space planning and design processes is widely promoted as an essential element of landscape architecture and urban design practice. Despite this, there has been little theorisation of this topic within these fields.
openaire   +1 more source

Delisting the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf from the US Endangered Species Act: an assessment of political discourse over 20 years

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Feared, revered, and politicized, wolves have long captured human imagination, and ignited fierce conservation conflicts. In the United States, the Endangered Species Act protects species at risk of extinction from human impacts. This far‐reaching legislation, which impacts development and state‐level wildlife management, has been fraught with legal ...
Iree Wheeler   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic analytics of electricity tariff design in Nepal

open access: yesEnergy Conversion and Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Nepal's electricity sector operates under a monopsony, with government entities dominating generation, transmission, and distribution. This market structure suppresses competition, leading to inherent challenges in establishing fair and efficient electricity tariff systems.
Prashant Kandel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Success and failure in foreign policy: Comparing Bob Hawke and Kevin Rudd's regional order‐building initiatives

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Remarkably little is known about what factors drive success or failure in foreign policy. In part, this is because there is little fundamental agreement on what constitutes success or failure in this domain in the first place. This article engages with these shortcomings by comparing two similar regional order‐building initiatives overseen by ...
Benjamin Day
wiley   +1 more source

Female Involvement in the Miners' Strike 1984-1985: Trajectories of Activism [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper is based on recent primary research interviews with women who were active in the 1984-1985 miners\' strike. The paper claims that one depiction of women\'s engagement in the strike has been privileged above others: activist women were miners\'
Carol Stephenson, Jean Spence
core  

Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy