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-issue policy model. Findings - We found that the mandatory use of low-sulfur fuel can decrease GRDP and container throughput and …. Practical implications - We found that an integrated policy approach that can tackle technical and social issues can be used to …
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contest is heating up in the United States. Both venues raise critical policy issues and concerns in which nonprofit …
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Abstract As the articles in this special issue demonstrate, the emergence of government-voluntary sector compacts around the world is intimately linked to comprehensive transformations the welfare state is undergoing in many countries. The fact that the first compact was developed in England is...
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explored in the literature, despite the recognition that political or policy entrepreneurs are crucial to the American policy … related to whether or not a leader identifies their group as one that engages in political or policy issues, and what types of …
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Abstract The article aims to describe and analyze the main processes of policy initiatives towards the nonprofit sector … Committee established in February 2000. This then developed into few policy initiatives: in the Ministry of Social Welfare; by a … society in Israel. The analysis reveals that, while the policy initiatives have created new forms and forums for dialogue and …
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Abstract Latent constructs are the unobservable characteristics of individuals, groups and organizations. Although researchers use many tools to measure latent constructs, including scaled-items and factor analysis techniques, this study offers a different way to measure these characteristics in...
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A litany of major contemporary policy issues confront nations around the globe, stemming from economic recession … policy deliberations as well as the less visible, more diffuse presence of the third sector as a significant factor in policy … change. One reason for the sector's muted role is a dearth of channels through which policy issues and processes involving …
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city. Design/methodology/approach Inspired by anthropology of policy and post-structural approaches to policy analysis, the … Danish policies on urban development and integration. Findings Swedish policy constructs productiveness as crucial to the … imagined national sameness, whereas Danish policy constructs cultural sameness as fundamental to the national self-image. By …
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Purpose This commentary argues that social marketing and the application of behavioural sciences to policy constitute … applying behavioural sciences to policy. Design/methodology/approach The commentary relies on a review of the behavioural … similar end-goals, inform similar policy applications and are rooted in behavioural analysis. They diverge in their …
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