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Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Frédéric Robert‐Nicoud, Richard Baldwin, Rikard Forslid et al. • Princeton University Press eBooks
(2011)
Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North Ameri...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841233
Lars G. Tummers • Public Administration Review
(2019)
Abstract Changing behavior is often necessary to tackle societal problems, such as obesity, alcohol abuse, and debt problems. This article has two goals. First, it aims to highlight how governments can try to change the behavior of citizens...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13109
David S. Meyer, Helen Ingram, Steven Rathgeb Smith • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
(1994)
A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This c...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2074276
Helen Zerlina Margetts • Policy & Internet
(2009)
Abstract This article looks at the role of the Internet in policymaking, identifying potential policy effects of widespread use of the Internet by citizens, firms, governments and voluntary organizations. It considers how the Internet and I...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2202/1944-2866.1029
Roxane Silberman, Dana Mueller, Beate Lichtwardt • International Journal of Population Data Science
(2018)
With legal frameworks changing, administrative data can increasingly be utilised both for official statistics and to facilitate new research, enabling the development of evidence-based policy for the public benefit. Secure access conditions...
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DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i5.1068
Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research
(2022)
Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1
Fiona Preston-Whyte, Toshka Barnardo, Danica Marlin, Tanna Hewett et al. • Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
(2025)
Data gaps limit solutions and policy development for environmental issues. Citizen science offers a possible solution to reduce data gaps at a limited cost while enhancing environmental education (EE). While highly effective in the latter, ...
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DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v41SI1.04
Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Kelly Howells, Diane Ashiru-Oredope • Pharmacy
(2023)
Pharmacists and their teams play an important role in providing public health services, however little is known about their level of contribution and the strength of evidence in Africa’s Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The purpose...
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DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy11010024
Darshen Naidoo, Nosiphiwo Nzimande, Susan Goldstein, Sameera Mahomedy • Globalization and Health
(2026)
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising rapidly in South Africa, prompting the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in 2018 to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However, the levy remains...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12992-026-01234-8
Ekaterina Emelianenko • African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
(2023)
This article discusses the peculiar features of South Africa’s foreign policy, which became the fifth member of BRICS in 2011. The decision for South Africa’s accession to BRICS was based on the principles of the country's foreign policy; f...
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DOI: 10.51415/ajims.v5i1.1161
Marian Simón-Rojo, Andrés Couceiro, Julia del Valle, José Fariña Tojo • Land
(2020)
In the last decade, efforts to re-localize the food system have been gaining ground in a way that is intended to induce changes in the primary sector, thereby improving its conditions and sustainability. The European Union has identified fo...
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DOI: 10.3390/land9090317
Kristóf Mihály Heil • Journal on European History of Law
(2023)
The codification attempts of Criminal Law in the time of the Enlightenment of the 1790 s and the liberalism of the 1830s and 1840s are the focal points of the study. In order to draft bills to reform the feudal state based on customary law ...
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B. Guy Peters (2021)
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF PUBLIC POLICY Chapter One: What is Public Policy Defining Public Policy The Instruments of Public Policy The Environment of Public Policy Summary Chapter Two: The Structure of Policymaking in American Government Fede...
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Paul Burstein • Political Research Quarterly
(2003)
This article considers the impact of public opinion on public policy, asking: (1) how much impact it has; (2) how much the impact increases as the salience of issues increases; (3) to what extent the impact of public opinion may be negated ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/106591290305600103
Michael J. Hill, Frédéric Varone, Gabriela Lotta • Routledge eBooks
(2014)
The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policy-making, the...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003010203
Richard H. Hall, Robert E. Quinn (1983)
Introduction Question - Richard H Hall and Robert E Quinn What is the Connection Between Organizational Theory and Public Policy? PART ONE: ORGANIZATION THEORY AND PUBLIC POLICY: PURPOSE, PROCESS, AND REASON Public Policy and Organizational...
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Leonard D. Eron • PEDIATRICS
(1996)
Professor Hyman has reviewed for us all the research that has been done on the effects of corporal punishment in the schools.1 It is actually a meager record because of the reasons he has mentioned, many of them ethical, demographic, and re...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.98.4.821
Michael P. Howlett, Ben Cashore • Palgrave Macmillan eBooks
(2014)
Policy-making involves both a technical and political process of articulating and matching actors’ goals and means. Policies are thus actions which contain goal(s) and the means to achieve them, however well or poorly identified, justified,...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137314154.0006
William N. Dunn • Routledge eBooks
(2015)
Public Policy Analysis, the most widely cited book on the subject, provides students with a comprehensive methodology of policy analysis. It starts from the premise that policy analysis is an applied social science discipline designed for s...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315181226
Glyn Davis (1993)
Figures and tablesAcknowledgmentsThe authors1 Public policy in Australia2 The state in Australia3 Public policy in a Federal State4 The political executive5 The public sector6 Political organisations7 Making policy choices8 Policy delivery9...
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