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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Advocacy Coalitions"”.
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The politics of electricity planning in South Africa: A review of dominant advocacy coalitions seeking to influence the Integrated Resource Plan of 2010 (IRP2010), and its update in 2013
… political influence exerted by the identified advocacy coalitions and the political context they acted within, during the period under review: June 2010 to June 2015. The research and the analysis of findings has been guided by the Advocacy Coalitions Framework (ACF) theory. In keeping with ACF …
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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer: Turkey and Israel's approaches to incorporation of religion
… independence-era secular leaders with religious advocacy coalitions which established Religious Ministries as a quick policy solution inadvertently paved the way for religion to exert a central influence. Through such ministries, religious groups were able to enshrine particular strains of Islam …
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School Libraries, Disabilities, and a Phenomenological Progression to Policy Change
… should partner more closely with various advocacy coalitions and join more fully in the reauthorization discussions concerning education legislation, including the Higher Education Act (HEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to foster a more effective role for …
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The Life Cycle of Dams: An Analysis of Policy Change on the Rogue River, Oregon
… Application of the framework reveals the role of advocacy coalitions and socioeconomic conditions as critical factors in altering the status quo in both of the decision-making process for Savage Rapids Dam and Gold Ray Dam. With the convergence of several economic, social, and environmental …
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Negotiating identity within the Sustainable Agriculture Advocacy Coalition
… Findings are related to theories about advocacy coalitions, interest groups, negotiation strategies, and identity politics. Results show evidence of an identity group within the sustainable agriculture advocacy coalition. The presence of an identity group impedes the ability of …
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HUD-VASH Efficiency and Effectiveness: Homelessness and Veterans' Housing Policy
… mixed quantitative and qualitative analysis. As coalitions to address homelessness among military veterans formed after HUD-VASH was authorized, different narratives about the causes of and possible remedies to veterans' underutilization of housing vouchers emerged as vehicles for policy …
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The Making of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: Viewed Through the Lens of the Advocacy Coalition Framework
… the making of the TVPA through the lens of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) model of the policy making process.The ACF's focus on belief systems in order to increase one's understanding of the policy making process makes it an interesting model to use to examine policy making in arenas …
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Sources of Change in Community Forestry - The Roles of Learning and Beliefs in the Policy Process
… Roo). The theoretical approach is based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). The ACF views policy change as a result of competing advocacy coalitions which act according to their policy beliefs. Policy change can be affected by internal changes (policy learning and changes of beliefs) or …
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Coalition Networks and Policy Learning: Interest Groups on the Losing Side of Legal Change
… findings of these literatures. Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework as a guide, this project studied the separationist advocacy coalition in cases regarding state aid to elementary and secondary sectarian schools from 1971 to 2002. The legal briefs filed by members of the separationist …
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The Impact of Advocacy Groups in Facilitating Policy Diffusion to Pass Paid Sick Leave Laws in New Jersey
… spread PSL to many New Jersey municipalities. An advocacy coalition named New Jersey Time to Care pursued what they termed the municipal approach. The political dynamics in the New Jersey state government prevented a statewide law from being adopted. Given this fact, the coalition pursued multiple …
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The Public-Private Dilemma: A Strategic Improvement Agenda for U.S. Department of Defense Depot Maintenance
… that draws upon Sabatier and Jenkins-Smith's Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is proposed to improve the situation. It addresses key problems identified in the analysis and rests upon an approach to strategic decision making that is politically rational in nature. This approach, called a …