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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Policy groups"”.
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An Exploration of the Structure, Issue Framing and Priorities of Virginia's Food Policy Groups to Collaborate on a Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Food System
Food policy groups (FPG) have emerged in the United States (U.S.) to create healthy, resilient and sustainable food systems. There is a lack of research about FPG in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This M.S. thesis describes a mixed-methods study that investigated the structure, issue framing, …
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A new institutionalist analysis of local level food policy in England between 2012 and 2014
This thesis explores the potential for food policy groups in England to render the food environment within their local areas more sustainable and resilient. The main question it addresses is how institutional norms, values and practices affect food policy groups’ capacity to pursue their aims. The …
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An Exploration of the Benefits and Challenges of State Health and Human Services Reorganization in Texas
… that provide analysis, and officials with policy groups as his unit of analysis and population, and employs two distinct working hypotheses: The first deals with the benefits of reorganization, while the second touches on the challenges created by reorganization. Each working hypothesis was …
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Public Policy Development and Implementation in the United Arab Emirates. A study of organizational learning during policy development and implementation in the Abu Dhabi Police and the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior
This reflective analysis of the Emirati public policy process (PPP) cycle and implications of uneven application of new public management (NPM) paradigms in the UAE offers insight into the way that public administrations develop, learn, evolve, and cope with new challenges during the policy …