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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Policy initiatives"”.
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Electricity use in urban households in China: occupancy patterns, attitudes, and policy initiatives
… dimensions, namely the practical dimension, the policy dimension, and the theoretical dimension. From the practical perspective, this thesis proposes to understand the characteristics of domestic energy use behaviour, explore the factors that affect occupants’ attitudes and behaviour, and figure …
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The receptivity to housing policy initiatives: adequate and affordable housing in the rural south
… on their receptiveness to housing policy initiatives. Perceptions of housing policy initiatives relative to funding for housing assistance and support for land use controls also were examined. The study analyzed data from the Southern Regional Research Project, S-194, "Barriers and …
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Implementation of technology driven policy initiatives in emerging economies: the case of Malaysia's Commercialisation of Research and Development Fund
… of this study is to investigate the impact of a policy initiative to uplift innovation capabilities among indigenous high-technology small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. As an emerging economy, Malaysia has actively introduced policies to propel economic development. These policies …
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Special Educational Needs And Teachers' Professional Development: A Study Of The Implications For Higher Education In The Light Of National Policy Initiatives
… promote and facilitate delivery of the various initiatives, especially in relation to special needs and the move towards a more inclusive education system. Through the medium of in-depth interviews, the relationship between rhetoric and reality is investigated by determining how teachers have …
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Alcohol Policy Initiatives of Post-Secondary Institutions in the State of Kentucky: An Evaluation of Best Practice Strategies to Reduce Binge Drinking
… polarizing topic has caused great concern among policy makers, legal experts, constituents and organizations alike, and as a result they have acted with a sense of urgency to implement policies and evidence-based recommendations for prevention and treatment (U. S. Department of Health and Human …
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Educare, Educere and Enterprise Education in schools. A case study approach to identifying effective policy initiatives to prepare young people and their teachers for an entrepreneurial future.
This submission reflects on my publications as a university researcher, and former teacher, from 2000 to 2020 , during which time enterprise education in schools across much of Europe saw a significant increase in interest and engagement from the teaching profession and school leaders , supported …
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Expressive Qualities In Music Education: An Analysis of the Extent to Which Expressive Qualities Are Valued by K-12 Public School Music Teachers, and the Impact of Those Values On Educational Leadership Practices and Policy Initiatives
… they were in a position to influence educational policy through their contributions to state curriculum and standards documents. These teachers indicated that expressive qualities were very important to music teaching and learning and they demonstrated this value through expressive teaching styles …
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An analysis of policy to practice developments in nursing, midwifery and allied health professions within Scotland from 2005 to 2010.
… Professions (NMAHPs) through setting up numerous policy initiatives to improve patient care both directly and indirectly. Despite the fact that many of these initiatives have been subject to individual commissioned evaluations, to date, no systematic integrative study has been carried out in …
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Classification and Statistical Analysis of Employment Growth in United States Counties
… judge the state of the economy and drive major policy decisions. Employment growth is typically examined by analyzing company characteristics and policy initiatives. In this thesis, we engage other types of data at the county level in pursuit of explaining this growth. Specifically, we …
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Reducing demand, controlling supply: evaluating new street-level prostitution policy interventions and paradigms in Nottingham
… describes and explains the impact of a number of policy initiatives intended to tackle the demand for, and supply of, street-level markets operating in Nottingham. The research triangulated survey data undertaken with 104 men attending a Nottingham-based ‘Kerb-Crawler Rehabilitation Programme’ …
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Policy into practice:a study of public policy implementation and the role of learning
Public policy becomes managerial practice through a process of implementation. There is an established literature within Implementation Studies which explains the variables and some of the processes involved in implementation, but less attention has been focused upon how public service managers …
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The popular music industry in Australia : a study of policy reform and retreat, 1982-1996
… examines the political economy of popular music policy initiatives during 1982-1996, when the Australian Labor Party was in government Federally and in the State of Victoria. Building on the cultural studies concept of articulation, the popular music formulation theory is proposed as the basis …
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International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.
… Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘top-down’ policy development in relation to the specific case on durable solutions with a detailed exploration of the ‘bottom-up’ views of actual refugees and displaced migrants. Put simply the aim is to provide more detailed insight into whether the …
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Managing the development of the real estate portfolios of state transportation authorities in the Boston area
… missions. This study develops several major policy initiatives designed to responsibly facilitate real estate disposition programs that maximize the benefits to the sponsoring authority, but concludes that real estate cannot be treated as a primary source of financing for an authority's …
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Public policy and the Quebec aerospace sector
… around the world have adopted various types of policy measures to influence not only the level but also the nature of economic activity within their jurisdictions. These measures have commonly been referred to as "industrial policy". Since the end of WW II, governments in most developed and some …
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Commitment Beyond Morality: American Complicity in the Massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981
… late 1981 was the direct result of U.S. foreign policy initiatives. Although the Americans kept themselves insulated to provide for plausible deniability, the policies of the Carter and Reagan administrations institutionalized the murder of civilians as a necessary element of American foreign …
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Accounting for the Epistemic Benefits of Diversity: Social Location, Identity, and the Politics of Knowledge
… Gendered Innovations, attempting to use various policy initiatives to address the under-representation of women and girls in the sciences. I argue that lack of attention, in key works of this collaboration, to the significance of social location in generating epistemic advantage, limits the …
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Getting to know QM(s) : exploring the actor-networks of quantitative methods across higher education social science subjects
… This skills deficit has prompted a wide range of policy initiatives and academic research into quantitative methods (QM(s)) learning-teaching across all levels of education. Although the academic literature has provided useful insights into the learning-teaching of QM(s), it has overlooked key …
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An evaluation of short innovation contest implementation in the federal context
… structure, program management implications, and policy considerations for short innovation contests. An empirical analysis is presented for four short innovation contests used for technology procurement in different government agencies. For each case study, the cost of the contest was compared to …
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