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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"participatory governance"”.
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Democratising Democracy: Reimagining Prisoners as Active Citizens Through Participatory Governance
… can, in some ways, be ameliorated through participatory engagement, ‘political’ recognition and mobilisation, and the exercise of civic agency. The deliberative ‘free spaces’ created by council participation, and the practice of ‘everyday democracy’ through relational encounters were viewed …
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Exploring, Examining, and Explaining How Participatory Governance Adds Value to Saudi Foundations’ Philanthropic Strategy
… is a mounting interest among scholars in the governance of foundations, the systems and processes concerned with ensuring the overall strategic direction of organizations. Influenced by agency and stewardship theories, an increasing number of studies address such topics as boards’ internal …
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A bottom-up participatory governance institutional framework for sustainable community development in a Malaysian sub-urban area
The concern in governance institutional framework for a sustainable community development has been recognised as being a major social, economic and environment concern which has been a focal point of the United Nation and deliberated in Rio+20 summit. The UNEP (2012) report recognised that the …
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Students' right to participate in school decision-making: the perspectives of school governors
… Article 12, using the theoretical framework of participatory governance. Fourteen school governors across nine post-primary schools were interviewed. The findings indicate that most of the governors did not have a detailed knowledge of students' participation rights and did not understand fully …
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Citizen participation in the budget process in local government: a case study of the eThekwini Municipality
This study focused on participatory governance in the form of involvement of communities and community organisation in matters of local government in general, and citizens participation in the local budget process in particular. The study therefore aimed to assess the theoretical and policy …
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An assessment of public participation in selected ward committees in the City of Cape Town
… of this study, Fung and Wrights Empowered Participatory Governance (EPG) model is applied to five ward committees in diverse-socio-economic areas in the southern suburbs in the city of Cape Town. It should be noted that EPG is a possible model that can be used to enhance participation and …
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From Governance to Consciousness: Reclaiming Participatory Agency Beyond Neoliberalism
… today’s ecological and social crises stem from governance built for control, not collaboration. Representative democracy and capitalism have fused into a system that concentrates power, hollows agency, and accelerates environmental collapse. The solution is not better policy, but deeper …
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How emerging technologies transform governance and market practices through disintermediation
… traditional gatekeepers, thereby transforming governance and market dynamics. Across three essays, I examine how disintermediation reshapes organizational resilience, market access, and participatory governance in blockchain-based systems. The first essay finds that DAOs with more concentrated …
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How emerging technologies transform governance and market practices through disintermediation
… traditional gatekeepers, thereby transforming governance and market dynamics. Across three essays, I examine how disintermediation reshapes organizational resilience, market access, and participatory governance in blockchain-based systems. The first essay finds that DAOs with more concentrated …
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Building Bridges: Union Efforts to Address Stress Among Educational Staff
… administrative visibility, and establishing participatory governance structures. The findings highlight the need for ecological and organizational interventions to reduce burnout and improve educator retention. This study contributes to the emerging literature on post-pandemic educational …
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Institutional relationships and organizational change : lessons from a prominent African NGO in Dakar, Senegal
… the urban poor, and training local leaders in participatory governance. However, as demonstrated by its lack of involvement and influence in events surrounding the vendor riots, Enda's role and relationship with both grassroots actors and national policy-makers has changed. This thesis …
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Community-led study of access to antiretroviral therapy and viral load testing.
… and rarely centres SGM lived experience or participatory approaches, limiting understanding of how treatment is assessed, negotiated, and sustained within constrained health systems. This study examined how SGM living with HIV in Ghana experience, engage with, and sustain ART and viral load …
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The Hidden Hand: Systematic Oppression Cloaked as Education
… metrics, and strengthening relational and participatory governance.
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Climate governance in South Africa: challenges, risks and opportunities
… mini-dissertation examines the state of climate governance in three diverse South African municipalities, namely the City of Cape Town, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (Durban), and Amathole District Municipality. Using a qualitative literature review research approach, this study examines …
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Extending environmental governance: China's environmental state and civil society
This thesis is a study of environmental governance reform in China. It investigates how new governance policies and arrangements are being introduced in order to overcome problems associated with China’s sizable environmental protection ‘implementation deficit’. Using an analytical framework based …
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Alternative Food Landscapes. Designing Food-Sensitive Landscapes beyond Urban-Rural Bonundaries
… infrastructure, evidence-based planning tools, participatory governance, and policy innovation. The thesis is structured in five interconnected sections. The first section establishes the theoretical framework connecting agroecology, landscape planning, and sustainable food systems while …
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The role of effective leadership in enhancing municipal service delivery within Vhembe District Municipality
… performance, responsiveness, ethical governance, and community engagement in a resource-constrained rural municipality. A total of 34 participants were engaged. The quantitative component involved 18 respondents from senior and middle management, councillors, frontline service …
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Participação política e construção da cidadania ativa: estudo exploratório do orçamento participativo em João Pessoa-PB
… by citizens, specifically the directors , the Participatory Budget in the city of João Pessoa, has encouraged them to participate in other public spaces , thus contributing to the exercise of active citizenship, that is , that in which the citizen , as well as being included in the decision …
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Beyond organizations: Responsible value creation and participation in common platforms
… approach combined with qualitative case studies, participatory design scenarios, and narrative analyses. Four interlinked articles provide the empirical foundation: (1) the humanistic and systemic challenges of responsible organizational transformation; (2) social enterprises as vehicles of social …
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Plan de producto turístico sostenible de base deportiva y experiencial en Aspe. Nuevas ruralidades contemporáneas
… experience. A key aspect is the promotion of participatory governance, involving public and private stakeholders and the local community in tourism planning and development. It also proposes seeking synergies with neighbouring municipalities to create joint tourist routes and access regional, …
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