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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"policy window"”.
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To what extent EU accession provide an opportunity for the nursing leadership in Croatia and Romania to advance a professional agenda? : A comparative case study using an ethnographic approach
… the views and experiences of nurse leaders and policy-makers on the use of EU accession as a policy window to advance a professional agenda in Romania and Croatia.<br/>The research question and objectives are designed to identify the policy context prior EU accession, the processes and …
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Choosing green over gray : Philadelphia's innovative stormwater infrastructure plan
… particularly for a cash-strapped city; (2) a policy entrepreneur in the Philadelphia Water Department did two key things in preparation for a future policy window: he created an office organized around watersheds, and began redefining the problem; and (3) the policy entrepreneur capitalized on …
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Development of a public health information infrastructure for postmarket evidence
… in the United States. Consequently, the policy window to influence the system design is now. Personal health data is the scarce resource needed to constitute this infrastructure. Citizens have a right and responsibility to re-examine how postmarket data is used to measure safety and …
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Fostering Expertise, Confidence, and Passion in Writing Education: How a Common Sense, Nonbinary Education Policy May Serve to Enrich Teachers’ Writing Lives, Shrink the Divide Between Literacy Educators, and Finally Improve Literacy Among New York City Students
… educators. Inspired by John Kingdon’s open policy window theory, as a new administration took office in the city in 2022, I researched and connected with old and new contacts that lead a like-minded policy community within the Department of Education in order to implement and test this …
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Jean Chrétien: policy etrepreneur : a case study of the 2002 G8 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta
… the G8. This thesis adapts John Kingdon’s public policy model, the Multiple Streams model, to analyze Canadian foreign policy. It studies how and why African development rose to the top of the agenda for Canada and the G8 in the early 2000s. It illustrates how Prime Minister Chrétien became a …
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Exploring Social Learning in Yorkton Following the 2010, 2014 and 2016 Floods
… occurrence, its interrelation with the window of opportunity, and the outcomes that it produced. The data for this study came from 15 semi-structured interviews and 110 newspaper articles on the flood events and the infrastructure upgrades. The data showed that the flood experience and …
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An educational reform commission and institutional change: case study of the policies, politics, and processes of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
… How did the Knight Commission function to bring policy reform to college sports?; and, generally, How does an independent, temporary commission influence organizational change? Grounded in the reform commission literature and a conceptual framework developed from political science, policy …
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The Politics of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: a case study of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy
… in the prioritization of “evidence-based” social policy reform agendas worldwide, as well as a proliferation of research on effective evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM). However, studies on evidence use in policymaking tend to focus on singular aspects of the policy process, using ambiguous …
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The consolidation of Ypsilanti Public and Willow Run Community Schools: Lessons learned and policy considerations
… study was to understand the lessons learned and policy considerations from the successful vote to consolidate the Ypsilanti Public and Willow Run Community Schools. In the past thirty years, only four consolidations have been approved by voters in Michigan; and at least nine consolidation …
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California in the greenhouse: regional climate policies and the global environment
This thesis explores how climate policy is developing at sub-national or “regional” scales of decision-making. It considers local-global connections on both the science and the politics of climate change by investigating four main research questions as they pertain to regional climate action: What …