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81	Cultural Diplomacy as National Strategy: A Comparative Study of Cultural Diplomacy Flagships Through A Multi-Level Design Framework Zhu, Biyun January 2021 (has links) No description available. Comparative International Relations History Public Administration Public Policy Arts Management Cultural Diplomacy Policy Design Great Power Flagship Fulbright Program British Council Confucius Institute
82	Like Laws and Sausages: The Tale of a Mere Portion of the Process to Develop the South Broad Street Corridor Plan Lopez, Amy R 01 June 2012 (has links) (PDF) The processes to develop community plans share certain standard activities and stages while remaining distinctive and without pre-scripted procedures. This study documents the process that yielded the South Broad Street Corridor Plan June 2012 draft. The objective is to present the decision-making processes and their connections to the final plan document along with the plan document itself. area plan community plan public planning process San Luis Obispo South Broad Street Corridor Plan Environmental Design Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Urban, Community and Regional Planning
83	Les policy designs contre la pauvreté : une analyse comparée des plans de lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exlusion sociale au Québec et à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Mondou, Matthieu January 2009 (has links) Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal. Policy design Pauvreté sociale Exclusion sociale Québec Terre-Neuve-et Labrador Politique dégénérative Analyse de contenu Idées Instruments de politique publique Discours de communication Discours de coordination État d'investissement social Policy design Poverty Social exclusion Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador Degenerative politics Content analysis Policy ideas Policy instruments Communicative discourse Coordinative discourse Social investment state
84	Les policy designs contre la pauvreté : une analyse comparée des plans de lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exlusion sociale au Québec et à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador Mondou, Matthieu January 2009 (has links) Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal Policy design Pauvreté sociale Exclusion sociale Québec Terre-Neuve-et Labrador Politique dégénérative Analyse de contenu Idées Instruments de politique publique Discours de communication Discours de coordination État d'investissement social Policy design Poverty Social exclusion Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador Degenerative politics Content analysis Policy ideas Policy instruments Communicative discourse Coordinative discourse Social investment state
85	Water Governance in Bolivia: Policy Options for Pro-Poor Infrastructure Reform Maxwell, Daniel M 01 January 2013 (has links) As the case with most countries across Latin America, unprecedented migration to urban areas has strained city infrastructure systems. More particularly, the region faces a pressing crisis of water security, where rapid urbanization has outpaced water sector development. This thesis addresses the water infrastructure reform in El Alto and La Paz, Bolivia, focusing on strategies to better promote water access for the peri-urban poor. The research investigates the level of progressivity of water service expansion and pricing regimes: in other words, does the present model of water distribution positively improve the lives of the poorest groups? By investigating these social dimensions of water management, this study brings perspectives on the broader dialogue on Bolivia’s economic development, along with issues of participatory governance. Resumen: Como es el caso en muchos países latinoamericanos, la migración a áreas urbanas a niveles sin precedentes ha superado la capacidad de infraestructura. Concretamente, la región se enfrenta a una urgente crisis en la seguridad de agua potable dado que la rápida urbanización ha sobrepasado el desarrollo de este sector. Esta tesis aborda la reforma de la infraestructura de agua potable en El Alto y La Paz, Bolivia, enfocando en las estrategias para mejorar el acceso a agua por parte de los residentes periurbanos pobres. La investigación averigua el nivel de progresividad de los regímenes de precios y expansión de servicios de agua potable. En otras palabras, ¿contribuye el actual modelo de distribución de agua al mejoramiento de la vida de los grupos más desfavorecidos? Al investigar estas dimensiones sociales en el manejo de agua potable, este estudio ofrece perspectivas en cuanto al diálogo amplio del desarrollo económico de Bolivia, así como asuntos de gobernanza participativa. Development Urban Infrastructure Water Conflict La Paz Natural Resource Policy Water Access Growth and Development Inequality and Stratification Infrastructure Latin American Studies Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Political Economy Politics and Social Change Public Administration Public Policy Social Welfare Urban Studies Urban Studies and Planning
86	The Potential and Limits of Extended Producer Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis Study Bass, Jessica 01 January 2017 (has links) This thesis draws on the concept of product stewardship and its focus on incorporating all of the actors in a product’s lifecycle into steps to take responsibility for waste management. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) recognizes the producer’s distinct potential to consider and drive change in waste management. Producers often serve like mediators between the design and use phases of a product’s lifecycle. Through EPR policies, the producer takes on the costs of ensuring safe end-of-life waste disposal. In this way, EPR can be expected to help relieve the public of some of the costs of waste disposal, and to support consideration of social and environmental impacts that a product may incur. This thesis examines EPR policy adoption and effectiveness in order to understand its ability to meet its theoretical expectations. Exploring the consideration and implementation of EPR policy measures, and particularly a case study of these policies in California, this thesis identifies several emerging challenges and trends that define openness to, and the success of, EPR. EPR policy proposals often encounter resistance that limits their strength and reach. In order to realize the full potential benefits of EPR, regulatory bodies will need to wholeheartedly support competition and enforcement to preserve the incentives within these policies. This thesis suggests that EPR still holds strong potential to bring together the social, environmental, and economic costs of waste management, both in theory and in practice, and offers broad recommendations for efforts to support this alignment. Waste management Product stewardship Corporate social responsibility Industrial ecology Product lifecycle CalRecycle Economic Policy Environmental Policy Environmental Studies Industrial Organization Infrastructure Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Public Policy Urban Studies Urban Studies and Planning
87	The Impact of State-Provided Paid Family Leave on Wages: Examining the Role of Gender Abrams Widdicombe, Aimee Samantha 01 January 2016 (has links) The U.S. is the only OECD country that does not offer any form of federal paid parental leave. Only three states—California, New Jersey and Rhode Island—have state-provided paid leave policies; implemented in 2004, 2009 and 2014, respectively. Through descriptive statistics and difference-in-difference-in-difference regression analyses of the wages of women and men of childbearing age (19-45 years) in those three states, we assess whether the paid leave programs have effected wages, and whether these effects vary depending on gender. Our results show that wages of women of childbearing age saw negligible net effects post-policy in policy states, although statistically insignificant. On the other hand, the wages of men of childbearing age saw improvements post-policy implementation in policy states, compared to wages in non-policy states. Although the policies do not necessarily widen the gender wage gap, they do not work to help close it, due to flaws in the policies. To be more effective in reducing gender wage gaps, these policies need to increase the amount of paid support, and implement job protection rights in order to decrease the opportunity costs of men taking leave. If more men are able to take paid leave, then potentially parts of the gender wage gap that are due to employers viewing women as less attached to the workforce can decrease. Through this research we came to important conclusions that highlight the ways in which support of working parents in the US is lacking, and offered recommendations to create more equitable and effective policies. Gender Wage Gap Paid Family Leave Women's Wages Women Maternity Leave Paternity Leave Econometrics Economic Policy Economic Theory Labor Economics Other Economics Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Political Economy Public Economics Public Policy Social Policy Social Statistics Social Welfare
88	Louisiana's Water Innovation Cluster: Is it ready for global competition? Picou, Stephen C 13 August 2014 (has links) The rapid growth of Louisiana's coastal restoration science and technology assets is paralleled by the growth of business resources to fulfill myriad project needs. Many institutions and organizations in Louisiana seek to further develop the state's research, education, engineering and related restoration assets into a globally competitive set of industries with exportable expertise and products that help the state capitalize on its water challenges. Globally, similar efforts are identified (and often branded) as water technology innovation clusters (or more simply water clusters). This paper explores the phenomenon of the development of water clusters by public-private partnerships and initiatives, nationally and internationally, in a comparative analysis with Louisiana. water technology innovation cluster economic development integrated water management Economic Policy Environmental Policy Infrastructure Place and Environment Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Politics and Social Change Public Affairs Public Policy Urban, Community and Regional Planning Urban Studies Urban Studies and Planning Work, Economy and Organizations
89	Fifty Years of Weathering the Storm: Are the Louisiana Gulf Coastal Parishes Prepared for Another Major Hurricane? Boudreau, Danielle L. 18 December 2014 (has links) This study examines ten major storms that have affected Louisiana in the last fifty years, beginning with Hurricane Betsy in 1965. The goal is to determine if the nine coastal parishes are prepared adequately for another major hurricane impact. It examines storms that have affected the state physically, in terms of property and ecological damages. It also considers storms that provided non-physical influences, by way of mitigation policy changes and social, economical, ecological, and political policy alterations. The main focus is on the transformations, if any, of social vulnerability in light of emergency preparedness in the areas impacted, particularly along the Louisiana coast. I argue that, while the State has come a long way, Louisiana is not currently prepared adequately to handle another major storm by 2015. Furthermore, I offer recommendations for improvement in preparedness measures for the future. Anthropology Human Geography Nature and Society Relations Place and Environment Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Public Policy Social Policy Sociology Urban Studies and Planning
90	Coastal Louisiana: Adaptive Capacity in the Face of Climate Change Lambeth, Tara 10 August 2016 (has links) Extreme weather events can result in natural disasters, and climate change can cause these weather events to occur more often and with more intensity. Because of social and physical vulnerabilities, climate change and extreme weather often affect coastal communities. As climate change continues to be a factor for many coastal communities, and environmental hazards and vulnerability continue to increase, the need for adaptation may become a reality for many communities. However, very few studies have been done on the effect climate change and mitigation measures implemented in response to climate change have on a community’s adaptive capacity. This single instrumental case study will examine the effects of climate change and policy responses to climate change on the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe located in Pointe aux Chenes, Louisiana, in order to discover how climate change affects the adaptive capacity of an indigenous population intricately tied to the surrounding ecosystem. This study will provide information on how the community plans to adapt to climate change, and the urban planning and hazard mitigation methods that can be used to facilitate the process. It also posits how government agencies can empower local communities to participate in mitigation planning, and provide local knowledge in order to make those plans more effective. As climate change continues to affect our coastal environments, it will continue to have an effect on our coastal communities. Understanding the strength and longevity of community adaptation in Pointe aux Chenes will help the community respond to the changes and increasing hazards in the environment. This understanding can be applied to all coastal communities facing similar challenges the world over. adaptive capacity climate change coastal Louisiana community resilience Native American communities climate adaptation Community-Based Research Environmental Studies Human Geography Native American Studies Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Social and Cultural Anthropology Social Policy United States History Urban Studies Urban Studies and Planning

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