Essays about: "Participative governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Participative governance.

1. 1. Achieving aid effectiveness through results-based management: : A chimera?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erika Nytting; [2022]
   Keywords : Development aid; Development co-operation; New Public Management; Results Based Management; New Public Service; Management theories; Governance; Results; OECD-DAC; Aid Effectiveness Agenda; Paris Declaration.;

   Abstract : New Public Management has been the prevailing governance model in public sector administration since the late 1980s. In 2005, OECD-DAC member states adopted the resultsbased management model ‘Paris Agenda for Aid Effectiveness’, building on new public management theory and values. READ MORE

3. 2. Citizen participation in fossil-fuel free energy development : A case study of the Samsø Renewable Energy Island (Denmark)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Katharina Mara Krause; [2021]
   Keywords : Citizen participation; Energy transition; Bottom-up planning; Participative governance; Transition management;

   Abstract : In the upcoming years there will be a growing need for sustainable energy transitions in a local as well as global context, making it necessary to gain a better understanding of factors influencing their success. In this context, citizen participation is considered an important tool in achieving sustainable energy transitions, as the active participation of the local population may help in lowering obstacles, such as resistance against planned projects. READ MORE

4. 3. Putting people back into the economy: Urban restructuring and emerging alternatives in time of crisis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Madeleine Wahlund; [2019]
   Keywords : Social and solidarity economy; social innovation; social entrepreneurship; Barcelona; urban governance; social justice; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In many cities around the world, the financial crisis 2007 served as an opportunity both for grassroots movements and governments to rethink existing models of urban development. Some authors have pointed out that the crisis served to elevate discourses for progressive post-neoliberal urban transformations. READ MORE

5. 4. City between nature reserves : a case study of local governance for sustainability in Jundiaí, Brazil

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Micaela Maria Quesada; [2016]
   Keywords : governance dynamics; power; migration; local development; participatory processes; Serra do Japi; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As cities expand and climate change effects become more intense and frequent, local governance has gained increased attention as capable of implementing the necessary measures for sustainability. One city in Brazil, Jundiaí, has managed to integrate participatory processes in its local planning and has become an example for other cities in Brazil. READ MORE

6. 5. Ready or Not, Here ICT Comes: A Case Study on e-readiness and governance in Kenya's Laptop Project

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Thomas Sharples; Klas Moldéus; [2014]
   Keywords : ICT; e-readiness; education; good governance; Kenya; Laptop Project; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores the links between good governance and e-readiness within a case study of Kenya’s Laptop Project – a nationwide ICT-in-Education implementation which aims to give one laptop to every Kenyan child entering primary education. Focus is held through two key questions, (1) How e-ready are Kenyan schools for the Laptop Project? and (2) What role has governance played in this? Research was conducted through a mixed methods approach in seven primary schools, across four regions of Kenya. READ MORE