scholarly journals Exploring the science–policy interface on climate change: The role of the IPCC in informing local decision-making in the UK

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Howarth ◽  
James Painter
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Can Online Forums Be Designed to Empower Local Communities?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Kerill Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The Uk

There has been a growing concern regarding political disengagement among citizens within western representative democracies. This concern has brought about calls for local communities to be empowered by giving citizens more control over local decision making. The objective of this paper is to examine if local political online forums can be built to empower local communities. That is to say, this paper will test if the E-Democracy.org’s Local Issues Forum Guidebook recommendations (A to do list for building successful online forums) actually work and produce forums which facilitate citizens to have a greater say on local decision making and thus, induce empowerment. In order to test these recommendations a two-pronged methodological approach was taken. Firstly, using these recommendations an online forum was constructed in-conjunction with a local authority within the UK. Secondly, the recommendations were tested again except in this second approach a sample of online forums from around the world was examined. This paper argues that the E-Democracy.org’s recommendations do not always produce forums which empower local communities - Based on lessons learned from both experiments new guidelines are provided.

scholarly journals Civic Participation of Visible Minorities in Canadian Society: the role of nonprofit organizations in Canada’s four most diverse cities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Meinhard ◽  
Farhat Faridi ◽  
Pauline O'Connor ◽  
Manveer Randhawa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
Specific Interests

Newcomer engagement or participation in the nonprofit sector has been shown to be an important pillar for upholding democracy, linked to voting behaviour and political participation; the creation of social capital; and enhancement of newcomer involvement in local decision making. This paper presents results of a study that focuses on two ways in which immigrant minorities have their interests represented in community decision-making: the first through the formation of ethno-specific voluntary organizations that represent their specific interests; the second via participation as leaders, board members and volunteers in ‘mainstream’ nonprofit and public organizations. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation

scholarly journals Civic perceptions: housing and local decision-making in English cities in the 1920s

Urban History ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Civic Community ◽  
Local Decision Making

The adoption of non-traditional housing by local authorities is customarily explained in terms of economic factor shortages or a nationally determined policy discourse. This underestimates the significance of distinctly local understandings of civic responsibility. Based on Leicester and Nottingham, this article argues that those influences frequently used to predict outcomes – like party political allegiance – mattered less in decision-making than a city's intrinsic view of itself. Such perceptions were grounded in subtle constructions of civic community, perceived need and political reinterpretation. Particularly important was the role of the local press. Even cities with similar problems, therefore, could be represented, and subsequently see themselves, in very dissimilar terms and act accordingly.

scholarly journals Role of Afghan Women in War against British Ahmad Wali Alemi,

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 09-18
Author(s):  
Ahmad Wali Alemi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Afghan Women ◽  
Single Row ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Tribal Society ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
Women In War

The presence of Afghan women in Afghan society in major national and local decision-making is faded and often marginalized. But they have a key role in the production and processing of resources that are unfortunately deprived of ownership. On the contrary, in issues such as conflict, Afghan women are present on the battlefields and stand on the train with their men in a single row, fighting with their enemies and defending their country. With the end of the war, their role does not end, but they are also involved in more serious decisions related to the war.One good example of this can be remembered in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that Afghan women have played a key role in the solution of local conflicts in Afghan tribal society and, through the Jirga and the Soviets, have made peace with the warring factions and ultimately. Ends of strife, war, and hostility have become essential. Therefore, in this article, citing the archives and historical sources, efforts have been made to express the role of Afghan women in War against the British and to investigate their activities.

(Un)used and (un)usable? The role of indicators in local decision-making. A Brazilian case study

Futures ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 80-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Maiello ◽  
Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto ◽  
Yasmim Ribeiro Mello ◽  
Paula Sousa de Oliveira Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
Brazilian Case

scholarly journals The Science–Policy Interface as a Discourse Network: Finland’s Climate Change Policy 2002–2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kukkonen ◽  
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Discourse Coalitions ◽  
Scientific Arguments ◽  
Over Time

In this article, we argue that the science–policy interface can be understood as a discourse network constituted by discursive interaction between scientific organizations and other actors that both use scientific arguments in conjunction with other policy arguments. We use discourse network analysis to investigate the climate change policy process in Finland between 2002 and 2015, focusing on the role of and relationships between scientific actors and arguments in the discourse networks. Our data consist of policy actors’ written testimonies on two law proposals, the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2002) and the enactment of the Finnish Climate Law (2015). Our results show that two competing discourse coalitions have influenced the development of climate change policy in the 2000s. In 2002, the dominant coalition was economic, prioritizing economic growth over climate change mitigation. In 2015, the climate coalition that argued for ambitious mitigation measures became dominant. The majority of scientific actors were part of the dominant economy coalition in 2002 and part of the dominant ecology coalition in 2015. The centrality of scientific arguments increased over time, and both discourse coalitions used them progressively more. These developments reflect the increasingly central position of science in Finnish climate policymaking. We contribute to the literature on the science–policy interface by operationalizing the interface as a set of connections in a discourse network and by showing how the analysis of discourse networks and their properties can help us understand the shifts in the role of science in policymaking over time.

scholarly journals Can Online Forums Be Designed to Empower Local Communities?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Kerill Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Forums ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The Uk

There has been a growing concern regarding political disengagement among citizens within western representative democracies. This concern has brought about calls for local communities to be empowered by giving citizens more control over local decision making. The objective of this paper is to examine if local political online forums can be built to empower local communities. That is to say, this paper will test if the E-Democracy.org’s Local Issues Forum Guidebook recommendations (A to do list for building successful online forums) actually work and produce forums which facilitate citizens to have a greater say on local decision making and thus, induce empowerment. In order to test these recommendations a two-pronged methodological approach was taken. Firstly, using these recommendations an online forum was constructed in-conjunction with a local authority within the UK. Secondly, the recommendations were tested again except in this second approach a sample of online forums from around the world was examined. This paper argues that the E-Democracy.org’s recommendations do not always produce forums which empower local communities - Based on lessons learned from both experiments new guidelines are provided.

scholarly journals How normative interpretations of climate risk assessment affect local decision-making: an exploratory study at the city scale in Cork, Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (2121) ◽  
pp. 20170300 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. J. McDermott ◽  
S. Surminski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Climate Risk ◽  
Local Decision ◽  
Local Decision Making ◽  
The City

Urban areas already suffer substantial losses in both economic and human terms from climate-related disasters. These losses are anticipated to grow substantially, in part as a result of the impacts of climate change. In this paper, we investigate the process of translating climate risk data into action for the city level. We apply a commonly used decision-framework as our backdrop and explore where in this process climate risk assessment and normative political judgements intersect. We use the case of flood risk management in Cork city in Ireland to investigate what is needed for translating risk assessment into action at the local city level. Evidence presented is based on focus group discussions at two stakeholder workshops, and a series of individual meetings and phone-discussions with stakeholders involved in local decision-making related to flood risk management and adaptation to climate change, in Ireland. Respondents were chosen on the basis of their expertise or involvement in the decision-making processes locally and nationally. Representatives of groups affected by flood risk and flood risk management and climate adaptation efforts were also included. The Cork example highlights that, despite ever more accurate data and an increasing range of theoretical approaches available to local decision-makers, it is the normative interpretation of this information that determines what action is taken. The use of risk assessments for decision-making is a process that requires normative decisions, such as setting ‘acceptable risk levels' and identifying ‘adequate’ protection levels, which will not succeed without broader buy-in and stakeholder participation. Identifying and embracing those normative views up-front could strengthen the urban adaptation process—this may, in fact, turn out to be the biggest advantage of climate risk assessment: it offers an opportunity to create a shared understanding of the problem and enables an informed evaluation and discussion of remedial action. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Advances in risk assessment for climate change adaptation policy’.

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