In our paper we aim to identify which individual characteristics form environmental policy attitudes and use data gathered in the European Value Survey in 2008 to empirically test our findings. Knowing voters’ motivation provides valuable insights into how to establish more efficient environmental policies. Furthermore, based upon the results of our literature analysis, we take a deeper look in...

Antoni Margalida*, José A. Donázar, Martina Carrete and José A. Sánchez-Zapata Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group, Apdo. 43, El Pont de Suert, E25520 Lleida, Spain; Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Avda A. Vespucio s ⁄n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. Utrera km 1, 410...

Entities define their own set of rules under which they are willing to collaborate, e.g., interact, share and exchange resources or information with others. Typically, these individual policies differ for different parties. Thus, collaboration requires the resolving of differences and reaching a consensus. This process is generally referred to as policy reconciliation. Current solutions for pol...

Since the year 2000, Chagas disease, traditionally known as a rural Latin American affliction, has been rising in the ranking of international health priorities due to the growing migration flows from endemic areas to non-endemic ones. Using the example of Italy and reporting preliminary results of a study carried out in the district of Bologna, the paper will argue that a disease-centred publi...

Across Western Europe, social welfare regimes are under stress. Social scientists have been announcing “the crisis of the welfare state” for a half century-and now a crisis may actually be upon us. As a result, health care policy is up for political grabs. Everywhere states are rethinking their approaches to health care; competitive forces are stirring, often organized and directed by public of...

BACKGROUND According to the social ecological model of health-related behaviors, it is now well accepted that environmental factors influence habitual physical activity. Most previous studies on physical activity determinants have assumed spatial homogeneity across the study area, i.e. that the association between the environment and physical activity is the same whatever the location. The main...

The term governance is used more and more often in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of public policies. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to shed light on its meaning, and to study its applicability for the study of recent public health policies in Latin America. After discussing the differences between governance and the close concepts of management, governability and govern...

The motherhood wage penalty is today probably the largest obstacle to progress in gender equality at work. Using matched employer-employee data from Norway (1980–97), a country with public policies that promote combining family and career, we investigate (a) whether the penalty arises from differential pay by employers or from sorting of employees on occupations and establishments, and (b) chan...