Within the framework of multiple advocacy theory and elite model, an eclectic approach, the study examined citizens’ participation in public policy making and implementation with specific reference to Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State 2011-2015, with the aim of indentifying the overall impacts, benefits as well as factors hindering citizens’ participation in public policy making an...

the main purpose of this research is designing model of factors that affect utilization of policy research with concept mapping technique and verifying it. for this in three stage, sequential-exploratory mixed methods design is used. in first stage, literature review, interview and focus group is used for identifying factors. the analysis is used for analyzing data. in second stage for designin...

security policy-making in critical regions is one of the main concerns of the research centers and academic institutes. security-building in the regions like the caucasus is important because the historical roots of conflict could be seen in the policies of various countries. whenever some manifestations of authoritarianism can be seen, some countries are in the state of cooperative action. how...

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cconcerning the emer gence of substantial changes in major cities within the past two decades and its relationship to a set of ideas which envisage the emergence of a new urban era, this article will try to examine the different aspects of the new urban policies as a necessary response to a new national and international economy. cconcerning the emer gence of substantial changes in major cities...

studies on urban policy making are widespreading in the developed countries. however, these studies have not been widely established in iran yet. this article is, therefore, an attempt to attract the attention of specialists and students of public policy in iran on the importance of such studies. tehran, one of the largest metropolitans of the world, rightly provides a relevant context to capit...

Background Even though there are many patient organizations across Europe, their role in impacting health policy decisions and reforms has not been well documented. In line with this, the present study endeavours to fill this gap in the international literature. To this end, it aims to validate further a previously developed instrument (the Health Democracy Index - HDI) measuring patient organi...

in this research, the attempt was made to test the existence of the natural rate hypothesis in iran, by using a johansson cointegration test. the results do not reveal any long run relationship between inflation and unemployment in iran for 1340-1386 periods. because of the time varying nature of nairu, the hp filter was applied to estimate the time series of nairu. comparing the nairu time ser...