Preference formulation is one of the most basic and fundamental aspects of lobbying; one can hardly conceive of a form of lobbying in which no preferences are voiced with public o cials. Also, lobbying is often regarded ...

Challenges and weaknesses of local service delivery in health and education and the role of performance management to bridge the gaps in Uganda

When poor people are member of an organization it will positively affect their income and wellbeing. With this assumption in mind the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs backs several Dutch organizations in their support ...

The Dutch Environment and Planning Act creates an enormous overhaul of spatial legislation to ensure a higher quality of spatial plans. This thesis analyzes whether the environmental strategy, a new spatial instrument ...

In the Netherlands, a couple of crisis situations showed that coordination between several emergency services had to be improved in order to increase public safety. The Security Regions Act in 2010 is the legal and formal ...

Een onderzoek naar de condities waarmee Facebookgebruik invloed heeft op onveiligheidsgevoelens, om onveiligheidsgevoelens bij Facebookgebruikers te beperken.

Social democratic parties (SDPs) in Western Europe are undergoing turbulent times. From being among the largest and most influential political parties after WWII, in recent times they have been struggling with a constant ...