This conference paper pertaining to the study of small Ohio town budgetary policy focuses on the challenges related to fiscal stress of rust belt "twilight" communities. It was found that smaller, less professionalized towns facing higher property delinquency rates, with high concentrations of...

Existing studies show that village councils led by women result in different policies compared tothose led by men, in India. A dominant narrative is that women-led councils tend to favour policiesrelevant to their own gender. However, given the deep-rooted gender bias in India, the feasibility...

A core challenge for media economics in the digital age is to establish frameworks that neither endanger user safety nor undermine the diversity of information. Hate speech, misinformation and sensationalism must not take over, yet freedom of opinion and expression must remain intact. To bolster...

A core challenge for media economics in the digital age is to establish frameworks that neither endanger user safety nor undermine the diversity of information. Hate speech, misinformation and sensationalism must not take over, yet freedom of opinion and expression must remain intact. To bolster...

Aim/purpose - The purpose of this article was to identify the information and communication technology (ICT) tools fostering the co-production of social services, acknowledging that the technological environment is an important contextual condition enhancing the development of co-production....

The recent rise and distinct geography of populism highlights the need for high resolution data on the economic and political landscapes and improved spatial political economy models that explain their interrelation. This paper shows that divergent development generates political externalities...

Contemporary American interest in using antitrust law to address wealth inequality is a symptom of American political dysfunction rather than a reflection of any intellectual advance regarding the sources of inequality. Indeed, both the original American progressives of a century ago, as well as...

This article discusses the evaluation of social policies and programmes in the perspective of evaluation research. It tries to develop a methodology that has a participatory content. Thus, the evaluation of social policies and programmes is considered in its full potential for the construction...

The “Lemaire Act” for a Digital Republic, dated October 7, 2016, establishes two new default principles with respect to government data and public court opinions - with the enactment of the Lemaire Act this information will now by default be made public in France. The creation of this...

In Sub-Saharan African countries, inequalities and unbalanced distribution of land and natural resources are deeply rooted in the historical land conflicts and dispossessions in the region that have drastically altered the political and economic positions of major segments of Sub-Saharan African...