In this article, the authors develop a political market framework to explain the circumstances under which Florida counties will supply environmental public goods in the form of conservation amendments to county general plans. The framework emphasizes the role of local legislative and executive institutions as mediators of local policy change. Using count models and interaction terms, the analy...

This paper makes a case for Gram Panchayats (or local self-governments) in rural Haryana to prevent violence and abuse against women cross-regional marriages, promote inclusiveness. By using the notion of decentralization as framework, results this research are based on qualitative fieldwork conducted over two months Mahendragarh district, which included visits seven villages, interviews with v...

media policy is the major strategies that guide the media in achieving the specific objectives. since the field of media policy area in the country is unknown, purpose of this study is carried out theoretical research in the field of media policy and develops a theoretical framework. theoretically there are two approaches in the field of media policy. the first approach is that the traditional ...