International, European and national policy frameworks

ABSTRACTWhat causes stark differences in living standards between subnational units? What can countries do to lessen such variations? This article argues that there is an aspect of national policy frameworks that impacts subnational provision of social services: the sensitivity of policy to the particularities of place. Place-sensitive policies make adaptations to the way social services are organized and provided across a country, so that they are better equipped to deal with the different characteristics of places and better support their well-being. When policies are place-sensitive, subnational provision is facilitated in poor, rural, and marginal locations in a country. In contrast, place-blind policies employ a one-size-fits-all approach that excludes people in vulnerable areas and aggravates inequalities in social service provision and social outcomes. By studying the Colombian case, this article demonstrates that a key placeblind feature of its healthcare model disproportionately affects small localities.

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Moving beyond the hard boundary

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1108/jchmsd-12-2016-0067 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 62-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Linde Egberts

Keyword(s):

Policy Development ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Wadden Sea ◽

National Policy ◽

World Heritage Site ◽

Content Type ◽

Heritage Site ◽

Policy Frameworks ◽

Ecological Assets ◽

Sea Area

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the consequences of a nature-culture divide in spatial policy on cultural heritage in the Dutch Wadden Sea area, which is protected by UNESCO for its ecological assets. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates this by discussing the international and national policy frameworks and regional examples of the consequences of the divide. Findings The effects of the nature-culture divide appear to be negative for the landscape. Approaching the Wadden Sea Region as an agricultural-maritime landscape could help overcome the fixation on nature vs culture and the hardness of the sea dikes as spatial boundaries between the two domains. A reconsideration of the trilateral Wadden Sea region as a mixed World Heritage Site could lead to a more integrated perspective. Originality/value These findings inform policy development and the management of landscape and heritage in the region. This case forms an example for other European coastal regions that struggle with conflicting natural and cultural-historical interests.

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Operationalizing Integrative Sustainability in National Policy Frameworks

TATuP Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis ◽

10.14512/tatup.9.2.14 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 14-20

Author(s):

K. Paskaleva

Keyword(s):

National Policy ◽

Policy Frameworks

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The Strengths and Weaknesses of Pacific Islands Plastic Pollution Policy Frameworks

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13031252 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1252

Author(s):

Trisia A. Farrelly ◽

Stephanie B. Borrelle ◽

Sascha Fuller

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Pacific Islands ◽

Gap Analysis ◽

National Policy ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Small Island ◽

Plastic Pollution ◽

Human Health Impacts ◽

Policy Frameworks ◽

Current Science

The rate of plastic pollution entering the environment is accelerating with plastic production predicted to increase by 40% over the next decade. Plastic pollution transcends territorial boundaries on ocean and air currents. Large Ocean Small Island Developing States (LOSIDS) are on the frontline of the plastics crisis and associated climate change impacts. This desktop gap analysis identified potential strengths and weaknesses in national policy frameworks in 52 key documents relevant to plastic pollution in ten Pacific LOSIDS. The study found considerable gaps in the vertical and horizontal integration of plastic pollution-related policy, and a lack of access to current science-based evidence on plastic pollution including evidence related to human health impacts and microplastics. The study concludes that, even if Pacific LOSIDS were to include best practice management of plastic pollution across all policy frameworks, they could not prevent plastic pollution, and that a plastic pollution convention is needed.

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Confronting the Limits of Antiracist and Multicultural Education: White Students’ Reflections on Identity and Difference in a Multiethnic Secondary School

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.2637 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 207-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alice Pettigrew

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Multicultural Education ◽

White Students ◽

Participant Observation ◽

National Policy ◽

Observation Data ◽

Multicultural Community ◽

Policy Frameworks ◽

Majority Students ◽

Identity And Difference

This paper is drawn from ethnographic participant-observation data and interview materials collected between September 2004 and July 2005 in ‘Kingsland’, an inner-city, multiethnic comprehensive secondary school in the South West of England. It explores the complex and often contradictory ways in which young people negotiate and reflect on notions of identity and difference in relation to social and pedagogical vocabularies of belonging, friendship and fairness which operate within their school. The paper pays particular attention to experiences and perspectives outlined by Kingsland's ‘white British’ or ‘ethnic majority’ students in order to highlight and critically examine some of the tensions within, and limitations to, both national policy frameworks for citizenship education and local, institutional discourses which powerfully construct the school as a strongly antiracist multicultural community.

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The Impact of Canadian Federalism on Telecommunications Infrastructure Development

Federalism-E ◽

10.24908/fede.v21i2.13993 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 53-67

Author(s):

William Chen

Keyword(s):

National Policy ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Telecommunications Infrastructure ◽

Right Of Way ◽

Policy Experimentation ◽

Canadian Federalism ◽

Policy Frameworks ◽

Competitive Federalism ◽

Regulatory Powers ◽

The Impact

This paper examines Canadian federalism's impact on broadband telecommunications infrastructure development in Canada by discussing the limits of the federal telecommunications regulatory sphere in relationship to provincial policy frameworks. I argue that the extensive centralization of federal regulatory powers over telecommunications has not been meaningfully leveraged to promote a national policy approach to telecommunications development. Telecommunications infrastructure development is further frustrated by vastly divergent regulation of right-of-way by provincial regulators and municipalities. As a consequence, telecommunications infrastructure development has become the domain of provincial governments. This paper further considers the emergence of a regime of competitive federalism and province-building through policy experimentation by provincial governments in the absence of meaningful fiscal and collaborative federalism.

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Challenges for principled induction and mentoring of new teachers: Lessons from New Zealand and Wales

London Review of Education ◽

10.18546/lre.17.2.14 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Frances J. Langdon ◽

Caroline Daly ◽

Emmajane Milton ◽

Ken Jones ◽

Melanie J. Palmer

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

New Teachers ◽

National Policy ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Head Teachers ◽

School Cultures ◽

Qualified Teachers ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

Policy Frameworks

Findings from the Langdon Induction and Mentoring Survey conducted in schools employing newly qualified teachers (NQTs) in New Zealand and Wales suggest that schools should not be left to determine how they 'do' induction within national policy frameworks. The survey explored responses from key stakeholders who constitute the experiences of new teachers: head teachers, mentors, members of teaching staff and the NQTs themselves. Results suggest that conditions in schools, particularly the effects of leadership, are prime factors influencing the realization of national policy aimed at supporting NQTs. Questions are raised about how principled induction and mentoring can be achieved at scale in the context of variable, powerful school cultures. A disconnection from induction and mentoring by the majority of school staff, including leaders, is identified as a serious obstacle to be addressed.

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