Resource Type: Research & Articles
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Poll: Small businesses want clean energy, GHG regs
December 31, 2011
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Tips on Building a Broad Base of Engaged and Empowered Volunteers
August 31, 2011
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Contextual Influences on Participation in Community Organizing: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study
January 3, 2011
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Forest management and climate adaptation study
December 31, 2010
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Experimental evidence for a dual pathway model analysis of coping with the climate crisis
December 30, 2010
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Common Cause: The Case for Working with our Cultural Values
August 31, 2010
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Defining Political Will
August 24, 2010
This study aims to define “political will” (as a concept) in a more useful way. The proposed definition is made up of four components: Political will is (A) a sufficient set of decision-makers with (B) a common understanding of a particular problem on the formal agenda (C) who are committed to supporting (D) a commonly perceived, potentially effective policy solution. The authors argue that this understanding of all four components allows for a clearer diagnosis of which element(s) of political will are most lacking when performing political strategy analysis—and therefore which element(s) should be most targeted in an attempt to make political progress on an issue.