Phygitally Smarter? A Critically Pragmatic Agenda for Smarter Engagement in British Planning and Beyond by James Charlton, Ian Babelon, Richard Watson, Caitlin Hafferty

“…However, empirical evidence demonstrates low citizen trust in government and web-based technologies, democratic and participatory deficits, the complexity of the planning system and its opaque technocratic terminology, multi-layered digital divides, and other socio-technical factors that hinder effective and inclusive public consultations in planning. …”
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Analysis the Good Urban Governance Indicators for Urban Development Strategy Case Study: the Old Texture Areas of Kerman City by Dr. Jamal Mohammadi, Ismaeel Kamali Bagharahi

“…In this Approach, the deficiencies of the conventional approach to urban management (orders from the heads, the purely technocratic and protect existing power structure) are targeted. …”
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Philosophy of Accelerationism: A New Way of Comprehending the Present Social Reality (in Nick Land’s Context) by Denis I. Chistyakov

“…The content of Land’s accelerationist theory shows the fundamental concepts of K-space (cyberspace), K-war (cyberwar), time and reality, technocratic future of society as Techno-Capital Singularity, expansion of capital as opposed to its reterritorialization. …”
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People and politics: Urban climate resilience in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by Furqan Asif, Laura Beckwith, Chanrith Ngin

“…In reconciling this dichotomy, we argue that the continued reproduction of a technocratic-focused discourse on resilience in Cambodia by national and international actors overshadows the everyday contestations, strategies and resilience-making practices of people in urban areas. …”
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Profiles and Careers of State Secretaries in the 132nd Government of Romania by Emilia-Laura VARTOLOMEI

“…Based on the public information, the study reveals that previous experience in public institutions or being a member of the County Council are common traits among politically affiliated state secretaries and that professional and managerial skills are important assets when analysing appointments in the positions of state secretaries of politically unaffiliated persons, the so-called technocrats (Ştefan, 2018).…”
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Resilience and Its Discontents: Risk, Temporality, and a Climate Change Crisis by Shi, Kevin Kaiwen

“…However, resilience is not a purely technocratic and objective metric as it is often presented. …”
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Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universities by Kinol, Alaina, Miller, Elijah, Axtell, Hannah, Hirschfeld, Ilana, Leggett, Sophie, Si, Yutong, Stephens, Jennie C.

“…Abstract Moving beyond technocratic approaches to climate action, climate justice articulates a paradigm shift in how organizations think about their response to the climate crisis. …”
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Climate justice in higher education: a proposed paradigm shift towards a transformative role for colleges and universities by Kinol, Alaina, Miller, Elijah, Axtell, Hannah, Hirschfeld, Ilana, Leggett, Sophie, Si, Yutong, Stephens, Jennie C.

“…Abstract Moving beyond technocratic approaches to climate action, climate justice articulates a paradigm shift in how organizations think about their response to the climate crisis. …”
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Space and race : South African "native townships" as corruptions of suburban ideals for political ends by Margoles, Conrad Henry

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FORMULASI KEBIJAKAN UPAH MINIMUM KOTA YOGYAKARTA by , SATRIA ADI GUNAWAN, , Dr.Ambar Widaningrum, M.A

“…The main argument put more towards the policy formulation process in terms of a political than technocratic terms. This research direction to seek clarity and track the minimum wage policy formulation for the city of Yogyakarta in 2013. …”

Infusing Qur’anic moral codes into engineering studies: Selected themes by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…When we comedown to individual scientists and technocrats, they have to comply with the ethical values to the possible extent. …”
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Clash of organisational cultures? A comparative analysis of American and British approaches to the coordination of defence, diplomacy and development in stability operations, 2001... by Baumann, A

“…These findings caution against the procedural and technocratic approach to interagency coordination that permeates the existing literature on the subject and many proposals for reform. …”

Renaissance derailed: The politics of infrastructural statecraft in Ethiopia by Terrefe, B

“…My field research, which entailed interviews, observational data, and site visits along the railway corridor, shows how the relationships between party ideologues, technocrats, engineers, and local communities took on spatially specific, historically laden, and unique dynamics in each region. …”

Kotahi te moana, only one ocean: Pacific environmentalism, 1970–1995 by de Jong, MH

“…Environmental regionalism through SPREP proceeded collectively, effectively mediating technocratic metropolitan influence by emphasising traditional knowledge and community-based management, while counteracting extractive mining, fishing and forestry. …”

Critical junctures: anarchistic leanings of current urbanization in Malaysia by Abdul Hadi Harman Shah, Abdul Samad Hadi, Shaharudin Idrus, Ahmad Fariz Mohamed

“…Development in Malaysia has reached a critical juncture where the expectations of end results and processes have drastically changed from the first time the New Economic Policy (NEP) outlined the future for the country. The focus on technocratic solutions to social problems, while still dominant, is increasingly being contested and supplemented by negotiated meanings of multiple symbols and evolving objectives, proposed at various entry points. …”
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Humanistic curriculum implementation evaluation of MRSM Ulul Albab programme by Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom, Abd Rahman, Fadzilah

“…Ideally, the Ulul Albab Programme is set to produce professional experts, entrepreneurs and technocrats that are well versed in Quran and portraying as well as practicing the values of Islam. …”
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Evaluating the humanistic curriculum implementation of MRSM Ulul Albab program by Abdul Manaf, Umi Kalthom, Abd Rahman, Fadzilah

“…Ideally, the Ulul Albab Programme is set to produce professional experts, entrepreneurs and technocrats that are well versed in Quran and portraying as well as practicing the values of Islam. …”
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Mobilizing institutional capacities to adapt to climate change: local government collaboration networks for risk management in Mexico City by A. Cid, J. M. Siqueiros-García, M. Mazari-Hiriart, A. Guerra, A. M. Lerner

“…Abstract State-centered and hierarchical government strategies based on technocratic top-down approaches have proved inadequate to address multiple interacting and cross-scale risks. …”
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‘Nexus’ Narratives in Urban Vulnerable Places: Pathways to Sustainability via Municipal Health Programs in Brazil by Alberto Matenhauer Urbinatti, Simone Ley Omori-Honda, Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho, Klaus Frey, Pedro Roberto Jacobi, Leandro Luiz Giatti

“…However, some elements of the approach are normative, leading to a technical view of resources and technocratic policy implementation. To avoid such tendencies, this study uses the framework of ‘nexus of humility’. …”
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Why district assemblies disburse resources to district health systems for service delivery at district level in the context of decentralization: a comparative study of two district... by Andrews Ayim, Andrews Ayim, Irene Akua Agyepong, Irene Akua Agyepong, Nana Enyimayew

“…Political actors appeared to have more power in resource disbursement decision making than community members and technocrats in a context of resource constraints and inadequate funding. …”
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