Namen diplomskega dela je bil preučiti stopnjo zadovoljstva občanov z delovanjem občinske uprave v občini Gorenja vas – Poljane. Ker je občina, kot samoupravna lokalna skupnost, ustanovljena z namenom zagotavljanja interesov prebivalstva na določenem teritoriju, je pomembno, da dosledno spremljajo kvaliteto opravljenih storitev in zadovoljstvo obča...
E-participacija je način sodelovanja občanov preko informacijsko komunikacijske tehnologije, ki omogoča vplivanje na pomembne odločitve o lokalnih zadevah. V raziskovalnem delu smo proučili, s pomočjo katerih e-orodij občine preko svojih spletnih strani nudijo možnost sodelovanja občanov. Podobna raziskava je bila opravljena leta 2013, zato nas je ...
We researched the COVID-19 pandemic as a give-some social dilemma. The success of solving the dilemma depends on an adequate proportion of cooperative actors. We were interested in the difference between how religious and non-religious Slovenian citizens reported their level of cooperation with government measures aimed at limiting the spread of th...
In the context of the ongoing digitization of interdisciplinary subjects, the need for digital literacy is increasing in all areas of everyday life. Furthermore, communication between science and society is facing new challenges, not least since the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to deal with these challenges and to provide target-oriented online teac...
Last Aid courses (LAC) have been established in 20 countries in Europe, Australia, and America to improve the public discourse about death and dying and to empower people to contribute to end-of-life care in the community. A mixed-methods approach was used to investigate the views of LAC participants about the course and cultural differences in rel...
We aim to identify influences on UK citizens’ household food waste recycling as a basis for designing strategies to increase household food waste collection rates via local services. Using a UK dataset (n = 1801) and the COM-B (Capability–Opportunity–Motivation–Behaviour) model as a theoretical framework, we conduct quantitative regression and supp...
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the perceived downward accountability and transparency of two public services – water supply and sewage and local road maintenance – in the Sarajevo Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Design/Methodology/Approach: An opinion survey 1 on a sample of 250 respondents and four binomial regressions were ...
Evaluations are considered of key importance for a well-functioning democracy. Against this background, it is vital to assess whether and how evaluation models approach the role of citizens. This paper is the first in presenting a review of citizen involvement in the main evaluation models which are commonly distinguished in the field. We present t...
The paper provides a comparative investigation into public attitudes to family policies. It shows that citizens’ support for family policies is diverse across different welfare regimes with respect to four countries belonging to distinct regimes: the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Slovenia. Using qualitative data, we unpack the ways individual...
Research about social participation in mexican municipalities tends to be directed towards its implementation, institutionalisation, and development or sometimes to the analysis of its contribution to democratic culture under governance. Nevertheless, there remains a lack of knowledge within those who practice this kind of participation. This artic...
