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Governance, Social Organisation and Reform in Rural China - Case Studies from Anhui Province (Hardcover): H. He Governance, Social Organisation and Reform in Rural China - Case Studies from Anhui Province (Hardcover)
H. He
R2,110 Discovery Miles 21 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study focuses upon governance and social organisation within the Chinese village and explores the extent to which farmers have autonomy vis-a-vis their economic and political activities in an attempt to understand the relationship between farmers and the state in a rapidly changing China.

Indonesia's Ascent - Power, Leadership, and the Regional Order (Hardcover): C. Roberts, A. Habir, L. Sebastian Indonesia's Ascent - Power, Leadership, and the Regional Order (Hardcover)
C. Roberts, A. Habir, L. Sebastian
R4,532 Discovery Miles 45 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume explores the domestic and transnational considerations associated with Indonesia's ascent, referring to its rise in terms of hard and soft power and its likely trajectory in the future. The range of contributors analyse economic resources, religious harmony, security, regional relations, leadership and foreign policy.

Japan's Maritime Security Strategy - The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws (Hardcover): L. Black Japan's Maritime Security Strategy - The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws (Hardcover)
L. Black
R3,867 Discovery Miles 38 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent times, international society has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea, including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Whilst the US has promoted 'coalitions of the willing' and sought to transform international maritime law in response to these 'outlaws', Japanese governments have developed an innovative maritime security strategy centering on the Japan Coast Guard (JCG). Concerned by Japan's international image as a former imperialist power, Tokyo has relied upon the identity of the JCG as a law enforcement and rescue organization to garner support for its maritime security strategy. Japan's non-military efforts have developed the capacities of states and built institutions in the Southeast Asian region and beyond. The JCG's response to maritime 'outlaws' belies characterizations of Japan as a passive state that does not contribute to international order.

Complex Justice - The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (Paperback, New edition): Joshua M. Dunn Complex Justice - The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (Paperback, New edition)
Joshua M. Dunn
R1,070 Discovery Miles 10 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages. Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to the district court's efforts organized a takeover of the school board and requested that the court case be closed. Joshua Dunn argues that Judge Clark's ruling was not the result of tyrannical ""judicial activism"" but was rather the logical outcome of previous contradictory Supreme Court doctrines. High Court decisions, Dunn explains, necessarily limit the policy choices available to lower court judges, introducing complications the Supreme Court would not anticipate. He demonstrates that the Kansas City case is a model lesson for the types of problems that develop for lower courts in any area in which the Supreme Court attempts to create significant change. Dunn's exploration of this landmark case deepens our understanding of when courts can and cannot successfully create and manage public policy.

Devolution and Governance - Wales Between Capacity and Constraint (Hardcover): Alistair Cole, Ian Stafford Devolution and Governance - Wales Between Capacity and Constraint (Hardcover)
Alistair Cole, Ian Stafford
R2,100 Discovery Miles 21 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the development of Welsh devolution in the context of great economic and political uncertainty. Drawing on research carried out over more than a decade, it explores whether Welsh devolution has developed the capacity to resist internal and external pressures and to continue to pursue a distinctive political and policy agenda.

Robert Wagner and the Rise of New York City's Plebiscitary Mayoralty: The Tamer of the Tammany Tiger (Hardcover): Richard... Robert Wagner and the Rise of New York City's Plebiscitary Mayoralty: The Tamer of the Tammany Tiger (Hardcover)
Richard M. Flanagan
R2,019 Discovery Miles 20 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Robert Wagner was New York City's true New Deal mayor, killed Tammany Hall. The world Wagner shaped delivers municipal services efficiently at the cost of local democracy. The story of Wagner's mayoralty will be of interest to anyone who cares about New York City, local democracy and the debate about the legacy of the City's important leaders.

Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia - Aging Societies East and West (Hardcover): Paul Midford Eldercare Policies in Japan and Scandinavia - Aging Societies East and West (Hardcover)
Paul Midford; Edited by Y. Saito; John Creighton Campbell; Edited by U. Edvardsen
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These essays by no means cover all areas of interest in long-term care programs, but they offer new insights (and intriguing questions for future research) about how differently policies in this important area can be carried out in different countries.

Neoliberal Urban Policy and the Transformation of the City - Reshaping Dublin (Hardcover): A Maclaren, S Kelly, Andrew MacLaran Neoliberal Urban Policy and the Transformation of the City - Reshaping Dublin (Hardcover)
A Maclaren, S Kelly, Andrew MacLaran
R3,792 Discovery Miles 37 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book reviews the character and impacts of 'actually-existing' neoliberalism in Ireland. It examines the property-development boom and its legacy, the impacts of neoliberal urban policy in reshaping the city, public resistance to the new urban policy and highlights salient points to be drawn from the Irish experience of neoliberalism.

The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty (Hardcover): J. Harrigan The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty (Hardcover)
J. Harrigan
R3,741 Discovery Miles 37 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A political economy analysis of the history of food security in the Arab world, including the role played by the global food price crisis in the Arab Spring and the Arab response aiming at greater food sovereignty via domestic food production and land acquisition overseas - the so-called land grab.

The Politics of Financial Markets and Regulation - The United States, Japan and Germany (Hardcover): S. Konoe The Politics of Financial Markets and Regulation - The United States, Japan and Germany (Hardcover)
S. Konoe
R3,700 Discovery Miles 37 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the post-Bretton Woods era, the advent of ever-expanding capital markets beyond national borders led to a series of financial reforms in many industrial economies. In comparing reform cases across different time periods in the United States, Japan, and Germany, Sara Konoe stresses the role of dynamic interactions between institutions and political contexts in determining reform paths. In non-crisis periods, regulatory fragmentation is utilized by financial sectors to pursue their demands for liberalization, though those in self-regulating or monopolized markets resist the agenda of liberalization. A time of crisis empowers reformers to restructure the financial regulatory structure and markets and enables the tightening of regulation. By drawing out key implications for global politics, Konoe sheds light on what types of reform dynamics come into play in the formation of global financial governance while considering the impact of regional-level institutionalization in the EU and EMU.

Greece, Financialization and the EU - The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (Hardcover, New): V. Fouskas, C. Dimoulas Greece, Financialization and the EU - The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (Hardcover, New)
V. Fouskas, C. Dimoulas
R3,213 Discovery Miles 32 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When the global financial crisis spread to Europe and its weak periphery through the banking sector, few contemplated that the real causes of the crisis did not reside only in the faulty architectures of globalisation and European integration but also in a pronounced power-shift to the 'global East'. The authors connect the 'local' with the 'global', and the 'local' with the 'European'. In this context, Fouskas and Dimoulas scrutinize the financial, geopolitical and historical underpinnings of the current Greek debt crisis that threatens not just the cohesion of the European Union, but the entire security architecture of the Euro-Atlantic world. By identifying the 'debt problem' as being one of the 'birthmarks' of Greece passed by the country's one hegemonic master onto another, they challenge the current half-truths about the contemporary debt crisis in Greece and the Euro-zone.

Iceland and the International Financial Crisis - Boom, Bust and Recovery (Hardcover): Eirikur Bergmann Iceland and the International Financial Crisis - Boom, Bust and Recovery (Hardcover)
Eirikur Bergmann
R2,232 Discovery Miles 22 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the years leading up to the Crash of 2008, Iceland had been triumphed in world business media as an economic miracle. Its new breed of Viking Capitalism had become rock stars of the global finance driven economy, even while it was testing the foundations of Europe's financial system. Eirikur Bergmann applies Postcolonial analysis to explain the paradigmatic case of Iceland's fantastical boom, bust and rapid recovery after the Crash. His critical approach to the claims of the financialization advocates relates the questions of the national economy and globalisation to current trends in Europe and the World.

Water and Social Policy (Hardcover, New): M Pawar Water and Social Policy (Hardcover, New)
M Pawar
R1,488 Discovery Miles 14 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues. By analysing several interrelated perspectives on water, he suggests core values as bases for formulating and implementing social policies so as to provide universal free access to safe drinking water for all, particularly for the most poor and disadvantaged.

Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity (Hardcover): Y. Atasoy Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity (Hardcover)
Y. Atasoy
R3,873 Discovery Miles 38 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An interdisciplinary group of scholars from the global North and South critically explore the global deepening of market economy models. In case studies including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, they examine the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis, considering issues of natural ecology, water use, health, childcare, technology and work, migration, and economic growth. The analysis of the complex connections between domestic and global dynamics across diverse cases and issues helps reveal that state-centric approaches are still hovering over the politics of restructuring through which conformity to economic growth is addressed.

The Promise of Participation - Experiments in Participatory Governance in Honduras and Guatemala (Hardcover): D. Altschuler, J.... The Promise of Participation - Experiments in Participatory Governance in Honduras and Guatemala (Hardcover)
D. Altschuler, J. Corrales
R2,324 Discovery Miles 23 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Political scientists have long wondered whether civic participation can have spillover effects - that is, whether civic participation in one particular domain of public life can lead to more participation in other areas. This book argues that participation can indeed be generative. New participants in participatory governance initiatives can acquire new skills, apply them to new areas of their lives, and join new organizations, even in very poor regions. The evidence is based on a large survey - among the broadest in its class - of participants in community-managed schools (CMS) in rural Honduras and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, together with case studies and historical institutional analysis. This study is thus more optimistic about the promise of participation than other studies. While it recognizes that participatory arenas are often constrained by features of program design, local context, and national political problems, this book shows that participation is not a dead-end affair. Participation can breed new and unexpected forms of civicness, even in the most unlikely settings.

Exploring Regional Responses to a Nuclear Iran - Nuclear Dominoes? (Hardcover): C. Hobbs, M. Moran Exploring Regional Responses to a Nuclear Iran - Nuclear Dominoes? (Hardcover)
C. Hobbs, M. Moran
R1,999 Discovery Miles 19 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering a new perspective on the widely discussed debate on how the international community would respond to a nuclear-armed Iran, this critical research challenges the prevailing wisdom that a nuclear Iran would provoke a nuclear proliferation cascade in the Middle East.Hobbs and Moran assess the proliferation calculus of four key countries, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and Syria, as well exploring the possibility that Iran would transfer nuclear materials to terrorists groups. The authors conclude that a nuclear domino effect would be highly unlikely, even in the face of an Iranian bomb, thus undermining one of the major arguments used in support of pre-emptive military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.A range of policy measures are outlined, that could be enacted by the international community to further reduce the risk of a regional proliferation cascade, making this text a must-read for policy makers, security and international relations scholars and all those with an interest in the Middle East.

Business and Climate Change Governance - South Africa in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): T. Boerzel, R. Hamann Business and Climate Change Governance - South Africa in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
T. Boerzel, R. Hamann
R2,263 Discovery Miles 22 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why do business organisations contribute to climate change governance in areas of limited statehood? In many countries, governments are too weak and often also not willing to set and enforce climate change regulations. While companies have the capacities to fill the resulting governance gap, conventional wisdom expects them to take advantage by relocating their production sites in order to escape strict national regulation. Studies on South Africa, Kenya and Germany demonstrate that business contributions to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change vary significantly between countries, sectors and firms. In order to explain these variations, the contributors bring together two important literatures that rarely speak to each other - governance and business management - arguing that the threat of public regulation has an important role in motivating business efforts.

Business and Governance in South Africa - Racing to the Top? (Hardcover): T. Boerzel, C. Thauer Business and Governance in South Africa - Racing to the Top? (Hardcover)
T. Boerzel, C. Thauer
R2,395 Discovery Miles 23 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Under which conditions do companies engage in the provision of collective goods and services if the state lacks the capacity to do so? To what extent do multinational firms engage in a 'race to the top' fostering rather than undermining regulation? The empirical analyses in the individual chapters look at business responses to some of South Africa's most pertinent governance challenges, HIV/AIDS and environmental pollution. The contributors look at firms in four industry sectors: the automotive industry, the mining industry, the food and beverage industry and the textile industry. These four sectors comprise a significant number of foreign as well as local companies, with or without brand name, which cater to different market segments within South Africa, differ in size and are exposed to varying pressure from NGOs and foreign competitors.

Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Hardcover): S. Tok Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Hardcover)
S. Tok
R2,273 Discovery Miles 22 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute, ' 'Victorian, ' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Keat Tok suggests that Beijing has a more nuanced and flexible policy towards 'sovereignty' than previously assumed. By comparing China's changing policy towards Taiwan and Hong Kong, the author relates the role of previous conceptions of the world order in China's conception of modern 'sovereignty', thereby uncovers Beijing's deepest concern when dealing with its sovereignty issues.

Controversies in Policy Research - critical analysis for a new era of austerity and privation (Hardcover): S. Petrie Controversies in Policy Research - critical analysis for a new era of austerity and privation (Hardcover)
S. Petrie
R2,344 Discovery Miles 23 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As a result of the impact of neo-liberal economics and the financial crisis on policy development and implementation, economic and social divides are widening and deepening globally. As the causes and consequences of austerity continue to emerge across Europe and internationally, so the key policy impact messages must continue to be told. Under the themes of Justice, Participation and Social Exclusion, contributors to this volume draw on recent examples to explore and discuss the impact of those targeted or excluded by public and social policies in European countries, developed, implemented and evaluated at a time of austerity. Contexts, consequences and controversies current in the global North are uncovered highlighting the ethical implications for policy research and the role of the academic.
To bear witness and tell the 'truth' is a standpoint usually associated with religious philosophies. In these turbulent years in Western democracies perhaps one critical role for the academic, recast for post-modern times, is to bear witness to the lives of the powerless and tell their 'truths'. Citizen involvement in policy development can be potent and not merely tokenistic if knowledge becomes a means by which policies can be challenged by those subject to them.

Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe - Key Challenges of Participation (Hardcover): Y. Sintomer Participatory Budgeting in Asia and Europe - Key Challenges of Participation (Hardcover)
Y. Sintomer; Carsten Herzberg; Edited by R. Traub-Merz, J. Zhang
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Citizens' participation, especially participatory budgeting, has spread in both Asia and Europe, and has been a symbol of democratic renewal. These transformations are already very visible in Europe, where more than 200 municipalities have adopted participatory budgeting. By contrast, in some Asian democracies, such as Japan or South Korea, it has considerably enlarged the agenda of citizen participation, integrating new forms such as taxpayers' budgets. In other countries, especially in China, participatory budgeting represents some adaptations of opening and transparency. With a global cast of authors, this study provides an overview of the impact of these devices, such as improving the modernisation of public administration or improving the contact between citizens and politicians, and documents the latest developments of citizen participation in both continents.

Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean - Development and Autonomy (Hardcover): Andres Rivarola... Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean - Development and Autonomy (Hardcover)
Andres Rivarola Puntigliano, J. Briceno-Ruiz
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Regionalisation has become a central issue in national and international debates since the end of the Cold War. Yet, when local contributions to regionalism are considered, these are generally related to areas related to philosophy, identity and literature, rather than political economy. Addressing this vacuum, the authors of this volume argue that autochthonous ideas matter. Covering macro regional and sub-regional outlooks, as well as presenting particular national perspectives concerning regionalist thinking, the contributors consider issues of regionalism where economics, political science and international relations come together.

The Political Economy of Divided Islands - Unified Geographies, Multiple Polities (Hardcover, New): G. Baldacchino The Political Economy of Divided Islands - Unified Geographies, Multiple Polities (Hardcover, New)
G. Baldacchino
R2,375 Discovery Miles 23 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An island's boundary - where it meets the sea - is self-evident and non-negotiable. But a land boundary is contestable: it can be changed and shifted to suit, reflecting power politics, the outcome of victor and vanquished in warfare, or negotiated compromise. There are today only ten inhabited islands where both these dynamics pan out. This text is the first to focus on the intriguing political economy of these rare, shared island spaces. It examines the fascination, and obsession, with islands as unitary geographies and polities; and explores the tensions in contemporary 'divided islands' - as in the case of formal and informal, legal and illegal 'border crossings' and practices - from both 'island studies' and 'international relations' perspectives.

The Future of US Global Power - Delusions of Decline (Hardcover): s Brown The Future of US Global Power - Delusions of Decline (Hardcover)
s Brown
R1,539 Discovery Miles 15 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dispelling the myth of decline, Stuart Brown argues that the US continues to enjoy the economic, political, cultural and military underpinnings befitting a pre-eminent global power. He provides an analytical tour through the major domestic and foreign policy issues that will impact the United States' future position and role in the global system.

Development and Diffusionism - Looking Beyond Neopatrimonialism in Nigeria, 1962-1985 (Hardcover): J. Dibua Development and Diffusionism - Looking Beyond Neopatrimonialism in Nigeria, 1962-1985 (Hardcover)
J. Dibua
R2,492 Discovery Miles 24 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Neopatrimonial analysts attribute the failure of development policies in Nigeria to entirely internal problems emanating from the personalization of state resources by rulers for their own benefits and as forms of patronage for securing the loyalty of clients. Based on elaborate theoretical and empirical analysis of development policies in Nigeria with special focus on development planning, this book argues that the neopatrimonial analysis is one-sided and does not adequately capture the fundamental factors responsible for the development malaise in the country. Understanding Nigeria's development problems entails looking beyond neopatrimonialism. The adverse effects of diffusionism that underlined development policies, and the associated external factors that fostered neocolonial dependence and peripheralization of Nigeria's economy are crucial for understanding and coming to terms with the development problem. This book makes a strong case for endogenous formulation of development policies and for the reformulation of the Nigerian state in order to make it more developmental.

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