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Selected Models of Institutional Change in Theory and Practice

open access: yesEkonomista, 2022
This paper is a continuation of the research on the course of institutional changes, the results of which were presented in the article published in “Ekonomista” in 2017, (Sukiennik, Dokurno, Fiedor 2017).
Jakub Sukiennik   +2 more
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Institutional Change and Globalization

open access: yes, 2020
List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii CHAPTER ONE Problems of Institutional Analysis 1 CHAPTER TWO The Problem of Change 31 CHAPTER THREE The Problem of Mechanisms 62 CHAPTER FOUR The Problem of Ideas 90 CHAPTER FIVE The Problem of ...
John L. Campbell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The agony of nuclear: sustaining democratic disagreement in the anthropocene

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2020
Disagreements inevitably arise over the possibilities and policies of sustainability. In contrast to approaches that pursue political consensus this article argues that such disagreement is not a matter of a clash with ignorant or immoral perspectives ...
Amanda Machin
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Institutional Changes of SPACs [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
We document the changes of corporate design of modern Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) from 2003 to 2012. We assign the impact on changes of SPACs to each of the three groups of stakeholders: founders, investors and underwriters and test whether institutional characteristics of SPACs determine the success of their merger outcomes.
Lakicevic, Milan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Robustness Trade-offs in Social-Ecological Systems

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2007
The governance of common-pool resources can be meaningfully examined from the somewhat broader perspective of the governance of social-ecological systems (SESs).
Marco A. Janssen, John M Anderies
doaj   +1 more source

The ‘Stifling’ of New Climate Politics in Ireland

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2021
In 2019, Ireland declared a ‘Climate Emergency,’ receiving plaudits from across the political spectrum for doing so. Some argued the country was experiencing an era of ‘new climate politics’: In 2017, Ireland had established the first Citizens’ Assembly ...
Louise Michelle Fitzgerald   +3 more
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Explanations of Institutional Change: Reflecting on a “Missing Diagonal”

open access: yesAmerican Political Science Review, 2020
Previous research on institutional change has concentrated on two types of explanations. On one hand, the dualism of path dependency and critical junctures has advanced our understanding of how institutional change occurs due to sudden exogenous shocks ...
Johannes Gerschewski
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Your Resilience is My Vulnerability: ‘Rules in Use’ in a Local Water Conflict

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2014
This paper uses an empirical analysis of a water conflict in the German state of Brandenburg to explore diverse constructions of vulnerability to water scarcity by local stakeholders.
Frank Sondershaus, Timothy Moss
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City-to-city learning within climate city networks: definition, significance, and challenges from a global perspective

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2020
Cities are increasingly joining forces through transnational municipal networks. The presented research focuses on one of the key services of these organisations: providing a platform for city-to-city learning. Interviews with representatives of networks
Wolfgang Haupt   +3 more
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