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The role of government and key non-state actors in social entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
Social entrepreneurship is recognized as a key tool for overcoming social problems in society and supporting sustainable development. While social entrepreneurship is not a new phenomenon, the field has experienced significant growth over the past 15 ...
Ivan Bozhikin, J. Macke, L. Costa
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Policy Process And Non-State Actors' Influence On The 2014 Mexican Soda Tax.

Health Policy and Planning, 2020
In January 2014, Mexico introduced a soda tax of 1 Mexican Peso (MXP) per litre. The aim of this paper is to examine the political context out of which this policy emerged, the main drivers for the policy change, and the role of stakeholders in setting ...
A. Carriedo, K. Lock, B. Hawkins
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The increasing role of non-State actors in education policy-making. Evidence from Uruguay

Journal of Education Policy, 2020
Over the last decades privatization policies have taken centre stage in many processes of educational reform globally. In Latin America, these policies have played an important role since the 1990s leading to an increasing participation of private agents
Mauro C. Moschetti, Marc Martínez Pons, Eloísa Bordoli, Pablo Martinis   +3 more
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Understanding Governance by Insurgent Non-State Actors: A Multi-Dimensional Typology

Civil Wars, 2020
The phenomenon of governance by insurgents characterises many contexts of civil war and influences political, security, social, and economic dynamics in the original conflict zone and beyond. Therefore, understanding how different insurgents govern seems
Marta Furlan
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4. Non-state actors

2020
This chapter focuses on non-state actors in global environmental governance. Non-state actors, such as non-governmental organisations (NGOs), corporations, and transnational networks, play an increasingly significant role in global environmental politics.
Jean-Frédéric Morin, Amandine Orsini, Sikina Jinnah   +2 more
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Pick Your POICN: Introducing the Profiles of Incidents involving CBRN and Non-State Actors (POICN) Database

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2019
The majority of scholarship on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism relies on non-empirical theorizing or the in-depth examination of a handful of prominent cases. A key reason for the dearth of systematic analyses is the lack
Markus Binder, G. Ackerman
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Conflict, ‘terrorism’ and non-state actors

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
International Human Rights Law is supposed to operate at all times. However, during war/conflict it is often suspended to address an ‘emergency’. International Humanitarian Law attempts to deal with human rights protections during the specific circumstances of war.
Féilim Ó hAdhmaill, Mike Ritchie
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Violent Non-State Actors

2023
Violent Non-State Actors: The Politics of Territorial Governance is an original in-depth scholarly explanation of the impact of territorial penetration, control and governance on the effectiveness of the activities of violent non-state actors (VNSA). The theoretical framework operates with the assertion that a non-linear causal relationship mediated ...
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The Treachery of Images: Visualizing “Statehood” as a Tactic for the Legitimization of Non-State Actors

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2019
This article establishes that visual displays of sovereignty were central to the escalation and projected legitimacy of a violent non-state actor. Contrary to conventional perspectives, it details that the unprecedented appeal of the so-called Islamic ...
Aaron Anfinson
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Self-Defence against Non-State Actors

, 2019
In this book, self-defence against non-state actors is examined by three scholars whose geographical, professional, theoretical, and methodological backgrounds and outlooks differ greatly.
M. O’Connell, C. Tams, D. Tladi
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