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Environmental governance in China: Interactions between the state and “nonstate actors” [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Management, 2018
In the West, limited government capacity to solve environmental problems has triggered the rise of a variety of "nonstate actors" to supplement government efforts or provide alternative mechanisms for addressing environmental issues. How does this development - along with our efforts to understand it - map onto environmental governance processes in ...
Guttman, Dan   +20 more
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Contextualizing uncontrolled oil trade flows: A novel categorization

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
Although states and international institutions have developed elaborate sets of laws and regulations to oversee the legal movement of oil, significant amounts of oil are moved out of controlled channels every year with considerable financial, political ...
Emre Hatipoglu   +3 more
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Non-State Actors as Security Providers

open access: yesSafety & Defense, 2021
Contemporary “premodern” conflicts, or “new wars” are characterized by the de-professionalization of the use of force and the emergence of various non-state actors: warlords, paramilitary units, sectarian militias, proxies, etc., and their growing role ...
Cyprian Kozera
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Collaborative governance in a mandated setting: shifting collaboration in stunting interventions at local level

open access: yesDevelopment Studies Research, 2023
Collaboration is now a common way to make public policy and run government, and governments often make it a requirement. This article is a qualitative study of how people work together when they must.
Muhamad Nur Afandi   +3 more
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Violent Nonstate Actors and the Emergence of Hybrid Governance in South America

open access: yesLatin American Research Review, 2021
In several Latin American countries, social violence has risen to warlike levels. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to the extent of social violence and the new (informal) forms of governance generated by the so-called violent nonstate actors (
Rafael Duarte Villa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Defence against Non-State Actors: Possibility or reality?

open access: yesRevista Facultad de Jurisprudencia, 2021
The United Nations Charter has enshrined the general prohibition of the use of force as well as the exception to it through the inherent right of States to defend themself if an armed attack occurs under article 51.
Paola Diana Reyes Parra
doaj   +1 more source

Star Trek Offers Insights That Illuminate Actor Engagement in Global Nutrition Governance; Comment on “Towards Preventing and Managing Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Policy? An Analysis of Submissions to a Consultation on a Draft WHO Tool” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
This commentary describes insights from Star Trek’s fictional television series to understand how state and nonstate actors address conflicts of interest (COIs) through global nutrition governance.
Vivica I. Kraak
doaj   +1 more source

Deterring violent non-state actors: dilemmas and implications [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, 2019
Purpose – This paper aims to address the limitations of classical deterrence theory in dealing with violent non-state actors (VNSAs). Design/methodology/approach – The study uses qualitative methods.
Raghda Elbahy
doaj   +1 more source

On Localism and the Persistent Power of the State

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2018
On June 1, 2017, President Trump declared that the United States would “cease all implementation of the non-binding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country.” The United States’ de facto ...
Cinnamon P. Carlarne
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