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Civil society and financial markets : what is not happening and why [PDF]

, 2013
Why have commercial financial flows – as a major force in contemporary society with a number of significant problematic consequences – attracted relatively little effective public-interest response from civil society? Change-oriented NGOs, labour unions,
Ebrahim A., Epstein G. A., Epstein G. A., Eschle C., Fioramonti L., Hajnal P. I., Hilferding R., Jan Aart Scholte, Porter T., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Scholte J. A., Sinclair T. J., Slaughter A.-M., UNCTAD, WTO, Yuval-Davis N.   +20 more
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Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Climate, Innovation, and Policy Disruptions: A Systems-Based Adaptive Governance Framework for the UAE

Qubahan Academic Journal
Governance systems globally face mounting pressure from simultaneous climate, technology, and policy disruptions. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), with its rapid development trajectory, high innovation intensity, and environmental vulnerability ...
Eng Khalil Rafiq Al- Battat , Shankar Subramanian Iyer , Brinitha Raji   +2 more
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Re-structuring competetive metropolitan regions: on territory, institutions and governance. RheinRuhr compared with London, Paris and the Randstad Holland [PDF]

Currently social and political constructed urban regions are about to approach a threefold role regarding their functional, economic and political function. At first they constitute a basis for economic and social life.
Knapp, Wolfgang, Schmitt, Peter
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Rethinking fuelwood: people, policy and the anatomy of a charcoal supply chain in a decentralizing Peru [PDF]

, 2018
In Peru, as in many developing countries, charcoal is an important source of fuel. We examine the commercial charcoal commodity chain from its production in Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon, to its sale in the national market.
Bennett, Aoife, Cronkleton, Peter, Malhi, Yadvinder, Menton, Mary   +3 more
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From Global to Polycentric Climate Governance

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
Global governance institutions for climate change, such as those established by the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, have so far failed to make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Following the lead of Elinor Ostrom, this paper offers an alternative theoretical framework for reconstructing global climate policy in accordance with the ...
openaire   +3 more sources

EU Space Governance at the Threshold of A New Era

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This introductory article to the special issue “EU Space Governance at the Threshold of a New Era” explores the European Union's evolving role as a strategic actor in space. It argues that the EU is undergoing a fundamental shift from a regulatory to a security‐oriented approach, driven by institutional consolidation, technological ambition ...
Philip De Man, Jan Wouters
wiley   +1 more source

Types of Multi-Level Governance [PDF]

The reallocation of authority upwards, downwards, and sideways from central states hasdrawn attention from a growing number of scholars in the social sciences.
Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
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Multiplying Elements of Fragmentation? Polycentrism, the Launcher Crisis and the Future of Europe in Space

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the current controversies surrounding the European Ariane launcher and its implications for the future of European space governance. The Ariane program, historically a symbol of European technopolitical integration, faces mounting challenges due to delays, rising costs and increasing competition from private actors like ...
Nina Klimburg‐Witjes, Joseph Popper
wiley   +1 more source

Polycentric governance of collective rangelands in southern Tunisia

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
The governance system of collective rangelands in southern Tunisia (i.e., tribal grazing lands covering 1.5 million ha) entails several governmental and non-governmental actors.
Mabrouk Laâbar, Mongi Sghaier, Mohamed Jaouad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source