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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam, Kristjan Jespersen, Paige Olmsted, Katryn Pasaribu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Baltic-Scandinavian Macroregion: Regionalism of a New Type [PDF]

Современная Европа
The author puts forward a hypothesis about formation of the Baltic-Scandinavian Macroregion (BSM). This phenomenon is characterised as a macroregion of a new type (a “new” macroregion), which is inherent in the polycentric system of international ...
Alexey Gromyko
doaj   +1 more source

Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature‐Based Solutions?

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) have gained prominence as an integrated approach to addressing climate change and biodiversity loss while supporting sustainable development. Yet, their implementation across Southeast Asia remains fragmented and often contested.
Helena Varkkey, Michelle Ann Miller, David Taylor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Statecraft, Fragmented Authoritarianism, and Technocratic Governance: The Structure and Agency of China's Local Environmental Politics

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local environmental politics in China is often said to be dominated by state‐controlled modes of multi‐level governance. However, top‐down governance is embedded within and transformed by local politics, adding complexity to governance practices and environmental outcomes.
Minsi Liu, Kevin Lo
wiley   +1 more source

Home country institutional ties and Chinese SMEs' OFDI: Institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives

Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Combining institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives, we theorize that small‐and‐medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) depends on the types and levels of home institutional ties, and this relationship is moderated by technological resources.
Zibang Chen, Axèle Giroud, Asmund Rygh, Yanze Liang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development as the transcendence of the new: on the ontology of qualitative change in international relations theory

Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика
The changes currently unfolding in international relations have become the subject of intense scholarly debate. One of the central questions concerns how these changes should be interpreted: as manifestations of a qualitative transformation of the world ...
A. A. Seregina
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Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo, Cuthbert Taguta, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tinashe Dirwai, Stanley Liphadzi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional patterns in the achievement of the Lisbon Strategy: a comparison between polycentric regions and monocentric ones [PDF]

Polycentrism is a common feature of European urban systems. Lately, the concept has assumed a more normative relevance and it has been often considered as a pre-requisite for a more sustainable and balanced development across Europe. However, the effects
Paola Bertolini, Enrico Giovannetti, Francesco Pagliacci   +2 more
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Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim, Jean‐Patrick Villeneuve   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source