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Book SynopsisPublic–Private Partnerships (PPPs) promise much and present an exciting policy option.Trade Review‘. . . the volume is a timely, comprehensive, and valuable addition to the literature, which deserves to be widely read.’ -- Richard Allen, Governance‘. . . the Handbook informs, engages, questions, criticises and educates.’ -- Business Line‘As politicians across the world have loudly debated how best to shrink the size of government, clever entrepreneurs have pushed off in a very different direction: creating complex partnerships between government and the private sector, which have pushed government more deeply into the private sector and pulled private partnerships more deeply into the core of government. In this important new book, the editors have pulled together a fascinating collection of papers that examines how these partnerships are transforming the provision of services and, in fact, the very nature of governance itself.’ -- Donald F. Kettl, University of Maryland, US‘Public–private partnerships are a familiar subject, but this volume makes it clear just how much interesting research is being done on the topic at present. This is an extremely useful collection of papers that will be essential reading for anyone interested in partnerships and public policy more generally.’ -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction: The PPP Phenomenon and its Evaluation Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Anthony E. Boardman 2. Mixes and Partnerships through Time Roger Wettenhall 3. A Brief Intellectual History of the Public–Private Partnership Movement Tony Bovaird 4. Public–Private Partnerships: Deciphering Meaning, Message and Phenomenon Erik-Hans Klijn 5. Reviewing Public–Private Partnerships: Some Thoughts on Evaluation Graeme A. Hodge PART II: DISCIPLINARY THEMES IN PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 6. Splintered Logic and Political Debate Matthew Flinders 7. The Economics of Public–Private Partnerships: Some Theoretical Contributions Jean-Etienne de Bettignies and Thomas W. Ross 8. Assessing the Economic Worth of Public–Private Partnerships Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining 9. Different Delivery Models Colin F. Duffield 10. Law and Regulatory Aspects of Public–Private Partnerships: Contract Law and Public Procurement Law Christina D. Tvarnø 11. Accounting for PPPs in a Converging World David Heald and George Georgiou 12. Risk Management Rui Sousa Monteiro 13. Governing Partnerships Chris Skelcher PART III: EMPIRICAL EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 14. The UK’s Private Finance Initiative: History, Evaluation, Prospects Mark Hellowell 15. Empirical PPP Experiences in Europe: National Variations of a Global Concept Gerhard Hammerschmid and Tamyko Ysa 16. P3s in North America: Renting the Money (in Canada), Selling the Roads (in the USA) Anthony E. Boardman and Aidan R. Vining 17. The Australian PPP Experience: Observations and Reflections Graeme A. Hodge and Colin F. Duffield 18. Public–Private Partnerships: The Scandinavian Experience Carsten Greve and Ulrika Mörth 19. Empirical Evidence of Infrastructure Public–Private Partnerships: Lessons from the World Bank Experience Paul Noumba-Um 20. Public–Private Partnerships: The United Nations Experience Benedicte Bull PART IV: CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE 21. The Global Public–Private Partnership Industry Carsten Greve 22. Towards a Process Perspective on Public–Private Partnerships Guðrið Weihe 23. PPPs in Developed and Developing Economies: What Lessons can be Learned? David Parker and Catarina Figueira 24. A Review of Transport Public–Private Partnerships in the UK Jean Shaoul 25. Reviewing Public–Private Partnership Performance in Developing Economies Argentino Pessoa 26. Conclusions: Public–Private Partnerships – International Experiences and Future Challenges Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Anthony E. Boardman Index

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Book SynopsisGraham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical approach, combining complexity science and institutionalism.Trade Review'Theoretical work on complex phenomena is beginning to have a major impact on several disciplines. Graham Room gives a clear summary of many of these insights and shows how this work can help guide public policy.' --Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK'This is a very important book. Graham Room gives a very detailed, accurate and accessible review of complexity theory as it applies to social policy. It will be of interest to academics who really want to understand the implications of complexity theory for policy making in complex and fast-changing situations and to those undertaking advanced courses in politics, economics and sociology.' --Jean Boulton, University of Cranfield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Concepts 2. The Complexity Paradigm 3. Complex Adaptive Systems 4. The Economy as a Complex Adaptive System 5. Institutional Settings and Architectures 6. Institutional Dynamics 7. The Struggle for Positional Advantage 8. Conceptualising Social Dynamics Part II: Methods 9. Attractors and Orbits in Dynamic Systems 10. Patterns in Time and Space 11. Connections and Networks 12. Mobility on Social Landscapes 13. Towards a Generic Methodology Part III: Policies 14. Agile Policy-Making 15. Poverty and Social Exclusion 16. Social Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy 17. Global Turbulence and Crisis Postscript: Tools for Policy-Makers References Index

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Book SynopsisGraham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical approach, combining complexity science and institutionalism.Trade Review'Theoretical work on complex phenomena is beginning to have a major impact on several disciplines. Graham Room gives a clear summary of many of these insights and shows how this work can help guide public policy.' --Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UK'This is a very important book. Graham Room gives a very detailed, accurate and accessible review of complexity theory as it applies to social policy. It will be of interest to academics who really want to understand the implications of complexity theory for policy making in complex and fast-changing situations and to those undertaking advanced courses in politics, economics and sociology.' --Jean Boulton, University of Cranfield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Concepts 2. The Complexity Paradigm 3. Complex Adaptive Systems 4. The Economy as a Complex Adaptive System 5. Institutional Settings and Architectures 6. Institutional Dynamics 7. The Struggle for Positional Advantage 8. Conceptualising Social Dynamics Part II: Methods 9. Attractors and Orbits in Dynamic Systems 10. Patterns in Time and Space 11. Connections and Networks 12. Mobility on Social Landscapes 13. Towards a Generic Methodology Part III: Policies 14. Agile Policy-Making 15. Poverty and Social Exclusion 16. Social Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy 17. Global Turbulence and Crisis Postscript: Tools for Policy-Makers References Index

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Book SynopsisThis up-to-date book takes a fresh look at regulation and risk and argues that the allure of regulation lies in its capacity to reduce risk whilst preserving the benefits of trade, travel and commerce.Trade Review'The Paradox of Regulation is a tour de force of regulatory scholarship that successfully contextualizes the regulatory project as an effort to reduce multiple forms of risk. Three case studies of regulatory reforms, fascinating in their own right, when read together forcefully demonstrate why context matters to the actuarial assessments, political realities, and possibilities for insuring safety, security and integrity. Haines' penetrating analysis presents no simple answers to what works and why. The Paradox of Regulation nimbly demonstrates that the strengths and limits of a particular regulatory reform must be understood as a complicated response to a dynamic constellation of actuarial, political, and socio-cultural risks.' - Nancy Reichman, University of Denver, US 'This new book by Fiona Haines is an elegant but sophisticated analysis of the three risks (technical, social and political) that regulation must address if it is to be effective. This analysis is original and fresh bringing together critiques of risk based regulation with empirical literature on compliance and effectiveness evaluation. This is exactly the sort of book we need more of to develop and deepen empirical and theoretical research in regulatory scholarship: - it helpfully melds together different literatures and theoretical approaches with her own empirical work on regulatory reforms to build a multi-layered theoretical analysis that really pushes forward our understanding of regulation, why it happens and how it fails and succeeds.' - Christine Parker, Monash University, Australia 'This is an insightful and nuanced analysis of the strengths and limitations of regulation. Through a close grained analysis of three recent disasters, Haines demonstrates that regulation is not just a technical but also a political and a social project and how a failure to recognise its multiple dimensions can lead to regulatory failure. This book is a major contribution that enriches our understanding of the challenges of risk management and of how best to address them.' - Neil Gunningham, Australian National University, Canberra 'Fiona Haines shows us that regulatory policy is complex and paradoxical in ways that should require us to attend to the substance and the politics of specific regulatory regimes. This book is a major contribution to the reconceptualisation of risk and regulation. It is a perceptive treatment of the role of crisis by one of the best scholars of regulation we have.' --- John Braithwaite, Australian National University, CanberraTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Regulatory Paradox 3. Risk and the Task of Regulation 4. Making Sense of the Events 5. Regulatory Reform in the Shadow of Disaster 6. The Challenge of Compliance – Major Hazard Risk 7. The Challenge of Security at Air and Seaports 8. Finance, Compliance and the Ambiguity of Actuarial Risk 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought provoking book brings to bear new analyses of the most serious threat post offices have ever faced and raises fundamental questions as to the future of mail.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Non-linear Pricing, Volume Discounts and the USO under Entry Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer 2. Price Differentiation: What is Acceptable for a Universal Service Provider? Richard Eccles 3. Postal Price Regulation in a Competitive Environment Ralf Wojtek and Martin Zauner 4. Failure to Implement the Postal Directive in the EU and EEA: Public and Private Enforcement of State Liability Alessandra Fratini and Mariacristina Bottino 5. Forecasting Letter Volumes: Augmenting Econometric Baseline Projections Vance L. Martin, Chris Paterson and Jessie Xiaokang Wang 6. Uncertainty and Projections of the Demand for Mail Frédérique Fève, Jean-Pierre Florens, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Soterios Soteri and Frank Rodriguez 7. Do Volume Increases and Decreases Have the Same Effect on Labor Hours? Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins 8. A Panel Data Analysis of Inefficiency and Heterogeneity in the Postal Sector Catherine Cazals, Paul Dudley, Jean-Pierre Florens and Michael Jones 9. Affordability of Postal Services Addressed to Households Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Lise Martin 10. Towards a 21st Century Postal Service John C. Panzar 11. Privatization: Could the Benefits Seen in Other Network Industries be Realized in Postal Industries? Stuart Holder and Helen Smith 12. The Confluence of the Postal Sector with the Internet Economy and Regulation John Hearn 13. Allocating Cost between Universal Services and Services Outside the Scope of Universal Service Heikki Nikali, Kari Elkelä, Pekka Leskinen, Päivi Rokkanen and Peter Karlsson 14. Price-cap Regulation in the Postal Sector: Single versus Multiple Baskets Claire Borsenberger, Sébastien Bréville, Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder and Denis Joram 15. Optimal Pricing of Mail in the Transactional Market and Welfare for the Wider Communications Market Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley and Frank Rodriguez 16. A Market Study of Packets and Parcels Services Stephen Gibson and Nancy Race 17. Defending Mail Markets Against New Entrants: An Application of the Defender Model Christian Jaag, Helmut Dietl, Urs Trinkner and Oliver Fürst 18. Liberalization and Postal Workers Henrik B. Okholm and Anna Möller 19. Government Use of the Postal System: An Ignored USO Component Michael J. Ravnitzky and J.P. Klingenberg 20. UPU Terminal Dues: Winners and Losers James I. Campbell Jr., Alex Kalevi Dieke and Martin Zauner 21. On the Use of Reverse Auctions to Designate Universal Postal Service Providers Carlos Costa 22. Priority and Non-Priority Services: Returning to the Origins? Filipa Silva 23. Understanding Consumer Preferences for Paper and Digital Marketing Channels Kari Elkelä 24. Accounting for Behavioral Biases for Non-biased Demand Estimations Meloria Meschi and Carla Pace

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the most important works of modern Russian social history yet to appear."—American Historical Review "Lincoln's magnum opus... a first-class book."—Slavonic and East European ReviewTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Chapter I. Russia's Bureaucratic World, 1825–1855 Chapter II. New Men and New Aspirations Chapter III. Forces Assemble Chapter IV. An Enlightened Bureaucracy Emerges Chapter V. Preparing for Reform Chapter VI. The Enlightened Bureaucrats in the Great Reform Era Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise overview of regulation, the primary mode of modern governance by, within, and beyond the state. Martino Maggetti delves into the fundamental concepts and theoretical frameworks underpinning the study of regulation, charting its historical evolution, current practices, and evolving complexities.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise overview of regulation, the primary mode of modern governance by, within, and beyond the state. Martino Maggetti delves into the fundamental concepts and theoretical frameworks underpinning the study of regulation, charting its historical evolution, current practices, and evolving complexities.

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Book SynopsisIn this insightful book, Arthur Benz introduces a novel analytical approach to comparative research on multilevel governance. Confronting the intricate problems of coordinating local, regional, national and international policies in the face of political polarisation, he makes the case for pragmatic, sustainable and resilient multilevel governance.

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Book SynopsisThe recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers.Trade Review‘A unique contribution to understanding and analysis of the direct and indirect, private and public effects of pandemics (COVID in this case) on cities and regions and the formulation of policies to adopt and respond to such.’ -- Pierre Paul Proulx, Université de Montreal, Canada‘This edited book provides valuable insights on how cities and regions have adapted to the COVID pandemic and the post-COVID transition. The volume provides useful comparisons and case studies from the trans-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific areas on topics such as health care, remote and hybrid work, government functionality, and the overall effects of a major pandemic on the economic and social well-being of a broad range of urban centers and regions.’ -- Earl Fry, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University, and co-founder of the New International Cities Era project, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions ix Ed Blakely and Peter Karl Kresl PART I IMPACT AND RESPONSE 1 Post-COVID-19 Australian urban settlement: rebuild or reposition the nation? 2 Ed Blakely 2 Impact and response in cities and regions: Pennsylvania and New York 15 Peter Karl Kresl 3 Why we don’t learn: COVID’s impact on cities’ architecture is not being considered in new building developments 32 Mattia Bertin PART II CITIES AND REGIONS 4 Voices from the villages: non-urban territories facing post-COVID recovery 46 Daniele Ietri 5 The reshaping of work and (post-COVID) urban competitiveness in mid-sized metropolises: the case of Porto 58 Luís Carvalho and Sabrina Sgambati 6 Socio-economic dimensions of inclusiveness of smart cities in India in a post-pandemic era 74 Shaleen Singhal and Madhurima Waghmare 7 Post-COVID cities: some reflections on planning in uncertain times 92 Javier Ruiz Sánchez and Inés Aquilué Junyent PART III SPECIFIC ISSUES 8 The impact of COVID in Québec: telework, coworking and their effects on work and city environments 111 Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 9 Consequences of COVID-19 on the Barcelona labour market 129 Joan Trullén and Vittorio Galletto 10 Changes in the labor market by type of city in Mexico during the COVID pandemic, 2020–2021 145 Isela Orihuela 11 Working in and for the city with smartness: first partial results from the European project IrSmart 161 Gianfranco Franz 12 Spatial differences in morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in Mexico: a regional and metropolitan analysis 179 Jaime Sobrino 13 Frugal innovation in the 1.5-metre society: analysis of the hospitality sector in the metropole region Rotterdam–The Hague 197 Erwin van Tuijl, Leo van den Berg, Koen Dittrich and Daniele Rossi-Doria Index

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Book SynopsisThis incisive book examines how and why some major policy reforms endure while others fail to gain traction and embed themselves. Tracing the development of key policy reforms over time, it offers original insight into how to create and embed positive changes that continue to deliver over the long term.Trade Review‘Through well-argued theorisation and closely wrought case studies, Joannah Luetjens shows that what looks like policy stability is typically the result of ongoing adaptive efforts. Support for policy innovations can never end with legislative adoption and implementation. Supporters must continually take calibrated actions to keep policies going in light of changing contextual conditions. This book is a marvel. The insights it contains will inform policy research for decades to come.’ -- Michael Mintrom, Monash University, Australia‘Reforms that Stick is a splendid book. Leveraging well-researched case studies of key policy areas and systematic empirical analysis, Joannah Luetjens generates fresh insights into the conditions associated with reform endurance, consolidation, and erosion in parliamentary democracies. By exploring the interactions among political parties, administrative actors, interest groups, and mass publics, the book helps us better understand why some reforms last and why others unravel after the moment of enactment. Essential reading for scholars and practitioners of public policy.’ -- Eric M. Patashnik, Brown University, US and author of Reforms at RiskTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing reform endurance: immovable objects and irresistible forces 2. Conceptualising reform endurance: where preservation meets adaptation 3. Studying reform endurance in parliamentary systems: a comparative approach 4. Sweden’s educational saga: the entrenchment of school choice 5. Environmental reform in Ireland’s ‘throwaway’ society: moving beyond landfill 6. Conclusions: navigating the twin challenges of reform endurance Appendix References. Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘As this volume trenchantly documents, our world faces the ravages of a perfect storm, shedding a glaring light on the disparate impact in our local communities of long-standing systemic racism, continually widening wealth gaps, and a raging global pandemic. Under this spotlight, the urgency and timeliness of strategic, cross-sector sustainable partnerships among organizations anchored in place, undergirded by enlightened philanthropy, and committed to moving the needle on the public good, could not be clearer. By documenting the efforts of ten such partnerships-in-place, spanning localities across the US and the globe, David Maurrasse brings home forceful shared lessons for progress.’ -- Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University-Newark, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I PHILANTHROPY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP 2. Evolving thinking on community partnerships 3. The nongovernmental sector and philanthropy PART II COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES 4. Introduction to Part II 5. The Newark Anchor Collaborative 6. Memphis Medical District Collaborative 7. Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative 8. Central Corridor Anchor Partnership 9. Quality Jobs Fund PART III INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 10. Introduction to Part III 11. Colombia: Rebuilding El Salado 12. Malawi: Chipatala Cha Pa Foni 13. England: young Black men’s employment program in London – the Moving On Up initiative 14. India: Parivartan – health in Bihar 15. Australia: Metropolitan partnerships – Victoria PART IV LESSONS AND THE FUTURE 16. Introduction to Part IV 17. Successes and challenges 18. Future opportunities, considerations, and directions References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review’In this concise work, Hasselbalch outlines the ramifications of power with respect to data ethics and cultural data practices. Beginning with definitions of common terminology used in the field, Hasselbalch establishes common ground for readers and takes them through a breadth of power scenarios in various areas of data ethics practice. She explores the influence of power in realistic situations such as policy vacuums and surveillance society. Though a number of publications address data science ethics, what sets this work apart is the robust depth of knowledge the author brings to the topic; she moves beyond a descriptive approach to focus on the interactive relationship between power and data ethics. The text usefully identifies regional differences between the European Union and other areas of the world in light of the EU's stringent data-protections regime. Given the regional differences and international nature of many data science operations, this work is relevant to students worldwide. Hasselbalch offers a rich bibliography for extended study along with the usual backmatter. Undergraduate and graduate students studying computer science and related technologies will profit from reading the book. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates.’ -- K J Whitehair, CHOICE‘Data Ethics of Power is an instant classic of technology law and policy. Its wise and topical policy recommendations stand on rigorous philosophical foundations. In Hasselbalch’s work, we are taken on a journey to the origins of ethics, to understand the critical importance of empowering institutions for wise governance of AI. As policymakers work to promote and channel AI, they should find much here to guide their deliberations. Deeply relevant to academics, practitioners, and anyone interested in the future development of advanced technology, Data Ethics of Power revitalizes the field of AI ethics.’ -- Frank Pasquale, Brooklyn Law School, US‘This book offers a unique and timely contribution to the fields of data and AI ethics by examining power structures in both the big data and the AI ethics space. Dr. Hasselbalch provides a paradigm shift in thinking about data ethics and power stating that data ethics is not only about power but also is power. Re-framing the discussion in this way uncovers novel solutions to the pressing problems created by big data and AI. This book is required reading for academics, industry leaders, and policy makers in the data and AI ethics space looking to address the future of data and AI in society on a global scale.’ -- Aimee van Wynsberghe, University of Bonn, Germany‘Data Ethics of Power by Gry Hasselbalch provides a deeply impactful approach to a subject typically bogged down by technical or political dogma by identifying the systems of power that create the highest levels of obfuscation around data. But it is in her revelation that open, unconditional love will provide the individual and communal willingness for genuine change that her words bring essential human healing regarding autonomous data ethics governance.’ -- John C. Havens, author of Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing our Humanity to Maximize Machines‘A recurring criticism of tech ethics is that ideas about responsible innovation are idealizations—aspirational wish lists too far removed from inequitable real-world power struggles. Gry Hasselbalch’s Data Ethics of Power: A Human Approach in the Big Data and AI Era provides a much-needed corrective. This masterful, interdisciplinary work makes a deep, human-centered case for conceptualizing and practicing data ethics as interrogating and negotiating infrastructures of power and their complex underlying cultural conditions.’ -- Evan Selinger, Rochester Institute of Technology, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Data Ethics of Power 1. Big Data Sociotechnical Infrastructures (BDSTIs) 2. Sociotechnical change and data ethical governance 3. Artificial Intelligence Sociotechnical Infrastructures (AISTIs) 4. Data interests and data cultures 5. What is data ethics? 6. Conclusion to Data Ethics of Power Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book investigates the role of the UN Secretariat in an era of significant global power shifts. It argues that though UN staff can shape political outcomes towards their own ideals and the UNâs institutional mission, their powers are limited by member states seeking to influence and control the Secretariat.Trade Review‘The book usefully brings together analysis of shifting power in the global arena with the response by international civil servants in the UN System. Through linking the external power and internal management dynamics, notable insights are provided from comparison across a diverse set of countries, issue areas, and organizations.’ -- Kent Kille, The College of Wooster, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Global Institutions in a Time of Power Transition 1 Kendall Stiles, Joel E. Oestreich 2 Hegemonic Change in International Organizations: A Theory of Professional Responsibility in Multilateralism 25 Joel E. Oestreich 3 China and the United Nations Secretariat: A Mutual Influencing Game 41 Gregory T. Chin 4 The Crisis of the Multilateral Agenda in Brazilian Foreign Policy: Perceptions and Reactions from the United Nations 62 Hugo Bras Martins da Costa, Giovana Esther Zucatto, and Marianna Restum Albuquerque 5 Human Rights During Power Transitions 81 Rhona Smith and Conall Mallory 6 The United Nations Development System: Change and Agency in the Secretariat 102 Joel E. Oestreich 7 The Impact of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on the United Nations 123 Bimal Adhikari 8 Rethinking Institutional Independence: The WHO as a Challenged Institution 143 Stephanie Strobl 9 The Guardian of Global Trade Governance? Examining the Role of the WTO Secretariat 160 Wei Liang 10 Conclusion to Global institutions in a time of power transition 180 Kendall Stiles and Joel E. Oestreich Index

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Book SynopsisThis essential Handbook provides an overview of the study and practice of public management in Latin America and the Caribbean. Expert authors discuss the evolution of topics, instruments, methods and research in the field, highlighting the continued influence of past events on present-day politics.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘There is a growing interest in improving academic policy engagement in the UK and internationally. However, we still have a lot to learn about how to do this work better. This book provides a novel contribution, with authors drawn from UK government, parliament, research funders and academia. It focuses on three key areas: how academics articulate the value and relevance of research to policy, the different ways in which academic-policy engagement occur and how research impacts upon policy. The contributors bring a vast amount of experience to bear on these topics and as such help to move forward our thinking on how academic-policy engagement might help to promote the use of research to support policy making.’ -- Annette Boaz and Kathryn Oliver, Transforming Evidence and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK‘All too often it seems that researchers “are from Mars and policy makers from Venus.” In other words, policy researchers hope for their research to be useful to policy makers, and policy makers value the insights from policy researchers, but all too often they talk past another. How to Engage Policy Makers is a long overdue book that provides a valuable handbook for researchers on how to bridge that gap and increase the odds that the results of their research will be of value to policy makers.’ -- Robert D. Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, US‘While the book is titled How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research, it is the subtitle The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy that speaks to its value. The key words being art and impact. This book assembles the experience of 41 such experts, academics, funders and policy authors, to illustrate how the nexus of research and policy is an art that can maximize the potential of your next research-policy engagement.’ -- David J. Phipps, York University, Canada‘The need for the academic community to contribute to policy dialogue, and for policymakers to seek expert advice, has never been more obvious. This book is a highly relevant collection of insights and advice for all those who would like to see better policies, better evidenced, in all walks of life.’ -- Phil Clare, University of Oxford, UK‘Knowledge Exchange practitioners should gain a greater sense of purpose and pride from reading this book, which recognises the particular skills set needed to build sustainable and diverse policy-research relationships. Far from a dry theory of knowledge exchange, this is insightful sharing of practice from people working on the frontlines of academic-policy engagement and who understand the challenges and opportunities such activity offers.’ -- Tamsin Mann, PraxisAuril, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I UNDERSTANDING THE NEED AND ARTICULATING THE OFFER 1 Introduction to How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research 2 Syahirah Abdul Rahman, Lauren Tuckerman, Tim Vorley and Phil Wallace 2 What do policymakers want from researchers? Developing better understanding of a complex landscape 10 Graeme Reid and Sarah Chaytor 3 The value of research evidence for policy 28 David Christian Rose and Chris Tyler 4 Speaking a shared language 38 Sarah Foxen and Rowena Bermingham 5 From broadcast to engagement: moving beyond traditional mechanisms 50 Anand Menon and Jill Rutter 6 Between disciplines and perspectives: ACT as a PERIpatetic researcher 61 Matjaz Vidmar 7 Co-producing policy relevant research 73 Clementine Hill O’Connor, Lucy Gavens, Dan Chedgzoy and Mary Gogarty 8 Developing and delivering university consortia 83 Annette Bramley 9 When worlds collide: the role of the funder in connecting research and policy 94 Melanie Knetsch and Lauren Tuckerman PART II MODES OF ENGAGEMENT 10 Critical friends – real time insights for shaping strategy 104 Debbie Johnson, Geeta Nathan and Syahirah Abdul Rahman 11 Designing and delivering targeted policy engagement events 113 Sarah Weakley 12 Collaborative doctoral research 124 Tim Vorley and Cristian Gherhes 13 Doing and making the most of PhD internships 136 Lauren Tuckerman 14 Enabling collaboration and building capacity through research networks 146 Phil Wallace, Heidi Hinder, Adam Luqmani and Lisa Hanselmann 15 Mission research: experiences from participation in OECD entrepreneurship policy research projects 154 Helen Lawton Smith 16 Intersectional Anti-Racist Academic Activism for Policy-making (INTARAAP) through community engagement 164 Ima Jackson and Judy Wasige 17 Commissioned research 175 Dan Hodges and Syahirah Abdul Rahman PART III EXAMPLES OF INFORMING, INFLUENCING AND IMPACTING POLICY 18 Engaging with policy makers in emerging markets 185 Ekkehard Ernst 19 The City-Region Economic Development Institute – establishing a successful place-based research institute to support regions in turbulent times and beyond 196 Rebecca Riley, Simon Collinson, Anne Green and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 20 Impacting small business policy: the Enterprise Research Centre 207 Vicki Belt 21 Impacting policy thinking through partnership: insights from Northern Ireland 217 Jen Nelles, Tim Vorley and Eoin McFadden 22 Critical engagement in diversity and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship 229 Monder Ram 23 Supporting policy towards sustainability 241 Alice Owen 24 How to win friends and influence policy: a guide for new researchers 249 Katy Jones Index 259

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique framework to understand how public institutions and private investors can collaborate to sustain long term investments (LTIs), with a specific focus on public-private partnership for infrastructure, blended finance mechanisms, and impact investing.Trade Review‘The business of business is being redefined before our very eyes: inclusion, sustainability, impact and ESG are now integrated into most investment decisions. Much more needs to be done as Agenda 2030 will not be met until “all hands on deck”. This book can serve as a good starting point for this critical collaboration.’ -- Royston Braganza, Grameen Capital‘This book highlights the importance of activating private capital to close the infrastructure gap and creating stronger collaboration between the public and private sectors. This will help to drive economic recovery in the short-term whilst driving longer-term economic and social outcomes.’ -- Marie Lam-Frendo, Global Infrastructure Hub‘This book is an excellent reference to university and master students, executives and civil servants, academic researchers and many others that are keen to learn more about enabling long-term investments and public-private collaborations.’ -- Iliyana Tsanova, European CommissionTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Director-General - DG Budget, European Commission Preface 1. Public-private partnerships for long-term investments: the context and the framework 2. The journey towards sustainability: corporate social responsibility and sustainable investing 3. Catalyzing wealth toF drive positive social and environmental change: impact investing 4. Unlocking private capital through blended finance 5. Infrastructure as long-term investment: understanding the public-private boundaries 6. Developing infrastructure through contractual public-private partnership References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'This is a remarkable collection of expert analysis on the politics, practices and study of think tanks. Abelson and Rastrick have curated a collection that adds significantly to our appreciation of the role of think tanks in different geographical and political contexts, and explores the dynamics and influence of think tanks within the nation-state and those that operate globally. The collection combines insightful insider reflections with scholarly discussion to provide an invaluable addition to our understanding of these important institutions.' -- Helen Sullivan, Crawford School of Public Policy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy xviii Donald E. Abelson and Christopher J. Rastrick PART I THE STUDY OF THINK TANKS 1 ‘Network Intellectuals’ and ‘Networked Intellectuals’: relational approaches to the study of British think tanks 2 Jordan Tchilingirian 2 Describing and comparing think tanks 16 Enrique Mendizabal 3 Methodological challenges and advances in studying think tanks 33 Jesper Dahl Kelstrup PART II MANAGING THINK TANKS: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE 4 Co-opting the interest groups 44 Madsen Pirie 5 Addressing ‘new’ think tank management problems 55 Raymond J. Struyk 6 Association to institute: AEI through four presidencies 71 Karlyn Bowman 7 American foundations, think tanks and the liberal international order 86 Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin PART III INFLUENCE AND IMPACT: HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THINK TANK PERFORMANCE? 8 Think tanks and policy communities: analysing policy influence and learning from the analogue to the digital era 100 Evert Lindquist 9 Think tanks beyond the nation-state: policy analysis for global policy and transnational administration 119 Diane Stone 10 If it doesn’t matter, why measure it? Reflections on think tank rankings and policy influence 134 Donald E. Abelson 11 Think tanks and the politics of climate change 150 Dieter Plehwe PART IV THINK TANKS ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS 12 Germany’s marketplace of ideas 167 Josef Braml and Daniela Schwarzer 13 The development of think tanks in China 179 Ling Li 14 The role of think tanks in promoting foreign policy change in Israel 205 Nimrod Goren 15 The rise or demise of American think tanks? 221 Donald E. Abelson 16 What’s in a think tank’s mix of interventions? Plugging into politics and policymaking in Canada’s knowledge regime 239 Julien Landry 17 Think tanks and political-knowledge regimes in the Southern Cone: case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay 258 Adolfo Garcé García y Santos and Camilo López Burian 18 ‘Atlantic Drift’: a baseline model for American and supranational think tanks 278 Christopher J. Rastrick 19 EU think tanks: facilitating policy development in a changing environment 293 Heidi Ullrich 20 Supranational think tanks and the research agenda ahead 311 Christopher J. Rastrick PART V THINK TANKS IN POPULIST CONTEXTS 21 Think tanks confront the challenge of populism 322 Stephen Brooks 22 Trump and the foreign policy elite think tank networks 338 Naná de Graaff and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn 23 British think tanks in the time of ‘Brexit’ 354 Mark Garnett and Virgile Lorenzoni Index 369

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches takes us past the comfort zone of traditional teaching on federalism in the West by laying out its analyses in a truly global and inclusive manner. The textbook contains twenty chapters covering almost every substantive facet of federalism, ranging from fiscal federalism to intergovernmental relations, from social policymaking to political culture. Most contributions are written by political scientists—some with a pronounced philosophical bent, but a few chapters are penned by law scholars, and one was written by an economist.’ -- Jan Erk, The Journal of Federalism'Recent events across the world have highlighted the importance of federalism. Yet too often, even political science students have only the most basic idea of what federalism is and why it is important. This book will help alleviate that ignorance with its systematic approach to teaching federalism, as it provides a treasure trove of information in an accessible format on comparative federalism that will help fill a gap in knowledge of this pivotal and timely area.' -- Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, US‘A rare collection of concise essays on key federal topics and countries with great ideas on how to teach them. Implementing these ideas in class will be both intellectually inspiring and fun.’ -- Sean Mueller, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii Rupak Chattopadhyay Acknowledgments xxi Introduction to Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches 1 John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone 1 Theories of covenant and federalism: deep roots with multiple shoots 4 Glenn Moots 2 The Federalist: the world’s seminal source on federalism 14 Troy E. Smith and Ryan D. Nelson 3 Comparative federalism: what is a federation and how do we study more than one? 25 Alan Fenna 4 Federalism and constitutionalism: a relation based on interdependency 33 Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo 5 Distribution of powers in federal systems: federalism’s heart 45 John Kincaid 6 Second chambers in federal systems: shared-rule guarantors or party hacks? 57 Anna Gamper 7 High courts in federations: neutral referees or team players? 67 Nicholas Aroney 8 Intergovernmental relations: federalism’s lifeblood? 79 Johanne Poirier 9 Fiscal federalism: federalism’s nerve tissue? 91 Anwar Shah 10 Federal political culture: federalism’s glue? 104 David McGrane 11 Political parties in federal systems: key players in the federal game 113 Klaus Detterbeck 12 Local governments in federal systems: deepening federal democracy? 123 Nico Steytler 13 Federalism and democracy 133 Robert P. Inman 14 Multinational, multicultural, intercultural, and plurinational federalism 141 Arjun Tremblay and Alain-G. Gagnon 15 Federalism and conflict resolution: mixed success? 154 Soeren Keil 16 Asymmetric vs. symmetric federalism: equity vs. equality 165 Maja Sahadžić 17 Secession in federal systems: voice versus exit 176 Eva Maria Belser and Robin Beglinger 18 Social policymaking in federal systems: can equity and diversity coexist? 187 Andrew Karch 19 Applying a gender lens to federal systems 198 Jill Vickers 20 Indigenous peoples and federalism: in or out? 210 Martin Papillon 21 Germany: cooperation and executive dominance 221 Nathalie Behnke 22 Indian federalism: centralism amidst diversity 233 Louise Tillin 23 Nigeria: a model of federalist ethnic conflict management or federalist illusion? 242 Rotimi T. Suberu 24 Switzerland: real federalism at work 254 Rahel Freiburghaus and Adrian Vatter 25 Federalism in the United States: dualism with a splash of coercion 265 J. Wesley Leckrone Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Public–private partnerships have been a major development in public sector reform around the world in recent decades – but their role remains hotly contested. In this book, Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge, as major contributors to the field, bring together leading scholars to provide an in-depth survey of current research into PPPs and key avenues for future research. With its outstanding analytical depth and comprehensive range of topics, it offers an indispensable guide for both researchers and government policymakers.’ -- Tony Bovaird, University of Birmingham, UK‘The world of PPPs and infrastructure governance is perilously complex, but this must-read book is the key to unlock the evolution of and momentum behind the global research agenda. Reading the individual contributions, I felt thrilled, impressed and humbled. Thrilled about the quality and diversity of research from long-established and newer authors. Impressed by the combination of fine eyes for detail and the identification of overarching themes, all explained in reader-friendly language. Humbled by the multitude of research challenges that remain.’ -- Professor Emerita Pam Stapleton, The University of Manchester, UK‘This edited volume makes a major contribution to the literature on public–private partnerships (P3s). Utilizing both cross-national and interdisciplinary approaches, the book assesses the current state of P3 research and suggests new avenues for future enquiry.’ -- Lawrence Martin, University of Central Florida, US‘This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in public–private partnerships in infrastructure. Drawing on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, it explains what we have already learned about partnerships, and identifies the critical questions that remain to be answered. All of this is done in a crisp and accessible style.’ -- Alasdair Roberts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements xiii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 The PPP research terrain in a contested era 3 Carsten Greve and Graeme A. Hodge 2 Theories of public–private partnerships 35 Erik-Hans Klijn 3 The use of research methods in public–private partnership research 55 Rianne Warsen PART II NEW FRONTIERS IN A CONTESTED WORLD 4 Public–private partnerships in an economist’s eye: a gleam or a beam? 85 Dmitri Vinogradov and Elena Shadrina 5 New frontiers in the politics of public–private partnerships 105 Anthony M. Bertelli and Eleanor F. Woodhouse 6 Psychological and ontological research on PPPs: what is PPP doing to us? 117 Sophie Sturup 7 What can behavioural science teach us about the policy settings for privately financed public infrastructure? 131 Sebastian Zwalf 8 A public turn in the governance of infrastructure 151 Lene Tolstrup Christensen and Carsten Greve 9 New frontiers in planning: city building through public–private partnerships? 163 Matti Siemiatycki 10 New frontiers of PPP law 179 Christina Tvarnø and Sarah Maria Denta PART III CONTEMPORARY AND CONTINUING THEMES IN A CONTESTED WORLD 11 Financialization: the next stage in PPP development 205 Anne Stafford, Stewart Smyth and Marta Almeida 12 Great expectations for pension funds: a tale of two cities 229 Richard Foster and Graeme A. Hodge 13 The public–private partnership market maturity research frontier 261 Carter B. Casady 14 The determinants of PPP uptake in Europe: a mixed methods approach 277 Moritz Liebe 15 Institutional work in policy transfers: a case study of PPP adoption in Germany 305 Micaela Mihov 16 High speed, high cost: the problematic procurement of Ireland’s National Broadband Plan 331 Dónal Palcic and Eoin Reeves PART IV CONCLUSION 17 Common themes for a PPP research agenda 353 Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve Index

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Book SynopsisA practical how-to guide for more effective planningthrough multi-actor modelling Careful planning is the cornerstone of a successful initiative, and any plan, policy, or business strategy can only be successful if it has the support of different actors. These actors may beactively pursuing their own agendas, so the plan must not only offer an optimal solution to theproblem, but must also fit the needs and abilities of the actors involved. Actor and Strategy Models: Practical Applications and Step-wise Approaches provides a primer on multi-actormodelling, based on the fundamental premise that actor strategies are explained by investigatingwhat actors can do, think, and want to achieve. Covering a variety of models with detailed background and case examples, this book focuses on practical application. Step-by-step instructions for each approach provide immediately actionable insight, while a general framework for actor and strategy modelling allows the reaTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xi Part I Introduction 1 1 The Need for Actor and Strategy Models 3 1.1 Actors and Decision-Making 3 1.2 Applications of Actor and Strategy Models 4 1.3 Scope and Structure of This Book 6 References 10 2 A Framework for Actor and Strategy Modeling 13 2.1 What are Strategic Actors? 13 2.2 Conceptual Framework for Strategic Actor Interactions 17 2.3 Overview of Actor and Strategy Models 23 2.4 Step-Wise Approach for Actor and Strategy Modeling 27 2.5 Challenges in Modeling Strategic Actor Interactions 32 References 36 Part II Models and Applications 39 3 Scanning Your Actor Network as Part of Problem Diagnosis 41 3.1 Diagnosis for Strategic Interaction Problems 41 3.2 Stakeholder Analysis and Actor Network Scanning 42 3.3 Step-Wise Approach for Actor Network Scanning 43 3.4 Case Application: Offshore Wind Energy 58 3.5 Summary and Further Reading 68 References 69 Part II-A Values 71 4 Identifying, Structuring, and Measuring Values: Value-Focused Thinking 73 4.1 Values as Fundamental Drivers of Actor Processes 74 4.2 Value-Focused Thinking for Multi-actor Issues 75 4.3 Step-Wise Approach for Value-Focused Thinking for Multiple Actors 77 4.4 Case Application: Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania 88 4.5 Summary and Further Reading 99 References 100 Part II-B Resource Dependencies 103 5 Making a Move: Analysis of Options and Conflict Graphs 105 5.1 Strategic Use of Resources to Shape Environments 105 5.2 Analysis of Options 106 5.3 Step-Wise Approach for Analysis of Options 113 5.4 Case Application: Volunteered Geographical Information 121 5.5 Case Application: Solar Power 135 5.6 Summary and Further Reading 142 References 144 6 Appraising the Strategic Value of Information: Extensive Games 149 6.1 The Role of Resources and Information in Strategic Games 150 6.2 Game Theory and Social Dilemmas 150 6.3 Step-Wise Approach for Extensive Games 158 6.4 Case Application: Supply Chain Management 166 6.5 Summary and Further Reading 179 References 180 7 Looking for Coalitions: Cooperative Game Theory 183 7.1 Group Capability and Cooperation 183 7.2 Cooperative Game Theory 184 7.3 Step-Wise Approach for Analyzing Cooperative Potential 190 7.4 Case Application: Renewable Energy 202 7.5 Summary and Further Reading 209 Appendix 7.A: R Code to Support Cooperative Analyses 210 References 214 8 Identifying Opportunities for Exchange: Transactional Analysis 217 Jos S. Timmermans 8.1 Multi-actor Decision-Making as an Exchange of Control over Resources 218 8.2 Transactional Analysis 218 8.3 Step-Wise Approach for Transactional Analysis 221 8.4 Case Application: Rural Water Management in the Netherlands 229 8.5 Summary and Further Reading 238 Appendix 8.A: Calculation of Dependencies 239 Appendix 8.B: Calculation of Equilibrium Control 240 References 243 Part II-C Perceptions 245 9 Capturing Problem Perceptions: Comparative Cognitive Mapping 247 9.1 How Perceptions Can Help Explain (In)Activity in Multi-actor Settings 247 9.2 Comparative Cognitive Mapping 249 9.3 Step-Wise Approach for Comparative Cognitive Mapping 253 9.4 Case Application: Pollution Control for Urban Public Spaces 263 9.5 Summary and Further Reading 273 References 274 10 Reconstructing Debate: Argumentative Analysis 277 10.1 Debates Fuelled by Competing Claims 277 10.2 Argumentative Analysis 278 10.3 Step-Wise Approach for Argumentative Analysis 281 10.4 Case Application: Watershed Protection in the Philippines 286 10.5 Summary and Further Reading 302 References 303 Part II-D Networks 305 11 Scrutinizing Relations that Shape Actions: Social Network Analysis 307 Mark de Reuver 11.1 The Importance of Relations Between Actors 308 11.2 Social Network Analysis 308 11.3 Step-Wise Approach for Social Network Analysis 312 11.4 Case Application: Innovation Network for Internet Video Services 318 11.5 Summary and Further Reading 327 References 328 Part III Comparison and Reflection 331 12 Actor Models: Comparison and Reflection 333 12.1 When to Use What Model? 333 12.2 Illustrative Comparison of the Use of Models for a Single Case 339 12.3 Revisiting the Challenges Involved in Analyzing Actors and Strategies 353 12.4 Next Steps in the Future of Actor and Strategy Models 358 References 360 Index 363

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Book SynopsisTHE COMMODIFICATION GAP In an elegant and careful theoretical analysis, this book demonstrates how gentrification is always entwined with institutions and distinctive contextual processes. Matthias Bernt develops a new concept, the commodification gap, which is tested in three richly researched cases. With this, the concept of gentrification becomes a multiplicity and the possibility of conversations across different urban contexts is expanded. A richly rewarding read!' Jennifer Robinson, Professor of Human Geography, University College London, UK Urban studies has reached a stalemate of universalism versus particularism. Matthias Bernt is breaking out of this deadlock by being very precise about what exactly is universal and what is not and how one can conceptualize both. The Commodity Gap is a key contribution to not only gentrification studies, but also to comparative urbanism and urban studies at large.' Manuel B. Aalbers, Division of GeographyTrade Review‘In an elegant and careful theoretical analysis, this book demonstrates how gentrification is always entwined with institutions and distinctive contextual processes. Matthias Bernt develops a new concept, the “commodification gap”, which is tested in three richly researched cases. With this, the concept of gentrification becomes a multiplicity and the possibility of conversations across different urban contexts is expanded. A richly rewarding read!’Jennifer Robinson, Professor of Human Geography, University College London, UK‘Urban studies has reached a stalemate of universalism versus particularism. Matthias Bernt is breaking out of this deadlock by being very precise about what exactly is universal and what is not – and how one can conceptualize both. The Commodity Gap is a key contribution to not only gentrification studies, but also to comparative urbanism and urban studies at large.’Manuel B. Aalbers, Division of Geography & Tourism, KU Leuven, BelgiumTable of ContentsList of Figure ix List of Tables x Series Editors’ Preface xi Preface xii 1 Introduction 1 Gentrification Between Universality and Particularity 1 How to Compare? Why Compare? 8 Concepts and Causation 11 Design of this Study 15 Notes 22 2 Why the Rent Gap isn’t Enough 25 Where the Rent Gap Works Well 25 Where the Rent Gap Falls Short 30 When and Why does Capital Flow? 32 At Which Scale is the Rent Gap Positioned? 34 Which Rent? 37 Property as Control? 40 How is the Rent Gap Realised? 43 Embedding Gentrification 48 Economy, Society and States 48 The Commodification Gap 51 Notes 54 3 Three Countries, Three Housing Systems 57 The British Experience 57 From Private Landlordism to a Dual Market 58 The Thatcherite Revolution 60 New Labour: More of the Same? 65 Austerity and New ‘Class War Conservatism’ Under the Coalition Government 70 Conclusion: Neoliberalism, Tenurial Transformation and Gentrification 73 The German Experience 77 From the Controlled Housing Economy to the Lücke Plan 77 The Design of Tenant Protections 84 The Conservative Wende 86 Reunification and Neoliberal Consensus 89 Conclusion: Gentrification Between Regulation and Deregulation 91 The Russian Experience 98 Housing in the Soviet Union 99 From Shock Therapy to Failing Markets 102 Restricted State Capacities and Opportunity Planning 110 Conclusion: Gentrification in a Dysfunctional Market 112 State Intervention in Housing: Setting the Parameters for Gentrification 118 Notes 124 4 Barnsbury: Gentrification and the Policies of Tenure 129 The Making of Early Gentrification 129 The Right to Buy: Pouring Fuel on the Fire 137 The New Economy of Gentrification 141 Capital Gains Instead of Owner- Occupation 142 Penalty Renting 145 From Value Gap to Super- gentrification 150 Notes 154 5 Prenzlauer Berg: Gentrification Between Regulation and Deregulation 157 From Plan to Market 158 Rolling out the Market, Weakening Public Control 162 Since 2000: Privately Financed Refurbishments, Condominium Boom and No Regulation 164 New Build Gentrification and Energy Efficient Displacement 167 Between Deregulation and Re- regulation 171 Gentrification with Brakes? 174 Notes 179 6 Splintered Gentrification: St Petersburg, Russia 181 Unpredictable Regeneration Schemes 183 World Heritage vs. Gentrification 186 The Dissolution of Kommunalki Flats 192 State- run Repair and Renewal 198 Pro and Contra Gentrification 202 Notes 206 7 The Commodification Gap 207 Universality vs. Particularity Revisited 207 Gentrification and Decommodification 216 Meeting the Challenge: New Directions for Research and Politics 217 Notes 221 Appendix A Compulsory Purchase in Barnsbury 223 Appendix B Residents in NS- SeC Classes 1 and 2 229 References 235 Index 257

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Book Synopsis* Provides a synthesis of state-of-the-art thinking on managing change to improve the effectiveness of public service provision. * Includes contributions from leading international researchers who offer an overview of the increasingly complex nature of contemporary public service change in different national contexts.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: Managing Public Service Change or Coping with its Complexity?: Mike Wallace (University of Bath), Michael Fertig (University of Bath) and Eugene Schneller (Arizona State University). Part I: Exploring the Complexity of the Change Process. 1. Coping with Complex and Programmatic Public Service Change: Mike Wallace (University of Bath). 2. Applying Complexity Theory to Public Service Change: Creating Chaos out of Order? Mike Wallace and Michael Fertig (University of Bath). 3. The Emergence of New Organizational Forms: Networks of Integrated Services in Health care: Lise Lamothe and Jean-Louis Denis (Université de Montréal). 4. An Ironic Perspective on Public Service Change: Mike Wallace (University of Bath) and Eric Hoyle (University of Bristol). Part II: Exploring the Complexity of Policy-Making for Public Service Reform:. 5. Managing Complex Change: Bringing Meso-Politics Back in: Karen Seashore Louis (University of Minnesota). 6. The Challenges of Governance, Leadership and Accountability in the Public Services: Paul Thomas (University of Manitoba). 7. Inevitable Tensions in Managing Large-Scale Public Service Reform: Ben Levin (Ontario Ministry of Education). Part III: Exploring the Complexity of Facilitating Public Service Improvement:. 8. Unsystematic Responses to a Chaotic Service Environment: Shaping the Division of Labour in Patient Care: Eugene Schneller (Arizona State University) and Mike Wallace (University of Bath). 9. How is Knowledge Transferred between Organizations Involved in Change? Jean Hartley (University of Warwick) and Lyndsay Rashman (University of Warwick). 10. Learning to Navigate the Noise of Change: Lessons from Complex Health System Contexts: Ann Casebeer (University of Calgary). 11. Orchestration, Coherence, and the Problem of Conflicting Accountabilities: William Firestone (Rutgers University) and Dorothy Shipps (Columbia University). 12. Prospects for Understanding and Improving Complex Public Service Change: Mike Wallace (University of Bath). Index

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Book Synopsis* A true landmark publication in fisheries management and economics * Chapters written by many of the world's leading fisheries economics specialists * Compiled in honour of the work and achievements of Professor Gordon Munro of the University of British Columbia.Trade ReviewAnother truly global cooperation, this is an up to the minute review of the latest developments in fisheries economics by thirty of the world's most prominent academic economists whose work focuses on fisheries. Work Boat World, December 2007Table of ContentsChapter 1: On the Contributions of Professor G.R. Munro to Economics. T. Bjørndal and D.V. Gordon. Section 1. Property rights and fisheries management. Chapter 2: Phases in the Evolution of Property in Sea Fisheries. A. Scott. Chapter 3: Property Rights Quality and Economic Efficiency of Fisheries Management Regimes: Some Basic Results. R. Arnason. Chapter 4: How to Resolve the Class II Common Property Problem? The Case of the British Columbia’s Multi-Species Groundfish Trawl Fishery. R.Q. Grafton, H.W. Nelson and B. Turris. Chapter 5: Auctions of IFQs as a Means to Share the Rent. D.D. Huppert. Chapter 6: Shadow Prices for Fishing Quota: Fishing with Econometrics. D. Dupont and D.V. Gordon. Section 2. Capital theory and natural resources. Chapter 7: Rational Expectations and Fisheries Management. C.W. Clark. Chapter 8: Linking Natural Capital and Physical Capital: A Review of Renewable Resource Investment Models. A. Charles. Chapter 9: Fisheries Management with Stock Uncertainty and Costly Capital Adjustment. M. Doyle, R. Singh and Q. Weninger. Section 3. Game theory and international fisheries. Chapter 10: The Incomplete Information Stochastic Split-Stream Model: An Overview. R. McKelvey, P.V. Golubtsov, G. Cripe and K.A. Miller. Chapter 11: Coalition Games in Fisheries Economics. M. Lindroos, L.G. Kronbak and V. Kaitala. Chapter 12: Incentive Compatibility of Fish-Sharing Agreements. R. Hannesson. Chapter 13: Fish Stew: Uncertainty, Conflicting Interests and Climate Regime Shifts. K.A. Miller. Chapter 14: A Dynamic Game on Renewable Natural Resource Exploitation and Markov Perfect Equilibrium. S. Kobayashi. Section 4. Applied fisheries economics and management. Chapter 15: The Role of the Fishing Industry in the Icelandic Economy. S. Agnarson and R. Arnason. Chapter 16: Factor Use and Productivity Change in a Rights-Based Fishery. B.M.H. Sharp and C. Batstone. Chapter 17: Scientific Uncertainty and Fisheries Management. W.E. Schrank and G. Pontecorvo. Chapter 18: Spatial-Temporal Stock Assessment Analysis with Application to the Scotia-Fundy Herring Fishery. D.E. Lane

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Book SynopsisNOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011! This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society Presents an original theory that our societies are aerial societies, or ''aerealities'', and shows how we are both enabled and threatened by aerial mobility Features a series of detailed international case studies which map the history of aviation over the past century - from the promises of early flight, to World War II bombing campaigns, and to the rise of international terrorism today Demonstrates the transformational capacity of air transport to shape societies, bodies and individual identities Offers startling historical evidence and bold new ideas about how the social and material spaces of the aeroplane aTrade Review''Peter Adey is a clear, strong, inventive, unique voice in human geography. In Aerial Life, he brings together a fascinating set of theoretical concerns and empirical cases in his inimitable style, with a gravity of purpose and a lightness of touch that makes for an incredibly rich book.' —Mark B. Salter, University of Ottawa ‘By extending critical human geography to the complex verticalities of airspace, Peter Adey offers a vitally important riposte to the long neglect of aerial cultural politics in the social sciences. Aerial Life is a brilliant tour de force. Incisive, comprehensive, fresh and, above all, topical - this is the book which can guide us as we address the geographies of the aerial.’ —Stephen Graham, Newcastle University Table of ContentsFigures and Tables ix Series Editors’ Preface x Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 Prologue 1 Overview 6 Aerial Life 8 Powering Up Aerial Geographies 13 The Organization of the Book 21 Part One Becoming Aerial 23 2 Birth of the Aerial Body 25 Introduction 25 Beginnings 28 ‘Handsome Is as Handsome Does’: Disassembling the Aerial Body 30 The Flesh of the Aerial Youth 41 Simulation 45 Conclusion 52 3 The Projection and Performance of Airspace 54 Introduction 54 Building a Political Space: Identity, Boundedness and the Sanctity of Territory 57 Undoing Aerial Space: Post-nationalism and Projective Power 70 Conclusion 80 Part Two Governing Aerial Life 83 4 Aerial Views: Bodies, Borders and Biopolitics 85 Introduction 85 Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Targeting, Administering and Managing Populations 86 Techniques of the Observer/Observed 103 Three-Dimensional Vision 109 Conclusion 113 5 Profiling Machines 114 Introduction 114 Imagining the Pilot/Passenger 117 Sorting 124 Modifying 132 Conclusion 144 Part Three Aerial Aggression 145 6 Aerial Environments 147 Introduction 147 The Emergence of a Target 149 Systems, Circulations and Ecological Warfare 161 Air Conditioning 170 Conclusion 177 7 Subjects under Siege 179 Warning 179 Introduction 181 The Anatomy of Panic 185 Imaginations and Urgencies 189 Vigilance and the Social as Circuit 191 Entrainment 198 Conclusion 205 8 Conclusion 206 Environments 207 Futures 208 Aerial Turns 209 Notes 211 Bibliography 228 Index 255

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Book SynopsisScholars, students, and policymakers will appreciate the volume's timely overview of the evolution of aging policy.Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPreface1. Contemporary Challenges to Aging Policy2. The Implications of Structural Lag for Old Age Policy3. Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the United States4. The Great Divide: Elite and Mass Opinion about Social Security5. The Shifting Political Construction of Older Americans as aTarget Population6. Working, Retiring, and the New Old Age7. Diversity and the Economic Security of Older Americans8. The Policy Challenges of a Larger and More Diverse: Oldest-Old Population9. Social Security, the Great Recession, and the Entitlements Problem10. The Medicare Challenge: Clients, Cost Controls, and Congress11. Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm 84? Long-Term Care Challenges for an Aging America12. Means-Testing of Entitlements: Good Policy? Good Politics?13. Ageism's Many Forms: Institutional, Unintended, and ReverseConclusion. The Futures of Old Age Politics and Policy

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Book SynopsisThe inaugural book in the Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management series, Governors, Grants, and Elections is a significant and accessible work of public policy scholarship that sits at the nexus of multiple fields within political science.Trade ReviewIn short, this book raises as many new questions as it answers and will likely set the research agenda for the study of American federalism for years to come.—Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. A Political Theory of Fiscal Federalism in the States3. The Strategic Pursuit of Federal Grants4. The Strategic Expenditure of Federal Grants5. Grants and the Electoral ConnectionConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the impact of inequality on children’s health and education, and offers tools to help practitioners address that impact across economic, sociological, and psychological domains. All children deserve the best possible future. But in this era of increasing economic and social inequality, more and more children are being denied their fair chance at life. Chapters examine a wide range of studies including exposure to stress and its biological consequences; the impact of federal programs offering access to nutrition for mothers and children; the impact of parental decision-making and child support systems; the effects of poverty on child care and quality of education, parental engagement with schools, parent-child interactions, friendship networks, and more. The book concludes with commentaries from leading scholars about the state of the field, and efforts to help mitigate the effects of inequality for children in the U.S. and throughTrade ReviewWhat a welcome contribution to the world of basic and applied developmental psychology research! …This invaluable resource covers a lot of ground, beginning with a review of important biological issues such as stress; continuing through evaluation of various programs focused on children's well-being; examining intertwined systems of education, parenting, and social support; and ending with commentary on the current state of affairs and future directions…. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContributors Introduction. What Does it Take to Improve Equality of Opportunity for Children? Part 1. Health Chapter 1. Reducing Stress Disparities: Pathways to Equity through the Study of Stress Biology Chapter 2. Does the WIC Program Promote Equality of Opportunity in Early Life? Chapter 3. How Do Early Life Health Experiences Affect Future Generations’ Equality of Opportunity?Part 2. Family Chapter 4. Behavioral Insights and Parental Decision-Making Chapter 5. ‘Whatever They Need’: Helping Poor Children through In-Kind SupportPart 3. Neighborhoods & Schools Chapter 6. Promoting Equality of Opportunity by Investing Early: Recommendations for Longitudinal Research Chapter 7. Does School Spending Matter? The New Literature on an Old Question Chapter 8. How Parents and Children Adapt to New Neighborhoods: Considerations for Future Housing Mobility ProgramsPart 4. Multidisciplinary Commentary Chapter 9: Core Concepts from the Bioecological Model of Human Development Chapter 10: Education and Equality of Opportunity Chapter 11: Multigenerational Influences on Child DevelopmentConclusion

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Book SynopsisDemocracy’s Hidden Heroes tells the story of the local public managers and nonprofit directors who work where bureaucratic hierarchies and community networks meet and often collide. These “hidden heroes” struggle to align universal rules and compliance demands with the unique circumstances facing their organizations and communities. David Campbell recounts compelling stories of the workarounds, sidesteps, informal agreements, and grantor–grantee negotiations that help policy initiatives succeed as intended. The settings include schools, human services departments, workforce development agencies, and community-based organizations. He explains why it is difficult, though necessary, to translate locally attuned implementation dynamics into accountability metrics for distant funders. Drawing on 2,000 interviews, Democracy’s Hidden Heroes is the culmination of decades spent talking to people who must reconcile bureaucratic

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Book SynopsisCanada and the United States are similar in terms of the species of wildlife that mingle freely across their shared border. Despite this similarity, however, there are significant differences between approaches to wildlife management in these two nations. In Land, Stewardship, and Legitimacy, Andrea Olive examines the divergent evolution of endangered species policy on either side of the 49th parallel.Examining local circumstances in areas as distant and diverse as southern Utah and the Canadian Arctic, Olive shows how public attitudes have shaped environmental policy in response to endangered species law, specifically the Species at Risk Act in Canada and the Endangered Species Act in the U.S. Richly researched and accessibly written, this is the first book to compare endangered species policy on both sides of the Canada–U.S. border. It will appeal to students and scholars of environmental policy, politics, and ethics, and anyone interested in current approachTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The United States' Endangered Species Act Chapter Three: Canada's Strategy for Species at Risk Chapter Four: Willingness to Cooperate Chapter Five: Private Property Meets Conservation Chapter Six: Indiana, Utah & Saskatchewan Case Studies Chapter Seven: Islands Case Study Chapter Eight: Indigenous Peoples & A Nunavut Case Study Chapter Nine: The Future of Conservation in US and Canada Works Cited Appendix

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Book SynopsisCatalytic Governance presents a new governance model for managing transformational change based on engagement, dialogue, and collaborative decision making.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Leadership and Governance in the Information Age Chapter 1: The Global Information Society Chapter 2: Engagement and Dialogue Chapter 3: Exploring Perspectives and Building Scenarios Chapter 4: Developing a Governance Framework for the Canadian Payments System Chapter 5: Co-Creating a Desired Future Chapter 6: Lessons Learned and the Catalytic Governance Model Appendix: Summary of the Scenarios

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Book SynopsisJournalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices.Table of ContentsForeword: Journalism: Where to From Here? Marc Raboy and Florian Sauvageau Introduction: Whose Crisis? Journalism is Not Just for Journalists and Policy is Not Just for Wonks Christine Crowther, Simon Thibault, Errol Salamon and Gretchen King Section I: New Thinking About Journalism Chapter 1: Who Needs Objectivity? Journalism in Crisis, Journalism for Crisis Pinar Gurleyen and Robert A. Hackett Chapter 2: Critical Theory and Acts of Journalism: Expanding the Implied Audience Greg Nielsen Section II: New Journalism Policies Chapter 3: Media Policy Reform as a Foundation for Better Journalism David Skinner, Kathleen Cross and Robert A. Hackett Chapter 4: Public-Community Partnerships to Improve Local Media in Canada Karen Wirsig and Catherine Edwards Chapter 5: Understanding Canadian Local News Ecosystems: An International Comparative Approach Christopher Ali Chapter 6: Enabling Future Journalisms: Policy Challenges and Advocacy Initiatives in the Digital Age Arne Hintz Section III: New Journalism Practices Chapter 7: Rendering the Post-Integration Newsroom Right Side Up Chantal Francoeur Chapter 8: The Tweets that Bind Us: A G20 Case Study Sneha Kulkarni Chapter 9: Groundwire: Growing Community News Journalism in Canada Gretchen King, Chris Albinati, Anabel Khoo, Candace Mooers and Jacky Tuinstra Harrison Chapter 10: Journalism on the Ground in Rural Ontario Robert Washburn and Vincent Raynauld Chapter 11: Aboriginal Media in Australia and Canada and the Implications for Journalism Practice Michael Meadows Conclusion: Strategies Forward: A Future for Journalism in Canada Errol Salamon, Gretchen King, Christine Crowther and Simon Thibault

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Book SynopsisGraham Lowe and Frank Graves are two of Canada's leading experts on work and public opinion. In Redesigning Work the authors provide a blueprint for the future of work in Canada by identifying practical ways to make work more motivating, rewarding and productive.Trade Review‘This readable book should be of interest to academics, human resource professionals, and the public policy decision-makers. Personally, I will be introducing some of these concepts from the book into future industrial relations courses for students to ponder.’ -- Gordon B. Cooke * Industrial Relations vol 72:04:2017 *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: How Economic Change Affects Canadians Chapter 2: Happy, Healthy, and Productive Workers Chapter 3: Engaged Workers Chapter 4: What Canadians Value in a Job Chapter 5: Generations at Work Chapter 6: Cultivating Workers' Capabilities Chapter 7: A Blueprint for Redesigning Work Chapter 8: Actions to Improve Wellbeing and Prosperity Notes About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisJobs with Inequality provides a novel political explanation of growing inequality in Canada today.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Bringing Finance and Post-Democracy into the Labour Market Inequality Debate 3. Tracing the Rise of Financialization in Canada 4. Canada in International Context 5. British Columbia: Neo-liberal Reform and Deregulation 6. Newfoundland and Labrador: Institutional Stasis During the Oil Boom 7. Ontario: Policy Drift in Canada’s Financial and Industrial Heartland 8. Conclusion: Rethinking the Political Economy of Inequality Appendix A: Data Definitions and Sources Appendix B: Interview Sources by Case Appendix C: Methods and Research Design Reference

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Book SynopsisUnder New Public Management explores how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction (Alison I. Griffith and Dorothy E. Smith) Chapter One. Literacy Work and the Adult Literacy Regime (Richard Darville) Chapter Two. Learning Global Governance: OECD's Aid Effectiveness and "Results" Management in a Kyrgyzstani Development Project (Marie Campbell) Chapter Three. E-governance and Data-driven Accountability: OnSIS in Ontario Schools (Lindsay Kerr) Chapter Four. Digital Era Governance: Connecting Nursing Education and the Industrial Complex of Health Care (Janet Rankin and Betty Tate) Chapter Five. What Counts? Managing Professionals on the Front Line of Emergency Services (Michael K. Corman and Karen Melon) Chapter Six. "Let's Be Friends": Working Within an Accountability Circuit (Marjorie DeVault, Murali Venkatesh, and Frank Ridzi) Chapter Seven. A Workshop Dialogue: Outcome Measures and Front-line Social Service Work * For-profit Contractors, Accreditation and Accountability (Shauna Janz) * Research and Development Work at an Ontario Youth Shelter (Naomi Nichols) * The Neighbourhood Computer Lab, Funding and Accountability (Frank Ridzi) * "If Our Statistics Are Bad We Don't Get Paid": Outcome Measures in the Settlement Sector (Liza McCoy) Chapter Eight. A Workshop Dialogue: Institutional Circuits and the Front-line Work of Self-Governance * Accountability Circuits in Vocational Education and Training (Lauri Grace) * The Circuit of Accountability for Lifelong Learning (Cheryl Zurawski) * Institutional Circuits in Cancer Care (Christina Sinding) Chapter Nine. Knowledge that Counts: Points Systems and the Governance of Danish Universities (Susan Wright) Conclusion (Alison I. Griffith and Dorothy E. Smith) List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn The Capacity to Innovate, Sarah Giest provides insight into the collaborative and absorptive capacities needed to provide public support to local innovation through cluster organizations. The book offers a detailed view of the vertical, multi-level, and horizontal dynamics in clusters and cluster policy and addresses how they are managed and supported. Using the biotechnology field as an example, Giest highlights challenges in the collaborative efforts of public bodies, private companies, and research institutes to establish a successful ecosystem of innovation in this sector. The book argues that cluster policy in collaboration with cluster organizations should focus on absorptive and collaborative capacity elements missing in the cluster context in order to improve performance. Currently, governments operate at different levels from the local to the supranational in order to support clusters, and cluster policies are often pursued alongside other programs, leadiTrade Review"In the dense field of cluster research, it is challenging to come up with a new perspective on the topic. Yet Sarah Giest’s recent publication, The Capacity to Innovate, does precisely that. It examines the process of cluster development from the novel lens of cluster management, deploying the concepts of collaborative and absorptive capacity to study the role of cluster managers in building, sustaining and expanding cluster development." -- David A. Wolfe, University of Toronto * Regional Studies *Table of Contents.Contents List of Tables and Figures 1.Introduction Biotechnology Methodology Outline of the Book 2. Capacity Concepts in Cluster and Innovation Research The Geography of Innovation Systems of Innovation Network Sociology Clusters The Institutional Layer The Capacity Framework 3. Cluster Policy and Cluster Organizations The Role of Government Innovation and Cluster Policy Evaluation Challenge Cluster Organizations Propositions 4. Cluster Analysis The Biotechnology Sector Key Cluster Performance Indicators Medicon Valley: The Divided Cluster Chicago: Driver of the Midwest Super Cluster Singapore: The Government-Driven Cluster Vancouver: Finding the Competitive Edge Summary 5. The Innovation Context for Cluster Management Cluster Organization Characteristics The Capacity Mechanism The Outlook for Biotech Clusters 6. Concluding Remarks: Capacity Building in Biotech Clusters Summary of the Findings Advancing Innovation and Cluster Theory Limitations and Future Research Questions Policy Recommendations References Index

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Book SynopsisPublic Administration: 25 Years of Analysis and Debate presents a history of the last quarter century of journal Public Administration by its editor R. A. W. Rhodes, and features a collection of the journal''s most influential articles published between 1986 and 2011. Features a history of the evolution of Public Administration over the past 25 years Provides highly cited source material of proven quality in a single volume Represents an ideal supplementary reader for any public administration and public management course Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Appendixes. List of Sources. Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Chapter 1. Yesterday When I Was Young (R. A. W. Rhodes). PART I: THEORY Chapter 2. Theory, Stylized Heuristic or Self-fulfilling Prophecy? The Status of Rational Choice Theory in Public Administration Afterword: Rationality as Rationalizability (Colin Hay). Chapter 3. The Governance Narrative: Key Findings and Lessons from the ESRC's Whitehall Programme Afterword: Waves of Governance (R. A. W. Rhodes). Chapter 4. The Dynamics of Multi-organizational Partnerships: An Analysis of Changing Modes of Governance Afterword: Managing Mixed Modes of Governance (Vivien Lowndes and Chris Skelcher). Chapter 5. ‘Accountability': An Ever-expanding Concept? Afterword: Still Expanding (Richard Mulgan). PART II: COMPARISON Chapter 6. Cabinet Government: An Elusive Ideal? Afterword: Nothing Has Changed (Patrick Weller). Chapter 7. The Joint-decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European Integration Afterword: Modes of European Policy-making (Fritz W. Scharpf). Chapter 8. Managing Networks in the Public Sector: A Theoretical Study of Management Strategies in Policy Networks Afterword: The Managerial Turn (Erik-Hans Klijn, Joop Koppenjan and Katrien Termeer). Chapter 9. Territorial Administration and Political Control: Decentralization in France Afterword: Trapped in Localism (Jean-Claude Thoenig). PART III: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT Chapter 10. A Public Management For All Seasons? Afterword: From Fashion to Mainstream (Christopher Hood). Chapter 11. The Competent Boundary Spanner Afterword: Bringing Back Agents (Paul Williams). Chapter 12. The Public-service Orientation: Issues and Dilemmas Afterword: No More Customers (John Stewart and Michael Clarke). Chapter 13. ‘Portrait of a Profession Revisited' Afterword: Continuity and Change (Baron Wilson of Dinton). Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.Trade Review"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University“By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors of The future of development provide a clarion call to arms, a radical manifesto, for unthinking the development enterprise.” Adam David Morton, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham"Elucidates the contradictions in development approaches very effectively." Journal of Social Policy“Esteva, Babones and Babcicky provide a clarion call to think and act in the world without the frames of `development’ and `underdevelopment’. By problematising conceptual and statistical lenses that convert the world to a singular development enterprise, they re-open our minds and vision to social actions and values that defy a reductionist development paradigm. This is a timely and inspiring intervention.” Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Editor, Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (2010)“This concise book pursues critical alternatives to mainstream claims about development. The authors expose the façade of economic development, and reveal that cultural development is an exciting and important path for new research. The authors, in their public intellectual lives and here in their manifesto, show us how diversity can lead to unity, especially as they reveal the deeper problems with consumption. There are only a handful of books that can reach a diverse group of readers with such an important and exciting message. Yes, a truly remarkable book.” Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University."This short and highly readable book is strongly recommended. It covers a broad range of material on development in a concise yet comprehensive way, and relates this to the need for concrete alternatives in today's messy world. It should be read by activists, students and scholars in the field." Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London.Table of ContentsThe Birth of Development and Underdevelopment; Development Statistics and What They Tell Us; Buen Vivir: An Alternative to the Cult of Growth; There is Enough for Everyone; Reorganizing Society from the Bottom Up; The Reclamation of the Commons; Epilogue: A Role for Development Scholars and Practitioners.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.Trade Review"This book is highly accessible, informative, and potentially inspiring ... The book approaches familiar debates on development – including population growth, food scarcity and environmental degradation – from a perspective that is both original and thought provoking." Nitsan Chorev, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brown University“By radically challenging what they call the colonizing virulence of underdevelopment, the authors of The future of development provide a clarion call to arms, a radical manifesto, for unthinking the development enterprise.” Adam David Morton, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham"Elucidates the contradictions in development approaches very effectively." Journal of Social Policy“Esteva, Babones and Babcicky provide a clarion call to think and act in the world without the frames of `development’ and `underdevelopment’. By problematising conceptual and statistical lenses that convert the world to a singular development enterprise, they re-open our minds and vision to social actions and values that defy a reductionist development paradigm. This is a timely and inspiring intervention.” Philip McMichael, Cornell University, Editor, Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (2010)“This concise book pursues critical alternatives to mainstream claims about development. The authors expose the façade of economic development, and reveal that cultural development is an exciting and important path for new research. The authors, in their public intellectual lives and here in their manifesto, show us how diversity can lead to unity, especially as they reveal the deeper problems with consumption. There are only a handful of books that can reach a diverse group of readers with such an important and exciting message. Yes, a truly remarkable book.” Pat Lauderdale, Arizona State University."This short and highly readable book is strongly recommended. It covers a broad range of material on development in a concise yet comprehensive way, and relates this to the need for concrete alternatives in today's messy world. It should be read by activists, students and scholars in the field." Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London.Table of ContentsThe Birth of Development and Underdevelopment; Development Statistics and What They Tell Us; Buen Vivir: An Alternative to the Cult of Growth; There is Enough for Everyone; Reorganizing Society from the Bottom Up; The Reclamation of the Commons; Epilogue: A Role for Development Scholars and Practitioners.

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Book SynopsisIn the second, revised edition of this indispensable book, the author looks behind 'the mirror of power' to discover the reality of civil society - or 'Big Society', as it has become known.Trade Review"A book that will be on the reading lists of political science undergraduates...[and] it should be read by those interested in the development and politics of the welfare state" Journal of Social Policy"The book explores a great deal of very complex theoretical debate and does so in a very accessible manner......a lively read and a thorough investigation of the contemporary literature." Community Development Journal"Offers analytic tools to comprehend the economic and political context within which we live and invites us to explore the inherent complexity of civil society activities." Voluntary Sector Review“Fred Powell has written an original and important book which draws civil society from the margins into the centre of political and social theorising. The Politics of Civil Society will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the strengthening of market power and the erosion of democracy in contemporary society.” Professor Peadar Kirby, Emeritus Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick, and UNESCO Chair, University of Valencia"This is a closely argued and fascinating book, and we are in Fred Powell's debt for updating his treatise." Citizen's Income Trust newsletter 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction; Doublethink: the Big Society, Small Government Debate; The renaissance of civil society; Modernity, civil society and civic virtue; Radical Civil Society, Early Social Movements and the Socialisation of the State; Nietzsche’s Revenge: Totalitarian Big Society; Rights talk, New Social Movements and Civic Revolts; American Exceptionalism, Multicultural Civil Society and Plato’s Noble Lie; Global civil society: myth or reality?.

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Book SynopsisIn the second, revised edition of this indispensable book, the author looks behind 'the mirror of power' to discover the reality of civil society - or 'Big Society', as it has become known.Trade Review"A book that will be on the reading lists of political science undergraduates...[and] it should be read by those interested in the development and politics of the welfare state" Journal of Social Policy"The book explores a great deal of very complex theoretical debate and does so in a very accessible manner......a lively read and a thorough investigation of the contemporary literature." Community Development Journal"Offers analytic tools to comprehend the economic and political context within which we live and invites us to explore the inherent complexity of civil society activities." Voluntary Sector Review“Fred Powell has written an original and important book which draws civil society from the margins into the centre of political and social theorising. The Politics of Civil Society will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the strengthening of market power and the erosion of democracy in contemporary society.” Professor Peadar Kirby, Emeritus Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick, and UNESCO Chair, University of Valencia"This is a closely argued and fascinating book, and we are in Fred Powell's debt for updating his treatise." Citizen's Income Trust newsletter 2015Table of ContentsIntroduction; Doublethink: the Big Society, Small Government Debate; The renaissance of civil society; Modernity, civil society and civic virtue; Radical Civil Society, Early Social Movements and the Socialisation of the State; Nietzsche’s Revenge: Totalitarian Big Society; Rights talk, New Social Movements and Civic Revolts; American Exceptionalism, Multicultural Civil Society and Plato’s Noble Lie; Global civil society: myth or reality?.

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Book SynopsisThe novel theoretical framework offered in this book presents a radical reconception of the place of knowledge in contemporary policy making in Europe.Trade Review"A very thought-provoking book for anyone involved in policymaking, and in trying to understand how and why policy is, or is not, made and implemented in different contexts." SRA Research Matters.Table of ContentsIntroduction: knowledge in policy - embodied, inscribed, enacted ~ Richard Freeman and Steve Sturdy; Part One: Policy knowledge in space and time; Seeing knowledge in mental health in Scotland ~ Jennifer Smith-Merry; Knowledge moves: regulation and the evaluation of Portuguese schools ~ Natércio Afonso and Estela Costa; Knowledge, policy and coordinated action: mental health in Europe ~ Richard Freeman and Steve Sturdy; Part Two: Embodied, inscribed and enacted knowledges; 'We know who to talk to': embodied knowledge in England's Department of Health ~ Jo Maybin; Reconstructing school inspectorates in Europe: the role of inscribed knowledge ~ Sotiria Grek; Enacting knowledge in a European project ~ Maria José dos Santos Freitas; Part Three: Knowledge interests, knowledge conflict and knowledge work; Knowledge interests: promoting and resisting change in mental health in Hungary ~ Bori Fernezelyi and Gábor Eröss; Knowledge conflicts: embodiment, inscription and the education of children with learning disabilities in Germany ~ Alma Demszky; Knowledge work: organising mental health care networks in Belgium ~ Sophie Thunus, Gaëtan Cerfontaine and Frédéric Schoenaers; Knowledge and policy in research and practice ~ Richard Freeman and Steve Sturdy.

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