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Book SynopsisThis insightful book critically explores the political, constitutional, legal, and economic challenges of effectively combating the laundering of the proceeds of crime by politically exposed persons (PEPs) in Africa. Professor John Hatchard draws on numerous recent examples from Africa and beyond, arguing that a three-pronged approach is required to address the issues surrounding money laundering by PEPs; there must be action at the national, transnational, and corporate levels. Taking a forward-thinking perspective, he reviews the strategies which would make this approach effective and offers suggestions for their further enhancement. Professor Hatchard also provides an in-depth analysis of the different money laundering techniques used in African countries and suggests how constitutions, financial intelligence units, asset recovery mechanisms, and the African Court of Justice and Human Rights can be utilised to tackle the problem. The book concludes that while challenges remain, there is cause for optimism that money laundering by African PEPs can be addressed successfully. This book will be of interest to academics and students of law, particularly those focusing on financial law, corruption, and economic crime. Containing a wealth of practical case studies, it will also be beneficial for legal practitioners, policymakers, public officials, and civil society organisations.Trade Review‘The current study by Hatchard comes at a time when several instances of abuse of authority by people in power across all continents have come to light. The book is topical, and contains a wealth of case studies from Africa, covering ?nancial crime, corruption, and AML, to name a few. One is convinced that this book will be of interest to academics and researchers. It is a must-have for policymakers and practitioners alike.’ -- Jae Sundaram, Journal of Contemporary African Studies‘This extensively researched and coherently written piece of scholarship ought to be widely consulted by scholars and practitioners seeking to combat money laundering (ML) in Africa. Hatchard's scholarship deserves a wide readership and consideration by academics and stakeholders in the AML space. The book heralds the dominance of an existing voice, intertwining AML strategies and constitutional law, complex areas of law which the author simplifies.’ -- Nkechikwu Valerie Azinge-Egbiri, African Journal of International Economic Law‘This is a book which will be of enormous value to anti-AML technocrats as well as government policymakers.’ -- Venkat Iyer, The Commonwealth Lawyer‘. . . a must have for African corruption fighters.’ -- Richard Messick, The Global Anticorruption Blog'This timely and welcome book examines both the legislative and institutional mechanisms and strategies necessary to combat the laundering of the proceeds of corruption in Africa. Corruption undermines democracy, good governance, and social cohesion, and distorts the allocation of resources. Combating this scourge is an important ingredient of the development agenda in Africa. This book provides a brilliant diagnosis of critical issues to be addressed by countries and the international community in their efforts to combat money laundering. It brings to the forefront the policy agenda necessary in the fight against money laundering, and is a necessary read for students, scholars, and policymakers engaged in the efforts to combat corruption world-wide.' --Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School, US'The author's anti-corruption expertise merges with his close personal connection to the African continent to produce a wisdom too rarely seen in dialogues between the global north and south. Indeed, John Hatchard would have us collapse that distinction. He envisions an integrated global approach to money laundering - a problem that not only plagues every region and level of development, but for which nearly every country on the globe can genuinely claim to be both victim and perpetrator.' --Andrew Spalding, University of Richmond, US'John Hatchard is doubtlessly one of the most authoritative writers on corruption and good governance in Africa. This book reflects his long-standing interest on the topic and draws on his wealth of personal experience from many years of work in this field. The book provides an impressive and insightful array of strategies for combating money laundering by PEPs in Africa. I am convinced that this will become a standard reference document and is a must-read for researchers, policymakers, and any persons interested in engaging with this fascinating topic.' --Charles M. Fombad, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Hope For The Future? Part I: Setting The Scene 1. Money Laundering Challenges In The African Context: Constitutions, Law, Politics And Economics 2. PEPs And The Money Laundering Process In The African Context Part II: The Global And Africa-Specific Strategies Designed To Combat Money Laudering 3. The International And Africa-Specific AML-Related Instruments 4. PEPs, FATF And The African FATF-Style Regional Bodies Part III: Developing And Maintaining Effective AML Strategies In African States 5. PEPs And The Role Of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) And Regulators 6. PEPs And Constitutions As AML Instruments 7. Preventing Money Laundering By PEPs: The Constitutional Role Of The Auditor General 8. PEPs, Constitutions And Investigating Money Laundering 9. Prosecuting PEPs 10. Asset recovery in the African context 11. PEPs and the use and abuse of the constitutional power Part IV: PEPs And Transnational AML Initiatives 12. ‘Know Your Beneficial Owner’: PEPs And Beneficial Ownership Transparency 13. Combating Money Laundering By PEPs: The Private Sector And The ‘Reveal All’ Approach 14. PEPs, Money Laundering And The African Court Of Justice And Human And Peoples’ Rights 15. Hope For The Future: Dealing With PEPs, Towards Enhancing AML Strategies In African Countries Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides a systematic analysis of the development of affluent Western welfare states in this turbulent era. It explores the consequences for welfare states of modern crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. Most importantly, it investigates how to prioritize scarce resources in the face of many competing demands and argues that there is an urgent need to improve crisis funding whilst at the same time maintaining provision for vulnerable groups.Bringing together a diverse team of expert contributors, chapters explore the key challenges faced by welfare states in this turbulent era, including changing demographic compositions, the impact of technological advances on working practices, financial crises, and shifting voter attitudes and expectations. Emphasizing how instability poses opportunities for new directions and developments, the book ultimately explores the pressures and possible ways forward for welfare states in years to come.Providing nuanced perspectives on welfare states, this timely book will be ideal for students and scholars of sociology, social and public policy, political science, and development studies.Trade Review‘With chapters offering essential insights into a wide range of cross-cutting challenges currently facing welfare states, Welfare States in a Turbulent Era will help students and scholars make sense of the complexities of social policy making in the wake of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic.’ -- Daniel Clegg, University of Edinburgh, UK‘In uncertain and turbulent times, a concise and encompassing introduction to emerging and challenging themes is a welcome contribution to the fast-changing landscape of (Western) welfare studies. The authors disentangle the complexity behind the issues and provide the reader with an insight of what is ultimately at stake.’ -- Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Welfare states in turbulent times 1 Bent Greve 2 Demography – once again and still challenging the welfare states 10 Cristiano Gori and Matteo Luppi 3 Self-employment and technology: different models of labor relations 28 Ferry Koster 4 The perceived dilemma between debt reduction and a fair society: saving for a rainy day without increasing poverty? 48 Jakub Sowula and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 5 The evolution of welfare attitudes in Europe over the past four decades 71 Gianna Maria Eick 6 Climate change and its effect on welfare states 84 Ian Greener 7 Keynesian economics steering is back – end of liberal economic policy? 98 Mogens Ove Madsen 8 The welfare state and handling health challenges 112 Caroline Rudisill 9 Welfare states, growth regimes, and the emergence of the knowledge economy: social policy in turbulent times 127 Julian L. Garritzmann and Bruno Palier 10 Allies or enemies of the welfare state? Welfare support and critiques from (left-wing) protesters in Europe 142 Femke Roosma 11 Conflicting demands and financial abilities? 167 Bent Greve 12 Effective and fair labour markets: more and focused active labour market policy? 180 Henri Haapanala 13 Mass migration due to climate change? A critique of the security focus on climate mobilities 195 Meltem Yilmaz Sener 14 The welfare state in turbulent times: a perspective from the United States 210 Alex Waddan 15 The way welfare states can develop in turbulent times 225 Bent Greve Index

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Book SynopsisBased on 12 years of research on corruption across the globe, this book presents four empirical case studies which illustrate the cultural, cognitive, and social implications of corruption. Davide Torsello examines the socio-institutional, organizational, and cognitive-hermeneutical aspects of the cultural theory model of corruption.This insightful book proposes an innovative theoretical framework on how the notion of culture can be used to understand corruption as an inexplicable yet resilient phenomenon. Chapters examine the hermeneutical, cultural, and social aspects of corruption, the unravelling political–business corruption in contemporary Japan, and the relationship between organizational culture and corruption. Torsello advises on how to deal with corruption by asking questions that have often been ignored in mainstream literature and suggests that the investigation of corruption must focus on larger societal fields, rather than more limited individual–organizational ones, although ultimately the decision to indulge or not in such a criminal act is of the individual and reflects their own degree of self-awareness.Illustrating multidimensional perspectives on mainstream theories of corruption, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars in cultural sociology, political studies, public administration and management, and public policy. It will also be beneficial for practitioners working in criminology, local and national governance, politics, and social policy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Theorizing corruption across disciplines 1. Hermeneutical constructions of corruption in societies 2. Corruption as cultural bias—grid-group theory 3. The social nature of corruption 4. Cultural approaches to institutional corruption 5. The golden triangle: unraveling political–business corruption in Japan 6. Organizational culture and corruption 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA pioneering work which delves into and reveals the links between music, moral instruction and social reform. This book discusses the role of music in programmes of personal improvement and social reform in nineteenth-century Britain. The pursuit of morality through music was designed not just to improve personal and communal character but to affect social change and transformation. The book examines the musical education of children, women and men through a variety of literature published for various educational settings including mechanics' institutes. It also considers the role of music in narratives of social programs and community-building projects that sought to promote utility, well-being and freedom from the strictures of Christianity as the dominant moral and cultural force. The first book to connect the threads between music, moral instruction and social reform across the educational life cycle in nineteenth-century Britain, it shows how these threads are found in unlikely places, such as games, manners books, economics treatises and short stories. It deftly illustrates the links between everyday life, popular culture and discourses of morality and social reform of the period.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Morality 1. Elementary Instruction 2. Manners and Etiquette 3. Mechanics' Institutes Part 2 Social Reform 4. Political Economy - William Stanley Jevons 5. Philanthropy - Hannah More and Octavia Hill 6. Utopia - Auguste Comte and Malcolm Quin Afterword Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book theorizes the contrast between two logics of organization: bureaucracy and collegiality. Based on this theory and employing a new methodology to transform our sociological understanding, Emmanuel Lazega sheds light on complex organizational phenomena that impact markets, political economy, and social stratification. Lazega focuses on how organizations use and combine logics of bureaucracy and collegiality, deploying and developing the analysis of multilevel networks to explore how these logics coalesce and interact in organizational settings and stratigraphies. Revisiting sociological knowledge on various phenomena, such as coopetition in science, markets and government, the creation of new institutions in political economy and elite self-segregation, this book advances our perception of the changes introduced in the contemporary 'science of organizations' by the digitalization of society. Offering new theoretical insights into organizations, this book is crucial for sociologists of organizations and management scholars, as well as postgraduate students, in search of an innovative understanding of the trajectories of contemporary organizations. The analysis of multilevel networks will also benefit practitioners and analysts working in the field.Trade Review‘The text provides a fascinating and insightful look into the complexity of organizations.’ -- Cindy L Davis, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I A STRATIGRAPHIC AND MULTILEVEL NETWORK APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONS 2. Bureaucracy and collegiality co-constituting organizations as multilevel settings 3. Combined bureaucracy and collegiality in co-constitution of organizations and their environment PART II EXPLORATORY APPLICATIONS OF STRATIGRAPHIC AND MULTILEVEL NETWORK APPROACHES 4. Government by relationships: policy, collegial oligarchies of insiders, and institutions of the political economy 5. Revisiting the role of organizations in generating social inequalities and stratification 6. Inside-out collegiality: new bureaucratic parameterizations of commons through digitalization 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the 50 years since Rawls' seminal work A Theory of Justice, the concept has been constantly debated, with those on the political right and left advocating very different understandings. This unique global collection, written by an exceptional group of international experts, offers a wide-ranging analysis that challenges claims that the market can provide social justice for all. Comprehensive in both its geographical and thematic coverage, authors link theory to policy and practice. Sections cover how to think strategically about social justice in relation to national perspectives; equality and human rights; and applications of the concept to a range of welfare divisions and professional practices. Reflecting both historical and contemporary debates on the subject, the Handbook provides a strong political focus, as well as widening the view of social justice past narrow perspectives on welfare provision. This Handbook will be an excellent tool for students at a postgraduate level in the social sciences, particularly social policy, sociology, politics and philosophy. Established researchers of political and sociological theory, practitioners and policy makers in professional areas of welfare provision will also find the extensive insights into current research exceptionally useful for enhancing and developing their work, and situating it within a clear political and philosophical context.Contributors include: S. Aboim, D. Beetham, J. Bradshaw, G. Craig, M. David, W.T. Duncanson, N. Ellison, I. Greener, B. Hale, J. Hearn, M. Hill, J. Hudson, L. Kahn, M. Kennet, S. Lansley, A. Lewicki, K. Lucas, H. Mahomed, K. Martens, M. Mayo, P. Mendes, S.P. Mohanty, N. Naylor, F. Nullmeier, P. Parvin, J. Phillimore, M.J. Prince, K. Rummery, P. Savidan, A. Sayer, T. Shakespeare, T. Shefer, H. Sommerlad, P. Somerville, V. Taylor, A. Walker, N. WatsonTrade Review'This wide-ranging Handbook demonstrates how the concept of social justice provides a valuable lens for the analysis of diverse contemporary policy and political issues. Drawing on a number of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, it puts theory to the service of policy and practice.' --Professor the Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction the the Handbook on Global Social Justice Gary Craig 2. Theories of social justice Phil Parvin Part I: Thinking strategically about social justice 3. Income, work and justice Andrew Sayer 4. Social justice and social welfare John Hudson 5. Democracy and social justice David Beetham 6. Poverty, inequality and social justice Stewart Lansley Part II: Social justice: some national perspectives 7. Canada: social justice and social policy in a liberal welfare state Michael J. Prince 8. Social justice in Australia: Ending the over-representation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care and returning them to their communities Philip Mendes 9. France: Social justice and perceptions of inequalities - a democratisation of an oligarchic ethos Patrick Savidan 10. Germany: justice as a dominant political value Frank Nullmeier 11. Social justice in the United States W. Thomas Duncanson 12. Social justice perspectives in South Africa’s struggle for social transformation Viviene Taylor Part III: Social justice, equalities and human rights 13. Racialised inequalities and social justice: policy frames and social change John Solomos 14. Gender equality and social justice Kirstein Rummery 15. Disability and social justice Tom Shakespeare and Nicholas Watson 16. Ageing and social justice Alan Walker 17. Sexualities, social justice and sexual justice Jeff Hearn, Sofia Aboim and Tamara Shefer 18. Social justice and human rights Brenda Hale 19. Saving social justice and environmental justice in an age of tyranny and corruption Miriam Kennet Part IV Social justice in practice 20. Public policy in practice Nick Ellison 21. Law and social justice Hilary Sommerlad 22. Migration and social justice: parity of participation for asylum-seekers in the UK? Jenny Phillimore 23. Social justice and community development: social justice in practice Marjorie Mayo 24. Social justice and health Ian Greener 25. Challenging inequalities in education: A feminist approach Miriam E. David 26. Perspectives on transport and social justice Karel Martens and Karen Lucas 27. Housing and social justice Peter Somerville 28. Social justice and employment Michael Hill 29. Civil society and the values of social justice Gary Craig 30. Social justice and culture: on identity, intersectionality, and epistemic privilege Satya P. Mohanty 31. An exploration of love in the time of inequality: philanthropy an social justice Nicolette Naylor and Halima Mahomed 32. Religion, ‘race’ and social justice Aleksandra Lewicki 33. Social justice for children Jonathan Bradshaw 34. Social justice and the media: disrupting the frame - repositioning visual storytelling for change Leora Kahn Index

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Book SynopsisIn a period of rapid change for welfare states around the world, this insightful book offers a comparative study of three historically small welfare states: the US, Japan and South Korea. Examining various aspects of welfare states, chapters explore the underlying reasons behind the restraint of social security in these countries. Featuring contributions from international distinguished scholars, this book looks beyond the larger European welfare states to unpack the many common political and institutional characteristics - from labor organization to party politics - that have constrained welfare state development in industrialized democracies. Offering insight into welfare-state development outside of Europe, this book will be crucial reading for scholars of welfare states, especially those working on Asian and American social policy specifically. It will also be of interest to policymakers and social policy experts in government, civil institutions and international organizations, particularly for those working in developing countries. Contributors include: M. Estévez-Abe, C. Faricy, S. Haggard, Y.-R, Jung, D. Kim, S.-w. Kim, Y.-S. Kim, J. Klein, S.-M. Kwon, D. Oude Nijuis, J.-j. YangTrade Review'The Small Welfare State makes a big contribution. With brilliant chapters from leading scholars in the field, it uncovers a distinctive model of social provision that links together an unusual set of countries. It is especially relevant today as welfare states come under strain in a transformed economic world. Highly recommended.' --Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, US, Author of The Great Risk Shift and The Divided Welfare State'Since its origin, the discipline of Welfare Studies has been dominated by Eurocentrism. Recent research on Asian welfare systems have shown that concepts and models developed in the European context are not always valid in other contexts. In The Small Welfare State, Jae-jin Yang and his colleagues convincingly show that a change of perspective is required. This is not only a matter of geography or size of the welfare state. The issue at stake is to identify different mechanisms and logic. This book is a must-read for anybody interested in the origin, development and future of welfare systems in the world.' --Sebastien Lechevalier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Introduction: towards a political economy of the small welfare state 1 Jae-jin Yang 2 Narrowly organized labor and the failure of solidarity-enhancing welfare in the United States and South Korea 30 Dennie Oude Nijhuis and Jae-jin Yang 3 The business offensive and the limits of employer-provided welfare in the United States 53 Jennifer Klein 4 Civic movements and the detour to welfare state building in South Korea 78 Yeong-Soon Kim 5 The effect of electoral rules on the policy preferences and behavior of politicians in South Korea 99 Jae-jin Yang and Yui-Ryong Jung 6 The electoral bases of small tax states in Japan, South Korea, and the US 114 Margarita Estévez-Abe, Jae-jin Yang, and Christopher Faricy 7 Why welfare state building is of secondary importance to leftists in Japan and South Korea 140 Soon-Mee Kwon 8 The development of functional equivalents to the welfare state in post-war Japan and South Korea 163 Dokyun Kim 9 Weak social security but strong employment security in the Japanese welfare state 190 Sung-won Kim 10 Path dependence and possibilism: the American, Korean, and Japanese welfare states in comparative perspective 211 Stephan Haggard Index 229

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state systems. The book contributes to finding and reflecting upon innovative solutions to common challenges in European welfare states. Challenging conventional welfare state research, the authors compare the Nordic countries with the welfare states of the market-oriented democracies of the Baltic area, discussing welfare state theories, family policy regimes and welfare state models. Top international contributors provide a better understanding of the complex inequalities that families and individuals are facing in the 21st century, and cover important topics such as poverty, social insurance and family policy in the Nordic and Baltic areas. Challenges to the Welfare State will be of great interest to social policy scholars and policy makers, particularly those with an interest in the Baltic and Nordic countries. It will also be a welcome addition to the literature for students interested in family policy and pension protection reforms, and those with a general interest in the contemporary welfare state studies in Europe.Trade Review‘In this important book, the authors offer a rich and multifaceted comparative analysis of family policies and pension protection systems in the Baltic and Nordic countries. By exploring two rarely contrasted socioeconomic settings, the authors brilliantly uncover not only similarities and differences in welfare provision but also lay bare the changes and challenges now taking place in them.’ -- Åsa Lundqvist, Lund University, Sweden‘Baltic countries are underrepresented in comparative welfare state studies and this volume addresses this unfortunate situation by addressing contemporary social policy challenges facing both Baltic and Nordic countries in the areas of family policy and pension protection. Featuring an excellent line-up of scholars, this unique volume makes a distinguished contribution to the comparative social policy literature and it offers unique insights for scholars and practitioners alike.’ -- Daniel Béland, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Introduction: Baltic and Nordic countries from a comparative perspective – family policies and pensions in the era of ageing 1 Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle PART I PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY POLICY 2 Family support systems in the Baltic and Nordic countries: an explorative overview 11 Jolanta Aidukaite 3 Demographic challenges of Europe in the new millennium: Swedish family policies as an answer to them 33 Livia Sz. Oláh and Gerda Neyer 4 Nordic family policy in the 2000s: from a ‘transfer-based’ towards a ‘service-based’ family policy? 52 Mia Hakovirta and Mikael Nygård 5 Family policy support for the earner-carer and traditional-family models in Lithuania and Sweden1 72 Katharina Wesolowski, Sunnee Billingsley and Gerda Neyer 6 The sustainability of family support systems in the 21st century: comparing Sweden and Lithuania 94 Jolanta Aidukaite and Kristina Senkuviene 7 Cost of childcare: evolution of regional diversity in Estonia 119 Mare Ainsaar and Mona Sõukand PART II PERSPECTIVES ON PENSION PROTECTION IN THE ERA OF AGEING 8 Ageing and the welfare state: welfare policies and attitudes in the Baltic and Nordic countries 137 Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Mare Ainsaar 9 Gender inequalities in family leaves, employment and pensions in Finland 160 Kati Kuitto and Susan Kuivalainen 10 Approaches to minimum-income protection in old age: comparing the three Scandinavian countries 180 Axel West Pedersen 11 Pension systems as risk management: a case of the Baltic states 202 Olga Rajevska 12 Looking for an adequate and sustainable old-age pension system: comparing Sweden and Lithuania 224 Teodoras Medaiskis and Šarūnas Eirošius 13 The inequality of public pension benefits for the elderly using Estonian data 248 Magnus Piirits 14 Stretching the canvas: beyond welfare state typologies to capability and agency 267 Barbara Hobson Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explores the question of whether different myths and narratives have an impact on the development of welfare states. After discussing the various definitions of 'myths' and 'narratives', Bent Greve disentangles their relationship with the welfare state, referring also to debates on welfare chauvinism, deservingness and retrenchment.Greve discusses why some myths are particularly persistent and why some narratives may have a stronger impact than others. Incorporating ideas about how decision makers select and present information as well as how fake news can influence development, the book unravels narratives and perceptions about welfare scroungers, migrants and the misuse of the welfare system. Rejecting a number of long-standing myths about welfare states, Greve concludes that they have had a limited impact on welfare states' spending and development as attitudes towards welfare have remained fairly stable over the past decade. Taking a novel approach to understanding how welfare states operate and change, with a focus on European states, this book will be critical reading for academics and students of social policy and political science.Trade Review'Bent Greve investigates the stories we tell ourselves about the welfare state and its workings. This book is not only a quick and authoritative reality check on these stories, it is also a path-breaking study of how such popular narratives influence social policy across Europe.' -- James Wickham, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Myths, narratives and welfare states: an introduction 2. Key concepts 3. Welfare states’ development 4. Understanding of the behaviour of the unemployed - stories of laziness 5. Migrants take our jobs and use and misuse the welfare system 6. Do people know the size of the benefits? 7. Pressure on services: the austerity and retrenchment debate 8. Understanding of equality and deservingness 9. Technological unemployment – it takes our jobs 10. Lowering of taxes will make everyone richer 11. It should pay to work 12. Conclusions – ways forward for the welfare states Index

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Book SynopsisJustice and Vulnerability in Europe contributes to the understanding of justice in Europe from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It shows that Europe is falling short of its ideals and justice-related ambitions by repeatedly failing its most vulnerable populations. Interdisciplinary and expert contributors search for the explanations behind these failing ambitions through analysis of institutional discourse, legal debate and practice and the daily experiences of vulnerable populations, such as those dependent on social care and welfare. By setting tentative criteria for justice as 'participatory parity', in line with the insights of the political philosopher Nancy Fraser, the book challenges European policy makers to re-define redistributive, recognitive and representative justice.Original and incisive, Justice and Vulnerability in Europe is an invaluable resource for policy makers at European, national and local levels. It is also highly relevant to scholars and students of public and social policy, social justice, politics and law.Trade Review'Justice is often thought of as a theoretical concern of philosophers and social theorists. This book vitalizes discussions about justice and makes them accessible to a broader audience in a truly inspiring way. Impressive and convincing, it brings philosophers together with legal scholars and sociologists to discuss the realities and injustices in a Europe and EU formed by different welfare regimes and austerity policies. It invites us to reflect on whether we can think of a European theory of justice taking into account its historical, cultural and institutional legacy - and its diversity. It's a fantastic book, a "must read" for scholars - and students - interested in justice, Europe and the EU, marginalization, discrimination, care and recognition.' -- Hanne Marlene Dahl, Roskilde University, Denmark'Here is a highly anticipated book. Among its innumerable qualities, let's stress three of them: it's the result of a very robust research project (ETHOS), which articulates theoretical reflections and results of in-depth empirical studies; it formulates an analytical framework in Europe and for Europe; last but not least, it suggests a non-ideal, contextual and critical approach to social justice. An approach that is reachable for social actors, especially the most vulnerable. What a breath of intellectual fresh air! This book should circulate in all hands: those of researchers as well as those of citizens, those of activists and those of political leaders. The EU is in crisis? Nothing but an additional reason to dive into this fundamental and highly stimulating book. More than a book: a cornerstone. To read and study … urgently.' -- Matthieu de Nanteuil, UCLouvain, Belgium'This very substantial book - both in size and content - takes us on a critical path. Based on a largely European context, examining the "entities and activities" of groups and institutions, the authors ask how a theory of justice links to the messy reality on the ground: for example, how in practice, as opposed to theory, do we recognize others as equals; a particularly pertinent question at a time of the global Black Lives Matter movement. This is a deeply researched, thoughtful and compelling book which should be of value to both philosophers and those who, in everyday practice, attempt to promote a practice, however complex and messy, which meets the needs of the most vulnerable in our society.' -- Gary Craig, Newcastle Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Dorota Lepianka And Trudie Knijn 2. Thinking About Justice: A Traditional Philosophical Framework Simon Rippon, Miklós Zala, Tom Theuns, Sem De Maagt, And Bert Van Den Brink 3. From Political Philosophy To Messy Empirical Reality Miklós Zala, Simon Rippon, Tom Theuns, Sem De Maagt, And Bert Van Den Brink 4. Redistribution, Recognition And Representation. Understanding Justice Across Academic Disciplines Trudie Knijn, Tom Theuns And Miklós Zala 5. Four Or Fewer Freedoms: Justice Contested And Codified Between 1941 And 1957 Barbara Oomen And Alexandra Timmer 6. Framing Justice Claims As Legal Rights – How Law (Mis-)Handles Injustices Marie Pierre Granger And Orsolya Salat 7. The Impact Of The European Charters In Times Of Crisis And Their Role In Effectuating Social Justice Ideals For European Citizens Barbara Safradin And Sybe De Vries 8. Justice, Citizenship, And Methodological De-Nationalism Bridget Anderson And Pier-Luc Dupont 9. Education And Justice: Inclusion, Exclusion And Belonging Başak Akkan And Ayşe Buğra 10. Just Care For The Elderly And Disabled Trudie Knijn And Jing Hiah 11. Welfare, Labour And Austerity: Resistances And Alternatives Through Women’s Gaze Maria Paula Meneses, Sara Araújo And Sílvia Ferreira 12. The Interplay And Tensions Between Justice Claims Nancy Fraser’s Conception Of Justice, Empirical Research, And Real World Political Philosophy Bert Van Den Brink, Miklós Zala And Tom Theuns 13. Mechanisms That Impede Justice Trudie Knijn And Başak Akkan 14. Living And Theorizing Boundaries Of Justice Trudie Knijn, Jelena Belic And Miklós Zala 15. European Justice In Times Of The Corona Crisis – Some Preliminary Reflections Trudie Knijn And Dorota Lepianka Index

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Book SynopsisThis exciting and innovative Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive and globally relevant overview of the instruments, actors and design features of social protection systems, as well as their application and impacts in practice. It is the first book that centres around system building globally, a theme that has gained political importance yet has received relatively little attention in academia.Combining academic discussion with cases from the Global South and North, this Handbook offers practical recommendations on how greater harmonization across social protection policies, programmes and delivery mechanisms can be achieved. It also highlights the importance of linkages to other policy fields and issues such as taxation, humanitarian aid and livelihood approaches. Overall, the chapters argue that a systems approach is needed to respond to the individual needs of different groups in society and to face future challenges from demographic change, globalization, automation, climate change and pandemics.Targeting a broad audience, the Handbook on Social Protection Systems bridges the divide in academic debate around social protection in the Global South and North. It will be an invaluable resource for academics, students and practitioners.Trade Review‘The Handbook on Social Protection Systems represents a valuable addition to the literature to understand the dynamics of social policy in the 21st century. The focus on the large and heterogeneous groups of nations usually placed under the category of the 'Global South' is valuable and necessary, not only because of the intense research that the complexity of their social protection policies deserves, but also given the need for specialists of any region, whether students or scholars, as well as public officials, politicians or members of non-governmental and international organisations, to learn from the experiences, issues and cases discussed in the book.’ -- Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Social Policy & Administration‘A unique tour de force through the world of social protection. The volume is distinguished by a novel systemic approach that takes account of the entire range of instruments, institutions, policies and actors that make up social protection. First-rate experts from more than 20 countries get down to the nitty-gritty of social protection systems, combining overview chapters with exemplary case studies across the global South and North. This Handbook sets new standards! It is highly recommended to researchers and practitioners alike.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xxvi Ralf Radermacher Acknowledgements xxvii List of abbreviations xxviii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection Systems 1 Markus Loewe and Esther Schüring PART I INSTRUMENTS Introduction: Instruments 38 Chris de Neubourg 2 Social transfers 41 Esther Schüring Case study A: Non-contributory social cash transfers in Zambia 55 Benson Chisanga Case study B: Universal basic income grant in theory and practice 61 Brian Mathebula 3 Social insurance 69 Alexander M. van den Heever Case study C: Transforming healthcare financing in Central and Eastern European countries 79 Mirella Cacace Case study D: Challenges of pension funds in Iran 84 Ali Akbar Taimazinani and Yaser Bagheri 4 Labour market policies 91 Andrea Salvini and Georg Bolits Case study E: Labour market policies in MENA countries 106 Ghada Barsoum 5 Social services 112 Barbara Rohregger 6 Micro-insurance 124 Markus Loewe PART II SYSTEM DESIGN Introduction: System design 136 Markus Loewe 7 Financing 138 Arthur van de Meerendonk 8 Targeting 151 Stephen Devereux 9 Human rights approaches 164 Markus Kaltenborn 10 Actors 174 Esther Schüring and Nicola Wiebe 11 Systematic approaches to social protection 190 Chris de Neubourg, Victor Cebotari and Julia Karpati Case study F: The challenges of moving towards universal social protection in Bolivia 211 Nicola Wiebe Case study G: Comprehensive social protection reform in South Africa 218 Alexander M. van den Heever PART III POLICY COORDINATION Introduction: Policy coordination 224 Daniele Malerba 12 Harmonization of similar instruments 227 Rachel Slater 13 Coordination of different instruments 240 Mira Bierbaum and Veronika Wodsak Case study H: Poverty and social transfer coverage in the Kingdom of Eswatini 253 Bernd Schubert 14 Graduation 263 Rachel Sabates-Wheeler 15 Taxation and social protection 277 Armin von Schiller Case study I: Simplified tax regimes and their impact on social insurance in Uruguay 290 Fernanda Teixeira 16 The humanitarian–development nexus 296 Cécile Cherrier Case study J: Emergency cash transfers in Yemen 308 Francisco V. Ayala Case study K: Humanitarian cash transfer in Palestine 314 Nicola Jones and Bassam Abu Hamad 17 Social budgeting 321 Krzysztof Hagemejer and Wolfgang Scholz PART IV GROUPS IN FOCUS Introduction: Groups in focus 336 Esther Schüring 18 Gender and social protection 338 Nicola Jones Case study L: Gender analysis of social protection in Iran 350 Ali Akbar Taimazinani and Maryam Ebrahimi 19 Disability inclusion and social protection 355 Alexandre Côte 20 Child-sensitive social protection 369 Keetie Roelen 21 The elderly and social protection 379 Luis H. Vargas Faulbaum 22 The informal sector and social protection 390 Jairous J. Miti, Mikko Perkiö, Anna Metteri and Salla Atkins Case study M: Extension of the contributory pension scheme to small-scale farmers in Zambia 404 Jairous J. Miti, Mikko Perkiö, Anna Metteri and Salla Atkins 23 Refugees and social protection 411 Tamara A. Kool and Zina Nimeh PART V ADMINISTRATION Introduction: Administration 425 Valentina Barca 24 Delivering social transfers 427 Valentina Barca and Madhumitha Hebbar 25 Delivering social insurance 438 Dominique La Salle 26 Integrated information management 449 Richard Chirchir 27 Portability 459 Dominique La Salle 28 Decentralization 469 Andrew Wyatt Case study N: Capacity development for social protection in Zambia 482 Benson Chisanga and Jairous J. Miti PART VI POLITICAL ECONOMY Introduction: Political economy 490 Esther Schüring 29 International actors and social protection 492 Jeremy Seekings 30 Public preferences 508 Katja Bender 31 The political economy of social protection adoption 521 Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Alma Santillán Hernández Case study O: Political economy of social protection in Kenya 537 Barbara Rohregger Case study P: Political economy of the basic income grant in South Africa 542 Brian Mathebula 32 Acceptability of social protection reforms 549 Eszter Timár PART VII EFFECTS Introduction: Effects 560 Francesco Burchi 33 Data and analysis in social protection 562 Franziska Gassmann Case study Q: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies: social protection interventions in low- and middle-income countries 578 Ashrita Saran and Latha Radhakrishnan 34 Effects of social protection on poverty and inequality 583 Ludovico Carraro and Marta S.L. Marzi 35 Effects of social protection on food consumption and nutrition 597 Francesco Burchi 36 Effects of social protection on health 609 Christoph Strupat 37 Effects of social protection on economic development 622 Garima Bhalla, Mari Kangasniemi and Natalia Winder Rossi 38 Effects of social protection on social inclusion, social cohesion and nation building 636 Gabriele Köhler PART VIII MAJOR CHALLENGES AND REFORM OPTIONS Introduction: Major challenges and reform options 648 Krzysztof Hagemejer 39 Demographic change 651 John Woodall 40 Globalization 663 Joachim Betz 41 The future of work 676 Franziska Gassmann 42 Climate change 688 Daniele Malerba 43 Pandemics and other macro crises 705 John Woodall Case study R: A humanitarian social protection response to COVID-19 in Kenya 717 Larissa Pelham Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers an in-depth analysis of the intersection between populism and corruption, addressing phenomena that have been, so far, largely treated separately. Bringing together two dynamic and well-established fields of study, it proposes a theoretical framework for the study of populism and corruption in order to update our understanding of specific forms of each in a variety of socio-political settings.International contributors consider the simultaneous growth of populist rhetoric and political corruption, suggesting systematic methods for analysing the interconnection between them. Chapters further examine the effects of socio-political and historical contexts, outlining histories of political scandals and anti-corruption crusades. Taking a cross-national perspective, the book provides case study analyses of the corruption-populism intersection under diverse political systems including Brazil, France, Israel, Mexico and the USA.Raising critical questions for future research into the connections between the fields, Populism and Corruption offers crucial insights for scholars, researchers and students of political science, sociology and law, particularly those interested in contemporary populist movements. It will also benefit practitioners hoping to act on recent trends in political organizing and policymakers eager to combat political corruption.Trade Review‘Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau have collected an excellent series of chapters on the connection of populism to corruption.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Populism and Corruption 1 Jonathan Mendilow PART I SOME FACTORS UNDERLYING THE ASSOCIATION OF POPULISM WITH CORRUPTION 2 Populism and the corruption of pluralist governance structures 37 Frank Rusciano 3 Corrupt elites, pure people and double standards? Attitudes of Central European populist and mainstream political party sympathisers to systemic and individual corruption 57 Roman Chytilek PART II POPULISM AND CORRUPTION: A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 4 One man’s swamp 87 Olivia Newman 5 Populism and corruption in Israel – from a clientelist point of view 107 Ina Kubbe and Edna Harel-Fisher 6 Populist grammar, politicians and judges: a case study of political corruption in Brazil 128 Elizangela Valarini and Maria Eugenia Trombini 7 Corruption and populism in East-Central post-communist Europe: the egg, the hen and the omelet 152 Michael Shafir 8 Corruption and populism in Mexico: is AMLO the same formula against corruption? 189 Irma Méndez de Hoyos, Tomislav Lendo and Ulises Flores Llanos 9 Populist opposition in France: rhetoric vs. practical constraints 215 Éric Phélippeau PART III TESTING POPULIST CLAIMS 10 Who pays for populism? 242 Robert G. Boatright 11 How to examine populist claims? A social network analysis 268 Rodrigo Rossi Horochovski, Wagner Pralon Mancuso and Ivan Jairo Junckes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the main problems in the functioning of the welfare state and possible actions for its reform. Focusing on the European Union, it looks at the achievements of and challenges to the welfare state as we enter the 21st century.The authors consider the general problem of redistribution and how to make it more efficient, by reducing huge benefits and tax disincentives that individuals encounter in different life periods or life choices. In addition, they analyse issues such as: economic effects of the welfare state mechanisms for improving incentives in the welfare state implications of Economic and Monetary Union for the welfare state options in pension funding impact of ageing on the pensions systems in the European Union< detailed projections of social expenditure The Welfare State in Europe will be essential reading for those working in the areas of public administration and finance, European studies, social policy, economics and political science. In its provision of policy suggestions it will also be welcomed by policymakers and government advisers.Trade Review'This book is essential reading for those working in the areas of public administration and finance, European studies, social policy, economics and political science. In its provision of policy suggestions it will also be welcomed by policymakers and government advisors.' -- European AccessTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Overview 1. Reconciling the Welfare State with Sound Public Finances and High Employment Part II: The Economic Effects of the Welfare State: Two Views 2. The Economics of the Welfare State: An Incomplete Debate 3. Welfare State Dynamics Part III: Improving Incentives in the Welfare State 4. Social Insurance Based on Personal Savings Accounts: A Possible Reform Strategy for Overburdened Welfare States? 5. Expanding the Welfare System: A Proposal for Reform Part IV: Pension Reforms 6. On Economic Benefits and Fiscal Requirements of Moving from Unfunded to Funded Pensions 7. Retirement Income Financing Reform – A General Issues Paper Part V: A Case Study 8. Reform of the Social Security System in France: Challenges and Prospects Part VI: Demography and the Welfare State 9. Ageing and Fiscal Policies in the European Union Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the making of international social science, and the parts which academics, policymakers and research managers play in creating European social environmental research. The authors present and analyse a complex picture of overlapping institutional interests within six countries of the EU - The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Greece, Finland and Austria - and develop new models with which to capture the transnational interaction of researchers and funding agencies.The contributors consider the practical and intellectual challenges facing European research managers charged with the task of building a community of social researchers willing to engage with a policy-relevant environmental agenda. The book analyses the shape and character of European social science and the values and commitments of research activity on the environment.This book will be of special interest to those involved in social environmental research, environmental policy, European studies and research management whether at the practical and policy level or in academia.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Researching European Social Environmental Research 2. Social Environmental Research at the National Level 3. New Researchers, New Institutions 4. The Evolution of Ideas 5. The European Dynamics of Social Environmental Research 6. New Agendas, New Dynamics: Charting the Development of Social Environmental Research References Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation, science and technology and the wealth gained from them make continuous media copy and yet there is a manifest imbalance in society, a paradox of more prosperity but growing exclusion. This book marks the 25th anniversary of the Six Countries Programme, which pioneered the study of innovation from a policy viewpoint but with a radical ethos. This ethos is continued by the contributors to this book who challenge much of the current thinking on innovation and technology and attempt to provide markers for the way ahead. They propose a systemic approach to the innovation process as the route to a more sustainable future and provide the alternative of a learning society to a knowledge society which seems to be inexorably driven by Schumpetarian dynamics.Trade Review'This book is an important contribution to the debate on innovation policy. . . It gives a new insight into the whole issue of innovation process and its variations among countries. . . This is a very useful and timely book on innovation process. It is rich with experiences and is specially useful for researchers in the area of policy studies and for policymakers.' -- N. Mrinalini, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Resources'. . . Sweeney's contribution to this volume is very large, both in putting it all together and by delivering also a personal contribution which is both stimulating and exciting.' -- Keith Cowling, PrometheusTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Innovation and Innovation Policy: the Need for Re-examination 2. Cultural Influences on Innovation Climates in the Industrialised World 3. The Economic Role of Technology in a Competence Bloc based Industrial Policy Analysis 4. Innovation Policy as a Substitute for Failing Economic Policies 5. Innovation: From Individual Decisions to the Emergence of Policy and Global Fate – a Sociological Perspective 6. Internationalisation of Innovation, Interdependence and Innovation Policy for Sustainable Development 7. The Knowledge Based Economy: Better Living or Bigger Profits? 8. Learning-by-Comparing: Reflections on the Use and Abuse of International Benchmarking 9. Territory and Innovation: The Role of the Milieu 9. Social Capital: The Core Factor in Economic Resurgence 10. Innovation in the Next Decade: The Need for Integrated Policies Index

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Book SynopsisThis major reference work - the first of its kind - provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the large and growing literature on contingent valuation. It includes annotated entries on over 7,500 contingent valuation papers and studies from over 130 countries covering both the published and gray literatures. This book provides an interpretive historical account of the development of contingent valuation, the most commonly used approach to placing a value on goods not normally sold in the marketplace. The major fields cataloged here include culture, the environment, and health applications. This bibliography is an ideal starting point for researchers wanting to find other studies that have valued goods or used techniques similar to those they are interested in. For those wanting to conduct meta analyses, the book will serve as an invaluable guide to source material. In addition to the print edition we offer access, for purchasers of the book, to a website providing the contents of as a searchable Word document and in a variety of standard bibliographic database forms. Contingent Valuation is an indispensable reference source for researchers, scholars and policy makers concerned with survey approaches to the problem of environmental valuation.Trade Review’For those of us who have been involved in willingness to pay studies for some time, Contingent Valuation is a fascinating read, tracking the early development of the method and debates around it from an insider's perspective. As someone who has not only been involved in contingent valuation research over many years, but who has also been instrumental in shaping it, Richard Carson is the ideal author of this carefully crafted book. . . it is likely to be of considerable interest to students and scholars working in the fields of cultural economics as well. The section on the historical development of contingent valuation gives an interesting insider view of the theory and application of this now-widespread valuation method. The bibliography itself, in both its printed and electronic formats, is a gift to anyone working in the area and is likely to be a key resource for many years to come.’ -- Jen Snowball, Journal of Cultural EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface The Historical Development of Contingent Valuation Bibliography of Contingent Valuation Papers and Studies

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Book SynopsisSocial Exclusion in European Welfare States focuses on the complex relationship between economic welfare, labour market performance and social inclusion/exclusion. The contributors in the volume examine in detail the alleged trade-off between the social and economic capabilities of a society and their impact on the well-being of the citizens. Furthermore, they identify welfare regimes whose policies are more balanced in terms of prioritizing economic as well as social goals and, hence, are more successful in promoting social inclusion along with faster growth.The book attempts to promote a better understanding of the differences in policy regimes and the performances of different regime types in view of their own goals and objectives. Contributors from a broad range of disciplines - economics, sociology and political science - explore the scope for European policy coordination and the form that this should take.The book focuses on a problem that is widely considered to be one of the most intractable and damaging in contemporary European society. It will be invaluable to policymakers in a broad range of fields including employment, social policy, education and social work as well as to economists, sociologists and political scientists engaged in research and teaching in these fields.Trade Review'This book provides useful analysis for social policy academics with a European bent, and should embolden policymakers. It does not underplay the challenges facing the EU, and especially southern countries and the UK, but it affirms that employment and welfare policy can and do make a difference.' -- T. Burchardt, Education EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Empirical Approaches to Analysing Social Exclusion in European Welfare States Part I: Labour Market Integration in European Employment Regimes 2. Macroeconomic Factors, Policies and the Development of Social Exclusion 3. Employment Regimes and Labour Market Attachment: Evidence from the ECHP 4. Flexibilisation of Labour Markets: Does it Resolve Long-term Unemployment? Finland, Germany and the UK Compared 5. The Proliferation of Part-time Work, Family Employment and Household Income Security Part II: Social Exclusion in European Welfare States 6. Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP 7. The Nature of Social Exclusion – Spiral of Precariousness or Statistical Category? 8. Income and Deprivation Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty in the European Union 9. Do European Welfare Regimes Matter in Explaining Social Exclusion? Part III: Lessons for European Social Policy 10. How Well Do European Employment Regimes Manage Social Exclusion? 11. Employability and Social Exclusion: A Capabilities Approach 12. Workfare and Social Exclusion – Evidence from the Recent Welfare Reform in the USA 13. Conclusions: Social Exclusion at the Crossroads of EU Employment and Inclusion Policies References Index

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Book SynopsisThe tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this fascinating book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that underlie past and present understandings. The author traces the intellectual history of the central constructs: the leader, the people, and, ultimately, the relationship between them as they seek to accomplish societal objectives. He begins with a discussion of the invented notion of the classical paragon of a ruler. Next he pursues the invention of the countervailing concept of a sovereign people, and finally, the need for the invention of a new construct - leadership - which embodies a new relation between ruler and ruled in regimes dedicated to power in the people. In doing so, he draws upon the giants of the Western intellectual tradition as well as the insights of modern historians, political scientists, sociologists and leadership scholars. The book concludes with a proposed model of leadership for a modern democratic world.Elegantly written and masterfully argued, this comprehensive study will be essential reading for students and scholars of leadership and democracy.Trade Review'Tom Wren's book is a masterpiece of intellectual history. It explores the philosophical and historical foundations of democracy in a compelling way. Wren is a sparkling and graceful writer. He makes a potentially dry subject come alive with wit and insight. The issues Wren addresses are extremely timely, as the United States endeavors to advance democracy in the Middle East.' -- George Goethals, University of Richmond, US'In this important analysis of democratic thought and treatise on leadership, historian Tom Wren drills down to the essential intellectual paradox: that "leadership" and "democracy" are inherently hostile concepts. Wren brilliantly strips down our "fictions" concerning these domains in his extensive deconstruction of both classical and modern thought. What emerges is a dialectical awakening and a practical new vision of citizen participation and enlightened leadership.' -- Georgia Sorenson, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park and US Army'An excellent scholarly work that is well written and highly relevant within the context of contemporary politics. Although essential reading for teachers and students of political theory, it will also interest the general reader and armchair politician.' -- First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review'Wren is to be commended for attempting to lay bare the underlying assumptions and premises that inform any approach to politics. . . an important contribution to an ongoing conversation about what contemporary leadership should look like. Undergraduates will benefit from his review of important theorists, and practitioners should be challenged by Wren's own theses about leadership. Highly recommended. All readership levels.' -- M.J. Watson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Prologue: Of Fictions, Implicit Theories, and Leadership in a Democracy Part I: Inventing the Leader 1. The Classical Ideal of the Leader 2. The Classical Ideal in Republics Part II: Inventing the People 3. A New Conception of the People Part III: Inventing Leadership 4. A New Social Relation 5. The Challenge of Democracy 6. James Madison and the Classical Ideal 7. Tocqueville and the Challenges of Democracy 8. Inventing Liberalism 9. Inventing Communitarianism Part IV: Reinventing Leadership 10. A New Fiction of Leadership Index

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Book SynopsisLatin American countries have now privatized a large number of their utility industries and make more use of market approaches to delivery through networks. Privatization has major consequences for efficiency, long-term growth, consumer welfare and income distribution but insufficient attention has been paid to the direct effect on consumers of regulation and the introduction of competition. This book assesses how reform processes can be improved, particularly in the light of experience in some Latin American and European countries. The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru - and two European countries - Spain and the UK. Access is especially relevant when considering immature systems which have not yet extended to cover the majority of the population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on the economy (via macroeconomic influences) and the more general issues of subsidies and regulation which are endemic to these industries. The book focuses on the reform of four sectors: telecommunications, electricity, gas, and water and sanitation.Academics, students, practitioners and policymakers specialising in economics, development and institutional reform will value the book's unique focus on the consumer experience of utility privatization and regulation, complemented by the rigorous case study analysis of the effects on prices and access.Trade Review'Whether a casual student of the subject or a specialist on utility privatization and regulation, this book captures the attention of the reader with a structure for each of the 10 chapters that takes one through a succinct yet informative background, thereby setting the tone for understanding the authors' hypothesis and conclusions, regardless of whether one agrees with them. In summary, this is a timely, well-written book that makes a relatively novel contribution to the aftermath assessment of utility privatization and regulation in some Latin American and European countries.' -- Sergio Galina-Hidalgo, The Journal of Energy and DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Access, Affordability and Institutions 1. Introduction 2. Access by the Poor in Latin America’s Utility Reform: Subsidies and Service Obligations 3. Access to Utilities by the Poor: A Global Perspective 4. Consumer Participation and Pro-poor Regulation in Latin America Part II: Country Case Studies 5. UK Utility Reform: Distributional Implications and Government Response 6. The Reform of the Utilities Sector in Spain 7. The Reform of the Utilities Sector in Argentina 8. Can the Gains from Argentina’s Utilities Reform Offset Credit Shocks? 9. Capitalization, Regulation and the Poor: Access to Basic Services in Bolivia 10. Redistributive Impact of Privatization and Regulation of Utilities in Chile 11. The Social Impact of Privatization and the Regulation of Utilities in Peru Index

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Book SynopsisThis significant new book highlights a little acknowledged but potentially catastrophic crisis of innovation in the global water sector, which institutions and industries are frighteningly ill-equipped to tackle or even accept. It suggests potential new technology and policy approaches to overcome both current and future problems. The book explores how technological innovation is vital to help provide sustainable water in both the UK and developing countries. However, innovation is being overlooked in the face of global trends to privatize and regulate water utilities. The authors highlight how the global water sector is failing to respond to increasingly complex world needs and continues to build largely unsustainable centralized infrastructures, opposing more appropriate, distributed and local modern technologies. The book also includes suggestions for potentially innovative technology and policy solutions to meet escalating global water and wastewater demands. Importantly, the authors adopt a long-term perspective that crosses both disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and include an international comparative perspective, covering a diverse range of examples and countries. This comprehensive book will have a broad appeal amongst researchers and academics with an interest in technology management, innovation studies, geography and development studies. It will also be a valuable asset for water regulators and governmental and non-governmental organisations working in this field.Trade Review'This is an extremely well-researched and documented book. The authors' hypothesis is that the current water and wastewater sector is failing the populations of the western-world by clinging to orthodox and short-term visions of new technology and innovation, and also failing the developing nations by believing that delivery of western-world high-technology solutions is a contribution to humanitarian development. This is the "crisis of innovation". To many practitioners in the water industry the book will be perceived to be hypercritical (of the "incrementalism, conservative and dogged traditionalism") of the sector, but in fact it is stimulating and positive. In the latter chapters an alternate more holistic model of water development is described. There needs to be a movement from large, central infrastructure resources to distributed systems that are more appropriate to local needs and can be coupled with environmentally sustainable energy sources and practices.' -- Tim Lack, European Topic Centre on Water, UK'Whilst acknowledging a "massive leap from standpipe to universal water provision in 100 years" in developed countries, the authors of this book see problems for global sustainable water supply and wastewater removal in the future. Using the UK water industry as an example, they describe the global water industry as risk averse and unwilling to innovate, a view that is encouraged by the institutional and financial regimes under which it works. The book explores the reasons for concern and sets out some hard-hitting views on how the water industry is failing to identify and tackle the essential problems in a world which is becoming ever more depleted of fresh water. The concluding chapter brings to a focus the problems of the crisis in innovation and gives some concrete suggestions for tackling them. This volume should raise the awareness of policymakers and regulators, technologists and concerned members of the public.' -- Peter Chave, Independent Consultant and formerly Head of Pollution Control, National Rivers Authority, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing the Crisis of Innovation in Water and Wastewater 2. Water’s Pervasive Role in the Development of Global Society 3. Technology and Innovation for Socio-economic Growth 4. Historical Development and Evolution of the UK Water Industry 5. Water Industry Technology and Innovation Frozen in Time 6. Potential for Sustainable Development in the Water Sector 7. Instances of the Crisis of Innovation in the UK 8. International Illustrations of the Crisis of Innovation 9. A New Paradigm and a New Programme of Action 10. Transforming the Inertia of Inevitability into Sustainability Appendix: Overview of Evidence Sources References Index

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Book SynopsisThis exciting Handbook offers a broad perspective on the intriguing phenomena of power, influence and politics in the modern workplace, their meaning for individuals, groups and other organizational stakeholders, and their effect on organizational outcomes and performances. The contributorsillustrate the fact that organizational politics has many facets and definitions, all relating to the use of personal or aggregate power in influencing others and better achieving goals in the workplace. However, politics in organizations is difficult to study, as neither employees nor management are keen to divulge the political secrets and dynamics that help them to promote their own ideas and goals and to advance in the workplace. In the face of this challenge, the Handbook presents a comprehensive collection of original studies and theoretical discussions from across the globe. Providing a starting point for new research in the area, issues dealt with include: politics, personality and leadership ethics, fairness and prospects of trust in workplace politics organizational politics and employees' well-being strategy, change and decision-making as a political process human resource management and consulting in a political sphere. Offering a fresh and up-to-date take on the topic, this highly original Handbook will be a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of management and organizational behavior. The wide range of perspectives presented in this book, written by some of the leading scholars and researchers in the field, will also be invaluable to practitioners in management and to individuals in organizations who require a better understanding of the meaning of power and influence in the modern workplace.Table of ContentsContents: Preface: Challenges and New Frontiers for Organizational Politics in Modern Worksites Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos Drory PART I: THE INDIVIDUAL’S PERSPECTIVE: POLITICS, PERSONALITY, AND LEADERSHIP 1. Organizational Politics, Leadership and Performance in Modern Public Worksites: A Theoretical Framework Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Yinnon Dryzin-Amit 2. Agreeableness and Extraversion as Moderators of the Political Influence Compatability–Work Outcomes Relationship John P. Meriac and Peter D. Villanova 3. Personality and Politics Perceptions: A New Conceptualization and Illustration Using OCBs Christopher C. Rosen, Chu-Hsiang Chang and Paul E. Levy 4. Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes of Collective (Group-Level) Politics in Organizations Keith James 5. The Politics of Impression Management in Organizations: Contextual Effects Amos Drory and Nurit Zaidman PART II: ETHICS AND JUSTICE: VALUES, FAIRNESS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR TRUST IN WORKPLACE POLITICS 6. Organizational Politics, Definition and Ethics Chris Provis 7. The Direct and Indirect Influence of Organizational Politics on Organizational Support, Trust and Commitment Simon Albrecht 8. Politics as Determinant of Fairness Perceptions in Organizations Constant D. Beugré and Patrick R. Liverpool PART III: EMOTIONS AND STRESS: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND EMPLOYEES’ WELL-BEING 9. Organizational Politics and Workplace Stress Russell Cropanzano and Andrew Li 10. The Emotion of Politics and the Politics of Emotions: Affective and Cognitive Reactions to Politics as a Stressor Yongmei Liu, Gerald R. Ferris, Darren C. Treadway, Melita L. Prati, Pamela L. Perrewé and Wayne A. Hochwarter 11. The Strain-Related Reactions to Perceptions of Organizational Politics as a Workplace Stressor: Political Skills as a Neutralizer Robyn L. Brouer, Gerald R. Ferris, Wayne A. Hochwarter, Mary Dana Laird and David C. Gilmore PART IV: SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE: STRATEGY, CHANGE AND DECISION MAKING AS A POLITICAL PROCESS 12. A Micro-Political Perspective of Strategic Management Jane Gunn and Stephen Chen 13. Organizational Politics: Affective Reactions, Cognitive Assessments and their Influence on Organizational Commitment and Cynicism Toward Change Simon Albrecht 14. The Relationship Between Perceptions of Politics, Social Support, Withdrawal and Performance Jonathan R.B. Halbesleben and Anthony R. Wheeler 15. Competing Perspectives on the Role of Understanding in the Politics Perceptions–Job Performance Relationship: A Test of the ‘Antidote’ versus ‘Distraction’ Hypotheses Wayne A. Hochwarter, Robert W. Kolodinsky, Lawrence A. Witt, Angela T. Hall, Gerald R. Ferris and Michele K. Kacmar 16. The Symbiosis of Organizational Politics and Organizational Democracy David Butcher and Martin Clarke PART V: THE PROFESSIONALS’ PERSPECTIVE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT 17. Speaking Truth to Power: Three Perspectives on Consultation Robert T. Golembiewski 18. Twelve Foundations for the Power Position of Consultants Astrid I. Boogers-van Griethuijsen, Ben J.M. Emans, Janka I. Stoker and Arndt M. Sorge 19. Organizational Politics: Building Positive Political Strategies in Turbulent Times Ronnie Kurchner-Hawkins and Rima Miller Index

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Book SynopsisThis first full biography of Mrs. Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, tells how an extraordinary woman escaped from the constraints of Victorian domesticity to become the first woman in Whitehall and one of Britain's great social reformers. An ardent Christian Socialist radical, like her brother Thomas Hughes (author of Tom Brown's Schooldays), Jeanie Senior pioneered social work with Octavia Hill, co-founded the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian war and battled as 'Government Inspector' on behalf of exploited Workhouse girls. She was ferociously attacked for advocating the fostering of all pauper orphans rather than their incarceration and for indicting Workhouse 'Barrack' schools for producing prostitution fodder. Her fight to defend her findings against male hostility politicised her and she became an icon for the late 19th century women's movement. Jeanie Senior was also a significant figure in the worlds of art, music and literature, even being, it is argued here, the vital inspiration for her friend George Eliot in creating Dorothea, heroine of Middlemarch. Her life was a great 'human story' as she struggled in the teeth of multiple bereavement, an unhappy marriage and cancer in order to rescue others more desperate and vulnerable still. Florence Nightingale told her she had been 'a noble Army of one' and later grieved that her 'premature death was a national and irreparable loss'.Trade Review"The fascinating biography of a Victorian who should never have been forgotten. Both the poignant private life and the heroic public life of 'Mrs Nassau Senior' here find an ebullient, witty and passionate chronicler." -- Barbara Hardy, Professor Emeritus, University of London."This tender and engaging portrait of Jeanie Senior, champion of the workhouse girl, reveals not just that she was admired by the great and good of Victorian Britain, but that now we must count her as one of them." -- Seth Koven, Rutgers University.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Tom Brown's Sister -- Jeanie Hughes; Being 'Mrs Nassau Senior', 1848-1853; Enter Watts and Merimee, 1852-1856; Surviving Four Hard Years, 1856-1860; Life at Elm House, 1861-1864 -- 'Come to us!'; Father and Son; Politics and Society in the Late 1860s; Interlude: Music and Friendships; George Eliot's Dorothea?; War on Two Fronts; The First Woman Civil Servant; The Government Inspector Goes on a Girl Hunt; Mrs Senior's Report; Reception of the Report; Birth of a New Woman, 1875-1876; A Bonny Fighter; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe current debate on the growing role of the voluntary and community or third sector in delivering public and social policy is impoverished by its lack of understanding of the historical events which have shaped the sector and its relationship with the state. This widely anticipated book draws on a range of empirical studies of aspects of the history of voluntary action to illuminate and inform this debate. Chapter contributions range across two centuries and a variety of fields of activity, geographical areas and organisational forms. Four key themes are addressed: The 'moving frontier' between the state and voluntary action; the distribution of roles and functions between them; and the nature of their inter-relationship; The 'springs' of voluntary action -- what makes people get involved in voluntary organisations or support them financially; Organisational challenges for voluntary agencies, including growth, cleaving to their missions and values, and survival; Issues of continuity and change: how and to what extent has the nature of voluntary action and its role in society remained essentially the same despite the changing context? This book is essential reading for all practitioners involved in charities and voluntary and non-profit organisations, for those who work at the interface between government and the third sector and for those who are involved in making and implementing public and social policy.

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Book SynopsisThe object of this study is to clarify the meanings and uses of social innovation in contemporary societies. The author makes use of the forms of analysis provided by theories of social change and the multi-disciplinary, long-term approach that is associated with 'Big History', with its focus on evidence and insights from different scientific and historical disciplines, together with empirical resources that are employed in advanced countries and societies in the construction of innovative environments. For contemporary societies, social innovation is a concept that is present in a wide variety of experiences and in multiple situations. Historically, it has been seen as related to a capacity for social experimentation, collective learning, the creation of knowledge and the ability to transfer it. Today, it is associated with a range of experiences, dimensions and fields within the language of management and economics, and in the social and productive uses of technology. Civic organisations of different kinds, public institutions and social movements are all aware of its importance, and repeatedly assert its significance. They associate it with risk, with uncertainty and with a role as an instrument for the reinvention of the ethics of capitalism. It is through this humanistic process that social innovation creates contexts and conditions that can improve the future of society in general.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a careful selection of the key contributions to social planning produced by leading scholars in the field. It addresses the many ethical and distributional matters which enter into planning processes. Many of these concern the involvement of social values and norms into otherwise positive structures. This authoritative collection includes not only papers which look at social planning from an abstract, academic perspective but also more applied work in the field.The opening section examines the theory and methodology of social planning. The focus is on concepts such as social justice and social equity, with concern as much for their application as for their definition.The next two parts look firstly at the particular matter of sustainable development in its broadest sense, and secondly at amenities and social organization. Somewhat in contrast to this, the following part embraces papers which consider spatial mismatch and ways of planning to minimize such mismatches - or at least their impact. The last section of the collection presents two alternative planning models.This volume will be an essential source of reference for academics, researchers and practitioners concerned with social planning.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Series Preface Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp Introduction Social Planning History: Scoping the Scene Jessie P.H. Poon, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp PART I THEORY AND METHOD 1. Elaine Walster and G. William Walster (1975), ‘Equity and Social Justice’ 2. Amartya Sen (1983), ‘Poor, Relatively Speaking’ 3. N. Krieger, D.R. Williams and N.E. Moss (1997), ‘Measuring Social Class in US Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines’ 4. James G. Anderson (1973), ‘Causal Models and Social Indicators: Toward the Development of Social Systems Models’ 5. Martin Wachs and T. Gordon Kumagai (1973), ‘Physical Accessibility as a Social Indicator’ 6. Rae Zimmerman (1993), ‘Social Equity and Environmental Risk’ PART II SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7. Sharachchandra M. Lélé (1991), ‘Sustainable Development: A Critical Review’ 8. Caroline O.N. Moser (1998), ‘The Asset Vulnerability Framework: Reassessing Urban Poverty Reduction Strategies’ 9. John Friedmann (1979), ‘Basic Needs, Agropolitan Development, and Planning from Below’ 10. Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson (1997), ‘Are Compact Cities a Desirable Planning Goal?’ 11. Reid Ewing (1997), ‘Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?’ PART III AMENITIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 12. James S. Coleman (1988), ‘Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital’ 13. Gary S. Becker (1985), ‘Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor’ 14. Dan Black, Gary Gates, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor (2002), ‘Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco?’ 15. Richard Florida (2002), ‘The Economic Geography of Talent’ PART IV SPATIAL MISMATCH 16. John F. Kain (1968), ‘Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization’ 17. Douglas S. Massey (1990), ‘American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass’ 18. Susan Hanson and Geraldine Pratt (1991), ‘Job Search and the Occupational Segregation of Women’ 19. Reynolds Farley, Charlotte Steeh, Maria Krysan, Tara Jackson and Keith Reeves (1994), ‘Stereotypes and Segregation: Neighborhoods in the Detroit Area’ 20. David C. Hodge (1988), ‘Fiscal Equity in Urban Mass Transit Systems: A Geographic Analysis’ 21. Hugo Priemus (1995), ‘How to Abolish Social Housing? The Dutch Case’ PART V ALTERNATIVE PLANNING MODELS 22. Judith E. Innes (1996), ‘Planning Through Consensus Building: A New View of the Comprehensive Planning Ideal’ 23. Patsy Healey (1992), ‘A Planner’s Day: Knowledge and Action in Communicative Practice’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic research on corruption aims both to isolate the economic effects of quid pro quo deals between agents and third parties, and to suggest how legal and institutional reforms might curb harms and enhance benefits. In this comprehensive Handbook, top scholars in the field provide specially commissioned essays, both theoretical and empirical, exploring both types of research. The Handbook begins with an introductory essay by the editor, followed by two chapters written by leading exponents of cross-country research. However, the focus of the Handbook is on research at the micro level, where policy can be made and evaluated. These microeconomic studies fall into several overlapping categories. The first group includes studies that link corrupt incentives to institutional structures, particularly the organization of the state. The second draws implications from surveys of households or businesses and from controlled experiments. The third concentrates on particular sectors such as education, tax administration, public works, customs services, and pharmaceuticals. Finally, two chapters assess corruption in the transition away from socialism in Europe and Asia.Trade Review'This book gives a deep understanding of the subject of corruption and could prove a useful means of citing established research by high-ranking professors, in the defence of cross-border corruption trials.' -- Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer'The International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption is a comprehensive volume on the subject, which was first pioneered by the editor, Susan Rose-Ackerman. . . The work fills a significant gap in the literature on the economics of corruption. . . the volume is a must-have resource for economists studying corruption alone or as a facet of development or regulation.' -- Sara Hsu, Heterodox Economics Newsletter'. . . the volume is a must-have resource for economists studying corruption alone or as a facet of development or regulation.' -- Sara Hsu, Public Choice'This collection of articles offers a comprehensive assessment of the subtle but nevertheless pervasive economic infrastructure of corruption. It provides suitable core or adjunct reading for law school, graduate, and undergraduate courses on international economics, international relations and international law.' -- American Society of International LawTable of ContentsContents: Introduction and Overview Susan Rose-Ackerman PART I: CORRUPTION AND POOR GOVERNANCE AROUND THE WORLD 1. Causes and Consequences of Corruption: What Do We Know from a Cross-Section of Countries? Johann Graf Lambsdorff 2. Measuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi 3. Measuring Institutions Christopher Woodruff PART II: CORRUPTION AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 4. Bargaining for Bribes: The Role of Institutions Ray Fisman and Roberta Gatti 5. Democratic Institutions and Corruption: Incentives and Constraints in Politics Jana Kunicová 6. Decentralization, Corruption and Government Accountability Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee 7. Corruption, Hierarchies and Bureaucratic Structure Ajit Mishra 8. Determinants of Corruption in Developing Countries: The Limits of Conventional Economic Analysis Mushtaq H. Khan PART III: CORRUPTION IN THE TRANSITION FROM SOCIALISM 9. The Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Programs: Preliminary Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition Countries Alan Rousso and Franklin Steves 10. Corruption in China and Russia Compared: Different Legacies of Central Planning Jens Andvig PART IV: SURVEYS AND EXPERIMENTS 11. Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others? Jennifer Hunt 12. Corruption and the Demand for Regulating Capitalists Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch 13. Corruption in International Business Transactions: The Perspective of Norwegian Firms Tina Søreide 14. Laboratory Experiments on Corruption Klaus Abbink PART V: SECTORAL ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICIES 15. How Corruption Affects Service Delivery and What Can Be Done About It Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson 16. Corruption and the Management of Public Works in Italy Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci 17. Corruption in Tax Administration: Lessons from Institutional Reforms in Uganda Odd-Helge Fjeldstad 18. The Economics of Anti-Corruption: Lessons from a Widespread Customs Reform Dean Yang 19. Prescription for Abuse? Pharmaceutical Selection in Bulgarian Healthcare Patrick Meagher Index

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Book SynopsisIn this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the classic Leadership (1978), they tell the story of this intellectual venture and the conclusions and questions that arose from it.The early chapters describe how, in order to discuss an integrative theory, the group first wrestled with the nature of theory as well as basic aspects of the human condition that make leadership necessary and possible. They then tackle topics such as: the many faces of power woven into the leadership fabric; crucial elements of group dynamics and the leader-follower relationship; ethical issues lying at the heart of leadership; constructivist perspectives on leadership, causality, and social change; and the historical and cultural contexts that influence and are influenced by leadership. The book concludes with a commentary by Joanne Ciulla and an Afterword by James MacGregor Burns.The contributors' thorough coverage of leadership, as well as their approach to this unique undertaking, will be of great interest to leaders, students and scholars of leadership.Trade Review'This book represents a most robust look at the study of leadership while representing multiple disciplines in a "quest" to find agreement about leadership and theory.' -- Russ Volckmann, International Leadership ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Quest for a Grand Theory of Leadership J. Thomas Wren 2. Leadership and the Human Condition Michael Harvey 3. The Theory and Metatheory of Leadership: The Important but Contested Nature of Theory Mark C. Walker 4. Power Michael Harvey 5. Leader–Follower Relations: Group Dynamics and the Role of Leadership Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio 6. A Framework for a General Theory of Leadership Ethics Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks 7. Causality, Change and Leadership Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto 8. A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New Territory Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson 9. Contemplating Context J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier 10. What We Learned Along the Way: A Commentary Joanne B. Ciulla 11. Afterword James MacGregor Burns Index

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Book SynopsisThis major book presents case studies of ten small country national systems of innovation (NSIs) in Europe and Asia, namely, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan. These cases have been carefully selected as examples of success within the context of globalization and as 'new economies' where competition is increasingly based on innovation. To facilitate comparative analysis the ten studies follow a common structure, informed by an activities-based approach to describing and analysing NSIs, which addresses the critical issues of globalization and the consequences of innovation for economic performance. The final chapter compares 'fast growth' and 'slow growth' countries, concentrating on issues of innovation policy. The results illustrate the usefulness of an activities-based approach to studying NSIs, point to distinctive national roles within an increasingly differentiated international division of labour and address the key themes of 'selectivity' and 'coordination' in innovation policy.This valuable book presents one of the most significant, comprehensive and comparative country studies of NSIs in the last decade. It will have great import and should be widely read by every serious student and scholar of innovation studies.Trade Review'What are the challenges that small countries face concerning innovation and what are the effects of globalization on their innovation systems? In this very interesting, rich and timely book, Edquist and Hommen compare ten different small national innovation systems from the Asia Pacific and Northern Europe that are rather advanced in their development. The answers that the authors give are convincing and relate not only to the unique characteristics of each national system that shapes innovative activity, but also to some commonalities that exist across these countries.' -- Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Comparing National Systems of Innovation in Asia and Europe: Theory and Comparative Framework Charles Edquist and Leif Hommen PART I: FAST GROWTH COUNTRIES 2. The Rise and Growth of a Policy-driven Economy: Taiwan Antonio Balaguer, Yu-Ling Luo, Min-Hua Tsai, Shih-Chang Hung, Yee-Yeen Chu, Feng-Shang Wu, Mu-Yen Hsu and Kung Wang 3. From Technology Adopter to Innovator: Singapore Poh Kam Wong and Annette Singh 4. Towards Knowledge Generation with Bipolarization NSI: Korea Chaisung Lim 5. High Growth and Innovation with Low R&D: Ireland Eoin O’Malley, Nola Hewitt-Dundas and Stephen Roper 6. From Trade Hub to Innovation Hub: Hong Kong Naubahar Sharif and Erik Baark PART II: SLOW GROWTH COUNTRIES 7. Reconsidering the Paradox of High R&D Input and Low Innovation: Sweden Pierre Bitard, Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen and Annika Rickne 8. Low Innovation Intensity, High Growth and Specialized Trajectories: Norway Terje Grønning, Svein Erik Moen and Dorothy Sutherland Olsen 9. Challenged Leadership or Renewed Vitality? The Netherlands Bart Verspagen 10. Not Just Nokia: Finland Ville Kaitila and Markku Kotilainen 11. An NSI in Transition? Denmark Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, Birgitte Gregersen, Björn Johnson, Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Mark Tomlinson 12. Globalization and Innovation Policy Leif Hommen and Charles Edquist Appendix: Statistical Bases of Comparison for Ten ‘Small Country’ NSI Pierre Bitard, Leif Hommen and Jekaterina Novikova Index

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Book SynopsisThis major book presents case studies of ten small country national systems of innovation (NSIs) in Europe and Asia, namely, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan. These cases have been carefully selected as examples of success within the context of globalization and as 'new economies' where competition is increasingly based on innovation. To facilitate comparative analysis the ten studies follow a common structure, informed by an activities-based approach to describing and analysing NSIs, which addresses the critical issues of globalization and the consequences of innovation for economic performance. The final chapter compares 'fast growth' and 'slow growth' countries, concentrating on issues of innovation policy. The results illustrate the usefulness of an activities-based approach to studying NSIs, point to distinctive national roles within an increasingly differentiated international division of labour and address the key themes of 'selectivity' and 'coordination' in innovation policy.This valuable book presents one of the most significant, comprehensive and comparative country studies of NSIs in the last decade. It will have great import and should be widely read by every serious student and scholar of innovation studies.Trade Review'What are the challenges that small countries face concerning innovation and what are the effects of globalization on their innovation systems? In this very interesting, rich and timely book, Edquist and Hommen compare ten different small national innovation systems from the Asia Pacific and Northern Europe that are rather advanced in their development. The answers that the authors give are convincing and relate not only to the unique characteristics of each national system that shapes innovative activity, but also to some commonalities that exist across these countries.' -- Franco Malerba, Bocconi University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Comparing National Systems of Innovation in Asia and Europe: Theory and Comparative Framework Charles Edquist and Leif Hommen PART I: FAST GROWTH COUNTRIES 2. The Rise and Growth of a Policy-driven Economy: Taiwan Antonio Balaguer, Yu-Ling Luo, Min-Hua Tsai, Shih-Chang Hung, Yee-Yeen Chu, Feng-Shang Wu, Mu-Yen Hsu and Kung Wang 3. From Technology Adopter to Innovator: Singapore Poh Kam Wong and Annette Singh 4. Towards Knowledge Generation with Bipolarization NSI: Korea Chaisung Lim 5. High Growth and Innovation with Low R&D: Ireland Eoin O’Malley, Nola Hewitt-Dundas and Stephen Roper 6. From Trade Hub to Innovation Hub: Hong Kong Naubahar Sharif and Erik Baark PART II: SLOW GROWTH COUNTRIES 7. Reconsidering the Paradox of High R&D Input and Low Innovation: Sweden Pierre Bitard, Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen and Annika Rickne 8. Low Innovation Intensity, High Growth and Specialized Trajectories: Norway Terje Grønning, Svein Erik Moen and Dorothy Sutherland Olsen 9. Challenged Leadership or Renewed Vitality? The Netherlands Bart Verspagen 10. Not Just Nokia: Finland Ville Kaitila and Markku Kotilainen 11. An NSI in Transition? Denmark Jesper Lindgaard Christensen, Birgitte Gregersen, Björn Johnson, Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Mark Tomlinson 12. Globalization and Innovation Policy Leif Hommen and Charles Edquist Appendix: Statistical Bases of Comparison for Ten ‘Small Country’ NSI Pierre Bitard, Leif Hommen and Jekaterina Novikova Index

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Book SynopsisThe changing face of infrastructure facilities management worldwide is characterised by high demand for investments in renewal and maintenance, governmental budget constraints and innovations in information systems. The authors highlight the growing demand for accurate, complete and continuous disclosure of information related to management activities, expenditures, stock availability and shadow prices. This study discusses how infrastructure facilities, commonly considered as a public good, have been traditionally funded by the public sector but that the efficiency of this approach has come into question at the same time as the ability of governments to leverage funds for new facilities and for maintenance and rehabilitation of existing ones has decreased. These factors, they argue, have led to increasing interest in private sector participation in financing, building and operating public infrastructure.The main purpose of this book is to: present recent theoretical and practical advances as well as new concepts and paradigms in infrastructure systems provide a state-of-the-art overview of current research stimulate new research and innovative thinking on the interface between infrastructure measurement and management. The book, written by numerous experts in the field, will appeal to national and regional infrastructure ministries and agencies, companies engaged in infrastructure financing, construction, management and maintenance as well as students at graduate level and above and researchers in civil engineering, infrastructure planning and infrastructure economics and management.Trade Review'The book offers numerous insights into several aspects of the issues addressed, and whose incorporation into the design of such a framework would be very worthwhile.' -- Erik Verhoef, Scienze Regionali'. . . the papers in The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure collectively advance theories and models for infrastructure management. . . It will be a good addition to the toolbox of researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the fields of transportation economics, engineering, and infrastructure management.' -- Bumsoo Lee, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Infrastructure Measurement and Management: An Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, William P. Anderson and Kiyoshi Kobayashi PART I: PRODUCTIVITY OF INFRASTUCTURE 2. Contextual Determinants of Transport Infrastructure Productivity: The Case for a New Modelling Strategy T.R. Lakshmanan and William P. Anderson 3. Aggregate Productivity Effects of Road Investment: A Reassessment for Western Europe Andreas Kopp 4. Infrastructure, Labour Market Accessibility and Economic Development Börje Johansson and Johan Klaesson 5. Productivities of Infrastructure with Spillover Effects: A Study of Japan Makoto Tsukai, Ryo Ejiri, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Makoto Okumura 6. Improving Contracts for the Provision and Maintenance of Transport Infrastructure: The Output Measurement Problem Roger Vickerman 7. Infrastructure and Productivity: What are the Underlying Mechanisms? William P. Anderson and T.R. Lakshmanan PART II: INFRASTUCTURE MANAGEMENT 8. Options and Infrastructure System Development Jonathan L. Gifford 9. An Optimal Estimation and Control Framework for the Management of Infrastructure Facilities Pablo L. Durango-Cohen 10. User Charges for Infrastructure Maintenance Costs: A Comparison of Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Piet Rietveld, Frank R. Bruinsma and Mark J. Koetse 11. A Study on Prospective Maintenance of Road Facilities with an Asset Management Approach Hiroaki Sato 12. Towards an Optimization of Track Maintenance and Renewal Policies with Network Capacity Development Yves Putallaz, Emile Quinet and Robert Rivier 13. Sensitivity of Long-term Pavement Deformation to Initial Quality Variables and its Implications for Lifecycle Management Rabi G. Mishalani and Ashutosh Kumar PART III: ASSET MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING 14. Formulating an Infrastructure Accounting System: Accounting Information and Implications for Economic Growth Muneta Yokomatsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Ryo Ejiri 15. Infrastructure Accounting Systems: Issues and a Perspective Ryo Ejiri 16. Robust Maintenance Policies for Infrastructure Systems under Model Uncertainty Kenneth D. Kuhn and Samer M. Madanat 17. Decentralized Life-cycle Cost Evaluation and Aggregated Efficiency Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Kenneth D. Kuhn 18. Road Capital Accounting Berth Jonsson Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores globalisation and the war on terror in a world that is becoming increasingly and significantly polarised and in which dialogue is undermined. The authors contend that citizenship does not obey a static definition, and that its meaning is located in changing economic, social and political contexts. Equally, civil, political and social rights are continually being politically defined. The war on terror has, the book argues, influenced issues of civil liberties and prioritised the need for 'security' over and above the protection of human rights: it has redefined the meaning of the rule of law.This wide-ranging collection of original papers explores the link between globalisation, citizenship and the war on terror. Drawing on principles and ideas from their individual areas of expertise, the contributors illustrate how the processes of globalisation and the war on terror are shaping and defining citizenship both globally and within nation states. They go on to examine the nature of globalisation and the war on terror via theoretical frameworks, analysis of current issues and by reflecting on existing literature and past events.Seeking to connect the war on terror with issues of racism, resisitance, global poverty and forms of organised violence and social control, this book will provide a stimulating, thought-provoking read for scholars of a wider range of research fields including international business, politics, criminology, sociology and development studies.Trade Review'This is an important book. We are entering a new era. Mainstream politics has become decadent. We need to think afresh. This book helps that complicated process.' -- The Rt Hon Clare Short MPTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Maurice Mullard and Bankole A. Cole PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS 2. Discourse Analysis and the War on Terror Michael S. Drake 3. History’s Actors: Insights into the ‘War on Terror’ from International Relations Theory Colin Tyler 4. The Polanyian Image Reversed: Globalisation and Economic Citizenship in the New Great Transformation Terrence Casey 5. Citizenship, Globalisation and the Politics of the War on Terror Maurice Mullard PART II: ISSUES 6. Citizenship After the Death of the Public Sphere Stefan Skrimshire 7. Citizenship, Rights and Tony Blair’s Doctrine of International Community Colin Tyler 8. The Politics of Globalisation and the War on Terror Simon Lee 9. Building Institutions for Freedom: The Economic Dimension of the ‘War on Terror’ Simon Lee 10. Globalisation, Terror and the Future of ‘Development’: Citizenship Beyond Bare Life? Su-ming Khoo 11. Globalisation, Surveillance and the ‘War’ on Terror Michael McCahill PART III: REFLECTIONS 12. Elias, Organised Violence and Terrorism Tony Ward and Peter Young 13. The Oppressive Discourse of Global Exclusion: The ‘War on Terror’ as a War on Difference and Freedom Andrew Robinson 14. Power, Resistance and ‘Anti-Globalisation’ Movements in the Context of the ‘War on Terror’ Michael S. Drake 15. Beyond the Bliss of the New Consumer Society and the New Dark Times Maurice Mullard Index

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Book SynopsisThe provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and emerging food risks and to environmental concerns. This book examines these challenges. Translating recent innovative thinking in the social sciences - as seen in the work of Manuel Castells and John Urry amongst others - to the world of food, this book reviews the challenges facing global food governance and the innovative regulatory arrangements that are being introduced by different governments, NGOs and private companies. The analysis includes case-studies on the European BSE crisis, GM-food regulation, salmon and shrimp farming and food labelling. The author highlights how contemporary governance arrangements also have to acknowledge increasing consumer demand for food produced with care for the environment, animal welfare and social justice. Developing and implementing adequate global food governance arrangements therefore demands the active involvement of private firms, consumers, and civil society organisations with national governments.Peter Oosterveer's book will appeal to scholars - postgraduate and above - involved in industrial organization, agricultural studies and environmental sciences as well as those with an interest in the globalisation and governance of this important and topical area.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Current Debates on Global Food Governance 3. Studying the Governance of Flows of Food in the Global Network Society: A Conceptual Framework 4. Governments and the Governance of Food 5. Reinventing Risk Politics: Reflexive Modernity and the BSE Crisis 6. Governing Genetically Modified Food in the Global Network Society 7. Turning Blue into Green? 8. Environmental Governance of Global Food Flows: Labelling as New Arrangements? 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is an examination of a neglected form of scientific corruption - corruption by political attachment to noble causes.We are used to hearing that economic interests have corrupted scientific findings, but the possibility that science might be corrupted by noble causes is largely overlooked. This book shows that this danger is real, that values can often lead to poor science, and that we are more likely to accept lower quality science when it lends support to our political preferences. Using the examples of biodiversity and climate science and the attack on Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist on these two issues, Aynsley Kellow reveals how the reliance of environmental science on mathematical models and the infusion of values into its conduct have produced a preference for virtual over observational data. It argues that both sides of politics are capable of exerting such an influence, but suggests some reasons why those on the political Left seem to be more prone to do so at present, to the detriment of public policy.Science and Public Policy is a unique and challenging book. It does not argue that any one political persuasion exerts a corrupting influence on science policy, instead it makes extensive use of peer-reviewed literature to explore scientific controversies and the role of politics in them.This fascinating book will appeal to high-level general readers as well as to scholars and researchers at all levels of academe working in environmental politics and policy; and science policy.Trade Review'Crusading environmentalists won't like this book. Nor will George W. Bush. Its potential market lies between these extremes. It explores the hijacking of science by people grinding axes on behalf of noble causes. "Noble cause corruption" is a term invented by the police to justify fitting up people they "know" to be guilty, but for whom they can't muster forensic evidence that would satisfy a jury. Kellow demonstrates convincingly, and entertainingly, that this form of corruption can be found at the centre of most environmental debates. Highly recommended reading for everyone who doesn't already know who is guilty.' -- John Adams, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Political Ecology of Pseudonovibos Spiralis and the Virtuous Corruption of Virtual Science 2. The Political Ecology of Conservation Biology 3. Climate Science as ‘Post-normal’ Science 4. Defending the Litany: The Attack on The Skeptical Environmentalist 5. Sound Science and Political Science 6. Science and its Social and Political Context Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the post-Enron era, corporate corruption has increasingly featured on the research agenda. This informative book provides a novel approach by charting the actual causes of corruption. This highly topical volume demonstrates how agency (the decisions and choices of individuals) and structure (the contextual pressures in the business environment) can interact to result in the rapid escalation of corporate crime and corruption. By analysing and describing the social-psychological dimensions of this escalation, the book prescribes preventive measures that can be adapted and implemented by business organizations. Loaded with case studies and prospective solutions, Charting Corporate Corruption will be valuable to post-graduates studying business ethics, sociology and psychology, and to researchers seeking new theories and concepts in this field.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Enigma of Corporate Corruption 1. ‘Bad Apple’ Approaches to Organizational Corruption 2. Rationalization, Self-Deception and Corruption 3. ‘When Giants Stumble’: Agency, Rationalization and the Ruin of Barings Bank 4. ‘Bad Barrel’ Perspectives on Corporate Corruption 5. Environmental Pressures Towards Corruption 6. Structure and the 2002 Accounting Scandals 7. The Escalation of Corruption in Organizations 9. Conclusion: Individuals, Organizations and the Political Economy of the Firm References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection of original papers explores the vital but largely unrecognized connections between leadership and dissent. In an era when leadership failures can mean homelessness and even death for countless flood victims, losses of life savings for employees of bankrupt corporations, civilian deaths and ravaged societies in the Middle East and incalculable suffering among refugees in central Africa, the studies presented here offer analysis and correctives based on new understandings of the dissent-leadership relationship.The book examines how dissent is implicated in problems plaguing theory development in leadership studies. Topics explored within this framework include dissent in corporate discourses of control, real and manufactured crises, cross-generational perceptions, women leaders' personal and work lives, the professionalization of journalism, religious institutions, activist public relations and fear-based cultures. It concludes with new proposals for legitimating dissent as a unique instrument for advancing social development and avoiding failures of leadership.Examining dissent as the critical factor that differentiates leadership failures and successes from interdisciplinary perspectives, this illuminating book will be of great interest to advanced students and teachers of leadership studies, as well as corporate executives, policymakers and other leaders aware of the need to improve leadership practices.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Troubles with Leadership Stephen P. Banks 2. Varieties of Dissent Brian Martin 3. Dissent in Times of Crisis Jean Lipman-Blumen 4. Dissent and the Generational Divide Stephanie Hamel and Ruth Guzley 5. Organizational Totalitarianism and the Voices of Dissent Howard F. Stein 6. Leading, Dissenting and Public Relations Stephen P. Banks 7. Women, Leadership and Dissent Patrice M. Buzzanell, Rebecca Meisenbach and Robyn Remke 8. Resistance, Dissent and Leadership in Practice Gail T. Fairhurst and Heather Zoller 9. Press Professionalization, Corporate Rationalization and the Management of Dissent David S. Allen 10. The Sanctity of Dissent Paul Toscano 11. Elevating Dissent and Transcending Fear-based Culture at War and at Work George Cheney and Daniel J. Lair 12. Making a Place for the Practice of Dissenting Robyn Penman 13. Afterword: The Promise of Dissent for Leaders Stephen P. Banks Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors of this timely book investigate various forms and measures of corruption, examine whether corruption is more acute in Persian Gulf countries than elsewhere, and illustrate the unique forms it takes in oil- and natural gas-rich economies. They also analyze the major factors that promote corrupt practices and how they impact economic growth and social development. While corruption is globally pervasive and adversely affects the interests of citizens worldwide, it has perhaps received the most notoriety in developing countries that have an abundance of mineral deposits. Among these developing countries, the oil-exporting countries of the Persian Gulf have received a significant amount of this attention in the popular media. This book argues that for intergenerational equity to be preserved while exploiting oil and gas reserves, other forms of capital must replace their depletion to preserve a constant capital stock. Corruption, wasteful expenditures - such as spending on armament and war - and even productive expenditures - those that enrich individual segments of society - rob much of the world's population. The authors conclude the book by offering a radical solution for containing corruption in natural resource-rich countries. This timely and thought-provoking work will resonate within the academic and business worlds alike. Those interested in Middle Eastern studies, the Persian Gulf, multinational corporations, corporate governance efforts and private NGOs will find this book of particular importance.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Corruption in the Persian Gulf 2. Islamic Teachings and Corruption 3. A Review of the Causes and Consequences of Corruption 5. The Impact of Oil and Gas Dependency on Corruption 6. Corruption, Economic Growth and the Petroleum Sector in the Persian Gulf 7. Addressing Corruption, the Natural Resource Curse and Intergenerational Equity in the Persian Gulf References Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic research on corruption aims both to isolate the economic effects of quid pro quo deals between agents and third parties, and to suggest how legal and institutional reforms might curb harms and enhance benefits. In this comprehensive Handbook, top scholars in the field provide specially commissioned essays, both theoretical and empirical, exploring both types of research. The Handbook begins with an introductory essay by the editor, followed by two chapters written by leading exponents of cross-country research. However, the focus of the Handbook is on research at the micro level, where policy can be made and evaluated. These microeconomic studies fall into several overlapping categories. The first group includes studies that link corrupt incentives to institutional structures, particularly the organization of the state. The second draws implications from surveys of households or businesses and from controlled experiments. The third concentrates on particular sectors such as education, tax administration, public works, customs services, and pharmaceuticals. Finally, two chapters assess corruption in the transition away from socialism in Europe and Asia.Trade Review'This book gives a deep understanding of the subject of corruption and could prove a useful means of citing established research by high-ranking professors, in the defence of cross-border corruption trials.' -- Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer'The International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption is a comprehensive volume on the subject, which was first pioneered by the editor, Susan Rose-Ackerman. . . The work fills a significant gap in the literature on the economics of corruption. . . the volume is a must-have resource for economists studying corruption alone or as a facet of development or regulation.' -- Sara Hsu, Heterodox Economics Newsletter'. . . the volume is a must-have resource for economists studying corruption alone or as a facet of development or regulation.' -- Sara Hsu, Public Choice'This collection of articles offers a comprehensive assessment of the subtle but nevertheless pervasive economic infrastructure of corruption. It provides suitable core or adjunct reading for law school, graduate, and undergraduate courses on international economics, international relations and international law.' -- American Society of International LawTable of ContentsContents: Introduction and Overview Susan Rose-Ackerman PART I: CORRUPTION AND POOR GOVERNANCE AROUND THE WORLD 1. Causes and Consequences of Corruption: What Do We Know from a Cross-Section of Countries? Johann Graf Lambsdorff 2. Measuring Governance Using Cross-Country Perceptions Data Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi 3. Measuring Institutions Christopher Woodruff PART II: CORRUPTION AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE 4. Bargaining for Bribes: The Role of Institutions Ray Fisman and Roberta Gatti 5. Democratic Institutions and Corruption: Incentives and Constraints in Politics Jana Kunicová 6. Decentralization, Corruption and Government Accountability Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee 7. Corruption, Hierarchies and Bureaucratic Structure Ajit Mishra 8. Determinants of Corruption in Developing Countries: The Limits of Conventional Economic Analysis Mushtaq H. Khan PART III: CORRUPTION IN THE TRANSITION FROM SOCIALISM 9. The Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Programs: Preliminary Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition Countries Alan Rousso and Franklin Steves 10. Corruption in China and Russia Compared: Different Legacies of Central Planning Jens Andvig PART IV: SURVEYS AND EXPERIMENTS 11. Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others? Jennifer Hunt 12. Corruption and the Demand for Regulating Capitalists Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch 13. Corruption in International Business Transactions: The Perspective of Norwegian Firms Tina Søreide 14. Laboratory Experiments on Corruption Klaus Abbink PART V: SECTORAL ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICIES 15. How Corruption Affects Service Delivery and What Can Be Done About It Ritva Reinikka and Jakob Svensson 16. Corruption and the Management of Public Works in Italy Miriam Golden and Lucio Picci 17. Corruption in Tax Administration: Lessons from Institutional Reforms in Uganda Odd-Helge Fjeldstad 18. The Economics of Anti-Corruption: Lessons from a Widespread Customs Reform Dean Yang 19. Prescription for Abuse? Pharmaceutical Selection in Bulgarian Healthcare Patrick Meagher Index

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Book SynopsisThis exciting Handbook offers a broad perspective on the intriguing phenomena of power, influence and politics in the modern workplace, their meaning for individuals, groups and other organizational stakeholders, and their effect on organizational outcomes and performances. The contributorsillustrate the fact that organizational politics has many facets and definitions, all relating to the use of personal or aggregate power in influencing others and better achieving goals in the workplace. However, politics in organizations is difficult to study, as neither employees nor management are keen to divulge the political secrets and dynamics that help them to promote their own ideas and goals and to advance in the workplace. In the face of this challenge, the Handbook presents a comprehensive collection of original studies and theoretical discussions from across the globe. Providing a starting point for new research in the area, issues dealt with include: politics, personality and leadership ethics, fairness and prospects of trust in workplace politics organizational politics and employees' well-being strategy, change and decision-making as a political process human resource management and consulting in a political sphere. Offering a fresh and up-to-date take on the topic, this highly original Handbook will be a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of management and organizational behavior. The wide range of perspectives presented in this book, written by some of the leading scholars and researchers in the field, will also be invaluable to practitioners in management and to individuals in organizations who require a better understanding of the meaning of power and influence in the modern workplace.Table of ContentsContents: Preface: Challenges and New Frontiers for Organizational Politics in Modern Worksites Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Amos Drory PART I: THE INDIVIDUAL’S PERSPECTIVE: POLITICS, PERSONALITY, AND LEADERSHIP 1. Organizational Politics, Leadership and Performance in Modern Public Worksites: A Theoretical Framework Eran Vigoda-Gadot and Yinnon Dryzin-Amit 2. Agreeableness and Extraversion as Moderators of the Political Influence Compatability–Work Outcomes Relationship John P. Meriac and Peter D. Villanova 3. Personality and Politics Perceptions: A New Conceptualization and Illustration Using OCBs Christopher C. Rosen, Chu-Hsiang Chang and Paul E. Levy 4. Antecedents, Processes and Outcomes of Collective (Group-Level) Politics in Organizations Keith James 5. The Politics of Impression Management in Organizations: Contextual Effects Amos Drory and Nurit Zaidman PART II: ETHICS AND JUSTICE: VALUES, FAIRNESS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR TRUST IN WORKPLACE POLITICS 6. Organizational Politics, Definition and Ethics Chris Provis 7. The Direct and Indirect Influence of Organizational Politics on Organizational Support, Trust and Commitment Simon Albrecht 8. Politics as Determinant of Fairness Perceptions in Organizations Constant D. Beugré and Patrick R. Liverpool PART III: EMOTIONS AND STRESS: ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND EMPLOYEES’ WELL-BEING 9. Organizational Politics and Workplace Stress Russell Cropanzano and Andrew Li 10. The Emotion of Politics and the Politics of Emotions: Affective and Cognitive Reactions to Politics as a Stressor Yongmei Liu, Gerald R. Ferris, Darren C. Treadway, Melita L. Prati, Pamela L. Perrewé and Wayne A. Hochwarter 11. The Strain-Related Reactions to Perceptions of Organizational Politics as a Workplace Stressor: Political Skills as a Neutralizer Robyn L. Brouer, Gerald R. Ferris, Wayne A. Hochwarter, Mary Dana Laird and David C. Gilmore PART IV: SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE: STRATEGY, CHANGE AND DECISION MAKING AS A POLITICAL PROCESS 12. A Micro-Political Perspective of Strategic Management Jane Gunn and Stephen Chen 13. Organizational Politics: Affective Reactions, Cognitive Assessments and their Influence on Organizational Commitment and Cynicism Toward Change Simon Albrecht 14. The Relationship Between Perceptions of Politics, Social Support, Withdrawal and Performance Jonathan R.B. Halbesleben and Anthony R. Wheeler 15. Competing Perspectives on the Role of Understanding in the Politics Perceptions–Job Performance Relationship: A Test of the ‘Antidote’ versus ‘Distraction’ Hypotheses Wayne A. Hochwarter, Robert W. Kolodinsky, Lawrence A. Witt, Angela T. Hall, Gerald R. Ferris and Michele K. Kacmar 16. The Symbiosis of Organizational Politics and Organizational Democracy David Butcher and Martin Clarke PART V: THE PROFESSIONALS’ PERSPECTIVE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT 17. Speaking Truth to Power: Three Perspectives on Consultation Robert T. Golembiewski 18. Twelve Foundations for the Power Position of Consultants Astrid I. Boogers-van Griethuijsen, Ben J.M. Emans, Janka I. Stoker and Arndt M. Sorge 19. Organizational Politics: Building Positive Political Strategies in Turbulent Times Ronnie Kurchner-Hawkins and Rima Miller Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent times, research on trust has become a major field in the domain of management and in the social sciences as a whole.The Handbook of Trust Research presents a timely and comprehensive account of the most important work undertaken in this lively and emerging field over the past ten to fifteen years. Presenting a broad range of approaches to issues on trust, the Handbook features 22 articles from a variety of disciplines on the study of trust in both organizational and societal contexts. With contributions from some of the most eminent names in the field of trust research, this international collaboration is an imaginative and informative reference tool to aid research in this engaging area for years to come. The Handbook contributes to an area of key importance to almost every aspect of business and society and, in particular, it will appeal to students and scholars of organization theory, strategy and organizational psychology.Trade Review'This Handbook helps scholars account for more nuances and complications of the phenomenon of trust. But it is also a firm, intelligent reminder not to mutilate the phenomenon while crafting those accounts.' -- Karl E. Weick, Academy of Management Review'Given the number of special issues and other empirical articles devoted to trust, a handbook to record the state of trust research (both conceptual and empirical) seems timely. . . this Handbook provides a collection of essays about different aspects, components, and qualities of trust, as well as differing perspectives on trust. . . The editors and authors seem to have delivered on their stated purposes, and the reader can approach the Handbook as a whole, or as separate parts that focus on a particular level of inquiry. . . The book is a primary resource for those who conduct trust research.' -- Joann Keyton, Academy of Management Review'Bachmann and Zaheer's volume is well timed. Along with its valuable inventory of trust research, the Handbook is commendable for representing a true transnational collaboration that brings research from a range of European and North American scholars under one roof.' -- Ranjay Gulati, Academy of Management ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Reinhard Bachmann and Akbar Zaheer PART I: MICRO OR INDIVIDUAL LEVEL 1. Three Fundamental Questions Regarding Trust in Leaders Kurt T. Dirks 2. Reflections on an Initial Trust-Building Model D. Harrison McKnight and Norman L. Chervany 3. Can Groups be Trusted? An Experimental Study of Trust in Collective Entities Bill McEvily, Roberto A. Weber, Cristina Bicchieri and Violet T. Ho 4. Trust as Situated Cognition: An Ecological Perspective on Trust Decisions Roderick M. Kramer PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL OR INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL 5. Trust in the Balance: How Managers Integrate Trust-Building and Task Control Chris P. Long and Sim B. Sitkin 6. Opportunism, Trust and Knowledge: The Management of Firm Value and the Value of Firm Management Anoop Madhok 7. Trust, Transaction Cost Economics, and Mechanisms Philip Bromiley and Jared Harris 8. Relying on Trust in Cooperative Inter-Organizational Relationships Andrew H. Van de Ven and Peter Smith Ring 9. The Dark Side of Trust Martin Gargiulo and Gokhan Ertug 10. Trust, Codification and Epistemic Communities: Implementing an Expert System in the French Steel Industry Richard Arena, Nathalie Lazaric and Edward Lorenz 11. Trust Attitudes, Network Tightness and Organizational Survival: An Integrative Framework and Simulation Model Arjen van Witteloostuijn and Marc van Wegberg 12. Learning About Contracts: Trust, Cooperation and Contract Law Simon Deakin PART III: CROSS-LEVEL APPROACHES 13. On the Complexity of Organizational Trust: A Multi-Level Co-Evolutionary Perspective and Guidelines for Future Research Steven C. Currall and Andrew C. Inkpen 14. Forms, Sources and Processes of Trust Bart Nooteboom 15. Levels of Inter-Organizational Trust: Conceptualization and Measurement Martyna Janowicz and Niels Noorderhaven 16. Does Trust Still Matter? Research on the Role of Trust in Inter-Organizational Exchange Bill McEvily and Akbar Zaheer PART IV: TRUST AT THE LEVEL OF SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY 17. An Ethical Analysis of the Trust Relationship Sanjay Banerjee, Norman E. Bowie and Carla Pavone 18. Trust and Markets Jens Beckert 19. The Economics of Trust Mark Casson and Marina Della Giusta 20. Trust, Institutions, Agency: Towards a Neoinstitutional Theory of Trust Guido Möllering 21. How Can Systems Trust Systems? A Structuration Perspective on Trust-Building in Inter-Organizational Relations Jörg Sydow 22. Trust and/or Power: Towards a Sociological Theory of Organizational Relationships Reinhard Bachmann Index

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Book SynopsisCorruption in organizations is creating an increasing number of victims and causing huge costs. This timely book brings together international researchers who address the causes and consequences of corruption in organizations and the action needed to reduce levels of corruption worldwide. Corruption is a worldwide problem and is likely to increase as a result of the current economic meltdown. Specific attention is devoted to causes of corruption such as individual levels of moral development, moral disengagement, greed, the routinisation of corruption, and organizational factors such as conflicts of interest, reward systems and organizational cultural values. The Companion suggests methods and examples to reduce levels of corruption that include education and training, whistleblowing, the increase of organizational controls through rules and structure, and developing an ethical organizational culture.Academics and postgraduate students interested in both crime and corruption in organizations will warmly welcome the Companion. Policymakers in government, those involved in professional services such as accountants and lawyers, as well as managers of any organization interested in conducting ethical business will find the Companion invaluable.Trade Review'This is a very timely book. The coverage it gives to the topic is superb. The individual, organisational and institutional causes of corruption are laid out along with analyses of the choices that we all have to make to deal with its consequences. In these times of increased scouting of corporate behaviour, there is something to learn here for policy makers, corporate leaders and researchers alike.' -- Paul Sparrow, Lancaster University, UK'Ronald Burke and Cary Cooper have assembled the most comprehensive volume of work available today on the topic of organizational corruption. However, the volume is far-reaching in more than just its content. In addition to attracting some of the most widely-read scholars in the area, Burke and Cooper have found space for a number of bright new voices - and thus, insights - as well. This makes for a volume that is as vibrant and exciting as it is complete. Scholars not only should read it, they will enjoy doing so.' -- Marshall Schminke, University of Central Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Corruption in Organizations: Causes, Consequences and Choices Ronald J. Burke PART I: CAUSES OF CORRUPTION 1. Greed Ronald J. Burke 2. Individual and Organizational Antecedents of Misconduct in Organizations: What do we (believe that we) know, and on what bases do we (believe that we) know it? Joel Lefkowitz 3. Research on Corruption and Unethical Behavior in Organizations: The Use of Conjoint Analysis Robert Folger, Robert Pritchard, Rebecca L. Greenbaum and Deborah DiazGranados 4. The Escalation of Corruption in Organizations Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos and Peter Fleming PART II: CONSEQUENCES OF CORRUPTION 5. Labour Relations and Ethical Dilemmas of Extractive MNEs in Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia Gabriel Eweje 6. On the Corruption of Scientists: The Influence of Field, Environment, and Personality Michael D. Mumford, Alison L. Antes, Cheryl Beeler and Jay J. Caughron PART III: INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHOICES 7. A Comparative Perspective on Corruption: Kantian, Utilitarian or Virtue? Rosa Chun 8. Ethical Leadership R. Edward Freeman, Brian Moriarty and Lisa A. Stewart 9. Corruption, Outrage and Whistleblowing Brian Martin 10. Organizational Responses to Allegations of Corporate Corruption Vikas Anand, Alan Ellstrand, Aparna Rajagopalan and Mahendra Joshi 11. Reducing Employee Theft: Weighing the Evidence on Intervention Effectiveness Edward C. Tomlinson 12. Corporate Ethical Codes as a Vehicle of Reducing Corruption in Organizations Betsy Stevens 13. Transparency International: Global Franchising and the War of Information Against Corruption Luís de Sousa and Peter Larmour 14. Canadian Corporate Corruption L.S. Rosen Index

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Book SynopsisAs the Arab Spring continues to work through changes, the Occupy Movement is agitating for change and many are looking for alternatives in the face of global financial and political challenges, community organising offers a realistic way forward for many communities: a tried and tested way of improving people’s lives. This book is the first to explore the diverse history of community organising, telling stories of how it developed, its successes and failures, and the lessons that can be applied today. It analyses contemporary examples of practice from the USA, UK, India, South Africa, Cambodia and Australia against both wider theoretical frameworks and their ability to contribute to sustainable social change. It will be useful for a wide range of practitioners, students and researchers engaged in the struggle to develop new ways of doing community.Trade Review"As a long time community organizer working internationally with ACORN International, we have been waiting eagerly for Beck and Purcell's book. Community organizations are gaining important and potentially powerful footholds all over the globe, and Beck and Purcell's book is going to be at the front of every organizer's shelf in trying to understand this phenomena, avoid the easy mistakes, and face the critical challenges. Thanks in advance!" Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer & Founder, ACORN International“Community organising has come centre stage, promoted from varying perspectives - governments seeking to manage and social movements, including trade union organisations, seeking to challenge manifestations of social inequality and social injustice. This book will be particularly valuable in this context, stimulating reflection on differing experiences of community organising internationally.” Professor Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths University of London"This is an impressive and much needed analysis of community organising internationally. It is a timely reminder of an activity that can effectively challenge the politically and economically powerful organisations that oppress communities everywhere." Professor Keith Popple, London South Bank University.Table of ContentsSection 1 - Context: Urban development, growth of slums and marginalised communities, climate change and sustainability; Wellbeing and quality of life; Section 2 - Theory: Saul Alinsky and the early years of community organising; Gramsci, Freire and Community Organising; Power and Organisation Building; Section 3 - Case Studies: Case Study Methodology; Case Studies - USA; Case Studies - UK; Case Studies - India; Case Studies - South Africa; Case Studies - Australia; Section 4 - Analysis and Implications: Analysis; Implications for practice; The way forward.

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Book SynopsisAs the Arab Spring continues to work through changes, the Occupy Movement is agitating for change and many are looking for alternatives in the face of global financial and political challenges, community organising offers a realistic way forward for many communities: a tried and tested way of improving people’s lives. This book is the first to explore the diverse history of community organising, telling stories of how it developed, its successes and failures, and the lessons that can be applied today. It analyses contemporary examples of practice from the USA, UK, India, South Africa, Cambodia and Australia against both wider theoretical frameworks and their ability to contribute to sustainable social change. It will be useful for a wide range of practitioners, students and researchers engaged in the struggle to develop new ways of doing community.Trade Review"As a long time community organizer working internationally with ACORN International, we have been waiting eagerly for Beck and Purcell's book. Community organizations are gaining important and potentially powerful footholds all over the globe, and Beck and Purcell's book is going to be at the front of every organizer's shelf in trying to understand this phenomena, avoid the easy mistakes, and face the critical challenges. Thanks in advance!" Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer & Founder, ACORN International“Community organising has come centre stage, promoted from varying perspectives - governments seeking to manage and social movements, including trade union organisations, seeking to challenge manifestations of social inequality and social injustice. This book will be particularly valuable in this context, stimulating reflection on differing experiences of community organising internationally.” Professor Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths University of London"This is an impressive and much needed analysis of community organising internationally. It is a timely reminder of an activity that can effectively challenge the politically and economically powerful organisations that oppress communities everywhere." Professor Keith Popple, London South Bank University.Table of ContentsSection 1 - Context: Urban development, growth of slums and marginalised communities, climate change and sustainability; Wellbeing and quality of life; Section 2 - Theory: Saul Alinsky and the early years of community organising; Gramsci, Freire and Community Organising; Power and Organisation Building; Section 3 - Case Studies: Case Study Methodology; Case Studies - USA; Case Studies - UK; Case Studies - India; Case Studies - South Africa; Case Studies - Australia; Section 4 - Analysis and Implications: Analysis; Implications for practice; The way forward.

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Book SynopsisThis book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption. The approach taken here is one that will develop a better understanding of these related issues, which are increasingly seen as impediments to country competitiveness and economic growth.Economists and policymakers are increasingly focused on how the shadow economy operates. The contributors discuss how effective corporate governance may help to reduce both the occurrence and effects of illegal activities. The book begins by considering institutional governance and how issues such as economic growth and development can be better understood by gaining a deeper understanding of the decision-making process. The importance of collective persuasion and collective decision-making in an institutional context is illustrated. The remainder of the work details a series of empirical studies outlining the role of governance and institutional capacity in assessing economic performance, the role of political competition in reducing corruption and measures of, and influences on, corruption in different countries around the world.Institutions such as the WTO, World Bank and the IMF will find much to engage them in this book as will policy makers in government and research policy agencies. It will also hold great appeal to academics (postgraduate and above) in the fields of political economy, economic development and international economics.Trade Review'. . . the book provides interesting insights in the correlation and links between institutions, shadow economy and corruption and is worth reading. . . the combination of theoretical and empirical elements makes reading the book worthwhile. In a time, when shadow economy and corruption are main topics on the political as well as on the economic agenda, several aspects highlighted in this book should be discussed by academics and politicians.' -- Dominik H. Enste, Journal of Economics and Statistics'This is an outstanding collection of articles on the nexus between the shadow economy and institutional quality. Combining theory with rigorous econometrics, the collection is comprehensive and insightful, making it a work that the students of institutions and development cannot ignore.' -- Axel Dreher, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: OVERVIEW 1. Governance and Illegal Activities: A Survey of Recent Developments and Issues Michael Pickhardt and Edward Shinnick PART II: KEY ISSUES OF INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE 2. The Political Economy of Governance and Development: Towards a New Worldview Ismail Adams 3. A Dynamic Theory of Collective Persuasion Athanassios Pitsoulis 4. On the Optimal Sanction Structure When Individuals are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension Tim Friehe PART III: EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNANCE CORRUPTION AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY 5. Institutional Capacity and the Celtic Tiger Economy: Ireland in Comparative Perspective Frank Barry 6. Reducing Petty Corruption: What Role for a More Competitive Political System? John K. Wilson 7. Shadow Economies and Corruption all over the World: What do we Really Know? Friedrich Schneider 8. Determinants of Shadow Economy in Tunisia and Algeria: A Firm-Level Analysis Clara Delavallade 9. “It’s a Lot, But Let It Stay”: How Tax Evasion is Perceived Across Italy Carlo Fiorio and Alberto Zanardi 10. Why Do Individuals Evade Payroll and Income Taxation in Estonia? Kenneth A. Kriz, Jaanika Meriküll, Alari Paulus, Karsten Staehr Index

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Book SynopsisThe tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this fascinating book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that underlie past and present understandings. The author traces the intellectual history of the central constructs: the leader, the people, and, ultimately, the relationship between them as they seek to accomplish societal objectives. He begins with a discussion of the invented notion of the classical paragon of a ruler. Next he pursues the invention of the countervailing concept of a sovereign people, and finally, the need for the invention of a new construct - leadership - which embodies a new relation between ruler and ruled in regimes dedicated to power in the people. In doing so, he draws upon the giants of the Western intellectual tradition as well as the insights of modern historians, political scientists, sociologists and leadership scholars. The book concludes with a proposed model of leadership for a modern democratic world.Elegantly written and masterfully argued, this comprehensive study will be essential reading for students and scholars of leadership and democracy.Trade Review'Tom Wren's book is a masterpiece of intellectual history. It explores the philosophical and historical foundations of democracy in a compelling way. Wren is a sparkling and graceful writer. He makes a potentially dry subject come alive with wit and insight. The issues Wren addresses are extremely timely, as the United States endeavors to advance democracy in the Middle East.' -- George Goethals, University of Richmond, US'In this important analysis of democratic thought and treatise on leadership, historian Tom Wren drills down to the essential intellectual paradox: that "leadership" and "democracy" are inherently hostile concepts. Wren brilliantly strips down our "fictions" concerning these domains in his extensive deconstruction of both classical and modern thought. What emerges is a dialectical awakening and a practical new vision of citizen participation and enlightened leadership.' -- Georgia Sorenson, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park and US Army'An excellent scholarly work that is well written and highly relevant within the context of contemporary politics. Although essential reading for teachers and students of political theory, it will also interest the general reader and armchair politician.' -- First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review'Wren is to be commended for attempting to lay bare the underlying assumptions and premises that inform any approach to politics. . . an important contribution to an ongoing conversation about what contemporary leadership should look like. Undergraduates will benefit from his review of important theorists, and practitioners should be challenged by Wren's own theses about leadership. Highly recommended. All readership levels.' -- M.J. Watson, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Prologue: Of Fictions, Implicit Theories, and Leadership in a Democracy Part I: Inventing the Leader 1. The Classical Ideal of the Leader 2. The Classical Ideal in Republics Part II: Inventing the People 3. A New Conception of the People Part III: Inventing Leadership 4. A New Social Relation 5. The Challenge of Democracy 6. James Madison and the Classical Ideal 7. Tocqueville and the Challenges of Democracy 8. Inventing Liberalism 9. Inventing Communitarianism Part IV: Reinventing Leadership 10. A New Fiction of Leadership Index

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Book Synopsis'A tour-de-force of trust research methodologies, from surveys methods to critical incidents to hermeneutics. . . will prove invaluable to trust researchers of every stripe.- Aks Zaheer, University of Minnesota, US 'This book fills an important gap. The burgeoning field of trust research has employed a wide variety of definitions and methods, but until the appearance of this Handbook there was no comprehensive overview of them. Its contributions, many written by leading international experts, cover conceptual issues as well as qualitative and quantitative methods. The editors are all working at the frontiers of trust research and in this Handbook they have compiled an indispensable source of reference for years to come.'- John Child, University of Birmingham, UK 'This is the right book at the right time. Central to the advancement of research on trust is the need to address a host of methodological, empirical, and analytical challenges. This Handbook provides a vital resource for doing so and holds the promise of infusing the literature with novel and enhanced approaches for studying and understanding trust. Researchers new to the field as well as established experts will find a wealth of insights contained herein.' Bill McEvily, University of Toronto, CanadaThe Handbook of Research Methods on Trust provides an authoritative in-depth consideration of quantitative and qualitative methods for empirical study of trust in the social sciences. As this topic has matured, a growing number of practical approaches and techniques has been utilized across the broad, multidisciplinary community of trust research, providing both insights and challenges. This unique Handbook draws together a wealth of research methods knowledge gained by trust researchers into one essential volume. The contributors examine different methodological issues and particular methods, as well as share their experiences of what works, what does not work, challenges and innovations. Identifying innovative methods for researching trust, this important Handbook will prove invaluable for students and academics in the social sciences that are interested in trust, particularly postgraduates planning empirical research on trust, undergraduates researching issues of trust, faculty teaching research-based courses on trust and related topics, and experienced trust researchers looking for reflection, discussion and inspiration.Trade ReviewA tour-de-force of trust research methodologies, from surveys methods to critical incidents to hermeneutics. . .will prove invaluable to trust researchers of every stripe. - Aks Zaheer, University of Minnesota, US This book fills an important gap. The burgeoning field of trust research has employed a wide variety of definitions and methods, but until the appearance of this Handbook there was no comprehensive overview of them. Its contributions, many written by leading international experts, cover conceptual issues as well as qualitative and quantitative methods. The editors are all working at the frontiers of trust research and in this Handbook they have compiled an indispensable source of reference for years to come. - John Child, University of Birmingham, UK This is the right book at the right time. Central to the advancement of research on trust is the need to address a host of methodological, empirical, and analytical challenges. This Handbook provides a vital resource for doing so and holds the promise of infusing the literature with novel and enhanced approaches for studying and understanding trust. Researchers new to the field as well as established experts will find a wealth of insights contained herein. - --Bill McEvily, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Variety of Methods for the Multi-faceted Phenomenon of Trust Fergus Lyon, Guido Möllering and Mark N.K. Saunders PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 2. Moving between Laboratory and Field: A Multi-method Approach for Studying Trust Judgments Roderick M. Kramer 3. Measuring Trust Beliefs and Behaviours Roy J. Lewicki and Chad Brinsfield 4. Agent-based Simulation of Trust Bart Nooteboom 5. Researching Trust in Different Cultures Friederike Welter and Nadezhda Alex 6. Trust and Social Capital: Challenges for Studying their Dynamic Relationship Boris F. Blumberg, José M. Peiró and Robert A. Roe 7. Measuring Generalized Trust: In Defense of the ‘Standard’ Question Eric M. Uslaner PART II: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 8. Access and Non-probability Sampling in Qualitative Research on Trust Fergus Lyon 9. Working with Difficult to Reach Groups: A ‘Building Blocks’ Approach to Researching Trust in Communities Christine Goodall 10. Cross-cultural Comparative Case Studies: A Means to Uncovering Dimensions of Trust Malin Tillmar 11. Combining Card Sorts and In-depth Interviews Mark N.K. Saunders 12. Mixed Method Applications in Trust Research: Simultaneous Hybrid Data Collection in Cross-cultural Settings Using the Board Game Method Miriam Muethel 13. Utilising Repertory Grids in Macro-level Comparative Studies Reinhard Bachmann 14. Deepening the Understanding of Trust: Combining Repertory Grid and Narrative to Explore the Uniqueness of Trust Melanie J. Ashleigh and Edgar Meyer 15. Hermeneutic Methods in Trust Research Gerard Breeman 16. Using Critical Incident Technique in Trust Research Robert Münscher and Torsten M. Kühlmann PART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES 17. Measuring Trust in Organizational Contexts: An Overview of Survey-based Measures Nicole Gillespie 18. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model: A Method for Studying Trust in Dyadic Relationships Donald L. Ferrin, Michelle C. Bligh and Jeffrey C. Kohles 19. Embedded Trust: The Analytical Approach in Vignettes, Laboratory Experiments and Surveys Davide Barrera, Vincent Buskens and Werner Raub 20. Measuring the Decision to Trust Using Metric Conjoint Analysis Richard L. Priem and Antoinette A. Weibel 21. Diary Methods in Trust Research Rosalind H. Searle 22. Measuring Implicit Trust and Automatic Attitude Activation Calvin Burns and Stacey Conchie 23. A Voice is Worth a Thousand Words: The Implications of the Micro-coding of Social Signals in Speech for Trust Research Benjamin Waber, Michele Williams, John S. Carroll and Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland 24. It Takes a Community to Make a Difference: Evaluating Quality Procedures and Practices in Trust Research Katinka M. Bijlsma-Frankema and Denise M. Rousseau Index

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Book SynopsisLeslie Holmes and a team of specialists from three continents analyse terrorism, organised crime and corruption both individually and in terms of the connections between them. It is argued that if we are better to understand these three phenomena, their links not only to each other but also to corporate crime need to be analysed.There has been a marked growth in the awareness of corruption, organised crime and terrorism in recent years, especially since the end of the Cold War. Yet the linkages and resonances between these three forms of anti-social and anti-state behaviour are still not sufficiently recognised. Leslie Holmes and his fellow contributors analyse all three phenomena in concert to explain why it has taken so long for states, international organisations and the public to begin to appreciate the interplay between them. It is demonstrated that, while the recent growing awareness of connections between these three types of crime is welcome, there is also a fourth player that must sometimes be considered; transnational corporations. Although the book focuses mainly on Europe, Australia and the US, much of the analysis and theorising has global relevance.This timely book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in political science, international relations, international political economy, security studies and criminology.Trade Review'This book is multidisciplinary, as it contains contributions from criminology, politics and international relations scholars. It includes a wide variety of fascinating papers with a dominant focus on the conceptual broadening of security. This is a noteworthy research agenda which, hopefully, will be followed by many more scholars. . . a very stimulating book which will attract the interest of a large audience in different disciplines. It deals with a variety of cases around the globe and contributes to a range of intellectual debates across several disciplines. Consequently, it should be read by many scholars.' -- Christian Kaunert, Political Studies Review'I congratulate Leslie Holmes and the other contributors to this book. The chapters bring fresh insights and richly theorized findings. Together the authors contribute to an essential moving away from the stereotypical good-guy/bad-guy portrayal of serious criminals. This book is about collusion. Politics, corporate conspiracies, national security and military empires, opportunity, vast illicit resources, ambiguous or impossible "rules" and the complicity of the public all result in the growth of organized crime, corruption, and terrorism. As the title suggests, it is the linkages among these three types of crimes and the linkages between criminals and "legitimate" citizens that must be dissected for better-informed policy-making and potentially greater security.' -- Margaret Beare, Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada'In making connections between the three types of crime - terrorism, organized crime and corruption - this wide-ranging collection of essays is path breaking. Each chapter contains new insights and new information; as a whole, the collection is masterfully brought together by the editor, Leslie Holmes, who, always careful not to claim too much for the linkages between the three categories of crimes, makes a persuasive concluding argument for corporate crime to be added to the three forms of criminality. This collection brings the darker side of politics out of the shadows and into the foreground and highlights the importance in the fight against terrorism and organized crime of the state being able to trust its own officers.' -- Rosemary H.T. O'Kane, University of Keele, UK'Leslie Holmes' edited book is a fascinating and wide-ranging collection on the interface between terrorism, organised crime, corruption, legitimate businesses, and local communities. The cases range from Australia, to Russia, to the Netherlands and focus on the complex links between the economic motives of corrupt officials and organized criminals, on the one hand, and terrorists, on the other. The result is a sobering look at a growing problem and a plea for more research into linkages often left unexplored by narrow specialists. It should set the agenda for future research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and tackles the difficult empirical challenges.' -- Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Leslie Holmes 2. Terrorism and Organised Crime Frank Bovenkerk and Bashir Abou Chakra 3. Countering Terrorism as if Muslims Matter: Cultural Citizenship and Civic Pre-Emption in Anti-Terrorism Peter Lentini 4. ‘Soft Law’ Regimes and European Organisations’ Fight Against Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering Rémy Davison 5. The Corruption–Organised Crime Nexus in Central and Eastern Europe Leslie Holmes 6. All in the Dutch Construction Family: Cartel Building and Organised Crime Petrus C. van Duyne and Maarten van Dijck 7. The State, Business and Corruption in Russia Yuri Tsyganov 8. Political Corruption and the Law-Governed Post-Communist State: The Polish Case and Broader Applications Adam Czarnota 9. Countering Corruption: An Australian Perspective George Gilligan and Diana Bowman 10. Poodle or Bulldog? Tony Blair and the ‘War on Terror’ Peter Shearman 11. The ‘War on Terror’ and the Resuscitation of State Power as an Anti-Corruption Strategy Mark DaCosta Alleyne 12. Some Concluding Observations: A Quadrumvirate in Future? Leslie Holmes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important new book outlines current developments in thinking in the field of Social Impact Assessment (SIA). It advances the theory and practice of SIA, and argues that a dramatic shift is required in the way socioeconomic studies and community participation is undertaken. The book emphasizes that, much more than the act of predicting impacts in a regulatory context, SIA needs to be the process of managing the social aspects of development and that there needs to be a holistic and integrated approach to impact assessment. It stresses that greater attention needs to be given to ensuring that the goals of development are attained and enhanced. This significant addition to the literature will be an invaluable reference for academics, consultants and practitioners.Contributors: N. Ahmad, I.C. Aucamp, S.-M. Aucamp, J.T. Baines, M.-A. Barclay, S. Beddies, S. Bice, D. Brereton, A. Bron, S. Coakes, A. Cottrell, A.A. Dani, A.M. Esteves, R. Evans, D.M. Franks, J. Hartz-Karp, B. Harvey, R. Howitt, P. Hunt, P. Kapelus, T. Kauppinen, D. Kemp, D. King, K. Lahiri-Dutt, G. MacNaughton, C.J. Moran, S. Nish, C. O Faircheallaigh, J.J. Perold, J. Pope, E. Richards, A. Sadler, R. Sairinen, D. Samson, J. Schirmer, T. Scudder, H. Sherwin, C.N. Taylor, F. Vanclay, S. WoodborneTrade Review‘I read this book as a social impact assessment (SIA) practitioner and teacher and as such I found it informative, provocative and inspiring as well as being highly readable. . . a valuable book. . . The book presents a strong case for the place of SIA in the project decision-making, monitoring and management process, and it provides excellent material for practitioners to use in arguing for the resources, organisational approach and attitudes needed to produce quality work. At the same time it provides some excellent new ideas, a timely reminder of the principles and values behind best practice SIA, and a range of tools to use to improve performance. As such it is a book that I will use in future training courses and that I will recommend to my students.’ -- Dianne Buchan, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal‘This book should be read by anyone commissioning impact assessments who wants to build their understanding of the more progressive and innovative end of the topic. A job well done in the eyes of stakeholders and regulators requires proper social analysis.’ -- Jon Samuel, Head of Social Performance, Anglo American‘The list of authors reads like a who’s who in SIA. Academics and practitioners are equally represented among the authors. The book provides a good mix of broad theoretical concepts and specific practical topics.’ -- Martin Haefele, Manager, Environmental Impact Assessment at Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada‘This book gives a very broad overview of where Social Impact Assessment is coming from, where it is now and where it could go: from an impact assessment tool to an impact management tool. It provides a realistic insight in both the achievements and the struggles of Social Impact Assessment. A recommended read for both those interested in Social Impact Assessment and those in related domains where social issues are gaining increasing importance, such as Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal.’ -- Rob Verheem, Deputy Director, Netherlands Commission for Environmental AssessmentTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Bruce Harvey PART I: NEW APPROACHES IN THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 1. Current Issues and Trends in Social Impact Assessment Frank Vanclay and Ana Maria Esteves 2. Understanding the Organizational Context Deanna Kemp 3. Looking Beyond Impact Assessment to Social Sustainability Ilse C. Aucamp, Stephan Woodborne, Jan J. Perold, Anita Bron and San-Marié Aucamp 4. Community-based Agreement Making with Land-connected Peoples Simon Nish and Sara Bice 5. Theoretical Foundations Richard Howitt 6. Ethical Issues and Dilemmas James T. Baines and C. Nicholas Taylor PART II: NEW ISSUES TO CONSIDER (OR OLD ISSUES TO CONSIDER BETTER) 7. Considering Gender in Social Impact Assessment Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Nesar Ahmad 8. Social Impact Assessment and Indigenous Social Development Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh 9. Disasters and Climate Change Alison Cottrell and David King 10. Land Use Change Jacki Schirmer 11. Development-induced Community Resettlement Thayer Scudder 12. Cumulative Social Impacts Daniel M. Franks, David Brereton and Chris J. Moran 13. Closure Planning Robin Evans 14. Enhancing the Benefits of Projects through Local Procurement Ana Maria Esteves, Mary-Anne Barclay, David Brereton and Daniel Samson PART III: NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES 15. Enhancing Effectiveness through Deliberative Democracy Janette Hartz-Karp and Jenny Pope 16. Environmental Conflict Mediation Rauno Sairinen 17. Conflict-sensitive Impact Assessment Paul Kapelus, Emily Richards and Hope Sherwin 18. The World Bank’s Poverty and Social Impact Analysis Anis A. Dani and Sabine Beddies 19. Utilizing a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Inform Social Impact Assessment Practice Sheridan Coakes and Andreas Sadler 20. Human Impact Assessment as a Framework for Integration Tapani Kauppinen 21. A Human Rights-based Approach to Social Impact Assessment Gillian MacNaughton and Paul Hunt Index

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