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  • Responsible Mining

    Key Principles for Industry Integrity

    by Sara Bice ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Mining can have negative environmental and social impacts, but can also be responsible. However corporations have little impetus to act responsibly without being held to account by an informed and active public, and by strong institutions and governments which not only create but also enforce legislation. Yet what does such practice look like?This book shows how the concept of responsible mining ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Public Policy in the 'Asian Century'

    Concepts, Cases and Futures

    Edited by Sara Bice, Avery Poole, Helen Sullivan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume explores the defining features, critical approaches, challenges and opportunities for public policy in the ‘Asian Century’. This is the first book to systematically analyse the key institutions and practices that comprise public policy, administration and governance to investigate how they are changing in the context of increasing Asian influence. Its authors argue that the Asian ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

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  • The Hawks of Peace: Notes of the Russian Ambassador

    by Dmitry Rogozin ...
    The Hawks of Peace. Notes of Russian Ambassador is a unique analytical edition where Russian Deputy Premier Dmitry Rogozin shares his notes on personalities and events that shaped the history of post-Communist Russia, believing that without those it would be impossible to understand the past and envisage the future of his country. Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO until recently, in his ... Read more

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  • Whistleblowing in the World

    Government Policy, Mass Media and the Law

    Edited by Carmen R. Apaza, Yongjin Chang ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book deploys an original comparative framework, as well as archival and pattern-matching research methodologies, to analyze whistleblowing cases from Peru, South Korea, Thailand and the United States of America and to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. After examining the cases, the study concludes that external whistleblowing, extensive mass media coverage, and strong ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Regulatory Regime of Food Safety in China

    Governance and Segmentation

    by Guanqi Zhou ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the decade from 2004 to 2013 during which people in China witnessed both a skyrocketing number of food safety crises, and aggregating regulatory initiatives attempting to control these crises. Multiple cycles of “crisis – regulatory efforts” indicated the systemic failure of this food safety regime. The book explains this failure in the “social foundations” for the regulatory ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Inclusive Governance in South Asia

    Parliament, Judiciary and Civil Service

    Edited by Nizam Ahmed ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume explores the state of inclusive governance in South Asia. It particularly examines the nature and scope of inclusiveness noticed in the parliament and civil service in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, and the judiciary in Bangladesh. Where previous literature has stressed the need for the inclusion of external stakeholders, this volume highlights the importance of the involvement ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Global Public Procurement Theories and Practices

    Edited by Khi V. Thai ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses current theories and practices in the field of public procurement. Over the past few decades, public procurement has had to evolve conceptually and organizationally in the face of unrelenting budget constraints, government downsizing, public demand for increased transparency in public procurement, as well as greater concerns about efficiency, fairness and equity. Procurement ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia

    Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government

    Edited by Nizam Ahmed ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume examines policies aimed at increasing the representation of women in governing institutions in six South Asian countries. Divided into three parts, it addresses the implications of uniformity and diversity for the substantive representation of women in parliament, civil service and local government. The contributing authors explore the scope and limits of ‘positive ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

    The City Corporation

    by Pranab Kumar Panday ...
    This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates. Along with a discussion of the scale and magnitude of urbanization, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the reform agendas of CCs including their functional assignments, local political ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • When Principles Pay

    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

    by Geoffrey Heal ...
    Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by positioning itself as the green car company par excellence. These trends suggest that antisocial ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Minister of Finance Incorporated

    Ownership and Control of Corporate Malaysia

    by Edmund Terence Gomez, Thirshalar Padmanabhan, Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Sunil Bhalla, Fikri Fisal ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is a study of Malaysia’s new political economy, with a focus on ownership and control of the corporate sector. It offers a pioneering assessment of government-linked investment companies (GLICs), a type of state-owned institution that has long prevailed in the corporate sector but has not been analysed. Malaysia’s history of government-business ties is unique, while the nature of the nexuses ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Strengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh

    Reforms, Participation and Accountability

    by Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday ...
    Series Book 8 - Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
    This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people’s participation and accountability. Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework of UP and its relation to social accountability, examine how much of the social participation is spontaneous ... Read more

    $89.09 USD