Scholar-Participated Governance as an Alternative Solution to the Collective Action Dilemma -- Four Major Roles of Scholars Participation: A Game Theoretical Analysis -- A Product-Institutional Analysis (PIA) Framework -- Significance and Mechanisms of Scholars’ Participation -- Seven Design Principles of Successful Scholar-Participated Governance -- Institutional Performance, Institutional C…
PART I: FRAMING SOFT GOVERNANCE, EDUCATION AND CONVERGENCE -- Chapter 1. Education in Transition: An Empirical Puzzle -- Chapter 2. Measuring Convergence in Education Policy -- Chapter 3. Soft Governance and Voluntary Policy Convergence: A Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 4. Education Policy-Making in Switzerland: Origins and Trends -- PART II: SWITZERLAND: AN EXTREME CASE -- Chapter 5. Swiss R…
Chapter 1 Introduction: Ethical dilemmas, social values and public policy: The Context of Governance and Citizenship -- Part I: Ethics, Social Values and Public Policy -- Chapter 2 The case of Ah Bun: Euthanasia and other alternatives -- Chapter 3 The justification of the abortion law in Hong Kong: A comparative study -- Chapter 4 Compensated dating: An ethical analysis -- Chapter 5 Private sph…
1. Global Public Procurement: Introduction -- Part I. Procurement Preferences -- 2. Public Procurement in Lithuania: (Dis)Balance between Profitability and Environmental Protection -- 3. Analyzing Local and SME Participation in Public Procurement: Evidence from Seven Cities -- 4. The Social Value in Social Clauses: Methods of Measuring and Evaluation in Social Procurement -- Part II. Performanc…
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2: Understanding Police Deviance -- Chapter 3: Timetable of Police Deviance and Serious Misconduct in the USA -- Chapter 4: Criminological Explanations for Police Deviance -- Chapter 5: Recommendations for Enhancing Police Integrity and Professionalism -- Chapter 6: Discussion and Conclusion. .This Brief proposes a criminological typology for unde…
Part I – Comparative Case Study: Country Reports: Introduction: Comparing the Criminal Liability of Political Decision Makers on the Basis of a Concrete Case by Frank Zimmermann -- The Case to Be Analysed by Frank Zimmermann -- Belgium by Wendy De Bondt -- Finland by Dan Helenius -- France by Guillaume Chetard -- Germany by Frank Zimmermann -- Greece by Willem Geelhoed -- Norway by Annika Suo…
Open AccessThis book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access. This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research is delicate. While citation-based research performan…
Introduction: Networked Governance: Taking Networks Seriously -- Part I: Networked Governance: General Issues -- Part II: Types, Processes and Limits of Networked Governance -- Part III: Investigating Networked Governance: Methodological Approaches -- Part IV: Conclusions.This edited volume seeks to explore established as well as emergent forms of governance by combining social network analysis…
Preface; Rhonda Phillips, Meg Holden and Chantal Stevens -- Introduction; Chantal Stevens, Lyle Wray -- PART I. Community Indicators Identifying Different Types of Disadvantage -- Chapter 1. Environmental Justice in Australia: Measuring the Relationship between Industrial Odour Exposure and Community Disadvantage; Lucy Gunn, Billy Greenham, Melanie Davern, Suzanne Mavoa, Elizabeth Jean Taylor a…