Part 1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE. The history and study of faculty unions and collective bargaining in the United States -- Symbiosis and tensions: Shared governance and unions -- Graduate student unionization -- Legal developments in higher education collective bargaining --...

"Since the onset of the global economic crisis, activists, policy makers, and social scientists have been searching for alternative paradigms through which to re-imagine contemporary modes of thinking and writing about economic orders. These attempts have led to their re-engagement with...

Klappentext: This edited volume explores and dissects Africa's economic growth and sustainable development using an optimal conceptual model of the progressive continent's development up to and until 2030. Africa is studied not against the background of developed (OECD) and leading developing...

"The challenges associated with the struggles for attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and objectives are as diverse and complex as the variety of human societies, national conditions and natural ecosystems worldwide. Despite decades of economic growth and technological advances, our...

"Although collaborations for local and regional economic development have been popular in recent years, it is not yet wholly clear when or how such efforts bring successful outcomes. Using an integrative conceptual framework for collaborative governance, this innovative collection provides a...