Scholars and policymakers have long known that there is a strong link between human development and spending on key areas such as education and health. However, many states still neglect these considerations in favour of competing priorities, such as expanding their armies. This book examines...

Covering the role of trades unions and labour organizations in industrial relations, Industry's Democratic Revolution contains case studies from Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and USA. Each chapter is authored by a President or Secretary General of...

Offering a new framework for nonprofit brand management, this book presents the Brand IDEA (Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity). The framework eschews traditional, outdated brand tenets of control and competition largely adopted from the private sector, in favor of a strategic approach centered...

As more and more communities turn to participatory budgeting as a means of engaging citizens, prioritizing civic projects, and allocating local, state, and federal funding, this cogent volume will offer guidance and inspiration to others who want to transform democracy in the United States and...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: MODERNIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMOCRATIZATION -- 1 Reflexive Developmentalism? Toward an Environmental Critique of Modernization -- 2...

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE TRANSITION -- 1 Introduction -- China's Economic Reforms and Opening Up -- Scholarship on China's...