How does policy information flow through Washington `issue networks'? And how does information flow determine which lobbyists get access in policy-making? Drawing upon the `strength of weak ties' argument, the authors argue that policy information passes more through acquaintances (`weak ties')...

Introduction : the challenge of labor's capital strategy / Tessa Hebb -- Collateral damage : do pension fund investments hurt workers? / Dean Baker and Archon Fung -- Social funds in the United States : their history, financial performance and social impacts / Eric Becker and Patrick McVeigh --...

We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed with local partner organizations to be community-led and non-prescriptive, the program sought to encourage community...

It is a brute fact of contemporary globalization - unmistakable as activists and journalists catalog scandal after scandal - that the very transformations making possible higher quality, cheaper products often lead to unacceptable conditions of work: brutal use of child labor, dangerous...