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Speaking Private Authority argues that to better understand the global governance phenomenon known as private authority, investigators must interrogate the strategic social maneuverings of actors-particularly how actors leverage discursive maneuverings to gain advantageous social positions to more effectively exercise private authority

"Dubbed the 'Brockovich of Boksburg' by the Mail and Guardian, Nicole Barlow tells us of her 18 year battle to prove the corrupt relationship between officials, including the MEC, at the then Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment (GDACE), and the developers of a fuel station - more importantly, how that corruption destroys our environment, our water resources, and pollutes our lives. Fuelling Environmental Corruption unravels a web of intrigue involving bribery, clandestine meetings, court cases, arson and even murder. A riveting memoir detailing Nicole's harrowing private and public struggle to expose the murky world of government and corporate collusion."--

"Capitalism offers greater prosperity and opportunity for everyone, while socialism, unnecessary interventionism, and other choices inevitably fail. But capitalism is quickly falling out of favor with the middle class in the Western world. Fortunately, it can be fixed. The next decades will present numerous challenges: exponentially accelerating technology and use of robots, an aging population, repressive taxation, and the sustainability of education and health care costs--to name just a few. Freedom or Equality addresses those challenges while presenting a fresh examination of Social Capitalism--a moderate option between extreme solutions of all sorts that can deliver superior growth and prosperity worldwide." - Jacket

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Chapter One -- Setting the scene for dynamising liberation movements in Southern Africa: Quo Vadis? -- Background -- Rationale -- Statement of purpose -- The practical public policy purpose and content of this book project -- Organisation of the book project -- Chapter Two -- Liberation movements and modern democracy: Should movements transition into political parties? -- Afrodecolonial lens of analysis -- The call for liberation movements to become parties

In Armed Guests, Sebastian Schmidt develops a theory to explain the emergence of this phenomenon, which he calls "sovereign basing," and in doing so, shows how this new practice fundamentally changed state sovereignty and the very nature of security competition. He applies concepts derived from pragmatist thought to a historical study of the relations between the United States and its wartime allies to explain how sovereign basing originated through the efforts of policymakers to come to grips with the unique security environment of the postwar era.

This book critically evaluates mandatory strike ballots as a means of protecting the 'democratic' rights of workers. Exploring empirical case studies from Australia and comparative analysis from a range of other countries, this book concludes that often the goal is to curtail strikes rather than support the democratic imperative for workers.