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Avramopoulos offers a ground-breaking theory and application on organisational systems design, including discussions on organisational systems design requirements, such as productivity, emotion, and reward, the problems of unaccountability, including hierarchical delegation, and the benefits of accountable design.

This resource addresses the questions on division of labour and concentration of authority by examining multilevel governance in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with a focus on the policy domains of peace and security and human rights. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

This is an Open Access book. Amid the growing debate about models of judicial governance and their relationship to democratic quality, this book offers a systematic and empirical study of this relationship. The book thereby contributes to filling in this gap for the European continent. Taking an interdisciplinary politics and law perspective, and combining empirical and theoretical considerations, the book addresses the important link between democracy and judicial governance. In particular, it provides for three interconnected contributions. First, the book provides for a comprehensive classification of European countries into different models of judicial governance. Second, the book analyses empirically the relationship between the design of judicial governance and the quality of democracy. Third, building on those findings, the book presents policy reflections for the reform and improvement of mechanisms for judicial governance in European countries. The book seeks to refine our knowledge about the relationship between judicial governance and democracy, making an important academic and social contribution. In an era in which many democracies backslide and deconsolidate, it assesses to what extent existing mechanisms for judicial governance have contributed to the stability and quality of democratic systems in which they are implemented. Furthermore, the book puts forward reflections to improve the role of organs for judicial governance in fostering the quality of democracy. Since the book introduces in an accessible form key concepts of Judicial Governance, it will be of interest for the general public as well as academics and students in the fields of Law and Political Science. The book also addresses policy makers, as based on our empirical knowledge about the interaction judicial governance and democracy it puts forward ideas for a design of judicial governance that is more capable of protecting democratic systems of government.

"The contributors to this book explore approaches to building a framework for nuclear governance in the Asia-Pacific - encompassing nuclear safety, security, and safeguards/non-proliferation. Nuclear governance collaboration offers an avenue for states in the Asia-Pacific to tackle the emerging opportunities for and challenges to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the civilian applications of nuclear and radioactive materials. The nature of national actions, bilateral initiatives and regional cooperation in capacity building taking place in East Asia provides a good foundation to pursue a more robust collaborative framework for nuclear governance in the wider Asia-Pacific region. The contributors to this book explore the most critical nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation issues faced by states in the Asia-Pacific and the growing cooperation spearheaded by Southeast Asian countries, China, Japan, South Korea and the US. This book is a valuable read for academics working on security and strategic studies, international relations, non-traditional security issues as well as nuclear-related issues"--

"This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia. Demonstrating the limitations of existing conceptual approaches in accounting for activism in Asia, the book also offers new understandings of authoritarian governance practices and how these shape state-civil society relations. In conjunction with its tripartite theoretical framework, the book presents regional knowledge from an array of countries in Asia, with empirically rich contributions from both scholars and activists. Through in-depth case studies, the book offers new scholarly insights that highlight the ways in which activism emerges and is contested across Asia. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, law and sociology"--

"This interdisciplinary book offers a new analysis of the concepts, spaces and practices of activism that emerge under diverse authoritarian modes of governance in Asia. Demonstrating the limitations of existing conceptual approaches in accounting for activism in Asia, the book also offers new understandings of authoritarian governance practices and how these shape state-civil society relations. In conjunction with its tripartite theoretical framework, the book presents regional knowledge from an array of countries in Asia, with empirically rich contributions from both scholars and activists. Through in-depth case studies, the book offers new scholarly insights that highlight the ways in which activism emerges and is contested across Asia. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, law and sociology"--

"This book provides an interdisciplinary critical perspective regarding risk, uncertainty, and governance challenges of cryptocurrencies. It considers the perspectives of several disciplines including accounting, cybersecurity, cyberlaw, economics, ethics, finance, financial regulation, Shariah (Islamic) law and technology. Different from other books on similar topic, this book's in-depth analysis and critical discourse on cryptocurrency risk categories are supplemented by research evidence gathered from surveys and interviews with stakeholders. The inclusion of an Islamic insight matters given mixed views at present regarding the permissibility of cryptocurrencies and some countries have indeed imposed somewhat restricted function of cryptocurrencies for non-religious reasons. It is envisaged that this book will help enlighten stakeholders on this aspect of uncertainty and inspire fit and proper governance strategies for the public interest"--

"The Routledge Handbook of Urban Food Governance is the first collection to reflect on and compile the currently dispersed histories, concepts and practices involved in the increasingly popular field of urban food governance. Unpacking the power of urban food governance and its capacity to affect lives through the transformation of cities and the global food system, the handbook is structured into five sections. The first section focuses on histories of urban food governance to trace the historical roots of current dynamics and provide an impetus for the critical lens on urban food governance threaded through the handbook. The second presents a broad overview of the different frames, theories and concepts that have informed urban food governance scholarship. Drawing on the previous sections, section three engages with the practice of urban food governance by analysing plans, policies and programmes implemented in different contexts. Section four presents current knowledge on how urban food governance involves different agencies that operate across scales and sectors. The final section asks key figures in this field what the future holds for urban food governance in midst of pressing societal and environmental challenges. Containing chapters written by emerging and established scholars, as well as practitioners, the handbook provides a state of the art, global, and diverse examination of the role of cities in delivering sustainable and secure food outcomes, as well as providing refreshed theoretical and practical tools to understand and transform urban food governance to enact more sustainable and just futures. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Food Governance will be essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers interested in food governance, urban studies, sustainable food and agriculture, and sustainable living more broadly"--

"All corporate entities, from the largest multi-national conglomerate to the smallest tennis club, need effective governance. Some features of corporate governance are basic, common to all corporate entities: every governing body needs to think strategically and set policies, to supervise ongoing management activities, ensure the entity is financially viable, and is achieving its objectives. Every corporate entity has a governing body, whether it is called a board of directors, a committee, a council, or anything else. Many people, when appointed to the governing body of an organisation, have little idea of what to expect and what is expected of them. Even those with board-level experience find that the culture and leadership style of other governing bodies differ. The aim of this book is to help them understand and improve their contribution to the organisation and governing body they serve. The book is a simple guide to the work of every board member. Each chapter concludes with a worksheet, which enables readers to apply the ideas in that chapter to their own organisation. On completing the book, readers will have a detailed analysis of the governance of their own organisation Effective governance improves performance and ensures long-term success. This book offers a straight-forward guide to the fundamental work of governing bodies and the people who serve on them"--

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Rebel Statehood: Wartime Rebel Governance and the Sub-national Identity in Syria -- Chapter 3: The state in Idlib: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and complexity amid the Syrian Civil War -- Chapter 4: The Propagandistic Use of Rebel Governance: The Case of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq -- Chapter 5: Competitive Rebel Governance in Syria -- Chapter 6: Hezbollah's Relation with Iran: The Proxy-Ally Debate and Wilayat al-Faqih's Impact on Hezbollah's Nature, Governance, and Legitimacy -- Chapter 7: Ruling Without Responsibility: Badr Organization, Asaʿib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataʿib Hezbollah after defeating ISIS in Iraq -- Chapter 8: Rebel Governance Between Ideology and Pragmatism: al-Qaʿida in Yemen in 2011-2012 and in 2015-2016 -- Chapter 9: Libya after Qaddafi: Are Tribes always Rebels? -- Chapter 10: Not Rebel Governance? Hamas's Rule -- Chapter 11: Competing to Govern: Opportunities and regime responsiveness to civilian protests during the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan -- Chapter 12: Prosecuting Rebels for International Crimes.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Prototype Data Governance Framework for Africa -- Chapter 3: A Value Chain Approach to Data Production, Use and Governance for Sound Policy Making in Africa -- Chapter 4: Data Protection Legal Regime and Data Governance in Africa: An Overview -- Chapter 5: Data Regulation in Africa: Free Flow of Data, Open Data Regimes and Cyber Security -- Chapter 6: Digitalisation and Financial Data Governance in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 7: More Than Just a Policy - Day to Day Effects of Data Governance on the Data Scientist -- Chapter 8: The Economics of Blockchain Within Africa -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Chapter 1: Introduction. Democracy and judicial governance in Europe -- Chapter 2: The trade-offs of judicial governance -- Chapter 3: Modernization, democracy and judicial governance -- Chapter 4: Independent judicial councils and democratic quality: a set-theoretical approach -- Chapter 5: Conclusions and some policy reflections -- Appendix 1. Classification and justification of models of judicial governance -- Appendix 2. Database for replication of statistical analyses -- Appendix 3. QCA data matrix for replication of analyses.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Nuclear governance in the Asia-Pacific -- The 3S of nuclear governance: nuclear safety, security and safeguards -- Nuclear governance in a changing security landscape -- Highlights from this book -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Asia-Pacific regional nuclear governance: Fragmented, patchy, yet fixable? -- Asia-Pacific involvement in global arrangements and the risk gap -- Nuclear non-proliferation: preventing the horizontal and vertical spread of nuclear weapons -- Nuclear safety: preventing nuclear accidents -- Nuclear security: preventing nuclear terrorism -- Does regional nuclear governance fill the gaps? -- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation -- Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- ASEAN Regional Forum -- ASEAN Network of Regulatory Bodies on Atomic Energy -- Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia -- Asian Nuclear Safety Network -- Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network -- Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific -- Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific -- Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament -- National centres of excellence -- Characteristics of Asia-Pacific regional nuclear governance -- Enhancing Asia-Pacific regional architecture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The missing piece?: The US approach to nuclear governance in Asia -- Background -- US approach to the nuclear problem -- US approach to Asia -- US positions, policies and actions -- Bilateral relationships -- Treaty alliances -- Partner capacity-building programmes -- Proliferation crises -- People's Republic of China.