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Human resource (HR) governance is a relatively new construct that has recently begun attracting more and more attention in both research and practice. As a part of corporate governance, it represents the internal and external normative framework of human resource management and its supervision in organizations. This book theoretically integrates HR governance with the related domains of corporate governance, general management, HR management, and leadership. By doing so, it provides scholars and practitioners in the field with a precisely delineated system of theoretical concepts for their work and helps to translate these concepts into concrete research questions and practical guidelines. By interpreting the new ISO 30408 norm on human governance and taking into account recent developments, the book helps to comply with and anticipate current and future HR regulations.

There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, represented on the world stage by 57 states, as well as a host of international organizations and associations. This book critically examines the engagement of these states in systems of global governance and with a variety of policy regimes, including climate change, energy, migration, humanitarian aid, international financial institutions, research and education. Chapters explore the dynamics of this engagement, the contributions to global order, the interests pursued and some of the contradictions and tensions within the Islamic world, and between that world and the 'West'. An in-depth perspective is provided about the traditional and new forms of multilateralism and the policy spaces formed which provide new opportunities for the Muslim and non-Muslim world alike. Leslie A. Pal is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the School of Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Canada, and Director of the Centre on Governance and Public Management. M. Evren Tok is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovation and Community Advancement at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Islamic Studies, Qatar. His research focuses on public policy, religion and development, entrepreneurship and community development.--

This text explores how good governance has become the third dominant concept in the modern state. It examines the concept and how it relates to the rule of law and democracy, and breaks it down into six categories: transparency, participation, effectiveness, accountability, human rights protections, and propriety.

This work delineates the strategies and tactics employed by the Indian state through its clientele governments and patronage democracies to manage the conflicted state of Jammu and Kashmir. In the process the text unfolds the nature and functioning of the state, politics and governance in Kashmir after 1947.

This Handbook provides the most comprehensive account of energy governance in Europe, examining both energy governance at the European level and the development of energy policy in all European countries. Authored by leading scholars from around the globe, the first part of the book offers a broad overview of the history and theories of energy research and covers a wide range of topics, including the global framework of energy governance, strategies and norms of energy policy, and the policy instruments in the field. Furthermore, it examines the internal and external dimensions of energy governance in the European Union. The second part presents in-depth country studies, which investigate national trajectories of energy policy, including an analysis of the policy instruments and coordination mechanisms for energy transformations. This book is a definitive resource for scholars in energy research as well as decision makers in national governments and EU institutions

Ch 1: Introduction -- Ch 2. Risk Management in a Single Country -- Ch 3. One-dimensional Public Goods in an Alliance -- Ch 4. Protection and Insurance in an Alliance -- Ch 5. Exploitation Hypothesis and Numerical Calculations -- Ch 6. Misperceptions and NGOs -- Ch 7. Financial Crises -- Ch 8. National Emergency in a Growth Setting

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Complexity of Naming -- 1.1.1 Definitions -- 1.1.2 "Who Is It That Can Tell Me Who I Am?" -- 1.1.3 PMSC as a Permanent Inherited Patronym -- 1.2 Approach and Aims -- 1.2.1 Research Design -- 1.2.2 Social Norms in PMSC Governance -- 1.2.3 Norms (II): Defining Mercenary and the Anti-­Mercenary Norm -- 1.2.4 Norms (III): Content and Direction Anti-Mercenary Norm -- 1.2.5 Norms (IV): Theoretical Expectation on the Anti-­Mercenary Norm -- 1.2.6 Interests -- 1.2.7 Institutions -- 1.3 Methodology -- References -- Part I: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions -- Chapter 2: The Swiss Initiative -- 2.1 Content and Significance -- 2.2 Origins -- 2.2.1 Actors -- 2.2.2 Norms: First Stage of the Initiative -- 2.3 Second Stage of the Initiative -- 2.3.1 International Aspirations -- 2.3.2 Swiss Domestic Politics -- 2.3.3 Final Stage: Montreux and the ICoC -- 2.4 Argument in Historical Perspective -- 2.4.1 The Soft Power of Institutions -- 2.4.2 Neutrality in Comparative Perspective -- 2.4.3 Neutrality in Action: Between Pro and Anti-Americanism -- 2.4.4 ICRC Under Attack -- 2.4.5 Ambiguity and Risks for ICRC -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The United Nations as Actor of Governance -- 3.1 UN Practices and Policies -- 3.1.1 Evolution of Practices -- 3.1.1.1 Significance -- 3.1.1.2 Demand for Security in African Crisis -- 3.1.1.3 Limits to the Expansion of Private Peacekeeping -- 3.1.1.4 Policy Development for Operations -- 3.2 UN as Lawmaker -- 3.2.1 Influence of the Anti-mercenary Norm: From an Unworkable Definition to a Slow Transition -- 3.2.2 How the Anti-mercenary Norm Is Still Influential -- 3.2.2.1 The Transition -- 3.2.2.2 Norm on the Monopoly on Violence.

"This book deals with the changes in Korea's media governance between 1980 and 2017. It addresses this change by applying media governance frameworks, which emphasizes citizen participation and the impact of globalization. It focuses on the formation of the media system in which not only government, but also the private sector and civil society, have interacted as multi-stakeholders and changed the media ecosystem from authoritarian to democratic. The Korean media sector is a rare case that shows how industrialization, democratization and informatization-with global influence-have influenced and changed media governance"--Back cover

Front Matter -- -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- China, Global Governance and International Law: Towards a Relational Normativity -- China and Collective Security -- China and Peacekeeping -- China and Arms Control -- China and the War on Terror -- China and Post-conflict Justice.

"New Humanism and Global Governance is the first in this subject to study how a variety of factors related to globalization will shape the future of the human community. It discusses the major challenges to today's world order and governance, as well as international experience in responding to these challenges. It covers a wide range of issues including unequal distribution of wealth, the widening income inequality gap, contradiction between economic development and environmental protection, the middle-income trap, de-globalization, democratic crisis, anti-immigration sentiments, nationalism, and radical extremism. It addresses these issues by emphasizing policy implications for governance. The chapters are selected papers from two international conferences jointly held by the Institute of Public Policy(IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO. Contributors from China, Europe and the US present their questions, observations, and analyses in a narrative and descriptive style which appeal to a wide range of audience."--Publisher's website.

In a world beset by extreme and unconscionable health disparities humankind desperately needs a new vision to ensure central health capabilities for all. This book lays out the profound health challenges facing the world today and offers a new theory of justice and governance as a way to resolve these seemingly intractable problems.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I Good governance -- 1. Multiple modernities and good governance -- Modernization theory refuted -- Two new approaches: Multiple modernities and good governance -- Eisenstadt's generative idea -- Varieties of modernity -- The logic and dynamics of modernization -- Sequencing in the process of modernization -- Basic rights, multiple modernities, and good governance -- Human agency rather than institutional determinism -- Different types of authoritarian states -- Strategies for postponing crucial elements of good governance or realizing them only in certain sectors -- Summary -- 2. Good governance in a world of multiple modernities: Whose modernity? -- Kantian rationalism and modernity -- Whose modernity? -- Populism, social atomization, and the emergence of strongmen: Populism and liberal vs. illiberal governance -- The consequences of social atomization for major national societies, their governance, and global governance -- PART II: Development -- 3. Alternative modernities on the road to nowhere -- The logic of modernity -- Populist nationalism under globalization -- Populist nationalism in emerging powers undergoing social transition -- International causes of failure and success -- 4. Variegated capitalism and varieties of modernity -- Introduction -- Varieties of modernity or multiple modernities? -- Capitalism and modernity -- Post-socialist neo-capitalism in China -- Conclusion -- PART III: Human security -- 5. Multiple modernities in a multiplex world -- A global idea-shift -- The human security challenge -- The end of liberal modernity? -- 6 Enhanced human security: A modernity to be available to all -- Introduction