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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Background of Study -- 1.2 The Political Economy of Social Enterprise Development -- 1.2.1 The Third Sector -- 1.2.2 The Shift from NGO to Social Enterprise -- 1.3 Aim of Research -- 1.3.1 The Research Question -- 1.3.2 Theoretical Background -- 1.3.2.1 Resource Dependency in State-WISE Relationships -- 1.3.3 WISE as the Subject of Study -- 1.3.4 Identifying WISEs in China -- 1.4 Research Design and Methodology -- 1.4.1 Methodology and Data Collection -- 1.4.2 Sample Selection -- 1.4.3 Qualitative Data Analysis -- 1.5 Significance of this Study -- 1.5.1 New Insights into Cross-Sector Development -- 1.5.2 Bridging Two Strands of Literature -- 1.5.3 Understanding Social Welfare Reform in China -- 1.5.4 The Advantage of the Grounded Approach -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: A Theoretical Review -- Introduction -- 2.1 Conceptualising Social Enterprises in Literature -- 2.1.1 Defining Social Enterprises in a Global Context -- 2.1.1.1 Social Enterprise as Efficient Social Service Provider -- 2.1.1.2 Social Enterprise as a Hybrid Organisation -- 2.1.1.3 Social Enterprises and Network Governance -- 2.1.2 Social Enterprises and the Third Sector -- 2.1.3 Models of Social Enterprise -- 2.1.3.1 Common Typologies -- 2.1.3.2 The Tri-Sector Model -- 2.1.4 Three Major Themes in Social Enterprise Research -- 2.1.4.1 Social Value and Mission -- 2.1.4.2 Hybrid Institutions and the Cross-Sector Partnership Paradigm -- 2.1.4.2.1 Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship -- 2.2 Assessing Institutional Effectiveness -- 2.2.1 Theories on Effectiveness -- 2.2.1.1 The Early Organisational Theories -- 2.2.1.2 Diversity in Measurement Standards -- 2.2.2 Debates over Effectiveness of Social Enterprises.

"Wang offers an empirically based exploration into Work-Integration Social Enterprises as a means for delivering social services in China. Focusing on the political economy of social enterprise development in China, Wang examines the nature of the relationship between the state and social enterprises and the implications of such relationships for their institutional effectiveness. She adopts a bottom-up approach that investigates indigenous practices embedded within the local political context. A common ground has been established internationally that the social enterprise model provides new ways of social service delivery that could potentially change and restructure the social welfare economy. However, the development path differs across social contexts, especially in an authoritarian country like China. This study provides insights into China's efforts to develop its social welfare sector and reinvigorate customary ideas about how public services could be better offered given the country's political economy. This book will be of great interest both to scholars of China's political economy, and to those with an interest in the development of the social enterprise sector looking to see how this works in a Chinese context"--

This book presents a practical, effective, and systematic approach to the measurement, assessment, and sensemaking of institutional performance. Included are strategies to measure and assess the performance of Curriculum, Learning, Instruction, Support Services, and Program Feasibility as well as a meaningful Environmental Scanning method.

Cover -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Idea and Goal of This Survey -- 1.2 Incentives and ODA Effectiveness -- 1.3 Elites and ODA Effectiveness -- 1.4 Research Question and Design -- 1.5 What This Survey Will Not Provide -- 1.6 The Developmentalist Paradox: A Disclaimer -- Chapter 2: The 'Elite Compatibility' Concept -- 2.1 The Old Tradition of the ODA Effectiveness Debate -- 2.1.1 Effective for What? Concepts of 'Development' -- 2.1.2 The Current Debate Around ODA Effectiveness -- 2.1.2.1 The Macro Level -- 2.1.2.2 The Micro Level -- 2.1.2.3 Concept Fashions and Effectiveness -- 2.1.2.4 'Doing Things Right' Is Not 'Doing the Right Things' -- 2.1.3 What Is Ignored -- 2.2 The Model of Extractive and Inclusive Institutions -- 2.3 Taking the Model to the Project Level: The 'Elite Compatibility' Concept -- 2.3.1 Challenges in a Typical Low-Performing Project -- 2.3.2 Elaborating the 'Elite Compatibility' Concept -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter 3 Elites as a Focus in Development Research -- 3.1 Theoretical and Conceptual Origin -- 3.2 Current Research in the Development Context -- 3.2.1 The Micro Perspective: Elite Behavior -- 3.2.1.1 The Elite-mass Gap -- 3.2.1.2 Elite Capture and 'Participation' -- 3.2.2 Between Micro and Macro Perspective: Neopatrimonialism -- 3.2.3 The Macro Perspective: Leaders and Growth -- 3.3 Summary -- Chapter 4 Theoretical Foundation of the 'Elite Compatibility' Concept: Incentives and Incentive Compatibility -- 4.1 Theoretical and Conceptual Origin -- 4.2 Incentives in New Institutional Economics -- 4.3 The Role of Incentives and Institutions in ODA -- 4.3.1 Institutions and Development: Challenges of the Macro-Institutional Perspective -- 4.3.2 Institutions and Incentives: The Micro-Institutional Perspective -- 4.3.2.1 The Multi-level Principal-agent Nature of ODA -- 4.3.2.2 The Samaritan's Dilemma

This study empirically demonstrates the high relevance of elite-compatible project design as an essential condition for improving the effectiveness of foreign aid projects. Elite compatibility is a new approach derived from the recent discussion of institutions in the development discourse: the incentive compatibility of a project design with the interests of the elites in the recipient country. While elites have been largely neglected in the debate on development aid, they are central to the question of its effectiveness both from a theoretical point of view as well as in practice. The elite compatibility approach incorporates this aspect and offers an insightful criterion for project design.

Combating climate change and transitioning to fossil-free energy are two central and interdependent challenges facing humanity today. Governing the nexus of these challenges is complex, and includes multiple intergovernmental and transnational institutions. This book analyses the governance interactions between such institutions, and explores their consequences for legitimacy and effectiveness. Using a novel analytical framework, the contributors examine three policy fields: renewable energy, fossil fuel subsidy reform, and carbon pricing. These fields are compared in terms of their institutional memberships, governance functions and overarching norms. Bringing together prominent researchers from political science and international relations, the book offers an essential resource for future research and provides policy recommendations for effective and legitimate governance of the climate-energy nexus. Rooted in the most recent research, it is an invaluable reference for researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders in climate change and energy politics.