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Introduction -- From 'good governance' to governance that works -- The country contexts -- Maternal health : why is Rwanda doing better than Malawi, Niger and Uganda? -- The politics of policy incoherence and provider indiscipline -- The space for local problem-solving and practical hybridity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- index.

This books analyzes international financial markets and environmental problems as typical examples of transnational common goods and considers the factors affecting the strategic constellations of countries in common goods provision, in particular the strategic effects of multi-level governance.

a previous version of this paper was presented at the First Annual Danyliw Research Seminar in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies, Ottawa, Canada, September 30 - October 1, 2005 and at PrincetonUniversity's Comparative Politics Luncheon Seminar Series

"The primary structural purpose of the United States Constitution is to empower the federal government to solve problems that the states would need to act collectively to solve, and to prevent the states from undermining these solutions or causing such problems from the perspective of the Constitution or Congress. Any faithful account of what the Constitution is for and how it should be interpreted must include this main structural function. The Constitution was established principally because of the widely recognized failures of its predecessor, the Articles of Confederation, to adequately address "collective-action problems" facing the states, including funding the national government, regulating foreign and interstate commerce, and defending the nation from attack. These challenges are called collective-action problems because the states would need to cooperate or coordinate their behavior-they would need to act collectively, not individually-to solve them, and they would often struggle to do so. In a fundamental sense, the U.S. Constitution is the Collective-Action Constitution, and the sobering problems facing America today-including inadequate access to health care, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and future ones, opioid addiction, gun violence, racism and other bigotry, political extremism, unlawful immigration, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation-cannot be adequately dealt with by government if Americans do not recognize this truth. The main goal of the Collective-Action Constitution is not to vindicate a conception of economic efficiency, but to create and maintain political and economic union"--

Theoretical frame -- The tragedy of the commons recalled -- Collective action problems reconsidered -- Joint environmental action : the building blocks -- The ethos in joint environmental action -- Climate goals revisited -- Climate duties -- Climate duties as joint-action duties -- A fair share in accumulative goals -- Some conclusions : institutions and responsibilities.

Introduction -- International Bribery and Collective Action Problems -- The Evolution of Foreign Anti-Bribery Legislation -- The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and National Foreign Anti-Bribery Laws Foreign Anti-Bribery Enforcement Schemes -- Patterns of foreign anti-bribery enforcement -- The Effectiveness of Extraterritorial Anti-Bribery Enforcement -- How should the OECD anti-bribery enforcement regime foster collective action? -- Beyond the OECD: international court and other alternatives -- Conclusion

Introduction -- International Bribery and Collective Action Problems -- The Evolution of Foreign Anti-Bribery Legislation -- The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and National Foreign Anti-Bribery Laws Foreign Anti-Bribery Enforcement Schemes -- Patterns of foreign anti-bribery enforcement -- The Effectiveness of Extraterritorial Anti-Bribery Enforcement -- How should the OECD anti-bribery enforcement regime foster collective action? -- Beyond the OECD: international court and other alternatives -- Conclusion

Collective action problems are ubiquitous in situations involving human interactions and therefore lie at the heart of economy and political science. In one of the most salient statements on this topic, Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, even claims that the theory of collective action is the central subject of political science". The collection of essays presented in this timely volume targets the problem of collective action from both a theoretical and applied perspective. Its multidisciplinary approach makes it a valuable reading for students

Michael Gilligan argues that the liberalization of trade policy has succeeded because it has been reciprocal with liberalization in other countries solving the collective action problems of supporters of free trade. Our trade barriers have been reduced as an explicit quid pro quo for reduction of trade barriers in other countries. Reciprocity, Gilligan argues, gives exporters the incentive to support free trade policies because it gives them a clear gain from free trade and thus enables the exporters to overcome collective action problems. The lobbying by exporters, balancing the interests of groups seeking protection, changes the preferences of political leaders in favor of more liberalization. Gilligan tests his theory in a detailed exploration of the history of American trade policy as well as in quantitative analysis showing increases in the demand for liberalization as the result of reciprocity in trade legislation from 1890 to the present. Empowering Exporters should appeal to political scientists, economists, and policymakers who want to understand the political underpinnings of American trade policy

8 Terrorism: 9/11 and Its Aftermath -- A Look at the Past -- Suicide Attacks -- Cooperation Failures and Their Costs -- The Deterrence Race -- Preemption Game -- A Maximal Externality -- Another Collective Action Failure -- Is the World Different after 9/11? -- What Works and What Does Not Work Against Terrorism? -- Barriers and Fortifications -- What Kinds of Substitutions Are There? -- Evaluation of Other Policies: Domestic Laws, International Conventions, and Retaliation -- No-Negotiation Strategy -- What Are the Economic Costs of Terrorism? -- Concluding Remarks -- 9 Citizen against Citizen.

Collective Action 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on Collective Action provides a balanced look into how ICTs leverage and interact with collective action through avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalism, which impacts the current discourse. Recent events in different authoritarian regimes, such as Iran and Egypt, have drawn global attention to a developing phenomenon in collective action: people tend to organize through different social media platforms for political protest and resistance. This phenomenon describes a change in social structure and behavior tied to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Social media platforms have been used to leverage collective action, which, in some cases, has arguable led to political revolution. The phenomenon also indicates that the way information is organized affects the organization of social structures with which it interacts. The phenomenon also has another side, namely the use of social media for activist suppression, state surveillance, or for the mobilization of collective action towards undesirable ends. Analyzes social media and collective action in a deep and balanced mannerPresents an account avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalismConsiders the underlying theory behind quick-paced social mediaTakes an interdisciplinary approach that will resonate with all those interested in social media and collective action, regardless of field specialty