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Multidimensional Peacebuilding analyzes the role of local actors in working towards sustainable peace in Mindanao, Philippines. Wendy Kroeker examines the mediatory and solidarity-affirming role of these peacebuilders in the ongoing peace process regarding the conflict in Mindanao.

Devils on the doorstep: China and "foreign influence" -- Global discourses and NGO development inside China -- Development along China's periphery: Yunnan -- The Ford Foundation's poverty alleviation project: unintended consequences of participatory discourse -- NGO activism against Nu River Hydropower Dam: horizontal dynamics in transnational activism -- Saving the last great places: the irony of China's first national park -- Conclusion: local actors in transnational activation

Introduction -- International Relations, Diplomacy, and International Players in Disaster Response -- Local Players in Disaster Response -- Setting the Scene of Disaster Management in Lebanon: Public Administration, Corruption, and the Role of Local and International Organizations in Lebanon -- The Role of International Players in the Response and Recovery from the Beirut Port Explosion -- The Role of Local Actors in Disaster Response: August 4th Beirut Port Explosion -- Conclusion.

Chapter 1 Studying Entrepreneurship Policies in European Cities -- Chapter 2 "This is like a big transatlantic liner". Contingent Converging Trends -- Chapter 3 Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies. Reproducing Heterogeneity, Negotiating Ambivalence -- Chapter 4 "The mindset has changed a lot". Situated Agency of Youth Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 5 Differentiated Inclusion.

Chapter 1. Why study local policy agendas -- Chapter 2. How to study local policy agendas -- Chapter 3. Jurisdiction size and the local policy agenda -- Chapter 4. Committee structure and the local policy agenda -- Chapter 5. Local problems and the local policy agenda -- Chapter 6. Local elections, local actors, and the local policy agenda -- Chapter 7. Toward an explanatory model of local policy agendas.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Why Study Local Policy Agendas -- Two Motivations for Studying Local Governments -- The Importance of Local Policy Agendas -- What We Know About Local Policy Agendas -- The Potential of a Unified Dataset on Local Policy Agendas -- What Local Politics Can Teach Us About Policy Agendas -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: How to Study Local Policy Agendas -- Structure of Local Government in Denmark -- Coding the Local Policy Agenda -- Acquiring the Data -- Applying the Coding Scheme -- Measures of the Council Agenda -- Measuring the Issue Content of the Local Policy Agenda -- Measure of Agenda Size -- Measures of Complexity -- A Local Policy Agenda -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Jurisdiction Size and the Local Policy Agenda -- Why Jurisdiction Size Matters to the Policy Agenda -- Studying Jurisdiction Size and the Policy Agenda Empirically -- Study 1: Jurisdiction Size and the Policy Agenda-Cross-sectional Evidence -- Study 2: Jurisdiction Size and the Local Policy Agenda-Quasi-experimental Evidence -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Committee Structure and the Local Policy Agenda -- Current Understanding of the Structure-Agenda Link -- Two Important Forces -- An Overview of Committees in the 98 Danish Municipalities -- The Committee Dataset -- Parallel Processing Gains Meet the Bottleneck of Attention -- The Impact of Changes in Committee Structures -- Further Explorations of Issue-Specific Committee Effects -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Local Problems and the Local Policy Agenda -- Empirical Studies of Political Representation Reconsidered -- Problem-Based Representation -- How to Study Problem-Based Representation -- Measuring Political Competition -- Model Estimation and Control Variables -- Empirical Findings -- Discussion.