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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.

"International and Local Actors in Disaster Response uses the Beirut explosion in August 2020 to explore disaster prevention and response in developing states. Disasters, whether man-made or natural, have always tested governments and their bureaucracies. Despite numerous research efforts, existing empirical literature does not provide conclusive evidence on how multiple aspects of social infrastructure can simultaneously affect disaster preparedness and recovery, and what role the international community can have. This book analyzes the role of international and local organizations in responding to the disaster in Beirut and assesses the interorganizational collaboration between the public and private sectors following the explosion. The author develops a conceptual framework of government/non-profit relations in post-disaster management and examines the long-term disaster response and intervention of both international and local communities in a developing world context. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of disaster management and response, public administration, international relations, and the non-profit sector"--

This book examines the political and institutional processes that have led to the strengthening of the Israeli central bank within the context of the now predominant neoliberal regime.

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.

Foreign influences on elections are widespread. Although foreign interventions around elections differ markedly-in terms of when and why they occur, and whether they are even legal-they all have enormous potential to influence citizens in the countries where elections are held. Bush and Prather explain how and why outside interventions influence local trust in elections, a critical factor for democracy and stability. Whether foreign actors enhance or diminish electoral trust depends on who is intervening, what political party citizens support, and where the election takes place. The book draws on diverse evidence, including new surveys conducted around elections with varying levels of democracy in Georgia, Tunisia, and the United States. Its insights about public opinion shed light on why leaders sometimes invite foreign influences on elections and why the candidates that win elections do not do more to respond to credible evidence of foreign meddling.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Explaining the Fragile Peace in Ituri -- 1.1.1 Insights on the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ituri -- 1.1.2 Insights on International Peacebuilding Success and Failure -- 1.1.3 Insights on Local and International Peacebuilding Actors -- 1.2 The Main Argument: A Story of Interaction -- 1.2.1 Analytical Framework -- 1.2.2 Methodological Framework -- 1.2.3 Contribution to Scholarship and Practice -- 1.3 Outline of Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: Analyzing the Interaction -- 2.1 International Peacebuilding and Its Critiques -- 2.1.1 Origins and Development of International Peacebuilding -- 2.1.1.1 From Traditional Peacekeeping to an Agenda for Liberal Peace -- 2.1.1.2 Reconceptualization of Security and Sovereignty -- 2.1.2 Critiques of International Peacebuilding -- 2.2 Addressing the 'Lack of the Local' -- 2.2.1 Local Ownership -- 2.2.1.1 Definition and Development -- 2.2.1.2 Critiques -- 2.2.2 Hybridity -- 2.2.2.1 Definition and Development -- 2.2.2.2 Critiques -- 2.2.3 Studying the Interaction -- 2.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Perceiving the War -- 3.1 The War and Its Origins -- 3.1.1 The Conflict Issues -- 3.1.1.1 Colonial Heritage and Ethnic Relations -- 3.1.1.2 Mobutu and the Land Question -- 3.1.1.3 The Role of Governance Structures -- 3.1.2 The Conflict Dynamics -- 3.1.2.1 Governance Structures During the War -- 3.1.2.2 Ethnic Mobilization by Armed Actors -- 3.1.2.3 The Importance of Controlling the Land -- 3.2 The Responses to the War -- 3.2.1 From Local Perceptions to Local Programs -- 3.2.1.1 Empirically-Based Perceptions of the Conflict -- 3.2.1.2 Local Experiences of Peacemaking -- A 'Spontaneous' Process? -- International Support