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Introducing new domains of research governance; Govind C. Persad, JD, BS, BA -- Should Research Ethics Encourage the Production of Cost-Effect Interventions?; Rebecca Johnson, MA -- From altruists to Workers: What Claims Should Healthy Participants in Phase I Trials Have Against Trial Employers?; Luana Colloca, PhD -- Nocebo effect: The dilemma of disclosing adverse events; Jan-Ole Reichardt, MA -- Encouraging conscientiousness in risk associated areas of medical research Challenges in common domains of research governance; Sara Anna Suzan Dekking, MAE et al -- Discriminating between Research and Care in Paediatric Oncology. Ethical Appraisal of the ALL- 10 and 11 protocols of the Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG); Imme Petersen, PhD et al -- What Does the Child's Assent to Research Participation Mean to Parents? Empirical Findings in Paediatric Oncology in Germany; Marcin Waligóra, PhD -- Assent in paediatric research and its consequences; Rosemarie Bernabe, PhD -- Ethical Issues in Postauthorization Drug Trials; Anette Blümle, PhD et al -- Fate of Clinical Research Studies after Ethical Approval – Follow-Up of Study Protocols until Publication; Daniel Strech, MD, PhD -- et al. Do editorial policies support ethical research? A thematic text analysis of author instructions in psychiatry journals Improving common domains of research governance; Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD -- Risk/Benefit Assessment in Launching Early Human Trials; Annette Rid, MD -- Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects Setting Thresholds of Acceptable Research Risk: Lessons from the Debate about Minimal Risk; Sapfo Lignou, MSc, MA et al -- Towards an Alternative Account for Defining Acceptable Risk in Non-beneficial Pediatric Research; Roger Brownsword, PhD -- Big biobanks: Three Major Governance Challenges and Some Mini-Constitutional Responses; Bettina Schmietow, MA -- Dynamic Consent to Biobank Research – Paradigm Shift or Red Herring?.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction, Observations, and Conclusions -- PART I: GENERATING GROWTH THROUGH PRODUCTIVITY, ICT, AND TRADE -- 2 Globalisation, International Competitiveness, the New Economy, and Growth in the G7 -- 3 Productivity Growth in Canada and the G7 -- 4 The Global Information Society and Development: Smoke without a Fire? -- 5 The World Trade Organization, Multinational Enterprise, and Civil Society -- 6 Globalisation, Growth, and Health: The Private Sector Perspective -- PART II: DESIGNING AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH NEPAD -- 7 The New Partnership for Africa's Development and the G8's Africa Action Plan: A Marshall Plan for Africa? -- 8 Designing for Development in Africa: The Role of International Institutions -- 9 Is African Development through the New Partnership for Africa's Development Synonymous with Sustainable Development? -- PART III: CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE -- 10 The International Monetary Fund and Its Critics -- 11 Evaluating Koizumi's Reforms and the Implications for the Global Economy -- 12 The Chinese Crux of Monetary Union in East Asia -- PART IV: CONCLUSION -- 13 The G7/8 Contribution at Kananaskis and Beyond -- ANALYTICAL APPENDICES -- A Impressions of the Kananaskis Summit, 26-27 June 2002 -- B Summit Achievement Grades, 1975-2002 -- C Commitments by Summit, 1975-2002 -- D Summit Performance Assessment by Issue and Country, 2002 -- E Keeping Genoa's Commitments: The 2001-02 Compliance Report -- DOCUMENTARY APPENDICES -- F Statement of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors -- G Statement of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors -- H Statement of G7 Finance Ministers -- I G8 Africa Action Plan

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- PART I Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- PART II Governance, public policy and Parliament -- 2 The 'holy grail' of governance: drivers, challenges and opportunities for developing countries -- 3 Bureaucratic capacity and the quality of government -- 4 Public management reforms in developing countries: toward a new synthesis -- 5 Parliament and public legislation in Bangladesh

Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility - Introduction -- Corporate social responsibility around the world - Historical evolution, progress and role of corporate governance -- Corporate social responsibility and corporate Governance in India: Evolution, progress and current status of large companies -- Impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility in India - Empirical analysis -- Impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility: An empirical exploration using structural equation technique.

Regional governance from a comparative perspective / Detlef Nolte, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany . - State and society in the transnational space / Wolfgang Hein, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany . - Analysis of global and regional convergence from an international economic perspective / Víctor M. González-Sánchez, UNED, National University of Distance Education, Madrid, Spain . - Financial literacy and financial inclusion : a double challenge for public sector / Susana de los Ríos-Sastre, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain. - Does university education develop entrepreneurial qualities? / Sylvia Rohlfer and Sergio Pulgarin, CUNEF, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros, Calle Leonardo Prieto Castro, Madrid, Spain, and others . - State-formation and patterns of violence : a cross regional comparison / Sabine Kurtenbach, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany . - Between independence and control : recent developments within the judiciary in Latin America / Cordula Tibi Weber and Mariana Llanos, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany . - China-Cuba relations in the 21st century / Adrian H. Hearn, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia . - Subnational authoritarian enclaves and their impact on national democratic rule : evidence from Mexico / Allyson Lucinda Benton, CIDE Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico D. F., Mexico . - State and society structural distance and measurements : an empirical analysis of China's national business associations / Long Ningli, China Center for Comparative Politics & Economics, Beijing, China . - A methodology for economic analysis of water reuse projects : the case of the city of Barcelona / Oriana Correia, "Scar Alfranca and Luis Seguí, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Nomos and narrative in civil law and theological ethics / W. Bradley Wendel -- Why religious freedom? / John R. Stumme -- African Americans and secular law : a paradoxical relationship / Richard J. Perry Jr. -- U.S. property law reconsidered in light of the Lutheran finitum capax infiniti / Mary Gaebler -- Law, grace, climate change, and water rights in the American Southwest / Ronald W. Duty -- A Lutheran feminist critique of American child protection laws : sins of sexual nature / Kirsi Stjerna -- Hiding in plain sight : Lutheran reflections on human trafficking / Wanda Deifelt -- Bearing so much similar fruit : Lutheran theology and comprehensive immigration reform / Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. -- God's uses of the law and the effort to establish a constitutional right to the means to live / Marie A. Failinger and Patrick R. Keifert -- Can Luther help modern lawyers understand fiduciary duty? / Susan R. Martyn -- The legal framework of Lutheran churches : a historical European perspective / Svend Andersen and Morten Kjaer -- Military chaplains and the law / James M. Childs Jr. -- The right to freedom of association : organizing in Rwanda after genocide / Victor Thasiah -- Disturbing unjust peace in Nigeria through the church and legal reforms : the contribution of Luther's critical public theology / Ibrahim Bitrus -- How should modern Lutherans try to shape secular law? / Robert Benne

Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face. They do this by not repeating old patterns but by searching for new and innovative methods and instruments based on shared principles of a transitions approach. The book describes the quest of cities on two continents to accelerate and stimulate such a transition to sustainability. The aim of the book is twofold: to provide insights into how cities are addressing this challenge conceptually and practically, and to learn from a comparison of governance strategies in Europe and Asia. The book is informed by transition thinking as it was developed in the last decade in Europe and as it is increasingly being applied in Asia. The analytical framework is based on principles of transition management, which draws on insights from complexity science, sociology, and governance theories. Only recently this approach has been adapted to the urban context, and this book is an opportunity to share these experiences with a wider audience. For scholars this work offers a presentation of recent state-of-the-art theoretical developments in transition governance applied to the context of cities. For urban planners, professionals, and practitioners it offers a framework for understanding ongoing developments as well as methods and instruments for dealing with them. The content is potentially appealing to post-graduate and graduate students of environmental management, policy studies, and urban studies programs

1. Introduction: democracy, conflict and participation in decentred governance Steven Griggs, Aletta J. Norval and Hendrik Wagenaar. - 2. Governance-driven democratisation Mark E. Warren. - 3. Beyond deliberation: agonistic and aversive grammars of democracy: the question of criteria Aletta J. Norval. - 4. Designing democratic institutions for decentred governance: the Council of Europe's acquis Vivien Lowndes and Lawrence Pratchett. - 5. Assessing the democratic anchorage of governance networks Eva Sørenson and Jacob Torfing. - 6. Learning through contested governance: the practice of agonistic intersubjectivity John Forester. - 7. Decentred legitimacy in the new community governance Steven Connelly. - 8. Designing 'the political' in (and out) of neighbourhood governance Helen Sullivan. - 9. Participatory governance in practice Therese O'Toole and Richard Gale. - 10. The agonistic experience: informality, hegemony, and the prospects for democratic governance Hendrik Wagenaar. - 11. Insurgent citizenship: radicalism, co-optation, and neighbourhood geopolitics among the Palestinian citizens of Haifa, Israel Joseph Leibovitz

"How private groups increasingly set public policy and regulate lives-with little public knowledge or attention. From accrediting doctors and lawyers to setting industry and professional standards, private groups establish many of the public policies in today's advanced societies. Yet this important role of nongovernmental groups is largely ignored by those who study, teach, or report on public policy issues. Public Policymaking by Private Organizations sheds light on policymaking by private groups, which are not accountable to the general public or, often, even to governments. This book brings to life the hidden world of policymaking by providing an overview of this phenomenon and in-depth case studies in the areas of finance, food safety, and certain professions. Far from being merely self regulation or self-governance, policymaking by private groups, for good or ill, can have a substantial impact on the broader public-from ensuring the safety of our home electrical appliances to vetting the credit-worthiness of complex financial instruments in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. From nonprofit associations to multinational corporations, private policymaking groups are everywhere. They certify professionals as competent, establish industry regulations, and set technical and professional standards. But because their operations lack the transparency and accountability required of governmental bodies, these organizations comprise a policymaking territory that is largely unseen, unreported, uncharted, and not easily reconciled with democratic principles. Anyone concerned about how policies are made-and who makes them-should read this book"--

Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local participation address the social cost of earlier adjustment programs and help put aid-receiving countries back in control of their own development agenda. Drawing on the case of Ghana, Lord Mawuko-Yevugah argues that this shift and the emphasis on partnerships between donors and poor countries, local participation, and country ownership simultaneously represents a substantive departure from earlier versions of neo-liberalism and an attempt by global development actors and local governing and social elites to justify, and legitimize the neo-liberal policy paradigm. This book shows how the new architecture of aid has important implications in three distinct but related ways: the discursive construction and production of post-colonial societies; the changing focus of Western aid and development policy interventions; and the reproduction of the politics of inclusive exclusion. The author provides detailed and original research on the new development paradigm and develops a critical theoretical approach to re-think conventional analyses of the new discourses on aid whilst offering a fresh, alternative interpretation of changes in international aid relations