China's prospects of successfully completing the transition to a market economy and becoming the world's largest economy during the 21st Century depend on the future sustainability of high rates of economic growth. This book is a comprehensive, balanced and realistic assessment …
Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional approaches in the discipline, as well as considering the possibility of a more integrated institut…
This book explores new forms of democracy in practice following the 2011 global uprisings; democracy that comes from below, by and for the 'have-nots'. Combining theories of social innovation and collective leadership, it analyses how disadvantaged communities have addressed the…
