03070nam 22004572 4500 b55af2d6-4a37-472d-bd56-4f85d3df64aa m o d cr n 260403t20262026 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712671 (Paperback) 9781911712688 (PDF) 9781911712695 (Epub) 9781911712701 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.mar doi UkCbTOM eng local GN1-890 SOC002000 bisacsh SOC002010 bisacsh 1.3.2.0.0.0.0 bisacsh JHM thema Rohde, Noëlle, author. Marked : School Grades and the Quantified Life / Noëlle Rohde. London : LSE Press, 2026. ©2026 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. Open Access Unrestricted online access star There are few things left on earth that people have not attempted to measure. From temperature to time, from finances to football, numbers are a crucial mediator of how we perceive and understand the world we live in. Increasingly, however, it is humans themselves who are the subject of quantification. Our fitness and success, even our personality traits and attractiveness, are now the stuff of scales and scores. But what does it do to us to be on the receiving end of such measurement? One of the world’s most successful global metrics is the school grade. Long predating the digital age, educational marks can be traced back at least to sixteenth-century European schools and have since conquered the world, becoming the indicator of academic achievement. To understand what it means to be quantified, Noëlle Rohde undertook in-depth fieldwork in a German comprehensive school where students receive more than one hundred grades per year. By staying close to the pupils as they are continually examined and assessed, her ethnography illustrates how marks mould students’ self-images, how they enforce meritocratic thinking and serve as a potent disciplinary tool. Marked: School Grades and the Quantified Life not only offers a nuanced account of the effects of grades on students, but also tells a cautionary tale of the increasing quantification of human life. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a custom license. For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Quality education School grades Ethnography Social anthropology LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.mar Connect to e-book https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 05700nam 22006612 4500 5d9e6da3-de96-4210-baf2-7e6eae1fbd64 m o d cr n 260403t20252025 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712381 (Paperback) 9781911712398 (PDF) 9781911712404 (Epub) 9781911712411 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.nbw doi UkCbTOM eng local HD BUS041000 bisacsh KJ thema KJMD thema 4T thema Navigating the 21st Century Business World : Case Studies in Management / edited by Dorottya Sallai, Alexander Pepper. London, UK : LSE Press, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Business cases: what are they, why do we use them and how should you go about doing a case analysis?2. Corporate strategy in the UK vehicle components industry: a comparison of Lucas Industries and GKN3. The collapse of Carillion plc4. On what matters: Unilever plc – purpose or performance?5. Asset allocation and governance at the Imperial Tobacco pension fund in the mid-20th century6. The fall of the Maxwell empire7. Activist investors: Alliance Trust and Elliott International8. The failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland9. China National Petroleum Corporation in Sudan10. TRQ and Rio Tinto: the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine and the obsolescing bargain in Mongolia11. Activist investors versus Big Oil: how should ExxonMobil and British Petroleum respond?12. Environmental impact: why fast fashion is bad for the environment13. The UK’s National Health Service: teams, conflict and performance14. Redesigning a performance management system15. Transformation in the automotive sector: the management challenges of AI and the digital revolution16. auticon: promoting a neurodiverse workforce17. Planning and programming for a government-hosted mass-gathering event in India: the 2019 Prayagraj Kumbh Mela18. Socio-economic background and career progression within the UK Civil Service Open Access Unrestricted online access star Case studies have long been an integral part of business and management education. As artificial intelligence transforms teaching and learning, they are assuming even greater importance. Cases provide the opportunity to learn from real-life scenarios, equipping students with the analytical skills required to critically examine data, apply theory, and interpret complex situations in what is an increasingly noisy and uncertain world.Navigating the 21st Century Business World: Case Studies in Management is a fully open access collection of management cases, featuring examples from the health sector, media, oil and gas industries, fast fashion, financial services, and the public sector.Written by LSE academics and tested in the classroom, the case studies in this book challenge students to evaluate classic issues of management, such as corporate governance and leadership, and to address contemporary dilemmas, from considering a company’s responsibilities in the face of man-made climate change to how to create inclusive workforces. Each case details the core dilemmas raised and includes questions for students to consider when preparing the case. Academics and industry trainers can use the collection to make their lessons more hands-on and enhance their curriculum. The case studies provide practical examples of management decision-making to spark thought-provoking discussions for university students, experienced executives looking to improve their leadership skills, and entrepreneurs seeking a competitive edge. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Sallai, Dorottya, editor. (orcid)0000000334114818 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3411-4818 Pepper, Alexander, editor. (orcid)000000034927809X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-809X Vida, Vida, contributions by. Andrenacci, Luciano, contributions by. Avrahampour, Yally, contributions by. Barzelay, Michael, contributions by. Campbell, Rebecca, contributions by. Cnop, Aurelie, contributions by. Côté, Christine, contributions by. Cumpsty, Eleanor, contributions by. Estrin, Saul, contributions by. Fon, Roger, contributions by. Hill, Ian, contributions by. Jasansky, Alfred, contributions by. King, Karin A., contributions by. Oddoye, Lauren, contributions by. Owen, Geoffrey, contributions by. Shapiro, Daniel, contributions by. Soane, Emma, contributions by. Wirth, Janna, contributions by. LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.nbw Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.nbw_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04508nam 22005652 4500 20c896aa-772c-4d01-8df6-d33476a9a1d8 m o d cr n 260403t20262026 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712558 (Paperback) 9781911712565 (PDF) 9781911712572 (Epub) 9781911712589 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.noa doi UkCbTOM eng local GN SOC015000 bisacsh POL062000 bisacsh RGC thema Brigstocke, Julian, author. (orcid)0000000224550504 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2455-0504 Nonauthoritarian Authority : Cities, Materiality, and the Aesthetics of Power / Julian Brigstocke. London : LSE Press, 2026. ©2026 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier RGS-IBG book series ; 2996-5241 2996-5233 Available through LSE Press. 1. Authority and modernity2. Attuning to emergent, everyday, ordinary authorities3. Spaces and aesthetics of authority4. Four speculative figures of authority: attention, care, birth, attunement5. Lectio divina – reading Arendt’s ‘What is authority?’6. Authority, authorship, form, and genre: a horoscope for the neurotic and paranoid7. Atmospheric authority and emotional borderwork in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro8. Landscapes of thinking, or, where am I when I think?9. Granular authority, bureaucracy, and the aesthetics of sand in colonial Hong Kong10. Authority, modernity, and the factory of emotions11. Speculative provocations for a nonauthoritarian authority Open Access Unrestricted online access star Authority is not a word with many positive connotations. It suggests power-hungry dictators, trigger-happy police, stifling bureaucracies, and monumental urban landscapes. In Nonauthoritarian Authority Julian Brigstocke argues that in these shattered times, anti-authoritarianism is not enough: a radical, speculative reinvention of authority is needed. He introduces the idea of non-authoritarian authority: a form of power that pluralises marginalised and hidden voices, recognises diverse agencies, and amplifies heterogeneous demands. Engaging with key philosophical debates around materiality, experience, feeling, agency, and landscape, Nonauthoritarian Authority stages a series of experiments with thinking, reading, researching, and writing non-authoritarian authority. Dramatising a speculative search for barely sensed, dispersed authorities, Brigstocke’s experiments in thinking explore the intrinsically spatial nature of authority, through empirical studies of violent urban borders in Rio de Janeiro, colonial material infrastructures in Hong Kong, monumental architecture in Paris, and everyday spaces of encounter in the UK. Offering an intricate and playful reflection on the relationship between authority, urban forms, and writing, each exercise in thinking links form and genre to a distinctive way of imagining authority. Each chapter simultaneously critiques a form of authoritarian authority and searches for a new, nonauthoritarian authority within the rubble of the old. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AH/N008855/1 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AH/T000996/1 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) AH/L013282/1 Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Authority Speculative Nonauthoritarian Power Pluralising worlds Urban spaces Cities LSE Press, publisher. RGS-IBG book series ; 2996-5241 2996-5233 https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.noa Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.noa_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04408nam 22005292 4500 d0a7c002-8e97-435d-9bbb-6b616bf84c4e m o d cr n 260403t20222022 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890886 (Paperback) 9781909890886 (PDF) 9781909890909 (Epub) 9781909890916 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.ppc doi UkCbTOM eng local JQ KFFP bicssc JPP bicssc KFFP bicssc 1FPC bicssc POL027000 bisacsh POL017000 bisacsh KFFP thema JPP thema Wang, Yan, author. The London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000332144271 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3214-4271 Pension Policy and Governmentality in China : Manufacturing Public Compliance / Yan Wang. London : LSE Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (282 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction2. Manufacturing compliance with ‘rule by design’3. Who gets what and how: governance based on subpopulations4. Who deserves benefits and why – constructing fairness, pension expectations, and subjectivity5. Maximising support for pension reform using policy experimentation, and the potential to backfire6. Falsification of ‘manufactured compliance’ and wider legitimation and governmentality issues7. Pension issues, state governmentality, and falsified compliance in a comparative perspective Open Access Unrestricted online access star Rapid economic growth is often a disruptive social process threatening the social relations and ideologies of incumbent regimes. Yet far from acting defensively, the Chinese Communist Party has lead a major social and economic transformation over forty years, without yet encountering fundamental challenges subverting its rule. A key question for political sociology is thus - how have the logics of China’s governmentality been able to help maintain compliance from the governed while acting so radically to advance the state’s growth priorities? This book explores the issue by analysing the detailed trajectories, rationale, and effects of China’s pension reforms. It uses strong methods, including institutional analysis of resource allocation in the multiple pension schemes and programmes, and quantitative text analysis of the knowledge construction in official discourse along with the reforms. Causal identification estimates the effects of key policy instruments on public opinion about pension responsibility and political trust. Moving beyond the pension issues, the analysis discusses with qualitative evidence why falsified compliance might exist in China’s society and the mechanisms that may lie behind it. Where active counter-conduct (such as resistance) is confined, individuals may choose cognitive rebellion and falsify their public compliance.The Chinese state’s strategy to generate public compliance is hybrid, organic, and dynamic. The state rules society by its customised governance design and constant adjustments. Public compliance is not only acquired through ‘buying off’ the public with governmental performance and transfer benefits, but is also manufactured through achieving cultural changes and new ideological foundations for general legitimation. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Pensions China Social Security Statecraft LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ppc Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.ppc_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 03940nam 22005412 4500 8c854cfa-26a0-4f9f-a6be-340d988463d8 m o d cr n 260403t20222022 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890930 (Paperback) 9781909890930 (PDF) 10.31389/lsepress.pop doi UkCbTOM eng local KC bicssc JPA bicssc POL007000 bisacsh Populism : Origins and Alternative Policy Responses / edited by Andrés Velasco, Irene Bucelli. London : LSE Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (161 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. IntroductionAndrés Velasco and Irene Bucelli2. Populism and Identity PoliticsAndrés Velasco3. Democracy Versus Democracy: The Populist Challenge to Liberal DemocracyMichael Ignatieff4. Challenger Parties and PopulismCatherine E. De Vries and Sara B. Hobolt5. The Rise of Populism and the Revenge of the Places That Don’t MatterAndrés Rodríguez-Pose6. Social Media and Political PolarisationGilat Levy and Ronny Razin7. The Technological Revolution, Segregation, and Populism – A Long-Term Strategic ResponseDavid Soskice Open Access Unrestricted online access star Populist movements, parties and leaders have gained influence in many countries, disrupting long-established patterns of party competition, impugning the legitimacy of representative institutions and sometimes actively weakening or coarsening government capabilities. By positing an acute contrast between the will of the people and established elites, and advocating simplistic policy solutions careless of minority rights, populists have challenged the development and even the maintenance of liberal democracy on many fronts.Social scientists’ attention to populism has grown rapidly, although it remains somewhat fragmented across disciplines. Many questions remain. Are populism’s causes economic or cultural? National or local? Is populism a threat to liberal democracy? If so, what kind of threat? And what can be done about it? Employing a range of conceptual toolkits and methods, this interdisciplinary book addresses in a critical and evidence-based way the most common diagnoses of populism’s causes, consequences and policy antidotes. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Democracy; Populism; Identity politics; Liberal democracy Liberal democracy Identity politics Populism Democracy Velasco, Andrés, editor. London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000304415062 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-5062 Bucelli, Irene, editor. De Vries, Catherine E., contributions by. Hobolt, Sara B., contributions by. Ignatieff, Michael, contributions by. Levy, Gilat, contributions by. Razin, Ronny, contributions by. Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, contributions by. Soskice, David, contributions by. 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The World Turned Upside Down Open Access Unrestricted online access star Reading Wars explores heated, even murderous, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. Those conflicts, once again in the news, stretch back centuries. In this book, Don Herzog examines the history and politics of anxieties about readers and reading, spanning both the United States and Britain, from the 1500s right up to contemporary battles over banning library books and freedom of speech. In these pages, Herzog deftly interweaves episodes from Reformation England, when first Catholics and then Protestants cracked down on unsupervised Bible-reading, with the deadly campaigns in pre-Civil War America to keep black people – both free and enslaved – illiterate. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, he reconstructs arguments insisting that ordinary men and women could not be trusted to read what they liked – indeed, that some of them ought not read at all. And he charts struggles to promote literacy. Herzog argues that at stake in these battles is whether some people – those banned from reading – are not fully human, or lesser persons than others. The radical campaign to let more or less everyone read more or less everything is ultimately, therefore, a campaign for equality. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Literacy Censorship Personhood Education Free Speech LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.rew Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.rew_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 05178nam 22004932 4500 38d26bff-897c-42b3-bb96-eb94984d1391 m o d cr n 260403t20242024 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712220 (Paperback) 9781911712237 (PDF) 9781911712244 (Epub) 9781911712251 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.rpg doi UkCbTOM eng local HC SOC050000 bisacsh 2.3.1.0.0.0.0 bisacsh POL024000 bisacsh SOC028000 bisacsh JBSA thema 1FKB thema KCM thema JBSF1 thema Kabeer, Naila, author. The London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000177699540 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-9540 Renegotiating Patriarchy : Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox / Naila Kabeer. UK: London : LSE Press, 2024. ©2024 1 online resource (356 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Unravelling the paradox: meaning, motivation and methodology 2. Frontiers and crossroads: economy, politics and culture in the Bengal delta 3. ‘The test case for development’: policy debates in the aftermath of independence 4. Behind the grim litany: researching a development impasse 5. Defying the prophets of doom: the emergence of the Bangladesh paradox 6. ‘My children have a future’: fate, family planning and the capacity to aspire 7. ‘Standing on your own feet’: the making of a female labour force 8. ‘We follow shariat, but we follow marfat too’: contestations over gender and Islam in the nation-making project 9. Unruly sons, compassionate daughters: reconfiguring the intergenerational bargain 10. Resolving the paradox: concluding reflections Open Access Unrestricted online access star The idea of the ‘Bangladesh paradox’ describes the unexpected social progress that Bangladesh has made in recent decades that has been both pro-poor and gender equitable. This began at a time when the country was characterised by extreme levels of poverty, poor quality governance, an oppressive patriarchy and rising Islamic orthodoxy.  This ‘paradox’ has evoked a great deal of interest within the international development community because Bangladesh had been dubbed an ‘international basket case’ at the time of its independence in 1971, seemingly trapped in a development impasse. Previous attempts to explain this paradox have generally taken a top-down approach, focusing on the role of leading institutional actors – donors, government, NGOs and the private sector. In Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox, Naila Kabeer starts with the rationale that policy actions taken at the top are unlikely to materialise into actual changes if they are not acted on by the mass of ordinary women and men. But what led these women and men to act? And why did they act in ways that modified some of the more oppressive aspects of patriarchy in the country? That is what this book sets out to investigate. It describes the history of the Bengal delta, and the forces that gave rise to the kind of society that Bangladesh was at the time of its independence. It considers the policy and politics that characterised post-independence Bangladesh and how these contributed to the progress captured in the idea of the Bangladesh paradox. But the key argument of the book is that much of this progress reflected the agency exercised by ordinary, often very poor, women in the course of their everyday lives. Their agency helped to translate institutional actions into concrete changes on the ground. To explore why and how this happened, the book draws on a rich body of ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research on social change in Bangladesh – including studies by the author herself. The book is therefore about how norms and practices can change in progressive ways despite unpropitious circumstances as a result of the efforts of poor women in Bangladesh to renegotiate what had been described as one of the most non-negotiable patriarchies in the world. The London School of Economics and Political Science Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. 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UK: London : LSE Press, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource (314 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Preface2. Introducing spectrum auctions3. Understanding the radio spectrum, auctions, and the UK case4. Market design, economic efficiency, and game theory for spectrum auctions5. Regulation, public value, and policymaking6. Applying expertise in decision-making processes7. Laying foundations before the auction8. Auction design objectives and baseline decisions9. Choosing an auction format10. Promoting downstream competition11. Harnessing auctions for better-informed public policy decisions12. Auction bidding and outcomes13. Afterword: Reflections for future auctions14. Annex A: Further details of the UK’s spectrum auctions, 2000–2115. Annex B: Further explanation of the Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) format and bidding in the UK’s 2013 auction16. Annex C: Additional explanation of the cost-benefit role of auctions Open Access Unrestricted online access star Access to the radio spectrum is vital for modern digital communication. It is an essential component for smartphone capabilities, the Cloud, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, and multiple other new technologies. Governments use spectrum auctions to decide which companies should use what parts of the radio spectrum. Successful auctions can fuel rapid innovation in products and services, unlock substantial economic benefits, build comparative advantage across all regions, and create billions of dollars of government revenues. Poor auction strategies can leave bandwidth unsold and delay innovation, sell national assets to firms too cheaply, or create uncompetitive markets with high mobile prices and patchy coverage that stifles economic growth. Corporate bidders regularly complain that auctions raise their costs, while government critics argue that insufficient revenues are raised. The cross-national record shows many examples of both highly successful auctions and miserable failures.Drawing on experience from the UK and other countries, senior regulator Geoffrey Myers explains how to optimise the regulatory design of auctions, from initial planning to final implementation. Spectrum Auctions offers unrivalled expertise for regulators and economists engaged in practical auction design or company executives planning bidding strategies. For applied economists, teachers, and advanced students this book provides unrivalled insights in market design and public management. Providing clear analytical frameworks, case studies of auctions, and stage-by-stage advice, it is essential reading for anyone interested in designing public-interested and successful spectrum auctions. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Spectrum auctions Auction theory Radio spectrum Auction design Digital communication Regulation LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.spa Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.spa_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 07504nam 22004812 4500 c808fb1b-a394-4695-84dc-b4163eeecaf5 m o d cr n 260403t20252025 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712473 (Paperback) 9781911712480 (PDF) 9781911712497 (Epub) 9781911712503 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.tgs doi UkCbTOM eng local SCI092000 bisacsh BUS072000 bisacsh RNU thema Stern, Nicholas, author. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). (orcid)0009000638635361 https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3863-5361 The Growth Story of the 21st Century : The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action / Nicholas Stern. London : LSE Press, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. PART I: FOUNDATIONS: A WORLD RE-DRAWN AND AN URGENT AGENDA FOR ACTION1. How we got here, and where to now 1.1 Lessons from the two decades following the Stern Review1.2 The new objective: from growth to sustainability 1.3 Extraordinary advances and deep challenges 1.4 International agreements: the significance of Paris, COP211.5 Growth: received theories, change, and the new vision 1.6 Concluding remarks: towards sustainable development 2. Some fundamentals: science and nature 2.1 The forces and the dangers 2.2 Risks, urgency, overshooting, tipping points, and carbon budgets 2.3 Adaptation, hazards, vulnerability, and development 2.4 Nature: biodiversity and climate 2.5 Concluding remarks: the science is clear and sets the timetable 3. More fundamentals: politics, economics, ethics3.1 Politics and its intersections with history and geography 3.2 Economics and ethics3.3 Ways forward for constructive analysis in economics and the social sciences 3.4 Concluding remarks: to my fellow economists 4. A changing world: new opportunities and an agenda for action 4.1 Forces for change: public pressure and legal accountability 4.2 Technology, innovation, and the private sector 4.3 International action in a changing world 4.4 A new geopolitics 4.5 Concluding remarks: the agenda PART II. THE NEW GROWTH STORY: INVESTMENT, INNOVATION, AND FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURAL CHANGE 5. Rising to the challenges: the key elements of a new growth story 5.1 The drivers of growth  5.2 Economy-wide integrated action  5.3 Errors in common counterarguments 5.4 Investment across sectors and geographies 5.5 Development, poverty reduction, and climate action 5.6 Concluding remarks: the new growth and development story 6. Perspectives, policies, institutions: actions for rapid structural transformation and sustainable growth 6.1 Concepts and perspectives; technologies and systems 6.2 Fostering investment: strategies, systems, and platforms 6.3 Incentive structures for the new economy: tackling market failures 6.4 Financial structures for the new economy 6.5 Distribution and a just transition 6.6 Macroeconomic challenges 6.7 Concluding remarks: opportunities, choices, trade-offs, and commitment7. The role of the state in a changing world 7.1 The confusions, failures, and dangers of market fundamentalism 7.2 The role of the state in driving change: crisis, urgency, and systemic transformation 7.3 Global public goods and internationalism 7.4 Institutions, rights, and behaviours 7.5 Political economy 7.6 Concluding remarks: recasting the role of the state PART III: INTERNATIONAL ACTION 8. Transformation of the international economy: interdependencies, new structures and geographies, differences across nations 8.1 An interdependent world 8.2 A new global economic geography 8.3 New opportunities: new resources, new players, competition 8.4 Natural capital: investment and impact8.5 Differences between nations: EMDCs’ huge energy potential and infrastructure needs 8.6 Concluding remarks: opportunity, international cooperation, and a new economic geography 9. International action for sustainable development: investment, finance and collaboration 9.1 Future foundations: restoring trust and building new leadership 9.2 The investment imperative: what is needed where 9.3 Mobilising finance: international collaboration 9.4 Technology, industrial policy, trade, and innovation 9.5 Aligning global climate and biodiversity action 9.6 Overshooting, negative emissions, geoengineering 9.7 Concluding remarks: a global response to a global challenge PART IV: GALVANISING ACTION 10. Fallacies and confusions; obstacles and the risk of failure10.1 Fallacies from advocates of weak or delayed action10.2 Confusion and misdirection 10.3 Obstacles, action to tackle them, and the research agenda 10.4 Crucial issues that get too little attention: adaptation and biodiversity 10.5 Concluding remarks: dispelling fallacies and overcoming obstacles to action 11. Prospects for success: opportunity, urgency, multilateralism11.1 Retrospect: developments since the Stern Review 11.2 Prospect: fostering action and an agenda for economics and the social sciences 11.3 Multilateralism 11.4 Concluding remarks: ‘Yes, we can’; success is possible Open Access Unrestricted online access star The world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe – or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth. The Growth Story of the 21st Century challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development. Instead, it presents a compelling case for a transformation that delivers both prosperity and a healthier planet.Drawing on economics, finance, policy, politics, and behavioural science, Nicholas Stern explores why this transformation is essential, what it entails, and how we can achieve it. He revisits the insights of the Stern Review two decades on and sets out a new research agenda for economics and the social sciences. This is a story of optimism – about how rapid technological advances, including digitisation and AI, can drive change at scale. But it does not shy away from the immense challenges ahead. With clear and practical strategies for national and international action, this book is a call to leaders, businesses, and individuals alike: the future is in our hands, and delay is the riskiest option of all. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Sustainable development Growth Climate action Economic Transformation Investment and Innovation Climate Policy LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tgs Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.tgs_frontcover.jpeg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 09408nam 22010812 4500 d95151c4-fb83-4008-86bf-57ecc9ac9937 m o d cr n 260403t20252025 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712435 (Paperback) 9781911712442 (PDF) 9781911712459 (Epub) 9781911712466 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.tlc doi UkCbTOM eng local HB BUS068000 bisacsh POL028000 bisacsh KC thema JPP thema The London Consensus : Economic Principles for the 21st Century / edited by Tim Besley, Irene Bucelli, Andrés Velasco. London : LSE Press, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource (632 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Towards a London Economic Consensus: an introduction Tim Besley and Andrés VelascoPART I: INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY 2. Fostering green and inclusive productivity growth Philippe Aghion and John Van ReenenResponse to Philippe Aghion and John Van Reenen Diane CoyleResponse to Philippe Aghion and John Van Reenen Timo Boppart3. On productivismDani RodrikResponse to Dani Rodrik Jean Pisani-FerryResponse to Dani Rodrik Pierre-Olivier GourinchasPART II: TRADE4. International trade since the Washington Consensus: the gains and the painsDave DonaldsonResponse to Dave Donaldson Thomas SampsonResponse to Dave Donaldson Anthony Venables5. Export-led growth Ricardo HausmannResponse to Ricardo Hausmann Isabela ManeliciResponse to Ricardo Hausmann Danny QuahPART III: MACROECONOMIC POLICY6. Fiscal policy and public debt Ricardo Reis and Andrés VelascoResponse to Ricardo Reis and Andrés Velasco Olivier BlanchardResponse to Ricardo Reis and Andrés Velasco Chryssi Giannitsarou7. Monetary and financial policies Hélène ReyResponse to Hélène Rey Paul TuckerResponse to Hélène Rey Şebnem Kalemli-ÖzcanPART IV: LABOUR MARKET8. Labour markets and the future of work Christopher PissaridesResponse to Christopher Pissarides Kirsten Sehnbruch9. Labour markets and gender inequality Oriana Bandiera and Barbara PetrongoloResponse to Oriana Bandiera and Barbara Petrongolo Ashwini DeshpandeResponse to Oriana Bandiera and Barbara Petrongolo Almudena SevillaPART V COHESION, EQUITY AND SOCIAL POLICY10. Is there a ‘new consensus’ on inequality? Francisco H. G. FerreiraResponse to Francisco H. G. Ferreira Ravi KanburResponse to Francisco H. G. Ferreira Nora Lustig11. Welfare state Nicholas BarrResponse to Nicholas Barr Santiago LevyResponse to Nicholas Barr Paul Johnson12. Addressing the learning crisis: an emergent consensus Lant PritchettResponse to Lant Pritchett Pedro CarneiroResponse to Lant Pritchett Miguel Urquiola13. Towards resilient and sustainable universal healthcare coverage Alistair McGuire, Joan Costa-i-Font and Ranjeeta ThomasResponse to Alistair McGuire, Joan Costa-i-Font and Ranjeeta Thomas Carol PropperResponse to Alistair McGuire, Joan Costa-i-Font and Ranjeeta Thomas Michael MarmotPART VI: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE14. Climate and environment: what we know and what we need to know Robin Burgess and Tim Dobermann15. Tackling climate change in low- and middle-income countries Elizabeth Robinson and Chukwumerije OkerekePART VII: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND STATE CAPACITY16. From liberal economic policies to liberal political institutions? Democracy, development clusters and wellbeing Tim Besley and Torsten PerssonResponse to Tim Besley and Torsten Persson Margaret LeviResponse to Tim Besley and Torsten Persson Leonard Wantchekon17. State capacity Dan Honig, Adnan Khan and Joana NaritomiResponse to Dan Honig, Adnan Khan and Joana Naritomi Matthew AndrewsResponse to Dan Honig, Adnan Khan and Joana Naritomi Ernesto Dal BóAfterword Pranab Bardhan Open Access Unrestricted online access star A generation ago, the so-called Washington Consensus laid out a series of dos and don’ts for policymakers around the world. Today, that vision is recognised as having fallen short in a number of ways – particularly in its neglect of the social and institutional factors that are indispensable for achieving sustained growth and for building fairer and more cohesive societies. The immense challenges humanity faces are easy to list: climate change, pandemics, social inequalities, the far-reaching effects of the tech revolution and AI, a fragmenting world economy, and a wave of populism and political polarisation that has undermined support for liberal democracy in many countries. It is much harder to identify a set of new ideas – and policies – that will solve these seemingly intractable global problems. In this new world, political leaders and policymakers need guidance and principles that can assist when choosing among policy alternatives. To this end, the editors of this volume convened over 50 of the world’s leading economists and policy experts at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century is the result of these exchanges. It is not intended as a one-size-fits-all set of economic remedies, but an exercise in assembling the best available evidence and ideas to foster dialogue, and ultimately to develop a set of principles that can address the urgent political, social and economic tasks ahead.For more on the London Consensus project, see: https://www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-public-policy/Research/London-Consensus Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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Robinson, Elizabeth, contributions by. Rodrik, Dani, contributions by. Sampson, Thomas, contributions by. Sehnbruch, Kirsten, contributions by. Sevilla, Almudena, contributions by. Thomas, Ranjeeta, contributions by. Tucker, Paul, contributions by. Urquiola, Miguel, contributions by. Van Reenen, John, contributions by. Venables, Anthony, contributions by. Wantchekon, Leonard, contributions by. LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.tlc_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04654nam 22004572 4500 31c3574f-029d-4433-97e3-cc04cfc90837 m o d cr n 260403t20242024 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712268 (Paperback) 9781911712275 (PDF) 9781911712282 (Epub) 9781911712299 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.ose doi UkCbTOM eng local B PHI034000 bisacsh POL007000 bisacsh QDTS thema JPA thema JBS thema Alexander, J. McKenzie, author. The Open Society as an Enemy : A Critique of How Free Societies Turned Against Themselves / J. McKenzie Alexander. London : LSE Press, 2024. ©2024 1 online resource (359 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. Introduction Part I: Don’t come around here no more The cosmopolitan conception of the Open Society1. Consider the wall 2. You should have picked different parents 3. The room where it happens 4. Go your own way 5. It’s the economy, stupid 6. Nowhere, man 7. Concluding remarks Part II: The panopticon of the soul The transparent conception of the Open Society8. The book of life 9. Unwanted inferences 10. Lifting the veil 11. Letting it all hang out 12. Don’t you forget about me 13. Returning to the past 14. We’ll be watching you 15. Concluding remarks Part III: Safe spaces The Enlightenment conception of the Open Society16. Generation Wuss? 17. Trigger warnings 18. Safe spaces 19. No-platforming 20. Concluding remarks Part IV: Modern tribes The communitarian conception of the Open Society21. Joshua’s question 22. On polarisation 23. Social identity, in-group bias, and norms 24. The psychology of modern tribes 25. Authenticity and the WINOs 26. Intersectionality 27. Epistemic closure and extreme groups 28. The collision of horizons 29. Concluding remarksWe can work it out Open Access Unrestricted online access star Nearly 80 years ago, Karl Popper gave a spirited philosophical defence of the Open Society in his two-volume work, The Open Society and Its Enemies. In this book, J. McKenzie Alexander argues that a new defence is urgently needed because, in the decades since the end of the Cold War, many of the values of the Open Society¬ have come under threat once again. Populist agendas on both the left and right threaten to undermine fundamental principles that underpin liberal democracies, so that what were previously seen as virtues of the Open Society are now, by many people, seen as vices, dangers, or threats. The Open Society as an Enemy interrogates four interconnected aspects of the Open Society: cosmopolitanism, transparency, the free exchange of ideas, and communitarianism. Each of these is analysed in depth, drawing out the implications for contemporary social questions such as the free movement of people, the erosion of privacy, no-platforming and the increased political and social polarisation that is fuelled by social media.In re-examining the consequences for all of us of these attacks on free societies, Alexander calls for resistance to the forces of reaction. But he also calls for the concept of the Open Society to be rehabilitated and advanced. In doing this, he argues, there is an opportunity to re-think the kind of society we want to create, and to ensure it is achievable and sustainable. This forensic defence of the core principles of the Open Society is an essential read for anyone wishing to understand some of the powerful social currents that have engulfed public debates in recent years, and what to do about them. The London School of Economics and Political Science Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. 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Auditing the UK’s changing democracy 1.1 The worsening context for liberal democracy1.2 Evaluating UK democracy and the Democratic Audit’s choice of methods1.3 The ambivalent legacies of the ‘British tradition’ 2. How democratic are the UK’s electoral systems? 2.1 The Westminster ‘plurality rule’ electoral system2.2 The reformed electoral systems used in Britain’s devolved governments and England’s mayoral elections2.3 The UK’s proportional electoral system: the single transferable vote (STV) 2.4 Are elections conducted with integrity, with sufficient turnout? 3. How democratic are the channels for political participation? 3.1 The political parties and party system 3.2 The interest group process3.3 The media system3.4 Social media and citizen vigilance 4. How democratic is the Westminster Parliament? 4.1 The House of Commons: control of government and citizen representation 4.2 The Commons’ two committee systems and scrutiny of government policy-making 4.3 Accountability of the security and intelligence services 4.4 How undemocratic is the House of Lords? 5. How democratic and effective is UK national government? 5.1 The basic constitutional law 5.2 The core executive and government5.3 The civil service and public services management systems5.4 How transparent and free from corruption is UK government?5.5 In terms of Brexit 5.6 The basic structure of the devolution settlements 6. How democratic are the UK’s devolved government arrangements? 6.1 Scotland: devolved government and national politics 6.2 Scotland: local government and politics6.3 Wales: devolved government and national politics6.4 Wales: local government and politics6.5 Northern Ireland: devolved government and politics 6.6 Northern Ireland: local government and politics 6.7 London: devolved government and politics at metropolitan level6.8 London: government and politics in the boroughs6.9 England: local government and politics 7. How far are equalities essential for liberal democracy secured?7.1 Human rights and civil liberties 7.2 Gender equality 7.3 Equality and ethnic minorities 7.4 The rights of workers 7.5 Class disparities and social inequalities 8. Assessing democratic quality and the potential for democratic advance8.1 Assessing democratic quality and renewing the potential for democratic advance8.2 Counteracting democratic decay References Index Open Access Unrestricted online access star The UK’s Changing Democracy presents a uniquely democratic perspective on all aspects of UK politics, at the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, and in all the devolved nations.The 2016 referendum vote to leave the EU marked a turning point in the UK’s political system. In the previous two decades, the country had undergone a series of democratic reforms, during which it seemed to evolve into a more typical European liberal democracy.The establishment of a Supreme Court, adoption of the Human Rights Act, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, proportional electoral systems, executive mayors and the growth in multi-party competition all marked profound changes to the British political tradition.Brexit may now bring some of these developments to a juddering halt. The UK’s previous ‘exceptionalism’ from European patterns looks certain to continue indefinitely. ‘Taking back control’ of regulations, trade, immigration and much more is the biggest change in UK governance for half a century. It has already produced enduring crises for the party system, Parliament and the core executive, with uniquely contested governance over critical issues, and a rapidly changing political landscape. Other recent trends are no less fast-moving, such as the revival of two-party dominance in England, the re-creation of some mass membership parties and the disruptive challenges of social media.In this context, an in-depth assessment of the quality of the UK’s democracy is essential. Each of the 2018 Democratic Audit’s 37 short chapters starts with clear criteria for what democracy requires in that part of the nation’s political life and outlines key recent developments before a SWOT analysis (of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) crystallises the current situation. A small number of core issues are then explored in more depth.Set against the global rise of debased semi-democracies, the book’s approach returns our focus firmly to the big issues around the quality and sustainability of the UK’s liberal democracy. Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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The Legacies of Tzarist Social Divide in Russia 4. Rewriting History and ‘Gathering the Russian Lands’: Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Nationhood5. The Securitised ‘Others’ of Russian Nationalism in Ukraine and Russia 6. The Making of Independent Ukraine7. Russia’s Networked Authoritarianism in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories During the Full-Scale Invasion: Control and Resilience 8. Ukraine’s Decentralisation Reforms and the Path to Reconstruction, Recovery and European Integration9. Uprooting and Borders: The Digital Architecture of the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis10. Weaponised Energy and Climate Change: Assessing Europe’s Response to the Ukraine War11. New Dynamics, New Opportunities: Trends in Organised Crime in Ukraine After Russia’s Invasion12. War in Ukraine in a Polarised America13. Europe and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Where Does the EU Stand?14. After Merkel: Germany from Peace to War 15. Comrades? Xi, Putin and the Challenge to the West 16. The Global South and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 17. Mr Putin and the Chronicle of a Normalisation Foretold18. Reconstructing and Reforming Ukraine 19. Annex A: Ukraine’s Timeline: From Independence to War20. Annex B: The Geography of War Open Access Unrestricted online access star The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022 has not only caused immense suffering inside the country, and among its people, it has shifted the political landscape in Russia for the worse, altered the strategic map of Europe, and created division and economic pain in the rest of the world. In this volume, a group of internationally acclaimed academics – many originally from Ukraine or Russia – examine the deep causes of Putin’s war, the role played by other actors such as China and the United States, the severe consequences for the many millions of Ukrainians displaced from their home and country, the impact on the West and the Global South and the challenges confronting Ukraine when the war finally comes to an end. Part of the LSE Public Policy Review Series, Ukraine: Russia’s War and the Future of the Global Order offers a rigorous intellectual response to this extreme humanitarian crisis and considers the implications for the future of Ukraine and the transformed global order. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Ukraine Russia International relations Cox, Michael, editor. London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ukr Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.ukr_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 05399nam 22004932 4500 89b1ceef-8795-4501-a870-a7ce30dc8380 m o d cr n 260403t20262026 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712633 (Paperback) 9781911712640 (PDF) 9781911712657 (Epub) 9781911712664 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.che doi UkCbTOM eng local GN SOC015000 bisacsh ENV019000 bisacsh RGC thema RNF thema Parsons, Laurie, author. Climate Hegemony : Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse / Laurie Parsons. London : LSE Press, 2026. ©2026 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier RGS-IBG book series ; 2996-5241 2996-5233 Available through LSE Press. 1.1 Climate controlPART 1: SUBJECTIVITY 2. The tyranny of environmental metaphors 2.1 Climate change and metaphorical fallacy 2.2 Container metaphors and climate change geographies 3. I, climate migrant: science, security and stigma in the analysis of environmental mobility 3.1 Climate migration in Cambodia: from “great mobility” to the geopolitics of adaption 3.2 Climate migration in global discourse: securitisation, embodiment and stigma 3.3 Climate migration in theory: the birth of a discourse 4. Categorical domination: segregating disasters from the global economy 4.1 Categorising under the carpet 4.2 Uncategorising the climate PART 2: PARTIALITY 5. Narratives and rhetoric in contemporary climate policy 5.1 T the politics of climate change narratives 5.2 S sophistry and rhetoric in communicating climate change 6. The wicked problem of climate change on the Tonle Sap Lake 6.1 Climate change in a complex environment 6.2 N narrative adaptation 6.3 Cutting through the wickedness: media accounts of complexity 7. Irrigation, rhetoric and scale 7.1 Contestation and scale 7.2 S scalar sophistry PART 3: CHOICE KNOWLEDGE, UNKNOWNS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 8. Thumbnail knowledges: the geography of the un- and half- known 8.1 Uneven geographies of tacit knowledge 8.2 T thumbnail knowledges in climate discourse 9. What do you know: the politics of environmental ignorance 9.1 T the politics of dissemination 9.2 T the politics of data creation 9.3 T the politics of data sharing and the power of the unknown 10. Confronting our dragons: new perspectives on environmental change 10.1 O one place, many climates: interpreting environmental subjectivity 10.2 Climate thumbnails: from the subjective to the disciplinary 11. Climate control: over to you Open Access Unrestricted online access star Climate action is at an impasse. Its political opponents are stronger than ever, its advocates powerless. Almost every major government and corporation expresses their commitment to tackling climate change, yet decades of discussion, governance, and action have failed to stop carbon emissions advancing to record annual levels. How has so little been achieved for so long on such an urgent issue? In Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse, Laurie Parsons shows how the architecture of environmental thinking has been locked into ineffective pathways. We don’t need to be coerced into inaction on climate, because our understanding is constrained by metaphors, rhetoric and assumptions so embedded we have long since ceased to see them. To confront this, Climate Hegemony brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, building up from lived experience to reveal the interests and politics that underpin the impasse. Drawing on almost two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia, Parsons reveals the chasm between how climate change appears in a newspaper, or a policy bulletin, and how it appears to those immersed in the places it affects. From this perspective, the limitations of current environmental thinking become clear, but so too do a great many alternatives. In this powerfully argued work, Parsons set out how, if we were to rethink the perspective from which we understand climate change, we can build knowledge from and for marginalised communities, from the ground upwards, challenging the impasse and creating new pathways to address and adapt to the social impacts of climate breakdown. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Geography Global Development Climate LSE Press, publisher. 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Thucydides: The naturalness of war3. Augustine: The problem of peace in a violent world4. Machiavelli: Politics and the use of violence5. Hobbes: Solving the problem of conflict6. Locke: Liberalism and the externalisation of conflict7. Rousseau: The threat of the international order8. Clausewitz: The professionalisation of war9. Lenin and Mao: Revolution, violence and war10. Schmitt: The danger of the international liberal order11. Conclusion: Realisms in international political theory Open Access Unrestricted online access star Violence and war were ubiquitous features of politics long before the emergence of the modern state system. Since the late 18th century major revolutions across the world have further challenged the idea of the state as a final arbiter of international order. This book discusses ten major thinkers who have questioned and re-shaped how we think about politics, violence and relations between states – Thucydides, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Clausewitz, Lenin and Mao, and Schmitt.Conflict, war and revolution have generally been seen in political thought as problems to be managed by stable domestic political communities. In different ways, all the paradigmatic thinkers here acknowledge them instead as inevitable dimensions of human experience, manifested through different ways of acting politically – while yet offering radically distinct answers about how they can be handled. This book dramatically broadens the canon of political thought by considering perspectives on the international system that challenge its historical inevitability and triumph.Drawing on history, theology, and law as well as philosophy, Paul Kelly introduces thinkers who challenge fundamentally the ways in which we should think about the nature and scope of political institutions and agents. He illuminates many troubling contemporary conflicts with a critical and historical perspective.This book is primarily intended for second year and upwards undergraduate students in general political theory and international theory, and advanced international relations students. Each chapter is also downloadable on its own for use in courses considering only some of the ten theorists covered.Written in an accessible way Conflict, War and Revolution will also interest advanced general readers with interests in the historical thought underpinnings of political ideas and today’s international politics. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. 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Introduction: Insights for a post-pandemic world2. The urbanisation of spatial inequalities and a new model of urban development3. Digital transformation, education, and adult learning in Malaysia4. Data privacy, security, and the future of data governance in Malaysia5. Economic crisis and the panopticon of the digital virus in Cambodia6. Property development, capital growth, and housing affordability in Malaysia7. Business process outsourcing industry in the Philippines8. Global precarity chains and the economic impact on Cambodia’s garment workers9. The dual structure of Vietnam’s labour relations10. Southeast Asian haze and socio-environmental–epidemiological feedback11. Logistical virulence, migrant exposure, and the underside of Singapore’s model pandemic response12. The new normal, or the same old? The experiences of domestic workers in Singapore13. Questioning the ‘hero’s welcome’ for repatriated overseas Filipino workers14. Exposing the transnational precarity of Filipino workers, healthcare regimes, and nation states15. The economic case against the marginalisation of migrant workers in Malaysia16. Emergent bordering tactics, logics of injustice, and the new hierarchies of mobility deservingness17. The impacts of crisis on the conflict-prone Myanmar–China borderland18. Rethinking urbanisation, development, and collective action in Indonesia19. Community struggles and the challenges of solidarity in Myanmar20. Gotong royong and the role of community in Indonesia21. Rewriting food insecurity narratives in Singapore22. Happiness-sharing pantries and the ‘easing of hunger for the needy’ in Thailand23. Being-in-common and food relief networks in Metro Manila, the Philippines24. Community responses to gendered issues in Malaysia25. Building rainbow community resilience among the queer community in Southeast Asia26. Postscript: in-pandemic academia, scholarly practices, and an ethics of care Open Access Unrestricted online access star COVID-19 has presented huge challenges to governments, businesses, civil societies, and people from all walks of life, but its impact has been highly variegated, affecting society in multiple negative ways, with uneven geographical and socioeconomic patterns. The crisis revealed existing contradictions and inequalities in society, compelling us to question what it means to return to “normal” and what insights can be gleaned from Southeast Asia for thinking about a post-pandemic world. In this regard, this edited volume collects the informed views of an ensemble of social scientists – area studies, development studies, and legal scholars; anthropologists, architects, economists, geographers, planners, sociologists, and urbanists; representing academic institutions, activist and charitable organisations, policy and research institutes, and areas of professional practice – who recognise the necessity of critical commentary and engaged scholarship. These contributions represent a wide-ranging set of views, collectively producing a compilation of reflections on the following three themes in particular: (1) Urbanisation, digital infrastructures, economies, and the environment; (2) Migrants, (im)mobilities, and borders; and (3) Collective action, communities, and mutual action. Overall, this edited volume first aims to speak from a situated position in relevant debates to challenge knowledge about the pandemic that has assigned selective and inequitable visibility to issues, people, or places, or which through its inferential or interpretive capacity has worked to set social expectations or assign validity to certain interventions with a bearing on the pandemic’s course and the future it has foretold. Second, it aims to advance or renew understandings of social challenges, risks, or inequities that were already in place, and which, without further or better action, are to be features of our “post-pandemic world” as well. This volume also contributes to the ongoing efforts to de-centre and decolonise knowledge production. It endeavours to help secure a place within these debates for a region that was among the first outside of East Asia to be forced to contend with COVID-19 in a substantial way and which has evinced a marked and instructive diversity and dynamism in its fortunes. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Economy Urbanization Migrants Mobilities Communities Southeast Asia COVID-19 Mckenzie, Murray, editor. Bang Shin, Hyun, editor. London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000211039221 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-9221 Oh, Do Young, editor. (orcid)000000015659351X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5659-351X LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.cov Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.cov_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 03621nam 22004692 4500 2f52138f-d56a-4c5b-bf02-abdd1dd81af3 m o d cr n 260403t20242024 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712183 (Paperback) 9781911712190 (PDF) 9781911712206 (Epub) 9781911712213 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.wmf doi UkCbTOM eng local P GTC bicssc JHB bicssc LAN004000 bisacsh SOC026000 bisacsh GTC thema JHB thema 3MP thema Rantanen, Terhi, author. The London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000253456699 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5345-6699 Dead Men’s Propaganda : Ideology and Utopia in Comparative Communications Studies / Terhi Rantanen. UK: London : LSE Press, 2024. ©2024 1 online resource (363 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. Open Access Unrestricted online access star In Dead Men’s Propaganda: Ideology and Utopia in Comparative Communications Studies, Terhi Rantanen investigates the shaping of early comparative communications research between the 1920s and 1950s, notably the work of academics and men of practice in the United States. Often neglected, this intellectual thread is highly relevant to understanding the 21st-century’s challenges of war and rival streams of propaganda. Borrowing her conceptual lenses from Karl Mannheim and Robert Merton, Rantanen draws on detailed archival research and case studies to analyse the extent and importance of work outside and inside the academy, illuminating the work of pioneers in the field. Some of these were well-known academics such as Harold Lasswell and the authors of the seminal book Four Theories of the Press. Others operated in the world of news agencies, such as Associated Press's Kent Cooper, or were marginalised as émigré scholars, notably Paul Kecskemeti and Nathan Leites. Her study shows how comparative communications, from its very beginning, can be understood as governed by the Mannheimian concepts of ideology and utopia and the power play between them. The close relationship between these two concepts resulted in a bias in knowledge production, contributed to dominant narratives of generational conflicts, and to the demarcation of Insiders and Outsiders. By focusing on a generation at the forefront of comparative communications at this pivotal time in the 20th century, this book challenges orthodoxies in the intellectual histories of communication studies. The London School of Economics and Political Science Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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Understanding decentralisation: theory, evidence, and practice3. Decentralised targeting of transfer programmes: a reassessment4. Realising the promise of partial decentralisation5. Devolution under autocracy: evidence from Pakistan6. Social fragmentation, public goods, and local elections: evidence from China7. How does fiscal decentralisation affect local polities? Evidence from local communities in Indonesia8. Can parliamentary sanctions strengthen local political accountability? Evidence from Kenya9. Centralised versus decentralised monitoring in developing countries: a survey of recent research10. Subnational governance in Ghana: a comparative assessment of data and performance11. Birth registration, child rights, and local governance in Bangladesh12. Administrative decentralisation and its impacts on educational expenditure and student outcomes: evidence from Colombia Open Access Unrestricted online access star For developing countries, decentralising power from central government to local authorities holds the promise of deepening democracy, empowering citizens, improving public services and boosting economic growth. But the evidence on when and how decentralisation can bring these benefits has been mixed. Under the wrong conditions, decentralised power can be captured by unrepresentative elites or undermined by corruption and the clientelistic distribution of public resources. The picture is complex, and we still do not understand enough about what factors can contribute to creating better local government, and to what effect. Decentralised Governance brings together a new generation of political economy studies that explore these questions analytically, blending theoretical insights with empirical innovation. Individual chapters provide fresh evidence from around the world, including broad cross-country data as well as detailed studies of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Ghana, Kenya and Colombia. They investigate the pros and cons of decentralisation in both democratic and autocratic regimes, and the effects of critical factors such as advances in technology, citizen-based data systems, political entrepreneurship in ethnically diverse societies, and reforms aimed at improving transparency and monitoring.This wide-ranging volume examines the conditions under which devolving power can intensify democratic competition, boost transparency, and improve local governance, providing examples of good and bad practice in both. It is essential reading for researchers investigating decentralised governance, development and democratisation, and for policymakers and practitioners drawing lessons for future reforms. Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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(orcid)0000000222254429 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2225-4429 LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dlg Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.dlg_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04630nam 22004212 4500 c48d127f-71a0-410a-ad5b-2596f5da78c3 m o d cr n 260403t20262026 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712596 (Paperback) 9781911712602 (PDF) 9781911712619 (Epub) 9781911712626 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.dos doi UkCbTOM eng local SOC024000 bisacsh JNZ thema GP thema Doing Open Social Science : A Guide for Researchers / edited by Patrick Dunleavy, Timothy Monteath. London : LSE Press, 2026. ©2026 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction – using this book in research PART I: OPENING UP THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 2. The ‘open social science’ agenda 3. Open science in STEMM disciplines – and lessons for open social science 4. Pre-registration for confirmatory and exploratory research PART II: PRACTICAL APPROACHES 5. Documenting research as you go – principles and tools 6. Reusing and mashing other people’s data 7. Writing a data management plan 8. Open data for publications – replication archives and research methods annexes PART III: ACHIEVING MORE OPEN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 9. Interview-based research 10. Case studies and fieldwork 11. Systematic documentation analysis 12. Archival data – problems and early solutions 13. Doing ‘citizen open social science’ PART IV: SHIFTING RESEARCH CULTURES 14. Presenting results well to reach a wide audience 15. Publishing and open access 16. Conclusions – achieving open social science Open Access Unrestricted online access star Open science is a set of principles and practices that aims to make research from all fields accessible to everyone for the benefit of researchers and society as a whole. Doing Open Social Science: A Guide For Researchers is the first comprehensive book setting out the principles and practices of open research, tailored specifically for those in social science disciplines, at every career stage, offering practical advice on how to make research more transparent, trustworthy and reusable. Divided into four parts, Part I examines the overall theoretical and methodological aspects of changing from long-established 'closed' approaches to research, setting out an ambitious and inclusive open social science agenda. Part II addresses the practical issues of improving the reproducibility of research through open approaches, including chapters on the principles and tools of documenting research as you go and on open data practices. Part III focuses in on open practices within qualitative social science disciplines. Chapters examine interview-based research, case studies and fieldwork, systematic documentation analysis, archival data and the role of openness in citizen (social) science. Part IV addresses shifting research cultures, including chapters on strategies for presenting research clearly and accessibly to maximise reach and impact, and on open access publishing. The book ends with a discussion of the future of open social science, arguing that openness as a wider cultural change can renew the social sciences and the core foundations for academic progress in more dynamic and sustainable ways than current approaches allow. This is an essential guide for anyone working in the social sciences who wants to engage more effectively with open research, from doctoral candidates and early career researchers to experienced academics and practitioners. Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.dos Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.dos_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04588nam 22005292 4500 60b3fdb5-923d-44a7-9f9f-9dfb2811c393 m o d cr n 260403t20252025 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712343 (Paperback) 9781911712350 (PDF) 9781911712367 (Epub) 9781911712374 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.hae doi UkCbTOM eng local HD SOC055000 bisacsh BUS070120 bisacsh SCI092000 bisacsh RNFF thema RNT thema KNAC thema KCLT thema 1H thema How Africa Eats : Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks / edited by David Fashole Luke. London : LSE Press, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction: towards a reassessment of food deprivation in AfricaDavid Luke2. Africa’s trade, food security and climate risksJamie MacLeod3. What Africa eats – the basic foodsOlawale Ogunkola & Vinaye Dey Ancharaz4. Policy, resources, actors and capacitiesVinaye Dey Ancharaz5. Intra-African food tradeDavid Luke et al.6. Expected impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area on food securityJamie MacLeod7. Food security in the African Continental Free Trade Area legal frameworkColette Van der Ven8. Africa’s bilateral food tradeVinaye Dey Ancharaz9. The World Trade Organization’s legal framework and Africa’s food securityColette Van der Ven & David Luke10. Conclusion: trade, food security and climate risksDavid Luke Open Access Unrestricted online access star Why do images and reports of starving and malnourished Africans appear so often in the media? What are the actual dimensions of the problem? What has trade and climate got to do with it? In How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks, award-winning author David Luke and a team of researchers seek to answer these questions, to explain why Africa struggles with food security and what can be done about it. The intersection between trade, agriculture policies, and climate risks is fundamental to this enquiry. Using a data-led approach, this book examines in detail what Africa eats and where and how it is produced. It investigates how finance, investment, foreign aid, institutions, actors and capacities interact with policies in holding Africa back from becoming an agricultural powerhouse despite having 60 per cent of the world’s arable land area. The book evaluates how climate change exacerbates the continent’s challenges and scrutinises the sustainability of production systems in the face of environmental volatility. Experts in trade policy, international law and development unpack the barriers that currently limit the growth of intra-African food trade, including the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and model the expected impact of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on agricultural trade. The extent of food deprivation in Africa is sobering. The United Nations estimates that a fifth of the African population is undernourished, and a quarter live with the day-to-day experience of severe food insecurity. How Africa Eats provides a vital, open access resource for academics, policymakers and trade experts seeking to address the continent’s food insecurity in the face of urgent threats from climate change, trade barriers and complex policy challenges. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). 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UK: London : LSE Press, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource (208 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Trade and investment flows and a perspective for analysing trade policy in AfricaJamie MacLeod & David Luke2. The AfCFTA and regional tradeJamie MacLeod et al.3. Africa’s trade arrangements with the European Union and ChinaDavid Luke et al.4. Africa’s trade arrangements with the United States, the United Kingdom, and other prominent partnersDavid Luke et al.5. Africa in the World Trade OrganizationColette van der Ven & David Luke6. How the Covid-19 crisis affected formal tradeJamie MacLeod & Geoffroy Guepie7. How the Covid-19 crisis affected informal and digital tradeKulani McCartan-Demie & Jamie MacLeod8. Conclusion: it’s in the world’s interest to give Africa a new trade dealDavid Luke Open Access Unrestricted online access star Trade is an essential driver of economic transformation, growth, and prosperity. At a time of global uncertainty and policy fluidity, this comprehensive volume demystifies African trade and trade policy to provide a deeper understanding of how trade impacts the lives of all Africans and the continent’s development aspirations.Featuring a wealth of data-driven evaluations of trade negotiations and policy choices, How Africa Trades is an invaluable open access resource for making sense of the continent’s major trade challenges, including commodity dependence, competitiveness, and how African countries engage with often unconducive international trade rules that distort global markets. In-depth analysis focuses on intra-African trade initiatives, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), trade between African countries and their major trading partners, and how the short-term shocks of Covid-19 restrictions brought about longer-term changes in informal and formal trade patterns, and sped-up shifts in digital trade.Edited by Professor David Luke, and featuring vital contributions on trade economics, international law and sustainable development, How Africa Trades draws on the research expertise of LSE’s Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. This volume provides information, expertise and tools for policymakers, stakeholders and scholars with an interest in understanding the dynamics of trade and in making effective policy decisions that centre development and inclusivity for Africa and its people. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Economic transformation Industrial development Poverty reduction AfCFTA Trade flows Luke, David Fashole, editor. London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hat Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.hat_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04310nam 22005412 4500 66de44e7-39e4-4b5a-90f6-090f12614667 m o d cr n 260403t20232023 ob 000 0 eng d 9781911712107 (Paperback) 9781911712114 (PDF) 9781911712121 (Epub) 9781911712138 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.hdb doi UkCbTOM eng local JN JPQ bicssc JPP bicssc KCP bicssc 1DBK bicssc POL058000 bisacsh POL028000 bisacsh JPQ thema JPP thema KCP thema 1DDU thema Bevan, Gwyn, author. London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000321233770 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-3770 How Did Britain Come to This? : A century of systemic failures of governance / Gwyn Bevan. UK: London : LSE Press, 2023. ©2023 1 online resource (326 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Why governance matters – analysing systemic failures in the NHS2. Economic and geographical fault lines3. The interwar period and the Attlee settlement4. The Attlee settlement’s failures: stagflation, slums in the sky and educational geography5. Neoliberalism and the new Thatcher settlement6. The ‘make or buy’ decision: the UK’s ‘parastate’ after privatisation and outsourcing7. Marketisation in education8. Healthcare: to marketise or not to marketise?9. Playing the opening and middle games against Covid-1910 Afterword: re-engaging with public governance Open Access Unrestricted online access star If every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets, what is wrong with the design of the systems that govern Britain? And how have they resulted in failures in housing, privatisation, outsourcing, education and healthcare? In How Did Britain Come to This? Gwyn Bevan examines a century of varieties of systemic failures in the British state. The book begins and ends by showing how systems of governance explain scandals in NHS hospitals, and the failures and successes of the UK and Germany in responding to Covid-19 before and after vaccines became available. The book compares geographical fault lines and inequalities in Britain with those that have developed in other European countries and argues that the causes of Britain’s entrenched inequalities are consequences of shifts in systems of governance over the past century. Clement Attlee’s postwar government aimed to remedy the failings of the prewar minimal state, while Margaret Thatcher’s governments in the 1980s in turn sought to remedy the failings of Attlee’s planned state by developing the marketised state, which morphed into the financialised state we see today. This analysis highlights the urgent need for a new political settlement of an enabling state that tackles current systemic weaknesses from market failures and over-centralisation. This book offers an accessible, analytic account of government failures of the past century, and is essential reading for anyone who wants to make an informed contribution to what an innovative, capable state might look like in a post-pandemic world. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Governance Public policy British politics LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.hdb Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.hdb_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04566nam 22005772 4500 b9c0ce93-48ff-4dcc-98bf-d8e065873a99 m o d cr n 260403t20222022 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890947 (Paperback) 9781909890954 (PDF) 9781909890961 (Epub) 9781909890978 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress/eth doi UkCbTOM eng local HD KJG bicssc HPQ bicssc KCF bicssc BUS008000 bisacsh BUS071000 bisacsh BUS038020 bisacsh KJG thema QDTQ thema KCF thema Pepper, Alexander, author. The London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)000000034927809X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-809X If You’re So Ethical, Why Are You So Highly Paid? : Ethics, Inequality and Executive Pay / Alexander Pepper. London : LSE Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (198 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction – ethics, inequality and executive pay 2. Executive pay and distributive justice 3. What do business executives think about distributive justice? 4. Welfare liberals 5. Relational egalitarians 6. Meritocrats 7. Free marketeers 8. If executives are so ethical, why are they so highly paid? 9. What is to be done? 10. Afterword and postscript Open Access Unrestricted online access star In the past 30 years, senior executive pay has increased dramatically in the UK, US and other developed countries, causing much debate and, at times, public outrage. In this book, Alexander (‘Sandy’) Pepper argues that this soaring inflation in high pay is the result of a market failure, leading to inefficient pay practices that are replicated across industries. Individual company’s renumeration committees face a prisoner’s dilemma, and so recommend over-the-odds payments in the vain hope of obtaining superior talent. For institutional investors, these developments have created a collective action problem, with many historically unwilling or unable to intervene to curtail excessive corporate pay.But are executives themselves really the greedy, self-interested, fat cats of popular culture? Based on a thought experiment and survey of beliefs of over a thousand senior executives from around the world, Pepper and his colleagues found that business executives in fact tend not to justify their pay levels as if they were ethical egoists entitled to act entirely in their own self-interest. Instead, they expressed support for a range of ethical beliefs on inequality and distributive justice. They can be categorised as either welfare liberals, relational egalitarians, meritocrats or free marketeers. Many believe that in a civilised society everyone has the right to an income that is sufficient for a dignified life, and that companies, not just governments, have responsibilities in this respect. So, Pepper argues, it is the market failure in executive pay that has created such wage inflation at the top, and this ultimately requires an ethical response from investors, companies and executives.This is a book for anyone who wishes to understand and tackle business’s role in the growing social inequality of advanced economies in an informed, fair and feasible way. The London School of Economics and Political Science Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). 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UK: London : LSE Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (218 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction: Making Wellbeing Policies EffectiveTimothy Besley and Irene Bucelli2. Wellbeing as the Goal of PolicyRichard Layard3. Accounting for Consequences and Claims in PolicyPaul Dolan4. Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Public Policy: On the Dangers of Single Metric AccountingJohanna Thoma5. Wellbeing in Public Policy: Contributions Based on Sen’s Capability ApproachPaul Anand6. Incorporating Wellbeing and Mental Health Research to Improve Pandemic ResponseMichael Daly and Liam Delaney7. COVID-19 and Mental Health and Wellbeing Research: Informing Targeted, Integrated, and Long-Term Responses to Health EmergenciesAnnette Bauer8. Health, Wellbeing, and Democratic Citizenship: A Review and Research AgendaChristopher J. Anderson, Sara Hagemann, and Robert Klemmensen9. Health and Disability Gaps in Political Engagement: A Short ReviewMikko Mattila Open Access Unrestricted online access star Governments in liberal democracies pursue social welfare, but in many different ways. The wellbeing approach instead asks: Why not focus directly on increasing measured human happiness? Why not try to improve people’s overall quality of life, as it is subjectively seen by citizens themselves?The radical implications of this stance include shifting attention to previously neglected areas (such as mental health and ‘social infrastructure’ services) and developing defensible measures of overall wellbeing or quality of life indicators. Can one ‘master’ concept of wellbeing work to create more holism in policy-making? Or should we stick with multiple metrics? These debates have been live in relation to an alternative ‘capacities’ approaches, and they are well-developed in health policymaking. Most recently, the connections between wellbeing and political participation have come into sharper focus.Wellbeing remains a contested concept, one that can be interpreted and used differently, with consequences for how it is incorporated into policy decisions. By bringing together scholars from economics, psychology and behavioural science, philosophy and political science, the authors explore how different disciplinary approaches can contribute to the study of wellbeing and how this can shape policy priorities. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Wellbeing; Policy; Social justice; COVID-19; Inequality COVID-19 Wellbeing Policy Social justice Inequality Besley, Timothy, editor. London School of Economics and Political Science. (orcid)0000000289236372 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-6372 LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.well Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.well_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 04369nam 22005172 4500 87ba80cb-eebd-4576-a8c4-a82a1b5bf19a m o d cr n 260403t20212021 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890688 (Paperback) 9781909890695 (PDF) 9781909890701 (Epub) 9781909890718 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.ame doi UkCbTOM eng local K bicssc KCA bicssc KCB bicssc BUS039000 bisacsh Campante, Filipe, author. Johns Hopkins University. Advanced Macroeconomics : An Easy Guide / Filipe Campante, Federico Sturzenegger, Andrés Velasco. London : LSE Press, 2021. ©2021 1 online resource (418 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction2. Growth theory preliminaries3. The neoclassical growth model4. An application: The small open economy5. Endogenous growth models I: Escaping diminishing returns6. Endogenous growth models II: Technological change7. Proximate and fundamental causes of growth8. Overlapping generations models9. An application: Pension systems and transitions10. Unified growth theory11. Consumption12. Consumption under uncertainty and macro finance13. Investment14. Real business cycles15. (New) Keynesian theories of fluctuations: A primer16. Unemployment17. Fiscal policy I: Public debt and the effectiveness of fiscal policy18. Fiscal policy II: The long-run determinants of fiscal policy19. Monetary policy: An introduction20. Rules vs Discretion21. Recent debates in monetary policy22. New developments in monetary and fiscal policy23. Appendix A: Very brief mathematical appendix24. Appendix B: Simulating an RBC model25. Appendix C: Simulating a DSGE model Open Access Unrestricted online access star Macroeconomic policy is one of the most important policy domains, and the tools of macroeconomics are among the most valuable for policy makers. Yet there has been, up to now, a wide gulf between the level at which macroeconomics is taught at the undergraduate level and the level at which it is practiced. At the same time, doctoral-level textbooks are usually not targeted at a policy audience, making advanced macroeconomics less accessible to current and aspiring practitioners. This book, born out of the Masters course the authors taught for many years at the Harvard Kennedy School, fills this gap. It introduces the tools of dynamic optimization in the context of economic growth, and then applies them to a wide range of policy questions – ranging from pensions, consumption, investment and finance, to the most recent developments in fiscal and monetary policy. It does so with the requisite rigor, but also with a light touch, and an unyielding focus on their application to policy-making, as befits the authors’ own practical experience. Advanced Macroeconomics: An Easy Guide is bound to become a great resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and practitioners alike. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Macroeconomic Policy Discussions Fiscal and Monetary Policy Business Cycles Economic Fluctuations Economic Growth Advanced macroeconomics Sturzenegger, Federico, author. University of San Andrés. Velasco, Andrés, author. (orcid)0000000304415062 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-5062 LSE Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ame Connect to e-book https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.ame_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License 07109nam 22005172 4500 8375f936-b472-4ee5-98d4-69576359e240 m o d cr n 260403t20222022 ob 000 0 eng d 9781909890985 (Paperback) 9781909890985 (PDF) 9781911712008 (Epub) 9781911712015 (Mobi) 10.31389/lsepress.afg doi UkCbTOM eng local JPVH bicssc JPS bicssc YXZW bicssc POL011000 bisacsh POL012000 bisacsh POL059000 bisacsh Afghanistan : Long War, Forgotten Peace / edited by Michael Cox. London : LSE Press, 2022. ©2022 1 online resource (314 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through LSE Press. 1. Introduction – Before and After the Towers: Afghanistan’s Forty-Year Crisis2. Afghanistan: Learning from History? 3. Three Sins: The Disconnect Between de jure Institutions and de facto Power in Afghanistan4. Self-Defence and its Dangerous Variants: Afghanistan and International Law 5. Why Did the Taliban Win (Again) in Afghanistan?6. The Rise and Fall of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan7. Women, War, and the Politics of Emancipation in Afghanistan 8. Human Trafficking in Afghanistan – What Hope for Change? 9. Opium, Meth and the Future of International Drug Control in Taliban Afghanistan 10. Operationally Agile but Strategically Lacking: NATO’s Bruising Years in Afghanistan11. Biden’s Realism, US Restraint, and the Future of the Transatlantic Partnership12. China’s New Engagement with Afghanistan after the Withdrawal Open Access Unrestricted online access star Afghanistan has been in the headlines for many years – but tragically for all the wrong reasons. First invaded by the Soviets in 1979, the country then experienced the trauma of civil war followed by yet another intervention, this time by the United States and allies, which ended with the West’s ignominious withdrawal in August 2021. Afghanistan: Long War, Forgotten Peace examines multiple dimensions of what happened and why, and what the future holds for the country now the Taliban are back in power. Multidisciplinary in approach, this book features analysts from a variety of academic disciplines, including policy-makers and public intellectuals – many with direct experience of having lived and worked in Afghanistan. It explains why the Taliban finally triumphed, what this means for Afghan society, and how competing actors in the international system have reacted to the Taliban takeover. Questions include whether the West’s withdrawal represented a major or only a temporary setback for NATO and the United States, and whether and how there can be any amelioration of the situation in Afghanistan itself. The country and its people face multiple interrelated challenges, including those of women’s rights, the drugs economies and human trafficking and exploitation. This volume is essential reading for all those concerned with what happens in Afghanistan over the coming months and years, the consequences for the Afghan people – and for the rest of the world. Early praise for Afghanistan“In this superb volume, Michael Cox has brought together a distinguished and interdisciplinary group of scholars to reflect on Afghanistan’s troubled recent past. Chapters range widely, probing the social challenges and religious upheavals within Afghan society as well as the regional geopolitical struggles and military interventions that have left the country so desperately in need of a better future. The book is essential reading for both scholars and policy-makers.” Professor G.J. Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs“Published in the midst of ‘Putin's Afghanistan’ in Ukraine, this bracing, salutary collection of essays reminds us that the original Afghanistan continues to suffer from decades of misconceived, sometimes disastrous, foreign adventurism and internal misrule. Written by a group of expert and thoughtful authors – knowledgeable, and adept at teasing out the broader implications of the war – the volume never forgets to put Afghanistan and the Afghan people back at the centre of their own story.” Professor Gerry Simpson, FBA, Professor of International Public International Law, LSE Law School“Afghanistan Long War, Forgotten Peace provides a unique, multidisciplinary approach employing different perspectives to explain how the West first became involved in Afghanistan, why in the end it left, and with what consequences. A brilliant volume that makes it possible to fully understand why NATO’s intervention failed and why the Taliban have returned.” Professor Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, Professor of International Relations and Director of ASERI at Università Cattolica, Milan. Author of ‘Inevitable Alliance: Europe and the United States Beyond Iraq’ and ‘The Wrecking of the Liberal World Order’“The Afghan tragedy still has a long way to go, writes Professor Michael Cox in his introductory essay to this excellent volume with contribution by leading experts in the field. Collectively, they draw critical lessons from an over 20-year long failure, showing that many of the mistakes made could have been avoided, and many of the opportunities lost, realized. What better advice could there be for students of international relations and politicians alike to ensure that such a tragedy will not repeat itself!” Professor Helmut Anheier. President of the Hertie School Berlin (2009 to 2018) and Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA. Author of ‘Nonprofit Organizations: Theory Management, Policy’ and ‘The Future of the Liberal Order: The Key Questions' Mode of access: World Wide Web. 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PART I FOUNDATIONS1 Situating Australian democracyPatrick Dunleavy, Mark Evans, Harry Hobbs and Patrick Weller2 Human rights and civil liberties Mark Evans and Stan Grant3 The ConstitutionHarry Hobbs4 The 2023 Voice to Parliament referendumMark Evans and Michelle GrattanPART II NATIONAL POLITICS5 Elections and voting Patrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans6 Political partiesPatrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans7 Interest groups and corporate power Patrick Dunleavy8 Mainstream media Patrick Dunleavy9 Social media Max Halupka10 Gender equality and rights Pia RowePART III FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 11 Parliament – the House of Representatives Sarah Moulds12 Parliament – the SenateBrenton Prosser, Mary Walsh and John Hawkins13 Prime Minister, Cabinet and government Mark Evans and Patrick Dunleavy14 The Australian Public Service John Halligan and Mark Evans15 Government policy-making John Butcher16 How democratic is Australian federalism? John Phillimore and Alan FennaPART IV STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 17 New South Wales Mark Evans18 Victoria Tom Daly and James Murphy19 QueenslandCosmo Howard and Pandanus Petter20 South AustraliaRob Manwaring, Josh Holloway and Andrew Parkin21 Western Australia John Phillimore, Martin Drum, Sarah Murray, Peter Wilkins, NarelleMiragliotta and Benjamin Reilly22 TasmaniaLachlan Johnson, Richard Eccleston and Mike Lester23 Northern TerritoryRolf Gerritsen24 Australian Capital TerritoryBrendan McCaffrie25 Local democracy in metropolitan regions and big citiesGraham Sansom and Su Fei Tan26 Systems of local government Su Fei Tan and Graham SansomPART V CHALLENGES AND CHANGE 27 Political institutions in the AnthropocenePierrick Chalaye and John S. Dryzek28 Democratic resilience and change Patrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans Open Access Unrestricted online access star In recent times Australia has developed into one of the world’s leading liberal democracies. Its governments have delivered continuous economic growth for more than three decades, even against the turmoil of a global pandemic. And the country’s highly competitive elections and strong political institutions operate within a stable and balanced federal system. In Australia’s Evolving Democracy a team of leading academic authors use an audit approach to critically explore national government institutions, as well as state- and territory-level politics, and to examine how each has contributed to or held back Australian political life as it has changed and diversified. For instance, the top two parties’ monopoly of governance has only begun to adjust to a modern transition to multi-party politics, although balanced voting systems for two-house legislatures have allowed for some adaptation. To date, the country has successfully avoided both rancorous populist politics (as in the USA) and serious governance decline (as in the UK). Each of the book’s 28 chapters tackles one institution or issue, outlining recent developments along with an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, to fully evaluate the state of Australian democracy in the 21st century. In doing so, the authors draw key lessons for other democracies, showing in detail how robust major and micro-institutions can guard against democratic ‘backsliding’ and policy failures. This comprehensive audit also highlights scope for potential democratic improvements. Australia continues to confront the challenges of partisan political barriers to addressing climate change and improving the situation of First Nations peoples, redressing modern social inequalities, and responding to popular mistrust of government and politicians. By taking an in-depth, nuanced approach to multiple democratic issues across the whole of the country’s distinctive political system, this book provides analysis that is accessible for students new to Australian politics, along with many insights for political scientists studying comparative democratic politics and Australian institutions. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Evans, Mark, editor. (orcid)0000000348312639 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4831-2639 Dunleavy, Patrick, editor. (orcid)0000000226506398 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2650-6398 Phillimore, John, editor. 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