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Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies

Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies

This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current research on private security and military companies comprising essays by leading scholars from around the world. The increasing privatization of security across the globe has been the subject of much debate and controversy inciting fears of private warfare and even the collapse of the state. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the range of issues raised by contemporary security privatization offering both a survey of the numerous roles performed by private actors and an analysis of their implications and effects. Ranging from the mundane to the spectacular from secretive intelligence gathering and neighbourhood surveillance to piracy control and warfare this Handbook shows how private actors are involved in both domestic and international security provision and governance. It places this involvement in historical perspective and demonstrates how the impact of security privatization goes well beyond the security field to influence diverse social economic and political relationships and institutions. Finally this volume analyses the evolving regulation of the global private security sector. Seeking to overcome the disciplinary boundaries that have plagued the study of private security the Handbook promotes an interdisciplinary approach and contains contributions from a range of disciplines including international relations politics criminology law sociology geography and anthropology. This book will be of much interest to students of private security companies global governance military studies security studies and IR in general. | Routledge Handbook of Private Security Studies

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Infrastructure as Business The Role of Private Investment Capital

Infrastructure as Business The Role of Private Investment Capital

Infrastructure as Business brings new emphasis and clarity to the importance of private investment capital in large-scale infrastructure projects introducing investors policymakers and other stakeholders to a key element that is surprisingly absent from the discourse on public-private partnerships. Despite the importance of modernizing infrastructure across the globe governments often face challenges in securing the necessary capital to meet future need as well as developing policy to meet these goals. Explaining the structure of the private investment universe and flow of private capital in such projects this book ambitiously aims to bridge this infrastructure gap by elucidating shared terminology conceptual frameworks and an alignment of goals and objectives between public and private sectors—essential to meet increasing environmental social and governmental requirements for infrastructure in coming years. Appropriate for graduate-level courses in real estate public policy and urban planning that focus on infrastructure project finance and procurement and delivery models such as PPPs. Provides a clear understanding of private investment and PPPs to the investment community as well as professionals in real estate project finance and related fields who often learn mostly on-the-job and from colleagues. Equips government officials and policymakers with key terms and concepts needed to sit across the table with private financers and explore opportunities for private capital investment in early project stages. Outlines communication strategies for both public and private sectors which will increasingly need to collaborate to address climate change respond to new technologies and develop efficient ways to deliver services. Written to engage academic private investment and public policy/governance audiences alike Infrastructure as Business: The Role of Private Investment Capital invites discussion and opens doors to advancing new business models with international applications to offer increased value for private investors as well as more efficient flexible funding for innovative infrastructure development in the future. | Infrastructure as Business The Role of Private Investment Capital

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Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher

Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher

The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951–55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979–83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history this collection broadens our understanding of the subject and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy. | Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher

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Routledge Revivals: The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray Volume I (1994) A Supplement to Gordon N. Ray The Letter

Routledge Revivals: The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray Volume II (1994) A Supplement to Gordon N. Ray The Lette

The History of Japanese Economic Development Origins of Private Dynamism and Policy Competence

The History of Japanese Economic Development Origins of Private Dynamism and Policy Competence

This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad perspective including social economic and political aspects. Historical data research and contesting arguments are amply supplied. Japan’s unique experience is contrasted with the practices of today’s developing countries. Negative aspects such as social ills policy failures military movements and war years are also covered. Nineteenth-century Japan already had a happy combination of strong entrepreneurship and relatively wise government which was the result of Japan’s long evolutionary history. Measured contacts with high civilizations of China India and the West allowed cumulative growth without being destroyed by them. Imported ideas and technology were absorbed with adjustments to fit the local context. The book grew out of a graduate course for government officials from developing countries. It offers a comprehensive look and new insights at Japan’s industrial path that are often missing in standard historical chronicles. Written in an accessible and lively form the book engages scholars as well as novices with no prior knowledge of Japan. | The History of Japanese Economic Development Origins of Private Dynamism and Policy Competence

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Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

International Law and Business A Global Introduction

The Family Women and Death Comparative Studies

Issues in American Political Life Money Violence and Biology

The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy

Property Diversity and its Implications

Rebuilding America's Cities

Rebuilding America's Cities

A growing cooperation between the public and private sectors indicates that the tasks of redevelopment are too large and complex for either sector to accomplish alone. Some people maintain that government can do few things right; others are equally distrustful of the private sector. As used here the private sector is considered to be all that is not government. Each of the success stories illustrated is in part a road to recovery although none appear to have been influenced by a purpose that broad. Paul R. Porter and David C. Sweet present stories of progress in self-reliance that concern neighborhood and downtown recoveries school improvement job generation a regained fiscal solvency novel financing techniques helping tenants to become homeowners and a successful venture in self-help and tenant management in crime-infested neighborhoods. The successes stem from the diverse community roles of Yale University a medical center the world's largest research organization the Clorox Company a gas company an insurance company a newspaper neighborhood and downtown organizations city governments and two religious organizations - the Mormon Church and the tiny Church of the Savior. These stories are located throughout the United States including Akron Baltimore Brooklyn Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Fort Wayne Indianapolis Milwaukee New Haven Oakland Pittsburgh St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake City Springfield Mass. Tampa and Washington D. C. The editors have gathered the work of professionals known in the field of urban studies: James W. Rouse Donald E. Lasater Rolf Goetze Dale F. Bertsch Joel Lieske Eugene H. Methvin James E. Kunde T. Michael Smith Robert Mier Carol Davidow Jay Chatterjee June Manning Thomas Norman Krumholz Larry C. Ledebur and Robert C. Holland. | Rebuilding America's Cities

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Party Hegemony and Entrepreneurial Power in China Institutional Change in the Film and Music Industries

Party Hegemony and Entrepreneurial Power in China Institutional Change in the Film and Music Industries

Economic liberalisation processes and the rapid development of the private sector are widely visible signs of over thirty years of reform policies in the People’s Republic of China. Nevertheless the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has managed to preserve the basic political institutions of the Leninist Party-state including its own unrestrained position of political power. Against this background this book investigates the interrelationship between processes of marketisation and commercialisation and the stability of the CCP regime. The aim of the book is to complement existing literature on adaptive governance in China and on the reasons for the CCP regime’s relative stability while providing new information about the relationship between the Chinese party-state and private entrepreneurs. Taking case studies from the film and music industries the book gives a detailed account of the political and economic history of these industries in China with special attention given to the role played by private production companies as intermediaries between artistic creation political and ideological constraints and the market. A historical institutionalist approach is employed to trace the effect of Chinese policies on popular culture and the institutions of administrative economic political and ideological control over the film and music industries back to the 1950s revealing the mechanisms and prospects of CCP hegemony in the cultural sector. Examining the effects of the marketisation and commercialisation processes on the communist regime and vice versa this book also offers a fresh perspective on the origins of today’s Chinese popular cultural mainstream. It will therefore be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics Chinese culture and media and Chinese government-business relations. | Party Hegemony and Entrepreneurial Power in China Institutional Change in the Film and Music Industries

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Broadcasting in Mexico

The Handbook of Communication and Security

Participation Culture in the Gulf Networks Politics and Identity

Sponsoring Nature Environmental Philanthropy for Conservation

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The Responsible Investor An Introductory Guide to Responsible Investment

The Responsible Investor An Introductory Guide to Responsible Investment

The Responsible Investor is a practical introductory guide for private as well as institutional investors and financiers interested in environmental social and governance (ESG) issues. The authors have academia advisory asset management asset owner and central bank backgrounds bringing diverse perspectives and extensive senior-level experience in implementing Responsible Investment across different types of portfolios. Together they have distilled what can seem a complex area into a clear guide to the topic accessible to readers who don’t necessarily have prior in-depth knowledge in the field of Responsible Investment but are interested to know more. The book presents the development of Responsible Investment its different approaches and the drivers of Responsible Investment as well as the implementation opportunities in different asset classes. The book introduces Responsible Investment trends that investors can take into consideration in their investment decisions. In addition the book covers ESG data and assessment impact and reporting for Responsible Investments. This book suits both rookies and veterans – be they private investors managers of investment funds or institutional investors or financiers. It is also valuable reading for students in finance Responsible Investment and corporate social responsibility as an accessible overview of the topic. | The Responsible Investor An Introductory Guide to Responsible Investment

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Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water nutrients energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) could create livelihoods enhance food security support green economies reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery in the sanitation chain. While many RRR projects fully depend on subsidies and hardly survive their pilot phase hopeful signs of viable approaches to RRR are emerging around the globe including low- and middle-income countries. These enterprises or projects are tapping into entrepreneurial initiatives and public ̶ private partnerships leveraging private capital to help realize commercial or social value shifting the focus from treatment for waste disposal to treatment of waste as a valuable resource for safe reuse. The book provides a compendium of business options for energy nutrients and water recovery via 24 innovative business models based on an in-depth analysis of over 60 empirical cases of which 47 from around the world are described and evaluated in a systematic way. The focus is on organic municipal agro-industrial and food waste including fecal sludge supporting a diverse range of business models with potential for large-scale out-and up-scaling. | Resource Recovery from Waste Business Models for Energy Nutrient and Water Reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

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Regulating from the Inside Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals

Regulating from the Inside Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals

Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods. Worldwide hundreds of thousands of private firms have adopted or are considering adopting these internally managed systems for improving environmental performance. In the United States the Environmental Protection Agency has established a special recognition for firms that adopt EMSs. Already numerous state agencies have proposed or adopted 'green-tier systems' that allow firms with EMSs to be exempted from otherwise applicable requirements. Yet while private- and public-sector interest in EMSs is booming limited empirical evidence is available about the efficacy of EMSs. To close the gap between advocacy and analysis Regulating from the Inside brings together cutting-edge work of leading scholars providing the most comprehensive analysis to date of environmental management systems. Intended to frame the future policy and the research agenda about EMSs the discussions are organized around two critical questions: How have EMSs worked in firms that have already adopted them? What potential and limitations do they have as policy tools in the future? Addressing the arguments of both advocates and skeptics the chapters examine why firms adopt EMSs; how firms implement EMSs; how EMSs answer concerns about fairness corporate social responsibility and sustainability; and what kind of impact EMSs may have on the global economy. | Regulating from the Inside Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals

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Encyclopedia of Counseling Master Review and Tutorial for the National Counselor Examination State Counseling Exams and the Counselor Prep

The Official History of Privatisation Vol. II Popular Capitalism 1987-97

The Official History of Privatisation Vol. II Popular Capitalism 1987-97

This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997. Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations including those of airports steel water electricity coal and the railways as well as a number of smaller ones. Each privatisation involved major challenges in terms of industrial restructuring organising successful sales and in a number of cases establishing effective regulatory regimes. The policy evolved and new methods of selling and regulating were put in place that enabled further disposals to occur. Monolithic nationalised industries with their emphasis on the benefits of economies of scale vertical integration and rationalisation were replaced by industrial structures rooted in the importance of commercial management risk taking and competition. In government departments and parts of the National Health Service direct employees were replaced by private contractors and private investment became a characteristic of public infrastructure in the form of PFI/PPP schemes. This study draws heavily on the official records of the British government to which the author was given full access and on interviews with the leading figures involved in each of the privatisations including ex-ministers civil servants business and City figures as well as academics that have studied the subject. This book will of great interest to students of privatisation British political history and of business and economics in general. | The Official History of Privatisation Vol. II Popular Capitalism 1987-97

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Community Real Estate Development A History and How-To for Practitioners Academics and Students

Community Real Estate Development A History and How-To for Practitioners Academics and Students

Community Real Estate Development: A History and How-To for Practitioners Academics and Students introduces the fundamentals of affordable housing to aspiring development professionals. From understanding the history informing today’s affordable housing programs to securing financing and partnering with public and private stakeholders this primer equips students and emerging professionals for success in a unique area of the real estate industry. Topical chapters written by nationally recognized leaders in community real estate development (CRED) take a didactic approach using real-life examples and case studies to provide context for reflection. Drawing on the authors’ experience as private sector developers state and municipal housing officials and not-for-profit executives this versatile resource offers an insider’s perspective on creating and maintaining affordable housing in any real estate market. Features: Covers topics including community design development policy tax credits land use planning development rights historic buildings adaptive reuse tax increment financing and gentrification Presents interviews with development professionals in asset and property management commercial real estate brokerage and local housing authorities and government agencies Highlights winning case studies from a student competition to inspire similar classroom activities Includes a glossary of CRED-specific terminology to help readers master the language of affordable housing Contains diverse examples planning tools and programs to make numbers work with a companion website available Blending the latest academic research with hard-won insights from the field Community Real Estate Development prepares the next generation of affordable housing professionals to continue the work of its pioneering authors and editors. | Community Real Estate Development A History and How-To for Practitioners Academics and Students

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