Seringkali kita temukan peristiwa-peristiwa yang dalam prakteknya tidak sesuai dengan konsep teori atau bahkan tidak ada teori yang bisa menjawab persoalan yang sedang berkembang dan dialami oleh masyarakat. Perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan begitu pesat sebanding dengan kondisi riil yang dinamis menjadi tantangan tersendiri bagi akademisi terkhusus bagi kami dalam memberikan kontribusi guna pening…
Iknew little of Papua New Guinea when my family and I arrived in 1972 from Idi Amin’s Uganda. One colleague at Makerere University had told us about cargo cults1 and another had shown us Gardens of War,2 the photo-essay on the Dugum Dani in Irian Jaya. These books portray cultural complexity and physical vigour, but no ‘modern’ politics or economics, so we were ill-prepared for the re…
ABSTRACT: Throughout human history, people have coped with, and adapted to, their environment. This accumulated capacity at local level is increasingly recognized to be critical in improving resilience and transformation. Nevertheless, city dwellers’ coping and adaptive practices are little known, poorly documented and often not taken into account in the work of municipal authorities and ai…
ABSTRACT: The growth of informal settlements can intensify the risks of social and ecological harm to their communities and to the wider urban area. The unplanned and poorly serviced character of these settlements raises the probability of disasters occurring. The public sector can increase these risks through indifference and poorly conceived actions or it can help to build resilience throug…
Abstract: This paper reflects on how the city of Manizales, Colombia, is incorporating climate change adaptation into its plans, and how this can build on the foundations of the city´s long-established urban environmental policy (Biomanizales) and local environmental action plan (Bioplan) that have guided urban development and have developed incorporating disaster risk reduction into local dev…
Abstract: In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest by policy makers in high growth firms. Interest in these dynamic firms has primarily been driven by their prodigious ability to create new employment. Despite this, very little is known about the complex corporate geographies of these firms and their internationalisation processes. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this pap…
This book, like the conference which gave life to it, represents a partnership between people interested in research on culture and people interested in cultural policy. But much more complex and interrelated than that, it brings together people interested in rethinking cultural policy in the light of understanding changes in culture, changes in relationships between citizens and government…
This book is about public policy partnerships and their accountability and its theme derives from my work for the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). At the institute, we have been following, analysing and debating the rise of public policy partnerships and their implications for global governance over many years. Time and again, we returned to questions of accountability. What effects do…
The Handbook of Nonprofi t Governance is a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of nonprofi t boards. To compile this handbook, BoardSource drew on its extensive selection of books, articles, and topic papers by leading experts on nonprofi t governance. The book is organized in two parts. Part One (Chapters One through Five ) addresses basic governance history, roles, and s…