... in favour of the “Water Common Good”. The main goal was to investigate and explore whether and which idea of common good mobilised the citizens, what expectations or symbolic values water as a common good represented for them under the crisis affecting democracy and its institutions. The hypothesis guiding...

... of an international work with evolving issues. Originality/value – The paper argues that subsidy removal that will lead to high fuel prices appears unjustified given the wide income gap between workers in Nigeria and those in other oil-producing nations. Africa Governance Development Nigeria Democracy...

...George Kokkinidis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibilities of workplace democracy in contemporary organisations. While organisational democracy is a popular theme in contemporary management literature, it is often asserted that participatory democracy is impractical...

...Andris Zimelis Purpose Despite the burgeoning literature dealing with the democratic peace theory, there seems to be surprisingly little research done in actually analyzing how and why democracies cause peace. There is even less research done in empirically analyzing the “how” part...

...Milan Zafirovski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the impact of conservatism on political liberty and liberal democracy in contemporary society. It applies Weber's description of capitalism as the “most fateful” social force in modern society to analyzing conservatism in relation...

...). This process typically implies collaboration amongst the public administration (policymakers included), local communities and the private sector (e.g. suppliers of work and services). Storytelling Democracy Budgets Brazil Citizen participation “I wanted to say that I don't agree with what you...

... on polluters. Environmental regulations Pollution Democracy Globalization Market system Take the case of Harken Energy, a Texas‐based oil company, that has strong ties to President George W. Bush (who once sat on its Board). The company began drilling for oil and natural gas off the coast...

... 1986 Capital markets Control Co‐operatives Democracy Labour WORKER CO-OPERATIVES AND THE LABOUR PROCESS Janet Hannah, Mary Mellor and John Stirling, Newcastle Polytechnic Introduction It might appear that worker co-operatives are rapidly assuming the status of a vanguard of a new social...

... corporations in the economy have been determining the changes taking place in employing organisations. Workplace democracy and black advancement are two examples of government policy that are used to understand this process. The state is mediating between the contradictory requirements of Zimbabwean workers...

...R.G.B. Fyffe This book is a policy proposal aimed at the democratic left. It is concerned with gradual but radical reform of the socio‐economic system. An integrated policy of industrial and economic democracy, which centres around the establishment of a new sector of employee‐controlled...