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Is the #8216;golden age#8217; of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state?Within this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political systems linked to limited Citizen Participation reflecting on the notion of democracy and participatory governance and how they relate to each...

For decades, social scientists have searched for factors that shape pro-environmental behaviour. However, only a few studies have investigated the causes and consequences of participation in environmental organizations. The main aim of this project is to fill this gap by analyzing in detail the determinants of environmental participation and its...

Environmental reform by governmental, intergovernmental agencies, private firms and industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a worldwide phenomenon. This definitive collection showcases an introduction to Ecological Modernisation Theory; state-of-the-art review essays by key international scholars and a selection of the key articles...

Waterfronts continue to be spaces over which global, regional and local forces engage in intense struggles that influence socio-cultural changes and spatial restructuring processes. The contributors to this volume develop new insights for understanding both historical and current cases of change on urban waterfronts, those special areas of cities...

This timely collection addresses central issues in organizational communication theory on the nature of organizing and organization. The unique strength of this volume is its contribution to the conception of materiality, agency, and discourse in current theorizing and research on the constitution of organizations. It addresses such questions as:...

Addressing the principles of sustainability, spatial planning, integration, governance and accessibility of transport, this book focuses on the key social problems of the twenty-first century: efficient and low energy transport systems which serve the needs of everybody....