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, international relations, political science, political economy, development studies, anthropology and African studies. The articles in the issues show how, in the case of Africa, international counterTOC ... ) . Further, going beyond the politics and political economy of international categories, the articles also ethnographically unpack the phenomenology of illicit economies in various African contexts (Frowd et
is rather based on the thick description of known cases, making use of information already available in the literature. In doing so, this study furthers four main goals: (1) to clarify the political ... political/ state-criminal nexus in relation to cybercrime; and (4) to clarify whether forms of state cybercrime are manifestations of state organized crime. After a focused review of the literature on state
growing political commitment to sustainable peatland management in Europe. Although the national strategies show some differences in terms of the six key themes, they also show a high degree of similarity ... policy coordination and integration, (5) financial management strategies, and (6) mechanisms for monitoring and reporting. Our comparative study shows that there is a growing political commitment to
parts of the country. Thus, decision makers must recognize why diffusion of these systems has not been successful among farmers despite strong financial and political support. The aim of the current study ... such as the Middle East (Zhang et al. 2017) . Therefore, in these regions, allocating water between different users in diverse sectors makes the sustainable use of water one of the biggest political
insufficient knowledge about adaptation, competition between municipalities, and cooperation with cities outside the region. In addition, we find some (albeit limited) political will for adaptation. While some ... combine theoretical perspectives from political science and geography to show how local decision-makers-in particular, politicians-influence the diffusion mechanisms of adaptation. This article is part of
worsening of the conflict through the transformation of its practices and representations, into terrorism and transnational organized crime. This article contends that the FARC, as a political party, a new ... criminal practices. This resulted in guerrilla decomposition where the political idealism did not surrender to the State, but to the enormous economic returns of organized crime. The guerrilla transformed
economic resources. In this wide political economy context, existing power relations and structures within the health sector are being reproduced. ... , the healthcare community and political actors, as well as the company’s influence on the pricing and reimbursement procedures of the drugs, in which it was given favorable treatment (OECD 2022; GRECO
Over the past decade, unauthorized migration from Honduras to the USA has become a topic of pressing international concern and a major factor in the political and humanitarian crisis at the southern ... and humanitarian crisis at the southern border of the USA that has been unfolding since 2014. Untangling the causes of recent Honduran migration requires attending to economic change, political
depending on the respondents’ gender and political affiliation. Respondents with right-wing party preferences disclose lower acceptance levels for all causes except conflict. Female respondents are more ... . Female respondents are more accepting of climate migrants and less of economic migrants than men. This paper informs the debate around the ongoing political and societal polarization in Europe and
, Germany 2 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) , Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki , Finland 3 Jonas J. Schoenefeld 4 Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt , Residenzschloss 1 ... tools. While horizontal and vertical diffusion dynamics generally have the potential to reduce the risks emerging from climate change, distributional issues and political conflicts may arise if the
This article looks at the discourses regarding Nigerian confraternities’ expansion to Europe. It analyses how networks of individuals working together for solidarity, economic or political objectives ... political objectives became categorized as organised crime or as a mafia. I use original data and police investigations, interviews with members and victims, judges, police officers, and journalists to show
modern slavery established by the UK Home Office in 2017. The study does identify limitations and flaws associated with designing policies based on a “work-as-imagined” philosophy and demonstrates how the ... -imagined” philosophy and demonstrates how the use of maturity modelling can explore how exploitation, corruption and organised crime is framed and can become more formalised over time. Child labour
the local economy. So, the ‘conveyor belt’ is not simply controlled from the outside but also by local political actors. Why does the rise of TOC in policy circles matter? Without overcompensating and ... the discourse of TOC? First, TOC and related notions such as ‘mafias’, as well as the political and policy agendas linked up with them need to be questioned in research, as the contributions to this
legal, political, cultural, economic and knowledge asymmetries likely facilitate the market in illicit veterinary medicines in the UK. Our research concludes that, while previous reports suggest the ... exploited, and the divergent legislation between countries that can provide loopholes or sanctuaries for criminal entrepreneurs (see Pereira 2015) . Similarly, political asymmetries represent weak law
, follows the pattern of conspiracy theories (Di Cesare 2021) that have been popular in Italy since the end of World War II, as an explanation of heinous crimes that influenced the political changes ... multifaceted phenomenon: aside those who set up a group for mere supporting, there are those who are members of a group for political reasons, as well as those ones who are not members of any organization at all
fisheries management, and strengthen the political voice of the region represent an important move toward self-determination in Nunatsiavut’s commercial fisheries. ... relocation of Inuit, among other colonial activities that were rapidly changing their lives (Rennie 2010; Evans 2012) . The Labrador Inuit Association was formed in 1973 to act as a political leader to have
climate change occurring more often with mounting societal and political costs, polities are searching for approaches and instruments to adapt (Booth and Patt 2018) and to maintain legitimacy (Blatter et ... which diffusion occurs, e.g. learning, competition, emulation or coercion (Gilardi 2012; Wasserfallen 2018) , but recent attempts at theorizing policy diffusion emphasize the political aspects involving
; in practice, however, this reporting is inherently political. Most reporting requirements are designed to offer a substantial amount of flexibility to countries (Weikmans et al. 2020) . Given the ... on a given topic, without addressing political narratives. In our view, this is an oversight, given the aforementioned political nature of this reporting. In this paper, we aim to increase our
environmental and climate-related challenges in coastal SES (Celliers et al. 2020) . It encompasses the political and institutional processes of coastal management and the implementation of related decisions ... ) . The agency to act in coastal governance processes includes a combination of stakeholder properties, such as political power, or the availability of resources and access to information and knowledge
literature focuses on the political economy of environmental regulation and usually does not take into account the market power of firms. When it does, it involves a social planner approach in the ... & Goto, 2014) , the effect of regulation on foreign investment or firms’ location choices (Elliott & Zhou, 2013) . Notably, this literature typically lacks the political economics side of the story, as