Legal pluralism is a lived reality in Mindanao yet there are very few scholarly and practice-oriented works on the subject. The discourse on plural legal orders is a site of contestation among political interests both in Mindanao and within the Philippine state. The interests on ‘alternative'...

The House of Commons select committees witnessed some of the most constructive political theatre of the 2010-2015 Parliament. Recall the Murdoch's public contrition, Margaret Hodge's assault on MNC tax evasion, and Keith Vaz's timely interrogations of G4S etc. All of these represented the public...

Control of armies, police and parties delivers hard power in the ‘state of exception' illustrated by civil war in Nepal. The history of Nepal nevertheless shows how in revolutionary conditions, the crowd can be decisive to advance equality. Soft people power is mostly superior for advancing...

Demand reduction has now been recognised as crucial to prevention of wildlife crime, but ideas for effectively decreasing demand are still in short supply. Two demand reduction strategies currently predominate, consumer education campaigns and legal prohibitions on consumption. But further...

Shame and pride management were used to predict workplace bullying and victimization among a random sample of 1,967 Australians who responded to a national crime survey. Those who identified themselves as having bullied others were pride-focused, not shame focused. They were more likely to...

Data from seven empirical studies undertaken as part of the Capacity Building in Child Protection Projects are used to demonstrate how Iris Marion Young's (1992) five faces of oppression apply to child protection. Overcoming entrenched oppression within child protection systems requires...

This paper aims to determine key points of intervention in urban food systems to improve the climate resilience, equity and healthfulness of the whole system. It brings together evidence from an Australian-based three year mixed methods research project focused on climate change adaptation,...

Historical institutionalism, and especially Kathleen Thelen’s take on it, have taken a flight in explaining institutional change. Theorizing on incremental change, and institutional change mechanisms such as layering, conversion, and drift are now widely used throughout the institutional...

Regulatory capitalism is a capitalist order in which actors, both state and non-state, use a wide array of techniques to influence market behaviour. Many actors find themselves in regulatory relationships, relationships in which they are sometimes the regulator and in other contexts the...

For scholars of global environmental politics transnational actors are a central focus and many ascribe them with significant influence. However, it is not always clear how their influence is felt or what strategies are most effective. Most studies that do consider these issues focus either on...