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argued that there is an inter-relationship between hybridity, multilevel governance and decentration. …The aim of our research is to examine the new trends in the hybridity research area and clarify the convergence of … interests among state actors, private actors and civil society actors. Hybridity is conceived as a 'multidimensional phenomenon …
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Social enterprises pursue a dual mission: on the one hand, they strive for social purpose, while on the other, they try to achieve economic stability despite scarce resources. To achieve the dual mission, social enterprises avail themselves of both for-profit and non-profit institutional logics....
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This paper explores the extension of collective governance to sectors without collective governance tradition. We introduce the concept of state‐led bricolage to analyze the expansion of the Swiss apprenticeship training system – in which employer associations fulfill core collective...
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and culture. They also touch upon the issues of mimicry, assimilation and hybridity experienced by the native cultures and …
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How do emerging powers cooperate at the global level? The government of India-one such power-has let it be known that it is seeking an enhanced role in global governance. Is Indian society ready for this new, global role? This paper analyses the impact of domestic factors on India's...
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This article analyses how the concept of ‘local ownership’ has been employed within policy frameworks in the context of peacebuilding since the late 1990s. It identifies the paradox that lies in the increasing willingness to transfer ownership to the local population and the also explicit...
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-Western contexts. The latest manifestation of this global trend towards hybridity are hybrid anti-impunity commissions which have begun …
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Despite ambivalence towards current state reforms, Somali merchants interact with state agents in the trade corridor that connects southern Somalia to central Kenya. Since the Somalia state collapse of 1991, informal livestock value chains have expanded into north-eastern Kenya. Here, the...
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Contemporary trajectories of unsustainability and injustice require a profound restructuring of political, economic, and cultural institutions not sufficiently reflected in top-down governance. Diverse bottom-up actors and organizations that attempt to practice and institute more sustainable and...
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Purpose This paper aims to provide a detailed account of the evolution of the fair trade discourse of a Belgian fair trade organization, with a specific focus on the changes in the combination of the organization’s trade and social (movement) dimensions. Design/methodology/approach This study...
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