A growing body of literature suggests that more unequal societies have more polluted and
degraded environments, perhaps helping explain why more unequal societies are often less …

Given the devastating effects of global warming, the problem of human-induced climate
change, and in particular carbon dioxide emissions, has been high on the global policy …

Does it pay to be “greener” as a local official in China? In this paper, we examine the effect
of local environment regulation outcomes, ie, local pollution, on leaders' chances of …

This book sets out the case for a cosmopolitan approach to contemporary global politics. It
presents a systematic theory of cosmopolitanism, explicating its core principles and …

Several factors influence the environmental performance simultaneously but ethnic
fractionalization, political freedom, financial development and institutional quality have a …

This paper analyzes how social capital influences fisheries governance. Social capital is
shown to play a crucial role in promoting trust and co-operation among fishers, and can …

Despite extensive research into the role played by social capital and relational capability in
attaining interorganizational advantage, the way in which these resources matter for …

The Chinese government has implemented the policies to regulate executive (CEO) pay in
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) with the aim of promoting wage equality. This study …

Since environmental problems rose to prominence in the last third of the twentieth century,
they have been a major area of policy for national governments. A large body of research …

Climate change is a global externality that has proven difficult to address through formal
institutions alone due to the public good properties of climate change mitigation and the lack …