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Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities. Using a theoretical model, this paper shows that an elected official, whose aim is to maximize re-election chances, exerts higher effort in providing public goods when private citizens undertake collective action and coordinate their voluntary contributions towards the same goods. This effect occurs although government and private contributions are assumed to be substitutes in the technology of providing public goods. Using first-hand data on SHGs in India, the paper tests the prediction of the model and shows that, in response to collective action by SHGs, local authorities tackle a larger variety of public issues, and are more likely to tackle issues of interest to SHGs. The findings highlight how the social behavior of SHGs can influence the governance of rural Indian communities.

Civil society --- Collective actions --- Corporate law --- Debt markets --- Economic theory & research --- Elections --- Finance and financial sector development --- Law and development --- Macroeconomics and economic growth --- Microfinance --- Political economy --- Public goods --- Self-help groups --- Social development

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Der Band enthält die Beiträge einer internationalen Konferenz zum kollektiven Arbeitsrecht, die im Sommer 2014 am Hamburger Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht stattfand. Die Autoren blicken aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive auf aktuelle Entwicklungen im Bereich der Tarifautonomie und der (betrieblichen wie unternehmerischen) Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern und in China. Im Mittelpunkt der einzelnen Beiträge steht die Frage, inwieweit die Unterschiede zwischen den nationalen Arbeitsrechtsordnungen noch immer dominieren und ob eine Konvergenz der Rechtsentwicklung in den untersuchten Ländern zu erkennen ist.

Collective labor agreements --- Collective bargaining --- Law and legislation --- Employment Law --- Compartive Labour Law --- Industrial Relations --- Collective actions --- Trade Unions --- Arbeits- und Sozialrecht --- Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Wirtschaftsrecht, Steuerrecht --- Internationales Privatrecht, Ausländisches Recht, Rechtsvergleichung

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Art --- Painting --- Photography --- History --- assemblages [sculpture] --- painting [image-making] --- photography [process] --- art history --- Komar, Vitaly --- Alekseev, Nikita --- Anufriev, Sergei --- Chernishov, Mickael --- Elagina, Elena --- Infante, Francisco --- Jakovlev, Vladimir --- Kalinin, Vjatsjeslav --- Kizevalter, Georgij --- Kosolapov, Aleksander --- Kranopevtsev, Dimitri --- Lebedev, Rotislav --- Leiderman, Yuri --- Makarevich, Igor --- Nemoechin, Vladimir --- Novikov, Timur --- Olschvang, Anton --- Orlov, Boris --- Plavinski, Dimitri --- Pyatnitsky, Vladimir --- Rabin, Oscar --- Roginsky, Mikhail --- Rukhin, Yevgeny --- Shuravlev, Anatolij --- Sokov, Leonid --- Sorokin, Wladimir --- Steinberg, Eduard --- Tselkov, Oleg --- Turetsky, Boris --- Veisberg, Vladimir --- Kabakov, Ilija Iosefovich --- Yankilevsky, Vladimir --- Yulikov, Aleksandr --- Zvezdotsjotov, Konstantin --- Pepperstein, Pawel --- Gerlovin, Valeriy --- Gerlovina, Rimma --- Zakharov, Vadim --- Tchouikov, Ivan --- Boulatov, Erik --- Volkov, Sergei Vasilevich --- Tsaritsino Museum --- Collective Actions Group --- anno 1900-1999 --- Russia --- Africa

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Considering their constant evolution and transformation, in this Special Issue, several authors provide contributions bringing light to different aspects related to food supply chains, based on several conceptual frameworks, agri-food areas and contexts, as well as multiple levels of analysis. In this book, the promotion of win–win investments in Brazil’s Agribusiness is discussed, as well as how family farmers can thrive in commodity markets in long agribusiness supply chains. The Logic of Collective Action for Rural Warehouse Condominiums, which is a new configuration in the agribusiness supply chain, is also addressed. In this book, the Brazilian Jabuticaba Supply Chain is analyzed through a multi-methodological approach. The role of logistics in food-waste reduction for wholesalers and small retailers of fruits and vegetables is also presented. The issue of transparency in global agribusiness in the Brazilian soybean supply chain is discussed based on companies’ accountability. Finally, the transformation of the food supply chain through technology and future research directions are highlighted in this Special Issue. This book aims to assist students, researchers and practitioners interested in the evolution and transformations of food supply chains.

food supply chains transformation --- stakeholder accountability --- business evolution --- corporate environmental management --- responses to environmental issues --- environmental --- social and governance values (ESG) --- food waste --- logistics --- retail --- wholesale --- supply chain management --- food supply transformation --- supply chain 4.0 --- food safety --- food quality --- food sustainability --- COVID-19 disruptions --- systematic review --- supply chain --- structuring problem --- family farming --- multimethodology --- collective action theory of logic --- collective actions --- rural warehouse condominiums --- rural development --- agri-food systems --- alternative models --- agriculture --- Brazil --- foreign direct investment (FDI) --- alternative food supply chain models --- conceptualizations of food supply chain transformations --- ongoing evolutions and transformations --- patents

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This book is intended to highlight why SCP policy design and evaluation needs to overcome conventional environmental policy framework. Emerging SCP policy design and evaluation do not involve focusing on individual products or behaviors or improving efficiency in management systems in relation to environmental sustainability; instead, they address more socio-economic systems and target collective efforts for transition. Effort has been made for this book/Special Issue to feature studies contributing to policy design and evaluation in this direction. It contains 11 papers covering challenges and opportunities for SCP policy design, application of foresight to policy design, evaluation of NDC potentials to facilitate sustainable lifestyles, comparative analysis of sustainable development criteria, sustainable lifestyle and education, subjective wellbeing and sustainable consumption, case studies on challenges and opportunities for sustainability transition at the local and community level, and three case studies on how to fill gaps between policy goals and environmental behavior at a city level in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The papers in this book suggest that SCP policy design and evaluation need to pay more attention to social aspects of sustainability such as social infrastructure and well-being and socio-technical systems to ensure effective and just transition to sustainability.

Technology: general issues --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- intrahousehold education gap --- marriage --- health status --- instrumental variable --- level of education --- self-rated health --- sustainable lifestyle --- policymaking --- multi-stakeholder participation --- long-term transition --- empowerment --- sustainable lifestyles --- food waste --- lifestyle --- SDGs --- households --- Hanoi --- collective actions --- One-Planet Network --- municipal solid waste --- garbage sorting behavior --- environmental awareness --- pro-environmental behavior --- altruism --- mottainai --- attachment --- subjective well-being --- life satisfaction --- happiness --- accelerated policy-driven sustainability transitions --- Asian sustainability transitions --- cleaner vehicle technology --- urban air pollution --- sustainable consumption and production --- sufficiency --- efficiency --- transition --- discourse analysis --- policy design --- COVID-19 --- plastic waste --- household --- Bangkok --- sustainability criteria --- national target --- country development stage --- indirect stated preference --- sustainable development goals (SDGs) --- climate change policies --- UNFCCC --- demand-side management --- behavioral change --- consumption-based emissions --- low-carbon lifestyles --- indirect emissions --- carbon footprint --- intrahousehold education gap --- marriage --- health status --- instrumental variable --- level of education --- self-rated health --- sustainable lifestyle --- policymaking --- multi-stakeholder participation --- long-term transition --- empowerment --- sustainable lifestyles --- food waste --- lifestyle --- SDGs --- households --- Hanoi --- collective actions --- One-Planet Network --- municipal solid waste --- garbage sorting behavior --- environmental awareness --- pro-environmental behavior --- altruism --- mottainai --- attachment --- subjective well-being --- life satisfaction --- happiness --- accelerated policy-driven sustainability transitions --- Asian sustainability transitions --- cleaner vehicle technology --- urban air pollution --- sustainable consumption and production --- sufficiency --- efficiency --- transition --- discourse analysis --- policy design --- COVID-19 --- plastic waste --- household --- Bangkok --- sustainability criteria --- national target --- country development stage --- indirect stated preference --- sustainable development goals (SDGs) --- climate change policies --- UNFCCC --- demand-side management --- behavioral change --- consumption-based emissions --- low-carbon lifestyles --- indirect emissions --- carbon footprint