Global projects : institutional and political challenges /

Global projects : institutional and political challenges /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:xix, 452 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Developing countries.
Economic development projects -- Developing countries.
Public-private sector cooperation -- Developing countries.
International cooperation.
Economic development projects.
Infrastructure (Economics)
International cooperation.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Developing countries.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8456933
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Other authors / contributors:Scott, W. Richard.
Levitt, Raymond E.
Orr, Ryan J.
ISBN:9781107004924 (hardback)
1107004926 (hardback)
9780521181907 (paperback)
0521181909 (paperback)
Summary:"As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are deteriorating and in need of renewal. Today, many of the engineering and economic problems surrounding infrastructure construction projects have been solved, but the threat of social misalignments and political conflicts renders the development and management of such projects more challenging than ever before. This book presents a new theoretical framework that allows us to analyze the institutional and social movement processes, both negative and positive, that surround global infrastructure projects as they confront cross-national and cross-sectoral (such as private-public partnerships) institutional differences. The value of this framework is illustrated through a series of studies on a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, railroads, ports, airports, water supply and energy pipelines"--

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