There has been considerable research studying how the formal institutionalisation of community forests affects participation local communities. This paper studies a historical commons in Galicia order to provide insight into institutions are enmeshed with forestry logic and this shapes Europe. More specifically, we offer an alternative explanation for low levels participation, which goes beyond...

We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts for both local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries on the eve of African independence partitioned more than 200 ethnic groups across adjacent countries subjecting similar cultures, residing in homogeneous geographic areas, to...

The bankruptcy of financial institutions shows the rapid changes in the risks profiles of financial systems and processes. Although financial institutions have always managed the operational risks, the profile of this kind of risks is changing due to the increasing international competitive pressure and the evolution of the financial institutions’ operational systems relying more and more on IT...

This article examines the ways in which sustainability discourses intersect with carceral policies. Building new prisons to ‘green’ industry standards; making existing prison buildings less environmentally harmful; incorporating processes such as renewable energy initiatives; offering ‘green-collar’ work and training to prisoners; and providing ‘green care’ in an effort to reduce recidivism are...

1 Corrections Management Quarterly, 2001, 5(1), 1–9 © 2001 Aspen Publishers, Inc. A persistently disruptive force in correctional facilities is prison gangs. Prison gangs disrupt correctional programming, threaten the safety of inmates and staff, and erode institutional quality of life. The authors review the history of, and correctional mechanisms to cope with prison gangs. A suppression strat...