Private Authority and Work Habits: England and Russia

This book examines the role of nonstate actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority. It identifies two distinct forms of private authority—one in which states delegate authority to private actors, and another in which entrepreneurial actors generate their own rules, persuading others to adopt them. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the book shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the past fifty years, largely in the area of treaty implementation. This contrasts with entrepreneurial authority, where most private environmental rules have been created in the past two decades. The book traces how this dynamic and fast-growing form of private authority is becoming increasingly common in areas ranging from organic food to green building practices to sustainable tourism. It persuasively argues that the configuration of state preferences and the existing institutional landscape are paramount to explaining why private authority emerges and assumes the form that it does. In-depth cases on climate change provide evidence for the book's arguments. The book demonstrates that authority in world politics is diffused across multiple levels and diverse actors, and it offers a more complete picture of how private actors are helping to shape our response to today's most pressing environmental problems.

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Public and Private Authority in a Global Setting: The Example of Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies ◽

10.2979/indjglolegstu.25.1.0331 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 331

Author(s):

Matthias Goldmann

Keyword(s):

Sovereign Debt ◽

Debt Restructuring ◽

Public And Private ◽

Private Authority

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The Nature of Student Affairs Work in the Liberal Arts College

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1416 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joan B. Hirt ◽

Catherine T. Amelink ◽

Steven R Schneiter

Keyword(s):

Student Affairs ◽

Work Environment ◽

Liberal Arts ◽

Liberal Arts College ◽

Student Affairs Professionals ◽

Student Affairs Administrators ◽

Student Affairs Administration ◽

Liberal Arts Institutions ◽

Work Habits ◽

Liberal Arts Institution

The mission of the liberal arts institution is to educate the whole student; this parallels the aims of student affairs administration. How does this mission affect what student affairs professionals employed at these institutions do? For this study, researchers examined the nature of work for student affairs administrators at liberal arts institutions. Results revealed that professional life can be conceptualized through three themes: the manner in which work is conducted, work habits in relation to students, and the work environment.

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A Substantive Theory of Transnational Governance

10.1093/oso/9780198794332.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Tim Bartley

Keyword(s):

Environmental Standards ◽

Transnational Governance ◽

Production Networks ◽

Global Production Networks ◽

Special Significance ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Private Regulation ◽

Substantive Theory ◽

Private Authority ◽

Differential Performance

Social scientists have theorized the rise of transnational private authority, but knowledge about its consequences remains sparse and fragmented. This chapter builds from a critique of “empty spaces” imagery in several leading paradigms to a new theory of transnational governance. Rules and assurances are increasingly flowing through global production networks, but these flows are channeled and reconfigured by domestic governance in a variety of ways. Abstracting from the case studies in this book, a series of theoretical propositions specify the likely outcomes of private regulation, the influence of domestic governance, the special significance of territory and rights, and several ways in which the content of rules shapes their implementation. As such, this theory proposes an explanation for differences across places, fields, and issues, including the differential performance of labor and environmental standards.

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Work addiction as a predictor of anxiety and depression

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-203411 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 779-788

Author(s):

María-José Serrano-Fernández ◽

Joan Boada-Grau ◽

Maria Boada-Cuerva ◽

Andreu Vigil-Colet

Keyword(s):

Correlation Analysis ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Work Demands ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Work Addiction ◽

Probabilistic Sampling ◽

Negative Results ◽

Work Habits ◽

Predictive Study

Background: A worker’s work habits can affect their health, both physically and psychologically. Negative results have been associated with work demands (stress, anxiety and depression). Objective: In the present research we carried out a predictive study of work addiction by applying three questionnaires on depression and anxiety. Methods: In this study, the participants were 332 workers, obtained through non-probabilistic sampling. The FACTOR (version 7.2) and SPSS 23.0 programs were used. Results: The results of the correlation analysis show both positive and negative associations with the variables studied. We conclude that work addiction variables can predict anxiety and depression because we found that two variables predict 18.3% of depression and 20.3% of anxiety, which are feelings generated by work and excessive work. Conclusion: It can be concluded that feelings generated by work and excessive work predict anxiety and depression, thus the present research helps to broaden knowledge on work addiction, promoting a healthy lifestyle and prevent absenteeism.

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