Why do legislators engage in geographic representation party-centred electoral systems, where they face weak re-election incentives to cultivate a personal vote? Existing research offers cross-pressuring incentive structures and intrinsic localism motivations as individual-level factors explain this puzzle. In article, we propose an alternative argument based on the principle of collective acti...

Recent papers have argued that spatial justice should be pursued through a place-based approach, which enables local people to assert their own capacity act and pursue positive visions: an approach fundamental LEADER. This paper considers the extent LEADER constitutes action addressing case study in England. Analysis of this leads questions about apparent localism is constrained by ‘government ...

Social values are key to the sustainability of organizations. Drawing on value-based research, stakeholder theory, and corporate social responsibility this paper builds a case study interplay between values, innovation, economic growth. The craft beer industry is fast-growing with potential emphasis built small-scale production localism. We examine how breweries attempt resolve tensions derived...

Urban restaurants are increasingly putting local food on the menu. How do farm-to-restaurant relations fit into movement, and how can these collaborations be supported by policies programmes of urban governments? Through a qualitative case study in city-region Groningen (The Netherlands), this article explores values restaurants, suppliers governments attribute to food, trust barriers actors ex...

In March 1998, the political leadership of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel was looking for ways to commemorate al-Nakba (“The Disaster,” in Arabic), referring to the war of 1948, during which about 700,000 Palestinians were uprooted and hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed. This leadership, organized in the Follow-Up Committee (FUC), nominated a Nakba and Steadfastness Commit...