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.
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface Ray E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr
Introduction W. Richard Scott
Part I. Foundational Themes:
1. Global projects: distinguishing features, drivers, and challenges Ryan J. Orr, W.
Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Karlos Artto and Jaakko Kujala
2. The institutional environment of global projects W. Richard Scott
3. Social movements and the growth in opposition to global projects Doug McAdam
Part II. Institutional Differences and Global Projects: Empirical Studies:
4. Rules vs. results: sources and resolution of institutional conflicts on Indian Metro
Railway projects Ashwin Mahalingam, Raymond E. Levitt and W. Richard Scott
5. Institutional exceptions on global projects: a process model Ryan J. Orr and W. Richard
Scott
6. Local embeddedness of firms and strategies for dealing with uncertainty in global
projects Ryan J. Orr and Raymond E. Levitt
7. Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects Amy Javernick-Will
and W. Richard Scott
Part III. Political Conflicts and Global Projects:
8. Site fights: explaining opposition to oil and gas pipeline projects in the
developing world Doug McAdam, Hilary Schaffer Boudet, Jenna Davis, Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard
Scott and Raymond E. Levitt
9. To talk or to fight? Effects of strategic, cultural and institutional factors on
renegotiation approaches in public-private concessions Henry Chan and Raymond E. Levitt
Part IV. Governance Strategies and Structures:
10. Network-based strategies and competencies for political and social risk management
Witold J. Henisz
11. Organizations enabling public-private partnerships: an organization field approach
Stephen F. Jooste and W. Richard Scott
References
Index.
472 pages, Paperback