Democracy and Governance for Resourcing the Commons: Theory and Practice on Rural-Urban Balance
暫譯: 民主與治理：資源共享的理論與實踐—鄉村與城市的平衡

本書透過自下而上的監督來促進公共利益的福祉，強調代表性和問責制，以實現參與的具體化。本書將公共利益視為一個法律概念、一個變革性的治理概念，以及系統倫理的基礎。各章節專注於針對複雜問題的實際回應，這些問題包含許多相互關聯的變數，並且因不同利益相關者的價值觀和生活經驗而被不同地看待。透過考慮這些不同的利益相關者，目標是突顯再生和振興就業機會的方法。本書確定了通往倫理職業教育的途徑，以使積極公民能夠終身參與，這需要行動學習來解決被認為是政策關切的領域。在本書的各章中，作者討論了變革性研究及其對利益相關者的影響。他們專注於再表現及其對思考和實踐的影響。一位作者主張促進非人類中心的倫理發展方法。此外，各章節還涵蓋了案例研究，包括使用混合方法應對水資源管理的治理挑戰，以及與雅加達咖啡種植者合作生產蘑菇的案例。本書專注於去殖民化公共政策知識形成的方法，並主張一種替代的治理和民主方法，考慮到當地人民的多元觀點。

Janet McIntyre-Mills, Flinders University (nee Mills; publish as McIntyre-Mills) is Associate Professor at Flinders University, Honorary Professor at the University of South Africa in the College of Education, Training and Youth Development, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Indonesia. The adjunct appointments recognize over 30 years' experience in policy research addressing complex social challenges.
Her research addresses social justice issues such as health, housing and social inclusion and the mitigation and adaptation to climate change. She addresses complex needs by exploring the meanings and 'what if' questions with diverse stakeholders. She has written several books including: 'Systemic Governance and Accountability', Springer and 'User-centric Policy Design to address Complex Needs'. She is chair of the International Systems Special Integration Group, entitled: 'Balancing individualism and Collectivism' and in the past was elected three times to Research Committee 10 on Organizational Transformation of the International Sociological Association.
Her recent research addresses non anthropocentric policy for living systems. In 2017 her volumes for the Springer Contemporary Systems Series address the challenge to re-generate living systems. The sole authored volume is entitled: 'Planetary Passport for Representation, Accountability and Re-Generation and the edited volume together with Professors Romm and Corcoran Nantes is entitled: 'Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice'. The latter comprises collected papers from the Special Integration Group for International Systems Sciences which McIntyre chairs together with 16 international contributors, including early career researchers. The research seeks a better balance across social, cultural, political, economic and environmental interspecies concerns to ensure a sustainable future for current and future generations. The ecological citizen uses a 'planetary passport' to track the distribution and redistribution of resources in the interests of social and environmental justice. Engagement links high level challenges with individual perspectives, facilitating nuanced investigation of the complex ethical challenge of closing the gap in life chances. The central argument looks for ways to hold the powerful to account so as to enable virtuous living by the majority in a 'planetary passport' that demonstrates a careful use of resources and a way to protect habitat for living systems.
Norma R. A. Romm (DLitt et Phil, Sociology) is Research Professor in the Department of Adult Basic Education and Youth Development, the University of South Africa. She is the author of The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism (Macmillan, 1991), Accountability in Social Research (Springer, 2001), New Racism (Springer, 2010), Responsible Research Practice (2018, Springer), People's Education in Theoretical Perspective (with V. McKay, Longman, 1992), Diversity Management (with R. Flood, Wiley, 1996), and Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia (with V. McKay, ILO, 2008). She has co-edited three books--Social Theory (with M. Sarakinsky, Heinemann, 1994), Critical Systems Thinking (with R. Flood, Plenum, 1996) and Balancing Individualism and Collectivism (with J. McIntyre-Mills and Y. Corcoran-Nantes) She has published more than 100 research articles on the contribution of research to social development, the way in which research can be practised accountably, Indigenous ways of knowing and living, and the facilitation of adult learning. She has worked on a range of projects aimed at increasing equity for organizations such as the ILO, ADEA, IOM, and UNESCO.

Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes is an Associate Professor in Flinders University and is widely known in the field of gender studies wherein her research engages with some of the major issues facing women globally. Specialising in gender specific research in non-western countries in the field of development and international politics dealing with issues such as employment, agricultural development, popular grass roots politics, terrorism and conflict. She has worked as a consultant to most major INGOs such as UNESCAP, UNIFEM, UNDP & UNESCO in Central, East and Southeast Asia looking at the changing status of women in societies in transition. She undertook the first national surveys on the status of women in post-communist society in Central Asia and then Mongolia. The former led to the writing and publication of a seminal work on women in Central Asia entitled Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition which was published by Zed Books in 2006. She is a founding member of the UNESCO Asia Pacific Women's and Gender Studies Network which was established in 2003. She has undertaken fieldwork research and consultancies in countries such as Brazil, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Indonesia, Timor Leste and more latterly Vietnam undertaking a research project entitled - Vietnamese Women in the Crossfire - women resistance fighters, gender equality and the post conflict experience.

珍妮特·麥金泰爾-米爾斯（Janet McIntyre-Mills），弗林德斯大學（Flinders University）副教授，南非大學（University of South Africa）教育、訓練與青年發展學院名譽教授，印尼大學（University of Indonesia）兼任教授。這些兼任職位承認了她在政策研究方面超過30年的經驗，專注於解決複雜的社會挑戰。
她的研究涉及社會正義問題，如健康、住房和社會包容，以及對氣候變化的緩解和適應。她通過與多元利益相關者探討意義和「如果」問題來應對複雜需求。她撰寫了幾本書，包括《系統治理與問責制》（Systemic Governance and Accountability，Springer）和《以使用者為中心的政策設計以應對複雜需求》（User-centric Policy Design to address Complex Needs）。她是國際系統特別整合小組的主席，題為《平衡個人主義與集體主義》，並曾三次當選國際社會學協會組織轉型研究委員會第10委員會的成員。
她最近的研究針對非人類中心的生活系統政策。2017年，她為Springer當代系統系列撰寫的著作探討了再生生活系統的挑戰。她的獨著作品名為《行星護照：代表性、問責制與再生》（Planetary Passport for Representation, Accountability and Re-Generation），與羅姆（Romm）教授和科爾科蘭-南特斯（Corcoran Nantes）教授共同編輯的作品名為《平衡個人主義與集體主義：社會與環境正義》（Balancing Individualism and Collectivism: Social and Environmental Justice）。後者包含了來自國際系統科學特別整合小組的論文，該小組由麥金泰爾主席領導，並有16位國際貢獻者，包括早期職業研究者。該研究尋求在社會、文化、政治、經濟和環境跨物種關注之間取得更好的平衡，以確保當前和未來世代的可持續未來。生態公民使用「行星護照」來追蹤資源的分配和再分配，以促進社會和環境正義。參與連結高層挑戰與個人觀點，促進對縮小生活機會差距的複雜倫理挑戰的細緻調查。核心論點尋求尋找方法來追究權力者的責任，以使大多數人能夠在「行星護照」中實現美德生活，該護照展示了資源的謹慎使用和保護生活系統棲息地的方法。
諾瑪·R·A·羅姆（Norma R. A. Romm，社會學博士）是南非大學成人基礎教育與青年發展系的研究教授。她是《實證主義與馬克思主義的方法論》（The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism，Macmillan，1991）、《社會研究中的問責制》（Accountability in Social Research，Springer，2001）、《新種族主義》（New Racism，Springer，2010）、《負責任的研究實踐》（Responsible Research Practice，2018，Springer）、《理論視角下的人民教育》（People's Education in Theoretical Perspective，與V. McKay合著，Longman，1992）、《多樣性管理》（Diversity Management，與R. Flood合著，Wiley，1996）以及《評估HIV和艾滋病對贊比亞非正式經濟影響的研究》（Assessment of the Impact of HIV and AIDS in the Informal Economy of Zambia，與V. McKay合著，ILO，2008）的作者。她共同編輯了三本書——《社會理論》（Social Theory，與M. Sarakinsky合著，Heinemann，1994）、《批判性系統思維》（Critical Systems Thinking，與R. Flood合著，Plenum，1996）和《平衡個人主義與集體主義》（Balancing Individualism and Collectivism，與J. McIntyre-Mills和Y. Corcoran-Nantes合著）。她發表了超過100篇研究文章，探討研究對社會發展的貢獻、研究如何負責任地進行、土著知識與生活方式，以及成人學習的促進。她參與了多個旨在提高公平性的項目，為國際勞工組織（ILO）、非洲教育發展協會（ADEA）、國際移民組織（IOM）和聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）等組織提供支持。

伊馮·科爾科蘭-南特斯（Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes）是弗林德斯大學的副教授，在性別研究領域廣為人知，她的研究涉及全球女性面臨的一些主要問題。專注於非西方國家的性別特定研究，涵蓋發展和國際政治領域，處理就業、農業發展、基層政治、恐怖主義和衝突等問題。她曾擔任大多數主要國際非政府組織（INGOs）的顧問，如聯合國亞太經濟社會委員會（UNESCAP）、聯合國婦女署（UNIFEM）、聯合國開發計劃署（UNDP）和聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO），專注於過渡社會中女性地位的變化。她進行了中亞和蒙古後共產主義社會中女性地位的首次全國調查。前者導致撰寫並出版了一部關於中亞女性的開創性著作《失落的聲音：中亞女性面對轉型》（Lost Voices: Central Asian Women Confronting Transition），該書於2006年由Zed Books出版。她是2003年成立的聯合國教科文組織亞太地區女性與性別研究網絡的創始成員。她在巴西、烏茲別克、哈薩克、吉爾吉斯、蒙古、印尼、東帝汶以及最近的越南等國進行了實地研究和顧問工作，進行了一項名為「越南女性在交火中」的研究項目，探討女性抵抗戰士、性別平等和後衝突經驗。