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,‎ ra‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎