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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Neo-institutionalist"”.
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The University in the Knowledge Society: A Neo-Institutionalist Approach to the ‘Idea’ of the University
… framed by the sociological school of neo-institutionalism. This is a perspective within institutional theory which views institutions as not passive recipients of social values but able to dictate their own ideals upon society. The university in this view becomes a ‘primary …
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Institutionalizing Ombudsman: An Analysis of Two External Facing Ombudsman Offices in the U.S. Federal Government
… every agency has an Ombudsman. This study uses neo-institutionalist theory to pinpoint indicators that explain what has triggered the proliferation of external facing Ombudsmen in the federal government. The results of this historical retrospective investigation, which uses a mixed methods …
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Organisational expansion in higher education: the growth of universities' administrative staff and its impact on performance
… structural pressures e.g. student numbers) and neo-institutionalist (drawing attention to the cultural forces that shape universities as formal organisations). The first chapter provides a cross-national assessment of the relative significance of functionalist and cultural (neo-institutionalist) …
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UNVEILING THE SHADOWS: A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL INFLUENCE STRATEGIES FOR ESTABLISHING SOCIAL ORDER IN DARKNET MARKETS
… studies have primarily approached the issue from neo-institutionalist and social network perspectives, examining the emergence of social order through informal institutions and repeated interactions. A notable gap remains in understanding the cognitive aspects shaping decision-making processes in …
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Rules of Disorder: A Comparative Study of Student Discipline
… Popkewitz, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and neo-institutionalist scholars, this study proposes explanations for this surprising pattern. I argue that increased structural-functional differentiation within schools and heavy-handed sets of rules and punishments for students erode the moral …
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The nature and transformation of communal socialism: a case study of Kibbutz industry
… plant. By reference to labour process and neo-institutionalist analyses, this data suggests that the organisation and development of kibbutz industry as a deliberate social construct cannot be adequately understood from the embeddedness of that industry within the kibbutz process, the (pm-) …
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Explaining policy making in the People's Republic of China: the case of the Urban Resident Minimum Livelihood Guarantee System, 1992-2003
… that the synthesis of the policy sponsor and neo-institutionalist concepts provide a richer explanation of the MLG than that implicit in the existing literature.
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A neo-institutional analysis of opposition structures in the South African Parliament
… the South African Parliament. The basis of the neo-Institutional analysis is the premise that the behaviour of actors within a system (in this case, Members of Parliament within Parliament) is shaped by the rules and structure of that system. As such, the opposition behaviour of parties and …
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A parlamenti képviselők választókerület-központúsága pártcentrikus választási rendszerekben Magyarország példáján = Legislators' constituency orientation under party-centred electoral rules
… likely to appear. The dissertation follows the neo-institutionalist approach, and establishes the link between electoral rules, member attitudes and behaviour in contemporary Hungary. It recognizes that even under party-centred electoral rules, there are serious motivations to pursue …
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The role of the legislature in promoting the integration of the South Africa in political system.
… due to resultant societal conflict. The neo-institutionalist approach aids the investigation of the legislature in order to evaluate its role in the integration of the political system. ii The importance of, and challenges to, political integration in South Africa are discussed by …