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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"intermediary organizations"”.
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Tilling the Field of Rural Arts Education in Canada: The Role of Intermediary Organizations in Brokering and Supporting Partnerships
Intermediary organizations (IOs) are described across sectors as third-party entities that broker, guide, support, and evaluate partnership initiatives. This multiple-paper dissertation examines the work of IOs in supporting arts education partnerships in rural communities. The introductory chapter …
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The role played by intermediary organizations in delivering benefits to veld product producers : the case of Kgetsi-ya-Tsie
… and analyses the role played by Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that act as intermediary organizations that help to bring benefits to veld product harvesters. It also examines the nature of these benefits, with a focus on Kgetsi-ya-Tsie (KyT) in the Tswapong region of eastern Botswana. …
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Trade Associations and the Strategic Framing of Change in Contested Issue Organizational Fields: The Evolution of Sustainability in the Canadian Mining Industry, 1993-2013
This dissertation examines the role of intermediary organizations in processes of change in organizational fields defined by contested issues. Drawing from a 20 year longitudinal study of the evolution of sustainability in Canadian Mining, I demonstrate how trade associationswhich occupy an …
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Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure for Equitable Development: Intermediary Solutions for Transforming Resource-Extractive Economies in Rural Southwest Arkansas
… community institutions, local governments, and intermediary organizations essential for advancing equity in extractive economies. The research further explores the role of intermediary organizations in bridging institutional and capacity gaps in Southwest Arkansas. These organizations can …
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New roles for intermediaries: the case of community-owned solar energy development
This dissertation explores the ways that intermediary organizations of various kinds have helped to promote community-owned solar energy development in the United States. These organizations play a much wider range of facilitative roles than most other mediating organizations have traditionally …
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How free are free agents? : the relational structure of high-end contract work
… between workers and firms are mediated by intermediary organizations. The thesis shows that the triadic system of relationships in which intermediaries are embedded contributes to shape market processes, by significantly influencing prices, wages and other individual career outcomes. I …
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Constructing consent : the emergence of corporatism within the Vancouver mental health system
… necessitated the establishment of non-aligned intermediary organizations to regulate and monitor activities within the nonprofit sector. The establishment and development of nonprofit societies and the subsequent restructuring of relations between the state and nonprofit societies is explored …
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Low-income homeownership for intergenerational mobility - the role of intermediaries in risk mitigation
… What types of institutions form the geography of intermediary support, and what are their areas of work? And how does access to intermediary institutions impact low-income homeowners? How are these socio-spatial relationships constituted? I approach these questions qualitatively, quantitatively, …
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Building parents’ leadership capacity for engagement in the New Orleans education reform landscape
This dissertation explores the role of a community organization’s parent leadership training program in building parent leadership capacity. Many scholars have recommended that parents find ways to become authoritative and more active participants in school and community life (Hong, 2011; Oakes & …