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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"new institutionalism"”.
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The Proliferation of Gated Communities in Ghana: A New Institutionalism Perspective
… who move into gated communities. Drawing upon new institutionalism and using a mixed research method, the research presents the case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. It finds that the institutional landscape in Ghana's built environment creates both direct and indirect incentives that …
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Institutional influence on the manifestation of entrepreneurial orientation: A case of social investment funders
Linking the new institutionalism to entrepreneurial orientation (EO), my dissertation investigates institutional forces and entrepreneurial forces—two contradicting types of forces—as main effects and moderating effects upon practices and performance of organizations embedded in the institutional …
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Public participation and environmental impact assessment in Romania: The case of Ro¿ia Montan¿. A call for the institutionalisation of public participation.
… democracy theory and practice. Grounded in new institutionalism theory, this thesis describes the historical and contemporary socio-economic conditions that have shaped Romanian public participation and deliberation.
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An Institutional Analysis of Differences: The Design of Masters' Programs in Public Affairs
Early studies in the sociological stream of new institutionalism contributed much to the study of organization, especially in illuminating organizational isomorphism that might appear in organizational fields. Yet, at the same time, they were limited in accounting for organizational differences in …
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Internal Revenue Service and the regulation of religion.
… frameworks of organizational ecology and new institutionalism this study examines the assumption that America has an unregulated religious economy. In particular, I look at the sociological impact of defining a 'church' for tax-exempt purposes. Given the constitutional constraints of the …
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Who Decides and Why it Matters: Institutions, Differentiation and Northern Rural Higher Education
… theoretical framework that combined elements of new institutionalism (North, 1990; DiMaggio Powell, 1991; Thelen, 1999; Peters, 2012; Lowndes Roberts, 2013; Scott, 2014), strategic reaction theory (Oliver 1991), pragmatism (Allison Pomeroy, 2000; Duemer Zebidi, 2009; Anderson Shattuck, 2012; …
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Framing of the Roles of Academic Libraries in Lithuania (Discourse Analysis) /
… Lithuania – is analysed from the perspective of new institutionalism, which affords the researcher’s ground for the identification and explanation of certain pressures of the institutional environment on organizations and their modes of activity. The discourse analysis of official documents of …
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The transformation of Mangere Hospital: A case study in deinstitutionalisation
… disability. This was based on the approach of New Institutionalism in organisational theory. The focus was primarily on the process--of change, and in caregiving. Three models of intellectual disability, which have informed policy and the recent changes to a preference for community care, have …
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A new institutionalist analysis of local level food policy in England between 2012 and 2014
… food system configuration. This research applies new institutionalism to the study of local level food policy for the first time, enabling insights into how institutional factors affect capacity. It contributes new perspectives to the new institutionalist literature on agency and institutional …
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Internal dispute resolution: the legal environment of complex public organizations
This study carries forward the new institutional exploration of the legal environment of organizations by examining the dynamics of legalization in the Commonwealth of Virginia Grievance Program. It extends legalization research to the public administration and policy field by exploring and …
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Networked environmental governance in the European Union: who participates and (how) do they learn?
… potential for synergies between traditional and new modes exists. Fewer still have been underpinned by theory. To address these gaps in the literature, this thesis explores two mature cases in environmental policy: the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) and the EU Network for the …
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From Social Welfare to Social Work, the Broad View versus the Narrow View
… Board of Governors assigned the school to the new University of Calgary. The Study examines the history of the School of Social Welfare and the controversy surrounding the name associated with the broad view of social work. The critique led to a narrative that its graduates were not prepared …
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The Development and Management of Gated Communities in China: The Case of Shanghai from a New Institutionalist Perspective
… a complex constellation, which have triggered new questions. For example, how do gated communities respond to ongoing urban transformation and changing regulatory environments? How are gated communities managed for long-term survival? How are the common properties within gated communities …
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INTEREST GROUPS IN RESPONSE TO THE OBAMACARE: THE CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD OF HEALTH CARE POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
… theoretical guidelines, which included 1) the new-institutionalism theory emphasizing the structuration, dependency, and legitimacy factors in actors’ strategies in the health care policy organizational field and 2) Pierre Bourdieu’s perspectives of the field focusing on the cultural, social …
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Performance management in Kenya's public service
… on theoretical strands of neo-patrimonialism and new institutionalism. The nature of the inquiry informed the choice of a qualitative case study research design. Data was assembled through face-to-face interviews, some observations, and collection of documents from managers at the levels of the …
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Translating Foreign Ideas into Domestic Practices : Pharmaceutical Policies in Laos and Vietnam
… foreign ideas are integrated and translated into new contexts, and how these imported ideas influence national policymaking and implementation. The National Drug Policies in Laos and Vietnam are studied in order to identify factors facilitating or restraining policy processes—and to discuss the …
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Navigating Through U.S.-China Policy: An Investigation of China National Off-Shore Oil Corporation's Proposed Acquisition of Unocal Corporation and How Domestic Politics Plays a Role in Balancing U.S. Trade Policy with National Security Policy
… study builds upon the theoretical approach of new institutionalism which emerged in response to the shortcomings of theories that diminished the importance of political values and collective choice in foreign policy making. Since institutionalism emphasizes the significance of history and …
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The politics of leadership organizing in informal settlements: ambiguities of speaking publicly and mediating conflicting institutional logics
… and as arena specific, inspired by a mixture of new-institutionalism and Arendt's philosophy, I frame politics as a human process of defining common concerns and negotiations over how these should be dealt with through specific ways of organizing. Interlinked with this, a social constructive …
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Institutional change in a higher education environment : factors in the adoption and sustainability of information technology project management best practices
… higher education through the perspective of new institutionalism can help explain its conservative view of change including a resistance to ideas associated with management efficiency and innovation (Cameron, 1984; Carrol, 1993; Gumport, 2000a; Kraatz & Zajac, 1996; H. D. Meyer & Rowan, …
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