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Most scholarship in modern organization theory maintains a near-exclusive focus on private-sector settings. In contrast, this article argues that complex public-sector organizational systems – such as the European Union (EU) – can provide a very relevant laboratory to both fine-tune organization theoretical propositions and test them empirically. I first draw attention to the value-added of organization theory for the study of EU institutions. Then, I turn to these institutions' capacity to present a springboard for theoretical development in organization theory, and bring forward a number of avenues for further research on the intersection of EU studies and organization theory that can push forward both research fields.

This volume analyzes the dynamics and interactive processes among the players (individuals, institutions, and organizations/firms) that have constituted and legitimized the development of the biotechnology industries. The unit of analysis is small entrepreneurial firms developing biotechnological products and processes. What types of strategies are small entrepreneurs pursuing in order to create markets for their new products and processes, and how have specific strategies emerged? The primary interest is the network process through which the technological field and the development of institutions and routines evolve and co-evolve. The theoretical contribution of the book is its focus on the development of the concept of networks. From being regarded as a relative static concept the book transforms the concept into a dynamic concept of networking. The dynamic view on the creation and development of new technologies through network formations is linked to the concept of strategy that is used throughout the book. Hence the strategies are developed along with the creation of technological knowledge, and it is hoped that the diffusion of this specific knowledge will bring new actors into the technological arena or community. This book will be useful to the academic community, those studying the formation of networks, strategic management, organizational behavior, and management of technology, as well as business observers with a specific interest in the evolution of the biotechnology industry

This book sheds light on the integration processes and identity patterns of Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European communities in Portugal. It examines the privileged position that immigrant organisations hold as interlocutors between the communities they represent and various social service mechanisms operating at national and local levels. Through the collection of ethnographic data and the realisation of 110 interviews with community insiders and middlemen, culled over a year's time, João Sardinha provides insight into how the three groups are perceived by their respective associations and representatives. Following up on the rich data is a discussion of strategies of coping with integration and identity in the host society and reflections on Portuguese social and community services and institutions

The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; McDowell Cemetery #23, Bell Count, Texas | Veterans Interred: Bacon, Thomas H. ; Bartlett Cemetery #59, Bartlett, Williamson County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Pochman, William ; St. John Lutheran Cemetery #69, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Lindeman, Andrew G. ; Gatesville Cemetery #110, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Barr, John Elijah. ; Jonesboro Cemetery #438, Jonesboro, Hamilton County, Texas | Veterans Interred: James, Thos. W. ; Oak Hill Cemetery #284, Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Edwards, H. P. ; Helena Cemetery #723, Helena, Karnes County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Cooper, A. S. ; Killeen Cemetery #24, Killeen, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Harbour, John James. ; Llano Cemetery #189, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Thomas, William J. ; Hillcrest Cemetery #6, Temple, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Sparks, James W. ; Copperas Cove Cemetery #140, Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Barry, E. ; Rose Hill Cemetery #165, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Talley, J. Wylie. ; Hillcrest Cemetery #6, Temple, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Crenshaw, W. T. ; Garden of Memories Cemetery #661, Trent, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Newton, Kenneth Pearson. ; N. Belton Cemetery #1, Belton, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Ellis, W. S. ; Maxdale Cemetery #99, Maxdale, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Ellis, Willis Saunders. ; Cedar Knob Cemetery #671, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Wilkerson, Melville. ; Little Flock Cemetery #46, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Elza, W. Steward. ; Plainview Cemetery #317, Plainview, Hale County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Johnson, James Augustus. ; Drummond Cemetery #654, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Anderson, Geo. W. ; Moffett Cemetery #27, Moffett, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Courtney, F. M. ; Buffalo Gap Cemetery #667, Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Pruitt, Elija D. ; East Mt. Cemetery #572, Hunt County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Beauchamp, Chas House. ; Lancaster Cemetery #45, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Bigham, J. D. ; Pendleton Cemetery #678, Pendleton, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Bishop, Jacob. ; Friendship Cemetery #111, Milam County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Shannon, Jonas. ; McDowell Cemetery #23, Bell Count, Texas | Veterans Interred: Hamilton, Jacob. ; Reeds Lake Cemetery #12, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Underwood, David .

The conversion of British trade unions to positive attitudes towards the European Community was a significant feature of British politics in the late 1980s. This article explains the origins of this policy shift and questions the received wisdom that short term opportunism was the primary motivating factor. The British trade union response to '1992' was far from uniform and distinct factions can be identified within a policy coalition. The reasons for the durability and cohesiveness of this coalition are discussed along with the general shifts in thinking on the British Left and the developments in European integration which explain the general change of attitudes.

This paper offers an alternative account of the frequently observed association between gross domestic product growth and a decline in traditional church attendance. The approach follows Durkheim's focus on the social functions of religion. It is hypothesized that economic prosperity leads to an exchange of the mediators of social activities, rather than to an increase in existential security or rationalization. With income development individuals increasingly engage in consumption-related practices. In turn, traditional religious activities, contexts and symbols lose their significance as mediators for social action. This hypothesis is tested, in competition with the 'updated secularization hypothesis' of Norris and Inglehart, via multilevel analyses. Data are drawn from the European Social Survey and the Eurobarometer, relying on micro and macro units on 82 (NUTS1) regions from 20 European countries. In accordance with the consumption hypothesis, results indicate that increases in gross domestic product lead to religious decline primarily by supplanting the dominant modes of social action. Adapted from the source document.

The purpose of this paper is to study the role of European and international organizations in educational policy and the governance of the European education space. It is argued that the influence of transnational and supranational organizations on the discourses and practices of education systems in the European Union contributes to the creation of a "Globally Structured Educational Agenda" whose main purpose is the linking of education systems to the services of the global economy. The educational policy of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) especially plays a crucial role in shaping the European education space by exploiting policy by numbers as a tool and way of governance. Special attention is given to the class of experts / technocrats who as policy actors that shape educational policy transform the European education space. It is also claimed that the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a key policy tool with strong international influence, is considered to be an extremely important hub for the governance of European education by numbers, aiming to improve the quality of education systems. Additionally, it is argued that governing by data establishes the idea of Europe as a Knowledge Economy, an idea expressed in the strategic goal set out in 2000 by the European Council of Lisbon, "making the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world". On the other hand, this paper examines skepticism expressed by researchers over the increasing use of numbers for evaluating education systems, for they lead to the establishment of an audit culture and the creation of a global Panopticon in a "measurable" Europe of Knowledge, governed by numbers. Prospects for further research in the field of comparative education are examined, aiming to create different schemes for measuring the quality of education systems, where humanitarian values will be at the forefront. ; SUBMITTED: MAY 2018, REVISION SUBMITTED: NOVEMBER 2018, ACCEPTED: ...

The Fourth World Health Assembly completed an unusually heavy agenda during its meetings in Geneva, from May 8 to May 25, 1951. The meetings were attended by delegates from 70 countries and observers from 20 international organizations. Japan, Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany were admitted to membership, bringing the roster to 78 countries.

This text challenges the prevailing view that local authorities are irrelevant in immigration policy-making. Presenting an in-depth ethnographic study of the recent implementation of local 'diversity policies' in the Netherlands, Belgium and United Kingdom, it identifies a new politics of difference, characterised by a 'paradigmatic pragmatism'. Building on extensive fieldwork in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Leeds, the author shows that, rather than simply replacing an earlier politics of difference, local diversity policies combine ideals of multiculturalism, assimilation and diversity.