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The development of critical management studies (CMS) has been marked by much internal debate. There are disagreements over its objectives and methods, and also in providing a positive sense as to what it should be for. Differences exist between a strategy of engagement with management and a radical approach that, fearing co-option, disengages from established practices. But both these strategies are influenced by CMS's situation and participation in the business school. And both approaches have to respond to particular accusations stemming from the nature of their (dis)engagement. I argue that the reconciliation of difficulties of this kind is vital to the realization of CMS objectives. This reconciliation makes demands of accountability which, given CMS's espoused commitments, are of crucial importance. Left unaddressed they undermine its very viability.

Much writing on death contrasts its existential significance with our strategies of avoidance. These strategies, it is argued, are manifested in the practices and institutions of modern life and have led to the sequestration of death. This is felt to have separated us from something vital, a belief that seems to, implicitly or explicitly, rest upon claims of (lost) authenticity. But this seems a rather cool account that somewhat conveniently disposes of the dreadful effects of death and is at odds with our sense of its lurking inevitability. The tension between death as both sequestered and shattering is therefore the focus of this paper. It recognizes that death is both absent and present and that this condition is inadequately conveyed by its disposal in the modern organizations of sequestration. Rather, it sees death as being temporarily dispersed through a network of different relations. However, this network is unstable; what was (re)collected may be disturbed. Consequently, I show how our engagement with death is affected by this organization; death 'moves' us because of movement in this network. Therefore, I have two propositions: (i) that controlling and concealing death involves a process of organization and (ii) that death erupts when this organizing breaks down.

Explores the relationship between contemporary corporate culture & recent attempts to criticize its increasing growth & influence. Naomi Klein's critique of corporate culture, No Logo (2000), is drawn on to shed light on how cultural corporatism creates a third culture comprising brand names, brand people, & brand-made media. It is argued that capitalist institutions have always been a major site for conspiracy theory, & consumers become part of corporate conspiracy practices by consuming mass-produced objects. Popular forms of conspiracy theory & their links with societal trends are examined to illustrate how they relate to critical engagements with corporate culture & its products. A discussion of how global corporate culture manages to subsume "subvertising" that attempts to undermine the corporate message maintains that even the efforts of "culture jammers" are being incorporated into marketing campaigns, as exemplified by Nike's "I am not/A target market/I am an athlete" campaign. It is contended that contemporary critiques of corporate influence as a form of colonization run into difficulties because they require remembering a time before the occupation. 23 References. J. Lindroth

Chronology of revolt -- China's response : repression -- Repression in eastern Tibet -- Patriotic education -- Patriotic education outside the TAR -- An atmosphere of fear and oppression -- China's response : propaganda -- Blaming the "Dalai clique" -- "Hostile Western forces" -- Testimony of Tibetans -- Traditional themes of Chinese propaganda -- Propaganda aimed at Tibetans -- White paper on Tibet -- Tibet and the Olympics -- China's response to international criticism -- Olympic torch relay -- China responds to pressure for talks -- Sichuan earthquake -- Dialogue and Olympics -- One state, two nations -- "Eighth round" of dialogue -- "Memorandum on genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people" -- Dharamsala "special meeting" of Tibetan exiles -- "Serf Emancipation Day: -- Tibetan nationalism -- Chinese nationalism -- China's new diplomatic offensive

Historical and political background -- Tibetan ethnic origins -- Tibetan empire -- Tibetan buddhist state -- British patronage for Tibetan autonomy -- Tibetan national identity -- Tibet under Chinese communist rule -- Seventeen-point agreement -- National regional autonomy -- Autonomy in practice, political integration -- Democratic reforms in easternTibet -- Anti-local nationalist campaign -- Tibetan revolt -- Democratic reforms -- When serfs stood up in tibet -- Panchen lama's 70,000 character petition -- The film, serf -- Confiscated for the benefit of the people -- Cultural revolution -- Rinbur Tulku on the cultural revolution in Lhasa -- Wrath of the serfs -- Tibet transformed -- Autonomy or assimilation -- Patriotic education campaign -- China's state council white papers on Tibet -- Renewed propaganda campaign -- Sino-Tibetan dialogue -- Revival of Sino-Tibetan contacts -- China's strategy on Sino-Tibetan dialogue -- Dialogue or deadlock -- The issue of Tibet

"Tibet's Fate examines the issue of the political fate of Tibet. It is told by Tibetans themselves as well as by the author from his own experiences. The title is not meant to imply that the current fate of Tibet is an ultimate destiny, or even that Tibet's fate is already decided. It is only meant in the sense that if Tibet's fate is now determined, it has been determined not by the Tibetan people but by those of China. If it is to be determined by China, then Tibet's fate is indeed to be an integral part of China. However, if Tibet's fate were to be decided by the Tibetan people, if they were allowed their right to national self-determination, then it would definitely be different. Given all the criteria for independent statehood-territory, culture, language, religion and government-Tibet surely should be an independent state. Tibetan territory, defined by altitude, was the very nearly exclusively habitation of people who identified themselves as Tibetans. Those people share a distinct culture, language and religion. They had a central government that directly administered the territory of Central Tibet and indirectly that of Kham and Amdo. Had Tibetans been allowed to determine for themselves their political status; that is, if they had the right to self-determination as specified in the most fundamental documents of international law, there is no doubt that they would have chosen independence. Whatever the flaws of the Tibetan social and political systems, Tibet should have had the right to determine its own fate, and could have done so, until deprived of that right by China. The book also examines the sensitive question of the nature of the Tibetan political system and its role in the fate that has befallen Tibet. The author concludes that the Tibetan political system of Chosi Shungdrel, or the unity of religion and politics, is implicated in the failure of Tibet to maintain its independence"--

This book examines the sensitive nature of the Tibetan political system and its role in the fate that has befallen Tibet, told by Tibetans and the author from his own experiences. It concludes that if Tibet's fate were decided by Tibetans themselves, it would be an independent state rather than a part of China.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Prologue -- Walking to Work -- The Yountville Veteran -- La Casa Escapade -- The Minnesota Gambler -- "Reno" -- The Oklahoma Kid -- The Greyhound Crooner -- The "Drunken" Policeman -- Tyrone -- The Bricklayer -- The Tennessee Thompsons -- Lily -- Willis Potter -- Renee -- Gino -- Hetch Hetchy Friends -- Herb Caen and the French Tourists -- Pacific Heights Teenager -- Chicago Mother -- Joel -- The Hardy Family -- The "Moonie" -- "Freight Train" Fred -- Christmas Eve at the Greyhound -- The Bluesman -- My Friend the Photographer -- Kari -- Travelers Aid for Me -- The Tiburon Housewife -- Stanley Baker -- Lois -- Lenny and Ronnie -- The Daltons -- Captain William Scott -- The Telephone Salesman -- The Strong Man -- The Late-Night Panhandler -- The Giants Fan -- Waldo Weinstein -- The Accident -- Homeless at the Hyatt -- The Fleeced Businessman -- "Amazing Grace" -- Dove -- Claudine -- The Girl Next Door -- The Steel Executive's Daughter -- Robert and the Tenderloin Guide -- The Chronicle Reporter -- The Hollywood Producer -- Travelers Aid and Greyhound Again -- Epilogue.