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Explorations in Organizations presents readers with contemporary issues in the study of organizations, and introduces the paths down which tomorrow's organizational scholarship might travel. A collection of recent papers by or co-authored by the eminent James G. March, the book consists of five sections: exploring theories of organizational action; novelty in organizational adaptation; institutions and the logic of appropriateness; the history of organization studies; and uses of literature in the study of organizations. Each section begins with a new essay by a scholar whose work has focused on the theme explored in that part of the book. These introductory essays not only introduce and tie together the papers that follow, but also serve to add additional voices to the volume in order to deepen the discussion within it

This book continues Rescher's longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays that originated in occasional lecture and conference presentations. Notwithstanding their topical diversity they exhibit a uniformity of method in a common attempt to view historically significant philosophical issues in the light of modern perspectives opened up thorough conceptual clarification.

An introductory chapter notes that this volume offers a different approach to security than the "political realism" approach that emerged during the Cold War & is a static theory that fails to explain how the world really works. The inadequate methodology, regressive assumptions, & narrow agenda of political realism are pointed out to illustrate the many ways it runs counter to human interests. In contrast, critical approaches to international relations are said to provide a more sophisticated & genuinely realistic accounting for phenomena that is both self-reflective & open to change. Critical security studies (CSS) is based on the idea that "security is essentially a derivative concept" that involves rethinking security from the bottom up in ways that deepen & broaden the security studies agenda. The chapters in this volume are organized in relation to three core concepts of CSS: security, community, & emancipation. Taken together, they offer students of security a deeper perspective than what is currently available within more orthodox security studies. J. Lindroth

A review essay on a book by H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ([David Crystal (Ed)] Oxford U Press, 2009).