Neo-institutional theory and institutional change : executive share options in Germany by Amon Chizema

“…On the contrary, this study employs neo-institutional theory, a theoretical lens that embraces socio-economic factors within the firm's institutional and market environment. …”
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Sport policy, citizenship and the social integration of immigrants in Denmark by Ioannis Chatzopoulos

“…Moreover, macro-level theories with neo-corporatism and neo-pluralism were particularly significant. …”
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Sport mega-events and public opposition: A sociological study of the London 2012 Olympics by Richard Giulianotti, Gary Armstrong, Gavin Hales, Dick Hobbs

“…We argue that London 2012 represented a form of “festival capitalism” that was part of a broader set of “New Right two-step” policies in poor urban areas, involving initial Keynesian investment, followed by a deeper and far-reaching array of neo-liberal measures. Second, in the main part of the article, we identify and examine, in turn, six forms of public conflict, criticism, and complaint that centered on the Games, specifically national criticisms (e.g., on distribution of Olympic resources), local criticisms (e.g., on lack of jobs and business benefits), issue-specific campaigns (e.g., on the environment), “glocal” protests against specific nations and sponsors (e.g., campaigns against BP, Dow, and Rio Tinto), neo-tribal transgressions and situationist spectacles (e.g., mass cycle rides near Olympic venues), and anti-Olympic forums and demonstrations (e.g., critical web sites, multi-group marches). …”
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Submarine geomorphology: quantitative methods illustrated with the Hawaiian volcanoes by John Hillier

“…Such processes include volcanism, neo-tectonics (i.e. the activity of geological faults), the escape of hydrocarbons and submarine erosion (e.g. by channel cutting or landslides). …”
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Shakespeare and eco-criticism: the unexpected return of the Elizabethan world picture by Gabriel Egan

“…In the early 1970s the Gaia hypothesis of James E. Lovelock and Lynn Margulis proposed that self-regulating processes of homeostasis have locked together the obviously living biosphere and the apparently dead environment so that one might usefully think of the whole Earth as a single organism. …”
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Ideational border crossings: if the intellectual relations don’t get you, then the social and political will by John Evans

“…Drawing ideas from complexity literature, the paper lauds the potential of ‘concept studies’ as means of making such crossings and addressing enduring issues (e.g., of equity and health) within education and Physical Education. …”
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The neoliberal culturalist nation: voices from Italy by Marco Antonsich

“…The impact of neo-liberal globalisation on the nation-state has been extensively studied in terms of politico-economic restructuring and forms of governmentality and securitisation. …”
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Elite sport development in South Korea: an analysis of policy change in the sports of athletics, archery and baseball by Jae-Woo Park

“…The study concludes that the over‐lapping assumptions between elitism and neo‐pluralism are the most likely explanation of the Korean elite sport policy process at the macro‐level analysis. …”
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