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From four to zero? The social mechanisms of symbolic domination in the UK accounting field
Corporate failures and financial crises periodically lead to speculation and critique of the Big Four in the UK. Wide-reaching regulatory changes and reforms have emerged as a consequence, yet the overall dominance of the...
Sacrifice and the ideal hunt
The Siberian Northeast shows striking parallels between the cosmologies of hunters and reindeer herders. What may this tell us about the transformation from hunting to pastoralism? This article argues for a structural identity...
From four to zero? The social mechanisms of symbolic domination in the UK accounting field
Corporate failures and financial crises periodically lead to speculation and critique of the Big Four in the UK. Wide-reaching regulatory changes and reforms have emerged as a consequence, yet the overall dominance of the...
The politics of welfare
Lois McNay
Nov 22, 2022
Confronting power asymmetries in partnerships to address grand challenges
Much of the literature on multistakeholder partnerships that addresses grand challenges has extolled the virtues of such partnerships as a means of reducing uncertainty, acquiring resources, and solving local and global wicked...
Challenging Institutional Theory’s Critical Credentials
Kamal A. Munir
Dec 19, 2019
Institutional theory’s claim to be critical rings hollow. Not only does the theory lack an emancipatory agenda but most institutional studies privilege agentic power over hegemonic. Even when engaging with ‘grand challenges’...