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Functionaries: A Distributional Approach to Institutional Analysis

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper outlines a distributional approach to institutional analysis, reconceptualising institutions as distributions of knowledge and activity across people. We argue that institutionalisation and institutional change are best understood by focussing on actors with the requisite knowledge and motivation to keep institutional patterns going,
Dustin S. Stoltz, Marshall A. Taylor, Omar Lizardo   +2 more
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The Institutionalization of Institutional Theory [PDF]

, 1996
[Excerpt] Our primary aims in this effort are twofold: to clarify the independent theoretical contributions of institutional theory to analyses of organizations, and to develop this theoretical perspective further in order to enhance its use in empirical
Tolbert, Pamela S, Zucker, Lynn G
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The Limits of Depoliticized Water–Energy Diplomacy: Insights From the UAE–Israel–Jordan Water‐for‐Energy Deal

World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the rise and collapse of the 2021 United Arab Emirates (UAE)–Israel–Jordan Water‐for‐Energy Deal, a landmark initiative that sought to exchange Jordanian solar energy for Israeli desalinated water. Presented as a breakthrough in regional cooperation and environmental peacebuilding, the agreement was brokered under the ...
Majed Abu‐Zreig, Hussam Hussein
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The Epistemic Habits of Danish Populists: Objectivity, Legitimacy and Evidence

Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Epistemic conflicts and disagreements characterise our political debates, as consensus surrounding what qualifies as legitimate knowledge in political settings becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. This article examines how right‐wing populist party voters in Denmark produce legitimate political knowledge, based on a series of focus ...
Colm Flaherty
wiley   +1 more source

A EVOLUÇÃO BIOLÓGICA NA PERSPECTIVA DE ESTUDANTES DO CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS DA UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE

Prâksis, 2019
A evolução biológica é amplamente mencionada nos documentos norteadores da educação nacional, inclusive sendo citada como eixo unificador dos conteúdos de Ciências Naturais. No entanto, observaram-se em investigações científicas que ainda são latentes as
Cristiane Borba Luckmann, Natalia Aparecida Soares   +1 more
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Quantum chaos in supersymmetric QCD at finite density

, 2004
We investigate the distribution of the spacings of adjacent eigenvalues of the lattice Dirac operator. At zero chemical potential $\mu$, the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution $P(s)$ follows the Wigner surmise of random matrix theory both in the ...
Bittner, Elmar, Hands, Simon, Markum, Harald, Pullirsch, Rainer   +3 more
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Never the twain shall meet: a critical appraisal of the combination of discourse and psychoanalytic theory in studies of men and masculinity [PDF]

, 2006
In recent years there has been a number of attempts by different researchers to study men and masculinity using a combination of discourse theory and psychoanalysis.
A. Nayak, B. Davies, B. Gough, B. Gough, C. West, D. Edwards, D. Edwards, D. Macdonell, E. Laclau, H. Garfinkel, I. Parker, J. Bowers, J. Butler, J. Derrida, J. Heritage, J. Potter, J. Wertsch, J. Wertsch, K. Kosík, L. S. Vygotsky, M. Augustinous, M. Bakhtin, M. Billig, M. Billig, M. Billig, M. Billig, M. Billig, M. Foucault, M. Freeman, M. Illingworth, M. Klein, M. Klein, M. L. Crossley, M. Wetherell, N. Chodorow, N. Edley, N. Edley, N. Edley, N. Edley, Nigel Edley, P. Berger, P. Redman, R. Greenson, S. Frosh, S. Frosh, S. Frosh, S. Frosh, S. Frosh, S. Frosh, S. Kessler, S. Moscovici, S. Willott, T. Carrigan, T. Jefferson, T. Jefferson, T. Jefferson, V. J. Seidler, W. Hollway   +57 more
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‘We've Taken on a More Advanced Clinical Role’: A Multimethod Study of Community Nurses' Extended Roles in Palliative Care

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 1681-1691, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore community nurses' experiences of changes to their roles in palliative and end‐of‐life care. Design An e‐survey was followed by focus groups. Methods Fifty‐one community nurses with recent experience of delivering end‐of‐life care in the United Kingdom completed a survey about changes to their roles.
Ben Bowers, Kristian Pollock, Simon Etkind, Alison Leary, Stephen Barclay, Louisa Polak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Palliative care in Germany from a public health perspective: qualitative expert interviews

BMC Research Notes, 2009
Background Improving palliative care is a public health priority. However, little is known about the views of public health experts regarding the state of palliative care in Germany and the challenges facing it.
Schneider Nils, Lückmann Sara, Behmann Mareike   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-bosonic algorithms for dynamical fermion simulations

, 1999
Multi-bosonic fermion simulation algorithms are reviewed, with particular emphasis on a recent application in SU(2) Yang-Mills theory with light gluinos.Comment: latex, 14 pages; talk given at the workshop "Molecular Dynamics on Parallel Computers ...
Montvay, I.
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