Census Technology, Politics, and Institutional Change, 1790–2020

The Rocky Road to Multimedia: Museum Politics and Institutional Change

From comparing capitalisms to the politics of institutional change

The notion of distinct national varieties or systems of capitalism gained considerable currency in the last two decades. This review essay highlights three theoretical premises which define what we call the comparative capitalisms (CC) approach to political economy: First, national economies are characterized by distinct institutional configurations; second, these configurations are a source of...

Practical institutional politics for doctors.

Stewart Stonewall, MD, a star surgeon, stormed into the OR dressing room, threw his surgical cap and mask in the general direction of the trash container, and sputtered, “Dammit! I told them I’d need a resident to help with that case, but no! Dominie said they all had more important things to do. She’s sure Miss High-and-Mighty since they made her residency director. I’m going to go tell Master...

Nationwide Census of Institutional Repositories: Preliminary Findings

The MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories A Collaborative Learning Environment) Project is a multi-phased research project that is investigating the development of institutional repositories (IRs) in American colleges and universities to identify models and best practices in the administration, technical infrastructure, and access to repository collections. This paper features preliminary ...

The Politics of Competition and Institutional Change in European Union: The First Fifty Years

Competition causes suppliers of goods and services to lower prices, raise quality, and innovate. It is crucial for maximizing social welfare in a market economy. Ironically, however, the market by itself does not guarantee competition, unless one makes heroic assumptions about the costlessness of market entry (North 1981; Neumann 2001: 5ff.). As Adam Smith famously warned, ‘people of the same t...