Institutional changes in politics

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...

Openness and Institutional Changes

Opening up is often considered a commitment to breaking indigenous firms’ status quo and moving the institutional reforms forward. However, the institutional environment in many open countries has yet to show the sign of improvement. We suggest that one important reason for the various reactions to openness is firm heterogeneity. Economic policies have different effects on different firms, and ...

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...

An Institutional Arrangements : The Politics of Art Museums

My inquiry examines art's institutional arrangements through the present character of modern and contemporary art museums. This examination is positioned initially with the postmodernist theoretical evaluation of the art museum which argues the rupture of the modernist art episteme signaled the end of the museum and the project of constructing art's history. I limited my inquiry to museums loca...