Analysis of the Influence of Institutional Dynamics on Juvenile Criminality in Nakuru Sub-County, Kenya

NGO–firm partnerships have been well studied in the literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Marano and Tashman 2012; Dahan et al. 2010; Oetzel and Doh 2009). However, these studies have generally limited their focus to Western multinationals and Western NGOs and, moreover, not by-and-large examine in depth the institutional settings under which either the firm or the NGO operates Building on recent institutional approaches to CSR (Brammer, Jackson, and Matten 2012; Kang and Moon 2012; Matten and Moon 2008), this paper examines how the institutional dynamics of several partnerships between Chinese firms and NGOs affect the manifestation of CSR (e.g. “implicit” vs. “explicit”). The paper also looks into how CSR and NGO–firm collaboration plays out within a changing state-corporatist framework in Chinese context (Unger and Chan 1995, 2008; Hsu and Hasmath forthcoming). The paper then argues 1) that the involvement of an NGO in the partnership reflects a changing institutional setting in China, and 2) that type and level of involvement of Chinese government institutions affects whether a given firm takes an “implicit” or an “explicit” approach to CSR.

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Assessing the Risk of Democratic Reversal in the United States: A Reply to Kurt Weyland

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096521000329 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Matias López ◽

Juan Pablo Luna

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Boolean Algebra ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

American Democracy ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

The Public ◽

Original Analysis ◽

The Impact

ABSTRACT By replying to Kurt Weyland’s (2020) comparative study of populism, we revisit optimistic perspectives on the health of American democracy in light of existing evidence. Relying on a set-theoretical approach, Weyland concludes that populists succeed in subverting democracy only when institutional weakness and conjunctural misfortune are observed jointly in a polity, thereby conferring on the United States immunity to democratic reversal. We challenge this conclusion on two grounds. First, we argue that the focus on institutional dynamics neglects the impact of the structural conditions in which institutions are embedded, such as inequality, racial cleavages, and changing political attitudes among the public. Second, we claim that endogeneity, coding errors, and the (mis)use of Boolean algebra raise questions about the accuracy of the analysis and its conclusions. Although we are skeptical of crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis as an adequate modeling choice, we replicate the original analysis and find that the paths toward democratic backsliding and continuity are both potentially compatible with the United States.

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Knowing when to talk? Plant genome editing as a site for pre-engagement institutional reflexivity

Public Understanding of Science ◽

10.1177/0963662521999796 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 096366252199979

Author(s):

Robert D.J. Smith ◽

Sarah Hartley ◽

Patrick Middleton ◽

Tracey Jewitt

Keyword(s):

Genome Editing ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Plant Genome ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Full Potential ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

Social Studies Of Science ◽

High Profile ◽

A Site

Citizen and stakeholder engagement is frequently portrayed as vital for socially accountable science policy but there is a growing understanding of how institutional dynamics shape engagement exercises in ways that prevent them from realising their full potential. Limited attention has been devoted to developing the means to expose institutional features, allow policy-makers to reflect on how they will shape engagement and respond appropriately. Here, therefore, we develop and test a methodological framework to facilitate pre-engagement institutional reflexivity with one of the United Kingdom’s eminent science organisations as it grappled with a new, high-profile and politicised technology, genome editing. We show how this approach allowed policy-makers to reflect on their institutional position and enrich decision-making at a time when they faced pressure to legitimate decisions with engagement. Further descriptions of such pre-engagement institutional reflexivity are needed to better bridge theory and practice in the social studies of science.

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Weak State, Strong Networks: The Institutional Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment in China. By Hongying Wang. [Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiii+211 pp. HK$150.00. ISBN 019-590631-4.]

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0009443902260623 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 172 ◽

pp. 1065-1103

Author(s):

Qi Luo

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Institutional Economics ◽

New Institutional Economics ◽

Regime Theory ◽

Weak State ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

State Institutions ◽

Oxford University ◽

Investment In China

This is a competent work that challenges the claim of new institutional economics and international regime theory that effective state institutions in the host country are vital to the inflow, and indeed growth, of foreign direct investment (FDI). It argues that the large amount of FDI China has attracted so far has been facilitated more by the informal societal institutions represented by strong personal networks operating in the country than by the formal state institutions manifested by the weak legal system. The author validates her arguments with a large number of anecdotes based on over 100 interviews she conducted in China.

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Weak State, Strong Networks: The Institutional Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment in China. Hongying Wang

The China Journal ◽

10.2307/3182165 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 169-170

Author(s):

Fu Jun

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Weak State ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

Investment In China

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Moving Targets

Comparative Political Studies ◽

10.1177/0010414001034007002 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 34 (7) ◽

pp. 742-767 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

RAINER EISING ◽

NICOLAS JABKO

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

National Level ◽

Electricity Supply ◽

The European Union ◽

Moving Targets ◽

National Interests ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

Electricity Supply Industry ◽

Supply Industry

After 10 years of controversial negotiations, in 1996 the European Union finally took action to liberalize the electricity supply industry. Given the intensity of bilateral contacts between France and Germany, the reform has often been presented as a straightforward intergovernmental deal. This article argues that the French-German deal was only the tip of the iceberg. Perceptions of national interests evolved considerably in both countries. The most important cause for these changes was at the European Union (EU) level, not at the national level. The institutional dynamics of EU negotiations induced a series of preference changes and key political realignments at the national level.

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Prioritizing Sponsorship Resources in Formula One Racing: A Longitudinal Analysis

Journal of Sport Management ◽

10.1123/jsm.2016-0115 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 96-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Joe Cobbs ◽

B. David Tyler ◽

Jonathan A. Jensen ◽

Kwong Chan

Keyword(s):

Survival Analysis ◽

Longitudinal Analysis ◽

Resource Acquisition ◽

Common Method ◽

Competitive Sport ◽

Corporate Sponsorship ◽

Sport Organizations ◽

Resource Based View ◽

Institutional Dynamics ◽

Formula One

Accessing and exploiting organizational resources are essential capabilities for competitive sport organizations, particularly those engaged in motorsports, where teams lacking resources frequently dissolve. Corporate sponsorship represents a common method for resource acquisition, yet not all sponsorships equally benefit the sponsored organization. Sponsorship utility can be dependent on institutional dynamics such as league governance that produces competitive disparities. Through this study we extend the resource-based view to assert that sponsorships vary in their propensity to contribute to team survival, warranting prioritization in sponsorship strategy based on access to different sponsor resources. To empirically investigate the influence of a variety of sponsorships, survival analysis modeling was used to examine 40 years of corporate sponsorship of Formula One racing teams. One finding from the longitudinal analysis was that sponsorships offering financial or performance-based resources enhance team survival to a greater degree than operational sponsorships. However, such prioritization is subject to team experience, changes in institutional monetary allocation, and diminishing returns.

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