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Patricia Bromley
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 50
Citations - 2568
Patricia Bromley is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human rights & Diversity (politics). The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 44 publications receiving 2149 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia Bromley include University of Utah.
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From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk: Decoupling in the Contemporary World
TL;DR: In this article, a review and critique of existing decoupling research is presented, arguing that the common understanding of decoupled as a gap between policy and practice obscures the rise of a more prevalent and consequential form of Decoupling -a gap between means and ends.
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The Worldwide Expansion of “Organization”:
John W. Meyer,Patricia Bromley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors offer an institutional explanation for the contemporary expansion of formal organization in numbers, internal complexity, social domains, and national contexts, and argue that expansion is supported by widespread cultural rationalization in a stateless and liberal global society, characterized by scientism, rights and empowerment discourses.
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Human Rights in Social Science Textbooks: Cross- national Analyses, 1970-2008
TL;DR: In reaction to the disasters of the first half the 20th century and World War II, a dramatic world movement arose emphasizing the human rights of persons in global society as discussed by the authors, and the contrast between these disasters and the achievements of human rights was celebrated.
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“They Are All Organizations”: The Cultural Roots of Blurring Between the Nonprofit, Business, and Government Sectors:
Patricia Bromley,John W. Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: An important transformation is reshaping once-distinct social structures, such as charitable and religious groups, family firms, and government agencies, into more analogous units called organizati.
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Hyper-Organization: Global Organizational Expansion
Patricia Bromley,John W. Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the similarities and differences of Organizational Actorhood and the differences between actors and actors as actors in the field of law, accounting, and professionalism.