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The Right of Association and Subversive Organizations: In Quest of a Concept

In an era in which government, both federal and state, projects itself increasingly into the affairs of its citizens, it is not surprising that counterreactions occur in an effort to safeguard traditional areas of individual privacy. In the face of legislative action granting government sweeping powers of inquiry and investigation,

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Teaching As A Subversive Activity

Introduction

This book is based on two assumptions of ours. One, it seems to us, is indisputable; the other, highly questionable. We refer to the beliefs that (a) in general, the survival of our society is threatened by an increasing number of unprecedented and, to date, insoluble problems; and

(b) that something

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Title I-Subversive Activities Control

TITLE I-SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL

SECTION 1. (a) This title may be cited as the “Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950”.

(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize, require, or establish military or civilian censorship or in any way to limit or
infringe upon freedom of the press or of

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Subversive Activities Prevention Act

Chapter II Control on Subversive Organizations (Restriction on an Organization’s Activities)

Article 5 (1) When the Public Security Examination Commission has sufficient reasons to believe that there is a clear danger that an Organization which has committed a Terroristic Subversive Activity as an Organizational activity will commit the Terroristic Subversive Activity

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State of Arizona Rail Safety & Security Resource Guide

Introduction:

Each year, across the nation, thousands of train/vehicle collisions and pedestrian trespass incidents occur at our nation’s highway-roadway-rail grade crossings and along railroad rights-of-way that result in hundreds of deaths and injuries. These deaths and injuries are a serious concern for the state of Arizona that ranked 6th in the

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McDonald’s USA, LLC and Fast Food Workers Committee And Service Employees International 31-ca-127447, Et Al. Union, Ctw, Clc, Et Al.

GENERAL COUNSEL’S OPPOSITION TO McDONALD’S USA, LLC’S MOTION TO PRECLUDE ANY FUTURE CONTINUANCES

In what is now a recurring theme, McDonald’s USA, LLC again (1) insists the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), the Administrative Law Judge assigned to hear this matter (“Judge Esposito,” “ALJ Esposito,” or “the ALJ”), and

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Understanding Russian Subversion

Russia is suspected of having undertaken a wide range of subversive activities against the United States and its partners and allies since 2014 examples include military support for the separatist republics in eastern Ukraine, an attempted coup in Montenegro, and influence campaigns in the 2016 U.S. and 2017 French elections.

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Privatizing Russia

WHEN ANATOLY B. CHUBAIS was put in charge of the State Committee on the Management of State Property (GKI) in October 1991, privatization was not at the top of Russia’s reform agenda. Price liberalization and control of the budget were the top priorities. Politicians and the public debated whether Russia

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Memorandum Of Understanding On Antitrust Cooperation Between The United States Department Of Justice And The United States Federal Trade Commission, On The One Hand,

The United States Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) (together the “U.S. antitrust agencies”), and the Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service
(“FAS Russia”),

Desiring to enhance the effective enforcement of their competition laws by creating a framework for cooperation between the U.S. antitrust agencies and FAS Russia,

Recognizing

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Marketing Decision Making and Decision Support: Challenges and Perspectives for Successful Marketing Management Support Systems

Abstract

Marketing management support systems (MMSS) are computer enabled devices that help marketers to make better decisions.
Marketing processes can be quite complex, involving large numbers of variables and mostly outcomes are the results of the actions of many dierent stakeholders (e.g., the company itself, its customers, its competitors). Moreover, a

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Managerialism: An Ideal Type

ABSTRACT

Managerialism pervades the higher education literature in much the same way it is said to have pervaded universities themselves. Yet, despite its ubiquity and importance, managerialism remains an under-theorized and elusive concept that has multiple definitions and blurred boundaries. This article addresses this lack of conceptual clarity by first ‘locating’

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Expansive and Focused Concepts of Managerialism in CMS

Abstract

he topic of managerialism has in recent years received significant attention in the critical management studies field. However, this paper proposes that there are largely unrecognized conceptual disagreements hampering progress in understanding the nature of managerialist influence at work and in society in general, and in developing political strategies to

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Managerialism: An Ideology and its Evolution

Introduction

This article focuses on managerialism in terms of its ideological status. It charts the rise of managerialism, the main contours of the field of theorising about the nature of managerialism, and the characteristics and appeals of a salient managerialist text. As discussed below, there is no generally accepted definition of

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