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SUMMARY:Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Transformation: Tensions 
 and complementarities - Prof. Dr. Giedrius Jucevicius\, Kaunas University 
 of Technology (Lithuania)
DTSTART:20130507T160000Z
DTEND:20130507T173000Z
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CONTACT:Laura Carnicero
DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores the cultural and institutional aspe
 cts of the transformation environment\, its paradoxes and tensions. It is 
 based on an integrated theoretical approach and research carried out in Li
 thuania. The comparative social research has for long been dominated by tw
 o major research perspectives - cultural and institutionalist. Their resea
 rch agendas have been traditionally more isolated than complementary. Howe
 ver\, such isolation becomes counterproductive when trying to explain the 
 dynamically evolving social systems in Eastern Europe or South East Asia. 
 The theoretical insights to be presented in the seminar offer one of the p
 ossible approaches to bridging the cultural-institutionalist divide. The e
 mpirical research carried out in Lithuania (covering a variety of organiza
 tional contexts) included more than 5\,000 respondents\, and has revealed 
 some interesting paradoxes of a dynamically evolving socioeconomic system 
 (including education) that will be presented for the discussion.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DM
 B\, Room GS5
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