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Actors: The Rise of Transnational Professional Service Firms
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Actors: The Rise of Transnational Professional Service Firms

From: The Consulting Trap

Chapter Two describes the history of TPSFs (transnational professional service firms), from the late nineteeth century to the 1990s and early 2000s.The authors divide the history into four major … ; 35 $3.50 Add
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Involvement of the Federal Government and SSHRC

Involvement of the Federal Government and SSHRC

From: No Debate

In this chapter, Thompson examines how federal pressure shaped the outcome of a 2009 academic conference on statehood in Israel and Palestine at York University in Toronto. 41 $4.10 Add
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Programs: Evading, Auditing, Financializing, Privatizing
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Programs: Evading, Auditing, Financializing, Privatizing

From: The Consulting Trap

Chapter Three explores how TPSFs have contributed to the hardwiring of neoliberal operating systems into the state. The authors examine how the Big Four firms have played a central role in … ; 37 $3.70 Add
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Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities

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In this chapter, Thompson examines Canadian federal research funding agencies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the role they can play in protecting or hindering … 15 $1.50 Add
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What is the Consulting Trap?
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What is the Consulting Trap?

From: The Consulting Trap

In Chapter One, the authors define TPSFs (transnational professional service firms), including where they are located, what services they provide, how they have been able to influence … ; 24 $2.40 Add