Purpose The term diverse books is increasingly popular yet persistently nebulous. The purpose of this paper – Part I of II – is to illuminate both that the concept is in need of a unified account and that conceptual analysis, though at first seemingly quite promising, fails as a method for...

Purpose Diverse books is a fundamentally political concept that performs particular normative work in discursive space. Part I of this project demonstrated that this was the case, further claiming that descriptive conceptual analysis was therefore methodologically inadequate to the task of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical analysis of the concept of an “institution” in order to understand the potential of the library as an institution. Design/methodology/approach – The work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari is used to build a theoretical...

Purpose This study introduces Simone Weil's impersonal justice concept and its relevance to libraries' identity and role in societies. The article presents the constituents of impersonal justice and a theoretical justification for the coexistence of neutrality with libraries' commitment to...

Purpose – Research in gender and development (GAD) remains largely preoccupied with women's issues and ignores the gendered nature of masculine experience. While exposing this inconsistency in gender research, the present paper highlights the gendered nature of men, and sets an agenda for...

Purpose – The paper surveys selected standpoints in the Polish humanities that are visibly critical toward neoliberal assumptions and claims of economics. The resources used in the text are: Andrzej Szahaj’s philosophical postulates and assertions; Tadeusz Kowalik’s view; criticism and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework in order to understand the impact of organizational justice climate on firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the literature on organizational justice and social capital and theorizes their...

Purpose – Seeks to explore the interplay of accounting and the broad social roles and contexts in which it is manifested. Design/methodology/approach – By mapping the origins of our current place in the world, a cacophony of ideas and philosophies emerge, and thus many possible trajectories...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to use Rawls's principles of justice to develop a system of global ethics that can be used to govern international business practices. Design/methodology/approach – A critical synopsis of Rawls's political philosophy is provided, his application in prior...

Purpose Dorothea Lange was one of the first US documentary photographers, and she was empowered by the belief that seeing the effects of injustice, in photographs, could elicit social and political reform. She famously documented the plight of Dust Bowl migrants during the US. Great Depression...