Der Band basiert auf einem Kolloquium gleichen Titels der European Group for Organizational Studies in Istanbul im Juli 1995. Aus dem Inhalt: 1. Political Processes, Economic Interests and Organizational Re-structuring in Societal Transformation: Richard Whitley / Laszlo Czaban / Jeffrey Henderson / Gyorgy Lengyel: Enterprise Change and the Management of Labour in a Transforming Society: The Case of Hungary (17-39); Yohanan Stryjan: The Machineries of Institutional Transformation: The Case of Czech Agriculture (41-71); John Hassard / Jackie Sheehan: Enterprise Reform and the Role of the State: The Case of the Capital Iron and Steel Work Beijing (73-103); Christina Garsten: The Double-dealing of Rhetoric - An Anthropological Perspective on the Dynamics of Organizing in the Swedish Public Sector (149-170). 2. Economic Challenges, Societal Resources, and Organizational Forms: Saija Katila: Between Democracy and Dictatorship: The Market Queen Institution of Ghanian Daily Markets (269-287); Ray Loveridge: Putting Nationalism back into National Business Systems: The Ideological and Institutional Context of Global Competition (289-318).