"… a system of constructs and variables in which the constructs are related to each other by propositions and the variables are related to each other by hypotheses" (Bacharach 1989: 498).
When the Dutch blockaded port traffic, the Belgians were forced to turn to a system of railways constructed according to plans and technologies supplied by George Stephenson.
It was concluded the industry could not overturn a system of regulation constructed over many years without further careful thought, and it was agreed that all the editors present would go back to talk to their lawyers.
In other words, individuals specializing in certain tasks often are rewarded more than the others for their role in the society on the grounds of a system of incentives constructed by that very society which supposedly should justify inequality (cf. Durkheim 1984, Witte and Mannon 2010).
The project as a strategy structuring elements of permanency, described in the previous paragraph, is not only a simple act of conservation, but also means the reconstruction of a system of resistance, constructing and defending spaces for slowing down against a reality that is rapidly fluctuating, hetero-directed and market-linked (Gregotti 2006).
The coding scheme was based on a modified Yale Adherence and Competence Scale (YACS --a sYACS --a 15 constructs each rated on two seven-point scales--developed to rate adherence and competence in providing behavioral treatments for substance use disorders.
Checkland characterizes the conceptual model as, a systemic description of a system of human activity, constructed on the basis of the root definition of the system, in the form of a structured group of verbs.
As a form of construct validity, nomological validity offers a test of the degree to which the dimensions of the construct behave as expected within a system of related constructs.
Ultimately, the Trent and Mersey generated significant trade for the Navigation, for in 1793 a system of chutes was constructed at Anderton, to enable salt from narrow boats on the canal to be tipped into Weaver flats moored in a dock some 50 feet below the level of the canal.
This numerical analysis is based on a system of nodes which construct a grid or mesh.
