ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes the benefits of attempting to penetrate policy networks, and illustrates the tenacity with which those who benefit from existing constructions of majority/minority status that attempt to uphold power relations even while notionally extending the networks to include minorities. It also describes that some minority networks might be founded on a rejection of involvement with the non-minority activities. The book also illustrates the significance of local context and history in influencing whether (and how) groups come to view themselves as a racialized minority. Speaking about organizations, Reed has individuated five major analytical frameworks which can be considered in contemporary organization theory: organizations as social systems, as negotiated orders, as structures of power and domination, as symbolic constructions and as social practices. The modem organization is seen to lie entwined in a complex web of political processes.
