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This important collection presents a radical reconception of the
place of knowledge in contemporary policymaking in Europe, based
not on assumptions about evidence, expertise or experience but on
the different forms that knowledge takes. Knowledge is embodied in
people, inscribed in documents and instruments, and enacted in
specific circumstances. Empirical case studies of health and
education policy in different national and international contexts
demonstrate the essential interdependence of different forms and
phases of knowledge. They illustrate the ways in which knowledge is
mobilised and resisted, and draw attention to key problems in the
processing and transformation of knowledge in policy work. This
novel theoretical framework offers real benefits for policymakers,
academics in public policy, public administration, management
studies, sociology, education, public health and social work, and
those with a practical interest in education and health and related
fields of public policy.
This important collection presents a radical reconception of the
place of knowledge in contemporary policymaking in Europe, based
not on assumptions about evidence, expertise or experience but on
the different forms that knowledge takes. Knowledge is embodied in
people, inscribed in documents and instruments, and enacted in
specific circumstances. Empirical case studies of health and
education policy in different national and international contexts
demonstrate the essential interdependence of different forms and
phases of knowledge. They illustrate the ways in which knowledge is
mobilised and resisted, and draw attention to key problems in the
processing and transformation of knowledge in policy work. This
novel theoretical framework offers real benefits for policymakers,
academics in public policy, public administration, management
studies, sociology, education, public health and social work, and
those with a practical interest in education and health and related
fields of public policy.
Knowing Governance sets out to understand governance through the
design and making of its models and instruments. What kinds of
knowledge do they require and reproduce? How are new understandings
of governance produced in practice, by scientists and policy makers
and by the publics with whom they engage?
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2002, held in Manchester, UK in August 2002.The 89 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 150 submissions. The book offers topical sections on data mining, knowledge engineering, text and document processing, internet applications, agent technology, autonomous mining, financial engineering, bioinformatics, learning systems, and pattern recognition.
Wild Animals Might Eat You—Learn Which Ones“Informative and
very entertaining”—Readers of Richard’s books Creatures That
Eat People is an action packed deep dive on predators that turn man
eater. Learn about past and present cases on human eating
animals—big and small—so you can survive being hunted! Avoid
getting eaten! Do you find yourself wondering: Do bears eat humans?
Do birds eat people? Do kangaroos? Could I survive people eating
predators of any kind? Perfect for anyone with a fun or morbid
interest in wildlife or survivalism, Creatures That Eat People is
full of stories of strange animals that eat humans and the
situations that lead to it. Learn which wild animals might eat
you—from an expert. Cryptozoologist, former zookeeper, current
zoological director, best-selling author, and animal enthusiast
Richard Freeman examines all the cool man eaters in the animal
kingdom—so you can be prepared on your next adventure. Inside,
you’ll find: Tips for visiting different types of areas with apex
predators in them Bears, sharks, birds, kangaroos, squids, lions,
raptors, and all of the other other weird, wild animals that eat
people Real-life, thrilling stories of animals eating people—and
some survive and some don’t If you liked How To Survive A
Freakin’ Bear Attack, Plants That Kill, Surviving the Wild, or In
Search of Real Monsters, and if you enjoyed shows like Tiger King
or Human Prey, you’ll love Creatures That Eat People.
'Unsinkable' is the story of a man unjustly vilified: Churchill in
the First World War. His enemies - the Tory Party - censured him
for Antwerp, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli. He could do no right
and was regarded as a dangerous maniac. But the true story is quite
the opposite. This book tells how, as a brilliant First Lord of the
Admiralty, Churchill was ousted by his enemies yet clawed his way
back to power against all odds. He was the leading critic of
senselessly sending men to march towards machine guns, but his
calls for 'machines, not men' went unheeded. After a spell in the
trenches, he returned to London to clear his name over the
Dardanelles. Then he relentlessly fought his way back to power
through his brilliant, incisive criticism of the land war.
Churchill finally became Munitions Minister in 1917, where he
pushed output to unimagined levels. His weapons delivered the
victory that had eluded others for the previous three years.
Drawing on the private correspondence of Asquith, Churchill,
Clementine Churchill and others, and the diaries of Riddell and
Hobhouse, author Richard Freeman tells the story of the 'unsinkable
politician' and his extraordinary achievements during the Great
War.
This title is a detailed overview of the rich teachings and sutras
that inform the many schools of yoga. With great depth and clarity,
Richard Freeman describes the various styles and schools of yoga,
explains the Upanishads and Sankhya philosophy, and discusses the
role of the guru, the practices of chanting, and much more.
This is the first general comparative study of health policy and
politics to focus on major countries of Western Europe: France,
Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK. The book begins by identifying
differences in arrangements for the finance, delivery and
regulation of health care in different countries, explaining how
health systems are to be understood as political entities. The book
describes and accounts for the evolution of state intervention in
the health sector before comparing and contrasting different kinds
of systems. It examines recent changes in the organization of
health care as well as recent challenges to public health,
including policy responses to AIDS.
Protestors now routinely fill the streets when any large, formal
meeting dealing with international economic issues takes place.
They express concern about the potential social and environmental
costs of globalization and want negotiators to address these issues
in trade agreements and international organizations. In addition,
the debate over whether and how to link labor standards to trade
has led to an impasse in American trade policy for much of the past
decade and has tied the hands of US trade negotiators. Proposals to
"let the market do it" or "let the International Labor Organization
(ILO) do it" abound but it is less common to find any serious
analysis of just how activists can galvanize consumers to demand
that corporations raise labor standards in their global operations
or how the ILO can become more effective.
In this study, Elliott and Freeman move beyond the debate on the
relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements
and focus on practical approaches for improving labor standards in
a more integrated global economy. The authors examine both what is
being done in these areas, and what more needs to be done to ensure
that steady and tangible progress toward universal respect for core
labor standards is made. While concluding that the ILO should have
primary responsibility for labor standards, the book also suggests
that the WTO should consider how to address egregious and willful
violations of core labor standards if they are trade related.
Headhunters of the Amazon (1921) which tells an extraordinary story
that simply would not get published today even if any contemporary
explorer or adventurer had the opportunity or the cojones to do
what Up De Graaf and his companions did so blithely a century ago.
However, this is not just a schoolboy tale of derring-do, but
contains much fascinating socio-cultural information about the
eponymous head-hunters of the title and some fascinating
cryptozoological snippets. Could there indeed be a hitherto
undiscovered species of giant stork luring in the Amazon jungle?
Could it be the same as a prehistoric creature whose remains have
been discovered in the same area? And could sightings of such a
rara avis explain modern day accounts of pterosaurs reported across
central and South America with monotonous regularity? This book
sets out the stall for CFZ Classics. It is lavishly illustrated,
not only with the original pictures from the original volume but
with contemporary engravings and photographs which - we feel - do
much to enhance the zeitgeist of the book and the reading
experience. Here we would like to thank the massively talented
Gareth Shaw who worked so hard on the cover illustration, and who -
like us - is a devotee of a style of art, which like so many of the
explorers whose thrilling exploits its illustrated, doesn't seem to
be around in the rarefied and ever so slightly decadent days. And
there's more. One of the most important aspects of this entire
project is that, because all the books which are being produced by
CFZ Classics are out of copyright and in the public domain, the
author royalties from it will be paid to the person who did all the
work preparing this new edition. This provides a unique, and we
hope entertaining, way for impecunious cryptozoological researchers
around the world to fund their activities.
"This book represents my own kicking back at the poor excuse for
horror we have had to endure for so long. But my second reason for
writing it was to showcase some odd and overlooked pieces of
British folklore. Too often horror is stuck in the rut of using the
same subjects and monsters, when in folklore there is a wealth of
concepts and creatures that are rarely tapped into. My favourite
era of Dr Who was that of the third doctor, played by Jon Pertwee,
and I think that one of the reasons I liked it so much was that for
much of Pertwee's tenure in the title role, The Doctor was confined
to earth, mostly Britain. So that is what I have done here: these
eighteen stories are all set in Britain, either in the present day,
or within living memory. Herein you will find dragons and
hellhounds, goblins and killer rodents, unicorns and basilisks.
There is a vampire story, but the creature in it bears scant
resemblance to the popular, and totally wrong, public perception of
them. I hope this book will open your eyes to the potential of
horror. It is more than just teenaged vampires hanging around
schools."
Everyone has heard of vampires and werewolves, but how many have
heard of the rokuro-kubi, the tsuchinoki or the sagari? Japan has a
wealth of ghosts and monsters, collectively called yokai, which are
totally unknown in the West. The bizarre and wonderful folklore of
Japan includes giant corpse-eating rabbits, flaming pigs that steal
human genitals, perverse water goblins, blood sucking trees, a
dragon that impregnates women, cats who animate dead bodies, a
zombie whale and a huge flesh eating sea cucumber that grows from a
pair of discarded knickers
The Centre for Fortean Zoology CFZ] is the only professional,
scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to
cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992, the CFZ
has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and
investigation all over the world. In June 2008, a five-person team
Russia in search of the almasty or wild man. It was a gruelling
journey and expedition leader Richard Freeman nearly died twice.
Here, for the first time, is their story...With an introduction by
Jonathan Downes and forward by Dr. Karl Shuker
The Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook is a collection of papers
and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal
Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known
researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook
provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on
little-known cryptids discussed.
The Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook is a collection of papers
and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal
Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known
researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook
provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on
little-known cryptids discussed.
Of all Britains mystery beasts, the alien big cats are the most
renowned. In recent years the notoriety of these uncatchable,
out-of-place predators have eclipsed even the Loch Ness Monster.
They slink from the shadows to terrorise a community, and then, as
often as not, vanish like ghosts. But now film, photographs,
livestock kills, and paw prints show that we can no longer deny the
existence of these once-legendary beasts. Here then is a
case-study, a true lost classic of Fortean research by one of the
country's most respected researchers; Andy Roberts. Cat Flaps is
the product of many years of research and field work in the 1970s
and 80s, an odyssey through the phantom felids of the North East of
England. Follow Andy on his flat cap safari as he trails such
creatures as the 'Whitby lynx', the 'Harrogate panther', and the
'Durham puma'. Written with humour, intelligence, and a healthy
dose of scepticism, Cat Flaps is a book that deserves a place on
the bookshelf of every cryptozoologist.
The Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook is a collection of papers
and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal
Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known
researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook
provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on
little-known cryptids discussed.
The Centre For Fortean Zoology Yearbook is a collection of papers
and essays too long and detailed for publication in the CFZ Journal
Animals & Men. With contributions from both well-known
researchers, and relative newcomers to the field, the Yearbook
provides a forum where new theories can be expounded, and work on
little-known cryptids discussed.
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