Positioning theory illuminates our understanding of rights, duties, expectations and vulnerabilities. It addresses the dynamics of power and control and is a potent tool for understanding the self, the individual in the context of others, relationships, and social institutions. It …
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6th July 2017 Have them sleep under the bridge (Press the red ‘play’ button to hear the audio – 7:45 minutes) Transcript of the Audio The Grenfell Tower disaster, that took place in London on 14 June 2017, is symptomatic …
It Doesn’t End With Grenfell – Accountability and Power Read more »
In January 2017, Oxfam released a report claiming that 8 people between them now own half of the world’s wealth (last year it was 62). If this is true, then how did the other 7.5 billion people let this happen? …
12 Policies for Theresa May Brexit currently dominates UK politics but other issues should not be neglected. This article from July 2016 is as relevant now as it was when Theresa May gave her first speech after becoming PM. From …
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Is the Referendum Vote Definitive? I have heard several politicians say that UK citizens cast a definitive vote in favour of leaving the EU. But this position is easily challenged. Firstly, there were 48.1% who wanted to remain. I would …
Can citizens make good decisions? Read more »
How does the UK cabinet office make decisions about policy? Last week I went to an interesting workshop that threw some light on this (and on sausages). This account looks at some of the influences on the policy making process …
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In order to control you have to know something about what you are controlling. You have to know the levers you can pull and have some understanding of the effects. You need some more or less accurate ‘mental map’ or …
Knowledge is Power to Control Read more »
Control is a huge subject spanning from self-control through to state control. It is also fundamental to wellbeing, particularly when needs are not being met. Control is such a familiar concept that a lot of our thinking about it is …
At the beginning of this century we started to think a bit more explicitly about wellbeing in society – what it might mean and how we might measure it. In 2010 ‘The Big Society’ was a ‘big topic’, but not …
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