Knowledge in policy : embodied, inscribed, enacted / [edited by] Richard Freeman and Steve Sturdy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Richard (Professor of Social Science and Public Policy), editor.

Sturdy, Steve, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The novel theoretical framework offered in this book presents a radical reconception of the place of knowledge in contemporary policy making in Europe.

Contents:

""KNOWLEDGE IN POLICY""; ""Contents""; ""List of tables and figures""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Notes on contributors""; ""Preface and acknowledgements""; ""1. Introduction: knowledge in policy � embodied, inscribed, enacted""; ""Introduction""; ""Knowledge in policy: the literature""; ""Phases of knowledge""; ""Knowledge moves""; ""Towards a sociology and politics of policy knowledge""; ""Part One: Policy knowledge in space and time""; ""2. Seeing knowledge in mental health in Scotland""; ""Introduction""; ""Scotland, mental health and policy: mapping the field""

""Types of knowledge: re-analysing our data""""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. Knowledge moves: regulation and the evaluation of Portuguese schools""; ""Introduction""; ""The making of the school evaluation programme""; ""The evaluation process""; ""Knowledge in the evaluation process""; ""Regulation and re-enactment""; ""4. Knowledge, policy and coordinated action: mental health in Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""The making of the Mental health declaration and Action plan for Europe""; ""Putting the Declaration and Action plan into action""

""Embodied, inscribed and enacted knowledge in WHO""""Part Two: Embodied, inscribed and enacted knowledges""; ""5. �We know who to talk to�: embodied knowledge in England�s Department of Health""; ""Introduction""; ""Overnight experts""; ""People, more than paper""; ""Which people?""; ""Why people?""; ""Problems with embodied knowledge""; ""Conclusion: embodied knowledge and �inter-enactment�""; ""6. Reconstructing school inspectorates in Europe: the role of inscribed knowledge""; ""Introduction""

""�I speak for myself alone�: inspection as a historic and contemporary function""""School self-evaluation and the role of inscriptions""; ""The role of inscriptions: �How good is our school?�""; ""Travelling texts: �How good is our school?� and the Standing International Conference of Inspectorates""; ""Discussion""; ""7. Enacting knowledge in a European project""; ""Introduction""; ""Knowledge as social practice""; ""An EU project""; ""From paper to practice""; ""Face-to-face interaction""; ""Challenges to knowing and learning""

""Part Three: Knowledge interests, knowledge conflict and knowledge work""""8. Knowledge interests: promoting and resisting change in mental health in Hungary""; ""Introduction""; ""Psychiatry or mental health?""; ""The National Programme for Mental Health""; ""The Consensus Conference""; ""Transfer and translation""; ""Knowledge change and policy change""; ""9. Knowledge conflicts: embodiment, inscription and the education of children with learning disabilities in Germany""; ""Introduction""; ""Amendments to the Bavarian Education Act""; ""For and against integration""

""First steps towards integration""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2022).

ISBN:

9781447320975

1447320972

9781447310020

1447310020

9781447310006

1447310004

OCLC:

879430597