Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Friday, February 1, 2013

Exposing the international consultancies

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I read three journals – 2 dailies and one weekly – The Guardian and Der Spiegel online and Le Monde whenever I can find it in a shop (ea...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Consultancy....again

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Eighteen months ago I highlighted a story about the English health service spending 300 million in the previous year on consultancy companie...

Monday, June 20, 2011

The Blind leading the blind?

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Regular readers of my blog will be aware that I view specialization as a virus which has contaminated universities and the professional com...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Chinese administrative reforms in international perspective

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Exactly a year ago I was preparing to fly to Beijing – to start a major new project but I was not looking forward to the experience. Alarm ...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Good advice

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"I always pass on good advice", Oscar Wilde has a character say - Ït's the only thing to do with it". The use of consulta...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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