Michael F Watts
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael F Watts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael F |
| FAMILY NAME | Watts |
| SIGNATURE | WATTS M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Power of Journal Rankings
The Power of the Code
Top-ranked international journals typically require authors to write in English and this can present problems for speakers of other languages. The authors use this concern with linguistic codes as a metaphor for the dominance of particular research paradigms and the consequent difficulties of recognising heterodox paradigms. The importance of international journals is recognised but, through deconstructive and destabilising analyses, the authors …
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs, and Well-being . Edited by Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Fruhmann. London: Routledge (Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics), 2011, 19
Drugs and Drugs Education Policy
Drugs and drugs education policies are highly charged political topics. Despite its earlier commitment to evidence-based policy, in its final term of office the United Kingdom's former Labour government rejected evidence on the relative harm of some drugs and determined policy by dogma. This article provides an overview of these events and uses the work of Foucault and Baudrillard to consider them as instances of capricious government and of capr…
Societies and Nature in the Sahel
Social Theory and the environment
Social Theory and the environment
Societies and Nature in the Sahel
Drugs and Drugs Education Policy
Drugs and drugs education policies are highly charged political topics. Despite its earlier commitment to evidence-based policy, in its final term of office the United Kingdom's former Labour government rejected evidence on the relative harm of some drugs and determined policy by dogma. This article provides an overview of these events and uses the work of Foucault and Baudrillard to consider them as instances of capricious government and of capr…
The Power of Journal Rankings
The Power of the Code
Top-ranked international journals typically require authors to write in English and this can present problems for speakers of other languages. The authors use this concern with linguistic codes as a metaphor for the dominance of particular research paradigms and the consequent difficulties of recognising heterodox paradigms. The importance of international journals is recognised but, through deconstructive and destabilising analyses, the authors …
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs, and Well-being . Edited by Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Fruhmann. London: Routledge (Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics), 2011, 19
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Power (physics (2 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 work) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Applied linguistics (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (1 work) · Dominance (genetics (1 work) · Dutch Social and Cultural Studies (1 work)