Architecture, modernité, modernisation

Modernisation of British Government

This article critically reviews the approach to evidence based policy-making (EBPM) advanced in the Labour government's modernisation agenda. The article contends that EBPM must be understood as a project focused on enhancing the techniques ofmanaging strategic policy-making as opposed to improving the capacities of the social sciences to influence the 'practices of democracy' as envisaged by L...

Modernity, Modernisation, Modernism

3. Modernity, Modernisation, Modernism and the First World War 3.

The Modernisation of Manipulative Therapy

Research indicates that, despite physiotherapists’ comprehensive training in the basic sciences, manipulative (currently “musculoskeletal”) therapy is still dominated in the clinical setting by its original, now obsolete, structure-based “biomedical” model. This is further inexplicable in the light of evidence that not only the underlying “philosophy” but also several of the fundamental require...

Ecological Modernisation: A Basis for Regional Development?

The Ecological Modernisation of the Automotive Industry

Few can doubt that the contemporary automotive industry is one of the most obvious manifestations of the difficulty of reconciling environmental, social and economic goals simultaneously. Nonetheless, there are indications that the internalisation of ecological responsibility, the implementation of anticipatory planning practices, and the switch to the use of cleaner technologies are happening ...