Michael Knapp – författare

A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people living in Syria's Rojava cantons are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet today. Western visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women's equality indispensable and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology whilst being fiercely anti-capitalist.The people of Rojava call their new system democratic confederalism. An implementation of the recent ideology of the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, it boasts gender quotas of 40 percent, bottom-up democratic structures, deep-reaching ecological policies and a militancy which is keeping ISIS from the gates.Revolution in Rojava is the first full-length study of this ongoing social and political transformation in Syrian Kurdistan. It is the first authentic insight into the complex dimensions of the revolution. Its authors use their own experiences of working and fighting in the region to construct a picture of hope for Middle-Eastern politics and society, and reveal an extraordinary story of a battle against the odds.

A manual for anyone wishing to market higher or further education. It offers business-oriented guidance for readers whose main preoccupation may not be marketing itself, but who nonetheless need access to promotion skills, and it covers theory, practice and case studies.

The primary purpose of this study is to learn from the experiences of schools across the U.S. that are engaged in a largely process-oriented reform strategy. Schools vary in their capacity for productive self-reflection. The authors examine the process of self-assessment that many schools engaged in during this time of widespread public attention to the equlaity of schools. The schools examined in these cases reveal a complex interaction between the nature of the self-reflective activity the schools were engaged in (in this case, a National Education Association school review process entitled KEYS to Success in Schools), the contexts that shape the school, and the readiness on the part of school staff to engage in systematic reflection around issues that affect teaching and learning.The act of self-reflection in schools may not provide, by itself, a source of new ideas, alternative models, and a sense of what might be possible for the school to accomplish. Some external agent can often provide the impetus for (or constrain) the actions of school staffs in examining their programs and capacity for renewal. The acts and outcomes of self-reflection are inevitably guided and/or constrained by various contexts (including the school's history, culture, structure, and supports and pressures provided from communities, districts, and states).

Omgivet av fiender, inklusive IS och Turkiets krigsmakt, håller folket i Rojavas autonoma region på att bygga upp ett av jordens mest progressiva samhällen. Besökare har häpnat över framgångarna för dess projekt, en gemensamt organiserad demokrati, som betraktar kvinnors jämlikhet som nödvändig, bedriver en radikal ekologisk politik och avvisar all reaktionär nationalistisk ideologi. Denna organisationsform, kallad demokratisk konfederalism, är lidelsefullt antikapitalistisk och kan samtidigt visa upp en självförsvarsförmåga som stridslystet hållit IS stången. Författarna, som alla har förstahandserfarenheter av arbete och kamp i området, ger den första utförliga redogörelsen för ett re­volutionärt experiment och en ny vision av politik och samhälle i Mellanöstern och utanför den – den häpnadsväckande historien om en kamp mot alla odds. Michael Knapp är historiker som forskat i radikal demokrati, medgrundare av kampanjen Tatort Kurdistan och medlem av NavDem Berlin. Anja Flach är etnolog och medlem av kvinnorådet Rojbin i Hamburg. Hon har tillbringat två år i de kurdiska kvinnornas gerillaarmé. Ercan Ayboga är miljö­ingenjör och ekologisk aktivist, bosatt i Nordkurdistan.

This book argues that the appropriate application of the principles and practices of corporate governance to organisational portfolio, program, and projects (‘3P’) governance brings about highly engaged, knowledgeable, and effective governance practices, which in turn substantially improves business case success.The book addresses all three layers of portfolio, program, and project within an integrated governance framework, and it answers the fundamental questions everyone involved in 3P governance must address:What governance structures (processes, functions, roles, responsibilities) need to be in place to ensure optimal portfolio investment outcomes?How do I know our portfolios, as structured, will deliver expected benefits and value?What should senior management be doing, acting in their portfolio governance roles, to deliver great portfolio outcomes?The book introduces and describes a number of important frameworks and models, designed not just for their practical application, but also to be easily comprehended by senior executives not comfortable with traditional ‘project speak’.