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"Clifford John Thornton Stott (born July 1965) is professor of social psychology at Keele University. He is a specialist in the psychology of crowds, group identity, and football hooliganism.https://www.keele.ac.uk/psychology/people/cliffordstott/https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-31/august-2018/coercion- consent Research His initial research interest was in political dissent and this led to research into how peaceful protests change to become violent through observing the psychology of crowds. His work indicated that, rather than riots being driven by hooligans who are predisposed to violence (the 'mindless mob' perspective developed at the end of the nineteenth century), they are structured and led by beliefs. The majority of the crowd consider that they are peaceful protestors with a right to express their views. If disorder or confrontation starts, and the police act against it, the crowd experiences what they consider is illegitimate police use of force. This changes their behaviour so that they resist the police. His research has led to changes in policing by some authorities with the aim of reducing violent confrontations. He studied the London Poll Tax riots and Italian World cup in 1990, riots in the UK in 2011 and in Hong Kong in 2019, using social media and mapping to follow their trajectory. Using ideas gained from his research, he advised a region of Portugal on policing football matches. The success of this approach led to its introduction across Portugal, and was subsequently adopted by UEFA across Europe. It has resulted in decreased violence. He is co-Chair of the Security and Policing group of and a participant in the behavioural science sub-group of the SAGE to the UK government for the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Education and personal life Stott left school at 16 without qualifications, but after a few years, through part-time study at further education college, he gained qualifications for entry to university. He was able to study psychology at the college, a topic he wanted to study. He studied B. Sc. (HONS) psychology at Plymouth Polytechnic (now University of Plymouth) and then a Ph. D. at Exeter University, supervised by Steve Reicher and funded by the ESRC. Honours and awards Stott was the guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific in June 2020. Selected publications *Football 'Hooliganism', Policing and the War on the 'English Disease' . Pennant Books, London, 2007. (With Geoff Pearson)https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1741659008097300 References External links *https://www.theguardian.com/profile/clifford-stott Category:Social psychologists Category:Football hooliganism in the United Kingdom Category:Academics of Keele University Category:Academics of the University of Leeds Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter Category:Alumni of the University of Plymouth Category:Living people Category:1965 births "
"Loupfourdon, also and , is a place name mentioned in the atlas Geography, which was compiled by Ptolemy around 150 AD. Up to now, it has not been possible to locate the place or to determine whether the name component furd refers to a ford. Around 150 AD, Ptolemy, as part of his Geography, was probably the first to map some places in Central Europe in a system of coordinates. For this purpose he relied on the information provided by travelers who had crossed the area then known as Magna Germania. Today only medieval copies of the map series still exist. The resulting inaccuracies led to the fact that the location of individual places was controversial in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lupfurdum in the map of Ptolemy Map of Magna Germania from the 19th century, which connects Stragona with the Dresden area and on which Lupphurdum is assaigned as present-day Leipzig Location Although Loupfourdon is located near the left bank of the Elbe in the map, which was preserved in post-antique copies, at the time, it was identified by the antiquity researcher Carl Peter Lepsius as the city of Dornburg.Lepsius. In other interpretations, Lupfurdum was located in Königgrätz (now Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic)Mannert. or in Meissen, a little downstream from Dresden.Gschwend p. 93. Ernst Förstemann deduced, from the name of the village, a location at a ford of the river Luppe and thus moved the village to the Leipzig area.Förstemann. In the 2000s, the Institute for Geodesy at the Technical University of Berlin carried out a geodetic deformation analysis. A team led by Dieter Lelgemann assigned many historical place names to modern sites with an accuracy of about 20 kilometers and came to the conclusion that Loupfourdon was located approximately at the site of Dresden. Bibliography=Referenced Works * Available Literature * * References External Links Category:Central Europe Category:Historic maps of Europe "
"China's Economy: What Everyone Needs To Know is a 2016 book by American author Arthur R. Kroeber, and part of the Oxford University Press series 'What Everyone Needs To Know'. The book provides a broad overview of the rise of China's economy. About The book starts with the initiation of modern economic reforms in China starting with the Deng Xiaoping in 1979 and his prioritization of development over politics, conveyed as "Development is the only Iron Law". The chapters of the book go on to cover - agriculture and the rural economy, industry, urbanization, infrastructure, state-owned and private enterprises, the financial system, demographics, the labor market, inequality and corruption. The personalities and institutions in China that have led to its economic growth are discussed as well as the reforms that have worked, such as the 'de-collectivization of agriculture' into family farming, what would eventually become the single most important cause in the decrease in China's poverty levels from 84% in 1981 to 6% in 2011. The book provides an overview of the structure of the country as a decentralized bureaucratic- authoritarianism. The book also compares China to China's neighbourhood, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, which have also deeply influenced China's growth, with some major differences such as the level of influence of the United States on policy. Many of the fears related to China's economic growth, such as a prospective property crash, are overstated. The book also analyzes what the future holds for China, how Xi Jinping seems to be reinforcing his political strength, which may cause troubles to China's economy in the future. The Sinica Podcast says that the book is a "refreshing antidote to much of the commentary in the media", the "conventional wisdom" related to China. References External links * Reviews and interviews. (Official Website: China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know) Category:Books about China "