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Trump's Playbook of Electoral Manipulation: An Interplay of Manipulation Tactics in a Longstanding Democracy
Full text linkThe attempt by former President Donald Trump to manipulate the United States’ 2020 presidential elections is a salient example of how electoral manipulation has changed to adapt to the new political and societal context that marks present-day elections. This highlights the need for a novel approach to help us better understand electoral manipulation, which is becoming increasingly common all over the world. This article addresses this need by presenting a novel framework for examining electoral manipulation in the United States in the 2020s. A novel feature of the framework is a focus on the interplay between different manipulation tactics. It identifies nine electoral manipulation tactics that interact with and reinforce each other: breaking democratic norms, disinformation, gerrymandering, voter suppression, hacking and leaking, collusion with foreign states, intraparty pressure, intimidation and violence, and corrupting state and government institutions
Teaching for Prosperity? Preparing American Studies Students for the Job Market
Full text linkThis essay explores the challenges faced by American studies faculty and students in Denmark, specifically those preparing for careers in Danish-American relations outside academia. It discusses the evolution of American studies programs at Danish universities, particularly the University of Southern Denmark, in response to criticism regarding the applicability of humanities degrees in the private sector. The essay highlights curricular changes that emphasize practical skills, such as the inclusion of business courses and internships, while maintaining the interdisciplinary foundation of the program. Additionally, it examines the cultural and academic benefits that American studies students bring to business and diplomatic sectors, especially in understanding US-Danish transnational relations. The article also addresses the broader dilemma faced by humanities programs in balancing traditional academic virtues with practical job skills. Finally, it reflects on the shifting global influence of the US and its implications for future American studies faculty and students in Denmark
Refleksiv ledelse i praksis: Spændinger, muligheder og faldgruber
Full text linkDenne artikel undersøger, hvordan refleksiv ledelse udfolder sig i praksis, og hvordan offentlige ledere selv anskuer det refleksive i deres ledelsespraksis. Formålet med artiklen er at indkredse, hvordan refleksivt ledelsesarbejde i praksis involverer både spændinger, muligheder og faldgruber. Artiklen baserer sig på et etnografisk feltstudie og henter sin teoretiske inspiration i Luhmanns systemteori. Analysen viser, hvordan lederne betragter refleksiv ledelse som en måde at udvide horisonten af muligheder for ny meningsdannelse, og som en måde at udskyde beslutninger og samtidig fremstå involverende og inddragende. På den baggrund diskuterer artiklen, hvordan refleksivitetsmaskineriet risikerer at løbe løbsk i en ustyrlig kompleksitetsforøgelse, hvor de mange beslutningsalternativer fører til handlingslammelse. Artiklen bidrager med ny indsigt i, hvordan refleksiv ledelse i praksis finder sted i et virvar af forskellige inputs, afbrydelser og forhandlinger snarere end i den idealiserede og polerede form, som ledelseslitteraturen lægger op til
Mikkel Bunkenborg, Morten Nielsen and Morten Axel Pedersen, Collaborative Damage: An Experimental Ethnography of Chinese Globalisation. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2022. 277 pp. ISBN 978-1-5017-5983-3
Full text linkConstructing a Buddhist Infrastructure: Nationalist Politics and the Transformation of Buddhism in Contemporary Vietnam
Full text linkSince the late 2000s, anti-China sentiments have increased across Vietnam, with large public protests against China’s encroachment in the ‘South China Sea’ or the ‘East Sea’. Such sentiments have raised important questions about Vietnamese sovereignty and cultural identity . Among Buddhists, the ‘China’ question has motivated endeavours to construct a ‘Vietnamese’ Buddhism that maintains a critical distance from ‘Chinese’ religious influences. Based on extensive fieldwork in Vietnam, this paper examines Vietnamese Buddhism as a form of soft power, particularly its ability to shape public understanding of Vietnamese identity and geopolitics. In analysing a few initiatives linked to a prominent Buddhist temple in Ho Chi Minh City, including a Buddhist public health campaign to promote organ donations and the organisation of the United Nations Day of Vesak, I explicate the intense efforts by Buddhists to create a religious infrastructure aimed at broadening the scope of Buddhist influence on Vietnam’s public life and international diplomatic relationships. I argue that this emerging Buddhist infrastructure signals transformations within Vietnamese Buddhism as it becomes increasingly entangled with local and transnational socio-political concerns
