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Health as leverage for inclusion, capacity, wellbeing and development in the local community
No full textArtiklen undersøger, hvordan lokalsamfund skaber grobund for fællesskabog aktiv deltagelse, hvorigennem sundhed og trivsel bliver et centralt omdrejningspunkt.Diskussionerne i artiklen beskæftiger sig med forskellige formerfor deltagelsesforståelser og perspektiver på governance, og med hvilkepositioneringer omkring lokalsamfund, empowerment, medborgerskab ogsundhed, der kommer til udtryk og præger måden at deltage, udøve sundhedspraksisi hverdagslivet og gøre lokalsamfund på i tre landsbyer. Artiklentager sit afsæt i mangel på studier, der viser, om lokalsamfundsdeltagelse kanog i givet fald hvordan det kan påvirke udførelse af sundheds – og velfærdsservices– og det endda når initiativet udgår fra lokalsamfundet. Artiklen giverny viden om lokalsamfundet som arena for kapacitet, trivsel og inklusion.This article examines how local place-based communities create a foundationfor community participation, through which health and well-being becomecentral features. It is based on analysis of interviews with citizens, publicadministrators and politicians in three locations. Discussions in this articledeal with different forms of understanding participation and perspectiveson governance. The analysis also illustrates the different positions of thesecommunities, the role of empowerment, citizenship and health that influenceparticipation, health practice in everyday life, and community building inthree rural Danish villages. There are few studies that analyze the extent towhich community participation can influence the design of health and welfareservices. This is the case when the initiative starts either from the localcommunity or from general authorities. The article provides new insights onthe local community as an arena for capacity, health, well-being and inclusion
Misremembering Reagan: A Decade of Cultural Dissent
Get PDFPresidential legacies are constructed, and for the Republican Party perhaps no figure has benefitted from mythology, hagiography, and misremembrances than Ronald Wilson Reagan. Popularly, America’s 40th President is frequently remembered as residing over a massive economic upswing, restoring faith in the American military, and ushering in the end of the Cold War—combining to construct an image of a beloved, even visionary leader. Looking back at popular culture from the 1980s, however, paints a very different picture. From Reagan’s relationship with the press, his shortcomings acknowledging struggles in the African American community, to his near-legacy shattering handling of the Iran Contra crisis, 1980s popular culture helps to remind us that Reagan was not so nearly beloved as today’s pundits would have us believe
Soft Power Determinants in the World and Implications for China: A Quantitative Test of Joseph Nye's Theory on Three Soft Power Resources and of the Positive Peace Argument
Get PDFStatistical tests are here conducted on two explanations of soft power. One is Joseph Nye's argument that political values, foreign policy and cultural appeals shape soft power, and the other is the positive peace argument which suggests a significant influence of the Global Peace Index (GPI) on soft power.Two measures of soft power are employed – the favourability of major powers in global public opinion polls and the Soft Power 30 Index. The latter gauges the magnitude of soft power. When the former measure, which indicates the positiveness of soft power, is adopted the three soft power resources provide less explanatory power than per capita GDP and especially the GPI. When the Soft Power 30 Index is used, only foreign policy independent of the United States contributes positively to soft power. The GPI and non-soft power-relatedcultural exports (NSPCE) then take on a negative role because a number of nations in the index achieve very high rankings with a relatively poor GPI or small NSPCE. As far as China is concerned, its ranking in 2018 in the Soft Power 30 Index declined due to impressive improvement among other ranked nations and global public scepticism towards its foreign policy and its cultural exports
China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: A Primer
Get PDFOn 18 February 2019, China released the 'Development Plan Outline for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)'. This study presents the most up-to-date analysis on the GBA, including its history, importance and institutional arrangement; its significance vis-à-vis the integration of Hong Kong and Macau to China, to the One Belt One Road initiative, to the Made in China 2025 plan and to China's wider economicgrowth; and offers a prediction on the GBA's future and the challenges ahead
Zheng He Remains in Africa: China's Belt and Road Initiative as an Anti-Imperialist Discourse
Get PDFIn recent years, China has sought to extend its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Central Asia and Southeast Asia to Africa. This article argues that Chinese officials, aided by Chinese maritime archaeologists, journalists and researchers, have used discourses of heritage and history as a form of soft padding to justify China's infrastructure projects in Africa. Zheng He, a Ming dynasty admiral, who had allegedly visited East Africa in four of his seven famous voyages across the Indian Ocean, is particularly important in China's narrative of its historical relations with Africa. The details of Zheng He's engagement with Africa remain contested by historians, especially those in Western academia. The Chinese government thus supports 'sub-initiatives' of heritage and history construction, namely maritime archaeology, travel journalism and student fellowships, to substantiate the legacy of Zheng He in Africa. By suggesting that China and Africa also share the legacy of having been exploited, humiliated and victimized by European colonial powers, Chinese intellectuals have fashioned the BRI into an anti-imperialist discourse for acceptance by their African counterparts
Er det nødvendigt at sige op – for at lytte til borgerne?
Get PDFDenne artikel kan læses i forlængelse af en samskabelsescase, der blev bragt i SIS i 2018. I eksemplet havde to pædagoger valgt at sige deres kommunale job op, for at få lov til at lytte til borgernes ønsker og behov. Efterfølgende ønskede kommunen at lære af de eksterne erfaringer med at samskabe med borgere. I denne artikel dokumenterer jeg, hvordan en kommunal institution forsøger at inddrage borgernes ønsker i arbejdet, og hvorfor det er så vanskeligt, at det mere eller mindre er dømt til at mislykkes. Spørgsmålet er, om samskabelsesdagsordenen bare er endnu et smart slagord, der måske allerede er på vej mod glemslen, eller om der et eller andet sted findes en vilje til reelt at inddrage borgerne i udviklingen af velfærdsydelserne? For de organisationer, der reelt vil samskabelse, slutter artiklen med en række anbefalinger til dét arbejde