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Talouspolitiikassa ollaan ennusteuralla
2018
Data practices and inequality in South African early childhood development policy: Technocratic management versus social transformation
2019
Background: In 1994, the African National Congress identified early childhood development as a potential strategy to redress the inequalities of apartheid, however, two and a half decades later, poverty still persists, and South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Aim: This article explores how policy texts based on and with the use of certain data practices establish ‘truths’ about childhoods and society, construct families and communities, and determine forms of provision to address inequality. Setting: In 2015, the South African government published the National Integrated Early Childhood Policy (NIECDP) to continue to address poverty and inequality. Its implementat…
Hierarchies of knowledge, incommensurabilities and silences in South African ECD policy: Whose knowledge counts?
2017
AbstractPolicy for young children in South Africa is now receiving high-level government support through the ANC’s renewed commitment to redress poverty and inequity and creating ‘a better life for all’ as promised before the 1994 election. In this article, I explore the power relations, knowledge hierarchies and discourses of childhood, family and society in National Curriculum Framework (NCF) as it relates to children’s everyday contexts. I throw light on how the curriculum’s discourses relate to the diverse South African settings, child rearing practices and world-views, and how they interact with normative discourses of South African policy and global early childhood frameworks. The NCF…
Revealing colonial power relations in early childhood policy making: An autoethnographic story on selective evidence
2021
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes uncertainty, instability and glaring inequality that requires urgent global policy decisions. Historically, bureaucrats regard uncertainty as the enemy and look for tested solutions (Stevens, 2011). In contrast, Fielding & Moss (2010) acknowledge an uncertain future and encourage shifting policy making towards the search for possibilities instead of replicating singular solutions. Escobar (2020) advocates for pluriversal politics, with many possibilities created through collective decision-making by autonomous interlinked networks. In this paper, I combine autoethnography with policy analysis drawing on my own experience in South African early childhood pol…
“Never shake thy gory locks at me” (Macbeth, III.iv.50-51): Objecting to Gestures in Macbeth
2018
International audience; Shakespeare's Macbeth displays a pattern of characters objecting to gestures, be it others' or their own. This includes Macbeth refusing to shake hands with his opponent before the battle, his words to Banquo's ghost quoted in the title above, Banquo's own puzzlement at the weird sisters' placing a finger over their lips, the doctor's suspicions at Lady Macbeth's rubbing her hands and sleepwalking, as well as Malcom's request that Macduff not pull his hat over his eyes. In many of these cases, gesture is pitted against speech, which seems to undermine the classically-derived ideal of "suit[ing] the word to the action, the action to the word" (Hamlet, 3.2.16-18). This…
From vernacular accounting to standardized PMS : Logic multiplicity in a cooperative bank
2023
In this chapter we analyze how local member banks shifted from local, vernacular, accounting, and performance measurement systems to centralized and standardized performance measurement systems in a cooperative bank organization. The member banks reduced the use of vernacular accounting systems (VAS) to achieve greater cost-efficiency and to meet regulation requirements, but they still maintained their strong local logics beside the cooperative unity logic, with only minimal or moderate conflict. We suggest that the power of individual actors, i.e., CEOs, affected the balance of these logics, and the way performance measurement (PM) targets were chosen at the local level from the standardiz…
Use of cbct in the endodontic management of a second mandibular premolar with three roots : clinical case
2022
Background Reports and studies on dental anatomy describe variations in the morphology, number and shape of the roots and root canals, with the mandibular premolars being one of the dental groups with special complexity. In the bibliographic review published on the morphology of mandibular second premolars, the presence of three roots being extremely rare, finding differences according to the ethnic group studied. The aim of this case is to describe an unusual case of the anatomy of a mandibular second premolar. Material and Methods A 59-year-old male patient presented with pain in the right mandibular second premolar. After taking the clinical history and the examination, he was diagnosed …
Bridging existing and new approaches for science, technology and innovation cooperation between Finland and Africa : report
2018
Lastensuojelun tutkimusperustan vahvistamisen haasteita ja mahdollisuuksia
2021
- Lastensuojelun toimintamallit voivat olla lupaava tapa parantaa lastensuojelua, mutta systemaattisen kirjallisuuskatsauksemme mukaan niiden vaikuttavuudesta on vielä hyvin vähän tietoa. Tarve mallien vaikuttavuustutkimukselle on suuri. - Lastensuojelun tutkimusperustaisuuden edistämisessä voidaan toimintamallien ohella hyödyntää muita rinnakkaisia strategioita. -Kehittämistyöhön tulisi kytkeä nykyistä enemmän arviointitutkimusta. Näin uusista lupaavista menetelmistä ja malleista saataisiin tuotettua tietoa aiempaa järjestelmällisemmin. - Tieto olisi myös paremmin yleistettävissä, kun sen tuottamista olisivat ohjanneet tieteellisen tutkimuksen yleiset eettiset periaatteet ja hyvä tieteelli…
"A strong union is one that thinks strategically" : analysis of the Global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy
2018
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, millainen turvallisuuskäsitys Euroopan unionissa vallitsee ja minkälaisia teemoja turvallisuuteen liitetään. Lisäksi tutkimus pyrkii analysoimaan Euroopan unionia vallankäyttäjänä kansainvälisessä politiikassa. Tutkimuksen aineisto muodostuu Euroopan unionin kahdesta turvallisuusstrategiasta. Päähuomio on vuonna 2016 julkaistussa Euroopan unionin ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittisessa globaalistrategiassa, ja vertailuaineistona käytetään vuoden 2003 Euroopan turvallisuusstrategiaa. Strategiat valikoituivat tutkimuksen aineistoksi, sillä ne määrittelevät suuntaviivat ja toimintaperiaatteet Euroopan unionin ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikalle ja näin ollen ku…