Making Soft Power Work: Theory and Practice in Australia's International Education Policy

Laifer, Natalie; Kitchen, Nicholas

doi:10.1111/polp.12219

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“…In the reviewed publications, efficiency is assessed through the country's success in foreign trade relations. Also, a sufficient number of publications are devoted to assessing the impact on the image of the state of the policy in the field of education [10], the level of SHS Web of Conferences 92, 0 (2021) Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2020 development of sports in the country and achievements at international competitions [11,12].…”

Section: Empirical Assessment Of the Impact Of Soft Power Instrumentsmentioning

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Globalization and Assessement of the Soft Power Potential of Belarus Using Econometric Instruments

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Abakumova

2021

SHS Web of Conf.

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Research background: When it comes to conducting international events in a country with a small open economy, the issue of assessing the ratio of costs of the event to subsequent economic effects is relevant. If the evaluation of short-term revenues in the country is quite realistic, then quantifying the long-term effect on a country’s image is much more difficult, and directly related to the concept of soft power and its evaluation as a neutral instrument in international relations. The study was based on the concept of soft power and its instrument, such as the international image of the state, the improvement of which is possible by conducting various events of an international level. Purpose of the article: The opportunity was of interest to assess the effect of using one of the neutral tools of the so-called soft power, such as holding international sports events. Methods: To test hypotheses, time series models were used on the example of Belarus data. Also, for Belarus, the Soft Power Index was calculated according to the methodology of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and the British audit and consulting company Ernst and Young. Findings & Value added: The conclusion is confirmed that the holding of sports events of an international scale directly affects the increase in indexing in the search queries of keywords characterizing the country, which in turn through the components of the globalization index positively affects its values for the country. Also, the holding of sports and cultural events has a positive effect on the influx of foreign tourists into the country.

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Section: Empirical Assessment Of the Impact Of Soft Power Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Globalization and Assessement of the Soft Power Potential of Belarus Using Econometric Instruments

Прімєрова

Abakumova

2021

SHS Web of Conf.

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“…It is also worth mentioning countries with high cultural and political capital/power such as Brazil (Stuenkel ), Poland (Zarycki, Smoczyński, and Warczok ), and South Africa (Ogunnubi and Amao ). Finally, there are the cases of South Korea (Gray ), Singapore (Calder ), and Australia (Byrne, Tyler, and Harris Rimmer ; Laifer and Kitchen ), all displaying very high levels of generalized development while not being military or political powers. Besides, there are quite a few global processes that put a “badge” of modernity on a given country: for example, the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UN‐led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (monitored by the OECD); the UN Millennium Development Goals, and the ensuing Sustainable Development Goals within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and the Group of 20 (G20).…”

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Introduction: Capturing the Dilemmas of Modernity and Tradition in Mexico

Ulfgard

Villanueva

2019

Politics & Policy

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This Special Issue examines the dilemmas of modernity, modernization, and tradition in Mexico from a variety of disciplinary perspectives covering foreign policy, cultural diplomacy and nation image creation, security politics, civil society participation in domestic and foreign policy making, congruence/dissonance in the implementation of global and national development goals, poverty reduction strategies, education reforms and global education models, urban growth, and environmental concerns. The contributors identify and analyze events associated with the concept of disjuncture and how it has produced fragmented and confusing realities. Implicitly or explicitly, each author discusses the "push" and "pull" factors embedded in the forces of tradition and modernity that influence the policy-making processes and occasionally give rise to disjunctures in specific areas. How do these disjunctures manifest themselves empirically and conceptually? If they seem to be produced and reproduced over and over again, what can be done to break this pattern? These are some of the underlying questions facing Mexico and its current transition in political history.

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“…These developments resulted from diplomatic, rather than educational, goals: the New Colombo Plan is a 'signature' policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and not the Department of Education. Research into Australian government scholarship programmes for foreign students to study in Australia has shown that the anticipation of public-diplomacy outcomes from these programmes was always present.4 Academic analyses of the NCP have emphasized such goals (Laifer and Kitchen 2017;Byrne 2016;Lowe 2015). As Laifer and Kitchen (2017:815) note, 'the design of Australia's international education policy was driven by soft power considerations' .…”

Section: People-to-people Contact In Australia-asia Relationsmentioning

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Purdey

2019

Bijdr. taal-, land- volkenkd.

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Since 2013, the Australian government has funded Australian students to undertake short periods of study abroad with an emphasis on Asia, including Indonesia. Universities, too, have been enhancing their study-abroad options as part of broader internationalization campaigns. In a short time, the number of Australian higher-education students undertaking study abroad as part of their undergraduate degrees has doubled, to one in five students. This significant investment follows from two beliefs: that Australia’s relations with Asia are significantly impacted by people-to people relations; and that formal, experiential learning is a particularly effective pedagogical method. But is this investment warranted? Do periods of short-term study in Indonesia enrich students’ understanding of the region, and of Australia’s relations with Asia? And do current undergraduates, who have unprecedented access to mobility through travel and tourism, gain anything from a formal and guided people-to-people experience? This article explores these questions through an in-depth investigation of the intensive-mode undergraduate unit ‘Australia and Asia’ run by the Faculty of Arts at Monash University from 2014 to 2017. It suggests that, for many students, study tours facilitate a short-term period of emotional involvement and self-reflection, rather than forging enduring connections.

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Making Soft Power Work: Theory and Practice in Australia's International Education Policy

Cited by 19 publications

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Globalization and Assessement of the Soft Power Potential of Belarus Using Econometric Instruments

Globalization and Assessement of the Soft Power Potential of Belarus Using Econometric Instruments

Introduction: Capturing the Dilemmas of Modernity and Tradition in Mexico

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