Understanding the historical institutional context by using content analysis of local policy and planning documents: Assessing the interactions between tourism and landscape on the Island of Terschelling in the Wadden Sea Region

Heslinga, Jasper; Groote, Peter; Vanclay, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2017.12.004

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“…In our case study, a multi-methods approach was applied in order to triangulate data. Although, the qualitative and quantitative methods we used in our research are explained in greater detail in our other papers [10][11][12], here we provide a short overview. First, a literature review was undertaken to better understand the academic discussion about tourism-landscape interactions and the case study area.…”

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“…Striving for synergies between tourism and landscape can help build the resilience of regions and tourism destinations [10]. Resilience is a key concept in social-ecological system (SES) thinking and implies that a system is able to cope with and positively adapt to future social and ecological changes [13,14].…”

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“…The island is renowned for its outstanding landscapes, and is an important tourism destination. This current paper is based on our previous papers [3,[10][11][12], however, it goes beyond the previous papers by offering overarching policy recommendations.…”

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Towards Resilient Regions: Policy Recommendations for Stimulating Synergy between Tourism and Landscape

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To make regions more resilient, a useful idea is that of synergy between tourism and landscape (i.e., a win-win situation). To help policymakers manage for synergy, we provide practical recommendations. Using the case of Terschelling (the Netherlands), an island that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Wadden Sea, we analyzed how policy and public opinion have been changing, and how multilevel governance is arranged. We recommend that: policymakers seek to understand the historical institutional context of a region; strive for integrated policy aimed at synergetic interactions; gain an overview of all stakeholders in the decision-making process; include all stakeholders; develop a shared story; co-create a clear vision for the future; but also allow flexibility in local implementation; and dare to experiment. Overall, we conclude that synergy is a promising concept that requires a different approach to decision-making.

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“…Heslinga et al (2018) applied content analysis to local documents from 1945 to 2015 to identify fluctuations and shifts in the focus of these documents. This content analysis was augmented with semi-structured interviews with local experts and other key stakeholders [28]. Ledoux et al (2018) used content analysis to review the policy framework for migrants' access to healthcare in Spain, Portugal, and Ireland, countries with a long history of immigration, to identify lessons to be learned for policies on migrants' health [29].…”

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Content Analysis of Talent Policy on Promoting Sustainable Development of Talent: Taking Sichuan Province as an Example

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Sustainable development of talent refers to the establishment of institutionalized, standardized, and systematic stabilization measures and procedures based on scientific principles. A talent management system is a series of systematic, regular, and systematic practices instead of policy that is short-term, fragmented, and involves special measures and practices. As an effective means of policy analysis, talent policy instruments play a critical role in promoting the sustainable development of talent. This study constructs an analytical framework from the dimensions of policy instruments, policy targets, and policy strength to examine the policy sustainability. It selects 30 talent policies issued by the Sichuan government as the research sample and uses ROST and NVivo software to quantify policy instruments, policy targets, and policy strength as analytical units. The results show that, in the supply-side policy instruments, many “capital investment” policy measures have been used, but the role of “talent information support” in the role of talent development has been neglected. Among the environmental policy instruments, “strategic measures” are used more frequently, and the economic leverage of “tax finance” has not been fully used. Among the demand-side policy instruments, “talent introduction” and “trade control” are used more frequently, but the application of “overseas talent agencies” remains unused. Policy targets focus on talent innovation and talent efficiency but pay less attention to talent flow, and policy strength is in line with strategic adjustments, but policies are not sufficiently sustainable. The formulation of regional talent policy should focus on the operability of policies, improve the structure of policy targets, and lead to sustainable development. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the implementation of policies and promote the sustainable development of talent.

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“…As highlighted by Heslinga et al (2018) content analysis has high reliability and validity in the analysis of historical documents and changes in policy because the analysis can be done for any time period, even if participants in the events are unavailable or deceased, and because key informant's perceptions and reflections are likely to change over time. Several authors have been using content analysis to examine policy documents on different subjects, such as energy (Brondi et al 2014;Kivimaa and Mickwitz 2011;Zhang et al 2012), the environment (Kalaba et al 2014;Erol and Yıldırım 2017), tourism and landscape (Heslinga et al 2018), organic farming (Seufert et al 2017) and sport promotion (Christiansen et al 2014). , , 1997, , 1999, , 2006a, , 2014a, , 2017a To carry out this study, the content of each of the 29 documents was imported into the NVivo 11 Pro software for qualitative analysis, which was used to manage the data during analysis.…”

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The Concept of Family Farming in the Portuguese Political Discourse

Dinis

2019

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Although several countries have outlined national and multi-criteria definitions, family farming is not well defined in most countries including Portugal, making it difficult to assess its real importance as well as the reasons underlying the design and the success/failure of particular policies. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the framing of family farming in the Portuguese political discourse by applying content analysis to a range of national policies and planning documents. The results show little reference to family farming in political documents and a conceptualization of family farming made in antagonism to professional or entrepreneurial farmers. aiming to protect the rights of rural workers, including fishermen, nomads, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and other agricultural workers, such as peasants, which are defined in the declaration as 'any person who engages in small-scale agricultural production for subsistence and/or for the market, and who relies significantly, though not necessarily exclusively, on family or household labour and other non-monetized ways of organizing labour, and who has a special dependency on and attachment to the land' (UN 2018).Following the declaration of the IYFF, the European Commission (EC) promoted a conference on the subject 'Family farming: A dialogue towards more sustainable and resilient farming in Europe and the world', preceded by a public consultation about the role of family farming, key challenges and priorities for the future. Throughout 2014 many family farming events were organized in many EU Member States, including Portugal. The debate and reflection carried out in Portugal allowed more in-depth knowledge about small family farming and emphasized the need for a Family Farming Statute (FFS) which was recently published by the Portuguese government. Nevertheless, as in other countries, it is still unclear what the perception of the Portuguese policy makers is towards the very concept of family farming and how they really address it in the design of sectorial policy. Furthermore, analyses of the discourse on family farming as developed by politicians, is of interest not only because it may explain the design of the agriculture policies, whether general or specifically targeted, but also their success/failure.The aim of the present study is to understand: (i) How family farming has evolved in Portugal after adhesion to the EU; (ii) how family farming has been framed in Portuguese policy strategies, and how the framing has changed over time; (iii) if the perception of the Portuguese public administration has followed the evolution of the concept of family farming in the literature.To answer the first question, statistical data, available in Statistics Portugal, was collected and analysed, with special emphasis on the Census of Agriculture. The second question will be addressed through the analysis of 28 public policy documents. Responding to the third question involves a conceptual analysis of the empirical findings in the context of the body o...

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Understanding the historical institutional context by using content analysis of local policy and planning documents: Assessing the interactions between tourism and landscape on the Island of Terschelling in the Wadden Sea Region

Cited by 48 publications

References 32 publications

Towards Resilient Regions: Policy Recommendations for Stimulating Synergy between Tourism and Landscape

Towards Resilient Regions: Policy Recommendations for Stimulating Synergy between Tourism and Landscape

Content Analysis of Talent Policy on Promoting Sustainable Development of Talent: Taking Sichuan Province as an Example

The Concept of Family Farming in the Portuguese Political Discourse

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