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  • 5 - Information Management, Performative Governance, and Image Making in the Direct Line

  • Hannah S. Chapman, University of Oklahoma
  • Book:
    Dialogue with the Dictator
    Published online:
    15 February 2024
    Print publication:
    22 February 2024, pp 109-139

  • Summary

    Chapter 5 traces the relationship between participatory technologies and information management in Russia. It argues that the Direct Line acts as a barometer of public opinion, a forum through which authorities can disseminate information to the public, and a tool to monitor and selectively punish officials. Moreover, this chapter explains how participatory technologies help authorities create the impression of effective governance and act as a means of public image making.

  • Maintaining Health Sector Collaborations between United States Non-Governmental Organizations and North Korea through Innovation and Planning

  • Eugene S. Yim, Ricky Y. Choi, Michael J. VanRooyen
  • Journal:
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 24 / Issue 3 / June 2009
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 June 2012, pp. 153-160
    Print publication:
    June 2009
  • Introduction:

    Humanitarian agencies in North Korea operate within a complex sociopolitical environment historically characterized by a baseline of mistrust. As a result of operating within such a heated environment, health sector collaborations between such agencies and the North Korean government have followed unpredictable courses.

    Problem:

    The factors that have contributed to successful programmatic collaborations, as perceived by United States non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and North Korean officials were investigated.

    Methods:

    A qualitative, multi-case, comparative, research design using semistructured interviews was used. Expert North Korean informants were interviewed to generate a list of factors contributing to programmatic success, defined as fulfilling mutually established objectives through collaboration. The North Korean informants were asked to identify US NGOs that fulfill these criteria (“mission-compatible NGOs”). Representatives from all of the missioncompatible NGOs were interviewed. All informants provided their perspectives on the factors that contributed to successful programmatic collaborations. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for thematic content.

    Results:

    North Korean informants identified six mission-compatible US NGOs. The North Korean and US NGO informants provided a number of factors that contributed to successful programs.These factors were grouped into the following themes: (1) responsiveness to North Korean requests; (2) resident status; (3) program monitoring; (4) sincerity (apolitical objectives); (5) information gathering; and (6) interagency collaboration.

    Conclusions:

    Some US NGOs have devised innovative measures to work within a unique set of parameters in North Korea. Both US NGOs and North Korean authorities have made significant concessions to maintain their programmatic partnerships. In this manner, seasoned collaborators have employed creative strategies and a form of health diplomacy to facilitate programmatic success in North Korea by building trust within a complex sociopolitical space.

  • 3 - Clinical aspects of child and adolescent psychopharmacology

  • Edited by Stan Kutcher, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
  • Book:
    Practical Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
    Published online:
    31 August 2009
    Print publication:
    18 April 2002, pp 70-90

  • Summary

    Pathology is operationally defined by a set of rating scales which addresses the dimension at issue. In psychiatry, many dimensions are measured with rating scales e.g. anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, aggressiveness, extroversion, introversion, and emotional liability. The diagnostician's job is first to connect the symptoms/problems with which the patient presents with possible disorders that might be responsible for the symptoms/problems. For parents who consider medication treatment as the court of last resort, it may be sensible to recommend a trial of psychologic treatment with a time period built in such that continuation of problems after x number of weeks warrants reconsideration of medication. It is important to target psychosocial functioning separately from change in psychopathology. Other issues that complicate treatment include the presence of multiple disorders, which is the rule rather than the exception for children requiring medication treatment.