Of Politicians and Technocrats, and Why Global Health Scholars Are Inevitably a Bit of Both: A Response to Recent Commentaries

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Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

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When I wrote “Navigating Between Stealth Advocacy and Unconscious Dogmatism: The Challenge of Researching the Norms, Politics and Power of Global Health,”1 my primary intention was to fuel the interdisciplinary dialogue on norms, politics, and power that had been started in this journal by others. Considering the five insightful comments,2-6 responding to my article, I think I can claim at least that: the dialogue continues, as it should... (Read more...)

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  2. Askheim C, Heggen K, Engebretsen E. Politics and power in global health: the constituting role of conflicts: Comment on “Navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016;5(2):117-119. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.188
  3. Forman L. The ghost is the machine: how can we visibilize the unseen norms and power of global health? Comment on “Navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016;5(3):197-199. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.206
  4. Kickbusch I. Politics or technocracy – what next for global health? Comment on “Navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016;5(3):201-204. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.209
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  6. Hanefeld J. Advancing global health – the need for (better) social science: Comment on: “Navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016;5(4):279-281. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.213
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  • Receive Date: 21 April 2016
  • Revise Date: 11 May 2016
  • Accept Date: 07 May 2016
  • First Publish Date: 01 July 2016

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