Linda Nguyen
ASA189F,
National Aesthetics
Dr. Valverde
1/28/2017
I believe a
country remade itself by focusing on what represented the country as a whole.
In other words, placing the high value on tradition would be something that
Japan would remake itself. This can be illustrated in the reading How American
Style Fueled Postwar Youth Fashion In Japan by Chantal Fernandez. Social
entrepreneurship is a concept that captures a unique approach to economic and
social problems. Social entrepreneurship applies to practical, innovative and
sustainable approaches to benefit society in general (Week 3 Lecture 2). Social
entrepreneurship is an approach that sets the social entrepreneur apart from
the rest. It is important to learn these skills: manager skills, technical
skills (qualitative and quantitative), and in order to achieve success. In
addition, having a practical and innovative stance to a social problem,
thinking outside the box, a healthy impatience, and a zeal to measure and
monitor their impact (Week 3 Lecture 2). According to the legislation, social
entrepreneurs model will be “considered for special treatment” in granting of
licenses and certificates in Vietnam, particularly in the village of Duong O,
Bac Ninh province. Social enterprise Zo wants to find an alternative to keep
the tradition of making a traditional paper called Do alive by creating a
demand for the paper by finding modern uses (i.e., lamps, notebooks, envelopes
and greetings cards) (Jenkins 2015). Social enterprises are important to meet
the needs of a developing country like Vietnamese where business and government
struggle to solve problems of poverty, social inequality, and environmental
pressure [as well as the economy] (Jenkins 2015). Entrepreneurs can help people
like Huong and her family, and three other left in the area in keeping the
industry alive, open job availability to everyone – no matter their ability
(Jenkins 2015). A social entrepreneur assists in a Vietnamese’ development by
obtaining enterprises to cover operational and administration costs (Jenkins
2015). Vietnamese like the idea of social enterprises when they first learned
about them and it would be a good start for everyone who wants to establish
social enterprises. However, Vietnamese people faces problems with money and
are cautious about the risks (Jenkins 2015). Nevertheless, social enterprises
should be welcomed in Vietnam because of their benefits and contribution to the
country.
In relation to
how a social entrepreneur assists in a country’s development would be
Yoshida’s Doctrine (Man 117). The three
tenets of the Yoshida doctrine follow: The prime national goal is Japan’s
economic rehabilitation, Japan should remain lightly armed and avoid
involvement in international political-strategic issues, and to gain a
long-time guarantee for its own security (Man 118). Japan opted for an approach
by introducing the idea of “acting together, advancing together” (Man 134). In
addition, this vision, with undertones of inclusiveness and partnership, it
addresses Japan’s current and future strategic interest. Japan’s primary goal
was to legitimate Japanese leadership and “establishing a cooperative linkage
among regional member” (Man 134). Next, in relation to social entrepreneurship,
Japan successfully created national aesthetics by the idea of America is
informed by foreign countries (i.e., Japan) importing it back (Fernandez 6). In
other words, Japan took the idea of Ivy League fashion, pushed it, and make
something new that reflected their history and their country’s tradition. “When
somebody is young and wearing a button-down shirt it’s not, ‘I love Ivy
League’; it’s ‘I love this tradition that is my country’s tradition.’”
(Fernandez 6).
Question: What
are some ways (or effort) the government can do to encourage, support, promote the
development of social entrepreneurship in countries like Vietnam? And what are
some ways social enterprise can convince Vietnamese people by both investors
and customers’ skepticism about social enterprise’s motives and fear of
corruption?
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| Tradition paper-making |
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| Chung Hong Nhung is creating a demand for Do paper by finding modern uses (i.e., lamps, notebooks envelops, and greeting cards) |
Sources:
Fernandez,
Chantal. "How American Style Fueled Postwar Youth Fashion In
Japan." Fashionista, 2
Dec. 2015. Web. 27 Jan.
2017.
<https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/72045/files/folder/Readings/Week4?preview=683710>.
Harris, Peter, Christopher
Whalen, Gregory Tozzi, and Daniel R. DePetris. "Why Japan Will Never
Be a
Permanent Member of the UN Security Council." The National Interest. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 28
Jan. 2017.
<http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-japan-will-never-be-permanent-member-
the-un-security-11014>.
http://thisisgoodwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/goodwork-vietnam2.jpg
http://thisisgoodwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/goodwork-vietnam5.jpg
Jenkin, Matthew.
"It's not charity: the rise of social enterprise in Vietnam."
International social
enterprise. Guardian News and Media, 31 Mar. 2015. Web. 28
Jan. 2017.
<https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/31/its-not-charity-the-rise-of-
social-enterprise-in-vietnam>.
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