Fostering social capital in an international multi-stakeholder issue network

Scholars have theorized that public relations contributes to societies and communities by bringing attention to pressing public issues and fostering social capital in civil society networks. However, the extant research has studied civil society networks of NGOs, donors, and the media in transitional countries. This study extends the public relations model of civil society in two ways. First, it broadens the scope to an international context. Second, it draws from the multi-stakeholder issue network perspective to conceptualize a civil society network as a space where stakeholders of an issue mix their interests as they collectively address a pressing public issue. The literature on international and multi-stakeholder networks suggest that the international scope and the mixing of interests across sectors may restrict the production of social capital. The results from the social network analysis suggests that the mixing of interests across sectoral and geopolitical boundaries did not restrict the production of social capital. Rather, the patterns of the relationships among those on the core and those on the periphery of the network restricted the production of social capital. Such finding demonstrates how public relations’ functions like relationship building can have profound influences on social capital and civil society networks. The implications for public relations theorizing and research are discussed.     

Exploring the intersection of transnationalism and critical race theory: a critical race analysis of international student experiences in the United States

International student mobility to the United States (US) has increased over the past two decades. Despite the increase in numbers, international students may experience racism, nativism, and other forms of discrimination within the US context. Much of the existing literature focus on how international students can assimilate and cope with these issues rather than interrogating the systems of oppression that create negative student experiences. Thus, we utilized critical race theory (CRT) as a framework for interrogating how international student experiences are portrayed in current literature. Although CRT is grounded in US-based legal theory, we argue that CRT must move beyond the rigid confinement within US borders and expand to consider how transnationalism and global exchange contributes to the fluidity and applicability of this theory. We also provide recommendations for critical race praxis, with an emphasis on implications for practice, theory, and future research.     

20世纪70年代后中美关系发展模式研究

文章分析了近三十多年的中美关系发展的历程,从中归纳出中美关系的发展大约遵循着合作(大起)、对立(大落)和妥协这一互相交错和在反复循环中前进的模式,进而从中美两国外交思想方面对之进行分析,并从国际预期理论方面进行探究,从而验证了中美关系这一发展模式.     

国际工程承包市场与承包工程新趋势

本文从国际工程承包市场趋势分析入手,提出了国际工程发展的新趋势及其对策。     

吉林方言词汇的调查与研究

吉林方言属于东北方言范畴。吉林方言的语音已形成系统,在此基础上进行吉林方言词汇的调查研究是必要的,也是可行的。通过吉林方言词汇的调查与研究,可进行吉林方言与普通话在词汇方面的比较,并采取相应的纠正方法,从而推动吉林人推广普及普通话的进程;同时也探究吉林方言与地方文化等方面的关系,进而对吉林的地方历史和地方文化等方面进行探讨和研究。     

晏阳初:平民教育从中国到世界的历程

晏阳初先生是我国,也是世界著名的平民教育家、社会改革家,是我国早期社会学中乡村建设学派的最重要的创始人之一。他的平教运动和乡村改造事业具有重要的历史意义,至今闪耀着进步思想的光辉。本文从晏阳初人生观的形成,其成功之道,以及反映晏阳初晚年平教业绩的国际乡村建设学院等几个侧面,对晏阳初及其事业进行了客观评述和简要分析,并对国外的一些评述进行了回应。     

政府间与非政府间国际组织在全球环境治理中的有效性评估

全球环境治理是当今国际社会的重要议题,其治理主体呈现多元化趋势,治理模式也由原有的国家中心治理模式向有限治理模式、网络治理模式发展,呈现多方向的新变化。除国家政府之外,就国际组织而言可分成政府间国际组织(IGO)与非政府间国际组织(INGO)两种。文章将探究在全球环境治理问题上是否政府间国际组织可以替代非政府组织的作用,并以绿色和平与联合国环境规划署两大组织为例,从国际社会对全球环境治理体制的功能需求方面进行案例对比分析与治理有效性的评估。     

永嘉四灵诗派诗人考

本文从甄别江湖诗派与四灵诗派出发,藉助地方志、传记、诗人诗作等文献资料,钩稽出三十馀位隶属永嘉四灵诗派诗人.这一发现,证实了在南宋中后期诗坛,永嘉地方确实存在过一个人数甚夥的诗派,推翻了以往学界认为四灵人数太少、不足立派的成说.     

在华国际非政府组织法律规制缺陷及应对

国际非政府组织在华已经活动三十年有余,中国仍然在对其法律规制层面存在种种缺陷,这与中国根深蒂固的对其不信任态度及防范意识分不开的.鉴于其在中国经济建设中发挥出的出色积极作用,在没有满足颁布诸如《非政府组织法》等专门法规条件之前的过渡期之内,中国政府应该转变对其的指导思想及态度,通过完善现有中央层面及地方层面法规,加强对其法律规制.除此之外,在华的国际非政府组织应该通过完善与缔结自身行为准则等途径,提高自身素质,积极寻求与中国政府合作的机会,获取国家及人民的信任;同时,中国本土的非政府组织也应该勇敢的走出国门,提高国际事务的参与度.