Between Legal Recognition and Moral Policing: Mapping the Queer Subject in India

ABSTRACT

With the decriminalization of homosexuality in India in 2009, Indian queer subjects have become visible in various ways. Where Indian queer identities have asserted their public presence through Pride marches and protests, incidents of moral policing and surveillance, especially after decriminalization, have highlighted the broader social and religious attitudes that continue to pathologize homosexuality with grave outcomes. This article argues that debates around access to health care of Indian queer subjects must be framed against the social and religious pathologization of homosexuality in various contexts, which remains a primary bioethical dilemma, particularly in relation to legal change.     

Adoption of Mobile Telephony in Rural India: An Empirical Study

Mobile telephony has become one of the major factors driving the social and economic development of a country. The objective of this article is to identify factors affecting the adoption of mobile telephony in rural India and examine their impact on its adoption. An explanatory empirical methodology with sequential design was used for this purpose, and new factors that affect users’ decisions to adopt mobile telephony in rural India were identified. We extended the technology acceptance model by integrating new factors for a developing nation. This study found that ensuring service transparency and identifying opinion leaders in the local community are key requirements for increasing the speed of adoption in the rural India. The findings of this study will provide insights for service providers and policy makers to develop strategies and policies that will enhance mobile telephony adoption in rural India.     

东北三省劳动力供给现状及趋势分析

目前,东北三省正处在劳动年龄人口占人口比重最高的人口转变时期,关注劳动力供给发展趋势及其内在变化对经济社会的发展十分必要。未来几十年内,东北三省劳动力供给总量表现为先上升,2010年将到达峰值,以后呈现逐年下降的趋势。劳动技能人口分布不均衡,劳动年龄人口将面临老化等问题。     

东北装备制造业区域合作的重点、模式与对策研究

东北三省装备制造业沿哈大铁路线和沿海经济带呈倒"T"型结构布局,地域特征明显;东北三省装备制造业行业门类齐全,优势产业突出,在全国占有重要地位。但东北三省装备制造业在研发上缺乏省际间的横向联系和共性技术研究;在生产上缺乏省际间的分工协作,产业关联性差;在布局上同构现象严重,缺乏与域外地区的协作互动。笔者从区域视角对东北三省装备制造业发展的现状进行了评价,阐述了东北三省装备制造业区域合作的重点领域、主要模式,并提出了加强产品开发,提高技术创新能力;强化省际之间的协作互动,提高区际间协作配套能力等区域合作发展对策,从而促进东北三省装备制造业一体化进程。     

印度新闻委员会职能的历史考察

作为独立于政府的新闻咨询机构,印度新闻委员会是政府与媒体相互妥协的产物。新闻委员会的人员组成有广泛的代表性,其职责是调查新闻业发展状况,为政府提供政策咨询,向议会提交立法与修改法律的建议。实践证明,印度新闻委员会在维护媒体独立和新闻自由方面发挥着重要作用,是协调政府与媒体的关系的第三方机构,有很大的借鉴与参考价值。     

Framing the corporate responsibility-reputation linkage: The case of Tata Motors in India

This study, focusing on the emerging economy context of one of India's largest automotive companies, Tata Motors, analyzes the thematic framing of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate reputation. Five CSR frames are shown: institutionalization, community development, modernization, mainstreaming, and nation-building. Reputation is framed via: heritage, nationbuilding, technological advancement, global footprint, and responsibility. The findings suggest how firms may better align their CSR efforts with regular business, and their larger public relations campaigns with wider social perceptions of their responsibilities.     

Elite positionings towards Hindi: Language policies,political stances and language competence in India1

In India, Hindi is imagined and institutionalized as the national language which weds together India's pluralistic population under the banner of a shared Indian identity. Approaching language competence as embedded in and performed through language practices and ideologies, I explore how a New Delhi elite community positions themselves towards Hindi vis‐à‐vis national language policies and political movements. Contrasting with traditional unified elite portrayals, e.g. ‘elite closure’ ( Myers‐Scotton 1990 ), India has multiple sociolinguistically discordant elite groups, and these liberal elites ideologically construct their Hindi (in)competency in an alternative framework attending to the history (and failure) of Hindi‐based nationalism, their disalignment with modern right‐wing movements, and their continued affiliation with English. This perspective of some elites as negotiating and disagreeing with contemporary political movements and language policy legislature illuminates language competencies as socially constructed and locally grounded, and challenges past interpretations of postcolonial elites as unified actors controlling the dominant linguistic marketplace.     

旅游犯罪侵害风险感知跨国比较分析——以台湾、韩国和印度为例

旅游犯罪被害不但影响游客的到访意愿,而且殃及当地旅游业的发展,因此找出形成游客被害风险知觉之情境或条件,了解不同旅游地区游客的犯罪被害风险知觉是十分必要的。鉴于此,在2010年1月至11月选择台湾、韩国及印度国际机场作为调查场所,询问离境游客在旅行期间的被害经验及安全感受。问卷调查采取受试者自行填写的方式获取数据,总共回收台湾160名、韩国192名及印度156名游客的有效问卷共508份。调查发现,不论是到台湾、韩国或印度的国际游客,一致觉得在旅游当地被骚扰、诈骗及盗窃的机会最为普遍,也反映出游客在当地遭受骚扰、诈欺、盗窃的被害经历最多。到印度的游客在被害经验及被害风险知觉的程度最高,其次是韩国,到台湾的游客不论是真实的被害经验,或是风险感知程度上皆显著低于韩国及印度。游客对旅游当地的安全感知与旅游决策间具有负向关系。     

东北方言“不”类词语及其语义引申的本体与层次

所谓"不"类词语,是指包括"不"在内的以"不"为语素或句法成分的一类词语。东北方言的"不"类词语既与普通话以及北京话的同类词语相通,又有非常明显的地域特征。以语义为中心,从形式、释义以及语义引申的本体与层次等角度,可以较清晰地看到东北方言"不"类词语的系统面貌。     

Negotiating new meanings of ‘leader’ and envisioning culturally informed theories for developing African-American women in leadership roles: an interview with Patricia S. Parker

The aim of the human resources function (management and development) in the organizational context is to ensure the availability of competent, motivated and learning employees to the firm to facilitate the achievement of its business objectives. The HR function has been quite successful in performing its role in terms of developing capacity, knowledge, attitude and skills of employees. However, in the recent past a shift has been taking place in the expected model role from both the HR function and the HR manager. This new role is that of active partner along with other functionaries like production, finance, marketing, etc., equal if not more important. Therefore, HR is no longer a passive function. This has two implications for the HR managers and practitioners. First, it will require the HR function and persons dealing with it to provide more inputs related to human resources at the strategy formulation level. Second, it will require HR to demonstrate that investment in human resources contributes to business results. However, there is a paucity of empirical work in our country to support the assertion that investments in HR have an impact on firm performance. It is in this context that the present study of eighty-four Indian firms was carried out to answer the question of whether investment in HR contributes to firm performance.