The Arab Spring for Women? Representations of Women in Middle East Politics in 2011

This article explores the complex, liminal, and difficult space in which stories of women in “the Arab Spring” were wielded as parts of political narratives of gender, race, class, religion, democracy, and Westernization in Western media as the Arab Spring unfolded. It examines those stories by using the tools of postcolonial feminism. After briefly describing what is meant by (gender and) the Arab Spring, the article outlines a method for evaluating the significations of the media narratives surrounding it. We find two dissonant narratives (of gender as emancipatory and of gender as problematic) and ask what assumptions about gender (and sex and race and culture) have to be made to produce these particular representations. We argue that the dissonant narratives have in common using the situation of women as a barometer for the success of Westernization, liberalization, and democratization. The article concludes by exploring the implications of these findings.     

Administration, Globalization, and the Arab States

Globalization involves risks and opportunities for the Arab world. Realistic knowledge of these possibilities is essential for adaptation of governance and reform of public administration to deal more effectively with the unfolding processes of globalization. To be participants rather than mere subjects, the Arab states have to recognize opportunities and limit potential negative consequences. Success requires good governance and professional public management. Public administration in the Arab world has to transform traditional methods of command and control and nepotism into a more collaborative management that relies on institutional capabilities and practicing managerial values of accountability, performance evaluation, transparency, and ethics.

Women and training: an empirical investigation in the Arab Middle East

Few studies have explored the professional training experiences of Arab women within the contexts of learning organisational cultures and relevant human resource development (HRD) practices. Capitalising on in-depth, face-to-face interviews, this study explores the experiences of women managers in Lebanon with professional training and organisational learning. The findings demonstrate the paucity of professional training and learning opportunities for women and illustrate how organisational discrimination and gender-biased cultures and tension influence women’s learning. To overcome these barriers and alleviate organisational tension, the Lebanese women managers capitalise on their agency and individual capacities to improve their training experiences and increase their access to learning opportunities. By virtue of individual agency and through their agentic process, the careerists shape their training and overall learning by being adaptive and developing structures of action that enable them to advance their learning. The results have important implications for HR managers and HRD scholars. They also extend our understanding of the importance, or lack thereof, of the learning culture within an organisation.     

新形势下中东热点问题与大国中东政策

中东局势依然紧张：伊拉克局势并未得到根本好转；巴以重启和谈，但和平基础非常脆弱；美国与伊朗对抗加剧；黎巴嫩局势不稳；库尔德工人党袭击土耳其；阿拉伯国家极力自保。因此，布什政府虽被迫调整了其中东政策，但拒不承认失败，欧俄等世界大国和大国集团也积极介入中东事务。     

Social resources and Arab women’s perinatal mental health: A systematic review

Background

Women’s mental health in the perinatal period is understudied worldwide and in Arab countries especially.

论以色列阿拉伯人的政治参与

以色列人口中有20%是阿拉伯公民。在2009年2月举行的以色列第18届国会选举中有13名阿拉伯议员当选,在国会中所占的比例远低于其人口比例。这些阿拉伯议员分别来自阿拉伯民族主义政党、以色列共产党和三个犹太复国主义政党。从以色列建国60年来阿拉伯公民参加国会选举的情况分析,阿拉伯公民在以色列的政治参与经历了质与量两方面的变化,即政治自决程度从低到高、从附属走向独立;但同时阿拉伯公民的政治参与度却逐渐走低,尤其是进入21世纪以来甚至降到了很危险的地步。阿拉伯公民对政治现状失去信心和热情,不仅削弱了以色列左翼势力,也在相当程度上影响了以色列国内政局的发展以及中东政策的制定。     

唐以前中阿贸易关系概述

在中阿关系史上,唐以前是双方贸易关系缓慢发展的时期,互贸品种较少,贸易主要通过陆上丝绸之路进行,但为唐代双方贸易关系快速发展奠定了基础。     

中阿认知研究述评

现代中阿外交关系中的认知已经逐步成为国际关系研究中的热点。有的学者着眼于认知在国际关系学中的应用,有的学者则认为中阿认知本身脱胎于双边关系与合作之中,也有的学者认为中阿认知有积极与消极之分,更多的学者尚未将中阿认知从中阿关系中＂剥离＂出来。对中阿认知研究做一系统评析实为必要。     

应以语用学理论指导新闻语言的教学与研究

语言是新闻传播的主要工具。新闻专业应重视新闻语言的教学与研究。新闻语言学属于应用语言学的范畴,应以语用学的理论来研究新闻语言。重视新闻语言的教学,有望提高新闻写作能力。     

论阿拉伯人的多样性

阿拉伯人的多样性是其内部利益差别的重要原因之一。其多样性主要表现在三方面:(1)方言林立。阿拉伯语是阿拉伯人的通用语言,但在不同阿拉伯国家,甚至在同一国之内有多种方言。(2)种族成份迥异。虽同属一个民族,但各国阿拉伯人在形成过程中融合的其他民族成份不一。(3)宗教信仰复杂。大多数阿拉伯人信仰伊斯兰教,少数信奉基督教,阿拉伯人教派繁杂。阿拉伯人多样性的形成,与阿拉伯民族在发育过程中的不健全、异族的频繁入侵以及各异的自然地理条件有关。