Three faces of international inequality

Recent studies of international inequality have focused mostly on the trend in international income inequality. This article extends the analysis of international inequality to also include inequalities in education and health. Analyses of time-series data for more than 100 countries show that international income inequality declined from 1980 to 2003 as several large, poor Asian countries outpaced many Western countries in national income growth. By contrast, international health inequality followed a U-shaped trend, falling in the 1980s before rising in the 1990s. The turnaround in health inequality coincides with a trend of declining life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa. International educational inequality experienced the sharpest recent decline, spurred by the global expansion of formal schooling. These findings confirm that there is more to international inequality than income inequality alone and suggest that patterns of inequality in the current era of globalization are likely more complex than many leading theories suggest.     

从编辑角度看90年代《上海文学》

从90年代文学与编辑面临的文化语境、编辑的多重文化身份及编辑行为、编辑批评等三方面考察90年代《上海文学》,可以看出其独立的文化身份和文学立场,以及敏锐的编辑批评视域。     

黑、白、红三色词在中英文化中内涵的差异

对颜色的认知,是人类最基本的认知范畴之一。本文通过对黑、白、红三色词在中英文两种语言中所表现出的语用不同,对其文化内涵差异作进一步的探究。     

全球化背景下的文化民族主义

全球化的扩展不能导致文化民族主义的废弃,甚至在事实上反而导致了文化民族主义影响力的增强。文化民族主义具有其存在价值,文化民族主义通过对本民族文化独特性的强调和对民族文化自我认同意识的维持及强化创新,以增强民族的凝聚力,谋求民族国家的生存、发展和强大,并最终对世界人类文明有所贡献。加强民族主义的文化反思,塑造中华民族文化精神。     

试论全球化语境下民族文化的生存与发展之道

随着经济全球化进程的不断加快,文化全球化也成为了一个不可抵挡的世界历史潮流。在此时代语境下,民族文化的生存与发展之道已成为亟待解决的重大课题。根据马克思主义民族文化理论的基本思想,对当前民族文化的生存与发展之道进行探讨很有必要。努力保持本民族文化的独立品格,增强民族文化自觉意识;清醒认识本民族文化中的不同性质文化,取其精华,去其糟粕,加以改造和发展;积极吸纳外民族文化中的先进文化,结合本民族的特点,加以改造,创造出既能与世界文化接轨,又能保有本民族特色的新型民族文化。     

曲径通幽:一个时代的隐痛——从《白蛇》等作品看严歌苓对"文革"的另类反观

作为文革的亲历者,穿越30多年的时空距离,站在中西文化的交接地带,旅美作家严歌苓凭借《白蛇》等作品,从童年及女性主义视角对文革作另类反观,对非常时代里的幽僻人性及其背后复杂的社会文化心理进行深入探察,着力揭示出一个时代的隐痛。     

全球化背景下的中国法治进路——以整合发展观为视角

由于东西方文化的差异,对法治的理解和实践也不尽相同.在经济全球化的今天,中国一方面必须吸收和接受外来法治观念和法律制度,另一方面还要保持自身个性,以使法治发展适应自身的经济、政治和社会文化传统的要求.基于法治发展的这种两难状态,本文结合中国自身实际,引入了一种法治的新发展观--整合发展观,并在此基础上审视探析法治在中国实现的可能途径,从而提出在中国实现法治应当对法治要素进行位次排序.     

启蒙者的非启蒙心态——五四新文化运动的历史性局限

新文化运动的最大不足在于启蒙不够充分.由于历史性的诸多原因,新文化提倡者带有浓厚的科举心态,缺乏对文化启蒙及其功能的深刻理解,将启蒙当做一种政治手段,让启蒙承担起其力不能及的过分沉重的民族国家的现代性使命.这种非启蒙心态在启蒙内部构成了一种颠覆,使启蒙丧失了其本身所具有的基本价值及功能.     

Trade, education, and innovation: Prospects for the U.S. economy

This paper examines international trade issues as vital indicators of the economic prospects of the United States and other developed economies. In particular, it challenges misuses of the doctrine of mutual gains from trade and instead argues that comparative advantage does not guarantee increases in benefits to both trading partners—especially when one partner seeks to distort the market mechanism in its favor. In the face of such mercantilist or protectionist practices, efforts to advance innovation, without retaining manufacturing jobs, will not ensure continued prosperity, as the number of jobs entailed in the invention process is small compared with the number of jobs associated with manufacturing an innovative product for mass consumption. These matters call for the urgent rethinking of trade policy by the United States and other developed nations, if they are to balance their imports and exports and ensure continued economic growth.     

关于促进河南文化产业发展对策的几点思考

促进文化产业发展对转变河南发展模式、改变河南形象以及满足河南人民精神文化需求有着重要意义。以更新思想观念、提高文化产业的市场化程度、深化文化体制改革、完善投资融资体制、重视文化人才队伍建设为路径,不断促进文化产业跨越式发展是新时期文化产业发展的前沿课题。