Social identities and political cleavages: the role of political context

Summary. Using a novel method, the paper investigates the influence of social group identities on attitudes and on voting in a variety of political contexts. Examining the major regions of Britain, Canada and the USA, we find considerable national and regional diversity in the nature of social cleavages. For example, social class and race had widely different effects across societies, but within societies their effects on attitudes and on voting were very similar. However, despite that, age and religion had a similar effect on attitudes across societies; the effects on voting varied considerably. The significant within-country differences underline the importance of using region, rather than country, as the unit of analysis. More importantly, these results highlight the role of political context, especially competing cleavages and the structure of party competition, in the establishment of politically relevant social cleavages.     

South African Indian migration in the twenty-first century: towards a theory of ‘triple identity’

This paper is inspired by three issues, namely ongoing research on South Africans of Indian origin, the anecdotal evidence that accumulates through ongoing discussions on a casual level with such people and the increasing interest among researchers about how globalization and transnational movements are impacting upon identity formation among minorities who are seeking employment or a new life in the developed economies of the ‘big five’ English-speaking countries, i.e. the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It is in countries such as these that a third identity emerges and develops to instill a sense of triple identity. The information here suggests that, when people of Indian origin migrate to one of these countries, they continue to cling to South Africa because it is their country of birth, as well as to India, more for sentimental rather than practical reasons. The topic of this paper reflects a contemporary phenomenon not just among the Indians in South Africa, but also among other diasporas such as Chinese in Latin America, whose new and final emigration destination always seems to be the US. In addition, people of Chinese origin in the countries of Indochina, such as Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, experienced similar patterns of becoming diasporas in Europe, North America and Oceania in the 1970s. However, migration implores them to renegotiate their identities in order to adapt and settle in accordance with their newly adopted host territories. This gives rise to an identity that straddles three countries, which induces the need to examine new ways of identity building in a global transnational economy.     

音像业全球化趋势与我国音像业对外经贸策略的创新

在音像业全球化趋势下,尤其是随着加入WTO,我国音像业在对外经贸策略和规章方面存在的诸多问题日益暴露出来。因此,针对我国音像业对外经贸策略的不足,积极对音像业对外经贸策略进行创新,具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。     

经济全球化、区域化与发展中国家的对策

经济全球化与区域化是呈现在人们面前的活生生的现实,它引起了学者和政治家的广泛关注,因为如何认识和对待这个现实,关系到各国的发展前途和命运。本文着重阐述了经济全球化的内涵、动因及效应;经济区域化的进程和发展趋势;经济全球化与区域化的关系和发展中国家应采取的对策。     

从反封建的提出到政治体制改革——邓小平与中国民主化进程的运作

过去我们常常把国体和政体看成是一个紧密的联结体,其实,国体和政体是经常分离的,政体和社会形态也是经常分离的.民主政体可以和奴隶社会、中世纪的城市、资本主义社会、社会主义社会结合起来;专制体制也完全可以和奴隶社会、封建社会、资本主义国家的个别时期、社会主义国家的个别时期结合起来.在我国改革开放的初期,邓小平清醒地认识到我们在国体上实现了人民当家作主,但是在政体上存在着封建主义,我们还面临着反封建的重要任务.为了顺应反对封建主义残余这一任务,为了更有操作性,他又不失时机地提出了政治体制改革的伟大目标.他为中国的民主化进程指明了可操作的路径.     

WTO与中国高等教育的市场趋向

中国加入WTO,意味着中国将与所有会员国一起,直面经济全球化,共同面临业已形成的国际教育贸易市场.中国无法也不应回避这个日益壮大的国际市场,只有尽快培育成熟的国内教育市场,主动应对国际化的挑战,才能在国际教育大市场上争得应有地位.     

反全球化运动的缘起、发展及其未来

近年来 ,反全球化运动此起彼伏 ,成为人们关注的一个国际现象。本文通过对反全球化运动发展脉络的疏理 ,向读者介绍了反全球化运动参与者的构成、观点与主张 ;介绍了反全球化运动的缘起及特点。本文还总结了反全球化运动的积极意义与消极影响 ,预测了反全球化运动的发展趋势 ,提出了应当正确对待全球化和反全球化的一些看法。     

加强高校校园文化建设是加强和改进高校思想政治教育的重要途径

高校校园文化是高校物质财富和精神财富的总称。高校校园文化具有强大的育人功能:它以物质为载体,以制度为保障,以实践活动为形式,以先进的教育理念引导师生,以丰富的校园文化内涵塑造师生;它能陶冶人们的情操,磨练人们的意志,丰富人们的智慧,增添人们的生活情趣。高校校园文化是高校教书育人、管理育人、服务育人和环境育人的集中体现。加强高校校园文化建设是加强和改进新时期高校思想政治教育的重要途径。     

中国会计国际化趋势

通过对中国会计国际化进程中会计制度改革的现状及存在问题的分析,指出了处在经济转型时期的中国,与国际财务报告准则完全接轨尚有一定的障碍。随着我国改革开放的深入和参与国际经济一体化步伐的加快,这些障碍会逐步消失,与国际财务报告准则全面接轨是必然趋势。今后的努力方向:第一,要大力培养国际型高素质的会计人才;第二,要健全法律法规,完善市场经济体制,为会计国际化创造良好的外部环境;第三,要加强会计界的国际交流与合作,借鉴国际会计惯例,逐步实现中国会计的国际化。     

论西方政治哲学的理想社会观

本文以马克思主义理想社会观对西方政治哲学的理想社会观进行了评析,认为西方政治哲学的价值理性主义和人文主义是构建理想社会的政治思维,理想社会体现了智性主义和人文主义的政治传统,理想社会建构关注财产关系的安排,制度主义是西方政治哲学理想社会的生长点.