Living up to the father: The national identity prescriptions of remembering Atatürk; his homes,his grave,his temple

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's commemoration in Turkey often reminds Western observers of a personality cult. Looking at national identity-narratives emerging from the stage-management of his homes and final resting place, this article argues that ‘Atatürk’ has become shorthand for Turkish national identity and his commemoration represents, as a result, much more than a personality cult. Moreover, I show that although the sites in question provide the state with an excellent tool for national socialisation, they also reflect shared national assumptions and cherished symbols. Commemoration entails a sense of safety and protection, but also a warning against straying from Atatürk's path and legacy that have, after all, stood the test of time.     

Religion,truth, national identity and social meaning: The example of Northern Ireland

This article argues that national identity is closely bound up with religion, which in turn is closely bound up with ideas of truth. Different religions will form and transmit different ideas of truth, both moral and cognitive, and transmit them and socialise their members in to holding them. From this a socially exclusive group is formed, which becomes one basis for a nation. This nation becomes morally and cognitively exclusive of non-religious members since they will hold different truths and so cannot be trusted, they cannot be ‘loyal and true’. Ireland and Northern Ireland provide a classic example of this, where Catholic and Protestant were the mediums for transmitting Romantic or Enlightenment versions of the truth and so provided a basis for opposed ideas of nation.     

Performing new identities: the community language of post-crisis Italian migrants in London

ABSTRACT

After the 2008 global crisis, Italy has experienced a relevant resumption of emigration. Tens of thousands of young Italians have chosen London as their favourite destination, giving rise to a new Italian community in the city. This article focuses on the transformation of migrants’ national identity and on a distinctive device of identity expression: language. Sample cases, extracted from a dataset collected for an original doctoral project, are used to explain how the insertion of English elements in speakers’ native language become the expression of the loss of pure national identity and of the renegotiation of transnational and migratory identities.     

Genealogies and Gene-ideologies: The Legitimacy of the Beta Israel (Falasha)

The migration of the vast majority of Beta Israel (Falasha) to Israel has been accompanied by major shifts in the discourse regarding their ‘Jewishness’ and ‘Ethiopian-ness’. This article discusses the adoption of traditions of Danite descent in place of traditions of Solomonic descent and the emergence of genetics as the most important identity marker, replacing reckonings of lineage. The first shift is connected to the migration of the Beta Israel from Ethiopia to Israel; the second to changing concepts of what represents ‘proof’ of identity in the modern and post-modern world.     

China’s National Identity in Transition: Domestic and International Perspectives (1982-2012)

In the era of globalization, China’s national identity is in close interaction with ethno- cultural and cultural identity, and is facing great challenges and is under pressure to reshape itself. An in-depth analysis of the Chinese national identity in its institutional, economic, cultural, political and strategic dimensions from both domestic and international perspectives can help us grasp the transition that has taken place in China’s national identity since 1978. In order to strengthen China’s national identity by building domestic consensus and increasing international recognition, China needs to further foster its civic consciousness, increase its soft power, enhance the ties between its national, regional and global identities and actively assume the role of a bridge between the developing and the developed countries.     

汉代北边“亡人”:民族立场与文化表现

对于"越塞"的"亡人"予以"逐捕搜索",曾经是汉代长城体系戍守部队的防务内容之一。有汉王朝官员明确指出,当时长城防卫系统的作用"非独为匈奴而已"。论者分析"亡出"、"亡出塞"、"亡走北出"者主要有三种身份:一是往者从军没不还者贫困子孙;二是边人奴婢愁苦者;三是盗贼群辈犯法者。战争中的"亡降"者也是特殊的"亡人"。汉代"亡人"的民族意识并不十分鲜明,在民族关系中不持极端的态度,而取宽和倾向。他们的生产和生活,对于农耕文明与游牧文明的交融,发生了积极的作用。其突出表现,与活动于中原的"胡巫"、"胡骑"在神学职任和军事技能方面的作用类似,即将汉地较为先进的物质文化和生产方式传播到了匈奴地区。漠北匈奴文化遗存中可以更多地看到汉"亡人"的文化创造。     

试论空间碎片减缓国家机制的构建

空间碎片减缓已经成为国际空间活动中一项国际习惯法规范。联合国外空委于2007年6月通过的《空间碎片减缓指南》,也明确要求会员国或国际组织通过国家机制最大限度地减缓空间碎片。中国在空间碎片减缓的国内立法及管理机制建设方面已经有了一定的进展,但加快中国《空间法》的立法进程和理清空间活动管理机构的职能是构建空间碎片减缓国家机制亟待完善的问题。     

国家综合配套改革试验区的改革与政策法制冲突问题研究

制度因素是区域经济发展的内生变量,政策法律制度是正式制度安排,对区域经济发展具有重要的作用.国家综合配套改革是在政策法律逐步完善基础上的改革,和早期区域经济发展缺少政策法律保障不同,更多的是两者之间的冲突,在行政管理体制领域、经济体制改革领域和社会体制改革领域都有明显表现.解决两者之间的冲突不仅需要国家层面进行解决,也需要试点区域进行推动.     

中国森林执法管理与贸易的国家进程

本文对中国打击非法木材采伐与贸易的法律法规体系、行政执法机构和木材监管系,促进木材生产及贸易的绿色采购政策和相应的税收经济手段,建立中的行业信用制度和正在推进的森林认证工作,及中国政府协助控制全球非法采伐与贸易的国际交流合作等方面进行了阐述,探讨了中国在促进森林执法管理与贸易国际进程中的重要地位和作用,以及中国林产品国际贸易中存在的主要问题,并提出了相应的对策和建议。     

贵州省少数民族地区的教育发展与人力资源开发

贵州少数民族地区的教育发展落后,人力资源开发不足,已成为民族地区经济发展的瓶颈。本文通过分析教育发展和人力资源开发的重要性、特征及其影响因素,从中找出原因,提出应对措施,强调指出中央及省政府的资金投入在民族教育发展和人力资源开发中的特殊作用。