The witch doctor's pharmacist

This article explores the state of, and prospects for, training and development within the South African maritime industry, and is based on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with employers, the principal union, training institutions and regulatory bodies. Findings are that a deeply embedded racial division of labour persists, that there is a serious shortage of employment opportunities, and that training and certification remain fragmented. The article concludes that the quality of training provided is of a high standard, but there is a vital need for a coherent overall policy linking initial training with employment opportunities, ongoing skills development and the promotion of greater equality.     

Counter-geographies: The campaign against rationalisation of agricultural research stations in New South Wales, Australia

This paper discusses an example of community action mounted in a rural region of New South Wales, Australia, in response to proposals by the State Government to rationalise agricultural research stations operated by the Department of Primary Industries. Informed by a Foucaultian understanding of power and the concept of governmentality, neoliberalism is theorised as being the broad governmental context in which rationalisation proposals were put forward. Recent literature drawing on this theoretical perspective has emphasised that neoliberalism is enacted through a relationship of power, and is not monolithic or inevitable. Neoliberalism is always negotiated by those seeking to govern and those who are the object of such governmental actions. This paper analyses how plans to rationalise publicly funded agricultural research stations were opposed by those seeking to keep research facilities open in the case study area. The paper discusses the methods and scope of community action and, drawing on interviews, identifies a series of discourses articulated by campaigners. Non-local actors were depicted as uncaring and insensitive. In contrast, campaigners discussed the emergence of a ‘city-country divide’ in domestic politics; the need for specialist agricultural knowledge given the region's unique geographical location; and local impacts of an economic, social and emotional nature. Central were discourses of maintaining community, tradition, and continuity in unique local places defined by their climate, biophysical environment and economy. These were ‘counter-geographies’ that sought (successfully, it would transpire) to disrupt the state's imagined geography of a homogenous and flexible administrative space in which research services could be relocated wherever most efficient. Important too were embodied resistances to the way rural industries and people were subjected. Campaigners refused to accept preferred codes of neoliberal behaviour (particularly mobility and rationality) and instead demanded respect for their careers, families and communities. Important considerations are suggested for further research on impacts and negotiations of neoliberalism. This study particularly highlights the successes—as well as contradictions and limitations—of arguments that construct rural places as socialised, unique and unfairly treated (by governments), in opposition to metropolitan dominance and ‘placeless’ neoliberalism.     

魏晋嬗代史事探微

魏晋嬗代一直是学界关注的重点,讨论颇多。本文在前人研究的基础上,通过对魏晋嬗代过程中一些关键事件和人物的考订,分析了司马懿发动高平陵之变的原因和依靠的主要力量。对司马师在魏晋嬗代中的作用和功业进行了考证和阐释,并对齐王攸地位的形成过程提出了新的解释。     

试析日本对南非的经济战略

在经济全球化的国际背景下，日本对外经济政策一直顺应国际形势的发展变化，在实施亚洲战略的同时，又高度关注非洲。这对于一个资源极其缺乏的日本而言，是非常重要的。日本经济的发展需要大量进口诸如铂、锰、钴、钒等稀有矿产，而这些矿产主要盛产于非洲，尤其是南非，其稀有资源的储量居于世界前列。为此日本在经济战略上一直关注南非。两国经贸关系虽然经历了两次世界大战、世界经济危机和国际社会对南非制裁的洗礼、以及当今国际社会对南非稀有金属市场的关注和争夺，但两国一直保持着良好的发展势头，南非在日本的经贸关系的重要地位也逐渐凸现出来。特别是进入2I世纪以后，日本已将确保稀有金属列为国家能源及资源战略的重要一环。日本与南非的战略贸易关系也变得更为密切。     

冀南平原特色生态农业发展现状分析——以邯郸市平原地区为例

生态农业是一种合理开发利用农业资源，促进农业可持续发展，实现农业生产良性循环的生产方式。冀南平原物产丰富，交通发达，区位优势明显，经济基础雄厚，在此建立特色生态农业具有得天独到的优势。以邯郸市平原地区为例，探讨了在冀南平原建立特色生态农业的有利条件、存在的问题及改进措施。     

Material hardship and self-rated health among low-income households in South Korea

Concerns over poverty and health inequality are growing in South Korea. Using advanced statistical methods including lagged-dependent variable and fixed-effects approaches, we investigated whether experiencing material hardship (MH) was associated with self-rated health (SRH) among low-income households in South Korea. This study found that the experience of MH was positively associated with higher likelihood of reporting poor SRH (OR = 1.42, p < .05) and that experiencing two or more items of MH presented more harmful influence on SRH (OR = 2.02, p < .001). This study also found that the negative association between MH and SRH was stronger among the unemployed households.     

从南亚神话到史诗——印度文化源头论

印度文化有四大特征 :“梵我合一”、“三位一体”的泛神论观念 ,“种姓”等级制度 ,“轮回转世”信仰 ,“法、利、欲、解脱”和谐统一的人生道德观。印度文化的源头可追溯到两大史诗和四大特征陆续萌发形成的过程     

康乾南巡及其对运河区域的影响

康熙、乾隆在位期间 ,分别沿运河六巡江南 ,其主要目的是加强清政府对运河以及江南地区的统治。由于二人所处的时代政治经济条件的不同 ,历史上所起的作用也不同 ,前者南巡 ,促进了东南地区社会的发展和稳定 ;后者南巡 ,则加重了封建政风的败坏 ,激化了阶级矛盾 ,清朝从此由盛转衰     

当代韩日关系刍论

战后以来韩国对日外交经历了几次大抉择,如今韩国正面临对日本外交的新抉择。面对久拖不解的朝核问题和朝鲜的威胁等因素,韩日暂时搁置其矛盾在军事上谋求新的合作,并使美日韩同盟更趋紧密。不过,由于韩日军事走近会牵动韩国民众的敏感神经,同时又给东北亚周边国家的关系增加复杂的不利的因素,因此,韩日安全关系很难在短期内发生质的变化。     

中韩端午节祭之关联性论略

中韩两国的民间风俗节日中，都有“端午节”。从内容与形式来看，二者存在着较多的差异性，即是各具民族性与地域性。但是，二者的关联性也是非常清楚的。从风行的时代范围来说，中国式的端午节较早，而韩国式的端午节较迟。从活动内容来说，韩国式的端午节仍有许多方面是延续了中国式端午节的实质内容的。