Diaspora as socio-material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement's representations of homeland

The proliferation of diasporas has expanded the intricate web of political relations on a global scale. Transnationality has increasingly replaced methodological nationalism, and relationality blurred diaspora's boundaries. This article argues for framing diasporas as socio-material assemblages to capture the political agency of diasporas in action in a transnational space. This highlights diasporas’ ability to forge their transnational political actorness and to expand their power of attractiveness. By tracing ideas and things behind the essential task of representing the homeland, this research explores the connections of the Kurdish freedom movement in Europe, making three main arguments. First, it outlines the existence of transnational infrastructures of solidarity, which highlight a multi-ethnic plurality at work. Second, it illuminates the diasporas’ role in the south–north flow of knowledge and political influence. Third, the article examines the desire which stabilizes the assemblage and makes the circulation of ideas possible and smooth.     

美国“无辜物主抗辩”近观

美国的“无辜物主抗辩”经历了从无到有,从弱到强的发展历程。在漫长的形成与发展过程中,美国法律逐渐探索出根植于美国法治土壤的独特的第三人财产保护制度。现行的“无辜物主抗辩”也为美国民事没收制度带来了新的发展力量。从历史发展的角度了解美国“无辜物主抗辩”的由来,并深入分析《美国法典》现行的“无辜物主抗辩”的相关概念及其适用,既是对美国民事没收程序的深入了解,更是中国今后在第三人财产保护制度上可以借鉴与参考的理论基础。     

人类文明新形态在世界历史进程中的基本定向

中国道路坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合,探索人类文明发展的普遍规律,形成了一条倡导文明交流互鉴的新型文明发展道路。中国道路倡导的文明交流互鉴理念,从根本上扬弃了近代西方资本主义文明倡导的资本逻辑和“二元对立”哲学主导下的“零和博弈”思维,为构建人类命运共同体提供了思想文化基础。在文明交流互鉴理念的引领下,中国道路通过发展生产力、阐释共同价值以及捍卫主权与发展自主性不断推进包容并进的新型文明的探索。     

围绕中心服务大局体现特色推进广西北部湾经济区发展

民主党派参与北部湾经济区开放开发不仅非常重要,而且具有很强的优势,民主党派应从围绕中心、服务大局、体现特色方面积极发挥作用。     

语言与世界:对克里普克的后天必然真理的一个解释

传统观点认为先天真理一定是必然真理,后天真理一定是偶然真理,S.克里普克对此提出了挑战。他主张所有的名称的同一性陈述都是必然的,虽然它们常常只能凭经验才能被认识。对此我们可以给出如下解释:名称的同一性陈述并非关于世界是怎样的,它们的真假仅由我们的语言决定。但我们的语言并非与实际世界完全脱离,而是在实际世界中通过我们的活动建立的。这就是后天必然真理之所以可能。     

刑事悬赏性质的法律分析

刑事悬赏是公安机关在刑事案件侦查中普遍采用的一种法律行为。从刑事悬赏发布主体属性来分析,刑事悬赏的法律属性应当理解为一种行政行为。这种界定可以有效厘清公安机关与个人发布的悬赏之间的区别,明确刑事悬赏的法律监督机制和确定刑事悬赏的法律救济途径等问题。     

《聊斋志异》生态展现之阐释

《聊斋志异》对于物际生态有着理想化的展现,但现实中我们应拒绝生态完美主义的诱惑。小说中人与自然物奇异的对话无不告诉我们,人与自然的对话理应被界定在良性的范围之内。幻化的笔法,使小说中的自然物得以获得其生态主体性,这对于当今生态文化之建构,无疑具有重大的启迪意义。     

Discount Rates in Risk Versus Money and Money Versus Money Tradeoffs

We use data from a survey of residents of five Italian cities conducted in late spring 2004 to estimate the discount rates implicit in (1) money versus future risk reductions and (2) money versus money tradeoffs. We find that the mean personal discount rate is 0.3-1.7% in (1) and 8.7% in (2). The latter is lower than the discount rates estimated in comparable situations in many recent studies, greater than market interest rates in Italy at the time, and exhibits modest variation with age and gender. The discount rate implicit in money versus risk tradeoffs is within the range of estimates from studies in the United States and Europe, and does not depend on observable individual characteristics. We use split samples to investigate whether a completely abstract risk reduction - one where the risk reduction delivery has been stripped of all specifics, so that respondents should focus on the risks without being distracted by details - results in WTP and discount figures comparable to those from an identified delivery mechanism (a medical test). We find that while WTP for an immediate risk reduction is 42-73% higher with the abstract risk reduction, the discount rate in the money versus risk tradeoffs and the variance of the error term in the WTP equation are the same across the two variants of the questionnaire.     

Vietnam’s economy: Achievements and perspective

In last several years, Vietnams economy has reached significant achievements. Those are clearly seen by analyzing economic growth, economic structure transformation, trade and investment and Vietnams economy competitiveness. However, in the process of development, Vietnams economy is still facing many difficulties and challenges. Vietnam is accelerating speed of innovation process, is active and quicker in international economic integration in order to complete the economic – social objectives in the period of 2001–2005 with annual average economic growth rate of 7.5%.     

The empirical analysis of the -bilateral optimized combinatorial auction model

This study proposes a new and highly efficient dynamic combinatorial auction mechanism—the N-bilateral optimized combinatorial auction (N-BOCA). N-BOCA is a flexible iterative combinatorial auction model that offers more optimized trading for multiple suppliers and purchasers in the supply chain than one-sided combinatorial auction. We design the N-BOCA model from the perspectives of market architecture, trading rules, and decision strategy for winner determination, the decision strategy for winner determination needs flexible optimization modeling capability. Thus rule-based reasoning was applied for reflecting the flexible decision strategies. We also show the viability of N-BOCA through Paired Samples T-test experimentation. It shows that N-BOCA yields higher purchase efficiency and effectiveness than the one-auctioneer to multi-bidders (1-to-N) combinatorial auction mechanism.