Icons,Itinerary, and Identity: Associations of Boundary and Mobility within the Contemporary US Passport

Regulatory shifts in US border policy set in motion through implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative are concurrent with recent formal and functional changes to the US passport. This article examines these modifications interweaving themes of boundary, mobility, and identity. The study focuses on the tripartite means by which the state employs the passport: as the primary affixer of national identity; as a mediator of contact and mobility across national boundaries; and as a mode for the projection of a certain territorial discourse to its citizenry and ‘others.’ These concepts are developed through an analysis of the narrative and iconic representations contained within the new book itself; material sources from government archives; as well as discussions and interviews with US State Department functionaries closely associated with the design and distribution of the new e-passport. Through the latter examination, a view is afforded into the process by which key state documents are crafted and an inherent tension revealed within an agency charged with establishing a particular unifying ‘brand’ for the preeminent instrument of national identification, whilst dutifully acknowledging the diverse constituency of a nation that historically fashions itself as one constructed from the many. In conclusion, the study suggests that the new passport is the handiwork of a plethora of state actors and a servant of many masters, for it is not only a facilitator of mobility and a vouchsafe for the identity of the bearer, but also, a tiny but significant piece of US property, itself an agent of border maintenance and boundary construction that enables the state to lay claim to its citizenry.     

晋冀鲁豫边区1942年～1943年抗旱减灾述论

1942年～1943年,晋冀鲁豫边区遭受了百年罕见的大旱灾.旱灾造成边区农业生产下降,人民生活极端困难,社会秩序紊乱.在中国共产党领导下,除了动员各种社会力量互助互济来救灾民之急以外,边区军民主要通过组织群众兴修水利,抢种、补种和大种,植树造林等方式来进行抗旱减灾与生产重建.这些抗旱减灾措施的实施为当时晋冀鲁豫边区最终战胜旱灾和坚持华北敌后抗战发挥了重要作用,也为以后的抗旱救灾提供了可以借鉴的经验.     

In the shadow of fortress Europe? Impacts of European migration governance on Slovenia,Croatia and Macedonia

ABSTRACT

This article analyses European integration's effects on migration and border security governance in Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia in the context of ‘governed interdependence’. We show how transgovernmental networks comprising national and EU actors, plus a range of other participants, blur the distinction between the domestic and international to enable interactions between domestic and international policy elites that transmit EU priorities into national policy. Governments are shown to be ‘willing pupils’ and ‘policy takers’, adapting to EU policy as a pre-condition for membership. This strengthened rather than weakened central state actors, particularly interior ministries. Thus, in a quintessentially ‘national’ policy area, there has been a re-scaling and re-constitution of migration and border security policy. To support this analysis, social network analysis is used to outline the composition of governance networks and analyse interactions and power relations therein.     

中央政府支持边远地区的经济项目在立项设计、效益评估方面所涉及到的各种因素

本文从建国后中央政府支持的边远地区经济项目的得与失出发,阐述了这些项目设计立项时应当考虑的各种因素及效益评估办法。     

民国时期甘宁青边疆教育研究述评

推行边疆教育是南京国民政府的一项重要举措,在当时取得了一定成效。对此问题的研究具有积极的现实意义。本文对民国以来甘宁青边疆教育研究状况进行简要述评,并提出今后应注重研究的问题。     

广西沿边"适应-竞争-合作"式 城镇演化模式研究 ——以凭祥、东兴为例

新时代不充分不平衡发展问题突出,加大力度支持边疆民族地区加快发展的要求迫在眉睫。广西沿边民族地区发展总体滞后,城镇发展模式趋同;东兴和凭祥在沿边城镇发展模式趋同的情况下,在“适应-竞争-合作”式城镇演化过程中,充分利用国家政策、发挥比较优势、培育优势特色产业、深化内外合作,实现了城镇经济的跨越式发展。本文以生物学“趋同进化”理论为基础,结合新发展理念和东兴、凭祥的发展经验建议：广西沿边民族地区采取“适应-竞争-合作”式城镇发展模式,以创新增强各城镇内生动力,以互补合作促进协调发展,以绿色发展道路助推城镇发展的可持续性,以加强内外市场的联动性来深化城镇开放、合作式发展,以“省-市-县”、“县-镇-村”的互联互通推进共享发展。     

论近代川边治理与国防安全：从赵尔丰到刘文辉

风云激荡的近代“川边”,历任主政者的川边治理成效殊异：赵尔丰籍“平康三策”,锐意进取,开拓出广阔的川边境域,成功践行“固川保藏”方略。尹昌衡藉个人英雄主义维持短暂的绚烂;其后走马灯式的镇守使无法掌控川边局势,失地溃败;颇具政治韬略的刘文辉,妥善处理民族关系,稳固川边,促使西康成功建省。34年的川边治理为现代西南边疆治理留下了鲜活的经验教训,川滇藏结合部需要新的边疆治理统筹。     

欧盟知识产权跨界禁令与竞争规则研究

《布鲁塞尔规则》2001年取代了《布鲁塞尔公约》,成为新的欧盟指令来规范相关的跨界国际私法的争议。欧盟委员会2004年针对适用《欧洲经济共同体条约》第81条的规定颁布了配套的指令TTBER和适用这个指令的指南。指令第3条规定了两个协议合作的企业市场份额门槛的认定标准,这个标准取代了过去的分类方法,在欧洲引起广泛的讨论。欧盟知识产权跨界禁令和竞争规则研究,突破了知识产权的地域性原则,完善了知识产权的竞争规则,并提供了相应的法律救济,有助于中国政府指导自己的企业与欧盟开展贸易。     

死后人工生殖的生命法学思考

随着生物科学和医学技术的发展,出现了死后人工生殖问题。死后人工生殖对社会伦理及法律提出了挑战。我们应该坚持保障子女权利原则、自我决定原则、生育责任大于生育自由原则及人工生殖技术医疗性质的原则,对死后人工生殖问题做出判断; 应该制定全面的人工生殖法律,明确禁止死后人工生殖。     

唐初北陲都护府几则问题辨析

唐代前期,安北、单于都护府有效地管理着铁勒、突厥内附部落,故单于台取名于北方游牧民族牙帐所在,所以迁徙不定。由于铁勒、突厥的杂居、联姻,北陲渐出现了民族融合的趋势,因而,燕然、单于、瀚海都护府的并置就改为由瀚海、云中二都护府分治大漠南北了。北魏以来,人们已混淆了云中、盛乐的名称,到了唐代,这一混淆更甚,于是误将单于大都护府治所比附于云中故城了。