Power in politically charged networks

We offer a theory and measure for determining powerful nodal positions based on potential inter-actor control in “politically charged” networks, which contain both allies and adversaries. Power is derived from actors that are dependent on the focal actor and sociometrically weak, either due to a lack of alternative allies or from being threatened by others. We create a new Political Independence Index (PII), compare it to other established measures, and illustrate its use in the setting of an international network of alliances and military conflicts from 1946 to 2000. Results show that politically independent nations as measured by PII have smaller increases in military personnel than others over time.     

网络思想政治教育方法研究——论网络思想政治教育方法内涵及其体系构建

网络思想政治教育方法体系是指根据网络虚拟社会以及人们在网络虚拟社会中的思想行为特点和规律,为了实现网络思想政治教育目标、传播网络思想政治教育内容,完成网络思想政治教育任务所采用的方式、办法或手段的总和,包括网络思想政治教育原则方法、具体方法和操作方法.     

Donations and dependence: Individual contributor strategies in house elections

Despite the importance of individual contributors to financing federal candidates, past work has largely neglected this crucial financial constituency in favor of research on corporate and trade political action committees (PACs). By contrast, in this study I offer the first analysis of aggregate contributions from the population of individual contributors to House candidates. Using an original big dataset constructed from over fifteen million Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosure records, I identify individual contributors (rather than contributions) and trace the variation in their strategies across types of House candidates. I distinguish between frequent donors, who are theorized to have more contact with members of Congress, versus infrequent donors in these elections. I find evidence that the character of aggregate donations from repeat donors is more access-oriented even while controlling for other salient candidate characteristics. Funds from infrequent donors, in contrast, appear more ideologically motivated. By also examining the percentage of funds that House candidates receive from repeat donors, I show that the fundraising coalitions of candidates may reproduce reliance on more access-oriented, repeat donors despite the influx of dollars from infrequent donors. I suggest that my findings provide a persuasive case for re-evaluating the diversity of roles individual contributors play in the campaign finance system, and for systematically analyzing variation in contributor strategies.     

Micro politics of Social Safety Net Programmes: The case of the Food‐For‐Work Programme in Bangladesh

A number of studies have established that politics has a role in shaping and implementing Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) and, conversely, SSNPs also influence national or local politics. This study qualitatively analyzes the micro level political discourses of the Food‐For‐Work programme, one of the top 10 SSNPs in Bangladesh, using the concepts of access, institutions and agency under livelihood framework. The analysis of the findings reveals that the programme is not effective in terms of the stated objectives of reducing poverty, but rather serves the interest of political elites. Beneficiary access to the projects depends on categorical membership, ability to participate and gender, which lead the programme to be reduced to subsidized infrastructure projects.     

2010年大选：伊拉克前途命运的转折点

2005年大选之后的经历给伊拉克国内各政治力量留下了深刻教训,他们意识到国家的安全和稳定需要一个有什叶派、逊尼派以及库尔德人代表参加的联合政府。2010年大选产生了一个联合政府,该政府将有机会实现国家统一,并向邻国传递积极的信号,即伊拉克不会对它们产生威胁,同时新政府也将面临巨大挑战。选举产生的政府将承担起领导国家走向主权独立的历史责任,并努力提高伊拉克在该地区的地位和影响力,尤其是在2011年底美军撤出伊拉克之后。2010年12月21日,新内阁获得国民议会投票表决通过,从而开启了多党派联合执政的架构。     

基于微博客的研究生思想政治教育微型学习应用初探

微博客是Web2.0网络技术的最新应用,它革新了人们分享知识的方式,催生了基于移动技术的微型学习方式。本文根据微博客与微型学习互相匹配的特点开创性的将其二者的结合应用在高校思想政治教育领域,探讨了基于微博客的高校思想政治教育的微型学习模式,并提出一些相关性的推广建议。     

文化博弈与全球政治——冷战以来国际政治的新视角

文化博弈是冷战以来国际政治的主要内容之一。冷战后 ,随着国际格局的变化 ,全球文化博弈具有了新的特点 ,文化趋同和文化分裂同时进行 ,不同文化 (文明 )的冲突持续升温 ,“文化霸权”与反“文化霸权”的斗争愈演愈烈。随着全球化和信息网络技术的飞速发展 ,文化博弈的天平越来越向西方国家倾斜。如何在新形势下努力适应全球化潮流 ,积极吸纳西方先进的文化因素 ,同时有效地维护国家利益 ,是我们必须认真研究的重大课题。     

电影《芙蓉镇》中的身体书写

作为对于禁欲主义的“极左”话语进行反思的影片《芙蓉镇》,其意旨在于通过对身体及关切身体的常态生活的肯定和赞颂,来淡化和疏离政治,进而张扬人性的美善之维;但是该片对身体及其行为的处理却又延承了“极左”话语的僵化模式,涂上了浓郁的政治色彩,甚至成为新政治话语的演绎,从而影响了影片对人性的深度开掘及其审美价值的彰显。     

汉代教化的源起及其德育职能

教化是德育的职能,德育的教化职能源起于汉代.为巩固统治,汉代的儒学之士认识到教化的治国地位,说服了汉王朝的统治者设立太学、地方官学,招收学生进行教化,并且把教化作为德育的一个根本的职能.教化超出了先秦道德教育的界限,德育从此被赋予了政治的内涵,与巩固稳定的政治联系起来,进入了政治家的视野.     

当代西方生态政治理论述评

环境与政治具有密切的关系,两者往往相互影响、相互作用,并因此在理论型态上形成了生态政治理论。这种政治理论以追求人与自然和谐相处为目标,以反对传统政治制度和经济发展模式、实现人类社会和谐发展为内容,强调人类整体利益和子孙后代利益。它的兴起对当代欧洲乃至整个世界的发展模式、政治观念、政党结构以及国际关系准则等都产生了重大的影响。当代西方的生态政治理论主要有三种:绿色政治学理论、环境安全理论和生态学马克思主义理论。