Inside the blogosphere: A taxonomy and framing analysis of abortion weblogs

This study analyses weblog abortion-related content sampled via a search and snowball method. When weblogs located inside of established media Web sites and other weblogs are compared, they are equivalent in the use of advocacy versus objectivist frames. Media weblog posts contain a political frame more frequently than non-media weblog posts do. In terms of diversity of frame, media weblogs employ more frames in their stories. Various explanations for these findings are offered in the context of current abortion-related content patterns.     

Engendering Global Democracy

The inadequacies of hegemonic liberal democratic ideas and institutions have been exposed by feminist theorists focusing on the marginalisation of women and by global theorists examining the impact of globalisation. These theorists have developed two distinct sets of reconstructive strategies that, until very recently, have remained in ignorance of each other. Further, both feminist and global democratic schemes have been dogged by problems in terms of their theorisation of power, politics, agency and change. Recent feminist arguments about citizenship and governance go some way to bringing together concerns about gender inequality and globalisation, but they remain centred on states and the states-system as vehicles for democratic representation and participation. This article argues that a more radical reconstructive strategy can be derived from debates about the democratisation of feminism itself. Drawing on the responses of black and third world feminists to racism in the white-dominated feminist movement, and examining their influence on efforts to organise transnationally, the article points to innovative ways of thinking about power, politics, agency and change. Together these amount to a democratic framework which has applicability beyond feminist organising and which confronts the marginalisations of both gender and globalisation.     

The Hobo Anomalous: Class,minorities and political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World

This article is an analysis of minority political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Against the tendency in recent social and cultural theory to dichotomize class and difference, it argues that it was in and through the IWW's formulation of class that minority political and cultural invention occurred. Using the framework of Deleuze and Guattari's minor politics, the article shows how the IWW's composition in the simultaneously diffuse and cramped plane of work operated against the major political identities and subjects of worker, immigrant, American, citizen and 'people', and towards the creation of minority political knowledges, tactics and cultural styles premised on the condition that 'the people are missing'. Seeking to understand the IWW's modes and techniques of invention, the article explores the general plane of IWW composition, its particular political and cultural expressions (in songs, manifestos, cartoons and tactics), and its minor mode of authorship. The article focuses in particular on two aspects of IWW minority composition, the itinerant worker, or hobo, and the politics of sabotage.     

A Social Problems Framework for the Critical Appraisal of Automobility and Sustainable Systems Innovation

Over the past three decades, critical assessment of the automobile has evolved from a focus on the technical inadequacies of the internal combustion engine to a more comprehensive appraisal of the sociotechnical system for providing mobility. The following study charts the evolution of this discourse by focusing in particular on the way in which the Worldwatch Institute has interpreted the various problems of the motorcar during this timeframe. There are now indications that a more thoroughgoing systems view of automobile dependency is developing predicated upon three problem dimensions: fuel use, urban congestion and sedentary lifestyles. The analysis presents a social‐problems framework for beginning to conceptualize more sustainable modes of mobility in the post‐automobile era.     

翻译的政治:马儒翰与第一次鸦片战争

鸦片战争期间,中英双方都存在语言沟通的难题.但是,英方由于聘用马儒翰等人担任翻译,有效解决了政治沟通和情报收集等问题.他们充分借助马儒翰等人的中文知识,作出了合理的战略决策和军事安排.而反观中方,林则徐之后的几个主帅,出于怀疑汉人、明哲保身等心理,竟将为数不多的几个译员拒之门外,倚赖英方的马儒翰"居中翻译".在缺乏翻译的情况下,清军前线主帅根本无法摸清敌人的真实动向,更无法核对所签条约文本的准确性.结果,清政府不但丧失了战争主动权,也丧失了谈判主动权,造成了很多原本可避免的损失.     

“1·25革命”前后埃及政治转型比较

“1·25革命”后，埃及的政治转型一度为中东政治发展带来一丝曙光，但之后更剧烈的社会动荡又为民主转型带来了巨大的不确定性。事实上，在西方民主转型理论的诱导下，埃及的民主化走向误区具有必然性，西方民主转型理论注重即时性的结果，片面地将民主制度的建立及公民政治权利尤其是选举权的实现视作民主转型的终点，而忽视了民主的深刻内涵。民主某种程度上就是各种公民权利，包括基础权利、政治权利及社会权利，依次实现的漫长过程。三种权利互相支撑，构成三位一体的民主。穆巴拉克时代的民主转型缺乏基础权利和社会权利的支撑，最终导致民主的空心化。革命后的埃及尽管在民主制度建设上取得实质性进展，但公民权利的匮乏对民主的成熟构成严重制约，从选举到善治，埃及的民主转型任重而道远。     

“摛文必在纬军国”辨析——谈《文心雕龙·程器》“文德说”得失

《文心雕龙·程器》主张“摛文必在纬军国”为要旨的“文德说”，历来的研究者多正面肯定其说的理论或现实意义。本文认为这样的阐释并不合乎实际。实际上，刘勰的“文德说”尽管在反驳“文人无行”论上是有力的，但就其理论本身而言，则明显具有两面性。一方面，该说对规范文人的德行，鼓励文人积极投身现实的政治生活有积极的作用；另一方面，该说又混淆了学文与达政、文才与德行的区别，过分强调文人对道德政治的依赖，这对于文人才能的施展实为一种限制。文章结合有关史实，对于“文德说”的来源、义旨、理论缺失及其原因作了翔实、深入的辨析。     

爱德华·萨义德对巴勒斯坦问题的研究

爱德华·萨义德是一位在国际上享有极高声誉但又有争议的人物。他的著述无论就其涉及领域的宽广程度还是重要程度而言，均给人们留下深刻印象，特别是他的东方学和后殖民文学已成为大多数学者关注和研究的焦点。本文力图突破前人的角度和观点，从他对巴勒斯坦问题的研究展开讨论。通过对他的思想进行深刻解读可以看出他的所思所述为世人打开一扇窗，使人们以开放的思想对巴勒斯坦问题进行进一步思考。     

Place making,grassroots organizing,and rural protest: A case study of Anahim Lake,British Columbia

Contemporary rural social movements bring diverse interest groups and stakeholders together at the local scale in the pursuit of common visions and goals, often against the backdrop of an external threat. The challenge for a movement's leaders is to negotiate and design a rural agenda that resonates with this complex constituency. One way to approach this problem is to construct and politicize a local sense of place as a means of rallying insiders against outside forces and pressures. This article explores the place-making activities of rural leaders operating within a complex social setting through an analysis of a grassroots social movement in Anahim Lake, British Columbia. The study uses the concept of the “place frame” to explore how Anahim's activists created a local discursive framework that enabled them to bridge dissimilar environmental values and practices within the community. The removal of external pressures following protest, however, saw the dissolution of this alignment. In documenting this process, the article contributes to a fuller understanding of the significance of place in grassroots protest and activism.     

罗马统治时期埃及妇女的土地租佃

罗马统治时期的埃及，土地租佃制成为占主导地位的土地经营方式，形成了复杂的土地租佃关系。这其中更引人注目的是此时的埃及妇女亦活跃于土地租佃中。妇女不仅是土地的出租者，而且还是土地的租佃者。分析罗马时期埃及妇女的土地租佃经营状况，对于研究罗马时期埃及妇女甚至是古代埃及妇女的经济地位及社会地位都会有所裨益。