俄罗斯政坛出现三大趋势

最近,俄罗斯政坛出现三大趋势,一是强化国家政权,实行总统集权;二是改变政党格局,形成一党为主;三是规范民主生活,走向"可控民主".目前,普京总统集权的局面已经形成,令西方国家为之担忧.但这种情况符合俄罗斯的历史传统,符合俄重振大国地位的现实需要.由于时代条件已截然不同,俄罗斯不会再回到苏联时期和沙皇时期,普京的"集权"模式也不可能变成"极权"模式.     

Authenticity: Meanings,targets, audiences and third parties

Research shows that perceived authenticity conveys value in many disparate domains. The analytical attention of this research focuses on producers of products and services, identifying which actions and structures the typical individual associates with authenticity. Far less is known about how individuals and audiences differ in their interest, receptiveness and response to potentially authentic entities and services. Even less is known about how regulators, certifiers, critics and other third parties play a role in the social construction of authenticity. Yet the perception and valuation of a product or service as authentic rests largely with heterogeneous audiences and interpretive third parties. Accordingly, in this chapter, we review and develop theory and empirical research about how targeted entities (producers, persons, products, services), audiences and third parties combine to produce authenticity. For targets, we examine the range of actions and structures of various entities that have been empirically associated with authenticity. For audiences, we explore variations in interests in authenticity based on domain engagement, cosmopolitanism, and cross-cultural differences. For third parties, we consider the roles of other audience members, certifiers and regulators. Finally, we conceptualize a co-evolutionary process whereby targets, audiences and third parties combine to generate social pockets where authenticity is recognized and highly valued.     

Reviewing challenges and the future for qualitative interviewing

ABSTRACT

In this article, we consider challenges for the existence and practice of qualitative research interviews. We review key features of qualitative interviewing, in particular the debate over the radical critique of interviewing and the nature of the data it generates, to set the scene for our arguments about the current standing and future prognosis for the method of generating data and the technologies that enable this. We look at qualitative interviewing in the context of the political project of neoliberalism and the regime of austerity associated with it, and the linked turn to what is known as ‘big data’, a feature of digital technological developments in garnering data. Qualitative researchers using interview methods have been creative in working with and resisting features of neoliberal austerity pragmatically and politically, and we provide some examples. We also consider an epistemological challenge and resistance from outside of the dominant framework – interviewing in indigenous methodologies. We argue that it is the relationship between the interview as a method of data generation for research and the ways of knowing about the world, that is the epistemology that the interview-based research proceeds from, that is crucial in considering the potentials for the method’s practice.     

‘Some have ideologies,we have values’: the relationship between organizational values and commitment in a political party

ABSTRACT

This paper seeks to advance the study of organizational values by analyzing the role of values in a Danish political party called The Alternative, a party claiming to be guided by values rather than ideology. Inspired by recent work in organizational psychology, I group The Alternative’s values into two categories: vision values and humanity values. Through an empirical investigation, I show how the vision values encourage members to take initiative in realizing their own political ideas, while the humanity values encourage them to remain morally inclusive towards people with different views. The combination of vision and humanity values allows The Alternative to maintain commitment from members who might otherwise feel marginalized by the emergence of dominant ideas within the party. The paper’s contribution consists in highlighting the importance of using qualitative methods to study how values influence commitment and to expose the political dimension of this relationship.     

Cultural studies in the present tense

Cultural studies professed ‘radical contextualism’ imbues the project with a particular orientation toward ‘the present,’ a consideration of ‘the current moment’ as a configuration of forces shaping possibilities for politically engaged practice and affording concrete potentials for telling better stories. This essay elaborates these claims by way of tribute to Lawrence Grossberg. It is neither retrospective nor prospective. Instead – and in a manner more befitting a figure who continues to champion the political-intellectual practice of cultural studies here and now, in the present – this essay reflects on the author’s experiences learning with and from Grossberg in order to explore the the temporality of the cultural studies project.     

Does party support help candidates win?

The parties’ congressional campaign committees have made it their business to strategically provide contributions to candidate campaigns in order to help their candidates win. However, the effectiveness of these contributions in terms of increasing the competitiveness of party-sponsored candidates remains untested. Using contribution data from the U.S. Federal Election Commission in a series of mixed effects models as well as a matching analysis, the receipt of direct party contributions and coordinated support is shown to significantly improve the competitive position of challengers but not open seat candidates in races for the House. Further, independent expenditures by the parties do not significantly increase candidates’ competitiveness. The implications of these results for future party strategies are explored.     

论民主党派在新中国成立时期的重要作用

新中国的成立,除中国共产党的正确领导、人民力量的壮大、人民解放军的英勇善战等决定因素外,与民主党派政治上积极支持和响应中共的方针、号召,军事上开展各种活动积极配合中共的武装斗争,广泛宣传中共的政策、为新中国的诞生创造条件分不开。为了新中国的成立,各民主党派都做出了极大的贡献,发挥了重要作用。     

论李清照爱国思想的成因

李清照诗词中的爱国主义思想一直为社会所肯定,至于其成因却鲜见问津者。从其人生经历及诗歌表现中可以看到,儒学思想影响下的政治使命感、党争影响、国破家亡的身世际遇、精神家园的破灭、叛逆意识等五个方面促成了李清照的爱国思想。     

亚轨道旅游合同领域当事人意思自治的适用

亚轨道旅游合同作为新出现的合同种类,对应的法律适用原则需要满足该合同的特点所提出的具体法律适用要求,当事人意思自治在此方面具有明显优势。受到该合同特点的影响,需要对当事人意思自治做出限制的情况无法避免。在亚轨道旅游合同领域,对当事人意思自治做出的限制应当是为确保其适用效果而做出的,其属于意思自治原则的自我调节功能。这种限制不应扩张到对当事人的选法对象做出具体限制的领域。     

关系嵌入强度对企业技术创新绩效的影响机制研究————基于组织学习能力的中介性调节效应分析

关系嵌入强度对组织的渐进性技术创新绩效和突破性技术创新绩效均有影响,但其中的作用机制有差异,这种差异性主要体现在组织学习能力变量从中扮演的角色不同。就渐进性创新而言,组织学习能力在强关系的作用过程中偏重于扮演中介性角色,而在弱关系的作用过程中偏重于扮演调节性角色。就突破性创新而言,组织学习能力在强关系的作用过程中只有中介性作用,而在弱关系的作用过程中既有中介性作用,也有调节性作用。