Feminism,globalization and the global justice and solidarity movement

The paper begins with a theoretical-political positioning regarding globaliz­ation, as a multidimensional phenomenon, loaded with power relations with unequal and ambivalent impacts producing dramatic exclusions but, at the same time, opening possibilities for profound changes in the gender order and in social subjectivities. The effects of globalization on social movements have also been multiple and ambivalent, producing fragmentation and particularization but at the same impelling new ways of articulation, more flexible and inclusive, as well as mobilizations at a global level oriented to ‘dispute’ its hegemonic contents and struggle for an alternative globalization. In the second part, the paper analyses the new dynamics of intervention of feminist movements that follow from this new reality. The Social World Forum is a privileged space for this analysis, due to the convergence of new tendencies and new ways of existence of feminisms, expressing the new conflicts and challenges faced by feminisms in the collective construction of alternative proposals towards globalization.     

Scale shift in international tax justice: comparing the UK and Australia from 2008 to 2016

ABSTRACT

International tax justice issues, such as corporate tax avoidance, have gained particular salience over the past decade in an environment of financial instability and government austerity. Civil society involvement has ranged from trade unions and NGOs calling for parliamentary inquiries to civil disobedience by less established actors. Since the international financial crisis, how have levels of contentious collective action around these issues waxed and waned? Is contentiousness associated most with domestic politics or global media events like the Panama Papers? This paper uses an original hand-coded dataset from five national newspapers in the United Kingdom and Australia between 2008 and 2016. Political claims analysis (PCA) was used to collect all instances of claims around international tax justice and compare the types of actions and the different frames used by civil society actors. In both countries, mobilising grievances are generated most strongly in the period after domestic austerity policies are introduced. The qualitative coding provides evidence of accompanying frame alignment in these periods, as international taxation is problematized in terms of national revenue, demonstrating scale shift from the global to the national political stage.     

基于绿色规模效益的中周连锁零售业并购

中国连锁零售业虽然销售规模和企业规模不断扩大。但与国外连锁零售业相比，还存在市场集中度低、规模经济不明显等问题。合理扩大连锁零售企业的规模既是完善自身发展、获得协同效应的有效手段，也是应对外资企业冲击的迫切需要。在分析中国连锁零售业现状和并购效应以及评论中国连锁零售企业并购历程的基础上，提出并购是获取规模经济的有效途径，并从政府、社会、企业三方面提出完善中国连锁零售业并购的措施。     

中国企业出口与生产率关系实证研究——对制造业企业自我选择效应和出口中学效应的分析

运用2005—2008年中国14个制造业企业面板数据,分析企业出口的自我选择效应和出口中学效应,结果表明:中国制造业企业出口与生产率的关系违背异质性企业贸易模型,自我选择效应不显著,并且存在"生产率悖论";出口中学效应也不显著。虽然出口企业的生产率与出口规模正相关,但在控制其他影响出口规模的变量后,生产率与出口规模则呈现负相关;在控制其他影响生产率的变量后,出口规模与生产率同样也会呈现负相关。中国企业出口的自我选择效应不显著的原因在于其加工贸易等现实条件与经典理论假设的背离;而中国企业出口中学效应不明显的重要原因则在于其自我选择效应的不显著和规模报酬递减。     

治理通货膨胀预期应成为宏观政策关注的新视角

通货膨胀既可以是供求失衡导致的，也可以是货币膨胀导致的。在世界经济迅猛发展的今天，通货膨胀发生发展的机理也存悄然发生着变化，正是这些变化，使得通货膨胀对社会经济的影响已经前置到通货膨胀预期对经济发展的影响。本文以中国经济企稳过程为真实背景，初步探讨通货膨胀预期的负效应及治理的政策路径，尽管存在个案特征，但仍不失为一种分析思路。     

黔东南性别失衡人口规模的判断与预测

黔东南州作为西部欠发达省份的民族自治地区,出生性别比长期、普遍、高度的失衡已经对经济发展、社会安定造成一定影响。虽然出生性别比失衡问题得到政府和社会的广泛关注和重视,并自2004年起开展了系列治理活动,但出生性别比升高的势头并未因之而有所遏制。本文希望通过对出生性别比失衡人口规模的计算,以及预测失衡导致该州未来男女人口规模和适龄结婚人口规模差异,使人们对失衡状况与未来影响有更清晰的认识,并为进一步治理提供参考素材。     

A simulation tool for modeling the influence of anatomy on information flow using discrete integrate and fire neurons

There are theories on brain functionality that can only be tested in very large models. In this work, a simulation model appropriate for working with large number of neurons was developed, and Information Theory measuring tools were designed to monitor the flow of information in such large networks. The model’s simulator can handle up to one million neurons in its current implementation by using a discretized version of the Lapicque integrate and fire neuron instead of interacting differential equations. A modular structure facilitates the setting of parameters of the neurons, networks, time and most importantly, architectural changes. Applications of this research are demonstrated by testing architectures in terms of mutual information. We present some preliminary architectural results showing that adding a virtual analogue to white matter called “jumps” to a simple representation of cortex results in: (1) an increase in the rate of mutual information flow, corresponding to the “bias” or “priming” hypothesis; thereby giving a possible explanation of the high speed response to stimuli in complex networks. (2) An increase in the stability of response of the network; i.e. a system with “jumps” is a more reliable machine. This also has an effect on the potential speed of response.     

大型活动拥挤踩踏事故灰色层次分析

针对大型活动拥挤踩踏事故诱因复杂的特点，采用灰色层次分析法，在客观归类大型活动拥挤踩踏事故影响因素的基础上，建立拥挤踩踏事故评估灰色层次分析模型，并以沈阳世博会综合馆进行实例分析，得出安全等级，实例表明，灰色层次评估方法具备实用性，能够比较客观、真实地反映大型活动拥挤踩踏事故风险情况，值得推广和使用。     

数字电视发展整体转换模式的规模经济性

通过分析2004年我国数字电视产业发展的现状和数字电视产业的规模经济特性,分析数字电视产业发展的整体转换模式的规模经济性,得出整体转换是加快我国数字电视产业发展进程的主要模式.     

语词的庇佑:全球化危机时代文学的变革功能

当前,全球文化的变革和运动促使人们不得不重新思考比较文学的边界,以及它在当今全球媒体文化、诸多可选择的现代性中可能扮演的角色。如果人们仍然想要坚守文学在危机时期具有文化变革功能这一信念的话,那么,就要把它的变革力量与它在危机时期可能的干预紧密地联系起来。文学非常适合扮演“过渡空间”的角色,它能协调主体与文化、外部世界与内心世界、意识与无意识、不同文明与历史之间的界限问题。这种界限不但产生知识与全球文化产品,而且也会对全球文学市场流通中的情感经济进行干预。在这些限定性因素中,人们可以将文学过渡空间的两种最基本的功能界定为“抵制作用”与“推动作用”。