Young people,social media and connective action: from organisational maintenance to everyday political talk

Social media is pervasive in the lives of young people, and this paper critically analyses how politically engaged young people integrate social media use into their existing organisations and political communications. This qualitative research project studied how young people from a broad range of existing political and civic groups use social media for sharing information, mobilisation and, increasingly, as a means to redefine political action and political spaces. Twelve in-person focus groups were conducted in Australia, the USA and the UK with matched affinity groups based on university campuses. The groups were of four types: party political group, issue-based group, identity-based group and social group. Our focus group findings suggest that this in-depth approach to understanding young people's political engagement reveals important group-based differences emerging in young people's citizenship norms: between the dutiful allegiance to formal politics and a more personalised, self-actualising preference for online, discursive forms of political engagement and organising. The ways in which political information is broadcast, shared and talked about on social media by engaged young people demonstrate the importance of communicative forms of action for the future of political engagement and connective action.     

Humor and satire in politics: Introducing cultural sociology to the field

The landscape of political humor and satire is changing rapidly, and it is becoming an increasingly relevant aspect of our culture. Although scholars have been actively trying to capture this change, majority of the existing frameworks for understanding humor and satire in politics still reduce these phenomena to mere genres or rhetoric tools. In addition, they provide insufficient accounts concerning the reception of humor and satire, and neglect to interpret and explain what they communicate. In the article, a general understanding of humor and satire outside of a political context, followed by an overview of studies discussing humor and satire in politics through their applications in social movements, as leadership tools, and through their manifestations in mass media has been presented. Lastly, a cultural sociological perspective to the field has been introduced. It has been argued that approaching humor and satire in politics through a structural hermeneutic method of the Strong Program will enable us to recognize and treat political humor and satire as autonomous and complex cultural systems which carry an internal power to move people.     

关于高校中层副职干部几个基本问题的思考

高校中层副职干部具有高校干部、中层干部和副职干部的群体特征，应当具备相应的政治、思想、道德、业务、能力和身体等方面的基本素质。高校应当按照现行干部配置规制，结合内部管理体制和工作机制任用干部。高校中层副职干部的日常活动涉及到社会、学校、家庭等多个层面，必须妥善处理好各种人事关系。     

国共精诚合作的典范--论黄埔建军及其历史作用

黄埔军校的创建是国共两党第一次合作的必然结果。黄埔军校为反帝反封建的民主革命培养了大批政治军事人才,为广东革命根据地的统一和北伐战争的胜利建立了卓著的功勋,也宣传和传播了革命思想,支持和推动了工农运动,并为我党建立无产阶级革命军队积累了丰富经验。     

公民·公民教育·思想政治教育

公民概念在西方由来已久 ,它直接与国家相连并被认为是政治民主的一个关键因素。西方公民教育的核心 ,就是通过政治社会化形成公民意识。我国传统上只有臣民而无公民和公民教育 ,民国建立后所实施的公民教育也不成体系。真正将公民教育单独提出并加以强调 ,是在我国社会的转型时期。在社会主义市场经济条件下 ,立足于公民的塑造 ,培养公民的意识、观念与精神 ,是思想政治教育与时俱进、顺应时代发展的客观要求     

辛亥革命与早期共产党人的思想启蒙

辛亥革命是中华民族的一次伟大觉醒 ,是民族危机意识、救亡图存理念和民主革命思想的积聚和爆发 ,促进了爱国主义精神的空前高涨。早期共产党人一部分参加过辛亥革命 ,经历了辛亥革命的洗礼 ;一部分受到辛亥革命的深刻影响 ,接受了资产阶级民主革命思想 ,而后 ,又在反思辛亥革命和探索新出路的历程中 ,由民主主义者转变为共产主义者     

论中国共产党在民族凝聚力系统中的核心地位

中国共产党在80多年波澜壮阔的奋斗历程中，始终以最广大人民的根本利益作为基本的出发点和最根本的落脚点。因而赢得了人民，确立了民族凝聚力的核心地位。党在民族凝聚力系统中的核心地位，不但为党领导人民在长期革命斗争中的历史实践所证明，也为党带领人民建立、巩固、完善、发展社会主义的现实实践所证明。而党在新世纪之初提出的“三个代表”的政治宣言，必将进一步赢得和凝聚人民，进一步验证党在民族凝聚力系统中坚不可摧的核心地位。     

论美国宪法政治形成发展的基础

美国宪法政治形成和发展的原因 ,在于有英国立宪政治的深厚文化与思想做基础 ,在于社会各群体有在法治状态下生活的习惯和传统。济济的法律人才在国家政治制度的设计上起了主导作用 ;社会经济制度为美国的宪法政治确立与发展奠定了坚固的基础 ;国家不豢养和保存大规模的常备军 ,人民的代议机关能牢牢控制国家武装力量 ,尤其能控制国家武装力量的经济命脉。另外 ,北美独立运动不是一场专制王权与民主力量之间的冲突与斗争 ,而是一场殖民地力量壮大以后争取分离的运动     

当今中国社会主义建设的纲领性文件——浅析十六大报告对《共产党宣言》的继承和发展

<共产党宣言>所开创的伟大事业,在中国共产党的继承、发展和创新下,取得了举世瞩目的成就.十六大是我党在新时期召开的一次极为重要的会议,会议通过的报告从多方面继承和发展了<共产党宣言>的基本观点,是当今中国社会主义建设的纲领性文件,是新世纪初中国社会主义建设的<共产党宣言>.     

全球化视野下党的建设探析

全球化使执政的中国共产党的现代化建设面临着新的形势 ,要推动中国社会主义事业的顺利发展 ,必须要从思想、组织和作风等方面不断加强党的建设