The Italians in Europe

Given Italy's reputation for fiscal profligacy, the zeal with which Italians strove to meet the strict budgetary and other criteria to qualify for full participation in European Monetary Union might be in need of explanation. On a wider front, Italy has displayed an enthusiasm for European integration which has been largely free of the reservations occasionally shown by member-states of comparable size and importance. This paper considers explanations which have been advanced for Italians' pro-European attitude, such as Catholic universalism and Roman imperial traditions, but rejects them as insufficient, in order to argue that the modern experience of the nation-state in Italy has failed to produce a strong sense of allegiance to a national identity, encouraging Italians to look to the European level of supranational institutions. Furthermore, it is argued that this lack of strong national allegiance in Italy is not simply a negative characteristic, but has allowed for the preservation of traditions of localism, federalism and social partnership in Italy which are potentially valuable contributions to a future configuration of the European Union.     

当代俄罗斯政党政治价值的区分(1999-2003)

政党政治价值是关于政党的组织原则和社会政治现实建设的基本概念,政党以其政治价值标准指导其政治活动的方向.本文拟从政党政治价值区分的角度以俄罗斯1999年和2003年国家杜马选举为例对当代俄罗斯政党的发展进行初步探讨.直到2003年,俄罗斯各政党政治价值区分仍不明显,俄罗斯政党制度仍在发展的过程中.     

Representative institutions among contemporary American Indian tribal societies

SUMMARY

In this article Rebecca Starr examines how a broad political consensus was maintained in the politics of South Carolina during the difficult transitional period that followed the gaining of independence. The colony's legislature had been firmly controlled by an oligarchy of planter and merchant families from the coastal plain, and centred in Charleston. Even before the revolution there had been tensions emerging between the oligarchy and the inhabitants of the developing up-country settlements, who had reason to feel that they were being neglected and excluded from representation. The article explains how the oligarchy succeeded in sustaining consensus, while preserving its own ultimate hegemony over the politics of the new state. This was done mainly by a skilful use of committee and petitioning procedures to neutralize and conciliate the potentially divisive political challenges from the up-country. These tactics enabled the oligarchy to maintain its grip on power until the economic development of the decades after independence generated a renewed planter oligarchy which transcended the old geographical divisions and provided a solid foundation for a new consensus in South Carolina politics that held good until the Civil War.     

中国大陆海外留学人员的现状

根据中国人事部近日公布的统计数字 :1978年至今 ,中国大陆留学海外的人数有 38万人 ,其中 13万多人学成回国 ,还有 2 5万余人继续在国外学习或工作[1] 。中国大陆的海外留学人员具有复合型、知识型、国际化的特点 ,因此也成为各国人才争夺的主要对象。对于这些类型的人才的需求 ,是未来人力资源发展的普遍趋势。因此 ,探讨中国大陆海外留学人员的现状 ,是一个具有现实意义的研究课题。     

印度对欧政策初析

印度对欧政策是其全球战略的组成部分,是为印度谋求成为全球性大国服务的.为此印度与欧盟建立了形式多样的对话合作机制,其重点则落在经济合作和贸易往来上,从而构成了政治与经济同步前进的态势.但作为南亚的首要大国,印度却无意将这类机制扩散到南盟与欧盟的地区性合作,这反映了印度尚未真正主导南盟的现实,也是印度能否成为世界政治大国所面临的挑战.