Food riots and the politics of provisions from early modern Europe and China to the food crisis of 2008

The food riots of 2007–2008 jolted authoritarian regimes and international agencies into action. The riots also began to crack neoliberal hegemony over the global food system. Food riots have often driven a politics of provisions, sometimes winning relief, sometimes merely bloody repression, depending on a particular country’s political economy. Such bargaining in the politics of provisions is made possible by existing networks – of solidarity among the common people and reciprocity between them and their rulers – that extend elements of ‘normal’ politics into crises. This paper explores how riotous extensions of such sociopolitical networks shaped food politics in early modern England and China, Famine Ireland, the ‘IMF (International Monetary Fund) austerity riots’ of the 1980s and 1990s, and the food riots of 2007–2008.     

Fiscal Policy Learning from Crisis: Comparative Analysis of the Baltic Countries

The experience of a major crisis is often expected to lead to policy learning but the empirical evidence about this is limited. The goal of the paper is to explore comparatively whether the crisis of 2008–2010 has led to fiscal policy learning by civil servants in the three Baltic countries. Despite some differences in the crisis experience, the finance ministry officials in all three countries have identified the same lesson from the crisis: fiscal policy should be counter-cyclical and help to stabilize the economy. The paper also discusses how various factors have influenced policy learning, including the acknowledgment of failure, blame shifting, and analytical tractability.     

我们的法律与宗教危机——读伯尔曼《法律与宗教》有感简

梁治平先生的《死亡与再生：新世纪的曙光》一文对伯尔曼先生的《法律与宗教》一书的意义不仅仅是一篇代译序,它更是一篇《法律与宗教》中国化了的预言性文章.文章不乏真知灼见,虽属说理性文章,但作者以其敏锐的洞察力和深邃的见解力不仅为我们概述了《法律与宗教》一书的思想精髓,而且为我们开启了重新认识中国传统法律与中国宗教的大门.文章中富有深刻思想性的“我们的危机”的观念,不仅对《法律与宗教》一书中所提的西方的“整体性危机”一词有了中国化的透视,而且也形成了对生活于现代法制下国人的警醒.     

Containing the Refugee Crisis: How the EU Turned the Balkans and Turkey into an EU Borderland

The events that took place during the 2015-16 refugee crisis in the southeastern EU region boosted unprecedented bordering processes. Borders were reinforced and extended and a costly and difficult deal with Turkey was undertaken; the western Balkans were turned into a vast buffer zone made up of multiple buffer states with fences of all types and sizes; while Greece was ring-fenced and to this day struggles to manage thousands of refugees stranded in camps all over its territory. By seeking to contain the refugee flows, the EU turned its southeastern region into a fortified EU borderland.     

Restoring Fiscal Balances Post the Global Economic Crisis in Botswana

This article discusses the restoration of fiscal balances in Botswana after prolonged deficit financing. Botswana is a diamond-export-dependent country; resultantly, it suffered revenue losses due to depressed demand for diamonds during the global economic crisis. Reduced revenues necessitated deficit financing between 2008/09 and 2011/12. Debt was financed through dissaving and borrowing. However, the government restored budget balances in April 2012. While this case study is Botswana-specific, there are general lessons. These are: using a crisis to introduce public finance reforms; eschewing populism aimed at short-term gains; and the need for politicians to take very bold decisions to guide fiscal policy.     

涉外民商事审判中的自由裁量权探析——以金融危机应对和指导性案例为中心

法官自由裁量权在两大法系中都是存在的，其在涉外民商事领域的功效尤为凸显。我国现行涉外民商事立法主动或被动地赋予了法官在涉外民商事审判中极大的自由裁量权。《中华人民共和国涉外民事关系法律适用法》的通过使得涉外民商事法律适用法迈进了一步，但是立法的局限性进步仅仅是在某种程度上使得自由裁量权由过去的空洞无序迈向有序。正值我国指导性案例成行之初，借助该契机，在建立我国涉外民商事审判领域指导性案例体系的同时，实现法官在该领域自由裁量权的突破，弥补和修正立法的不足，也为金融危机等情势提供应对路径。     

金融危机背景下高校创业教育改革的机遇和思路

中国高校创业教育经过近10年的发展已初具规模。但在2008年全球金融危机背景下,高校创业教育迎来了改革的新课题,同时也带来了新的机遇。文章立足于改革内在动力和外部环境的分析,针对高校创业教育理念、教学模式和内容、教学组织单位和教学师资队伍选择的转变,提出改革思路。     

金融危机前后大学生保留工资变化研究

在2008年4月和12月进行的2008届和2009届大学毕业生就业调查数据基础上,建立了我国大学生保留工资模型。金融危机已经显著冲击了大学生保留工资的形成过程。家庭经济困难大学生、女大学生和非大城市户籍大学生更容易受到金融危机的冲击,更应当成为关注和帮助的重点。就业指导和就业信心所代表的就业能力有利于大学生形成适应劳动市场需求状况的合理保留工资。     

金融危机背景下“合规性”贸易壁垒对中国的影响及其应对

＂合规性＂贸易壁垒的大量应用已成为当今新贸易保护主义浪潮的最明显特征。金融危机席卷全球,各国纷纷利用＂合规性＂贸易壁垒对本国对外贸易进行保护,这对我国的国际贸易和经济带来了巨大的威胁和挑战。本文从金融危机下我国频遭＂合规性＂贸易壁垒入手,分析其产生的原因和对我国的影响,从而探寻一条适合中国国情的应对之路。     

金融危机下贵州社会治安形势分析与对策建议

作为农民工输出大省——贵州，在金融危机下，大批农民工集中返乡，社会各领域不稳定因素增多，社会治安管理面临许多新的问题。在构建和谐社会和法制建设不断推进的背景下，必须就政治、经济、公安队伍自身建设、弱势群体、大学生及农民工就业等这些可能影响社会治安的问题进行剖析，并根据各领域存在的具体问题，提出相应对策措施。