Negotiating a New Social Contract for Work: An Online,Distributed Approach

A massive open online course (MOOC) entitled “Shaping the Future of Work” (offered through MITx, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's online learning division) has been the context for a multiparty simulation designed to produce classroom negotiation results that will have social impacts. After running the course in the MOOC context three times and in face‐to‐face settings eight times, we noticed that key themes emerged. Participants have brought their own workforce perspectives to their simulation roles as employers, worker representatives, elected officials, and educators. They have called for reciprocal agreements centered on fair treatment and representation in the workplace, improved organizational performance, investments in skills and capabilities, aligned rewards and benefits for workers, and work–life balance in communities. We continue to use the simulation in the classroom and are exploring ways to expand its use. In the meantime, in this article, we discuss how the insights gleaned from this simulation could be used to crystallize and advance a new social contract at a time when the public policies, institutions, and organizational practices governing employment relations have not kept up with the dramatic changes taking place in the workforce, nature of work, and overall economy.     

How people organise cultural attitudes: cultural belief systems and the populist radical right

Political scientists generally agree that all individuals structure their cultural attitudes in the same unidimensional fashion. However, various populist radical right parties remarkably combine moral progressiveness with conservatism regarding immigration-related issues. This suggests that the structuring of cultural attitudes among the electorate may also be more complex than typically assumed. Applying Correlational Class Analysis to representative survey data, the study uncovers three cultural belief systems. For individuals adhering to an integrated one, all cultural attitudes are interdependent, as typically assumed. However, two alternative belief systems are also uncovered: intermediate and partitioned. In the latter, positions on one cultural attitude (e.g. ethnocentrism) are barely related to positions on others (e.g. rejecting Islam or opposing homosexuality). The existence of multiple cultural belief systems challenges the widely held assumption that all people organise their cultural attitudes similarly. Both political party agendas and individuals’ education level and religion appear key to understanding variation in belief systems.     

甲午战争对当代中日关系的影响——“甲午战争以来的中日关系”学术研讨会侧记

2014年8月在大连市召开了"甲午战争以来的中日关系"学术研讨会,来自全国各地的200余位专家、学者出席了会议。此次会议在"甲午战争对当代中日关系的影响"议题方面有一些新特点。一方面,研究的视角不断扩大,在以两国政治关系为切入点的研究基础上又增加了经济交往、思想文化、计量分析等新的视角,使甲午战争对当代中日关系影响的研究趋向多维化。另一方面,研究理论与方法亦呈现多样化,由于该议题涉及近代东北亚国家政治、经济、文化等诸多层面,因此围绕战争对当代中日关系影响的研究,除使用传统的实证史学、比较史学等方法外,还多运用现代化理论、国际关系学、地缘政治学等相关专业理论进行了交叉研究。此次会议展示了国内学界有关甲午战争研究的最新成果,对处理当代中日关系亦提供了有益的借鉴。     

廉政文化学学科构建中的几个基本问题

廉政文化建设实践和理论研究的迅猛发展,反腐倡廉建设面临的诸多新特点、新要求,社会主义文化大发展大繁荣的新形势、新任务,催生着廉政文化学科的诞生。构建廉政文化学科体系,必须厘清廉政文化与廉政文化学的联系与区别;必须确立人学基础、研究人学内核、关注人化本质;必须汲取和借鉴相关人文社会学科以拓展自身的高度、深度及维度;必须在廉政文化建设实践中不断发展完善。     

制约和谐社会构建的法律问题及对策研究

和谐社会不仅是人与人之间、人与社会之间在经济、政治、文化等各个领域的和谐,也是人和自然的和谐,在市场经济体制下以法治为基本方策来构建和谐社会应是最佳选择.应以和谐社会的内涵与特征解读为逻辑起点,从现存法律制度中存在的主要弊端入手,对现存法律问题进行具体分析,进而为构建和谐社会的法律保障提供基本的路径选择.     

警察体能训练课的理论问题研究

作为警察提高体质体能素质的主要课程——体能训练课,应结合警察学员体能训练的实际,注重理论研究工作,用科学的理论指导教学实践和训练。警察的体能训练不同于竞技体育的运动训练和群众体育的健身训练。为确保警察执行职务的需要,警察的体能训练不能是纯粹的竞技性比拼,而应在确保健康体质的基础上,追求与运动技能有关的体能素质,训练课的负荷应根据人体生理功能活动变化的规律进行。     

解决"三农"问题的两种互补模型:外生性发展与内生性发展

目前我国存在的一系列矛盾和问题,在相当程度上都是来自城乡二元结构转变的滞后。城乡二元结构包括城乡二元经济结构和城乡二元社会结构。针对发展中国家应如何改变由城乡二元经济结构所造成的农村经济落后状况,西方经济学家创建了外生性发展与内生性发展两种模型。这两种模型表面上是相互对立的,实际上是相互补充的。这已被中国农村改革与发展的实践所检验。     

邓小平对毛泽东统战理论的新发展及其时代特征

新时期邓小平在关于统一战线的性质和范围、关于知识分子地位和作用、关于多党合作和政治协商制度、关于"一国两制"与和平统一方针等方面对毛泽东统战理论作出新的发展,表现出邓小平统战理论具有鲜明的时代特征,即创造性、科学性、可行性、原则性、灵活性、广泛性.     

贫困地区推进城乡经济一体化的思考

我国80％的人口在农村，绝大部分贫困人口也在农村，贫困地区经济发展滞后是影响小康社会建设进程的重要因素。缩小城乡差别，加快推进城乡经济一体化是实现贫困地区又好又快发展的必然路径。贫困地区推进城乡经济一体化必须用现代化理念作支撑，必须用特色化目标作引领，必须用市场化的机制作保障，必须用法制化的进程作规范。     

确权诉讼程序法律问题研究

在对确权诉讼程序之法理作出初探的基础上,根据审判实践,讨论了确权诉讼程序所涉及的五个法律问题:即确权诉讼的性质及审理范围;确权诉讼的管辖制度;《海诉法解释》第90条的理解与适用;确权诉讼适用《民诉法》引发的问题;海上保险人提起确权诉讼的特殊问题。