Direct democracy and subjective regime legitimacy in Europe

While much research focuses on the causes and consequences of direct democracy and regime legitimacy, little attention has been paid to the potential relationship between them. In an attempt to fill this void, this paper focuses on the legal provisions for direct democracy and its use. The key argument is that possibilities for the public’s direct involvement reflect high importance given to citizens, openness of the regime towards different modes of decision-making, and ways to avoid unpopular institutions. Consequently, citizens are likely to accept and support the regime, improving or maintaining its legitimacy. The cross-national analysis includes 38 European countries ranging from transition countries to established democracies. It uses bivariate statistical analysis and country-level data collected from legislation, secondary sources, and aggregate surveys.     

Security Providers: Obstacles to Effectiveness in Democracies

To usefully discuss security, one must analyze the security providers states utilize to enhance international and domestic security. These are the armed forces, police, and intelligence agencies. This paper analyzes the implications of democratization on the requirements—posited as strategies, resources, and coordination institutions—these providers require in order to achieve the goals civilian leaders set for them. In analyzing case studies of how nations implement six different tasks, it becomes clear that the absence, or weakness, in any of the requirements leads to serious weakness in implementation. Two findings from the case studies are particularly important for policy. First, presidents, who are elected directly and for fixed terms, may ignore or even abolish institutions, including national security councils, that are created to coordinate policy. Second, as civilians are in control, if they lack clear incentives they are not willing to provide the necessary requirements for the security providers.     

谈新贸易保护主义下的国家安全审查制度——从华为、中兴收购受阻谈起

传统“国家安全”内涵延伸到经济领域导致贸易保护盛行,投资壁垒越来越多,尤以中兴、华为进入美国遭到的以国家安全审查为内容的新贸易保护阻挠为最.本文透视美国安全审查制度,分析了中国企业海外投资遭受歧视待遇的原因,以期为我国对外资的管制和促进海外投资的保护提供借鉴.     

对贵州民族识别工作的探析与思考

中国自19世纪50年代开展民族识别工作以来,取得了举世瞩目的伟大成果。但就身处于西南边陲的贵州省而言,虽然也在民族识别工作的进程中努力探索并奋斗了60多年,但仍旧有数十万人的未识别民族存在,这既有历史的客观原因,也有主观认识上存在的问题。因此,对贵州民族识别工作的探析与思考就显得尤为重要。     

我国保险业的发展策略

我国保险营销在营销体制方面存在许多问题,可从创新保险业营销观念、制定科学合理的营销发展战略、强化我国保险机制等方面发展保险营销,这对我国保险企业经营绩效和长久的竞争及发展具有重要意义。     

人心改造:重塑国民性的基础工程——以民国时期基督徒知识分子的墨耶对话为逻辑起点

面对当下社会矛盾重重、国人道德底线一再下滑的现状,人心改造工程是未竟之业。本文考察三位民国时期基督徒知识分子的墨耶对话,他们主张墨耶之爱能够为当时社会提供改造人心的精神动力,并以此实现民族复兴之大业。今天重新研究这些身为基督徒的知识分子对墨耶的比较研究,对当下改造人心,改善社会不良风气有着积极意义:墨耶之爱的价值内涵不仅对普通人具有道德示范作用,更要求领袖人才先改造自我,以身作则。     

Australian Cinema Studies: How the Subject Is Taught in Australian Universities

Since the mid-1970s, the subject Australian Cinema, and its various synonyms and neologisms, has been studied in humanities, social sciences and the arts in Australian higher education, and research in the field has played an important role in informing the critical approaches underpinning curriculum. Yet to date there is limited insight into the types of subjects offered, approaches to curriculum and syllabus, and their alignment with research. This article maps Australian cinema studies in higher education at an undergraduate level, and provides insight into common curriculum and syllabus models. Findings are drawn from an online survey of university course handbooks, content and thematic analysis of study guides and weekly syllabus, and correspondence with coordinators. Twenty-seven universities offered subjects with a dominant Australian cinema focus. Australian cinema studies is firmly embedded in national cinema curriculum, and three common curriculum models include the following: (1) a historical chronology of Australian cinema, (2) a text-dominant approach organised around the weekly study of a key film and (3) an approach predominately structured around Australian cinema discourses and critical theory. Despite the increasing importance of transnational approaches to Australian screen in research, transnationalism rarely functions as a dominant organising logic for curriculum in its own right.     

高职高专大学生价值选择的现状及其教育对策研究

根据价值观现状的调查显示,高职高专的大学生比本科生表现出更强的价值目标现实化、价值取向功利化化、对社会主义核心价值观漠视以及信仰危机的特点,面对这一现状,高职高专的大学生价值观教育,应该从社会、学校、家庭以及大学生个人等方面来寻求有效途径。     

我国军事设施法律保护的现状与对策

军事设施作为国防的物质基础,对于国家的国防安全有着极其重大的意义,对军事设施用法律的方式进行保护是使其发挥应有之功效的必由之路。因此,通过法律解释的方式对现有内容进行更新;通过修订的方式完善相关的配套性法律;制定专门国防资产保护的法律法规,从而促使军地各部门协调配合共同保障军事设施保护法律的有效实施。     

榆林建设低碳城市的战略思考

建设低碳城市是榆林市的重大战略选择,榆林建设低碳城市具有显著的比较优势、后发优势和政策优势。榆林全面建设低碳城市的战略路径须从制定低碳城市规划、推进产业低碳化发展、实施更严格的低碳生产技术标准、打造低碳示范社区和消费低碳化等方面入手。