Facing the future: young people's awareness of the 2001 British general election advertising campaigns

This paper presents findings from a national survey of ‘potential’ first time voters at the 2001 British general election. It investigates these young people's awareness of the advertising used by the main political parties during this election. Overall what emerges is a young electorate aware of the advertising, who were interested in the election itself and nearly half of whom say they voted in it. Consequently the findings reject the notion that young people are generically unaware of and disinterested in party political messages. In addition the findings indicate that the political parties' print advertisements—to some degree—are penetrating the first layer of young people's message processing, suggesting they are a useful aid in capturing the youth vote. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications     

Mapping the production of political communications: a model to assist in understanding the relationships between the production and consumption of political messages

High public interest today in political communications such as ‘spin’ and in political participation such as electoral turnout suggests that there may be value in exploring the processes by which political messages are produced and consumed, and their inter‐relationship with participation. It may be that what citizen‐voters think of message production influences how they consume political news and publicity (through observing and evaluating), and that the propensity to political participation is subsequently affected. This paper offers a model which traces the production of political communications, starting at their origins in the political class, and flowing via traditional political journalism or controlled media and new media to citizen‐voters who both observe and evaluate them (ie consume them) before, during and after making any political choices. It is hypothesised that the observation and evaluation of message production and content by political consumers influences both their types and levels of participation. Research of this nature into political organisations is relatively rare. Similarly, there is little evidence of investigations into other aspects highlighted in the model: attitudes of the political class towards political communications, the production of political communications before they reach the media and how they are received by the media, and their consumption by citizen‐voters in relation to the propensity to participate in politics. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications     

从韶关市村委会的构成看农村妇女政治参与

对韶关市村委会构成的抽样调查表明 :村委会构成中妇女比例小且处于配角地位 ,农村妇女政治参与意识弱且与当地经济发展水平无明显因果关系 ;妇女的传统角色定位、指派荐举方式、文化素质、农户独立耕作制度是农村妇女政治参与的障碍。应通过鼓励、政策倾斜及妇联组织介入提高妇女在村委会中的比例 ,调动农村妇女的政治参与热情     

对缓刑犯适用剥夺政治权利问题探讨

对犯罪人适用缓刑不应把没有附加剥夺政治权利作为条件,是否对犯罪人附加剥夺政治权利也不应以主刑是否缓刑作为条件。对缓刑犯适用的剥夺政治权利宜从判决确定之日起执行,并从执行之日起计算刑期。在出现刑法第77条规定的情形时,主刑执行期间仍应剥夺政治权利,主刑执行期满之后是否剥夺政治权利则视主刑执行之前剥夺政治权利的期限是否届满而定。     

转型期农村思想政治工作面临的挑战和对策

当代中国农村社会正处在加速转型期,农村思想政治工作必须有针对性地与加快农村经济发展、有效地解决群众实际问题、树立农民正确观念、抓好基层组织建设相结合,采用灵活科学的方法,开创农村思想政治工作新途径。     

浅析思想政治教育中大学生逆反心理

思想政治教育中大学生的逆反心理,是对思想政治教育本身或思想政治教育者所谈及的事物产生厌恶、反感,从而故意表现出来的与思想政治教育者的愿望和要求背道而驰的一种抵触心理。这种心理的存在造成负效应,严重地影响着思想政治教育的效果。     

当代西方政治思潮的基础与特征

当代西方政治思潮是西方社会政治现象的反映,是解构当代西方政治的基础。时代的变化、国情的差异,使得制约西方政治思潮的基础与条件日趋复杂。政治思潮的发展呈现出多元化的态势,并形成了关注现实、主题泛化和流派纷呈的基本特征。     

政治文明研究综述

本文就近期学术界关于政治文明的有关论述,从政治文明的概念、地位,社会主义政治文明的历史方位和价值取向,以及建设社会主义政治文明的意义、现实取向和路径选择等方面的学理和实践问题进行了综合评述,并针对性地提出了进一步研究的思路。     

社会福利中的政治道德问题与集体主义价值观

社会福利是一项需要道德支持的社会事业,是一种充分就业、安全、健康、快乐、社会生活有序的"好的生活"状态。要真正实现理想中的社会福利化,需要由国家和政府出面,以一种高度的政治道德观和复合集体主义价值观为大众谋福利。