‘The battlefield is in Brussels’: Islamophobia in the Visegrád Four in its global context

ABSTRACT

A common popular and scholarly opinion of Islamophobia in the so-called ‘Visegrád Four’ or ‘V4’ (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) sees it as caused by circumstances unique to Eastern Europe. Specifically to blame, it is alleged, is a distinctive local history of intolerance, especially antisemitism, and the fact that under socialism these countries were exempt from the post-war soul-searching that took place in Western Europe. Kalmar’s paper, instead, decentres Islamophobia in the V4 by considering it less as a limited regional phenomenon, and more in terms of how it is linked to Islamophobia in other European Union member states and the United States. As elsewhere, foremost among the conditions that encourage Islamophobia in the V4 is the alienation of certain publics on the periphery, which is an effect of global neoliberal policies. These have generated, along with Islamism and Islamophobia, a reinvented, essentializing discourse of difference between Eastern and Western Europe. In spite of that alleged difference, however, Islamophobic populism in the V4 is not just a regional threat to liberal democracy, but targets all of the European Union and the world.     

从“四群”工作角度看云南农村社会稳定

目前我国农村正处于发展加速期、转型深化期、矛盾凸显期,特别是从云南省来看,云南省是老少边穷地区,农村社会农民利益受损、信任缺乏、治安形势严峻是影响农村社会稳定的主要因素。从"四群"工作角度出发,要维护云南农村稳定,必须完善基层民主制度、增加农民收入、加强农村文化建设、创新社会管理、打击违法犯罪等方面入手,建设农村社会稳定的政治、经济、社会、道德、制度、法制和群众基础,维护广大农村地区的和谐稳定。     

‘We're not like that’: Denial of racism in the Afrikaans press in South Africa

Abstract

While the South African media on the whole underwent significant shifts after the demise of apartheid, repositioning was especially acute on the part of the Afrikaans-language press, which during the apartheid years largely served as legitimising institutions for apartheid and now had to adapt to the changing democratic political and social environment. This repositioning coincided with a liberal consensus in the news media in general, in terms of which individual rights, independence of the media and freedom of speech were emphasised. What complicated matters for the Afrikaans media was the need to retain the loyalty of primarily white Afrikaans readers, who remained attractive to advertisers, while having to orientate itself in relation to the new centres of political power in the country. The precarious balance between the liberal consensus of individual rights and freedom of expression on the one hand, and the imperative to carry a torch for Afrikaans cultural identity in the new dispensation, comes to light in news coverage of a recent racist incident at a historically white, Afrikaans university. This article will seek to explore editorial comment on the incident in selected Afrikaans media, to indicate how the event was interpreted and presented as an individual transgression, rather than a systemic and historically determined problem.     

"四个服务"--新世纪统一战线的新任务

中国共产党为了完成自己在各个阶段的任务 ,都充分利用了统一战线这个重要法宝 ,相应地也对统一战线提出了基本要求。在进入21世纪前夕 ,党中央对统一战线提出了新的“四个服务” ,即 :为建设有中国特色社会主义的经济、政治、文化服务 ,为维护安定团结的政治局面服务 ,为实现祖国完全统一服务 ,为维护世界和平与促进共同发展服务。统一战线如能做好这“四个服务” ,则又将为自己增添辉煌色彩!     

关于加强干部队伍思想政治建设的思考

根据当前的新形势和新任务以及干部队伍现状，加强干部队伍思想政治建设显得十分迫切和重要。加强干部队伍思想政治建设要处理好改革开放与四项基本原则、党的现阶段任务与最终目标、坚持物质利益与做好政治思想工作、改造客观世界与改造主观世界、个人与组织的关系。     

两岸四地警务合作情报体系构建探讨

国际以及区域警务合作的实践充分证明了情报合作的重要和基础作用,我国两岸四地间的区际警务合作也同样如此。"情报主导警务"战略的实施以及以"金盾工程"为基础的"大情报体系"的建立,为推动两岸四地情报交流提供了便利的条件,也成为进一步深化两岸四地警务合作的良好契机。两岸四地警务合作情报体系的构建尚须解决主体不一、情报信息系统化以及人才培养队伍建设等诸多问题,从而更好地发挥其基础导向作用。     

江泽民青年成才观初探

江泽民青年成才观是对毛泽东、邓小平青年成才观的继承和发展。江泽民青年成才观对青年成才作出了“青年兴则国家兴,青年强则国家强”的科学判断：给青年人提出了“五个希望”的成才目标;为青年人提出了“四个统一”的成才道路。江泽民青年成才观还创造性地提出了教育创新是青年成才的必备环境。     

论明代四大奇书传说里的“马”话语

以明代四大奇书传说中提到的"马”为切入点,采用民俗学的方法,重点分析民间传说中的"马”话语,研究这个话语所传达的华北民间文化的认同意识.在亚太地区,如在东亚、东北亚和南亚,"马”词汇里还包裹着一层层的其他文化含义,如农耕民俗、马背民俗、阶层等级、佛教信仰、动物民俗等,这些民间风俗和民间信仰,在亚太各国的文化交流史上,也是一个值得注意的现象,近年正在引起亚洲民俗学者的重视.而在我国明代四大奇书的传说中,早已表现出了这样诸多的文化因素.     

着力提高“四个能力” 致力构建“和谐社会”

公安机关是构建和谐社会的重要部门。公安机关在构建地方和谐社会中的主要途径选择是:提高维护国家安全和处置突发事件能力;提高驾驭社会治安局势的能力;提高服务经济社会发展的能力;提高公安机关执法水平;提高公安机关正规化建设水平。     

实施“四化”管理全面提升山东港航管理水平

交通管理“四化”,即标准化、规范化、集约化和人本化,是山东省交通厅于2008年春推出的加强行业管理、提高服务水平的新举措。山东港航局抓住这一契机,加大实施力度,做到领导重视、组织到住,目标明确、突出重点,多措并举、合力推进,有力地促进了港航管理水平的提升,收获了良好的管理效益和社会效益。港航系统实施四化管理的做法和经验,对于各行各业加强行业管理、提升管理效益和服务水平等,具有重要的参考借鉴意义。