印度人民党沉浮的警示

2004年5月13日是印度近代政党政治生活中的一个转折点.普遍被人看好的印度人民党(简称印人党)在印度第十四届人民院大选中意外出局,连续执政六年之久的瓦杰帕伊政府黯然下台.这一变故使印度国内无数观察家大跌眼镜,也引起了国际社会的普遍关注.印人党为什么会在如日中天的时候失去政权?这在过去的500天里一直是一个热门话题.     

'New Africa', globalisation and the confines of elite reformism: 'Getting the rhetoric right', getting the strategy wrong

The launch in July 2001 of the New Africa Initiative was a culmination of events over the last two years involving the emergence of a group of African leaders who have increasingly played a prominent role in negotiations between Africa and the developed world. This 'New Africa', initially comprising Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa but now more diffuse, has been welcomed at a great number of elite gathering points by the North. This article investigates what is 'new', if anything, about the positions being advanced by this group. The article contends that a hearing is being granted to the New Africa representatives precisely because the message communicated fits the neo liberal discourse. While appreciating elements of New Africa's agenda, it is feared that there is no obvious strategy to be found in the New Africa Initiative inequalities of the global political economy.