Regulation and its discontents: the Indian judiciary and higher education

The role of the judiciary in strengthening regulatory regimes is well regarded. In developing countries where regulatory bodies are captive to powerful interest groups, the judiciary is regarded for its activist role in providing participatory access to groups excluded from the policy process. In contrast, this paper draws attention to the limits of the judiciary as a gatekeeper of regulatory governance. Using the case of regulation in India’s tertiary education sector, it shows how the judiciary’s track record of enabling elite actors to influence policy, often at the cost of legislative mandates, can undermine regulation.     

综论印度文化的特点

同中国文化一样,印度文化也是世界上最古老的文明体系之一。它起源于公元前2500年左右的印度河流域,至今已有4500多年的历史。印度文化历经风风雨雨,起伏跌宕,从未中断,一直延续至今。印度文化源远流长、历史悠久、博大精深,内容和形式丰富而多彩。由于印度地处特殊的自然地理环境,并且具有自己独特的社会人文发展背景,所以印度文化有着许多其他民族文化所没有的特点。印度文化有它的八大特点:一是一个多元文化的统一体。印度自古就是一个多宗教、多种族、多种语言并存的国度,有一种印度精神把他们凝聚在一起。二是具有强大的融合和同化能力。三是信仰人与自然和谐统一的世界观。四是重精神、轻物质的人生价值观。五是在思维方式上,追求永恒精神、崇尚内向直觉思维。六是由于宗教文化的影响,古代印度人不注重历史,历史观念淡薄。七是印度自古以来就形成了一种等级分离制度,后来发展为种姓制度,这种制度对印度社会和文化都产生了深远影响。八是印度古代就发明了瑜伽术,后被各种宗教所吸纳,作为它们实现精神解脱的手段。现在,瑜伽术已演化为成一种修心养性、强身健体的体育项目风靡于世界。     

美国的印度裔移民--美国少数民族成功的典范

本文概述了美国印度裔移民的概况及其与祖籍国的社会文化、政治、经济联系,并在此基础上分析了美国印度裔移民对美印关系的影响.     

《改革发展中的印度经济》简介

赵建军副教授撰写的<改革与发展中的印度经济>一书于2004年1月由中南大学出版社出版.     

缅甸对印度人和孟加拉人的政策

印度人在缅甸社会比其他外侨更不受欢迎。这是由于印度人同缅甸原住民在种族和宗教上的差异很大 ,且印度人很不容易接受缅甸的语言、服装和风土习俗。因此 ,缅甸人叫他们“嘎拉”。值得关注的是 ,由于早期历史上的交往因素 ,缅甸与印度在文化特别是在宗教方面有牢固的关系。在殖民地时代 ,印度人的地位很显著 ,虽然他们排在欧洲人之后 ,位居第二 ,但他们把资金分投到农业、制造业和服务业。 196 2年以来 ,印度人的政治、经济和社会自主权明显下降 ,但自 1988年 9月现军人政府上台后 ,印度人的状况已得到改善。     

A critical note on UNDP's gender inequality indices

This article explains the diverse responses among the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore to Chinese nationalist movements in the 1930s. In Singapore, the slogan of “Chinese buy Chinese goods” boosted the Chinese bourgeoisie in their business competition with Japan. The same slogan was used by the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong to emphasize increased sales of Chinese goods while Japanese imports were used by Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong. I also interpret Chinese bourgeois nationalism in Hong Kong and Singapore as a move toward transnational economic citizenship. Emphasising their Chinese ethnicity, the bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore asked the Chinese government for favourable import tariffs. At the same time, the bourgeoisie requested the British for favourable tariffs, when they wished to export goods to markets in Britain and its colonies.     

经济全球化与印度经济发展

长期的殖民统治把印度经济卷入资本主义世界经济体系之中,促进了印度资本主义经济的产生,但却阻碍了印度经济的发展.独立后印度对经济卷入全球化持谨慎态度,虽然在一定程度上保持了印度经济的发展,但经济增长速度却较为缓慢.90年代以来印度加速经济全球化步伐,从而加快了印度经济发展的速度,但也存在某些问题.     

Land policy in post-independence Eritrea: A critical reflection

After a brief review of the traditional land tenure systems in a historical perspective, the article attempts to identify and discuss the main tenets of the post-independence government's land policy and explains the reasons underlying the government's decision to opt for state ownership, in spite of the bleak track record of such a property rights regime, instead of building on the wealth of the historically transmitted, culturally embedded, and socially sanctioned tenurial regimes in the country. On the surface, there appear to be well-thought-out arguments underlying the government's land policy as underpinned by the land law. This article questions the main assumptions and the reasons that support this policy.