Privileged Exclusion in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Ethnic Return Migration,Citizenship, and the Politics of (Not) Belonging

This article explores issues of citizenship and belonging associated with post-Soviet Kazakhstan’s repatriation programme. Beginning in 1991, Kazakhstan financed the resettlement of over 944,000 diasporic Kazakhs from nearly a dozen countries, including Mongolia, and encouraged repatriates to become naturalised citizens. Using the concept of ‘privileged exclusion’, this article argues that repatriated Kazakhs from Mongolia belong due to their knowledge of Kazakh language and traditions yet, at the same time, do not belong due to their lack of linguistic fluency in Russian, the absence of a shared Soviet experience, and limited comfort with the ‘cosmopolitan’ lifestyle that characterises the new elite in this post-Soviet context.     

Cortisol Stress Response Variability in Early Adolescence: Attachment,Affect and Sex

Attachment, affect, and sex shape responsivity to psychosocial stress. Concurrent social contexts influence cortisol secretion, a stress hormone and biological marker of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity. Patterns of attachment, emotion status, and sex were hypothesized to relate to bifurcated, that is, accentuated and attenuated, cortisol reactivity. The theoretical framework for this study posits that multiple individual differences mediate a cortisol stress response. The effects of two psychosocial stress interventions, a modified Trier Social Stress Test for Teens and the Frustration Social Stressor for Adolescents were developed and investigated with early adolescents. Both of these protocols induced a significant stress reaction and evoked predicted bifurcation in cortisol responses; an increase or decrease from baseline to reactivity. In Study I, 120 predominantly middle-class, Euro-Canadian early adolescents with a mean age of 13.43 years were studied. The girls’ attenuated cortisol reactivity to the public performance stressor related significantly to their self-reported lower maternal-attachment and higher trait-anger. In Study II, a community sample of 146 predominantly Euro-Canadian middle-class youth, with an average age of 14.5 years participated. Their self-reports of higher trait-anger and trait-anxiety, and lower parental attachment by both sexes related differentially to accentuated and attenuated cortisol reactivity to the frustration stressor. Thus, attachment, affect, sex, and the stressor contextual factors were associated with the adrenal-cortical responses of these adolescents through complex interactions. Further studies of individual differences in physiological responses to stress are called for in order to clarify the identities of concurrent protective and risk factors in the psychosocial stress and physiological stress responses of early adolescents.     

健全完善党内监督制约机制初探

中国共产党的党内监督制约机制在形式上是较为系统和完善的,而且经实践证明也是有效能的.随着改革开放进程的加快,我国社会进入了转型期,这些变化对我党的党内监督提出了严峻挑战.对党内权力的监督缺失,这必然会造成腐败的滋生蔓延.要解决党内监督缺失的问题就必须通过制度创新,健全完善各项制度体制.     

提高认识探索途径做好新形势下的思想政治工作

一、提高新形势下加强和改进思想政治工作的认识在新的历史条件下,我们必须从巩固党的执政地位,完成党的历史任务的高度来充分认识加强和改进思想政治工作的重要性和紧迫性。1·在新形势下加强和改时思想政治工作,是实现党的领导,巩固党的执政地位的客观要求我们党是执政党,党的领导要通过执政来体现。党的领导包括政治领导、思想领导和组织领导。政治领导、思想领导是实现组织领导的基础,面对新的形势和任务,我们党要经受住考验,就必须按照党的建设总目标,从思想上、组织上、作风上全面加强党的建设,加强党的先进性教育建立长效机制,加强和…     

"研讨式"教学方式初探——以我院"一国两制与台湾问题"教学为例

"研讨式"教学是一种以解决问题为中心的现代教学方式.相对于传统的"讲授式","研讨式"更多的注重了师生的互动,能更好的调动学员的思考和学习的积极性.以在贵州省社会主义学院开展的一次"一国两制与台湾问题"研讨课为例,探讨"研讨式"这种新型教学方式的授课心得.     

美国力推跨太平洋伙伴关系战略论析

奥巴马政府积极推动构建跨太平洋伙伴关系(TPP),旨在配合其推动美国经济从主要依赖内需向内需与出口并重的发展模式转型,为美国扩大出口战略服务,并以此来增强美国在亚太的竞争力,维护其在该地区的主导地位.鉴于有关各方互有所需,跨太平洋伙伴关系的谈判进程有所进展.由于各方歧见较大,美国国内还存在牵制因素,TPP计划近期难以有效推进.     

美国金融危机对东亚新兴经济体的贸易传染渠道分析

美国金融危机到底以何种方式在全球传播，以至于演变成全球经济海啸，一直是近几年学术界所关注的问题之一。本文以美国金融危机对外传播的贸易传染渠道为切人点，分析了美国金融危机通过贸易伙伴型传染和贸易竞争对手型传染这两个贸易传染子渠道对东亚新兴经济体的溢出程度。对面板数据进行的GLS实证结果显示，美国金融危机通过贸易传染渠道的溢出，与大部分东亚新兴经济体经济波动之间存在10％以上显著性水平的相关性，因而贸易传染渠道是美国金融危机对东亚溢出的一个重要机制。     

防范和化解地方政府融资平台债务风险对策探讨

如何有效防范和化解地方政府融资平台的债务风险,是近期社会各界都非常关注的问题.地方政府融资平台的出现既有历史原因也有现实原因.具体来说,主要有以下三个方面:一是不完善的税制所致;二是应对国际金融危机实行经济刺激政策的结果;三是投资计划"大跃进"的连锁反应.防范和化解地方政府融资平台债务风险应采取的措施:进一步改革和完善分税制度;尽快建立并完善地方政府债券发行制度;加大对地方政府融资平台的清理和规范力度;提高金融系统的风险控制水平;尽快建立有效的偿债机制.