Performing Ghana: the politics of being a black woman on the stage, 1966–1979

This article examines the politics of belonging for women in Ghana’s entertainment scene. As a result of instability while a series of different military and civilian leaders controlled the country between 1966 and 1979, Ghanaian women were scrutinized in local newspapers for actions that were deemed inappropriate, such as provocative dancing. Yet, these same Ghanaian journalists contradicted their own language and respectability ideals by celebrating the sexualized images and performances of Caribbean and African American women visiting Ghana during this period. By distinguishing between the actions of Ghanaian women and women of African descent, their language demonstrates that journalists prioritized national identity politics over the claims of respectability expected of all women in their country. Through the use of what I describe as ‘Ghanaianness’, a term indicating that ‘authenticity politics’ were at stake, I argue that journalists purposefully excluded diasporic women from Ghanaian belonging.     

“Illegalizing” Families: State,Status, and Deportability NPS Christian Bay Best Paper Award Winner,APSA 2018, Boston

There is a paradox within United States immigration policy. Immigration policy separates families while also promising family unity. We address this paradox by arguing that state actors use “family” as a state-granted status. The state perceives some households as families and grants them benefits, while forcing other households to live as legal strangers. Individuals may form familial relationships, but the privileges and status of family are controlled by state actors and institutions. When state actors separate low-wage immigrant worker families, the state's family-status-granting power keeps these workers and their families in a state of “deportability”-a legally ambiguous limbo-satiating business interests and securing a captive low-wage workforce. Lacking legal legitimacy, but financially and socially tied to their families and communities in the U.S., these immigrants have few options but to accept off-the-radar work and to raise their children while living as “outlaws.”     

候保期间事故之赔付探讨

候保期间发生保险事故是否应当赔付的问题,是困扰我国司法界的一个难题。如果投保人在投保前已经交付保险费,基于对价平衡、合理期待等理论,保险人应当承担候保期间事故的赔付责任。学术界对此种赔付的性质有三种不同认识:缔约过失责任、侵权责任以及未成立之保险合同的契约责任,但这三种认识都存在问题,保险人承担的责任应当为临时保险的契约责任。我国未来建立临时保险制度的方向应当确定为:在投保人已经交付保险费的情况下,保险人必须提供不附条件的临时保险;在投保人未交付保险费的情况下,保险人可以自愿为被保险人提供临时保险。     

政府购买行业协会服务中的非竞争性及其管理

受西方公共服务创新理论与实践的影响,政府购买行业协会服务在我国快速发展。由于政府购买行业协会服务目前只可能采取非竞争性购买的方式,以及购买的高度复杂性,政府亟需加强对购买的管理,首先应明确所能购买的服务范围,其次要规范购买过程。     

奥巴马政府\"巧实力\"外交政策评析

奥巴马政府就职后逐步实施了巧实力外交政策。巧实力外交政策既是出于对布什政府饱受争议的外交政策的反思,也是基于美国国内状况和国际局势的综合考量。从目前情况看,修补布什政府时期的外交创伤、提升美国软实力、倚重多边主义,在自身实力相对下降的背景下维持美国霸权地位成为奥巴马政府巧实力外交政策的主要内容。巧实力外交政策对中美关系也产生了重要影响。     

新农村建设与农村人力资源开发

本文阐述了新农村建设和农村人力资源开发之间的关系,通过对改革开放三十年中国农村人力资源发历程的梳理,提出了中国农村人力资源开发的三个阶段,并分析了目前中国农村人力资源现状及人力资源开发存在的不足,最后提出了解决问题的六大对策,为现阶段我国大力开展农村人力资源开发、加强新农村建设提供了有益的探索。