From the Morality of Living to the Morality of Dying: Hunger Strikes in Turkish Prisons

Political hunger strikes have been part of the debates on human rights in many countries around the world. This paper explores the preconditions for and motives behind hunger strikes in Turkey by conceiving the hunger strikers as a part of citizenship politics through which strikers not only express their views against certain common issues, but also declare total opposition to an unjust condition within their political community. The paper focuses on the question of why some such “citizens” choose to participate in hunger strikes, which appears as an individual commitment to achieve a certain common objective. In doing so, the meaning of the experiences of hunger strikers and their universal right to live are elaborated in relation to their political and moral views. Hunger strikes are suggested to be seen as voluntary fasting, undertaken as a means of civil disobedience against an injustice within the context of citizenship. As examples of non-violent political acts, hunger strikes are not only part of citizenship politics but also expressions of commitment to achieving one's goals through non-aggressive means for the common good of all citizens. Moreover, they can also be considered examples of martyrdom/heroism because hunger strikers altruistically risk their life for a public cause. As a particular altruistic act, hunger strikes can also be viewed as an effective form of communication directed toward fellow citizens. Moreover, they are expressions of self-determination for having control over and for one's own life conditions. Finally, hunger strikes can be conceptualized as a struggle for transforming the configuration of structures and practices of citizenship about which one is passionately concerned. In this context, hunger strikes seem to be struggles for recognition in a relationship between two subjects, in which one subordinates the other.     

结构现实主义外交政策理论的构建与拓展——兼论对理解中国外交政策的启示

基于当下外交政策研究领域所呈现出的理论有效供给不足的局面,国际关系理论界围绕外交政策能否建立简约系统的理论以及结构现实主义外交政策理论是否可行展开了争论。本文对既有争论进行了回顾和梳理,剖析了结构现实主义外交政策理论的必要性与可行性。在此基础上,深入评估了进攻性现实主义、防御性现实主义与新古典现实主义等现实主义理论分支在外交政策理论探索中的进展与不足。同时,本文对结构现实主义外交政策理论的拓展进行了尝试,试图开拓出更加纯粹、有力的理论发展路径,完善结构现实主义外交政策理论的解释力。最后,运用结构现实主义外交政策理论剖析了中国外交存在的规律性现象,并剖析了其在未来外交政策构建中可能得到的体现与拓展。     

Peace and Security in Africa:Opportunities and Challenges for China-Africa Cooperation

This paper seeks to explore some of the security and conflict dimensions of the China-Africa relationship, illustrating what the challenges are, why they are important and what has been done to meet them. Section one provides a brief overview of the different manifestations of conflict and insecurity on the African continent, highlighting that Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) proliferation is a problem that links them all. Section two explores the reasons why China has a stake in the peace and security o...     

低标准住宅改造的政府定位与模式选择

对20世纪70-80年代修建的一大批低标准民用住房的改造是当前城市面临的一大任务。本文以北京市为例,结合低标准住房存在的主要问题,分析了对其进行改造的目标和模式选择,并重点论述了政府在这一过程中的作用定位。本文的结论是,在目前的条件下,住房改造需要政府主导,但同时政府应当避免高度行政化的思维取向,更多地选择有管理的市场化的路径。     

论犯罪学的研究对象

犯罪学诞生至今已有近两个半世纪的历史。对于犯罪学的研究对象仍有不同的主张则从一定程度上反映了犯罪学这一学科尚欠成熟。古典派犯罪学、实证派犯罪学和近现代犯罪学都将预防和控制犯罪的对策作为研究的重要对象。所谓狭义犯罪学意义上的研究对象只是一些学者进行研究和著述时的个别选择而已。就犯罪学学科而言,其研究对象始终是广义的。     

关于国企改革攻坚的若干思考

本文紧扣国企改革的现实问题,对国企改革攻坚阶段的若干重点难点问题进行剖析,有针对性地提出具有可操作性的政策建议。     

商事账簿制度研究

商事账簿制度是现代商法中的重要制度 ,是商法贯彻商事事务公开性的重要手段 ,对于商人、商人的债权人以及社会公众意义重大。有必要对商事账簿的功能、商事账簿制度的历史、商事账簿的种类以及商事账簿的制作、保存和提交等制度作出全面和系统的分析。     

加快推进具有贵州特点的新型工业化的基本思路

文章阐述了什么是具有贵州特点的新型工业化;提出了加快推进具有贵州特点的新型工业化的基本思路。强调坚持以生态文明理念引领工业发展;着力发挥比较优势,坚持有所为有所不为;科技领先、创新驱动,努力增强自我发展能力;注重协调推进工业化、城镇化和农业现代化;始终立足于大力保障和改善民生。     

死因查明、认定制度的构建

由于我国现有的死因调查制度存在实体和程序方面的缺失,所以,近年来非正常死亡案件常常引发公共舆论的热议乃至质疑.从死者家属对死亡结论的认可过程看,存在一个由死者亲属与可能的行为人之间存在的纠纷转化为死者家属与公权力机关之间的“纠纷异化”过程.为解决这一问题,应以法治思维为引导,积极借鉴普通法国家和地区的法律制度及其司法实践,系统规划、科学构建,形成符合我国国情、社情的死因查明、认定制度.构建这一制度的关键就是死因查明、认定程序的司法化,即由人民法院审理非正常死亡案件,死因调查权辅助于死因认定权,可由公安机关或相关行政主管部门行使.构建死因查明和认定制度,应主要规范“非正常死亡案件”的界定、适用死因查明、认定程序案件的基本条件、死因查明和认定程序的当事人及权利等问题.