The 2008 Financial Crisis and the Flying Geese Model

In the twentieth century Japan embarked on an economic developmental path that came to be known as the Flying Geese Model. The geopolitical milieu after the Second World War provided Japan with favourable conditions for rapid economic growth and industrialization. By the 1950s, many had noticed the success of the model and it was subsequently adopted by other East Asian countries. They too enjoyed decades of remarkable economic growth. An important element of the model is growth driven by export to the USA and Europe. As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, the traditional markets of the geese are shrinking. The new situation poses grave challenges to both the existing flying geese economies and latecomer economies which wish to follow the model. East Asian countries are responding to the situation by broadening and deepening their existing economic linkages and developing new ones. This represents a continuation of East Asian regionalism in the wake of the 1997 financial crisis.     

Barack Obama Meets Celebrity Metaphor

Common knowledge suggests that elections are won or lost based on demographics, finances, and other structural elements. Whether candidates win or lose, however, is a matter of action. Symbolic identification, metaphor, and an unfolding narrative—and how they are managed and interpreted in the flow of events—determine who will emerge victorious from the democratic struggle for power. The McCain campaign’s effort to cast Obama as a celebrity, with the hollow trivialities and self-aggrandizement of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, proves to be one of the most dangerous episodes for the Obama campaign. In response, the Democrats must adjust the staging of Obama’s Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver as a performance of purpose and gravitas, rather than glitz and adoration.     

鱼与熊掌能否兼得——公平与效率

效率与公平是人类生活中的一对基本矛盾,要实现公平与效率的相互结合,就要既不过分强调效率,适当追求较高的效率,也不过分强调公平,保障相对的社会公平。公平水平的提高会带来和促进效率水平的提高;同样,效率水平的提高也会带来和促进公平水平的提高。二者相互促进、共同提高。     

大学生社交焦虑、自尊与归因方式的关系研究

社交焦虑是大学生日常社会交往中常见的心理不适,本研究对某大学365名大学生的社交焦虑程度、自尊水平以及人际归因的倾向进行测量并讨论三者间的关系,研究发现:三个因子两两之间均存在显著的相关;自尊水平、外控失败归因以及有无学干经历可以作为社交焦虑的预测因素.     

从激励的角度研究我国公务员的薪酬设计

对于公务员来说,合理的薪酬政策能够极大调动其工作积极性.这不仅是由于作为公务员经济收入基本来源的薪酬是满足公务员基本物质生活需要的直接手段,而且在当今的社会中可以作为满足非物质动机的间接手段.因此,从激励的角度研究我国公务员的薪酬设计是很有必要的.     

"楼宇青年"现象透视——基于成人教育学视角

楼宇青年是随着当代楼宇经济兴起与发展而出现的城市青年群体.这一特殊的成人群体正处于尴尬的生存境遇之中.他们内心本能地对家庭关系、人际交往、社会生活等方面的知识技能或信息资源存在学习诉求,对此,社会(社区)、楼宇青年及成人教育三方应承担起共同的责任.