埃及的经济发展与社会问题探析

埃及进行经济体制改革,减少国家行政性控制,改变干预方式,扶植私营企业的发展,扩大市场机制作用的范围,扩大了资源的开发与利用。但在同时也扩大了贫富之间的差距;埃及人口增长速度远远超过了经济增长速度,国内就业空间有限,失业成为埃及经济发展的沉重包袱;通货膨胀更加重了广大低收入群体的生活困难;腐败问题进一步加剧了埃及的社会矛盾。上述问题说明,发展中国家在谋求经济发展的同时必须时刻关注民生,尤其是弱势群体的处境;必须将社会关系的和谐纳入发展战略,乃至发展概念本身。     

台商投资大陆经济政治研究——兼及台湾同胞与祖国大陆改革开放和现代化建设三十年

从1978年到2009年,经过改革开放和现代化建设30多年,中国社会经济进入新的发展阶段,台湾同胞在此过程中的位置、作用如何?本文对台商参加祖国大陆改革开放和现代化建设30多年的分期、演变历程、贡献、作用等问题进行研究,认为,台商投资活动初步奠定两岸关系和平发展的物质基础,是中国现代化经济建设的贡献者及现代化经济建设的一支重要力量;同时,台商到大陆投资也对台湾发展作出了贡献。文章对其历史经验、存在的问题和对策进行了思考。     

The Tunisian Revolt: Learning from the Mistakes of the Iranian Revolution

The Great Arab Revolt of 2011 has moved swiftly from the peaceful overthrow of autocrats in the nation‐states of Tunisia and Egypt to brutal repression in the tribal societies of Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen. Meanwhile, the wired youth bulge of the Middle East that brought change is dissipating into an impotent diaspora while the organized interests of the old regimes and the once‐suppressed Islamists charge ahead to power. This section examines the revolt, the reaction and the power struggles in its aftermath.     

Disarmament,with special reference to Asia

On February 20 M. V. dc Korostovetz read a paper on Soviet Russia and her Southern Neighbours. The subject was divided into four parts: (a) The general trend of Russia's foreign policy, which, whether Imperial or Bolshevik, has differed in method rather than aim; (b) the States from Turkey to China, lying to the south of the Soviet block, with special attention to Chinese Turkestan; (c) the Ukrainian attitude to Communism; and (d) an outline of the new canals planned to make the Volga the chief waterway of Russia at the expense of the Don, and, with the refortification of the Straits, to turn the Black Sea into a mare clausum.     

Editor's note

This study applies Elisabeth Noelle‐Neumann's spiral of silence theory to the controversial issue of whether children with AIDS should be allowed to attend public school. The study tests the theory's hypotheses in light of two content analyses of the media's treatment of the issue. The findings offer tentative and qualified support for Noelle‐Neumann's theoretical propositions about the relationship between individuals' perceptions of the issue and the media's tenor of the issue; particularly that of television. The findings suggest the need to address the role of other agents of influence, including reference groups, and to use time‐based data to unravel the causal order of the relationships.