The Australian Right in the “Asian Century”: Inequality and Implications for Social Democracy

ABSTRACT

This article analyses the policy discourse of Australian right-wing governments, exploring how such governments have combined neo-liberal economic policies with social conservatism, populism, cultural nationalism and forms of authoritarianism. It also examines the resulting response of social democratic political parties. As a predominantly Western country situated in the Asia-Pacific region, Australian experience offers interesting insights into the domestic politics of right-wing governments facing the changing geo-political and geo-economic imperatives of the “Asian Century.” Conservative Australian governments have reasserted traditional Anglo-centric national identity and used competition from key Asian countries to further justify market-driven policies, reduced welfare benefits and reduced industrial relations standards. The social democratic Australian Labor Party has responded to right-wing government policy by placing an increased emphasis on challenging social and economic inequality. However, Labor’s own plans for equitable economic growth potentially underestimate the challenges posed by the intermeshing of the Australian and Asian economies and provide insights into the dilemmas that a changing geo-economics poses for Western social democracy more broadly. Meanwhile Australian conservatism is facing not just challenges from its social democratic opponent but also from far-right populist forces critical of globalisation.     

Participation, Performance, and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering: What is at Issue and Why

Using multi-staged methods developed in this research for coding/analysis of interview data, this article portrays women’s reported experiences of participation, performance, and advancement in academic science and engineering in a major technological institution. The methods and findings have implications for understanding the complexity underlying women’s participation and performance, and for practices and policies to support advancement of women faculty, particularly those in research universities.     

Multilateralism in a unipolar world: the UN Security Council and Iraq

The end of the cold war brought a new era in international politicsthat had the potential for creating a more cooperative and peacefulworld. At the heart of this ‘new world order’ wasto be the United Nations Security Council, which would finallybe able to fulfill its obligations under the UN Charter. Inthe immediate post-cold war years it appeared that this optimismwas well founded as the Security Council became increasinglyactive in authorizing peacekeeping and peace-building missions.Just over a decade later, however, the crisis over Iraq againbrought serious concerns regarding the UN's purpose and legitimacy.This article examines the circumstances surrounding the recentUN Security Council dispute in order to illuminate the meritsof multilateral cooperation. It also asks, more fundamentally,whether multilateralism can be sustained in a unipolar world.     

发展劳动价值论:马克思和麦克库洛赫

劳动价值论发展史表明,马克思科学地发展了古典经济学的劳动价值论,而麦克库洛赫使古典经济学的劳动价值论走向解体。发展劳动价值论应像马克思那样,始终前后一贯地坚持价值、劳动等基础的科学概念,才能发展马克思的劳动价值论。     

典型贫困地区农村人力资源的管理及其开发研究

我国是农业大国,农村经济管理具有重要地位。在资本稀缺的贫困地区进行西部大开发,人力资源的开发比愚公移山式的攻坚具有更高的效益。为此,以宁夏西海固山区为对象,研究贫困地区农村人力资源的管理与开发问题,为贫困地区人口资源的开发提供理论依据。     

改革开放以来我国外交思想的转向

改革开放以来,在解放思想、实事求是思想路线指导下,我国外交进入了最有意义的转变期,在形势判断、外交重点、外交战略、外交原则、外交对象、外交风格等方面作出了一系列调整,从而为我国的改革开放与中国特色社会主义建设提供了强有力的保障。     

执政党依法执政与依法治国关系探讨

本文在剖析依法治国与依法执政的科学内涵的基础上,比较分析了二者之间的差异性和统一性,并指出依法执政是依法治国顺利进行的前提和根本保证,依法治国是完善依法执政的必要途经.最后笔者就实现二者相统一的具体途径展开了深入探讨.     

Immigration and National Security

The greatest threat to U.S. homeland security comes from illegals who enter the country through its porous borders in order to attack. The tide of illegal immigration must be stemmed in order to secure the United States against terrorism. It is all too easy for illegal immigrants to slip in beneath the radar, eschewing the legalization process and never being detected and deported. And as long as the benefits of illegally immigrating outweigh the costs, the influx will continue. Legal immigration itself needs reform, too; particularly the visa-waiver program and the rules governing dual citizenship, which pose further security challenges. Federal government officials must overcome their fear of alienating ethnic voters and American business, enhance border security, and reform the nation's immigration policies.     

构建和谐社会:摒弃传统资本,建立现代资本

构建我国的和谐社会应从资本切入;摒弃传统资本,建立现代资本;构建我国的和谐社会的主要手段应是建立和坚决执行完备的《劳动法》。     

在政府与企业之间：转型期的上海行业协会

随着我国改革的深入,传统计划经济下的部门管理体制暴露出越来越多的问题,政府开始转向一种新的行业管理体制的探索,并致力于培育各种行业协会来配合管理体制转型的需要。上海行业协会就是在这种背景下,由政府自上而下建立起来的。近些年,上海行业协会在经济领域发挥了越来越多的作用,并且逐渐由"在政府主导下发挥功能"转向"自主治理"。但在现实中,行业协会自主治理仍然存在困境,而建立政府与行业协会间新型的合作关系是加强"自上而下"型行业协会自主治理能力的关键。