Fiscal consolidation and economic growth in India: Do policymakers need to shift focus from quantity to quality of fiscal adjustments?

This paper evaluates the impacts of fiscal consolidation programmes and their composition on the growth rate of national income for Indian economy. More specifically the study tries to address two questions that is, composition of consolidation and its resultant impact on growth rate of income and the relative desirability of alternative sources of deficit financing that is, internal versus external borrowing. The study employed time series data from 1990–1991 to 2017–2018 and used the technique of ordinary least square and generalized method of moments. The study finds that, in long run, fiscal consolidation need not be necessarily recessionary in nature. Moreover, the composition of consolidation was found to have a significant impact. The study could not extend empirical support in favour of back‐loaded (spending financed) consolidation design as has been established for advanced economies. Moreover the study could not establish the negative impacts of revenue funded (both tax and non‐tax) fiscal consolidation on the growth rate of economy. The study documented that it is desirable to target expenditures such as subsidies, transfers and interest payments to infuse more discipline. A judicious mixture of both spending cuts and revenue increase may be a better strategy to consolidate in order to have better returns. The study highlighted that the external source of deficit financing is always costlier against the internal borrowings. The study noted that it is imperative on part of policymakers to shift their focus from quantity to the quality of deficits and the resultant consolidation programmes.     

Preventing radicalism in educational institutions: Pakistan a case in point

With the recent drastic shifts in societies, thinking styles, and most importantly, the degree of online‐and‐offline exposure, it is easy for the young and developing mind to fall prey to radical or extremist ideas. Radical organizations direct their recruiting efforts toward those who have yet to reach adolescence and are incapable of forming well‐informed and educated decisions. Since it is in human nature to target the weak and the vulnerable, these organizations look for dissatisfied, isolated and friendless young people. They are especially allured when these organizations promise to get them all they lack. As there have been incidents recently reported on young students' involvement in terror activities, the study proposes alternatives to prevent them from falling prey to radical thoughts. The proposed alternatives are judged through TOPSIS (Technique of Order Preference Similarity to the Ideal Solution) and the ideal alternative is singled out after mathematical calculation. Out of the five proposed alternatives, the study, through TOPSIS analysis, proposes that parents may be trained to handle their children in order to keep them from radical thoughts. In addition to the ideal alternative, the study also suggests that the government take preventive measures to curb the evil of radicalism.     

Governing sustainable palm oil supply: Disconnects,complementarities, and antagonisms between state regulations and private standards

The global palm oil value chain has grown in complexity; stakeholder relationships and linkages are increasingly shaped by new public and private standards that aim to ameliorate social and environmental costs while harnessing economic gains. Regulatory initiatives in the emerging policy regime complex struggle to resolve sector‐wide structural performance issues: pervasive land conflicts, yield differences between companies and smallholders, and carbon emissions arising from deforestation and peatland conversion. Identifying opportunities for more effective governance of the palm oil value chain and supply landscapes, this paper explores disconnects, complementarities, and antagonisms between public regulations and private standards, looking at the global, national, and subnational policy domains shaping chain actors’ conduct. Greater complementarities have emerged among transnational instruments, but state regulation disconnects persist and antagonisms prevail between national state regulations and transnational private standards. Emerging experimental approaches, particularly at subnational level, aim to improve coordination to both enhance complementarities and resolve disconnects.     

中国公益小镇与小镇青年研究——以广东省桂城街道为例

随着中国城镇化的深入推进,特色小镇建设成为一种新的趋势,其中"公益小镇"也逐渐生长起来、壮大起来,为"小镇青年"提供了发挥爱心和热情、施展个性和才能的重要地域空间,使青年在参与公益志愿服务过程中探索出与城镇共同成长的新路径。广东省桂城街道近十年来以"关爱桂城"为抓手探索公益小镇建设路径,为"小镇青年"创造了多样化的发展机遇,主要包括"关爱督导"与小镇青年的发声传递,"创益中心"与小镇青年的理念创新,"社工中心"与小镇青年的制度探索,"义工联"与小镇青年的积极行动,"创熟社区"与小镇青年的传承发展,"授勋典礼"与小镇青年的成长成熟等六个方面。通过充分发挥小镇青年在公益小镇建设中先锋力量的发展模式,对于构建共建共治共享的社会治理格局,推动国家治理体系和治理能力现代化具有重要的借鉴价值。     

论人民政协与网络参政的契合性

在我国现实的政治体制和政治生态环境背景下,加快人民政协信息化建设,实现人民政协与网络参政的有机结合是推动社会主义民主政治建设的必然选择,其中一个极其重要的原因是人民政协的工作机制与网络参政具有良好的契合性.人民政协作为最广泛的爱国统一战线组织,是发扬社会主义民主的重要形式,其协商式民主的特点决定了它能够充分应用网络参政不断扩大公民有序的政治参与,在构建社会主义和谐社会,推动社会主义民主政治建设中发挥独特的优势和作用.     

论高校学报编辑职业道德建设

良好的编辑职业道德是做好学报编辑工作的前提,但是学报编辑职业道德建设受到多种因素的困扰。文章分析了当前学报编辑工作中的道德失范现象及其成因,并提出如何加强学报编辑职业道德建设的意见。     

浅谈公安院校学报工作现代化

公安院校学报工作现代化是市场经济发展的需要,是社会信息化的大势所趋。现代化的管理意识和现代化的编辑理念是实现学报工作现代化的前提条件。现阶段公安院校学报工作的现代化建设,应以构建现代化的信息收集、存贮、应用系统,现代化的编辑、校对、排版系统,现代化的学报工作管理系统,现代化的学报传播系统为基本目标。     

促渗透剂在鸡胚胎免疫中应用的初步研究

选用氮酮和丙二醇作促渗透剂,观察2种渗透剂在气室膜对台盼蓝的促渗透作用及对鸡胚的毒性作用.结果表明,10、20和40 g/L氮酮均有明显的促渗透作用,且其间差异不显著,但随其浓度升高,对鸡胚的毒性作用增强.     

童长荣烈士二三事

1984年4月18日《人民日报》发表了夏衍先生的一篇回忆文章,题目是《一位被遗忘了的先行者》。文中披露了一位左翼文化运动的先行者当年在上海的鲜为人知的事迹,表达了对这位革命先烈的深切怀念和惋惜之情。     

中国特色网络意识形态话语体系的基本内涵、特征和价值

构建中国特色网络意识形态话语体系是时代发展的必然要求。中国特色网络意识形态话语体系是一个内涵极为丰富的新样态、新概念、新范畴、新范式,理应成为一个严谨的学科概念、学术概念。中国特色社会主义是中国特色网络意识形态话语体系的核心要义、本质特征、独特标志、主要内容。中国特色网络意识形态话语体系本质上就是中国特色社会主义的话语表达体系、思想阐释体系、价值引领体系,具有鲜明的价值观表达、阐释、整合、传承价值。