依法治国三题

依法治国应该包括政府依法行政和执政党依法执政两个层次。前者,改革开放以来虽然取得巨大进展,但进程不及一半,而后者刚刚起步。因此,从总体情况看,依法治国仍任重道远。除了法治建设不可能一蹴而就的自身原因外,党政不分的政治体制,公民社会组织化程度低下的社会治理结构,旧的体制文化束缚,是阻碍依法治国建设深入发展的几个关键因素。须从深化政治与行政体制改革,转变体制文化和管理业务规范化建设三个层面促进依法治国。     

发挥高等院校二级教代会的作用是加强基层民主政治建设的保证

逐步完善二级教代会制度,是新形势下高教内部体制改革的新课题,也是把高校社会主义民主建设引向深入的重要环节。     

论思想政治工作的内涵及其研究对象

思想政治工作包括政治工作和思想工作两大类。政治工作是指按照一定的政治目标,并为一定的政治任务服务的政治活动;思想工作主要包括党的宣传教育和转化工作。二者既有区别,又相互联系。思想政治工作是一门研究人们思想和行为一般规律的科学。     

泰国的互联网发展及其政治影响

泰国的政治危机自他信执政后期起便始终未能平息,国内外社会就其原因展开了广泛的探讨。本文在简要回顾这些讨论的基础上,分析了互联网作为一项新的变量对泰国政治产生的影响。本文认为,互联网技术的发展与普及不仅使后政变时代的社会运动扩大化与持续化,造成了社会意识形态的割裂与对抗,而且严重威胁着泰国的传统政治和社会秩序,并指出泰国政府的主要应对举措及其局限性。     

美国科技成果转化优先序研究

美国作为全球科技创新大国,科技成果转化率很高。从政府的角度来看,美国有一个精密的系统,来根据社会、国家和城市的需要确定科技成果转化的优先序列。这个优先序列在一定时期内会具有一定的稳定性,也会随着社会需要的变化做出调整。政府通过科技政策和立法中确定的各种保障措施,推动它们的优先转化。这对我国有一定的借鉴意义。     

Racism: Less is More

Racism has been in sharp decline in recent decades yet the word, as accusation, is used more than ever. The word/idea needs to be more restrictively defined and kept for when it is really needed. When almost everyone is a racist, no one is. To this end we need to distinguish more clearly between the greater comfort people often feel among familiar people and places and active hostility towards outsider ethnic groups. We also need a more discriminating language to describe the spectrum of discrimination. Prejudice, clannishness—even in some instances discrimination itself—should be regarded as sentiments and behaviours that are distinct from proper racism.     

侗族政治遗产资源探析

本文认为,我国侗族人民在长期的政治生活实践中留下了三大政治遗产,即"侗款制"、"鼓楼议会"和"约法款".而支撑这三大政治遗产"外壳"的坚固"内核"却是平等、民主和法治.这是侗族人民政治思想遗产的精华.     

Writing the Story of the Last Nawab of Bengal’s English Family

On 15 May 1870, the Nawab of Bengal married Sarah Vennell, a seventeen-year-old English chambermaid, in a Shia Muslim wedding ceremony, making her his fourth permanent or Nikah wife. They lived in England for ten years, and had six children. The Nawab’s liaison with what British officials called ‘a woman of mean extraction’ was a contributing factor when he was persuaded by the British government to abdicate in1880, give up many of his claims and allow the permanent abolition of his title. In that same year the Nawab formed a liaison with another maid and later returned to India with this maid and his and Sarah’s four surviving children, leaving Sarah in England. Their youngest son, my grandfather, changed his name and emigrated to Australia in 1925. This essay describes my gradual discovery in Australia of my Indian ancestors and the issues I confronted when trying to write their story. It includes an extract in which I describe my grandfather’s childhood in India.     

Labeling candidates as underdogs in political communications: The moderation of candidate-related factors

Underdogs are individuals or groups who are at a disadvantage in competitive situations or predicted to fail in competition against rivals. In elections, candidates often label themselves as underdogs, regardless of their poll rankings, using the associated image of weakness to appeal to voters. This study examines the advertising effects related to labeling candidates as underdogs (versus frontrunners) in political communications, and the possible moderating effects of candidate-related factors, including media-based poll rankings, biological sex, and physical attractiveness. The results of two experiments show that a candidate's use of the underdog label generates better advertising effects when polls indicate the promoted candidate is close to or substantially behind the competitor, or when the promoted candidate is female and moderately physically attractive. However, using the frontrunner label generates better advertising effects when the promoted candidate is male, highly physically attractive, or substantially prevailing over the competitor in the polls.