A transformation in the French model of shareholding and management

This article explores the French model of shareholding and management, identifying a significant transformation in the pattern of shareholding in the largest companies. In earlier configurations of ownership, first the State and then the system of cross shareholdings were at the centre of French capitalism; the new pattern of shareholding operates under a different logic and motivation. In effect, France has undergone rapid change from a 'financial network economy' to a 'financial market economy'. This new pattern of shareholding has not only broken the traditional system of cross shareholding, but it has also facilitated the arrival of foreign institutional investors who bring with them new techniques and demands on corporate management.     

Cautious Surfers: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Negotiates the Wave of the Information Age

Due to the ongoing information revolution, diplomats find themselves in an increasingly competitive information-intensive environment where they have to prove that they still are relevant and needed. The article explores this general development by detailing how the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has related to the technological challenge. Drawing on personal interviews with MFA staff, study of MFA documents including reports from Norwegian embassies and delegations, as well as participant observation, reasons for the relative tardiness and path-dependence in implementing IT-supported organizational change at the MFA are explored.     

中国共产党在土地革命时期的富农政策

在土地革命期间,中国共产党对富农阶层的划分经历了一个摸索、完善的阶段,从开始的认识模糊到后来的逐步清楚,终于制定并实行了比较正确的富农政策,为团结和影响尽可能多的人参加革命,起了积极的作用。     

马克思人学范式革命的体系之维

众所周知,马克思于存在论根基处发动了一场人学革命,实现了人学范式的转换:从理论人学转向了实践人学。马克思的人学革命不是对传统人学进行细枝末节的修补,而是对人学整个理论体系的一种根本性的颠覆。这主要表现在以下一些方面:第一,人学的逻辑起点:从抽象的人转向现实的人;第二,人学的基本问题:人与世界的关系从原初分离转向原初统一;第三,人学的研究视界:从思想世界转向现实世界;第四,人学的理论基础:从唯心史观转向唯物史观;第五,人学的基本范畴:从抽象的知性概念范畴转向现实的生活概念范畴;第六,人学的理论品格:从封闭的体系人学转向开放的人学体系;第七,人学的核心功能:从注重“解释人”转向注重“改造人”。     

毛泽东在新民主主义革命时期对列宁主义的认识和运用

毛泽东在中国新民主主义革命时期高度评价了十月革命的地位和布尔什维克党的榜样作用,正确认识和运用了列宁关于革命理论重要作用的思想、关于战争的理论、关于战略退却的理论、以及关于把马克思主义同本国实际相结合的经验等等,促进了毛泽东思想的形成和中国新民主主义革命的胜利。     

“人的尊严”思想的法律意蕴

“人的尊严”是二战以来许多重要的法律文件所确认的重要价值。“人的尊严”的观念发端于宗教改革与文艺复兴运动,而在康德的笔下形成成熟的理论体系。在法律上,“人的尊严”成为法律制度的指导思想和出发点,是个人确保其自由、独立身份的护身符,也体现了人的权利、义务、责任的统一。由“人的尊严”思想可以衍生出法的主体性原理。     

马克思人学范式革命的存在之维

马克思于"存在论"的根基处发动了一场人学革命.在西方人学思想史上,实体本体论的僭妄已经成就了一种难以撼动的强大传统,西方传统人学因为本体论的错位而失去了深层的人学统帅根基,处于各种各样的困境和悖论之中.费尔巴哈开启了感性直观本体论的新境界,但这只是实体本体论的内部颠覆与造反,是从理论人学的实体本体论阶段向实践人学的现代本体论阶段过渡的中介.实体本体论的彻底"崩塌"是在马克思开辟的"感性生活本体论"这一存在论的新境界中实现的."感性生活本体论"是一种新的理路和原则,它终结了实体本体论的强大传统,克服了实体本体论的困境与悖论,开辟了一条能够通达现实的人和人的现实生命的存在论道路.     

苏维埃政权初期列宁的基层党组织建设理论与实践

十月革命胜利后,布尔什维克党掌握了国家政权,成为执政党。列宁在执政党基层组织建设中,坚持民主集中制,将共产党基层组织活动与工会、青年团等组织结合起来,由党领导其他群众组织共同发挥作用,这些理论和实践活动对苏联共产党的建设产生了深远影响。     

An undisclosed story of roses: church,state, and nation in contemporary Georgia

Since the Rose Revolution (2003), Georgia has encountered an unprecedented scale of institutional reforms concomitant with the rise of American and European involvement in the “democratization” process. Various scholars have suggested that Georgian nationalism developed from an ethno-cultural basis to a more civic/liberal orientation after the Rose Revolution. This paper analyzes Georgian nationalism under President Mikheil Saakashvili to demonstrate the significant divergence between political rhetoric on national identity, the selection of symbols, and state policy toward the Georgian Orthodox Church versus state policy toward ethnic minorities. The aim of this article is to examine the at times conflicting conceptions of national identity as reflected in the public policies of Saakashvili’s government since the Rose Revolution. It attempts to problematize the typologies of nationalism when applied to the Georgian context and suggests conceptualizing the state-driven nationalism of the post-Rose Revolution government as “hybrid nationalism” as opposed to civic or ethno-cultural.     

The ‘philanthropic’ gene: biocapital and the new green revolution in Africa

Climate change and population growth have prompted calls for African countries to embrace a ‘new Green Revolution’ in order to promote food security. What is ‘new’ about this new Green Revolution? What configurations of capital, the state, agribusiness, and the law define this period of agricultural transition? In this new Green Revolution, I argue, there is a proliferation of new forms of capital – biocapital and philanthrocapital – that integrate biotechnology with philanthropy to create market value. These shifts are engendered by philanthropic giving, in the form of donated genetic material for the development of ‘pro-poor’ biotechnology which normalises seed as commodity, and legislative reform that renders seed patentable material.