Champions of the poor or “militant fighters for a better pay cheque”? Teacher unionism in Mexico and South Africa, 1979–2013

There are some fascinating historical parallels between Mexico’s giant teacher union, the Mexican National Education Union, and the South African Democratic Teachers Union. Although both teacher unions played an important role in challenging political oligarchies at certain points in their history, they became increasingly protectionist. Through their close affiliation to ruling parties, they were able to wield substantial political influence. In both of these cases, the unions played a controversial role in preventing central government surveillance and intervention in schools. Arguably, this often allowed not only for corruption in appointments and promotions, but also the protection of negligent teachers. There is some evidence to suggest that in protecting their sectional interests, both unions have frequently alienated parents and students at the community level. This paper addresses broader debates about the impact of powerful teacher unions on the quality of public schooling.     

韩国新村运动经验之于我国新农村建设的局限性分析

新农村建设是我国农村改革与发展进入的一个新阶段,需要更多尊重已有的改革基础和经验,谨慎对待国外的农村建设经验。针对近期掀起的学习韩国新村运动的热潮,本文分别从政府在农村建设中的角色与作用、农村建设目的的差异、农村建设组织方式与建设主体三个方面探讨了韩国新村运动的经验得失,并比较了中韩之间的异同,认为韩国经验在适用我国农村建设方面存在很大局限,不可照搬。     

五四时期青年社团的楷模——新民学会

新民学会是五四时期最有影响的青年社团,在它成立的3年多时间里,先后参加赴法勤工俭学运动,积极响应五四运动,驱逐湖南军阀张敬尧,参加湖南自治运动,创办“文化书社”与“俄罗斯研究会”等一系列反帝反封建革命运动,由于它思想的先进性、组织的严密性和活动的革命性,不仅成为湖南省反帝反封建斗争的核心组织,而且成为全国青年社团的楷模。     

充分利用校园网络实现教育教学信息化

二十一世纪是信息时代。教育的历史告诉我们,教育的每次重大变革和发展都离不开科学技术,自上世纪九十年代以来,多媒体和计算机网络开始应用于教学,现在已成为现代教育的技术基础。充分利用以校园网为基础综合教育资源,建设具有现代教育思想、教育理念,掌握现代教育技术,适应21     

探索与选择——近代各种爱国力量对中国出路的探索与进步青年的历史选择

中国爱国主义的理论基础和创业目标,是在艰苦曲折的斗争历程中实现了从封建主义、资本主义到社会主义的转变。这种转变是时代的要求,人民的选择,历史的必然。近代中国青年的进步历程,是同爱国主义的发展演变融为一体的。     

新文化运动中关于贞操问题的讨论

新文化运动时期发起了中国历史上第一次关于贞操问题的讨论。这场讨论以对女性的关注为出发点围绕着贞操是否道德而展开,深刻剖析了贞操观的内在矛盾,批判了中国的节烈观,在思想界产生了深远的影响。     

A Tale of Two Families: The Mutual Construction of 'Anglo' and Mexican Ethnicities Along the US–Mexico Border

In the American Southwest and along the US–Mexico border, 'Anglos' and Mexicans are often viewed as the quintessential 'others'. This ethnographic study problematises the Anglo‐Mexican opposition with ethnographic data from interviews with a Mexican farmworker family and an 'Anglo' farmer family of the EI Paso Lower Valley. I argue that 'Anglo' hegemony is not based exclusively on cultural separation but often involves hybridity (including 'Mexicanisation') and patron‐client relations entailing 'benevolent' paternalism. I show how the concept of 'Anglo' is a contested identity constructed through interactions between Mexicans and Euroamericans. Through this study of border crossings in situations of asymmetrical power relations, I advocate a 'complicit' anthropology that presents competing ethnic groups in their full complexity rather than as stereotypes or caricatures of their 'others.'     

The Echo of Tlatelolco in Contemporary Mexican Protest Poetry

The shooting of a student demonstration in La Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco district of Mexico City on 2 October 1968 has been the subject of many literary works, among which the Tlatelolco poetry addresses not only the event itself but also the aftermath of the massacre. Both approaches examine the relationship between the 'yo'/'nosotros' and 'ellos' constructs, focusing on the 'nosotros' construct as the result of this interaction. The following analysis of this process is based on the theory of self and Other, especially René Girard's theory of the mimetics of violence and the process of scapegoating as a basis for the relationship between the individual and society within the context of a violent conflict.