Volunteering in the Arab World: Bringing Back People into Politics?

This article analyzes the concept of volunteering in the Arab world. The main argument is that the nature of the Arab world in addition to the historical development of civil society directly affected the philosophy of volunteering in the region. Since civic services were not framed nor included in the national agendas of the state, this had a direct negative effect on the development of the act. However, due to social, economic, and political factors, this trend is changing: As of 2000, organizations and societies started to understand the importance of volunteering and its link to the social and economic revival of societies; Arab states started to encourage the act by providing the right legal and political environment. However, these different policies are not building democratic societies nor encouraging civic engagement. The article concludes with recommendations for how to bring people back into civic and political society as well as suggestions for future research.     

From Bandung to Brasilia: IBSA and the political lineage of South–South cooperation

This article aims to trace South–South cooperation political lineages connecting the Non-Aligned Movement and the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Forum. In order to determine whether IBSA could be considered the ‘heir’ to Bandung's principles, we analyse the concepts of ‘Third World’ and ‘Global South’ as well as their current applicability, the interpretations provided by existing literature on the IBSA grouping, and its member countries' shared views on different issues of the international agenda. The article also considers the historical evolution of ‘Southern’ diplomatic thought and actions. IBSA's actions and history, as well as its members, are studied to grasp how they are related to the Third World movement in the Cold War.     

Modernist art in the service of Nazi culture: Baldur von Schirach and the Junge Kunst im Deutschen Reich exhibition

ABSTRACT

Maertz's essay offers a history of a modernist art exhibition that opened in Vienna's Künstlerhaus under the patronage of Baldur von Schirach, the Führer's personal representative in that city, the second largest in Nazi Germany. The significance of the 1943 Junge Kunst im Deutschen Reich (New Art in the German Reich) exhibition lies in its assertion of a modernist variant of ‘official’ National Socialist art that clashes with the orthodox aesthetic system typically associated with the Third Reich.     

福利、政府与第三部门——对社会弱势群体权利保护的反思

对社会弱势群体的权利保护关系到福利权制度在我国的建构.福利权的义务主体应当是政府,而不是企业更不是个人.福利权的性质决定了政府应当主动、积极地履行自己的责任,保障福利权的实现.在福利制度的模式选择上,建议我国采取政府支配型的福利多元主义模式.而且,第三郭门的发展在福利制度的建构中越来越扮演重要的角色.     

马克思的世界历史思想及其当代意义

全球化作为当代一个重要的经济、政治和文化现象。因为这样,有关全球化的看法,对全球化的研究,在国际和国内的学术界引发了激烈的争论。熟悉马克思经典著作的人都知道,马克思和恩格斯在百多年前所提出的世界历史思想与当今的全球化有着直接和紧密的联系。因此,分析和研究马克思的世界历史思想,是理解当代全球化的需要,也是建设有中国特色社会主义的需要。     

邓小平与党的十二届三中全会

邓小平对党的十二届三中全会作出了重大贡献。他拍板确定主题,营造氛围,为会议成功召开创造良好条件;他指导文件起草,称赞其为一个政治经济学的初稿,极大提升了会议的历史地位;他鼓舞信心,指点迷津,为贯彻落实会议精神保驾护航。     

十八届三中全会后关于党建问题的若干思考

中国共产党是中国特色社会主义事业的领导核心,是中国各项事业成功的保证。推动当下中国的改革与发展,关键在党。在当前改革处于攻坚的时期,面对全新的任务和挑战,进一步加强党的建设,更好地完成党的执政使命也是中国进行全面深化改革的关键之一。为此,要坚持思想建设的重要地位不动摇,确保正确改革方向;坚持民主集中制,完善党的领导体制和执政方式;加强党风反腐倡廉建设,推进发展廉洁政治。     

基于生命意义构建视野下的公安院校体改生心理健康教育

人是一个意义的存在,意义世界是人安身立命的基础。生命意义感与心理健康状况密切相关,教育作为一种塑造青少年健全人格的活动,有责任把学生引向意义世界,让学生在教育活动中发现和体验生命意义。对公安院校体改生进行生命意义构建的教育是新时期公安工作的现实需要。     

World Bank Lending And Other Financial Flows: Is There a Connection?

At a time when there is a serious debate about reforming the international financial architecture, it is important to understand how existing multilateral agencies affect financial flows to emerging and less-developed countries. This paper extends past research - which has focused on the International Monetary Fund - by examining the various mechanisms through which the World Bank may be associated with other financial flows, and by presenting new empirical evidence based on regression analysis. Little support is found for a positive connection. The implications of this finding for effective reform of the Bank and its various activities are then discussed.     

失败的国家建设方针——肯尼迪政府与越战初期的南越“战略村计划”(1961-1963)

肯尼迪执政时期,随着冷战战场向第三世界的转移,美国政府越来越致力于通过国家建设(Nation Building)①方针应对欠发达国家不断出现的叛乱问题,意图通过引导落后地区以发展现代化来消除共产主义滋生的根源。越南战争时期南越的战略村计划是肯尼迪政府在第三世界展开的第一次完全意义上的国家建设行动。本文旨在通过对战略村计划从出台到实施再到失败这一过程的历史考察,分析肯尼迪政府对第三世界的国家建设方针存在的两点困境:一个是美国自身在国家建设中的定位问题,一个是文化冲突问题。