苏联国家监察制度评析

苏联国家监察制度经历了三个历史阶段：列宁时期监察制度的创立、斯大林时期监察制度逐步发生畸变和斯大林之后国家监察制度的调整。其一般特征主要表现为：以权力高度集中的政治体制为基础,受政治神秘主义的支配与操纵,人民监督作用有限。其启示意义是：社会主义国家既要讲权力的监督,也要讲权力的制约;国家监察机关必须拥有真正的独立性和足够的权威;需要加强自下而上的人民监督,切实保障人民的监督权。     

影视剧作与彝汉史志中奢香夫人形象的比较研究

奢者夫人对边疆稳定、开发西部和祖国统一有过重大历史贡献,她在以影视剧为代表的艺术作品中的形象逐渐向"高、大、全"发展;而通过对彝文、汉文史志留下的资料碎片的分析,我们可以还原一个更加复杂、真实、伟大的少数民族女政治家的形象。     

Faithful Servants and Dangerous Beasts: Race,Nationalism and Historical Mythmaking

Quispel explores the relationship between racism, nationalism and historical mythmaking. When comparing the role played by antisemitism and racism in nationalist ideologies in Europe, South Africa and the American South some common features emerge: in all three cases nationalism has employed historical myths to prove not only the superiority of the 'own group', but also the inferiority of 'others'. However, in both South Africa and the American South, there was an important change. At first these myths were used to interpret a recent past in which people of European descent, the English and the Yankees respectively, had been the enemy. During the process of white reconciliation, which gathered momentum in the South during the last decade of the nineteenth century, and more slowly in South Africa during the 1930s, the character of the mythologies started to shift. In South Africa anti-British myths, like Slagtersnek, gave way to myths concerning the battle at the Bloedrivier in which anti-African elements were much more prominent. In the American South pre-Civil War society came to be seen as perhaps as close to paradise as human society could achieve. Even Blacks were depicted as having been happy: being slaves under the close supervision of their white masters helped them to control their dark passions and to perform the task that God had created them for in the first place, hard physical labour to boost the white economy. After emancipation things changed dramatically. Without white supervision Blacks were seen as regressing to a natural primitive state. Historical myths then became an important justification for white supremacy.     

MEASURING THE THREAT OF GLOBAL CRIME: INSIGHTS FROM RESEARCH BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS INTO THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN*

Despite increasing concern about the threat of global crime, it remains difficult to measure. During the 1920s and 1930s, the League of Nations conducted the first social‐scientific study of global crime in two studies of the worldwide traffic in women. The first study included 112 cities and 28 countries; researchers carried out 6,500 interviews in 14 languages, including 5,000 with figures in the international underworld. By drawing on archival materials in Geneva and New York, this article examines the role of ethnography in developing a social‐science measure of global crime threats. The discussion covers the Rockefeller grand jury and formation of the Bureau of Social Hygiene; the League's research in Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean; controversy concerning the use of undercover researchers; the League's research in Asia; and the end of the Bureau. The League's experience demonstrates the promise of multisite ethnography in research about global crime as well as the difficulty of mapping crime on a global scale.     

历史精神与宪法:严复《政治讲义》论析

在严复的著译作品中,1906年出版的《政治讲义》是惟一一部专门阐述"政治科学"的著作,这使该文本在思想史上具有独特的意义。严复用历史的、比较的方法阐释政治学说,同时,也清楚地表明了自己坚持君主立宪的主张。本文尝试从宪政史的角度对严复君主立宪思想的背景与特质进行分析,重点考察严复那一代知识人思考政治法律问题的方法。同时,对严复在《政治讲义》中提出的量化的自由观、有责任的政府观、地方自治论等进行阐释。     

中国共产党加强和改进作风建设的历史回顾与经验启示

中国共产党在90多年的实践活动中,一直高度重视加强和改进作风建设,逐步形成了优良的作风,为新时期加强和改进党的作风建设积累了丰富的宝贵经验：坚持用马克思主义世界观武装全党：始终保持和人民群众的血肉联系;保证党的中心任务的贯彻落实;领导干部起表率作用;建立健全规章制度;开展整党整风教育。     

Breaking Barricades

正The current state of Sino-Japanese relations is strikingly worrisome.Particularly in the past year,conflicts have deepened between the two on issues concerning historical perception,territorial sovereignty and security.In a speech at a meeting of the 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship,recently held in Nagasaki,Japan,Zhou Mingwei,a committee member,shared his thoughts on current Sino-Japanese relations.Excerpts as follows     

LETTERS

正Now in my 60s,I am starting to think seriously about where I’m going to spend my later years.I do not personally oppose living in a nursing home when I’m too old to take care of myself.My children treat me very well and I enjoy the time we spend together.But they have lives of their own,while I have a life of my own.I don’t have the heart to expect them to look after me,as they are already occupied with     

Intergenerational transmission of longevity is not affected by other familial factors: evidence from 16,905 Dutch families from Zeeland, 1812-1962

ABSTRACT

Studies have shown that long-lived individuals seem to pass their survival advantage on to their offspring. Offspring of long-lived parents had a lifelong survival advantage over individuals without long-lived parents, making them more likely to become long-lived themselves. We test whether the survival advantage enjoyed by offspring of long-lived individuals is explained by environmental factors. 101,577 individuals from 16,905 families in the 1812–1886 Zeeland cohort were followed over time. To prevent that certain families were overrepresented in our data, disjoint family trees were selected. Offspring was included if the age at death of both parents was known. Our analyses show that multiple familial resources are associated with survival within the first 5 years of life, with stronger maternal than paternal effects. However, between ages 5 and 100 both parents contribute equally to offspring’s survival chances. After age 5, offspring of long-lived fathers and long-lived mothers had a 16-19% lower chance of dying at any given point in time than individuals without long-lived parents. This survival advantage is most likely genetic in nature, as it could not be explained by other, tested familial resources and is transmitted equally by fathers and mothers.