Liberal family law in the making: Nordic and European harmonisation

This paper discusses the past and contemporary legal harmonisation exercises of family law in the Nordic countries and Europe. The critique is that the harmonised ‹European family law’ only entrenches the status quo and reiterates traditional family patterns, the male norm, heteronormativity, and a public/private divide represented in the neutral guise of a liberal rights discourse. Furthermore, the critics point out that the political economy of legal harmonisation is, to a large extent, ignored. In the Nordic countries, egalitarianism and broad political deliberation characterised much of the previous legal harmonisation, whereas rights discourse in its liberal sense is a novelty, more or less triggered by the European integration. This paper discusses the gendered implications of the emerging rights discourse in the Nordic countries and the linkages between family law, the labour market and social welfare. The paper argues that the harmonisation exercise cannot be regarded as one consisting only of legal norms and reasoning, but rather it should be discussed from the perspective of a political and epistemological challenge to the prevailing ‹truths’ about marriage, family and sexuality.     

Migration past and present: changing patterns in Kyrgyzstan

Internal and international labour migration is a main livelihood strategy for many people in rural areas of Kyrgyzstan. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the employable population of Kyrgyzstan is working abroad. However, current labour migration phenomena are not exceptional since Central Asia's history has always been characterized by the movement of people, including external and internal, forced and voluntary, legal and illegal, permanent and temporary, ethnically or economically motivated migration. This article gives an overview of the historical and present migration processes with a special focus on three village communities in rural Kyrgyzstan. It deals with the opportunities and difficulties with which labour migrants and their non-migrating family members are confronted today. The results are based on extensive field work in Kyrgyzstan.     

关于我区社会主义新型民族关系的建立巩固和发展的历史回顾与经验总结

宁夏历届党委、政府都十分重视民族工作，统筹民族工作与改革发展稳定大局，为进一步构建和睦相处、和衷共济、活力涌动的宁夏环境，积累了丰富的民族工作经验。     

国际政治的变迁与软权力理论

软权力理论是约瑟夫·奈从自由主义角度对权力这一国际政治中的核心概念所做的诠释,引起了各界的广泛关注。本文在提出软权力理论赖以产生的现实和理论背景的基础上,对奈的软权力理论的进行梳理,以澄清奈的软权力概念的确切内涵,并对该理论作出评价,为进一步发展和完善软权力理论提供思路。     

从政企关系“潜规则”透视我国政企关系的模式缺陷

政府与企业的关系是市场经济体制的重要内容。不同的政企关系模式,会对政府和企业行为产生重大影响。从我国当前政企关系中“潜规则”的盛行,可以透视出我国政企关系的模式缺陷。要在经济运行中规范政府和企业行为,必须对现行的政企关系进行改革,建立市场主导型的政企关系。     

从政府公共关系人手构建和谐社会

在国家发展的关键时期,提出建立和谐社会这一构想具有十分重要的战略意义,符合社会与经济发展的要求。从公共关系角度来讲,政府公关是政府的重要职能,构建更加和谐的社会,营造大众舒畅的社会氛围是政府公关的重要目标。     

我国刑事诉讼中公检法三机关互相关系原则之考察

公检法三机关互相关系原则是我国宪法层面的刑事诉讼基本原则,在刑事诉讼实践中的作用不可低估。但该原则也存在着一些不科学性和缺失,主要表现在互相配合与实现刑事司法公正价值机制相冲突,妨碍人民法院在刑事司法中的中立性和独立地位;互相制约没有明显的主次之分,过于强调“平分秋色”而忽略了“递进制约”关系,抑制了检察、审判职能的发挥。对此,有必要予以科学的分析,并给予规范和整合。     

Decentralization, Subsidiarity, Rodney King and State Deification: A Libertarian Analysis

This paper posits that the government is indistinguishable from a robber gang except for the fact that it enjoys exceedingly good public relations (supplied to it, symbiotically, by the intellectual classes) and thus legitimacy. The paper attempts to see beyond this superficiality, and thus to interpret cases in which the state and an ordinary criminal interact not in this manner, but rather as the interaction of two criminal organizations.     

普京时期的俄罗斯利益集团及其在中俄关系中的作用

俄罗斯利益集团是在俄急剧的社会转型过程中出现的,从而具有自己的一些特点。普京执政后,针对叶利钦时期集团政治的弊端,采取强权措施,从而改变了利益集团的政治表现形态和活动方式。利益集团要求在国内外实现利益最大化,势必要影响到俄的对外决策和对外关系。     

新加坡的劳资关系与工会运动

新加坡和谐稳定的劳资关系,内容丰富的工会运动,全面有效的教育培训,独具特色的工业关系协调员制度,影响广泛的消费合作社等,给我们以多方面的启示。