Kosovo: Where It All Began

Kosovo, a largely ethnically Albanian province of the Serbian republic, played an important role in Yugoslavia's troubles in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Shortly after Tito's death in 1980, disturbances in Kosovo set the Albanians and the Serbs on a collision course and also polarized the country politically. Ironically, when Yugoslavia began to disintegrate in 1991, and as it fell into four years of warfare, Kosovo remained relatively calm. Only after the Dayton peace, in late 1995, did Kosovo's Albanians opt for a militant policy toward the Serbs. Meanwhile Serbs escalated their oppression of the local population. International diplomatic intervention failed to defuse tensions, and ultimately, NATO initiated military action to stop Serbia. NATO prevailed in the seventy-eight day engagement in 1999, while Kosovo acquired greater autonomy and was put under UN protection.     

关于城市社区党建工作的思考——延吉市新兴街道社区党建情况的调查

社区党建成为城市党建工作重点之一,是社会结构转型导致的必然结果。社区服务是街道党的主要职能和中心工作,发展基层民主政治、贯彻落实党的民族政策,是社区党建的主要任务。     

辽代契丹民族的人口及特点

契丹族是辽代中国北方最强大的民族之一,其族源由古代鲜卑的一支演变而来。辽国政权建立后,随着经济发展、政治稳定和民族融和等因素的影响,契丹族人口经历了由少到多的过程,形成了其人口构成、密度、素质、增长速度、分布状况等方面的特点,他们对中国北部边疆的开拓做出了不可磨灭的贡献。     

Racial Disparities in Service Referrals for Families in the Child Welfare System

Among families in the child welfare system, family reunification depends largely upon the services to which families are referred. This study examines whether race/ethnicity influences the number and types of services to which families are referred. Findings suggest that compared to African American families, Hispanic families were more often referred to psychosocial services (e.g., mental health) than basic needs (e.g., housing). These findings indicate a need to reduce service referral disparities between ethnic groups.     

This land is my land: the Ethio-Sudan boundary and the need to rectify arbitrary colonial boundaries

Ethiopia and Sudan share a common boundary of over 1600 km which was drawn through a series of treaties between Ethiopia and the colonial powers of Britain and Italy. To date, this boundary has not been clearly demarcated. In 2007, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the current ruling government, entered into a secret agreement with the Sudan to make adjustments on the border. This paper identifies the major factors that have frustrated efforts to address the Ethio-Sudan boundary problem and also proposes solutions on how Ethiopia and Sudan could resolve their differences. The analysis reveals that political, social and cultural factors; the decision to adopt the western concept of the boundary; and the failure to recognise the historic and cultural constructs have contributed to the frustration of negotiations on the border. The paper proposes that Ethiopia and Sudan embrace the African Union Border Program, which encourages mutual cooperation, regional integration and the building of communities with strong economic and cultural ties.     

壮、傣二群体越人分化于南越时期索隐

壮傣群体越人分化为傣、壮两群体是在南越国时期。此后,西迁的壮傣群体越人与东留的壮傣群体越人隔山隔水,很少来往,于是壮傣群体越人形成了壮、布依群体越人和泰掸群体越人两个群体。     

民族地区实现经济跨越发展全面建设小康社会的思考

党的十六大提出的全面建设小康社会的宏伟纲领,民族地区将沿着十六大指引的方向,实事求是,与时俱进,开拓创新,抢抓实施西部大开发的历史机遇,实现经济跨越发展,为全面建设更高水平的小康社会打下坚实的基础.     

论我国土地征用制度的完善

公共利益在市场中无法自动实现 ,政府是实现公共利益的主体。为实现公共利益政府可发动土地征用权 ,公共利益是土地征用权的依据和界限。土地征用必须保证征用的土地与公共利益目标相当。土地征用权的滥用表现在征用的土地与所追求的公共利益目标不相当及土地征用补偿费用给付过低 ,土地征用制度的完善应从这两个方面着手。     

南明时期抗清的历史正当性辨析--兼论孙可望领导的大西军余部与永历王朝的"联合恢剿"

该文对以往普遍认可的以满族贵族同汉族统治者和农民军为代表的征服者与被征服者之间的矛盾提出质疑。认为南明时期抗清的历史正当性 ,应以是否有利于传承和发展中华民族多元一体架构及中华文明为标准。不能将国内一个民族的统治者取代另一个民族的统治者对中国的统治与近代中华民族同外国侵略者之间的民族矛盾相提并论。从这一视野出发 ,对孙可望领导的大西军余部与永历小朝廷“联合恢剿”所掀起的第二抗清高潮的主客观条件、进程及其历史正当性进行了论述。认为当清初全国统一大趋势已经出现并不可逆转之时 ,抗清的历史正当性便会衰减 ,最终成为中国历史前进的阻力。其成败并不以联合抗清的双方甚或某个领袖人物是否仍坚定不移地抗清为转移。     

文化互动与社会变迁--明、清以来哈尼族与汉族文化的交流

哈尼族历来重视对汉族文化的吸纳与交流,其吸纳汉民族文化大致经历了从朦胧到明朗、从无意识到有意识、从个别到群体的逐渐普及和深化的过程。其间既有哈尼族的主动吸纳,又有汉文化自身的辐射、渗透以及两种文化的互动与交流,二者相得益彰,推动了哈尼族历史文化的进步和社会经济的不断发展。