Concede and Move On? One Nation Labour and the Welfare State

The idea that Labour has already lost the argument on welfare with the Conservatives, and with it the general election, is probably overplayed. If truth be told, Labour's construction and subsequent defence of the welfare state has always been something of a double‐edged sword for the Party, earning it brickbats as well as support, and sometimes as stranding it in the past, committing it to promises that were undeliverable and ultimately self‐defeating. The political response by Ed Miliband and Ed Balls to the welfare trap set for them by David Cameron and George Osborne owes as much to New Labour as it does to ‘One Nation Labour’. That said, the latter does seem to be informing the Party's policy response, in particular its emphasis on restoring the contributory principle. Whether, however, this is practical politics given the inherently hybrid nature of Britain's welfare state and its heavy skew toward help for the elderly is a moot point. And whether ‘One Nation’ actually helps or hinders the Party in its quest for workable policies and a winning electoral formula is similarly debateable. Certainly, however much it is tempted to do so, Labour shouldn't waste too much valuable time trying to counter widespread myths about welfare. Nor should it overreact and obsess about the issue—or, indeed, pour out detailed policy too soon, if at all. Obviously, Labour needs to provide a direction of travel. However, that should focus not so much on welfare itself but on what the Party is proposing on the economy, on housing and on wages.     

The Morphology of the Labour Party's One Nation Narrative: Story,Plot and Authorship

By applying narrative theory to the party political texts emerging within the UK Labour Party after 2010, which make up the corpus of One Nation discourse, we can grasp the underlying significance of this ideational revision of Labour Party and leftist thought. Through an identification and analysis of the sequence of texts and their constitution as a “story” that interpolates an underlying “plot,” we can see how a revision of Labour's “tale” offers to leadership a new party discourse appropriate to it, mediating—if not reconciling—the problematic duality of narrative authorship by both party and leader.     

国外社会创新的理论与实践

社会创新作为解决社会问题、满足社会需求的重要途径之一,日益受到国内外学界和实践界的关注与重视。本文从经济学、社会学、管理学等不同学科领域出发,对现有国外相关研究的文献进行了系统梳理,并概括介绍了社会创新的实践前沿,以及国外政府、企业和社会组织为推动社会创新的发展而进行的实践探索,以期为中国现阶段加强和创新社会管理提供有益的参考和借鉴。     

我国建设海洋强国的困境分析及战略选择

党的十八大提出的建设海洋强国的目标关系到我国未来可持续发展之路.我国是一个陆海复合型的国家,也是地缘政治学家麦金德和斯皮克曼所认为的不同世界重心的交汇地带.这种陆海兼备的周边地缘环境特点使得我国容易陷入战略上的两难境地.我国未来发展的关键是在自身实力有限的情况下,集中力量,克服陆海复合型国家在地缘环境上的不足,从而实现海洋强国的目标.     

丝绸之路经济带建设和21世纪海上丝绸之路建设的国家战略分析

丝绸之路经济带建设和21世纪海上丝绸之路建设(简称"一带一路"建设),是构建中国全方位开放新格局的必然要求,是促进亚欧国家共同发展繁荣的必然选择。这一战略得到亚欧国家的积极支持和参与,国内相关省区也纷纷制定实施规划方案。但美国、俄罗斯、日本的战略举措给"一带一路"建设带来了严峻挑战。沿线各国应努力打造亚欧利益共同体和命运共同体,共创丝绸之路新辉煌。     

略论施米特的宪法思想

施米特的宪法政治思想对后世产生了极大的影响,也渗透在中国的1982年宪法里。浓郁的政治色彩成为他的宪法思想中的一大特色,我们应辩证去看待它,尽量吸收借鉴它对我国现代法治有益的思想。