Shooting the fox? UKIP’s populism in the post-Brexit era

Abstract

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has moved from being a single-issue party par excellence to a broader party of protest, taking advantage of wider feelings of discontent and disconnection. However, the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the EU fundamentally challenged its development and operation, by removing a core part of the party’s rationale and identity, and radically shifting the overall political landscape. This paper considers the re-positioning through the referendum period, both rhetorically and organisationally. Drawing on party press releases and media coverage, the paper argues that UKIP has become caught in a set of multiple transformations, pushing it in the longer term towards a more conventionally populist position in a way that carries important resonances for other Eurosceptic parties across the continent.     

What Happened to Queensland's Disaster Management Arrangements?: From ‘Global Best Practice’ to ‘Unsustainable’ in 3 Years

The Queensland Police and Community Safety Review (PACSR) 2013 headed by Mick Keelty was tasked by the Queensland government to examine the State's emergency management practices and processes. Commissioned before any crisis, the PACSR was still collecting evidence when extensive flooding occurred across many regional centres of Queensland in 2013. It was the subsequent management of this event, and selected evidence from earlier inquiries that underpinned many of the findings in the final PACSR report. Keelty recommended institutional and organizational restructuring that included the abolition of a department, and the tasking of the fire and rescue service with additional oversight and audit functions. PACSR argued too much emphasis was placed on relationships, which made disaster management in Queensland potentially unsustainable in the longer term. Some of the findings replicated those of earlier inquiries (O'Sullivan 2009; QFCI 2012), including the apparent reluctance by police to implement communications systems that are interoperable with other emergency agencies. This reluctance to embrace new technologies indicates institutional and cultural barriers to reform. Despite this, the Police and Fire and Rescue services have been given additional responsibilities by the Newman government, based on Keelty's recommendations. PACSR did not appear to evaluate some of the best practice aspects of the 2010–2011 flooding event, whereas some suggest the report had a predetermined element to it (Byrne 2014). In finding that too much emphasis was placed on informal relationships and networks in 2013, and concentrating on structural reforms instead, this paper argues that the PACSR discounted many features that current crisis literature notes as important for a successful disaster management response.     

党的三代领导核心新闻思想简论

本文略述了党的三代领导核心毛泽东、邓小平、江泽民同志在紧张繁忙的革命活动和党政领导事务中,所从事的新闻实践活动;概括和论述了他们根据革命实际斗争和当时工作的需要,运用谈话、通信、撰文、著作等形式对新闻工作作出的指示以及对无产阶级新闻的性质、特点、职能、任务、工作原则、写作方法等进行的阐述;并通过具体论著总结了他们的新闻思想和新闻观点。文章强调党的三代领导核心的新闻活动和思想是无产阶级新闻学宝库中的一份宝贵财产,因此,新闻工作者学习和研究党的三代领导核心的有关新闻论著及其思想,理解和掌握他们提出的一些基本原理和基本原则,这对于建设有中国特色的社会主义新闻传播事业是非常重要和必要的。     

职务犯罪侦查一体化问题研究

对国家工作人员职务犯罪进行侦查,是我国检察机关的法定职能。在世界经济全球化,区域经济和城乡一体化战略大力推进的背景下,面对当前职务犯罪侦查工作的新形势、新任务,只有实施侦查工作机制创新,构建职务犯罪侦查一体化模式,才能更好地提高办案效率和办案质量,充分发挥检察机关在惩治职务犯罪中的职能作用。     

社会主义政治文明建设刍议

社会主义社会应是物质文明、政治文明、精神文明全面发展的社会;人民当家作主是社会主义政治文明的本质要求;依法治国是党领导人民治理国家的基本方略;制度建设是人民当家作主的关键。     

建设学习型领导集体提高领导能力和水平

建设学习型领导集体是率先基本实现现代化的必然要求,是建设学习型城市的第一要义,是提高领导干部素质和领导能力与水平的有效途径.建设学习型领导集体,要有明确的认识,好的学风,要适应大连发展和建设的需要.     

孔子领导心理思想初探

孔子关于领导心理的思想颇为广泛,特别是对领导的功能、领导者的心理影响力及领导艺术三个方面进行了较为系统的论述。孔子研究了领导者的行为及其对下属心理和行为的影响问题,领导影响力的心理机制和构成问题,以及由识人心理、用人心理和治人心理组成的领导艺术等问题。     

Justice on the road to change in the people's republic of China

Dengist reform programs, including mandated changes in the operation of Chinese industrial enterprises, depart radially from previous Maoist practices and ideologies. With these changes, issues of distributive justice have become extremely salient in China. We explore shifting norms regarding distributive justice in China, with a focus on the conceptions of, and implications for, practicing managers. After first reviewing the pertinent literature, we present some original data gathered from Chinese managers in 1986 and in 1989, comparing them to data gathered from managers in the United States.     

The Netherlands in the UNFCCC Process –Leadership between Ambition and Reality

The Netherlands is generally considered as a front running nation in international environmental politics. This article looks at the influence of The Netherlands in international climate change regime formation by analyzing the structural, entrepreneurial, intellectual and environmental leadership qualities exerted by. The Netherlands during the FCCC policy process. In addition, the EU as an enabling and constraining institution for the ambitions of Netherlands in climate change policies is analyzed.     

坚持党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度不能照搬西方的多党制

中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度是我国的基本政治制度,是具有中国特色的社会主义政党制度。我们要坚持实行党领导下的多党合作和政治协商制度,反对照搬西方的多党制。