German gays go green? Voting behaviour of lesbians,gays, and bisexuals in the 2021 German federal election

Previous analyses have shown the existence of a sexuality gap in voting behaviour between those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), and those who identify as heterosexual (Hertzog 1996). On the basis of these findings, it is generally assumed that LGBs vote primarily for liberal and left-wing parties because they are most likely to represent the group's interests in the political space. Using the 2021 German federal election as a case study, this article provides substantial findings, showing that, when controlled for the ideological proximity between voters and parties, sexuality affects in several ways how LGBs identify with and vote for parties in Germany. Positive effects can be demonstrated for the Greens, the Left, and – in contrast to previous assumptions – the far-right AfD. This is the first study to examine systematically the voting behaviour of LGBs and heterosexuals in Germany.     

广西建设民族地区科学发展示范区的思考

把广西建设成为西部民族地区科学发展的示范区,是中央发挥广西"四个模范"作用、进一步提升广西战略地位的又一重大举措。广西应该从实际出发,充分发挥广西在民族地区跨越发展、科学发展、和谐发展和国际化发展等四个方面的示范作用,建设好民族地区科学发展示范区。     

经济特区与民族自治区法的比较与借鉴

经济特区立法与民族自治区立法相比较共同点在于：二者都是地方立法,其共同的目的都是促进本地区的繁荣发展、但二者在立法权的来源、立法的效力和调整范围以及立法程序等方面存在较大差异。民族自治区应当吸收和借鉴经济特区的立法经验和成果,以求为民族自治区的经济发展创造更为有效的法制环境。     

论单一制中国的财政联邦制——以中央与地方财政关系为视角

单一制与联邦制只不过是国家纵向权力配置模式的类型化。任何国家都存在集权或分权两种力的作用,中国便是一个带有联邦制因素的单一制国家。中国财政联邦制的发展与单一制国家结构框架内的体制多有抵牾,但中国财政联邦制的变革并不意味着宪政联邦制的确立。     

以国际化视野审视宁夏内陆开放型经济试验区

用国际视野来规划、建设宁夏内陆开放型经济试验区,有利于探索内陆地区开发开放新路径、拓展我国外需市场空间、保障国家能源安全、促进资源型地区加快转变发展方式、维护民族团结和社会稳定。     

Congressional Arts Caucus Legislative Summary 99th Congress

Abstract

The following legislative summary is an unusual choice for the journal to print, but we feel it summarizes a number of disparate and important facts that our readers might value in a single source. Like a previous report of the Institute of Museum Services some issues ago, this summary is more an internal document than an article in the traditional sense. We feel it could use a broader dissemination.

Of particular interest are the changes in legislation for the Arts and Humanities Reauthorization FY 1986–1990 since they reflect policy-related decisions that are perhaps a microcosm of some of the major issues emerging during the twenty-year history of our National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. These changes also reflect problems that practitioners—in particular, arts managers—will be dealing with on a daily basis and in very specific terms over the next half decade. These include access to the arts and humanities for those people in rural areas and in underrepresented groups, greater restrictions for those who sit in judgment on their peers, either on the National Council or as panelists, and a mandate for stronger reporting procedures both before and after grant awards.

The summary of the 1986 Tax Reform Act Provides a quick review of a Subject that is already emotionally chrged, especially since, in the name of “tax simplification,” confusion seems to have increased in the minds of all but a few seers and interpreters. The public laws section and the list of pending legislation will give the reader a broad view of the kinds of advocacy concerns the arts community can rally around. From the National Anthem to copyright to issue of violence on television, the Congressional Arts Caucus has provided us with an important overview of legislation in the field.     

Comment on Dennis P. Culhane et al.’s “public shelter admission rates in Philadelphia and New York City: The implications of turnover for sheltered population counts”

The article here extended reflects on the excessively narrow debate over the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)' cost-benefit transfer balance which had been raging for a quarter-century before the 2007–2009 financial crisis. That crisis has cast a new light on the actual costs of GSE operations and exposed the unsustainability of some of their benefits for homeownership. After injecting afew new findings into the traditional debate, this comment adds some of what has transpired in recent years and what may be inferred from it so far. Doing so brings additional analysis to bear on the article's conclusion that “the GSEs might not be justified” and “Maybe it is time for them to exit” although most politicians in the past have been disinclined to show them the door.     

《专属经济区航行与飞越指南》述评

外国在沿海国专属经济区海上和空中进行情报搜集和军事活动成为沿海国的重大关切。《专属经济区航行与飞越指南》就国家之间在专属经济区的权利和义务关系中的一系列重大现实问题设置了一套可供适用的准则。它是建立在《联合国海洋法公约》、国家实践和演进中的"软法"基础上的非拘束性规范。     

云南省在推进跨境经济合作区建设中的难点与突破

为提升沿边开放水平,加强与周边国家的经贸合作,云南省正积极推进河口-越南老街、磨憨-老挝磨丁、瑞丽-缅甸木姐3个跨境经济合作区建设。目前,3个跨境经济合作区建设已初见端倪,但在贸易平衡、投资风险、产品竞争、产业对接、互联互通等方面也存在一些问题。为此,必须采取紧密型的区域经济一体化模式,消除影响跨境经济合作区建设的障碍,充分发挥跨境经济合作区的增长极功能,以带动整个区域的经济发展。     

构建和谐海西视野下的群体性事件治理机制研究

当前,群体性事件呈现出触点越来越多、燃点越来越低、借助网络资源大势进行炒作、煽动、串联的现实危害越来越严重等新特点。能否有效治理群体性事件,关键还是要创新机制。必须在准确分析把握当前社会矛盾及焦点问题,准确分析把握当前群体性事件的主要特点和发展趋势的基础上,以科学发展观为统领,建立健全使各类矛盾及其诱因减少发生几率的长效预防机制、“以人为本”的和谐处置机制、反应灵敏的新闻发布和舆论引导机制、理论联系实际的学习机制,以此遏制群体性事件多发之势。