Mining and subaltern politics: political struggle against neoliberal development in Bangladesh

Drawing on social movement scholarship, this paper analyses subaltern struggles against a multinational mining company. The Phulbari coal mine is the centre of contention between the mining company and local/national activists. Local concerns about the dispossession of lands and livelihoods and environmental destruction have been merged with a Leftist political agenda on the growing vulnerability of the state and national sovereignty in the Global South. A close examination of the movement's discourses suggests that a broader political struggle against resource plunder and energy imperialism has been strengthened by local community resistance to an environmentally destructive coal mine. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews, I analyse how activists have created new meanings of the conflict to confront and delegitimize hegemonic discourses of capitalist development and modernity.     

The Class Basis of Switzerland's Cleavage between the New Left and the Populist Right

This article argues that a full grown cleavage has surfaced in Swiss politics, separating a libertarian‐universalistic (the New Left) from a traditionalist‐communitarian camp (the Populist Right). Based on survey data of Switzerland's parliamentary election 2007, it examines the cleavage's micro‐foundations and shows that the class constituencies of the New Left (the Social‐Democratic and Green Parties) and the Populist Right (the Swiss People's Party) present the almost exact mirror image of each other. The former draws disproportionate support from the salaried middle class, notably socio‐cultural professionals, whereas the latter is rallied by small business owners, production and service workers. Although anchored in the employment structure, this divide is not primarily about the economy and resources, but about culture and identity. It thus strongly correlates with opposing cultural attitudes. While small business owners and workers prefer cultural demarcation and defend national traditions, salaried professionals strongly favour international integration and multi‐culturalism.     

全球气候外交论析

气候外交是指国际社会围绕气候治理展开的外交活动。国际气候外交的行为主体十分广泛,包括联合国、主权国家和非政府组织等。国际气候外交对于抑制全球变暖十分重要,但当前的气候外交面临诸多难题。比如,气候外交遭遇到集体行动的难题,并常常被异化为谋取经济利益的权力外交等。中国的气候外交目前虽然取得一定成效,但在国际社会中仍然受到一定的质疑,影响了中国的国家形象。中国必须开展气候公共外交,并在国际责任与自身能力平衡的基础上积极参与全球气候治理。     

习近平关于劳动、工人阶级和工会工作论述的三维解读

习近平关于劳动、工人阶级和工会工作的论述观点鲜明、逻辑严密、内涵深刻,分别从时代维度、实践维度和人民维度阐述了“劳动”“工人阶级”和“工会工作”,是马克思主义与新时期中国特色社会主义实践相结合的重要成果。论述不仅从中国经济社会发展的现实出发,而且着眼于如何实践“中国梦”的宏伟蓝图并始终坚持“以人民为中心”的根本定位,对新时期深化人们的劳动价值观念,充分焕发工人阶级的主力军作用,加快推动工会工作顺应时代变革等具有重要的指导意义。     

民事执行担当研究--以执行程序中形式当事人的类型化适用为中心

申请执行的非实体权利归属主体构成执行程序的形式当事人,但执行当事人适格的判断,既涉及执行力的形式外观,也涉及实体正当性,需要结合适用类型予以限定,以避免对债务人双重执行。参照大陆法系"执行担当"的学说、判例以及我国实务情况,可以根据当事人、主文两项执行依据的记载要素加以判断:诉讼担当人申请执行原则上合法,股东代表诉讼的股东虽然可以启动执行,但无权受领给付;代表人诉讼的当事人执行被代表人利益目前并不适宜;对于让与未构成诉讼担当时的当事人申请执行,则可能丧失实体适格,但可以通过与受让人约定保留"收取"权能以补正。在"执行担当"与"承继执行"形成债权竞争关系时,须限定受让人举证权的同时完善诉讼救济。     

农村基层党组织标准化体系建构的行动纲领

农村基层党组织标准化建设是新时代农村党建工作开展的理念引领与目标指向.农村基层党组织标准化建设要围绕政治领导更加坚强、整体功能更加优化、教育管理更加有力、制度规范更加健全、工作载体更加多样、保障措施更加完善等主体任务展开;要在组织体系、班子队伍、思想教育、日常管理、工作载体、基本保障标准化建设等六个方面进行行动方略的建构.     

当前中国富裕阶层的海外移民浅析

新世纪以来,中国富裕阶层和知识精英正成为新一轮移民潮的主力军,越来越多的中国富裕阶层通过投资移民等方式移居海外,且大多前往欧美等西方发达国家。本文基于近年来国内外发布的有关国际移民和中国富裕阶层的相关报告,对当前中国富裕阶层以投资移民为主要方式的海外移民予以关注,着重从移民倾向、资产配置和海外投资等方面进行梳理和分析,并对中国富裕阶层移民海外的趋势和未来影响加以探讨。     

The Causes of Emigration from Singapore: How Much Is Still Political?

ABSTRACT:

Efforts to maintain a robust Singaporean economy have had to confront the serious challenge of substantial brain drain from the city-state. To address the negative effects of this problem, Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has adopted a policy of increasing reliance on a foreign labor force. Meanwhile, the PAP appears to ignore the continued loss of human and intellectual capital. This study examines the main determinants of emigration from Singapore, specifically the political factors. The analysis is based on two primary data surveys that investigated what Singaporeans think about emigration: the 2006 Asian Barometer and the 2000–2002 Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. Contrary to some previous empirical literature, data from these surveys indicate that anti–PAP and pro-democratic ideas strongly influence the decision of native Singaporeans to leave the island state. These findings likewise suggest that democratization and an expansion of business and technical education would be more effective in preserving economic growth than a policy of importing labor in the face of popular xenophobia.     

公安机关刑事侦查行为和行政管理行为的界定

如何准确区分公安机关的刑事侦查行为和行政管理行为,是一个长期困扰执法和执法监督实践的难题,产生这一问题的原因是多方面的。为解决这一难题,除了对这两类执法行为在理论上加以厘清外,对公安机关执法实践中的某些具体情况亦应进行必要的辨析,以准确区分公安机关刑事侦查行为和行政管理行为。     

论民事证据契约

民事诉讼中的证据契约是诉讼契约的一种,是当事人双方在证据采纳和采信方面达成的约束法官心证或者与法律规定不一致的合意。证据契约的种类较多,大致分举证责任分配方面的契约、证据能力方面的契约和证据证明力方面的契约。学界基于自由心证主义对证据契约的效力多持严格限制态度。证据契约不仅有辩论主义和处分权方面的正当性,还有其他有利于当事人的价值利益。决定证据契约的效力,应当委诸于法官根据利益衡量原则进行判断,尽量认可其效力,以彰显当事人主体性原则。