Blair's Commission for Africa: Problems and Prospects for UK Policy

This article examines the recommendations contained within the Commission for Africa's report Our Common Interest , and asks what they might mean for the UK's Africa policies. After discussing the choice of the Commissioners and summarising the main recommendations made in their report, the article identifies some of the central problems raised but not resolved by the Commission in the relation to issues of security, political economy and governance. The article concludes that the Commission's report raised the profile of an important set of issues but neither resolved them conceptually nor set out a persuasive plan to implement its numerous recommendations. In particular, the Commission did not convincingly explain how neo-patrimonial regimes in Africa could be reformed to ensure that they pursue genuinely national development policies instead of the current strategies that benefit their supporters and weaken their political opponents.     

浅析加拿大多元文化政策的成因及其族裔问题

从建国之初的一元文化主义到20世纪中期的二元文化主义与多元文化主义，加拿大的民族文化政策经历了戏剧性的变化，这既有其历史成因，也有其现实环境。加拿大多元文化政策在协调与解决多民族国家共存的族裔矛盾、保持民族文化多样性问题上具有相当大的示范作用。但是，制定政策的理想性与政策执行的现实性之间的矛盾、政策存在的短暂历史空间以及移民源国复杂而又多样的文化差异性，注定了其在实施过程中步履维艰。因而，了解与分析加拿大多元文化政策所给予的训示具有现实意义。     

英国及我国香港警察机关职位分类的含义、内容与特点

英国及我国香港警察机关的职位分类是以工作岗位为中心、以提高工作效率为目标的一种较为规范、科学的任职人员分类模式 ,它克服了因人设事、因人设岗、因人设职的弊端 ,避免了执法权力的流失、误用、滥用的现象 ,真实反映了各类任职人员的责任及付出大小 ,明确了警察执法岗位的专业性与专门性 ,对改革以人及其等级为中心的带有浓重品位分类色彩的公安机关人员分类制度 ,激发公安民警的工作积极性 ,提高工作效率 ,有重要参考价值。     

西方观念史上的“两个上帝”——读洛夫乔伊的《存在巨链》

洛夫乔伊在《存在巨链》中描述了“存在巨链”的产生、演变以及与之相伴随的充足理由原则、充实性原则以及连续性原则等原则。同时，《存在巨链》一书也体现了洛夫乔伊独特的写作方法——关注“单元一观念”，许多学者对这一独特的写作方法学者们提出了批评，其中最激烈的批评来自于剑桥学派的代表人物之一——斯金纳。虽然学者们提出了许多批评，洛夫乔伊的这种写作方式还是具有重大意义的。     

The truth about youth? Media portrayals of young people and politics in Britain

Some forms of political participation in Britain appear to be in crisis. Official rates of turnout are alarmingly poor and the sub‐population least likely to participate in general—and vote in particular—is the youngest section of society. Moreover, the way that the media and and politicians have responded to the apparent crisis of youth participation has become a self‐fulfilling prophecy. A full review of young people's place in the political environment is needed. This requires the application of different criteria for evaluating youth interests, and the avoidance of some of the most routinely used phrases to describe young people's attitudes to politics. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications     

严格执法程序提高执法质量

提高公安机关执法质量具有重要意义。当前执法程序上存在的问题是影响公安机关执法质量的突出因素。为此,应采取领导重视,从硬件和软件上加强公安法制部门的建设;大力加强法制教育培训工作,全面提高公安队伍的法律素质和整体执法水平;建立和完善各种规章制度,规范执法程序;强化执法监督,完善考评机制等措施来提高执法质量。     

个性的显现与遮蔽——从李大钊、瞿秋白到毛泽东

李大钊提出与大同团结相统一的、知情意全面发展的个性解放思想,体现中国早期马克思主义个性理论的早熟性和思辨性。瞿秋白提出个性是历史的工具、个性与阶级的统一等现点,表明马克思主义个性理论在前进中得到曲折发展。毛泽东区分个性与个人主义,肯定个性发展与集体意志的统一,这是对马克思主义个性理论在现代中国的发展所作的阶段性历史总结。     

代表与维护非公有制经济组织中最大多数人的利益

研究和维护非公有制经济组织中最大多数人的合法利益,是执政的中国共产党巩固党的群众基础、阶级基础和执政基础的重要内容。     

Social media and Russian territorial irredentism: some facts and a conjecture

ABSTRACT

After Kremlin policymakers decided to incorporate the territory of Crimea into Russia, updates on public attitudes in Russian-speaking communities elsewhere in Ukraine would have been in high demand. Because social media users produce content in order to communicate ideas to their social networks, online political discourse can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities. We map the evolution of Russian-speakers’ attitudes, expressed on social media, across the course of the conflict as Russian analysts might have observed them at the time. Results suggest that the Russian-Ukrainian interstate border only moved as far as their military could have advanced while incurring no occupation costs – Crimea, and no further.     

Digital Britain interim report: A step in the right direction?

The Digital Britain interim report was published on 29 January 2009 by the DCMS and BERR with the final report being due out in June. The Report divides itself into four areas for ‘action’; namely Digital Networks, Digital Content, Universal Connectivity and Equipping Everyone to Benefit from Digital Britain. The level of action proposed in each case varies widely and the Report has come under criticism for delivering little in the way of concrete promises or clearly defined strategy. This article summarises and analyses a number of the key purported actions from the Report in order to consider whether it is indeed an appropriate step towards an action plan that would secure the Britain's place at the forefront of the new media age.