Governing the suicide bomber: reading terrorism studies as governmentality

This article engages with the suicide bomber as he or she appears in the terrorism studies literature. In contrast to sensationalised narratives of the suicide bomber as pathological or fanatical, terrorism studies has increasingly come to view suicide bombing as a rational phenomenon that follows an identifiable strategic logic. Following Foucault’s articulation of governmentality, I read this literature as a governmental practice that attempts to understand the latent rationality of suicide bombing so that the phenomenon may be effectively governed and managed. With this understanding, I look specifically at the terrorism studies accounts of female suicide bombers and argue that the concerns they articulate regarding the superior capacity of these women to go undetected, such as with the use of fake pregnancies as disguises, produces the female suicide bomber as a uniquely risky and ungovernable subject.     

TerrorWars: Boston,Iraq

This article queries the difference between experiencing an urban terror attack and experiencing war in an urban war zone. The case considered is the Boston marathon bombings of April 2013 and the lockdown that followed, a first in the USA. Official responses to the bombings exceeded militarised urban policing strategies in ways that arguably turned Boston into an urban war zone. To consider that proposition, I juxtapose events in Boston with US war operations around Al Tafar Iraq in 2004, as described by Kevin Powers in The Yellow Birds. I also consider responses to the lockdown by people in the area of the bombings, people waiting for delayed transportation during the lockdown and experts on anti-terrorism.     

Evaluating Contemporary Crime Drop(s) in America,New York City,and Many Other Places

This paper describes and evaluates some fundamental facts about the contemporary crime drop, summarizes the major explanations that have been offered for it, and assesses the validity of these explanations in light of observed trends. In contrast with much of the recent literature, we argue that the locus of the crime drop in the 1990s is not wholly consistent with the available data and that while New York City experienced substantial crime decreases, its uniqueness has been exaggerated. We suggest that it is important to partition the crime drop observed in New York City and elsewhere into global and more localized shifts, and we offer some observations about the factors that appear most germane to driving these different dimensions of recent crime drops. We conclude with some suggestions for future inquiry.     

建设北京农科城 探索创新驱动的“四化”同步发展

该文以北京农科城通州种业园聚集资源要素、创新驱动发展为案例,重点介绍了该园区在工业化与信息化融合、建设种业科技成果托管平台、聚集产学研资源、创新土地流转制度、带动农民职业化农村城镇化等方面的探索,提出依托农业科技园区探索“四化”同步发展的建议。     

我国产业竞争优势转型在大数据环境下的新研究

大数据时代不可逆转的到来,昭示着产业竞争优势出现新的转型契机。通过合理化大数据使用态度,并结合我国产业发展的实际状况,找寻出大数据库建设滞后,存在严重的外部依赖性、大数据的知识产权保护意识和手段不足、人才队伍建设缺乏顶层设计等诸多阻碍大数据促进产业竞争优势转型的桎梏。由此提出,建立服务产业竞争的独立大数据体系是获取竞争优势的全程保证,这就需要厘清独立大数据体系的建立基础、标准和作用域。最终通过大数据与物联网和智慧城市联动发展,使中国在新一轮产业竞争优势转型中夺得先机。     

凯洛案后美国土地征收立法新动向

凯洛案后美国联邦和州层面的新立法对于土地征收权的动用施加更多限制的同时,也规定了很多例外的情形,对于“公共使用”涵义的解读要想回归到狭义的、语义学上的原点几乎是不可能的,为了特定的经济发展目的而动用土地征收权还是有相当市场的。如果将新立法中体现的优先权制度、额外补偿制度、综合规划制度、公益与私益权衡制度与特定的经济发展目的结合起来考量的话,土地征收权动用范围的适度扩大就多了更多的合理性基础。     

统筹解决郑州市城乡居民社会保障体系建设的对策探讨

基于郑州市当前城乡居民社会保障体系建设的现状,分析了其间存在的主要问题,进而提出了六点建议：一是加强社会保障法规和制度建设;二是健全社会保障体系,扩大社会保障覆盖范围;三是继续发挥财政对社会保障的支持作用;四是加大人力资本投资,扩大就业;五是切实提高各项社会保险待遇,突出失地农民的养老保障;六是加大队伍人才建设力度,提高社保经办机构管理能力。     

城市融入、组织信任与农民工的社会信任——以对纺织服装业农民工的调查为例

研究8个城市24个纺织服装企业850个农民工的调查数据表明,农民工社会信任总体状态处于中间水平,其组织信任(组织系统信任和员工-管理者信任)和城市融入程度越高,社会信任程度也越高。以人际交往、人际交往感受为表征的城市融入之于社会信任的重要性,说明传统的信任途径依然具有现实意义。建基于企业社会责任制度安排与实践、制度认知和评价基础上的组织信任对于社会信任变异解释力说明了社会信任建构的制度影响。农民工的社会信任既是关系的,也是结构和制度的,其社会信任水平的提升,有赖于通过企业社会责任建设、法制建设提升组织系统信任和员工管理者信任,以及消弭社会排斥使农民工更好地融入当地社会。     

城市发展与包容性关系研究

城市的产生和发展是多种因素综合作用的结果。在城市的变迁与发展历程中,包容性起了重要的作用。它具有吸纳和整合诸多力量的特征与功能,对城市的形成和发展起了基础性的支撑与催化作用。但是,包容性对城市的发展并非总是有利的,包容不当或失度都会产生不利的影响与作用。城市的发展与繁荣需要科学的包容,也需要创新包容性。     

基于因子分析的济南市软件产业竞争力评价

因子分析法是分析竞争力普遍使用的方法。以因子分析法为基础,借助统计软件构建济南市软件产业竞争力评价模型,可以全面评估济南市软件产业的竞争力水平,通过与其它城市的软件产业竞争力进行比较,可以充分认识济南软件产业的优势及劣势,进而为政府决策提供科学依据。