Oasis in the steppe: health and masculinity of Kazakhstani miners

ABSTRACT

This article studies the masculinities of Russian-speaking miners in Kazakhstan through an ethnographic study conducted in a miners’ sanatorium, a place of heightened sociality. Studies of gender in Central Asia have mostly focussed on women, and both masculinity and femininity are studied in relation to Islam and the nation-state. This article aims to make a contribution to the study of working-class masculinities in Northern Kazakhstan, arguing that labour and professional identities are important in performing masculinities. Kazakhstani miners wish to show that they are good colleagues, good drinkers, sexually capable and providers for the family. New economic pressures and deteriorating work conditions challenge the miner’s body and make it hard for miners to live up to the hegemonic masculinity.     

The dog that did not bark: the army and the emergency in India

In June 1975, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency rule, capping off a decade long process of the ‘deinstitutionalisation’ of the founding Congress party, increased social mobilisation, and political instability – factors generally considered conducive to military intervention in politics. Organisational factors encouraging military praetorianism, such as military involvement in internal security missions and the growth of ‘rival’ paramilitary institutions, accompanied this process of political decay. But the Indian military did not exploit this window of opportunity. This article offers an institutionalist explanation of the military’s political restraint based on two factors. First, institutionalised mechanisms of civilian control, forged during the critical juncture following independence, insulated the military from politics and the politicians from the military despite the weakening of the political system under which these were created. Second, military internalisation of the norm civilian supremacy, continually reinforced via professional socialisation processes, acted as an internal barrier to military role expansion.     

Uruguay’s long transitional decade and a new era of gendered activism

This article examines the nature and type of women’s activism before, during, and after Uruguay’s dictatorship, arguing that advocacy during the latter part of the country’s military rule paved the way for an increased role for women in society after democracy was restored. Focusing on the female-led movement to place the 1986 Ley de Caducidad (Law of Expiry or amnesty law) before a national referendum, it analyzes how women marshaled a gendered identity that had been effective in campaigning against the military. Through examining connections between earlier women’s movements and the 1980s, the article explores how challenging a key piece of legislation in the recently restored democratic environment ultimately forged a new era of activism for women in post-authoritarian Uruguay. The article ultimately rethinks the process of Uruguay’s transition, the continual negotiations over what is included in human rights discourse, and the importance of gendered activism in transitional societies.     

《世界知识产权组织音像表演条约》及其对我国著作权立法的影响

随着新技术的发展,现有的表演者权制度不能适应保护表演者利益的需要,世界知识产权组织拟定了《音像表演条约》对现有制度进行了改革,扩大了表演者的权利.我国著作权制度与该条约的规定存在一定的差异,不能充分保护表演者的利益,有必要对表演者的定义、表演者的精神权利和财产权利、权利的让与等问题进行修订,以促进我国文化产业的发展.     

从“三个密切结合”看邓小平的民生观

邓小平不仅是中国社会主义改革开放和现代化建设的总设计师、中国特色社会主义道路的开创者,而且也是中国特色社会主义民生理论的奠基者。面对"文革"后中国民生普遍贫困的落后局面,邓小平紧紧围绕为什么要改善民生、如何改善民生以及改善民生的目标是什么等基本问题,把改善民生与社会主义本质、改革开放和小康社会的奋斗目标密切结合起来,形成了一个完整的民生思想体系,指导着中国人民不仅彻底摆脱了贫困而且实现了总体小康。在邓小平诞辰110周年之际,学习研究邓小平的民生观,对于我们当前学习贯彻习近平总书记系列重要讲话精神、更好保障和改善民生、不断增进人民福祉具有重要的指导意义。     

毛泽东的人民主体观及其现实意义

毛泽东的人民主体观是对马克思主义人民主体理论的创造性运用和发展。具体地说,人民群众是历史主体,是创造世界历史的动力;人民群众是权力主体,必须在政治上实现人民群众当家作主的民主权利;人民群众是利益主体,共产党人必须全心全意为人民服务并切实地关心、解决人民群众的利益问题。毛泽东的人民主体观具有十分重大的现实意义。     

检察监督过程中当事人诉权的保 障简

修订后的《民事诉讼法》第二百零九条规定了当事人向人民检察院提出申请检察建议和抗诉的程序，较之修订前的民事诉讼法有较大的进步且更加规范，是当事人维护自身权利的有力保障。民行检察部门应规范程序，完善制度建设，多举措并重，做到当事人息讼工作，以维护社会和谐稳定。     

以董必武“党政分开”思想考量“县委书记高配”问题

董必武关于依法治国必须坚持党的领导、党与政权机关相对独立、党对政权机关进行正确领导等＂党政分开＂的经典宏观理论为我们提供了对当前＂县委书记高配＂这一相对微观问题进行分析、评价与完善的路径。由于＂县委书记高配＂这一模式在法律依据、逻辑进路、预期结果三个方面都存在大量违反党政分开原则的因素,因此,在董必武相关思想的指导下,通过党内监督和党外民主监督并用的方式,将会对＂县委书记高配＂困境发挥重要的纠偏作用。     

我国农民地权保护问题探析

党的十七届三中全会确立的以人为本、权利在民理念下,农地制度更应向着保护农民土地权益的方向演进,扩大农民地权则成为这一目标的必然要求。由于地权是多元权利的集合,扩大农民地权不应直接置于所有权层面,而应依据现行制度安排,以形成地权体系中的具体权利内容为对象,将农民现实的土地权利予以强化,进而由下至上取得逐步改造。     

习仲勋的群众观在广东改革开放中的实践及启示

1978年至1980年,习仲勋以巨大的勇气投身广东改革开放事业,在此期间,他认真贯彻党的群众路线,对群众负责、向群众学习、为群众服务,他深入群众,调查研究,发扬民主,以群众利益为本,统筹兼顾,勇于改革,敢于担当。在推进广东改革开放的过程中,习仲勋的群众观集中到一点,就是坚持一切为了群众、一切依靠群众。学习习仲勋同志以人民群众为本的群众观,对于坚持党的群众路线、推进全面深化改革、推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化、早日实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦具有重要意义。