Propping up dictators? Economic cooperation from China and its impact on authoritarian persistence in party and non‐party regimes

This article investigates how China's economic cooperation affects authoritarian persistence elsewhere. For the period 1998–2008, the article assesses quantitatively whether the effects of economic cooperation from China vary, conditioned by the regime type of the recipient. The analysis finds that China's economic cooperation is associated with regime durability in party‐based regimes. In non‐party regimes, in contrast, it is associated with regime collapse.     

Spatial variation in non-marital fertility across Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: recent trends,persistence of the past,and potential future pathways

This article investigates spatiotemporal variation in non-marital fertility across Europe over the last 100 years. In the first 50 years of this period, non-marital fertility was generally declining, reaching very low levels in the mid-twentieth century. But starting in the 1960s, non-marital fertility increased strongly. The main aim of this paper is to investigate to what degree the persistence of the past might be relevant for understanding spatial aspects of the recent rise. A secondary aim is to explore how spatial non-marital fertility variation is likely to develop in the future, both between and within countries. The outcomes support the view that historical patterns are relevant for understanding current non-marital fertility variation in most parts of Europe. However, the persistence of the past varies spatially, and seems to fade over time. The analysis of current trends in spatial variation between countries suggests that an east–west dichotomy is currently emerging: i.e., countries that are not in the European Union and that have Orthodox Christian or Muslim traditions exhibit higher propensities to remain at or to revert to comparatively low levels of non-marital fertility. Within Northwestern Europe, suburban belts around big cities appear to be the last strongholds of marital fertility.     

重建信仰--根除邪教的根本途径

邪教是一种通过构建偏激信仰来进行精神控制的反动组织.邪教之所以在现代社会肆虐猖獗、蔓延全球,与传统信仰的滞后与无力、主导信仰的缺失与疲软、科学精神和人文关怀的欠缺与忽视以及科学主义思潮的盛行有着内在的相关性.因此,唯有重建科学信仰,改进和强化信仰教育,重视信仰矫正才是根除邪教的根本途径.     

高校思想政治教育工作的几点思考

长期以来,高校思想政治教育工作地位弱化,工作观念、目标、内容、手段与当今社会的发展相脱节,教育方法手段陈旧、落后,教育过程和教育评价简单、生硬、公式化。应全面贯彻党的教育方针,创新思想政治教育的新观念,树立以人为本的教育理念,改进两课教学,提高教学效率,增强针对性、实效性、持久性,为全面小康社会的建设输送人才。     

佤族民间信仰中的生态智慧与实践

作为一个进入现代社会不足百年的民族,佤族的民间信仰中蕴含着独特的生态智慧,并通过具体的实践行为实现了人与自然关系的调适,直至今日仍继续对维护本民族自然生态产生实际效用。文章认为深挖佤族民间信仰及其具体生态实践行为中蕴含的生态智慧,可为当今民族地区生态文明建设提供一定借鉴。     

宪法之信仰

“法律必须被信仰,否则它将形同虚设”,伯尔曼先生的这句箴言同样适用于我国的法治建设。而对法律信仰的建构又应以宪法信仰的建构为首要任务。在当前的形势下,我们不应忽视对宪法宗教性基础的挖掘与深思。宪法信仰与宗教信仰有独特的契合点。要建构宪法法之信仰必须确立宪法的权威,完善诉讼的仪式,增进宪法真善美的内容,提高公民的宪法意识。     

新时期加强理想信念教育的现实原因分析

新时期加强理想信念教育是适应时代特征变化多种挑战的需要，是构建和谐社会的实践需要，是人们理想信念现状的现实召唤。     

"信仰之力量"的光与影——教会法人财产制的历史功用及其启示

基督教之社团财产法,在调和教会信仰的"纯洁性"与教会支配财产的"世俗性"之间矛盾的过程中,形成了独特的技术结构——教会目的财产说——相对于法人实体说与法人拟制说而言,是法人制度实践的进一步深入。但用于维持教会财产目的性的主要机制——信仰的力量——本身的不可靠,致使教会财产制在短暂成为"反封建"的革新力量以后,很快站到历史发展的对立面。这说明昭示法人制度未来的"目的财产说"还只是一种有益的"理想",以单纯的"信仰"为保障目的的实现,将导致对法人管理人做"性善论"假设,最终是善恶混淆的"自然状态"的复萌,这对以信仰立国的我国尤有警示意义。     

当代大学生漠视生命价值的诱因探析

对生命的敬畏与对生命价值的珍视,是现代社会健康人格的一个重要标识。当前我国大学生漠视生命、无视生命价值的现象屡屡见诸各类媒体,引起了全社会的普遍关注。主体价值认知的偏差,终极价值信仰的迷失,社会环境形成的心理困境以及现行教育制度的错位,是当代大学生漠视生命价值的主要诱因。引导大学生认真思考生命的意义,积极寻求生命的内在价值,珍惜和尊重生命,促进其人格的健全和完善,对实现社会和谐发展具有重要意义。     

论法律的情感生命力——兼析宗教信仰

法律的生命力来自于公众对法律的真诚信仰。法律应当反映公众普遍的情感、观念意识;法律信仰与宗教信仰有一定的相似性,从中人们能够获得某种启示。