From British subjects to Australian values: a citizenship-building approach to Australia–Asia relations

Australia–Asia relations are inextricably bound up with the development of notions of statehood and citizenship. The argument advanced here is that the way a state acts within the international community markedly determines how it relates to its own citizens. Here we suggest that the continuing and politically resonant idea of Australia as a ‘middle power’ is a crucial thread that links the international and national dimensions of citizenship building. From the very beginning of Federation, the contingent sovereignty of the new Australian Commonwealth in the imperial order became necessarily entangled with debate over national political institutions and citizenship building. Long after the end of the British Empire, the notion of middle power politics has determined the nature and shape of citizenship building. These statecraft projects of ‘citizenship building’ are profoundly shaped, determined and reinforced by the institutions and policies of regional engagement. We explore this framework through three critical junctures of domestic and external policy: 1. the emergence of dominion status on the basis of a common racial and cultural identity within the empire in the first half of the century;

2. the developing notion of a good international citizen during the Hawke and Keating period;

3. the invocation of Australian values by John Howard.

     

我国内外资企业法的重构问题探究

《外国企业或者个人在中国境内设立合伙企业管理办法》从2010年3月起施行,对我国内外资企业法重构问题的热议再次兴起。现行内外资企业法存在内容重复、不够协调、不符合国民待遇原则等不足,有必要探究内外资企业法的重构方案。我国合伙企业的相关立法已经基本实现了内外并轨,公司的相关立法内外并轨条件也较成熟。可以将我国现行外商投资...     

Decision‐making during international crises: A reexamination

The purpose of this research note is to reexamine the methods and codings of crisis decision‐making processes performed by Herek, Janis, and Huth in 1987, and thereby to discuss the role of the case survey method as a means to build theory in the study of foreign policy. The research reported here uses a somewhat different measure of decision‐making process quality and a slightly expanded list of data sources than were used by Herek and his colleagues. It reevaluates a subset of the cases explored in the previous study. This research note largely confirms the analysis of crisis decision‐making processes presented in the previous study, though it notes and discusses some discrepancies. Furthermore, this reexamination seeks to contribute to our understanding of crisis decision‐making processes by using a different conceptualization of decision‐making process quality and thus a different coding procedure.     

Agrarian structure,foreign investment in land,and land prices in Brazil

The recent global rush for farmland in Latin America has produced a dramatic increase in the level of foreign investment in land in Brazil. The current trend accentuates the ongoing process of foreignization of agriculture associated with the production of grains, sugar, ethanol and other commodities, increasing land prices. In response, the Brazilian government reestablished a legal mechanism for ‘controlling’ land-based foreign investment which has proven neither efficient nor effective in solving land concentration. This paper examines this issue by analyzing the causes of the increase in investment as well as the consequences of this process with respect to land prices, critically situating land-based investments and the government's policy response in a broader discussion of the demands of agrarian social movements.     

“美元本位”与东南亚的外汇储备管理

全球经济失衡背景下，美国经常账户持续逆差与东南亚外汇储备迅速扩张引人注目，东南亚将美元作为贸易计价、结算货币和本币钉住的对象。1998年以后，东南亚经常账户由逆差开始转为顺差，导致其外汇储备快速增长，发展成为典型“官方债权国”。泰国的储备资产扩张更多地依托资本和金融账户，新加坡的外汇储备增长则具有坚实的经济基础，通过公积金计划的实施来降低货币当局的购汇压力。     

中国证券投资者保护基金制度之完善——以关国SIPC为例

在金融危机背景下，证券市场中小投资者的利益倍受关注。该文以美国为例，介绍了旨在保护中小投资者利益的证券投资者保护基金的产生和主要内容，评析了中国证券投资者保护基金存在的问题，并就完善中国证券投资者保护基金制度提出建议。     

论法律移植与法律融合

在中外法制史上，法律移植与法律融合是非常普遍的现象，是各国法律建设中的一个重要的内容。印度和日本移植外来法的政治、社会、文化奈件不同，所走的道路也存在较大差异，但比较两国移植外来法，改造本土法，使两者并存融合的过程，仍可总结成功的经验和共同的规律。     

论金融危机背景下出口信用保险对中小外贸企业的促进作用

2009年中国总体出口形势严峻，中小企业作为出口企业的主力军更是承受巨大压力，就目前来看，收汇风险增大和融资困难是阻碍其发展的两个重要原因。出口信用险结合其项下的商业银行贸易融资项目，可以同时解决中小企业的收汇和融资难题。在新的经济形势下，国家应加大对出口信用险的扶持和推广力度，深化贸易融资创新，协助和引导中小型外贸企业走上可持续发展的道路。     

From dictatorship to democracy: the US and regime change in Paraguay, 1954–1994

Abstract— This paper seeks to analyse the external sources of democratisation in Paraguay, specifically how the US contributed to regime change in that country. In the small and vulnerable countries of Latin America, like in Central America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Paraguay, where the US played a portentous role in the rise, consolidation and demise of authoritarian regimes during the Cold War, Washington has also rendered a vital, but often neglected role, in protecting and enhancing democratic rule. This paper also provides an analysis of the different forms of leverage exercised by the US before and during Paraguay's transition.     

创建大学生自主学习外语的课外多媒体语言学习环境

外语学习离不开语言学习环境的支持,随着多媒体网络信息技术的进步,积极创建适合学生个性化自主学习的课外多媒体语言学习环境成为高校外语教学亟待解决的课题。高校要充分认识创建课外多媒体语言学习环境的必要性、可行性、紧迫性;结合实际,对学校现有的演示型多媒体教学环境、交互式多媒体网络教学环境、校园网络教学环境以及校园文化环境等资源加以改造利用,创建、优化课外多媒体语言学习环境。