The political value of languages

A theory of linguistic justice needs to take into account the three distinct values of language as a medium for communication, as a source of individual identity and as an instrument for political self-government. Doing so would undermine Van Parijs’ claim that political borders and peoples should be downgraded to a purely instrumental role for purposes of social justice. But it would widen the scope of egalitarian global justice by including a universal right of individuals to membership self-governing polities and it could provide more solid theoretical foundations for his defence of coercive territorial language regimes.     

Pension Programs Around the World: New Comparative Global Policy Data

Abstract

Income protection during old age is a universally recognized human right. Are nations fulfilling their responsibility for income support for older adults? Using a new global dataset on social protection conceptualized and built by two of the authors, this paper examines whether countries have legislated for national pension systems, and the characteristics and adequacy of those systems.     

Timing as a source of regulatory influence: A technical elite network analysis of global finance

Rules governing the international financial system are the subject of some of the most intense distributional battles waged in any area of global governance. Who wins and who loses such battles – and why? I develop a novel analytical framework – technical elite network (TEN) theory – which explains the widely varying levels of influence that stakeholders enjoy over global financial standards. TEN theory draws attention to how issue‐specific characteristics of international finance – in particular, its highly technical and complex nature – shape the distributional consequences of global regulatory processes. It posits that such characteristics influence distributional outcomes by (i) affecting who claims first‐mover position and, thus, sets the agenda in global financial rulemaking, and (ii) ensuring that proposals made by first movers are increasingly difficult to alter at later stages of rulemaking. I provide empirical evidence for the theory by examining two regulatory regimes that are central to the efficiency and stability of the global financial system: the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Accounting Standards Board.     

全球治理视阈下我国外交的应对方略

全球治理是应对全球化的一种反应,它的出现是对传统国际关系的挑战。全球治理已是不可逆转的历史趋势,它给中国的内政外交带来了难以估量的冲击和影响。我国外交必须制定出应对方略:坚持发展中国家的属性与定位,统筹协调好大国关系,打牢同发展中国家互信合作的基础,推进周边区域治理,开展好公共外交,善用并倚重各种全球治理平台,参与全球化,推进全球治理。     

国际法视野下的全球治理

全球治理的产生基于全球化、全球问题以及国际社会新兴力量的崛起。全球治理的概念一直都没有统一和明确,不同专业和领域的机构、学者都从不同的角度来研究这一问题。从某种意义上讲,国际法与全球治理的目标是一致的,其本身应当是实现全球治理的一种重要方法或是途径。全球治理和国际法的共同基础是国家主权,二者的发展都与解决国际问题包括全球化问题密切相关,全球治理的主体、对象和范围、实现方式和途径等基本问题都可以从国际法的发展中得到更多的启示与借鉴。     

全球化进程中的政治教育

全球化趋势使人类日益结成为一利益共同体，要求人类树立全球意识，要求学校政治教育培养学生的全球意识。虽然全球化进程使人类的共同利益日益增加，但国家、民族仍然是构成人类的基本单位，国家利益仍然存在，因而进行爱国主义教育在当代仍有存在的必然性和合理性。学校政治教育既引导学生认识全人类共同利益和国家利益的统一性，又应引导学生把握全球化时代国家主权的新特点。在全球化进程中，民族问题更加尖锐和复杂，在这种情况下，人们应正确认识和处理民族问题，学校应对新一代进行正确的民族观教育。     

论卡特政府时期美国全球战略发生历史性转变的内在根源(Ⅱ)

吉米·卡特是美国历史上少有的在执政期间真正有意致力于推动世界和平的总统之一。他为抑制美苏军备竞赛,裁减军备与缓和当时的国际紧张局势做出了不懈的努力。他的这些努力使他后来荣膺诺贝尔和平奖。然而,由于卡特的这种外交方针触犯了当时美国国内某些极端保守势力的利益,在国际上又遭到苏联霸权主义的扩张带来的冲击,使他在执政期间屡屡遭受外交政策上的挫折。分析美国外交政策史上这一特定时期的种种内在和外在的因果联系,对于我们今天更深入地了解美国外交政策的内在动因具有极为重要的参照意义。     

学科细分与学科扩展的统一——政治学研究的新趋向

政治学研究的新趋向,集中体现为两个特点,一是研究热点的跨学科性;二是研究方法的开放性。在政治学基本理论方面,预计未来的研究走向,仍会体现这两种特性。而近期的潜在研究热点,可能会集中在文化(文明)与政治、宗教与政治、科学与政治等关系领域。