Securitization,history, and identity: some conceptual clarifications and examples from politics of Finnish war history

This article shows how we can use the securitization framework to study extreme history politics. Securitization refers to a speech act or discursive process in which an actor makes a claim that some referent object, deemed worthy of survival, is existentially threatened. If successful, securitization justifies the use of extraordinary measures to counter the threat. After introducing the concept of securitization in detail, the article presents three ways in which history and securitization can be connected: history can serve as a facilitating condition of securitization; history can be explicitly used to strengthen a securitizing move; or history, or a particular interpretation of it, can be the referent object of securitization. The second half of the article is devoted to a discussion on the role of history in the securitization of national identities. Historical myths are the standard building blocks of national identities; challenging these myths can be presented as threats to the survival of the nation. The article also discusses potential forms of resistance against securitization of history/national identities. Illustrative examples from the political use of WWII history in Finland will be used to show the practical consequences of various conceptual choices.     

Post-Arab Spring: changes and challenges

This paper advances the proposition that post-Arab Spring politics are a product of globalisation’s economic and social liberalisation. The global market and privatisation have fundamentally deconstructed centralised autocratic rule over state and society, while facilitating corruption and selective development, culminating in public outrage. The political order of the Middle East and North Africa since the Arab Spring synthesises globalisation’s dialectic duality, in which economic integration has contributed to the demise of national authoritarianism, inciting communalism and political fragmentation. This paper analyses emerging political trends and challenges based on a comparative analysis of Egypt and Tunisia.     

长江下游水域治安管理现状及对策

当前长江下游水域治安问题突出,侵财性案件较多;非法采砂的行为屡禁不绝;群体性事件和水上治安灾害事故突出。在治安管理过程中面临着执法依据不全、管理体制不顺、水上警务保障不足的困境。     

刘少奇法制思想探析

刘少奇法制思想的主要内容,可以概括为七点.这些思想的实施所经历的曲折,有三个主要原因.从这些思想和这些原因,可以得出至少五点启示.     

高速公路抢劫犯罪研究与思考

近年来高速公路已经成为抢劫等暴力性犯罪的集中地。针对高速公路抢劫犯罪的特点和频发原因,需要通过构建高速公路治安管理体系、增强高速交警的战斗力、提高高速公路所有者、管理者的责任意识和人民群众的防范意识等手段,遏制高速公路抢劫案件的发生。     

遏制和预防公务员腐败的经济学分析

公务员腐败的一个重要原因是我国目前的制度安排尚有缺陷,导致腐败成为“高收益低风险”行为。从微观经济学理论出发,建立成本——收益模型和公务员腐败——廉洁选择的决策树模型。通过制度创新,使腐败成为被查处概率极高、政治风险极大和经济成本极巨的行为。同时,提高公务员廉洁收益。     

立法机关为什么能行使司法职能

立法机关司法职能的正当性来源于政治权力运行的逻辑必然和实现对它权的制约需要,分权并不排斥各政治部门之间为了合法的目的而进行最低限度的权力交叉;同时,发挥代议机构的政治协调功能以及司法权的社会分享也为之提供了价值支撑和理论根基。     

对肖日明侵犯商业秘密一案的法律分析

肖日明侵犯商业秘密一案,存在诸多争议,媒体以及法学界对该案予以较多关注。侵犯商业秘密罪应属结果犯而非即成犯,同时本案并未超过追诉时效,因而应追究肖日明及其所在单位侵犯商业秘密罪的刑事责任。     

论破产程序对担保物权优先性的限制

担保物权的优先性在民法中不可质疑,但在破产程序中,尤其在破产重整程序中则受到诸多限制.这种限制系破产程序本身的特点所决定,同时也是破产法立法价值嬗变的结果.基于利益衡平原则,对担保物权优先性的限制必须合理,我国这方面的立法尚存在诸多缺陷,有待进一步完善.     

论我国商业秘密保护中的竞业禁止

商业秘密保护中的竞业禁止是指对与特定营业具有特定关系的特定人的行为予以禁止的制度。我国关于竞业禁止制度的立法颇为零乱且不具操作性,应从竞业禁止合同的有效要件诸方面进行完善。