Missing the overlap between theory and practice: Patten’s ‘equal recognition’ in the face of the Catalan case

Drawing on the particularities of Catalonia (and related cases), the general point of this contribution is to argue that Patten’s equal recognition theory is modeled upon a too-restricted set of empirical assumptions, a circumstance that might harm its value as a tool for the orientation, evaluation, and reform of public policy. What is absent in Patten’s account – or at least not properly inserted into it – are four built-in modules that we have named ‘history’, ‘democracy’, ‘international relations’, and ‘migration’. When it comes to recognition of minorities, the past matters more often than Patten is willing to accept; democracy can lead to permanent departures from equal recognition on the part of self-governing national minorities; in the recognition game, there are other relevant players than simply states and their minorities; and one of these players, namely immigrant groups, can (albeit involuntarily) distort equal recognition schemes.     

Political mobilization in East Central Europe

This article provides an introduction to the special thematic section on political mobilization in East Central Europe. Based on a brief presentation of the main arguments of the individual articles, the authors discuss the recent political volatility in East Central Europe. They highlight the tension between fierce political rhetoric and populist policies on the one hand, and low levels of voter turnout and overall political participation in the region on the other. The authors argue that recent cases of successful as well as unsuccessful political mobilization in East Central Europe point to structural re-alignments in the region’s political landscape. In particular, the parties that are successful are those that manage to communicate their visions in new ways and whose messages resonate with nested attitudes and preferences of the electorate. These parties typically rally against the so-called establishment and claim for themselves an anti-hegemonic agenda. The introductory essay also asserts that these developments in East Central Europe deserve attention for their potential Europe-wide repercussions – especially the idea of “illiberal democracy,” which combines populist mobilization and autocratic demobilization and finds adherents also in more established European democracies.     

Minority Arab voting: village dynamics and electoral observations in Israel

For all the novelty of a democratizing “Arab Spring”, there have long been pockets in the Middle East where Arabic-speaking voters have gone to the polls in competitive elections, albeit as minority citizens. This article sheds light on such voting at the grassroots level, in Israel, where passions are intense even as the issues and candidates are local. Contradictions between Western notions of electoral democracy and the power of the Arab extended family (hamula) result in what we call “electoral hamulism”. Unexamined heretofore in the scholarly literature are the variability of polling station openness and the methodology of electoral observation in the Arab electoral world. Also underappreciated are psycho-cultural consequences of electoral loss. Overall, the article takes up Valbjørn’s call for “meta-study” analysis and “self-reflective” rethinking of the study of Arab politics.     

对我国传统文化中"和"的思想的辩证思考

构建和谐有序、稳定安宁、生活幸福的美好社会,是古往今来人类孜孜以求的共同社会理想。“构建社会主义和谐社会”这一命题的提出,不仅是对马克思主义关于社会主义社会建设理论的继承和发展,也是对我国古代传统文化中“和”思想的汲取与借鉴。     

从旧州绣球产业的发展看非物质文化遗产的资本转换

绣球是壮族传统的民族手工艺品.近年来,广西靖西县旧州镇依托传统的壮族绣球工艺,积极发展绣球产业.文章试图从旧州绣球产业的发展来思考非物质文化遗产与文化资本之关联,并探讨非物质文化遗产资本转换及运作的意义,从而希望能为非物质文化遗产保护实践的可持续发展服务.     

贵州民族文化旅游浅论

贵州民族文化旅游是贵州特色旅游的支柱,它依托于贵州极其丰富的民族文化旅游资源,成为贵州乡村旅游的闪光点。目前贵州民族文化旅游已取得一定的成绩,但仍然存在一些不足。本文试图对此加以分析并且提出对策性建议。     

云南少数民族传统哲学与文化解释

本文在概括云南少数民族传统哲学特点的基础上,描述和分析云南少数民族传统哲学对民族传统道德、传统宗教、传统艺术以及在族际文化交往方面的解释功能,进而分析了云南少数民族传统哲学与民族传统文化的关系。     

创意旅游：乡村旅游提升战略——以桂林龙胜为例

创意旅游是创意产业和旅游产业相融合发展起来的一种新兴的高级旅游形态,经济和社会效益显著。面对创意时代的到来,站在乡村发展、旅游产业升级的视角,桂林龙胜应借助区域经济发展契机,以创意思维,研究开发农业创意旅游发展模式、民族民俗文化创意旅游发展模式、生态创意旅游发展模式、养生养老创意旅游发展模式,红色创意旅游模式,借此发展提升乡村旅游和区域整体价值。     

传统文化和周恩来的外交思想

文化对外交有着重要影响,传统文化对周恩来外交思想产生了深刻影响。这表现在：周恩来外交思想的基本原则受到了传统文化中＂和＂的精神的影响;其外交礼仪思想吸收了传统礼仪文化的因素;其外交谋略受到了传统谋略思想的启迪;其外交艺术、外交教育思想吸收了传统文化的营养。