“But how to speak of such things?”: decolonial love,the coloniality of gender,and political struggle in Francisco Goldman's The Long Night of White Chickens (1992) and Jennifer Harbury's Bridge of Courage (1994) and Searching for Everardo (1997)

This article presents an analysis of works by Francisco Goldman and Jennifer Harbury, which deal with “cataclysmic moments” of recent Guatemalan history. It explores gender relations in these works with reference to three themes: storytelling, communication and affective relationships. Conceptually, I draw on the notions of decolonial love, the coloniality of gender, and the world gender order as categories of analysis. I take Chela Sandoval's methodology of the oppressed as a guideline for my analysis, and look at the ways in which different types of storytelling perpetuate or question the coloniality of gender, at the consequences of intercultural misunderstandings produced by different readings of the coloniality of gender and the world gender order, and at the significance of a critical and liberatory practice of gender roles for decolonial love. The practice of decolonial love is an alternative to what Tzvetan Todorov has called “the dreadful concatenation,” which is a result of cultural encounters during the conquest of the Americas and which conceptualizes as “love” a feeling that sidesteps equality, an exercise in destruction and possession. The coloniality of gender and decolonial love are explored through their interactions with masculinities and femininities across the different case studies.     

Norm-making,norm-taking or norm-shifting? A case study of Sino–Japanese competition in the Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail project

This paper’s main aim is to contribute to the debate on the impact of China’s rise on the established norms and practices in the field of international development. To do so, it zooms in on a single infrastructure project, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail line, which involved intense competition between China and Japan. Specifically, it examines how competition between China, a non-Western emerging power, and Japan, an OECD member, led to a recalibration of both China and Japan’s approaches to infrastructure financing in the region. The findings suggest that rather than straight convergence or competition between diverging models, there is an ongoing process of two-way adjustment between China, and representatives of the dominant global norms and practices. We also argue that to understand the implications of China’s participation in the field of international development, and its impact on the ‘rules of the game’ of global governance, researchers should avoid positioning inquiries within the premises of China’s one-directional impact on the development assistance regime. Rather, it is necessary to take into account a complex set of relationships including China, host countries and other ‘socialised’ actors, and the process of negotiation between them.     

Identity and world order in India’s post-Cold War foreign policy discourse

This article examines the dominant conception of world order in India’s post-Cold War foreign policy discourse. Drawing on a poststructuralist, discourse-theoretical framework, I argue that the discourse uses foreign policy and world order as sites for the (re-)production of India’s identity by placing India into a system of differences that constitutes ‘what India is’. The article shows that India’s foreign policy discourse frames world order in accordance with India’s own national experiences and thus seeks to upheave India’s identity to a position from where it can represent the universal: a global political community. This notion of Indian Exceptionalism constitutes the affective dimension of the discourse that obscures the absence of an extra-discursive foundation on which national identities could be grounded by endowing the Self with an imaginary essence and seemingly unique qualities.     

论水权的优先权

水权优先权具有重要功能 ,是我国水权制度和水市场建立的重要一环。在水权取得方面主要有河岸权原则、先占用原则和所有权绝对原则 ,而在水权优先位序规则的确立上 ,各国因具体情况不同 ,采取的方案也不尽相同。我国在遵循水资源的可持续利用、兼顾公平与效率及遵从习惯、因地制宜三大原则的前提下 ,应确立先占用原则为主的水权取得优先权原则 ,同时承认习惯水权 ,进而构建符合我国实际情况的水权优先位序规则。     

从执行方式的古今对照看死刑的命运

古代死刑的不同执行方式构成了死刑本身的差等之序,也即是各个不同严厉程度的死刑刑种.不同严厉程度的死刑刑种体现了刑罚分配中的公平.不同时代的死刑具有不同缺点,古代的多种残酷死刑共存违背了人道观念.而现代的单一死刑又违背了公平.死刑本身存在人道和公平不可兼得的内在缺陷.     

对地震灾区治安巡逻防控体系构建的探究与思考

巡逻防控是及时打击、控制和预防各类违法犯罪的社会治安管理的有效手段。它包括对现行犯罪的快速反应处置功能;对社会治安实施科学有效管理的功能;对治安事件和各类犯罪的预防控制功能;对各类突发性事件和自然灾害的抢险和救助功能;并作为公安机关的“主业”,在社会治安防控工作中起着举足轻重的作用。因此,很有必要对地震灾区治安形势进行分析,提出构建治安巡逻防控体系的一些方法,以期提升灾区整个社会面的治安防控效能．为灾后重建和社会经济事业的发展营造和谐稳定的社会环境。     

Rising powers and order contestation: disaggregating the normative from the representational

A central theme of the literature on rising powers is that new aspirants to great power status pose a challenge to the underlying principles and norms that underpin the existing, Western-led order. However, in much of the literature, the nature and significance of rising powers for international order are imprecisely debated, in particular the concept and practice of ‘contestation’. In this article, we aim to establish a distinction between normative contestation and what can be thought of as ‘contestation over representation’: that is, contestation over who is setting and overseeing the rules of the game rather than the content of the rules themselves and the kind of order that they underpin. The paper engages with debates on international order and international society, and its empirical basis is provided by a thorough analysis of the discourse of rising power summitry.     

治安调解存在的问题与制度完善

治安调解实践中存在缩小或扩大调解范围、违反自愿原则强行调解、程序缺失、效率低、方法简单等问题。其主要原因是:治安调解的范围模糊不清,缺乏可操作性;治安调解基本原则缺失,难以适应复杂多变的实际需求;治安调解没有或缺少相关程序规定;治安调解法律效力规定不明确,过于笼统;缺失调解无效和调解救济制度。应当从立法进行完善:确立治安调解的基本原则;科学合理确定治安调解的案件范围和标准;设定简捷、高效的正当调解程序;重新设定治安调解的效力;确立调解无效和调解救济制度。并应改革与完善治安调解执行制度:正确认识治安调解的价值,努力提升办案民警的基本素质;创新治安调解工作机制,有效化解社会矛盾,减少或避免上访及申诉现象;建立治安调解的奖惩与监督制度。     

试论公安机关窗口单位的治安防范

公安机关的窗口单位直接面向广大群众,是人民警察执法以及为民服务的前沿阵地,也是打击犯罪,掌握治安动态的直接途径。因此,在窗口单位中做好治安防范工作是十分必要的,并且对整个社会治安防范体系有重要的意义。治安防范要从日常的服务工作中做起,使之发展成为一个有效的治安防范体制。作为整个社会治安防范体系的重要部分发挥应有的作用。     

中外法律语言研究侧重点的差异及启示

法律与语言的关系问题是法律语言学的研究范围。司法领域中的语言问题是法律语言学研究的核心问题。一般来讲,法律语言研究分为书面语和口语两个范畴。中外法律语言研究侧重点存在着较大不同。中国法律语言研究重书面语研究而轻法律口语研究,范围多局限于语言本身,很少涉及到语言学在司法领域中的应用等方面。国外法律语言研究对国内法律语言的未来研究与发展有重要的启示意义。