Ethnic Riots in Kosovo: What Went Right?

The world was shocked when deadly riots broke out in Kosovoduring March 2004, after nearly five years of involvement andfinancial support by NATO and the United Nations. But, despitethe widespread nature of the rioting, violence did not spreadinto communities of return that had benefited substantiallyfrom direct international financial aid and interventions inthe same way that riots infected the wider province. This wasthe experience of communities assisted by at least two internationalNGOs, both of which used the ‘Do No Harm’ methodologyof enhancing ‘connectors’ while minimizing ‘dividers’between ethnic groups. American Refugee Committee's programmeis described and displacement data are presented. In those communitiesassisted by American Refugee Committee, 85 per cent of the returneesdid not flee during the riots. It is concluded that communitiesof return succeeded in thwarting violence because they had astake in peace.     

云南省警务实战教官建设存在问题及对策

我省警务实战教官建设存在的问题有,教官数量少,适应不了教育训练任务的需要;素质不高,承担不了高水平的教学训练任务;进修机会少,业务能力提高慢;欠缺合理的安排进修机制,收效欠佳;教官得不到重视,建设缺乏动力。对策是,转变观念,充分认识加强警务实战教官建设的重要意义;健全制度,用制度来推动警务实战教官队伍建设;加强交流,确保警务实战教官全面发展;加大培训,促进警务实战教官知识的不断更新;统筹安排,保证警务实战教官培训收到实效;完善考核机制,全面提高教官的综合素质。     

云南省禁毒警察工作环境与心理健康问题分析

禁毒警察是一支特殊的警察队伍,他们的职业具有高风险、高压力、高负荷、高诱惑的特点。他们在工作中所承受着高强度的心理压力,因此心理健康状况亟需关注。应对由职业带来的心理压力,需要公安机关警察队伍管理部门和民警个人共同作出努力,保障禁毒民警心理健康,才能为禁毒事业做出更大贡献。     

和谐社会视野下少数民族地区现代化战略探析

党的十六届四中全会《决定》提出了"坚持最广泛最充分地调动一切积极因素,不断提高构建社会主义和谐社会的能力"。我国发展经济、构建社会主义和谐社会的重心之一就是大力发展少数民族地区现代化,所以积极探索少数民族地区发展的现代化战略,不仅有利于地区自身发展,在构建社会主义和谐社会进程中也起着重要的作用。     

Guest editor's introduction

In 1933 the army of the nascent Iraqi state launched an exterminatory attack on members of the Assyrian community who had fled to Iraq during the First World War. 'The Assyrian affair' which at the time sent shock-waves around the world has now been largely forgotten. But an examination of its origins and causation reveals much about the nature and pattern of modern genocide. Levene argues that typecasting genocide as the outcome of prejudice, racism or even xenophobia, while these may be significant ingredients, proves to be insufficient as a comprehensive explanation. Rather, these factors need to be analysed within the context of an emerging international system of nation-states. This itself may be a factor in helping to catalyse the most extreme and radically ideological responses, especially from new and untried national elites seeking to overcome perceived obstacles to their state's development and genuine independence.     

Anti-capitalism in the name of ethno-nationalism: ideological shifts on the German extreme right

ABSTRACT

Sommer examines the (re-)emergence of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization themes within the ideology and discourses of the German extreme right. He argues that it would be short-sighted to interpret this development simply as another opportunistic attempt by the extreme right to incorporate Zeitgeist issues into its political agenda in order to appeal to a broader spectrum of supporters. An analysis of the latest campaigns of the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD)—the most successful extreme-right party in recent years—as well as the activities of groups that exist within the larger German extreme-right milieu, the so-called freie Kameradschaften, reveals that the taking up of social questions as well as anti-capitalist and anti-globalization themes marks a deeper shift within the political agenda of the extreme right in Germany. However, the analysis shows that racist and antisemitic issues do not disappear with this shift, but are linked with and incorporated into anti-capitalist and anti-globalization discourses.     

论弱势群体的宪法权利及其保护

从宪法学视角看,"弱势群体"系"制度保护不足的宪法权利主体",其宪法权利体系由"自由权"、"社会权"等实体性宪法权利与"请求保护权"等程序性宪法权利组成。弱势群体享有宪法上一般权利主体和特殊权利主体之双重地位,由此而可能发生的"权利竞合"与"权利冲突"现象,须借鉴域外宪法学原理,而透过法律条款作妥适之处理。弱势群体之宪法权利可经由立法路径转化为法律法规上之具体权利,亦可通过"合宪性解释"方式经由"行政保护"与"司法保护"两种路径而予以实现。     

统一多民族国家的宪制建构——新中国成立初期民族区域自治制度的奠基历程

对于民族区域自治制度在我国的确立,《共同纲领》的宪政宣示尽管具有最为重要的合法性确认意义,但这一基本宪政制度的真正奠基,则有赖于民族识别、民族干部培养、少数民族地方民主改革等一系列相关政治实践。这其中,少数民族地方民主改革可视为我国民族区域自治制度奠基的关键,它直接决定了新中国的民族治理制度是否坚持和贯彻了社会主义方向这一民族区域自治制度的最实质所在。同时,新中国通过将民族区域自治制度作为我国民族治理的基本宪政制度,也实现了清末以来多民族大国的民族—国家建构的真正飞跃。     

巩固和发展社会主义民族关系

巩固和发展平等、团结、互助、和谐的社会主义民族关系,必须要坚持党的领导,开展宣传教育活动,促进民族地区科学发展,加强民族法制建设,健全和谐民族交往关系的协调机制,排除影响民族关系的不利因素。