Public opinion polarisation and protest behaviour

Does an increasing divide in normative notions within a population influence citizens’ political protest behaviour? This article explores whether public opinion polarisation stimulates individuals to attend lawful demonstrations. In line with relative deprivation theory, it is argued that in an environment of polarisation, individuals’ normative notions are threatened, increasing the probability that they will actively participate in the political decision‐making process. Using the European Social Survey from the period 2002–2014 and focusing on subnational regions, multilevel analyses are conducted. Thereby a new index to measure public opinion polarisation is introduced. Depending on the issue, empirical results confirm the effect of polarisation. While average citizens are not motivated to demonstrate over the issue of whether people from other countries are a cultural threat, they are motivated by the issues of reducing inequality and of homosexuality. The article goes on to examine in a second step whether ideological extremism makes individuals more susceptible to environmental opinion polarisation. Findings show that members of the far left are more likely to protest when their social environment is divided over the issue of income inequality. In contrast, members of the far right are motivated by rising polarisation regarding homosexuality. In sum, citizens become mobilised as their beliefs and values are threatened by public opinion polarisation.     

西部民族地区中观经济信息化间接绩效测评

当今时代,信息技术、信息资源在经济社会各个领域的高度渗透性,使得信息化成为推进经济社会快速发展的核心动力。信息化绩效的测评理应科学、完整地反映信息化在经济社会的宏观、中观、微观不同层次以及各层次中的直接、间接功能发挥的状况,做到宏观、中观、微观绩效评估,直接、间接绩效评估的有机结合。在此,我们着重就我国西部民族地区中观经济信息化间接绩效水平进行测评与比较研究。     

规律性短时巨大交通流量集中区域交通组织方法及实证研究——以湖南省娄底市贤童街交通改善为例

巨大交通流量在短时间内规律性地高度集中和疏散，已经成为城市内一种日益常见的交通行为现象，典型的有如一些办学规模较大的中小学学校通学交通以及由此衍生的其他交通行为。本文结合湖南省娄底市第一中学等学校所在区域的交通问题，通过实证分析的方法，在对道路基础设施不做大型建设改造的低投入原则下，通过交通组织理论和交通管理手段的合理运用，采用单向交通、错时上下学等简便而且低投入的交通组织与管理措施，对存在交通难题进行了极为有效改善，并从此得到相应启示。     

论粤港澳跨境有组织犯罪区际侦查合作模式及原则

“一国两制”使我国成为一个多法域国家,利用各法域之间立法、司法的差异与冲突逃避打击已成为跨境有组织犯罪愈演愈烈的主要原因之一。从粤港澳三地的区域性特点出发,以三地警方多年区际侦查合作的实践探索为基础,创建区域性专项区际侦查合作模式是有可行性的,也是遏制该区域跨境有组织犯罪的有效对策。其基本原则是:坚持“一国两制”原则;平等协商、对等互助原则;尊重对方法律制度原则;公共秩序适当保留原则;以犯罪地为主,以有效惩治犯罪为辅,合理界定侦查管辖权原则;以及简便、及时、效率等原则。     

建设天津东疆自由贸易港区 促进环黄渤海区域经济发展与合作

国务院已经正式批准设立天津东疆保税港区,并允许东疆港区借鉴国际惯例在通关、外汇、物流、贸易、税收等多个领域先行先试,成为我国对外高度开放的示范区。保税港区是自由港的雏形,是向自由港的过渡。自由贸易港区是天津东疆保税港区的发展目标。建成后的天津东疆保税港将成为天津港作为世界一流大港的标志性区域和现代港口功能示范区,港口的建设与发展将对环黄渤海合作与发展产生不可估量的影响。     

Russia’s local government in the process of authoritarian regime transformation: incentives for the survival of local democracy

In 2003, the authorities of Russia launched a comprehensive reform of local government. One of the elements of this reform was the replacement of the previously predominant form of local government, characterised by the presence of directly elected mayors, with the council-manager model. While originally motivated largely by the desire to enhance the efficacy of local government, the reform was implemented concurrently with Russia’s transition to electoral authoritarianism, with the council-manager model emerging as a major tool of authoritarian transformation. This study uses the data from 79 capitals of Russia’s regions in order to identify those factors that facilitated the survival of directly elected mayors in these cities. The analysis reveals that the past trajectories of regime transitions at the regional level in the form of elite settlement, economic resourcefulness, and the lack of politically motivated deference to the federal authorities contributed to the survival of local democracy in Russia.     

西南佛教的典型意义

西南地区的佛教有汉传佛教、藏传佛教和南传上座部佛教三种,另外云南还曾流行过阿阇梨教.西南因其濒临佛教发祥地,是佛教传入中国的首经之地,其向西南渗入并拓展的过程,即是佛教中国化、民族化的过程.佛教对中国的影响,以西南为最典型.     

少数民族地区基层政权的环境分析

少数民族地区基层政权是我国政权体系的重要组成部分。从系统论及其政治生态学的观点看 ,少数民族地区基层政权系统之外必然存在着特有的政治、经济、文化等环境要素。这些环境要素对少数民族基层政权系统的活动内容及方式产生着直接或间接的制约和影响。少数民族基层政权系统的活动必须充分估计与认识这种制约和影响 ,才能更有效地改造环境要素 ,从而加快少数民族地区的发展步伐     

A semiotic study of regional branding reflected in the slogans of Korean regions

The purpose of the present analyses of regional slogans is to provide a semiotic perspective for understanding the symbolic communication systems involved in the construction of Korean regional governments. This study attempts to evaluate the slogans in terms of the semantic and morphological aspects of the texts. Findings show an overuse of signs within the slogans of regional governments that weakened the delivery of information regarding local identity. A leading slogan for a large region may create a unique identity in relative terms, whereas second-tier regions tend to mimic the success of others. The present research illustrates that each region of Korea cannot be differentiated in terms of a semantic analysis of linguistic signs. The communication tendencies that influence the creation of slogans for Korean regions are morphologically complex but semantically simple, resulting in the failure of these regions to secure distinctiveness in their individual brand identities.     

马克思主义社会治理观在民族地区的实践研究

马克思主义社会治理观在民族地区治理实践中发挥着重要作用,是改善民族地区治理效果的重要理论基础。基于此,以马克思主义社会治理观作为研究对象,结合马克思主义社会治理观的主要内容,分析当前民族地区社会治理存在的问题,并从经济、政治、文化以及社会生活等方面的结合阐述马克思主义社会治理观在民族地区的实践与应用。