Beyond issue diversification: N-VA and the communitarisation of political,economic and cultural conflicts in Belgium

Since the early 2000s, the Flemish nationalist party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) has experienced a burgeoning growth. Paradoxically, for a stateless nationalist and regionalist party (SNRP), this performance has occurred without major changes in mass support for independence and only ambiguous ones for more regional autonomy, which suggests that the party appeals to different electoral subgroups through a vote-maximisation strategy of issue diversification. Providing an in-depth analysis of the multi-dimensional ideology of N-VA, this article contributes to the literature on SNRPs by arguing that N-VA has gone beyond issue diversification through a strategy of ‘issue communitarisation’ that consists not only in expanding its agenda beyond the centre–periphery cleavage, but rather in framing all other policy issues explicitly in (sub-state) nationalist terms. According to this strategy, all major conflicts on political power, social redistribution and cultural identity are systematically represented as being based on an unresolvable and overarching centre–periphery antagonism between Flanders and francophone Belgium.     

Deconstructing competing courtroom narratives: representation of social actors

Underpinned by the assumption that the import of the facts and the law in the courtroom depends on how they are invoked and (re)presented mainly through language use by courtroom interactants, this functional linguistic study critically scrutinizes representation strategies that opposing lawyers use to position social actors in their narratives, integrating Halliday’s concept of transitivity and van Leeuwen’s inventory of social actor representation. The findings reveal that the two sides consistently exhibit contrasting discursive practices, and that referential choices and grammatical positioning constitute major semiotic resources that work in concert to construct different identities and alternate realities, and negotiate interpretations of the guilt and innocence of the defendant and the victims. Social actor representation, it is argued, constitutes an important contingency bearing on the outcome of this institutional discourse. Such resources are deeply intertwined with each presenter’s underlying ideologies in this institutional discourse.     

重刑化刑事政策之商榷

以刑事一体化为视角对2005年12月至2011年5月间司法解释进行分析，发现重刑化的实体法与微罪处分的程序法共同构成了宽严相济刑事政策的架构。刑事政策重刑化使我国刑罚体系水涨船高；在此情境下，程序设计的严谨不过是出于对严罚的合理化，而社区矫正等微罪转介措施则促使更广泛入罪化。其解决方法是：重新提倡刑法谦抑；对首重严刑的民意进行理性审视；以及推行恢复性司法，通过沟通实施控制。     

德国行政强制执行的方式与程序介绍

德国行政执行法律是行政机关自力强制执行模式的典型代表,对许多国家和地区的立法都产生了重要影响。结合德国行政法学界的讨论与相关司法判例,解析该国行政强制执行的前提条件、强制手段以及程序等问题,理清《联邦行政执行法》与《行政程序法》之间的衔接,具有借鉴意义。我国行政法学在法律技术方面深受以德国为代表的大陆法系法学的影响,系统深入地理解德国行政执行法律制度,将有助于我国的《行政强制法》立法进程。     

国家意识形态灌输与个体现实需要的对接互融:现代思想政治教育的本真指向

国家意识形态灌输与社会个体现实需要是现代思想政治教育本质的双向考量,规制着现代思想政治教育的发展向度和深度。国家意识形态、个体现实需要和思想政治教育涵盖于生活世界,融通于生活世界的生活性本质,决定了生活世界是现代思想政治教育推进国家意识形态与个体现实需要对接互融的基本场域。     

试论东固革命根据地党的建设

东固革命根据地在党的思想建设、作风建设和党的领导干部队伍建方面有着丰富的实践。马克思主义的广泛传播,地方优秀历史文化的传承,青年知识分子为主体的领导干部结构,形成了东固革命根据地党的建设与众不同的特色。其时,"左"的严重错误也给东固革命根据地党的建设带来了破坏性影响。     

大力提升我国主流政治文化网上引导力

主流政治文化是社会主义先进文化的重要组成部分，也是主流意识形态在政治领域的集中体现，对整合社会思潮，巩固党的执政地位，维护社会和谐稳定等都发挥着巨大作用。近年来互联网在我国迅速发展，极大改变了传统媒体建构的主流政治文化传播理念、传播环境、传播机制，使我国主流政治文化传播面临全新的挑战，亟需新的思路和举措来提升网上引导能力。     

公安院校“体改生”思想道德状况与教育对策探析

招录体制改革背景下公安院校大学生作为预备警官,其思想道德素质关系到公安队伍建设。调查显示,当前＂体改生＂入警动机不纯、道德素质偏低,现行的德育教学也存在着效果欠佳等问题。必须从强化＂体改生＂警察职业道德教育、强化行为养成教育和完善士官生思想道德知识结构等方面加以改进。     

浅谈高校改革中的思想政治工作

随着改革开放的深入发展和社会主义市场经济体制的逐步建立,社会对人才素质提出了更高要求。高等教育要充分有效地发挥思想政治的服务和保证功能,才能适应形势发展需要。     

对波普尔证伪主义的探究

证伪主义是波普尔在批判归纳主义与证实原则的基础上建立起来的,是波普尔整个哲学思想的基础,它既是波普尔解决＂分界问题＂与＂归纳问题＂的关键,也是波普尔的科学认识论与方法论的基础。通过对证伪主义的辩证分析,为我们的哲学与科学的发展提供有用的经验。