A Cartography of a Global Civil Society Advocacy Alliance: The Case of the Global Call to Action against Poverty

The last few decades have witnessed the emergence of global civil society advocacy networks as major players in global governance. The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is one of the recent phenomena in this arena and epitomizes high-level involvement of a multiplicity of actors in GCAP, with various multilateral governance institutions, as well as states. This article analyses the origins of GCAP, motivations for its formation, evolution, and operations, with specific references to its structures and architecture. It argues that alliances are very different from ‘normal’ forms of organizations because they are made up of diverse forms of organizations, coming together voluntarily to achieve a specific purpose and therefore are by their very nature complex, unstable, and difficult to co-ordinate. The result of such, within GCAP, is an organization that is somewhat amorphous and exhibits both aspects of anti-systemic protest (in Polanyian terms) as well as a pacifying force (part of the hegemonic historic block in Gramcsian terms). I argue that the loose nature of global civil society alliances is a positive contributor to mass mobilization but causes frustrations in decision-making and actions. This, in effect, calls for a more bureaucratized and institutionalized architecture, albeit with a potential to alienate some constituencies. A key lesson from GCAP's evolution, structures, and strategies, I posit, is that it is not possible to push through individual positions without compromising so as to accommodate others.     

试析摩奴法典中的婚姻制度

摩奴法典是古印度一部集大成的经典,法典中具体阐释了种姓婚姻制度。全书中种姓等级思想贯穿整部法典,一切伦理的、道德的、宗教的条文,都没有逾越这一种姓婚姻的界定。由此而引发产生的“寡妇不得再嫁制度”和“童婚”导致了在婚姻价值观上极端倾向性。在夫妻关系中,法典提出了许多积极的、正面的法理精神。     

建筑——凝固的音乐

通过若干建筑实例,从音乐所表现出的连续、渐变、起伏和交错等节奏感与韵律感,说明作为凝固音乐的城市建筑,给人一种强烈的空间音乐感和艺术的享受.     

中国古代民事诉讼的和谐因素

诉讼破坏了社会秩序的和谐，制造了人与人之闻的紧张荚系，打破了正常生产生活关系的稳定性。和谐是我国传统文化的重要特征。在我国古代民事诉讼中予以充分体现。从我国历史上民事诉讼的起诉、市理、裁判、执行各个环节来看，和谐理念是贯彻始终的，是我国古代民事诉讼的精髓在当前我国构建社会主义和谐社会进程中，充分借鉴古代民事诉讼和谐因素，具有极其重要的意义和价值。     

桂林相思埭运河与生态湿地资源旅游开发构想

古相思埭运河修筑于唐朝长寿元年（公元692年），其旅游资源兼有人文与自然结合的特点：历史底蕴浓厚，湿地景观独特。应当通过合理开发，以建立具有人文景观与湿地自然景观相结合的新的旅游模式。     

略论中国古代的法律伦理——以《唐律疏议》为中心

中国古代也存在法律伦理。《唐律疏议》是中华法系的代表作,以它为中心来审视古代的法律伦理,具有一定的代表性。中国古代的法律伦理存在于法律的原则、制度和具体内容之中,《唐律疏议》中法律伦理的形成有一定的条件支撑。与中国古代的法律伦理相关,法律伦理的作用、阐发和影响等问题值得关注。     

中国古代刑法禁约制度的历史考察

刑法禁约起源于北魏,造极于两宋,至明清而发生新变化。刑法禁约制度的调整对象和范围十分广泛。禁约条文是带有皇权干预特点的禁止性和命令性条款,与敕令格式的法律约束力相同;禁约独立于刑律之外,是与刑律并列的法律形式;禁约具有因时、因地制宜的特点,不具备常法的稳定性;禁约表现出中国古代法制诸法合体的共同特点。在刑律和敕令格式之外大量制颁刑法禁约,是法制建设适应经济社会快速变化需要的必然结果。     

Fatal non-accidental pediatric cranial fracture risk and three-layered cranial architecture development

This study examines the influence of three-layered cranial architecture development upon blunt force trauma (BFT) cranial outcomes associated with pediatric non-accidental injury (NAI). Macroscopic and microscopic metric and morphological comparisons of subadult crania ranging from perinatal to 17 years of age chronicle the ontogenetic development and spatial and temporal variability in the emergence of a mature cranial architecture. Cranial vault thickness increases with subadult age, accelerating in the first 2 years of life due to rapid brain growth during this period. Three-layer differentiation of the cranial tables and diploë initiates by 3–6 months but is not consistently observed until 18 months to 2 years; diploë formation is not well developed until after age 4 and does not manifest a mature appearance until after age 8. These results allow topographic documentation of cortical and diploic development and temporal and spatial variability across the growing cranium. The lateral cranial vault is identified as expressing delayed development and reduced expression of the three-layer architecture, a pattern that continues into adulthood. Comparison of fracture locations from known BFT pediatric cases with identified cranial fracture high-risk impact regions shows a concordance and suggests the presence of a higher fracture risk associated with non-accidental BFT in the lateral vault region in subadults below the age of 2. The absence or lesser development of a three-layered architecture in subadults leaves their cranial bones, particularly in the lateral vault, thin and vulnerable to the effects of BFT.     

中国古代文史与毛泽东军事思想的话语构建

毛泽东一生酷爱读中国古代文史,并形成了一种读书治国、治军的理念。毛泽东在诠释新民主主义革命和社会主义现代化军事建设的过程中,点评和使用了大量的中国古代文学与史学。他在遨游于中国古代文史时,不仅探索到了夺取革命胜利的妙道真经,而且借鉴了古代文史中经验教训的合理内核为社会主义军事建设提供了有益指导,更是承继了古代文史中的军事建设辩证法思想,为理顺治军大业提供了理论支撑。探讨中国古代文史与毛泽东军事思想的话语体系构建有助于学好历史,用好历史,构建中国气派、中国特色的话语体系。     

洛谢夫的古希腊神话研究特点管窥

洛谢夫是20世纪俄罗斯著名的哲学家、语文学家、宗教思想家。在他一生众多研究领域中,神话问题一直是其关注的焦点。洛谢夫概述了古希腊神话的历史分期,梳理了神衹形象嬗变特点,归纳了神衹功能变异类型。洛谢夫始终以＂历史与发展＂为脉络统摄其神话研究,并主张在动态发展中研究神话。