What explains the rise of majority–minority tensions and conflict in Xinjiang?

ABSTRACT

In the past few years there has been a rise of inter-ethnic violence in China. While ethno-cultural repression and ineffective state policies are correctly attributed as key culprits behind this reality, this article suggests that socio-economic factors play a fundamental contributory role as well. Using the Xinjiang case, the article maps ethnic tensions and violence as a manifestation and expression of a growing and heightened ethno-cultural consciousness stemming from ethnic minorities’ low socio-economic status due, in part, to internal Han migration, and a labour market process – involving agency and structure – that has shaped a split and segmented labour market.     

Sense of Belonging Among High School Students Representing 4 Ethnic Groups

The authors investigated the dimensions and mechanisms of belonging relevant to motivation and achievement among high school students representing 4 ethnic groups. Using survey data from 9th to 12th grade students (N = 5,494) attending 7 ethnically-diverse high schools, structural equation modeling was employed to explore, independently for each ethnic group, the relationships between students’ perceptions of their belonging (encompassing relationships with teachers and peers, extracurricular involvement, and perceived ethnic-based discrimination), motivation (efficacy beliefs and valuing school activities), and academic success. All 4 measures of belonging were significant for European-American and Latino students. However, friendship nominations were not significant for all groups, suggesting potential variability in perspectives across ethnic groups. The strength of the structural model postulating belonging as a mediator, including statistically significant indirect paths, supported the hypothesis that the belonging construct accounted for much of the relationship between student motivation and success across groups.Beverly Faircloth is a doctoral candidate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include the developmental and motivational processes that support adolescent school engagement in ethnically diverse settings.Jill Hamm is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996. Her research interests are adolescents’ peer relations in ethnically diverse schools and classrooms.     

进城务工人员在二元劳动力市场中的地位与工会的维权思路

在我国社会双重转型时期,劳动力资源配置方面呈现两大特征:一是农村人口城镇化速度加快;二是在城镇形成二元劳动力市场。大量进城务工人员滞留在下层的“次属劳动力市场”,成为“新型工资劳动者”,其合法权益不断受到严重侵犯。其后果是,在全社会劳动力职业结构趋于高级化的同时,城镇底层劳动力群体扩张并构成“沉淀”的劳动力供给群。为促进建立和谐、稳定的劳动关系,工会要站在促进城乡整体协调发展、维护职工长远利益的高度积极推动政府加快配套改革,稳步有序地消除进城务工人员融入城镇、公平就业竞争的制度性制约因素。     

统筹城乡发展 引导农民工有序流动——石家庄市农民工流动与户籍改革调查

统筹城乡发展,是解决"三农"问题的重要举措,也是各级政府的一项重要工作.要增加农民的收入,就必须提高农业的生产效率,减少农民的数量,引导农民向城镇和非农产业转移.分析农民工流动的利弊及制约因素,加大户籍改革制度的力度,规范和加强对农民工的管理,在今天具有重要的现实意义.     

依托工会组织优势夺取抗击"非典"斗争的全面胜利

在抗击"非典"的艰巨斗争中,工会组织必须发挥自身优势,加强对职工的思想政治工作,维护职工的合法权益,力争取得抗"非典"斗争的胜利和经济社会全面稳定的发展.     

实践"三个代表"不断开创女工工作新局面

创新女工工作理论及其工作方式方法,加强教育引导,努力实践"三个代表"重要思想,不断开创女工工作新局面.     

对《女职工劳动保护规定》的修改建议

1988年的《女职工劳动保护规定》是符合当时历史条件的,但从目前现实情况看,其适用主体、原则、范围、具体内容、法律救济途径、法律责任等规定都需要重新审视,应当进行全面修改。     

关于新建企业工会组建中几个问题的思考

面对非公有制经济中日益庞大的职工群体及复杂的劳动关系 ,如何把这些职工组织到工会中来 ,协调好劳动关系 ,维护非公有制经济中职工的合法权益 ,成为当前现实而紧迫的工作。而新建企业组建工会难的部分原因就是对一些重要问题缺乏理论思考。     

关于提升民族地区县级政府能力的思考

提升民族地区县级政府的能力,就是要使民族地区县级政府变成能做事、会做事、做得好事的政府。为此,应从以下几方面入手：提高民族地区政府工作人员的素质,增强民族地区县级政府工作人员的责任意识和廉洁意识,促进民族地区县域经济的发展,加强民族地区县级政府与人民群众的联系。     

管理者调动职工积极性的有效招法

党的十七大报告指出,要推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣,必须加强和谐文化建设,这是全体人民团结进步的重要精神支柱.加强和谐文化建设,调动职工工作积极性,要求管理者要扎实地运用"南风"效应、自尊效应、"自己人"效应、关怀效应、感恩效应法,即所谓的"软"工作方法来满足职工的情感需求,这是管理者工作取胜的关键,也是一个单位发展的金钥匙.