The Legal Protection for China's Flexible Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a chain of socioeconomic effects worldwide. China’s social and economic operations and labor market have also been suffered because of this global crisis. During hard times, flexible employment becomes an important means for stabilizing employment. However, the pandemic also exposed the problems ensuing from insufficient legal protection for flexible workers. First, there are some gaps and defects in the labor and social security laws in terms of their scope and applicability to flexible workers. Second, there were limitations in the support and protection policies for flexible workers at the early stages of the pandemic. Although the government implemented measures soon after the outbreak of COVID-19, their role is still constrained by the legal lacunae in protecting flexible workers. As flexible employment will continue to play a significant role in China’s labor market, the State Council issued a far-reaching official document in July 28, 2020 to support it. This document indicates the directions for providing better legal protection for flexible workers, which contains expanding the legal scope and enriching the legal protection. Based on the realities and latest policies, the legal protection for flexible workers should be systemically improved in the future.     

Russia–EU relations at a crossroads: preventing a new Cold War in a polycentric world

In the past year, the Ukrainian crisis has generated an international discussion about a ‘new Cold War’. This article looks into the likelihood of such a scenario and makes suggestions of how it may be precluded. The course of events depends on whether the current model of globalization can be reversed. This would mean not only a change in the current structure of the global economy, but its dismantling. However, it is obvious that for most European and other states, the risks associated with such a policy outweigh potential geopolitical and economic benefits. The international order is in a state of flux. High risks are unacceptable when governments or nations pursue their interests in a stable environment. But when the balance of power shifts substantially, as it has now, the perception of risk threshold also begins to change. European history has shown that large-scale transformations in international relations in most cases triggered tension and violence, caused by rising demands of ascending powers and by resistance of those who were challenged. In the twenty-first century, the polycentric structure of the world provides an opportunity to achieve a new lasting global settlement, and to put an end to the current period of increasing tension.     

The Engage programme and the Government Communication Network in the UK, 2006–2010

The Engage programme was launched in April 2006 by the Government Communication Network (GCN) in the UK. As a civil service body supporting those in government working as press officers and in marketing roles, the GCN under the New Labour government in the period 2006–2010 was involved with the extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication. This article charts this process by examining key government policy documents from this period. The rationale for Engage rested on the assumption that government in the UK needed to adapt its communication approach to reach what were perceived as individualised consumers in society. The extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication that happened under Engage is shown to be consistent with the New Public Management approach to public services under New Labour. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

中国现代化进程与新农村建设

新时期中国的现代化在取得巨大成就的同时也表现出相当严重的发展失衡状态,城乡发展失衡尤为突出,农村长期被边缘化。建设社会主义新农村,是矫正中国现代化发展严重不平衡状态的重大战略举措;是促使我国现代化在新阶段实现协调、平衡发展,逐步走向成熟的必然要求;也是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化基本价值诉求的体现。在现阶段,国家的大力帮助和扶持是新农村建设的必要前提;以技术化为核心的农业现代化是新农村建设的主要着力点;调整城市化战略是新农村建设有效推进的重要条件。     

新发展格局与“发展型法治”的构建

在我国开启现代化国家建设的新发展阶段,构建"双循环"的新发展格局不仅需要经济上的谋划,也需要相关法律制度的有力推动。其中,经济法作为典型的"发展促进法",对"双循环"的四大环节及其赖以存续的现代化经济体系,均具有重要影响。通过审视经济法对"双循环"的促进和保障,有助于揭示"新发展格局—新发展理念—发展型法治"的内在关联,以及更为具体的"问题—价值—制度"之间的逻辑联系,由此可以说明构建与新发展格局相应的"发展型法治"的必要性和可行性,以及在制度建设方面应兼顾的"安全与发展"价值,从而不断推进发展导向型的良法善治,这尤其有助于推进我国整体法治的完善,丰富法治理论和经济法的相关理论,推动新兴的"发展法学"的构建。     

中小城镇发展问题的反思与转变

分析我国城市发展“小城镇,大问题”、“小城镇,大发展”、“小城镇,大战略”转变历程,反思中小城镇发展问题的战略路径,在新型城镇化背景下,重新回归到研究增强中小城镇发展问题上。依据城镇规模等级体系理论,研究得出了中小城镇建设在城镇体系结构和城镇化建设中的战略地位作用,提出了加快中小城镇建设发展的思路,地方政府要优化公共服务,统筹城发乡展,更好引导发挥企业和居民“以足投票”的作用,为完善城市体系结构和城市可持续发展提供新动力。     

新生代农民工与城乡统筹的内在逻辑及耦合路径

新农村建设和新型城镇化既是中国农村发展的两大主题,也是驱动中国城乡统筹发展及现代化建设的两个巨轮。愿意返乡创业的新生代农民工是新农村建设的内生动力,实现返乡新生代农民工在县域城镇的市民化梦想则是新型城镇化的重要标尺。政府创造条件响应其诉求,是城乡统筹的实践突破和人文回归。     

浅析反恐新形势下的舆论宣传新变化

近一段时间以来,暴力恐怖活动从新疆波及全国各地,而暴力恐怖分子则呈现单一民族、单一地域的特征。这种表象和本质错位的现实,给我们的舆论宣传提出了一个新的命题:如何告知群众真正的恐怖分子是谁?除了民族、宗教、暴力恐怖,新疆还有什么?舆论如何引导民族与分裂脱钩,宗教与极端脱钩。     

新媒体环境下大学生爱国主义教育创新研究

新媒体技术的发展,为当代大学生提供各样文化知识便利的同时,也给新形势下大学生爱国主义教育的开展带来了巨大的挑战。客观审视与分析新媒体的主要特征和认真梳理新媒体环境对大学生爱国主义教育所产生的影响,扩大有利因素,剔除有害因素,充分运用新媒体创造性的开拓创新大学生爱国主义教育的新型阵地、不断深化对大学生爱国主义教育的认识和引导、建立健全媒体信息管控、加强当代大学生的爱国主义自我教育监督是当前新媒体形势下大学生爱国主义教育急需解决的问题。     

党的十八届三中全会对全面深化中国特色社会主义事业的新概括新发展

党的十八届三中全会提出了全面深化改革的指导思想、目标任务、重大原则,描绘了全面深化改革的新蓝图、新愿景、新目标,合理布局了深化改革的战略重点、优先顺序、主攻方向、工作机制、推进方式和时间表、路线图,汇集了全面深化改革的新思想、新论断、新举措,形成了改革理论和政策的一系列重大突破,是我们党在新的历史起点上全面深化改革,推动中国特色社会主义事业取得新成绩的科学指南和行动纲领。