ACTING OUT REFORM: THEATER AND VILLAGE IN THE REPUBLICAN RURAL RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT

Abstract

Rural theater reform was a component of the Republican Rural Reconstruction Movement from its mid-1920s beginnings in mass literacy efforts. Amid the economic and political upheaval of the 1920s and 1930s, reformers argued that national salvation depended on the unity and continued relevance of village communities, and they believed that rural theater could contribute to bringing village communities together. One important example, the Mass Education Movement project in Dingxian, illustrates how reformers used the theater to reinforce the village as the unit of reform and national reconstruction. Reformers hoped rural theater would transmit to villagers ideas about citizenship and the new responsibilities this political role entailed. However, it was equally important that the reform theater — a group activity performed for a village audience — enable and sustain a reconstitution of the village community. In this way, the Rural Reconstruction Movement demonstrates an alternative to the top-down rule that characterized most Guomindang state-making efforts.     

Leaving area studies behind: the challenge of diasporic connections in the field of African studies

Abstract

In recent years, diaspora has become one of the key terms of social analysis in various fields. Emphasizing the multiple trajectories out of which present identities – inasmuch as political or economic realities – are forged, the concept forces us to reconsider the scope of classical area studies (and associated disciplinary boundaries) in radical terms. The article looks at the colonial foundations of African Studies as area studies and examines some ways by which to overcome enduring colonial epistemologies. The author suggests a theoretical framework in which Africa herself is considered as diasporic. Moreover, she calls for a critical perspective that will facilitate the comparative analysis of different diasporic discourses and practices.     

黑龙江省对俄远东经贸合作的新机遇与对策建议

近年来,黑龙江省对俄远东地区经贸合作继续发展,但仍面临着投资总额少投资主体弱、缺少大项目支撑、沿边省区优势未得到很好发挥等问题。同时,2012年中俄高层都发生了重大变动,俄远东地区也有很大变化,面临着新政府对远东开发高度重视、俄加入世界贸易组织、亚太经合组织峰会召开、中俄互办＂旅游年＂等重大机遇。我们应抓住这有利时机,进一步扩大黑龙江省对俄远东地区经贸合作,提升合作水平。     

乡村政策执行逻辑——一项基于Y镇包村干部角色的分析

包村干部处在连结乡镇政府与村委会之间的乡村政策执行"节点"上,他们在政策执行过程中掌握的行动资源、运用的政策工具以及取得的治理绩效,为揭示乡村场域下的国家与社会关系及其约束下的基层政策执行逻辑提供了一种微观视角。在乡土社会中,通过包村干部的衔接,政策的执行体现出国家权力主控逻辑与乡土社会自主逻辑的非均衡耦合。故此,合理重塑包村干部的角色功能,对于改善乡村政策执行与推进村治现代化,有着积极助益。     

贫困地区城乡基本公共服务均等化的困境与出路——以甘肃省定西市为例

逐步推进基本公共服务均等化是我国缩小城乡差距、维护社会公平的基本保障,也是弥补公共产品供给中市场失灵的重要制度安排。从当前现实情况来看,提升我国整体基本公共服务水平的重点在西部地区,突破口在农村。本文以甘肃省定西市为例,通过分析定西市城乡基本公共服务供给现状与存在的问题,探讨定西市城乡基本公共服务差异化的原因,提出加快推进城乡基本公共服务均等化的对策建议。     

食品安全监管的城乡二元分割研究

近年来,随着我国经济体制转型与社会体制转轨,受城乡二元经济体制传统的影响,食品安全监管的城乡二元分割日益凸显。因此,应当通过加强农村食品安全法律制度实施,明确监管部门职责分工并集中监管权力,加大保障资源供给,提升社会动员,改变我国食品安全监管的城乡二元分割现状,进一步提高食品安全监管的整体水平和效果。     

民事司法视域下司法权的内部分配与外部调整——以司法权是审判权为前提

司法权在法院内部可以分解为立案权、审理权和判决权,以破解法官管理行政化的弊端,提高司法效率,提升司法公信力.司法系统的纵向调整既规避走西方三权分立模式,又要兼顾对司法权的监督.科学厘清司法权运行的外部制度,确保回归司法权的国家属性与专一性是司法权配置取得成效的关键.     

农村经济社会变迁与基层治理转型——基于社会资本的视角

改革开放以来,农村经济社会变迁推动了基层治理体制的变迁,即村民自治的崛起。伴随着传统社会向现代社会的转变,处在经济社会转型期的农村基层治理还存在比较突出的矛盾与问题。党的十八大提出以城乡发展一体化作为根本途径,解决好农业农村农民问题。当前我国农村不仅缺乏物质资本、人力资本,更重要的是缺乏社会资本。从社会资本的建设入手,能够为解决农村长期以来的“集体行为困境”提供另一种路径选择。     

重庆市北碚区农业科技发展的现状及对策

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Violent Behaviors in Rural and Urban Schools

Abstract

Despite the fact that many incidents of extreme violence have taken place in rural areas there is still some resistance on the part of rural school administrators to admit that violence is a problem in their schools. This article provides a comparison of rural and urban student and staff self-report of school violence (perpetration, victimization and weapon carrying) and discusses the implications of these findings.