Chicanas in Charge: Texas Women in the Public Arena

Chicanas in Charge is a collection of individual profiles ofsignificant women in Texas politics and activism from the 1940sto the present. The book is arranged in four parts—"Adelitas:Warrior Trailblazers," "The Chicano Movement Activists," "Puentesy Lazos: The Hispanic Connectors," and "Twenty-first CenturyEntorchas/Torchbearers." Each part features a short introductionthat identifies the period's historical zeitgeist, identifiessimilar themes in the women's stories, and points out uniqueaspects of the leaders followed by from five to eight individualprofiles. The profiles of each woman are somewhat concise: they includea sketch of the background     

古物陈列所的建立与民初北京公共空间的开辟

民国初年,利用紫禁城开辟古物陈列所反映了清末民初教化兴国的社会舆论环境与北京政府欲通过新建公共空间以启蒙民智的努力。古物陈列所的建立,部分解构了紫禁城原有的封闭空间格局,开辟了新型的城市公共空间,为北京市民提供了新的休闲方式与活动场所,具有划时代的社会文化意义。然而,北京政府又利用高昂的门票对古物陈列所实行变相的空间控制,使它的公共性质受到了限制。     

Writing Inside the Kaleidoscope: Re-Representing Victorian Women Public Figures

‘The myths that crystallize in the literary imagination are the buried lives of women whose lives are themselves further emboldened by these same myths.’¹     

The Sources of Support for Separatism: Public Opinion in Three Soviet Republics

Abstract. The replacement of the Soviet Union by independent states rather than by a loose confederation of component republics reflects (in part) the demands for change that were being expressed by mass publics. What caused the people to reject decentralisation of authority within the existing state structure and chose rather to support movements that insisted on the establishment of independent states? We examine whether concerns about ‘discriminatory redistribution’ and ‘cultural preservation’ were more important than questions of ‘efficiency’ or ‘relative deprivation’ as motivations behind support for secession. The analysis is based upon public opinion data from Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania gathered in May of 1990 and in June of 1991. We conclude that although issues related to cultural preservation and discriminatory redistribution were foremost in the minds of separatists, concerns about efficiency and improved management in government are also relevant for understanding support for separatism.