Inclusive partnership: enhancing student engagement in geography

Partnership is currently the focus of much work within higher education and advocated as an important process to address a range of higher education goals. In this paper, we propose the term inclusive partnership to conceptualise a non-selective staff–student relationship. While recognising the challenges of inclusive partnership working for institutions, staff and students, this paper outlines the opportunities it offers and provides detailed case studies of inclusive partnerships within the geography curriculum. We conclude with some guiding principles to inform the development of inclusive partnerships in a range of settings.     

Party responsiveness and voter confidence in Australia

Numerous studies have shown that Australians have little confidence in their political parties. This article presents the results of a study investigating whether the responsiveness of Australian parties to what their voters want drives this lack of confidence. It analyses two aspects of party responsiveness: programmatic responsiveness in electoral manifestos and perceived responsiveness that centres on Australian voters’ assessment of how well their parties meet their demands. The analysis finds that programmatic responsiveness has no significant influence. Instead, how Australians perceive their parties to be responsive has a modest effect on their confidence in those parties. The study suggests that, however, it is incumbency which has the most powerful effect on voter confidence.     

《买手套》的童话视角论

对日本儿童文学的名作《买手套》,一些日本学者作了过度的、偏差的阐释。本文针对这些观点,以文本细读的方式,遵循民间童话风格作品的艺术规律和批评原则,并联系作家的生平和整体作品,调查、比较《买手套》的初稿和誊写稿的手稿,进行了新的独到的诠释,意在深化对新美南吉这位日本经典儿童文学作家的研究。     

Confidence in Political Institutions in Canada and the United States: Assessing the Interactive Role of Region and Race

This article uses nationally representative sample survey data to assess the confidence of Canadians and Americans in four major state institutions: the police; the civil service; the federal government; and political parties. Long-standing arguments suggest that Canadians are more trusting of government than Americans. Results, however, indicate small national differences, with variations within countries being much more important, especially for regional and racial subgroups within each nation. Consistent with their traditional minority position in Canada, Quebecers stand out as having the least confidence of respondents in either nation. In contrast, and despite their minority position, nonwhites express more confidence in political institutions than do whites in both countries, especially in English Canada. One exception is somewhat lower confidence in the police among nonwhites, particularly in the northern United States. The findings demonstrate the need to go beyond an exclusive focus on national differences when comparing political attitudes and values in Canada and the United States.     

利玛窦与中西文化交流

利玛窦拉开了中西文化双向交流的序幕,他与之后来华的西方传教士汤若望、南怀仁等,在中国传播西方文化的同时,也积极把中国文化传播到西方,由此西方的思想、文化、科技,诸如语言学、地理学、数学、天文学、美术等传入中国,而以儒学为代表的中华文化也流入欧洲。这一段中西文化在平等地位上交流的历史,倘从世界史范围内加以考察,将因其辉煌而深远的影响,让我们寻回文化的自信和增强我们的文化自觉。     

领导干部要坚定信仰、信念、信心

信仰、信念、信心是一个管总的问题,关系到党的兴衰成败和国家的长治久安,至关重要。有些干部信仰、信念、信心出现问题,这是一个很大的问题,需要在新的时代条件下进行深刻反思并切实解决。要客观、全面、正确、深刻地认识信仰、信念、信心的内涵及其现实意义,坚定马克思主义信仰,坚定社会主义和共产主义信念,坚定走有中国特色社会主义道路的信心。     

旅游预订网站顾客所感知的关系利益对顾客忠诚感的影响——兼论替代者吸引力的调节作用

作者通过对在线旅游预订网站顾客进行实证调研,研究顾客感知的关系利益对顾客忠诚感的影响,以及替代产品／服务吸引力对关系利益与顾客忠诚感之间关系的调节作用。数据分析结果表明：在网络预订环境中,顾客获得的信任利益、社交利益和特殊待遇利益都会对顾客忠诚感产生影响。其中特殊待遇利益对顾客忠诚感的正向影响最大,其次是信任利益,而社交利益会对顾客忠诚感产生负向影响。替代者的吸引力大小对顾客感知的信任利益、社交利益和特殊待遇利益与顾客忠诚感之间的相互关系均有显著的调节作用。论文对研究结果进行了讨论,提出了相关的管理建议。     

选人用人公信度问题研究

选人用人的公信度是干部选拔任用工作的重要标尺。我们应从理论上认真厘清选人用人公信度的科学内涵及其意义,深入分析干部任用中在公信度方面存在的问题,善于总结和借鉴国内外把握选人用人公信度的成功经验,进而不断推动我国民主政治建设发展的进程。     

Confidence in paper-based and electronic voting channels: evidence from Australia

Various electronic voting channels have been introduced across a range of countries. In some countries these new channels have proved uncontroversial, while in others, they remain contentious and have even been abandoned. Relatively little is known about whether and why voters have confidence in new and old voting channels. Australia provides a useful case for researching these issues, since it is a mature democracy in which election processes and outcomes are widely accepted. The 2013 Australian Election Study results show that in this context, voters have most confidence in paper-based voting and least in voting via smartphones. Positive political attachments, ease of voting and familiarity with technology are all associated with higher levels of confidence in voting channels.     

Sticking to the Stand of Chinese Culture and Promoting Cultural Self-Confidence and SelfImprovement

Sticking to the stand of Chinese culture is the basic premise of promoting cultural self-confidence and self-improvement. Only by thinking rationally about the inheritance, borrow-in, development, and promotion of culture can we grasp the essence of sticking to the stand of Chinese culture. To inherit the traditional culture, we should combine the new practice with the requirements of the times and take its essence while discarding its dross. The key to learning from foreign cultures is to give priority to ourselves and use them for our purposes. We can not swallow it all down and blindly use it. To develop socialist culture, we should, on the one hand, respect the national cultural tradition and on the other hand, constantly innovate and create a new culture. To carry forward Chinese culture, we need to meet the people’s growing spiritual and cultural demands internally and strengthen the influence of the spread of Chinese civilization, promoting Chinese culture to the world.