Hungry and Angry Society: Implications for Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Hunger is a physiological need,but the production and consumption of adequate and balanced food is a function of social forces.At every point,social,political,and economic processes intervene,for better or(more common)for worse.Food is one fundamental need of human beings for survival.But in Nigeria there is widespread food shortage and hunger.Development scholars have put forward reasons why poverty,hunger persists in the country,from the platitudes about population growth,inadequate implementation of agricultural policies,and neglect of agriculture,bad leadership,corruption,and the issue of distribution.Nigeria is richly blessed with arable land and citizens eager to unlock its food potentials.Unfortunately,this is far from being realized as the country depends on foreign countries for food,a situation that is tragic and sad.She spends about$10 billion a year importing food and agricultural products,the majority of which are wheat,rice,poultry,fish,and consumer-oriented foods.The pressure on the exchange rate results in devaluation-triggered inflation and food costs that fly up beyond the grasp of people at the bottom of the ladder as it is now is one of the negative repercussions of high food importation bills.Examining the effects of hunger is one of this paper’s key concerns and goals,and anger crisis for achieving sustainable development in the country using the Frustration-Aggression Theory,The Relative Deprivation and Political Economy Approach as guide.

The Essence and Implementation of Ideological and Political Education within College English Curricula: A Grounded Theory Analysis

This study adopts the grounded theory approach to critically examine the essence and implementation of Ideological and Political Education(IPE)within college English curricula at Chinese Universities.We analyzed a corpus of 80 award-winning lesson plans from the“Teaching Star Competition”held by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press to establish specific constituents that comprise IPE and identify the instructional methodologies incorporated in the teaching process.The research shows that IPE strategically merges language proficiency training with civic education,aiming to cultivate a strong national identity,solid cultural pride,and global competencies.To be more detailed,the core categories of IPE encapsulate critical thinking,professional ethics,and cross-cultural communication skills,which are based on the innovative use of technological resources and adaptive pedagogical strategies.IPE has also elaborated on the comprehensive assessment mechanisms to measure cognitive and affective outcomes,making it a multidimensional activity.Following a three-stage coding process,this study aims to contribute to this discussion regarding ideological and political education integrated into Chinese higher education institutions.The finding and conclusion in this study drawn for future curriculum developments and reformulation of educational policy suggest ways IPE could better serve in fostering well-rounded individuals capable of contributing to national and global contexts.

Globalization of Tourism and Third World Tourism Development——A Political Economy Perspective

Globalization, which is characterized by the escalating mobility of capital, people, ideas and information on a universal scale, has become a sweeping theme in the contemporary world. Tourism and its associated economic activities are evidently not immune to such a wider context of the world economy. In the past one or two decades, a stable increase has been witnessed in international tourist flows, inter-regional and inter-organizational alliances, and foreign direct investment. These trends are especially prevalent in the developing world, largely because of their pristine nature, di- verse culture, inexpensive goods and services, cheap labours, and other resources. However, it has been cautioned by some scholars, especially those from the Third World countries, that tourism is an industry run by and for the rich, more powerful nations and their corresponding multinational corporations. This article, from the perspective of political economy, supplemented with views from development studies, made a normative analysis on the impacts of the glob- alization of tourism on the Third World destination countries. Specifically, these impacts have been detailed in terms of economic, sociocultural, and ecological domains. It was demonstrated that without appropriate planning and manage- ment, the costs of Third World tourism development may accrue to the extent that its benefits are burned out. To avoid this happening, some suggestions have been made.

The Influence of Globalization to Chinese Political Development

以经济为先导的全球化趋势，已成为当今世界覆盖最广、渗透最强的时代大潮。在经济全球化背景下，必然会对中国的政治发展产生影响。面对全球化对中国政治发展所带来的机遇和挑战。我们必须采取相应的策略与对策。

Ethiopian Cinema： The Socio-economic and Political Impacts of Imperial Era on the Development of Screen Media 1

Ethiopia that had been at the high-up as one of the few world powers in the 1 st and early centuries of the 2nd millennium, and later to descend to poverty line to the extent of being synonym for famine and degradation in an English dictionary, is currently on the verge of socio-economic renaissance. Likewise, the country that experienced film viewing in the very early years of the development of world cinema for more than hundred years bad eventually lagged behind those African countries exposed to cinematic arts a few decades ago; but now relatively ascending to its historical status. These days, over hundred films are produced on annual bases in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, articles, books, and encyclopedias written on African and world cinema do not as such include the Ethiopian account, hence adversely affecting the wholeness of universal knowledge. This research thus attempts to investigate the socio-economic and political impacts that governed the development of the Ethiopian screen media during imperial era （1897-1974）. The inconsistency in the development of Ethiopian cinema will be analyzed and demonstrated in conjunction with the socio-economic and political features in the era of Emperor Menelik II, Lij Iyasu, Empress Zewditu, and Emperor Haile Sellassie. The study will portray the strong link between Cinema and mode of productions that would be of a scholastic benefit to the Ethiopian and the international academia. The article hopefully, will contribute to the historiography and completeness of African screen median in particular, and world cinema in general.

Ideological and Political Education in Harmony OS Application Development Course

The emergence of the Harmony operating system independently developed by Huawei has provided new opportunities and challenges for the development of our country’s information industry.This paper mainly introduces how to combine ideological and political education with mobile devices software development via Harmony OS development courses,aiming to cultivate students’ability to develop applications under the Harmony OS operating system independently or in groups,as well as achieving the patriotism and national mission.

Research on the Development of Ideological and Political Education Resources for College Students Based on the Data Mining Technology

With the rapid development of the computer technologies, the rapid spread and development of the network resources have a significant impact on people's thinking and lifestyle. The ideological and political education in colleges and universities should keep pace with the times, and examine the new ways and resources of the ideological and political education in colleges and universities from the perspective of the times. The high-tech has been applied to the development of the modem education, expanding the teaching space-time, improving the teaching methods of the ideological and political course, and enriching the teaching contents of the ideological and political theoretical courses. The development mechanism of the ideological and political education resources for college students based on the data mining technology is not only in line with the trend of the times, but can also play an ideal role in optimizing the ideological and political education mechanism for college students.

Development and application of the ideological and political education in universities during new media time

Science and technology proceed by leaps and bounds; our network is growing at an alarming rate which is reflected in the rapid development and popularization. Facing highly developed information technology, and the rapid development of the network, strengthen ideological and political education is very important, the network has put impressive and comprehensive impact on the university teachers and students＇ lives, learning, work, moral, ideological and political attitudes, moral outlook, political literacy, life values, and ideological and political education in universities is facing a new challenge ; Meanwhile, the network also provides many new challenges and opportunities, expanding the channel and space of ideological and political education, it also can improve the quality of the main ideological and political education of high demand. Therefore, the educators of ideological and political education in colleges should keep up the pace of the rapid development of large- era, became not only who has a good ideological and political quality and comprehensive cultural knowledge quality, but also has very high literal ability and a solid information of network technology skills, so they could give full play to the advantages of information networks, do research and create a new situation in a large network of ideological and political education, then make the traditional ideological and political education produce a qualitative leap.

POLITICAL SITUATION IN LATIN AMERICA: SEVERAL TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT

Against the backdrop of profound readjustment of international political pattern as well as difficult recovery of global economy,the political situation in Latin America developed with an obvious feature of'left-wing declining and right-wing rising'in 2016.A series of events have taken place since the end of 2015.The left-wing political party that had ruled in Argentina for successive 12 years

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN WESTERN POPULIST POLITICS IN 2016

For Westerners,2016 was a year of frequent 'black swan' events.Following a referendum held on June 23,Britain decided to leave the European Union.On November 8,Donald Trump won the U.S.presidential election unsurprisingly.Another referendum was held in Italy on December

New Development in Global Politics and Rethinking on China's Multilateral Diplomacy

The new developments in global politics exert three systemic impacts on international relations. Global issues, vital to the survival of mankind, rise to the top agenda of national governments. The epicenter of global power is shifting from U.S. and Europe to the rest of the regions. The global "political excitement and zeal" is rolling on. All exact more on the competence of global governance. The current international multilateral mechanisms are in "competence deficit", worsening either in terms of adequacy, validity or legitimacy. The call for the reform of it is ever soaring. China by the way is at once engaging in the multilateral diplomacy transforming the international system and facing the growing pressure of assuming "leadership" and "international responsibility". China needs to continuously adapt to the changed national identity in the multilateral diplomacy, to reconcile the multilateral mechanisms that deal with regions and domains in China's strategic planning and laying-out, to organically associate the short-term and long-term goals and to upgrade the concept of harmonious world in the practice of multilateral diplomacy.

Institutions and Intellectuals That Configure the Concept of the Environment and Development in Latin America and Its Global Impact

This paper is part of a research into the Latin American thinking on international affairs and a continuation of a line of work on Latin American contributions to the environmental discussion installed in the global political agenda in the early 70s. The premise was that Latin American contributions were initially made by professionals closely related to ECLAC, UNEP and the Bariloche Foundation. These professionals and agencies understood how poverty and backwardness were endured by the majority of the regional and world’s population was one of the main causes of environmental degradation;consequently, overcoming the environmental crisis meant that underdevelopment should be eradicated without delay. This view of the environmental problems was synthesized in the combined concept of “environment and development”, which was also understood in the region as “eco development”. Finally, the broad phenomenon they wanted to describe using the terms “environment and development” was summarized in the concept of sustainable development as defined in the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development report “Our Common Future”.

New Political Trends in Africa and the Impact on China-Africa Relations

During the past few years, African political development has demonstrated positive trends: democratic election practices and civilmilitary relations have become more rational; multi-party democracy has led to diversified patterns, with Party-led administrations becoming a marked phenomenon in several countries; endogenous political values have become highlighted, and developmental state theory has surged,propelling reforms in governance models. African countries are eagerly exploring paths of development that are suited to their conditions, and pushing forward transformations in both the economy and governance. In the meantime, African countries remain vulnerable to the tumultuous external environment, and as such suffer from certain"growing pains"as part of this process. These trends will consolidate the strategic base of China-Africa cooperation. The prospects of a closer China-Africa community with a shared future are becoming more promising.

Transforming the European Migrant Crisis into Rural Developmental Opportunities: The Case of Latvia

The European migrant crisis has been accentuated as the most momentous challenge that the European Union has faced since its establishment in 1993. The magnitude of this migration crisis is been amplified by political instability in the Middle East, wars, limited economic opportunities, and climate change. Migration analysts have viewed this "polycrisis" from an optimistic and pessimist perspective. The paper however pursues that of optimism and explores how the integration of skilled political migrants can be integrated into shrinking Latvian communities with an agendum to transforming the economically stagnated rural communities into viable rural spaces. The researcher interviewed 91 immigrants from nine countries to gain an insight into perception of political migrants amongst other variables. Furthermore, inductive and deductive approaches were used in synthesizing pertinent information from official records and reports on the above subject matter. A core emphasis of the paper was that the shrinking population of Latvia will adversely impede its future economic development. Hence, the paper advocates a systematic integration of skilled political migrants into the Latvian rural economy as an agendum to accelerating rural development.

China,an emerging power,is exploring its own development model

Since the reform and opening up in the late 1970s,China has gradually developed its own model of development.The fact that China has effectively resisted the negative impact of the global financial crisis points to the uniqueness of the China model.While the term"China model"has been widely used in the media and policy circles,not enough scholarly attention has been paid to China’s developmental experience.This paper attempts to look into the China model from a political economic perspective.In discussing the China model,most people will refer to China’s experience in economic development.However,the author argues that center to the China model is the country’s political development.The author believes that it is not correct to argue that the China model is characterized by"economic reform without political reform."The author shows how changes have taken place in Chinese politics in order to promote economic growth.The paper highlights many characteristics of the China political model and economic model and demonstrates how politics and economics are interlinked.

亲清政商关系与企业数字化转型

在数字经济时代,数字化转型是企业实现高质量发展的内生要求,而企业的数字化转型离不开政府的引导和支持。基于此,分析检验当前亲清政商关系构建会如何影响微观企业的数字化转型,有助于企业实现高质量发展。利用2016—2020年中国A股传统行业上市公司的年度观察数据研究发现,亲清政商关系对企业数字化转型具有显著的正向影响,即在政商关系越亲清的地区,企业的数字化水平越高,并且这种正向影响在非国有企业中表现得更强。进一步的机制检验表明,亲清政商关系主要通过“市场导向效应”和“资源供给效应”对企业数字化转型发挥积极的促进作用。更具有启发意义的是,主要是政商关系的“亲近化”而不是政商关系的“清白化”助力了企业的数字化转型,而且亲清政商关系能够降低传统政治关联的相关影响。

《乳品工艺学》课程思政教育的改革与实践

随着经济发展和人民需求,中国乳业快速发展,我国已成为全球最大的乳制品市场之一。作为乳品专业核心骨干课程,在国家提倡开展新工科建设和课程思政教育的大背景下,《乳品工艺学》课程思政教育的开展已成为必然。本文以东北农业大学《乳品工艺学》课程思政教育开展为例,介绍了课程思政设计思路及具体教学改革内容,为乳品相关专业课程思政建设提供参考。

“大思政课”研究的回顾与前瞻

“大思政课”是思政课改革创新的一个新兴议题,“大思政课”建设是新时代推动用党的创新理论铸魂育人的重要抓手。学术界对“大思政课”的关注大致经历了“理论性和实践性相统一“办”思政课”根本遵循的把握与坚持、“跟现实结合起来“用”好“大思政课”善用之道的思考与探索、“坚持用心“讲”好“大思政课”大道理”本质追寻的挖掘与阐发以及“以全党全社会之力“建”好大思政课”体系”的拓展与升华四个阶段。就“大思政课”的研究论域来看,主要包括必要性、核心要义、范畴关系、基本特征、原则方法与实践理路六个方面。虽然“大思政课”研究取得了一定成绩,但仍有深化与发展的空间。面向未来,学术界可以从深化核心要义研究、加强实践教学研究、推进体制机制研究与强化技术赋能研究四个维度对该议题进行深入探讨,四个维度分别关乎“大思政课”的基础性、规范性、系统性与前沿性问题。

新时代思想政治教育本科专业高质量发展:困境与策略——基于重庆市高校的调研

思想政治教育本科专业高质量发展,既是新时代新征程党的思想政治教育理论创新发展的重大时代课题,也是服务当前党和国家事业发展的应有之义,是培养引领与支撑中国式现代化发展创新人才的关键。研究设计自制问卷,采取非概率随机抽样和典型代表选取相结合的方法对师生开展调研,调查内容主要包括思想政治教育本科专业课程设置、教材建设和人才培养。从调查结果看,师生对思想政治教育本科专业的质量基本持肯定态度,但也认为在新时代中国式现代化建设过程中,重庆市思想政治教育本科专业尚存不适应高质量发展的共性问题。具体表现为:思想政治教育本科专业存在专业发展不平衡、课程设置参差不齐、教材使用不够规范、人才培养质量不高等问题,不能适应当前国家重大战略需求。针对调研发现的问题,提出如下建议:制定“重庆市高校思想政治教育本科专业高质量发展实施方案”,提升专业整体能力;组织编写重庆市高校思想政治教育本科专业基础教材,强化专业基础规范;优化重庆市高校思想政治教育本科专业课程设置,提振人才培养质量;切实抓好重庆市高校思想政治教育本科专业高质量发展学习研讨,优化思想政治教育本科专业发展格局,最终实现思想政治教育本科专业高质量发展。

人工智能时代高校思政课的“变”与“不变”研究

人工智能的飞速发展为高校思政课教学的发展变革创造新机遇。高校应在把控教育发展机遇的同时,进一步迎接教育发展新挑战,在时代变迁的岔路口做好“变”与“不变”的教育选择,运用取长补短、保留优点的教育思想做好教育创新的探索,并利用加强智能化基础设施建设、提升教学体系建设前瞻性及加强教师教育培训三项策略提升新时期思政课教学水平,为人工智能时代高校思政课教育变革发展指明方向。