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

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.

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.

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”.

Tourism Development and Well-Being:The Role of Population and Political Stability

This study's primary purpose was to explore the role of tourism development in enhancing well-being in a highly populated developing economy by focusing on the case study of Pakistan Several econometric techniques and approaches were used on annual time series data covering the 1990-2016 period to investigate the causal relationship of well-being with tourism development,political stability,economics,and population growth.The findings suggested that tourism development enhances economic growth and well-being,hence providing support for the tourism-led growth hypothesis However,population growth and political instability exhibited a negative relationship with well-being;in addition,the level of political stability determined tourism activities.Hence,this study is unique due to its specific focus on the role of political stability and tourism development in the enhancement of wellbeing in a highly populated developing economy Moreover,the practical implications of the study have been provided in light of the main findings.

Economic reform as a precursor to political reform for development–does China have a model for resource-rich African Muslim countries?

Having gone through colonial exploitation for centuries,most of the colonies after independence from the West were confronted with two models.Contrary to the free market capitalist system based on power-sharing,some of the newly independent countries opted for an authoritarian model and ended up with unjust/distorted development based on exclusivist institutions.Despite having rich-resource endowments with less pressure of population,these countries essentially failed to promote inclusive economic institutions to ensure private property and an unbiased system of law which,in turn,would unleash the immense potentials based on incentives,talent and skills highly required for enhancing productivity and prosperity.The authoritarian but good governance(GG)under state-led development of East Asian miracle economies,in general,and China,in particular,pursuing the goal of economic modernisation before political reform made spectacular achievements in less than quarter of a century.But some of the resource-rich African countries,being unable to remain immune from the vested interest/political lobby groups,failed to make economic reform being promoted by agricultureled development to facilitate political reform subsequently.Based on the main research question of this paper,it will be argued that the massive economic reform as that of China in terms of agriculture-led development can gradually set the stage for subsequent political reform.Based on the historical evidence of successful authoritarian development model,this paper argues in favour of Chinese style of gradualist development using incentives through empowering the households as well as individuals in materialising their potentials.However,only the effective inclusive institutions as experienced by way of ensuring all sorts of public and private goods can help the resource-rich African Muslim countries to pursue economic prosperity with fair distribution of economic,political and socio-cultural power resources.This,in turn,can help restore a‘feeling of togetherness’or what one of the greatest scholars of Islam-Ibn Khaldun-terms as‘Asabiya’for achieving a comprehensive,inclusive and sustainable development made possible by GG as opposed to liberal democracy.

Is political business cycle an enemy to human development?Empirical evidence from Africa

Extant literature has argued that,with major extension of democracy since the 1990s,political business cycle has become more intense and has made African political systems more fragile.In light of this,this paper examines both the existence of African political business cycles and their impact on human development.It confirms the existence of political business cycles in Africa.Estimates of a panel fixed effects and system-GMM regression techniques for 38 African countries from 1990 to 2015 also suggest that such cycles worsen human development in African countries.This finding is consistent if we limit our analysis to various sub-regions of Africa,and also at two different income levels.

China’s New-Model Political Party System Is a Major Contribution to Humanitys Political Development

As one of China's basic political systems, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a great political creation by the CPC, the Chinese people, other political parties in China, and prominent non-party affiliated citizens. It is a new type of po? litical party system forged on Chinese soil that fully embodies the advantages and characteristics of China's socialist democracy, reflects the evolutionary trend of the world's political party systems, broadens the pathways to realizing democracy in the world, and offers a Chinese approach to humanity's political development.

What Role Does the Political Environment Play in Economic Development？ --A Case Study of Fujian Province

Uncertainty induced by the political environment affects investment risk, and thus affects investment decisions, which have a close relationship with economic development. This paper investigates the economic cost of political instability using the case study of the tense relationship across-Strait in China. We use a synthetic control method to better model the counterfactual analysis of this case study. The intense situation of the relations across-Strait has great influence on the economic development of Fujian province. Fujian province is the closest province in proximity to Taiwan and also possesses the greatest preferential policies for Taiwan Residents direct investment. The empirical results of this study reveal that during 2001-2008 Fujian province＇s average annual loss in GDP per capita was 682.54 yuan. In other words, GDP per capita in Fujian has declined about 12.1 percent annually during this period compared with GDP per capita as calculated by the synthetic control method.

Ethical Issues and Politics in Research for Sustainable Resource Management in Tanzania

Understanding Research ethics is the key for producing sound findings to guide management of resource in any community. Through in-depth interview, observation and documentary search, it was noted that most of the studies are not self-driven and lack ethical integrity. People are hired to produce report without clear and streamlined methodology. Nature of the community and the way it is organised poses challenge in acquiring information. In principle, culture of the people to expression is an important aspect in getting liable findings. The conflicts over resources in Namawala and Magaiduru villages have led to the loss of trust and rejects on researchers as they are discovered to provide villagers with false information. Some findings are fabricated to convince the donors＇ interests to call for more funds for personal interests. Other decision makers would commission researcher to produce false data to suit their interests. This causes academic and researchers being classified as a tool of politician to pacify the public in order to maintain the status quo. The problem is caused by lack of sufficient research fund and understanding on the research essence, and importance of ethical consideration for good research. The situation causes multiple sided effects in the community. Generally, lack of research ethics and presence of greed politicians jeopardise resource management, peace and security. There is need to build the culture of truth and integrity for community development. Research methods need to be taught rigorously in order to build capacity in tools and principles.

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.