The European Union,which is at the beginning of its term of office for all Member States in the European Parliament,the European Commission,its governing body and the Member States,is concerned with finalizing directi...The European Union,which is at the beginning of its term of office for all Member States in the European Parliament,the European Commission,its governing body and the Member States,is concerned with finalizing directives and future development strategies.Of course,the fundamental objective of the European Union would be to establish strategies to ensure economic growth in all the Member States of the European Union and,on the other hand,to establish how each Member State seeks to implement the European directives aimed at this end desideratum.There are a number of areas in which some countries,especially those that have joined European Union in recent waves,still have difficulty responding to the European Union’s desires and concerns to ensure economic growth,with a tendency to level the playing field trains in the next period.It aims at establishing a minimum wage in the European Union,divides a number of other issues in the field of environment,in the field of economic development,being important challenges for all Member States.Of course,it should be noted that these Member States have different possibilities to respond to these challenges,through strategies that correlate,on the one hand,the individual interests of each of the Member States,but at the same time,in close coordination(correlation)with the major objectives set by the European Union.All these aspects are important,but must be reconsidered,in the context of the global effect of the pandemic and financial-economic crisis.The European Union is now considering a program to support all states,but especially those most affected by the above-mentioned crisis.展开更多
The welfare states have been upheld the ＂government-oriented＂？ideal since they established. In recent years, this ideal of the welfare states can＇t meet the requirements of the times, so that the welfare states ge...The welfare states have been upheld the ＂government-oriented＂？ideal since they established. In recent years, this ideal of the welfare states can＇t meet the requirements of the times, so that the welfare states get into the trouble of development. How to develop the welfare states？ This paper presents a new idea that the welfare states should change the path of their development： from ＂government-oriented＂ to ＂citizen-oriented＂. Welfare states took actions, such as ＂de-commercialization＂, ＂differential protection＂ to achieve the ＂optimal fairness＂, and ultimately guarantee the people＇s happiness.展开更多
The contemporary economic crisis should be considered within the framework of the contradictions created by the neoliberal model that was adopted in the mid-1970s, in the United States and throughout much of the world...The contemporary economic crisis should be considered within the framework of the contradictions created by the neoliberal model that was adopted in the mid-1970s, in the United States and throughout much of the world. The changes in the labor market and new forms of workforce exploitation based on deregulation, the increase of off-shoring, and flexible hiring practices have led to ＂new＂ precarious labor conditions. Due to the crisis, the United States labor market has been characterized by four factors： the increase of the unemployment, the unedited growth of the informal sector, a dramatic increase in precarious labor conditions for all workers, especially young people, minorities, and immigrants, and the increasing wage polarization. However, capitalist profit rates have actually substantially increased due to neoliberal policies and the resulting economic crisis. This situation led to a rise in the overexploitation of labor. It has had subsequent effects on unemployment, informal work, precarious labor conditions, and unequal salary distribution, especially in recently created positions. Increased labor flexibility has changed the typical forms of wage employment, and stable employment has been replaced by temporary and part-time employment usually with low wages and without social security and benefits.展开更多
Egypt has reviewed plans to deal with the economic impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis that the country will possibly face,including on petroleum prices.In recent years,Egypt has raised gasoline prices several times,...Egypt has reviewed plans to deal with the economic impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis that the country will possibly face,including on petroleum prices.In recent years,Egypt has raised gasoline prices several times,the last of which was by 25 piastres earlier this month,as per recommendations of Egypt’s Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee held every three months.This comes while the government presses ahead with plans to convert petrol-powered vehicles to run on natural gas,a step that should contribute to reducing the cost of subsidized petroleum products in the state budget.Egypt,which has achieved self-sufficiency in natural gas in 2018,is planning to use its position on Europe’s doorstep to become a major supplier of liquified natural gas(LNG)to the continent,which is transitioning away from other fossil fuels.展开更多
Drawing from historiography and literature on the subject and considering the consequences produced on the European society by World War I and the 1929 Wall Street Crisis,this article aims at analysing some aspects of...Drawing from historiography and literature on the subject and considering the consequences produced on the European society by World War I and the 1929 Wall Street Crisis,this article aims at analysing some aspects of the fascist construction of welfare state.The model suggested by the fascist regime in the thirties was a typical totalitarian welfare state,which used social policies to strengthen the home front and to build consensus for the regime.Despite the fascist regime had the war as its goal,it did not mobilize the country on the eve of World War II,but preferred to invest in social assistance and welfare,for reasons of political convenience.Moreover,the analysis of fascist social policy measures,such as social security,points out that some flaws in the social security system,such as excessive spending,or the categorical approach to assistance and social security typical of fascism,were borrowed from republican Italy.展开更多
In recent years, the Western-led globalization has been on the horns of dilemma with endemic political crises occurring in the United States and European countries. Within the West, liberalism and pluralist ideology h...In recent years, the Western-led globalization has been on the horns of dilemma with endemic political crises occurring in the United States and European countries. Within the West, liberalism and pluralist ideology have begun to be critidzed and rejected. What is wrong with the West today？ Is it periodic oscillation, evolutionary setback or fundamental failure？ Is it decadence of political system, failure of state-building or even failure of civilization model？ The general judgment of this essay is that the current crisis in the West is primarily registered as fundamental political systemic crisis.展开更多
As capitalist society develops from a producer society to a consumer society, from the dominance of material production to the rise of non-material production, and from the dominance of labor-intensive industries to t...As capitalist society develops from a producer society to a consumer society, from the dominance of material production to the rise of non-material production, and from the dominance of labor-intensive industries to the rise of knowledge-intensive industries(accompanied by the shift of labor-intensive industries to the Third World countries), the generation and composition of the “Surplus Population” in Western developed countries have demonstrated new historical characteristics. The capitalists not only refuse to solve the problems they have created but even “besiege” these unfortunate victims by moral and legal means. They marginalize and stigmatize the “Surplus Population” with work ethics, to severely damage the moral foundation for them to enjoy human rights. They reach an agreement for the welfare system, criminal practice, and work ethic to reinforce social indifference and hostility towards the “Surplus Population”, pushing them into a more difficult human rights situation, even excluding them from the scope of legal recognition and protection of human rights. However, the “Surplus Population”, which is considered “useless, redundant and dangerous”, is included in the process of capitalist production in a way that is excluded by the above-mentioned morality and law, becoming the “utility of futility.” As a result, the subjectivity of the “Surplus Population” as human beings is deprived.展开更多
Big data technology has become increasingly prevalent in facilitating the delivery of government services and public goods in China and beyond.This article seeks to examine how big data can be leveraged in poverty gov...Big data technology has become increasingly prevalent in facilitating the delivery of government services and public goods in China and beyond.This article seeks to examine how big data can be leveraged in poverty governance in rural China,and what the political implications are.This phenomenon of big data-driven welfare governance is particularly salient considering the broader context of governmental digital transformation,both within China and globally.This research sheds light on how big data usage functions in poverty alleviation,highlighting general motivations and developments in Chinese data-centric welfare governance.More importantly,this article introduces the novel concept of"digital cybernetic capacity"to examine public sector modernization as big data transforms the landscape of welfare delivery and governance.By delving into the intersection between technology and social welfare,we explicate how the use of big data in social welfare policies can go beyond merely improving information capacity to redefine state capacity.This article argues that such a new governance ecosystem,driven as it is by data technologies,not only provides insights about the transformative resilience of Chinese governance but also opens a new theoretical frontier for research into other countries.展开更多
Urban-rural integration is an advanced form resulting from the future evolution of urban-rural relationships.Nevertheless,little research has explored whether urban and rural areas can move from dual segmentation to i...Urban-rural integration is an advanced form resulting from the future evolution of urban-rural relationships.Nevertheless,little research has explored whether urban and rural areas can move from dual segmentation to integrated development from a theoretical or empirical perspective.Based on the research framework of welfare economics,which offers an appealing paradigm to frame the underlying game between cities and villages,this study clarifies the ideal state of urban-rural integration.It then proposes a series of basic assumptions,and constructs a corresponding objective function and its constraints.Moreover,it assesses the possibility of seeing the transmutation from division to integration between urban and rural areas with continuous socio-economic development.The authors argue that the ideal state of urban-rural integration should be a Pareto-driven optimal allocation of urban-rural resources and outputs,and the maximization of social welfare in the entire region.Based on a systematic demonstration using mathematical models,the study proposes that urban and rural areas can enter this ideal integrated development pattern when certain parameter conditions are met.In general,this study demonstrates the theoretical logic and scientific foundations of urban-rural integration,enriches theoretical studies about urban-rural relationships,and provides basic theoretical support for large developing countries to build a coordinated and orderly urban-rural community with a shared future.展开更多
文摘The European Union,which is at the beginning of its term of office for all Member States in the European Parliament,the European Commission,its governing body and the Member States,is concerned with finalizing directives and future development strategies.Of course,the fundamental objective of the European Union would be to establish strategies to ensure economic growth in all the Member States of the European Union and,on the other hand,to establish how each Member State seeks to implement the European directives aimed at this end desideratum.There are a number of areas in which some countries,especially those that have joined European Union in recent waves,still have difficulty responding to the European Union’s desires and concerns to ensure economic growth,with a tendency to level the playing field trains in the next period.It aims at establishing a minimum wage in the European Union,divides a number of other issues in the field of environment,in the field of economic development,being important challenges for all Member States.Of course,it should be noted that these Member States have different possibilities to respond to these challenges,through strategies that correlate,on the one hand,the individual interests of each of the Member States,but at the same time,in close coordination(correlation)with the major objectives set by the European Union.All these aspects are important,but must be reconsidered,in the context of the global effect of the pandemic and financial-economic crisis.The European Union is now considering a program to support all states,but especially those most affected by the above-mentioned crisis.
文摘The welfare states have been upheld the ＂government-oriented＂？ideal since they established. In recent years, this ideal of the welfare states can＇t meet the requirements of the times, so that the welfare states get into the trouble of development. How to develop the welfare states？ This paper presents a new idea that the welfare states should change the path of their development： from ＂government-oriented＂ to ＂citizen-oriented＂. Welfare states took actions, such as ＂de-commercialization＂, ＂differential protection＂ to achieve the ＂optimal fairness＂, and ultimately guarantee the people＇s happiness.
文摘The contemporary economic crisis should be considered within the framework of the contradictions created by the neoliberal model that was adopted in the mid-1970s, in the United States and throughout much of the world. The changes in the labor market and new forms of workforce exploitation based on deregulation, the increase of off-shoring, and flexible hiring practices have led to ＂new＂ precarious labor conditions. Due to the crisis, the United States labor market has been characterized by four factors： the increase of the unemployment, the unedited growth of the informal sector, a dramatic increase in precarious labor conditions for all workers, especially young people, minorities, and immigrants, and the increasing wage polarization. However, capitalist profit rates have actually substantially increased due to neoliberal policies and the resulting economic crisis. This situation led to a rise in the overexploitation of labor. It has had subsequent effects on unemployment, informal work, precarious labor conditions, and unequal salary distribution, especially in recently created positions. Increased labor flexibility has changed the typical forms of wage employment, and stable employment has been replaced by temporary and part-time employment usually with low wages and without social security and benefits.
文摘Egypt has reviewed plans to deal with the economic impacts of the Russia-Ukraine crisis that the country will possibly face,including on petroleum prices.In recent years,Egypt has raised gasoline prices several times,the last of which was by 25 piastres earlier this month,as per recommendations of Egypt’s Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee held every three months.This comes while the government presses ahead with plans to convert petrol-powered vehicles to run on natural gas,a step that should contribute to reducing the cost of subsidized petroleum products in the state budget.Egypt,which has achieved self-sufficiency in natural gas in 2018,is planning to use its position on Europe’s doorstep to become a major supplier of liquified natural gas(LNG)to the continent,which is transitioning away from other fossil fuels.
文摘Drawing from historiography and literature on the subject and considering the consequences produced on the European society by World War I and the 1929 Wall Street Crisis,this article aims at analysing some aspects of the fascist construction of welfare state.The model suggested by the fascist regime in the thirties was a typical totalitarian welfare state,which used social policies to strengthen the home front and to build consensus for the regime.Despite the fascist regime had the war as its goal,it did not mobilize the country on the eve of World War II,but preferred to invest in social assistance and welfare,for reasons of political convenience.Moreover,the analysis of fascist social policy measures,such as social security,points out that some flaws in the social security system,such as excessive spending,or the categorical approach to assistance and social security typical of fascism,were borrowed from republican Italy.
文摘In recent years, the Western-led globalization has been on the horns of dilemma with endemic political crises occurring in the United States and European countries. Within the West, liberalism and pluralist ideology have begun to be critidzed and rejected. What is wrong with the West today？ Is it periodic oscillation, evolutionary setback or fundamental failure？ Is it decadence of political system, failure of state-building or even failure of civilization model？ The general judgment of this essay is that the current crisis in the West is primarily registered as fundamental political systemic crisis.
文摘As capitalist society develops from a producer society to a consumer society, from the dominance of material production to the rise of non-material production, and from the dominance of labor-intensive industries to the rise of knowledge-intensive industries(accompanied by the shift of labor-intensive industries to the Third World countries), the generation and composition of the “Surplus Population” in Western developed countries have demonstrated new historical characteristics. The capitalists not only refuse to solve the problems they have created but even “besiege” these unfortunate victims by moral and legal means. They marginalize and stigmatize the “Surplus Population” with work ethics, to severely damage the moral foundation for them to enjoy human rights. They reach an agreement for the welfare system, criminal practice, and work ethic to reinforce social indifference and hostility towards the “Surplus Population”, pushing them into a more difficult human rights situation, even excluding them from the scope of legal recognition and protection of human rights. However, the “Surplus Population”, which is considered “useless, redundant and dangerous”, is included in the process of capitalist production in a way that is excluded by the above-mentioned morality and law, becoming the “utility of futility.” As a result, the subjectivity of the “Surplus Population” as human beings is deprived.
基金the youth project"Research on the Practical Challenges of Government Digital Transformation and Their Mitigation Mechanisms from the Perspective of Algorithmic Governance"supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(No.21CZZ039).
文摘Big data technology has become increasingly prevalent in facilitating the delivery of government services and public goods in China and beyond.This article seeks to examine how big data can be leveraged in poverty governance in rural China,and what the political implications are.This phenomenon of big data-driven welfare governance is particularly salient considering the broader context of governmental digital transformation,both within China and globally.This research sheds light on how big data usage functions in poverty alleviation,highlighting general motivations and developments in Chinese data-centric welfare governance.More importantly,this article introduces the novel concept of"digital cybernetic capacity"to examine public sector modernization as big data transforms the landscape of welfare delivery and governance.By delving into the intersection between technology and social welfare,we explicate how the use of big data in social welfare policies can go beyond merely improving information capacity to redefine state capacity.This article argues that such a new governance ecosystem,driven as it is by data technologies,not only provides insights about the transformative resilience of Chinese governance but also opens a new theoretical frontier for research into other countries.
基金The Philosophy and Social Science Research Major Project of Jiangsu University,No.2023SJZD056National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41901205。
文摘Urban-rural integration is an advanced form resulting from the future evolution of urban-rural relationships.Nevertheless,little research has explored whether urban and rural areas can move from dual segmentation to integrated development from a theoretical or empirical perspective.Based on the research framework of welfare economics,which offers an appealing paradigm to frame the underlying game between cities and villages,this study clarifies the ideal state of urban-rural integration.It then proposes a series of basic assumptions,and constructs a corresponding objective function and its constraints.Moreover,it assesses the possibility of seeing the transmutation from division to integration between urban and rural areas with continuous socio-economic development.The authors argue that the ideal state of urban-rural integration should be a Pareto-driven optimal allocation of urban-rural resources and outputs,and the maximization of social welfare in the entire region.Based on a systematic demonstration using mathematical models,the study proposes that urban and rural areas can enter this ideal integrated development pattern when certain parameter conditions are met.In general,this study demonstrates the theoretical logic and scientific foundations of urban-rural integration,enriches theoretical studies about urban-rural relationships,and provides basic theoretical support for large developing countries to build a coordinated and orderly urban-rural community with a shared future.
