CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRATIC CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

Children have special protection under the South African constitution, including the right to safety, health and an environment conducive to their wellbeing and optimal development. Yet, firearms contribute significantly to the high incidence of deaths and injuries among South African children and in young males in their late teens. This case study is about the participation of the Child Health Policy Institute (CHPI) in a law reform process ultimately aimed at reducing firearm injuries and deaths in the country by exercising stricter gun control through legislation and other reforms. This feature briefly describes the political context in which the project was initiated, the research on firearm injuries and deaths in children conducted by the CHPI, and the dissemination of the research findings. The role of the CHPI as an academic institution within the Gun Control Alliance is also examined as are the lessons learnt in trying the bridge the gap between research and law reform.     

MICRO-DISARMAMENT IN WEST AFRICA

This article explores the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons in the West African sub-region and efforts by the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deal with the problem through the ECOWAS Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa. The paper analyses the degree of compliance with the Moratorium by four ECOWAS member states, namely, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Mali.     

Comprehensive approaches,diverse coherences: the different levels of policy coherence in the Dutch 3D approach in Afghanistan

Since 2000, international organisations such as the UN, NATO and the EU, but also countries, have started to apply what has been called the comprehensive approach to crisis management. This article unpacks this comprehensive approach implemented by the Dutch in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. It first borrows and expands a conceptual framework developed by De Coning and Friis. Subsequently, it maps the different sorts of coherence in the mission by applying the framework. It shows how in practice there was not one single comprehensive approach, but many different forms of interaction between a number of organisational units. Each interaction had its own distinct issues and its own level of coherence. The level of coherence differed depending on the level at which the interaction took place – strategic at headquarters level versus operational at field level – and at what point in the mission it happened – in most cases it moved towards more cohesion.     

我院军事装备学学科研究方向探讨

从特色、学术地位、作用和意义等方面探讨了我院军事装备学学科的4大研究方向:装备作战仿真、装备发展研究、装备管理研究和装备保障研究,并分析了它们之间的关系。     

社会转型与人的主体性建构的互动研究

社会转型是指一种社会类型向另一种社会类型的过渡过程。主体性是主体的本质特征,是主体在对象性活动中形成和表现出来的特性。从唯物史观看,二者是辩证统一的。这种辩证统一性为我国现阶段实现社会与人的和谐发展提供了理论依据。     

试析危害社会主义核心价值体系的几种社会思潮

在当代社会,实用主义、新自由主义、民主社会主义、历史虚无主义等都是对社会主义核心价值体系危害较大的社会思潮,积极研究、正确对待这些社会思潮,对于巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位,牢牢把握意识形态工作的主导权,坚持以社会主义核心价值体系引领社会思潮,具有极其重要的意义。     

学员队干部年轻化存在的问题及对策

近年来,军队院校学员队干部越来越呈现出年轻化的趋势,如何发挥其优势,做到与中年队干部优化配置,是一个值得分析、研究的课题。在调查、研究的基础上,分析了学员队干部年轻化存在的问题,提出了综合考察、优化配置等对策。     

建筑防火课程实施素质教育的实践与探索

《建筑防火》课程实施素质教育应从强化师资队伍、优化教学内容、改革教学方法、强化实践环节、开拓科技创新等几个方面进行总结。立足素质教育,优化课堂教学是一项长期而艰巨的任务,它需要不断地实践、探索、总结和提高。工科课程素质教育应该培养学生分析问题和解决实际问题的能力及创新能力,满足部队的第一任职需要。     

试论构建我国可持续发展法律制度体系

环境问题由来已久,人们基于对环境问题的认识,提出了可持续发展思想。我国基于自己的环境问题,也提出走可持续发展之路。在可持续发展的大背景下,我国如何构建与之相适应的法律制度体系,以保障和推进可持续发展的进程,是当前需要面临的重要问题。     

用科学发展观指导部队基层建设的实践与思考

从科学发展观的基本内涵出发,针对基层部队建设中存在的普遍问题,从全面建设、统筹规划、保持创新三个方面进行了论证,回答了科学发展观是指导部队基层建设的灵魂这个重大问题。