Humanities and Social Sciences

Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016

  • The Central-Local Relationship and Constitutional Operations in France

    Chun-Hao Chang

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 16-25
    Received: 24 February 2016
    Accepted: 2 March 2016
    Published: 12 March 2016
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    Abstract: This paper argues that the French model of Semi-presidentialism shows two features. One the one hand, the President is the head of both the central government and local affairs due to France’s historical background as a highly centralized state. On the other hand, the political struggle between the local executive heads and the central government i... Show More
  • The Utilizing of Geographical Information System for Showing Distribution Burglary in Sheffield City, United Kingdom

    Zana Fattah Ali

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 26-33
    Received: 26 January 2016
    Accepted: 23 February 2016
    Published: 12 March 2016
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    Abstract: Burglary is one of the dangerous types of crime in society. The rate of this phenomenon has increased in the areas that have negative impact on the relationship between residents with government law. This increase also shows that the low of the security in this society make their people do not feel better security of life. This study concentrates o... Show More
  • Effectiveness Evaluation of the Party Committee of State-Owned Enterprises Participating in Major Decision-Making: A Case Study of Aviation Industry Corporation of China

    Ye Yan, Gao Jian-she, Liu Hong-de

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 34-41
    Received: 12 April 2016
    Published: 13 April 2016
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    Abstract: One way to bring political advantages into play is that the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have their Party committees participating in making important decisions. It is conducive for the SOEs Party committees to give full play to political advantages. The paper builds an evaluation index system of the Party committee of SOEs participating in makin... Show More
  • Inquiry Learning Evaluation System Under the Environment of Cyber Learning Space

    Liu Hong, Wang Li, Li Dawei

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 42-45
    Received: 13 April 2016
    Published: 14 April 2016
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    Abstract: As an innovation mechanism of integration of information technology and education, cyber learning space is a basic platform for teaching activities and teaching management under the condition of information technology. It is a new task how to make a scientific, rational, objective and fair comprehensive evaluation of the students’ autonomous learni... Show More
  • Futurism, Henri Bergson and Mina Loy’s Female Consciousness

    Tan Yujie

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 46-52
    Received: 18 April 2016
    Published: 19 April 2016
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    Abstract: This paper is concerned with Mina Loy’s female consciousness in her poetry between the year of 1914 and 1920. The first two parts separately discuss how Futurism and Henri Bergson influence Loy. The two influences are concentrated on two different aspects of poems—form and content. Moreover, this paper also finds that the concept of intuition conne... Show More
  • Multimodality, Intertextuality and Carnivalism in the Fox and Gangnam Style as Gateways to Media Literacy

    Eivind H. Karlsson

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 53-59
    Received: 4 May 2016
    Published: 5 May 2016
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    Abstract: The essay aims to explain the viral dissemination of the Youtube videos “Gangnam Style” (2012) and “The Fox” (2013). The videos are treated as examples of the genre novelty songs. The method of the study is a close reading, focusing mainly on multimodality, intertextuality and carnivalism. The result of the analysis is identification of a number of... Show More
  • A Study of the Persuasive Arts in a Modest Proposal

    Guo Lei, Wang Lan

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016
    Pages: 60-65
    Received: 4 May 2016
    Published: 5 May 2016
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    Abstract: A Modest Proposal is a representative work of Jonathan Swift. Many critics think it a greatest satirical work ever written. Jonathan Swift has always been considered a political writer and poet. His plain style can also been seen in A Modest Proposal but it's not the main concern of this thesis. This thesis mainly focuses on some artistic features ... Show More