Automatic thematic classification of election manifestos     

Suzan Verberne  Eva D’hondt  Antal van den Bosch  Maarten Marx 《Information processing & management》2014

We digitized three years of Dutch election manifestos annotated by the Dutch political scientist Isaac Lipschits. We used these data to train a classifier that can automatically label new, unseen election manifestos with themes. Having the manifestos in a uniform XML format with all paragraphs annotated with their themes has advantages for both electronic publishing of the data and diachronic comparative data analysis. The data that we created will be disclosed to the public through a search interface. This means that it will be possible to query the data and filter them on themes and parties. We optimized the Lipschits classifier on the task of classifying election manifestos using models trained on earlier years. We built a classifier that is suited for classifying election manifestos from 2002 onwards using the data from the 1980s and 1990s. We evaluated the results by having a domain expert manually assess a sample of the classified data. We found that our automatic classifier obtains the same precision as a human classifier on unseen data. Its recall could be improved by extending the set of themes with newly emerged themes. Thus when using old political texts to classify new texts, work is needed to link and expand the set of themes to newer topics.  相似文献   

Sustainability transitions: A political coalition perspective     

David J. Hess 《Research Policy》2014

In the case of technology transitions to low-carbon sources of energy, there is growing evidence that even in countries with a strong political consensus in favor of a transition, the pace has been slow in comparison with the need to reduce greenhouse gases. One factor that affects the slowness of the transition is political resistance from the incumbent industrial regime. Using data on the mobilization of resistance from the fossil-fuel industry in the United States, the study builds on the growing literature on the political dimensions of sustainability transitions by drawing attention to the role of incumbent regime coalitions, grassroots coalitions in support of green transition policies, and countervailing industrial power. Case studies of political coalitions for ballot propositions in the U.S. are used to show how countervailing industrial power, especially from the technology and financial sector, can tip the balance of electoral spending in favor of grassroots organizations.  相似文献   

How Should I Respond to Them? An Emergent Categorization of Responses to Interpersonally Communicated Stereotypes     

《Journal of Intercultural Communication Research》2013,42(1):64-91

Political correctness defines stereotypes as inappropriate to communicate. However, responses that interpersonally communicated stereotypes receive in conversation may collaboratively produce a different meaning about the appropriateness of stereotype use. The current research reports two studies that explore responses to interpersonally communicated stereotypes and the role these responses play in the perpetuation of stereotypes. This project contributes qualitative research in intercultural communication that exposes a variety of tolerant response types available to communicators and demonstrates how these responses are managed interactionally in ways that show tolerance for communicated stereotypes.  相似文献   

Passing on Political Information between Major Powers: The Key Role of Ambassadors between Byzantium and some of its Neighbours     

Nicolas Drocourt 《Al-Masaq: Islam & the Medieval Mediterranean》2012,24(1):91-112

Ambassadors and embassies were numerous between Byzantium and its Muslim and Western Christian neighbours during the Middle Byzantine Period. This article seeks to demonstrate that these official envoys constituted major players involved in the transfer of political information between the courts considered. Ambassadors were those who travelled the most in the Mediterranean area during our period – at least between 700 and 900. Furthermore, as official envoys acting for sovereigns, they were carefully listened to by those sovereigns when they returned. Information coming from ambassadors is found in various sources and concerned military matters and foreign policy. But we also find precise data on domestic affairs and internal political information. Furthermore, news of usurpations and troubles in Byzantium may have constituted an important part of the information transferred beyond the Empire. Foreign ambassadors witnessed usurpations and palace revolutions. Their testimonies could have nourished the idea of a Byzantine government weakened by political instability and this theme became prominent during the twelfth century in some Western Christian courts.  相似文献   

高职思想政治理论课程课堂实践教学对策研究     

沈秀兰 《新疆职业大学学报》2010,18(6):69-71

从高职院校思想政治理论课程课堂实践教学的内涵、存在的问题出发,着重阐述高职院校思想政治理论课程课堂实践教学的研究对策。  相似文献   

奥林匹克运动实践中的危机倾向   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈绍敏  曹汉湖 《山东体育学院学报》1994,(2)

现代奥林匹克运动在取得巨大成就的同时，也面临许多难以解决的问题，潜伏着严重的危机，主要是：政治干扰，民族问题，由于职业选手参赛而引发的信仰危机和参赛条件的不平等，商业化与奥林匹克理想的矛盾，商业化加大地区间体育发展的差距及其对奥运会正常赛事的干预。  相似文献   

浅析费·阿·伊斯坎吉尔对《禁果》主人公的塑造     

肖查娜 《黑龙江教育学院学报》2011,30(10):138-139

《禁果》节选自前苏联著名作家费·阿·伊斯坎吉尔的中篇小说《柏树下的老屋》,全文通过小男孩“我”之口娓娓道来,清新活跃、质朴明快.特别是作者调动诸多艺术手段刻画的“我”这个小男孩的艺术形象,更是呼之欲出、跃然纸上.同时这部作品还具有很强的现实意义,指明家庭教育在孩子性格养成中所起的重要作用,值得为人父母者深思.  相似文献   

政治哲学视角下中国特色社会主义体育自信的理论研究     

刘海山 《广州体育学院学报》2018,(3):16-19

运用文献资料、逻辑分析等方法在政治哲学视角下对中国特色社会主义体育自信的概念、我国体育存在的不自信现象进行分析,并提出中国特色社会主义体育自信的意义,旨在建设我国特色社会主义体育自信并为我国政治服务,促进我国体育的良性发展。研究认为：我国体育改革取得了巨大的成绩,但是却存在着严重的体育不自信现象,这个问题制约着我国体育的发展,应该引起我们的重视。并提出建立我国特色社会主义体育自信的意义：有利于坚定体育改革的信心;有利于凝聚力量建设体育事业;有利于弘扬体育精神和构建体育文化;有利于矫正崇洋心理等。  相似文献   

加强大学生政治参与的思考     

汤耀阳 《临沧师范高等专科学校学报》2011,(3)

培养大学生理性政治参与意识,端正大学生政治参与动机,提高大学生政治参与能力,破解大学生政治参与难题,实现大学生的有序、理性的政治参与对于增强大学生的政治责任感、归属感,加快我国政治发展、推动社会全面进步具有重要的意义。  相似文献   

以考试改革为导向 增强教学的实效性——以高校思想政治理论课为例     

沙小亮  王东维 《西安欧亚学院学报》2011,(3)

高校思想政治理论课是智育性与德育性的统一体,是对大学生进行思想政治教育的主渠道。考核在高校思想政治理论课教学中具有导向作用,以考试改革为导向,从转变理念,变知识考核为综合素质考核;改革考核方式,建立科学、合理的考试评价体系;注重平时考核,构建有利于优化考核方式改革的教学模式;丰富考试内容,侧重综合能力考核等四方面入手切实增强高校思想政治理论课教学的实效性。  相似文献