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2081.More information
AbstractAccording to some observers, Japanese foreign policy has traditionnally been that of a "reactive state", content to respond to the actions of others, whilst for others, notably Susan Pharr, this policy has been that of a "defensive state", seeking to minimize risks and maximize benefits. This article opts for the latter interpretation, but wonders if Japan has been capable of adopting a more proactive foreign policy in the post-Cold War era more commensurate with its real importance internationally. It emphasizes the internal and external difficulties which Japan must overcome before such a new foreign policy becomes a reality.
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2082.More information
Keywords: licenciements collectifs, mises à pied, protection de l'emploi, maintien du revenu
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2083.
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2088.More information
AbstractThis research aims to clarify the stages of a lesson plan in language development in junior kindergarten (or preschool) when using stories and nursery rhymes. The methodology used was that of a research development. Three major phases compose the lesson plan : planning, realizing and integrating. In the planning phase, the objectives and the introduction of the lesson are decided. The realizing phase includes vocabulary explanation and the interactive reading of the stories or the nursery rhymes. The integrating phase includes verification of the listening intentions and of the objectives, the recall, the follow-up activities and the transfer of newly acquired vocabulary. The phases were submitted to three trials with four-year old children. Four principles guiding the teachers' interventions and ideas for further research conclude the article.
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2090.More information
AbstractSince 1999, the highly mediatized conflict between the Chinese State and the Falun Gong has often been interpreted according to the terms of a debate well known in the West, and especially on the North American continent that opposes those who, on the one hand, wish to defend the social order against the danger of ‘cults' or ‘sects,' against those who, on the other, wish to defend the freedom of belief and the ‘new religious movements.' The aim of the present paper is to situate this debate within a specifically Chinese context in order to understand the significance given, during the 20th century, to the concepts of religion, superstition or heterodoxy. Our argument is based on the idea that the definition of religion adopted by the Chinese State in the early 20th century, a definition copied from the one prevailing in the West, does not conform well with the religious situation as expressed in China. Unless this discrepancy is taken into consideration, both the extraordinary rise of the qigong and Falun Gong and the campaign to suppress the latter become difficult to understand.