Do the illegal and legal rents of politicians affect municipal election outcomes? Empirical evidence

This paper aims to analyse whether illegal (corruption) and legal rent extraction (high politicians’ wages) affect electoral outcomes at municipal level. We use an initial sample of 145 Spanish municipalities over 50,000 for two electoral periods: 2004–2007 (before the crisis) and 2008–2011 (during the crisis). Our findings show that neither illegal nor legal rent extraction impact on re-election in non-crisis times. However, we observe that citizens penalize legal rent extraction in the ballots during the crisis. Regarding the economic performance of the local governments, we find that its effect on re-election is important in non-crisis period. Nevertheless, in time of crisis, given that the economic situation is bad in general in the country, voters pay less attention to economic factors and focus on politicians’ behaviour.     

人类基因编辑行为治理研究

人类基因编辑作为新的社会现象,在有助于人类发展的同时,也具有非常巨大的伦理风险、技术风险、社会风险。从现实情况看,人类基因编辑的潜在风险和规制漏洞值得警惕和反思。要客观评价人类基因编辑行为,严格区分治疗与改进的不同用途,确立以治疗为目的的人类基因编辑原则,对治疗予以有条件认可,对改进予以严格禁止。要正视现有制度的不足,明确行为界限,强化主体的内在约束,进一步健全人类基因编辑的法律体系、监管体系,确保人类基因编辑既能规避各类风险,又能增进人类健康。     

统筹各类编制资源的改革方向和政策建议

统筹使用各类编制资源,是新时代机构和行政体制改革的重要方向。本文首先分析了编制分类的内容构成、不同类型编制的管理权限、编制总量控制的政策约束,进而对编制分类管理的效应及带来的问题进行了综合性分析。接着,追踪梳理当前地方统筹使用各类编制的最新探索和创新。在此基础上,从跨类别、跨部门、跨地域、跨层级四个维度,提出编制统筹管理改革的思路和政策建议。     

自我与职业的双重生产:基于网络主播的数字化表演劳动实践

伴随电商直播时代的到来,青年带货主播的劳动激励机制从"礼物打赏"转变为"带货提成",其工作形态也从情感劳动转向数字化表演劳动。数字化表演劳动是指主播通过"养号"、组团、打造"人设"、激活消费者体验等方式,创造出一种区别于线下的购物剧场,从而将粉丝的观看量转化为消费者的订单量。由于主客观方面的限制,基于数字化表演劳动的直播带货会形成不稳定的短期化就业。但"离场"后的主播并不完全切断与直播的联系,而是将数字化表演劳动后置为一种能随时"返场"的就业选择,以此更主动、更具弹性地应对不确定的未来生活。在此背景下,我们需要创造精准服务各类青年数字劳动者的良好制度环境,促使其成为壮大数字产业的生力军和推进数字治理的新力量。     

Hanging Together

No country or region is immune to ravaging diseases. With the global spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it is urgent to strengthen solidarity to fight the pandemic. Many international organizations have called for unity and cooperation among countries. There should be no beggar-thy-neighbor thinking, selfishness or indifference.     

Observed without Sympathy: Adam Smith on Inequality and Spectatorship

Responding to socioeconomic inequality and the decline of political participation, theorists of “audience democracy” emphasize citizens’ spectatorship of political leaders but neglect how citizens experience being watched themselves. I turn to Adam Smith's arguments about the effects of inequality on spectatorship, highlighting his criticisms of the public's disdain for people living in poverty. By comparing Smith's arguments about misperceptions of people living in poverty to his discussions of an innocent man accused of a crime, I show how mistaken spectators demoralize even morally judicious individuals. I also expand on an example of unjust censure that Smith suggests but does not discuss in detail: the social shame directed at a survivor of rape. I conclude by using Smith's insights to reflect on the social and interpersonal dynamics of surveillance that render contemporary welfare programs degrading for many participants and help transform socioeconomic inequality into political inequality.     

韧性视角下现代城市整体性风险防控问题研究

现代城市因人口聚居、建筑密集、活动复杂而日益成为风险中心,呈现出复合性、联动性、叠加性、扩散性、隐蔽性增大等整体性风险。本文基于韧性视角,引入"韧性城市"概念,剖析了现代城市整体性风险防控实践的六大盲点和弊端,并分别从空间、时间和层级三个维度提出了韧性城市风险治理的范式,梳理出"都市群-城镇带-生活圈"防范风险扩散、"灾前预警-灾中应急-灾后恢复"阻遏风险延递、"宏观搭台-中观定标-微观落地"化解风险叠加的具体策略。     

Zhengqing Zhang,Intellectual Property Rights in China (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) 298 P. $54.58 Hardback

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“警格”与“网格”融合下的基层治理创新研究——基于D区网格化警务模式的分析

提升公安机关社会治理能力和水平是实现国家治理现代化的一项重要战略工程。实现基层警务工作与网格化社会治理的深度融合,建设形成"警格+网格"联动治理成为了实现公安机关基层治理的新路径,遵循着外部逻辑、内部逻辑、技术逻辑等三个维度的生成逻辑。在网格化警务管理中形成的治理结构、治理机制、治理主体、治理手段"四位一体"的实践布局揭示出,在新时期实现"警格"与"网格"的深度融合,仍需在多元主体融合深度推进、网格化警务管理运行效度提升、价值理性与技术理性建设并重等方面持续发力。     

The determinants of democracy: a sensitivity analysis

Public Choice - Numerous studies—operating with diverse model specifications, samples and empirical measures—suggest different economic, social, cultural, demographic, institutional and...