Shaking off the neoliberal shackles: “democratic emergence” and the negotiation of democratic knowledge in the Middle East North Africa context

ABSTRACT

There is a general assumption in democracy promotion that liberal democracy is the panacea that will solve all political and economic problems faced by developing countries. Using the concept of “good society” as analytical prism, the analysis shows that while there is a rhetorical agreement as to what the “good society” entails, democracy promotion practices fail to allow for recipients’ inclusion in the negotiation and delivery of the “good society”. Contrasting US and Tunisian discourses on the “good society”, the article argues that democracy promotion practices are underpinned by neoliberal parameters borne out from a reliance on the transition paradigm, which in turn leave little room to democracy promotion recipients to formulate knowledge claims supporting the emergence of alternative conceptions of the “good society”. In contrast, the article opens up a reflective pathway to a negotiated democratic knowledge, which would reside in a paradigmatic change that consists in the abandonment of the transition paradigm in favour of a “democratic emergence” paradigm.     

上层建筑是为产生它的经济基础服务的

按照马克思主义创始人的观点,无论是政治的上层建筑,还是思想的上层建筑,都是适应一定的经济基础的需要而产生,并且是竖立在这种基础之上的。有什么样的经济基础,就要求有什么样的上层建筑;随着经济基础的变更,上层建筑也要相适应地变革。同时,上层建筑也反作用于经济基础。     

Necessity for Legislation on China’s Recycling Economy and Regulatory Framework Analysis

In China, the necessity for legislation on recycling economy (RE) first lies in the difference in the conceptions applied to define it. Three schools in theory are prevailing at present: affirmative, negative, and replaceable. The paper insists that RE is of unique implication for China. A practical need for legislation exists; however, those rational parts in both negative and replaceable schools should be given full consideration. The necessity for RE legislation rests not only upon requirements for social and economic development but also upon economic globalization and the internalization of environmental protection. China’s RE legislation should learn from foreign countries, meet actual needs of the country, make sure to coordinate with clean production law, and make recommendations and options for legislative modes, principles, and systems. This paper is on the basis of Zhou Ke, Cao Jianqun, ”Necessity for Legislation on China’s Recycling Economy and Regulatory Framework Analysis”, Xinhua Digest (half monthly), Vol. 11, 2005(in Chinese)     

论农村土地资产与土地资本的协调与转化

长期以来,我国只将土地作为一种生存的工具,称之为生产资料。经过30年的土地制度变迁,土地才由生产资料变成土地资产,又过了20年土地才具有了部分生产要素性质。从实践来看,土地制度变迁的最终目的应该是将土地资产变成土地资本。     

浅析破坏生产经营罪

破坏生产经营罪本身的构成要件含糊不明,加之为顺应我国经济体制的变化,使法律适应客观形式的发展,1997年刑法将破坏集体生产罪修改为破坏生产经营罪,并对之进行体系结构归属调整。但也为此使刑法学者对破坏生产经营罪产生诸多争议。如此罪侵犯的客体是单一客体,还是复杂客体。特别是此罪容易与其他相关犯罪混淆,给司法实践带来不便。通过重新界定生产经营的内涵、犯罪的目的等,对其进行合理的限制解释,并将其与一些极易混淆的犯罪加以比较,进一步明确此罪。     

美国煤矿安全生产法治化及对我国的影响

我国煤矿安全生产存在法律体系不完善、技术落后、监管不力、执法不严等问题,而美国煤矿安全生产立法严密、执法严厉、技术先进、政府服务完善。因此,我国应借鉴美国煤矿安全生产法治化经验,完善煤矿安全生产法律体系、严格煤矿安全执法、完善相关配套制度。     

中国循环经济立法初探

循环型经济是一种新型经济发展模式,随着环境问题日益突出,一些发达国家开始重视改革现有不合理的经济发展模式,促使本国经济朝着循环型经济发展.本文通过介绍循环经济的概念和基本特点,总结国外循环经济法的立法经验,对比德日两国与美国的循环经济立法,透视我国相关立法现状及存在的问题,对我国循环经济法的建立健全与配套制度的完善提出建议.     

研究企业的起源:马克思与科斯

作为经济学大师,马克思和科斯对企业的起源虽然有着不同的理解,但他们从不同角度对企业产生的前提、企业产生和成本的关系、企业的边界、企业的性质等问题的论述,却共同证明了企业不仅是市场经济条件下社会生产力的一种组织形式,而且是特定经济制度下一种社会生产关系的实现形式。     

The first woman in the process of book production in Livonia: the case of Ursula Krüger and Daniel Hermann

I present the first case from the history of early modern Livonia, when a woman participated in the editing and publication of a printed book. Ursula Krüger, wife of Prussian–Livonian humanist Daniel Hermann, illustrates the wider perspective of non-aristocratic women’s activities involving book production in the geographical periphery of humanist culture, Riga, rather than in the heart of European humanism. Her story also illustrates the ability of women to collaborate as an editor, both as a learned woman who could compose Latin dedications and a businesswoman who could financially and organizationally engage in publishing books.     

窃听、窃照专用器材立法完善思考

非法使用窃听、窃照专用器材屡禁不止，对公众隐私、国家安全和公共秩序造成了严重侵害。究其原因，现有的法律制裁体系存在漏洞，惩戒力度不足，相关法律之间存在冲突。面对当前愈演愈烈的犯罪形势，有必要重新检视立法的相关规定，完善法律制裁体系。破解这一难题，首先，应当完善刑事制裁，修订《刑法》第283条和284条的相关规定，提升法定刑的幅度，增加罚金刑；其次，应将非法生产、使用和销售间谍专用器材以及非法生产、使用和销售窃听、窃照专用器材的行为纳入《治安管理处罚法》的调整范畴，同时，还应当探索对可能用于窃听、窃照的专用器材设定行政许可的可行性。