金溥聪败,南方朔胜

<正>过去相当长时期,台湾虽有一些进步,但官僚主义的传统犹存,官吏在对待人民时,仍有极大的滥权空间。我长期以来,在台湾从事文学、文化和思想评论之写作,算是评论人,但从来没有闹过新闻。但最近因缘凑巧,我却成了不小的新闻人物。原因是,2012年台湾的马英九狠斗王金平,媒体称之为"九月政争"和"灭王大计"。事情发生后,我找了一个大官朋友,他告诉我马英九的"灭王"是在2012年进境美国时,与"驻美代表"金溥聪密会而敲定。所以我在2012年     

犯罪学谭

我涉足犯罪研究领域有30年了，对犯罪问题仍在思索之中。今天看来，过去包括自身在内的许多观点都是值得检讨或进一步推敲的。想到几点，与同仁共思。     

不搬出住房就扣工资合理吗？

读者李先生在来信中询问:我夫妻二人同在一家工厂工作,我妻子原是上海知青返城落户哈尔滨,现已经退休。上海市落实政策时,已将我妻子户口迁回上海,我仍在厂里上班。请问:这样属不属于两地生活?我可不可以享受每年一次的职工     

静悄悄的危机

金融危机之后的5年,虽然不断微调和变换政策基调,但中国经济其实一直在做的只有一件事,那就是通过各种方式加杠杆。其时间之长,幅度之大,经济史上罕有其匹。当前的经济局势,让我想起在2011年年初,我给《大拐点》一书作结的结语。我曾经这样写道:"后面的故事,将重复2007年至2008年或者1997年的那一幕。种种证据都显示,这一次的主角是中国。"前者说的是那个至今仍让人心有余悸的美国次贷危机,后者说的则是新一代人几乎毫无     

声音

<正>"①8年中,法院反复判我死刑,我第一反应当然是很失望。今年的无罪翔决、释放,给了我希望。如果不对当年的办案人员进行问责,我仍会很失望。"因2006年一起毒杀案屡被判处死刑的念斌,在迎来无罪宣判后如此表态。"②我们都以为没命了。——在11月10日晚南航CZ3739航班因机械故障,临时安全迫降在广州白云机场后,乘客回忆说,飞行途中机舱内曾发生巨响,一片烧焦的味道,顿时整个飞机都在使劲晃动。     

我有一个思

我有一个思,儿时每天必须经过的陋巷走过时候的思。总爱埋头走路,沉浸在自己的世界里,偶尔抬头看远处的人们,仍埋头地思。 我思即我在,我想。其实,先哲们早巳把该思的思了,思维的河流绕过多少急流     

读者信箱

两个用人单位,工伤待遇向谁要河北读者小张来信询问:我在 A 公司担任司炉工,但 A 公司为规范业管理,与河北省 B 县劳务派遣公司签订《劳务派遣协议》,由该派遣公司提供人员。于是,B 县劳务派遣公司与我签订为期1年的《劳动合同》。此后。我仍被派遣到 A 公司工作,但去年我在工作中受伤,经诊断为右桡骨开放性粉碎性骨折,右肘关节脱位,右桡神经损伤。请问:我是否有权要求 A 公司来承担我的工伤保险待遇?     

回忆斯洛沃访华

<正>2015年1月适逢南非共产党领导人乔·斯洛沃逝世20周年。他生前曾三次访华,第三次来访时我有幸承担全程陪同工作。虽然和他相处仅半个月,但他的睿智、气质和个人魅力给我留下了极深刻的印象,至今仍历历在目,难以忘却。在深圳口岸迎接斯洛沃夫妇1993年8月6—20日,时任南非共全国主席的斯洛沃偕夫人来华访问并休假。这是他第三次访华,邀请     

石油:50美元顶部正接受测试

正自去年10月以来,石油价格首次突破了每桶50美元。看起来是时候更新我在2015年1月所做的分析了。当时,我指出50美元左右将成为石油价格的长期顶部。当时原油仍在60美元以上,几乎所有人都认为50美元是铁底。毕竟,期货市场预测价格将保持在75美元或以上,沙特和俄罗斯政府需要100美元的价格才能保持预算平衡;而任何低于50美元的     

致命的自负与致命的失败

这是一个危机四伏的年代。回首百年前,历史能告诉我们什么呢?回答应该是,统治这个世界的精英们如果还不能放下"致命的自负",仍可能再次遭受致命的失败。在《昨日的世界》一书的开头,斯蒂芬·茨威格这样写道:"倘若要我今天为第一次世界大战前我长大成人的那个时代作一个简明扼要的概括,那么我希望我这样说:那是一个太平的黄金时代。"那个黄金时代正是西方历史上著名的"百年和平"的晚期。当时的欧洲上流社会享受富足,迷信进步,以     

Trends in Governance in Further Education

Abstract

The governance of further education colleges has two main phases since the passing of the Education Act 1944 – the period when further education colleges were under local authority control and the period from ‘vesting day’ on 1 April 1993 when colleges became incorporated and further education corporations were formed as charities. This review is primarily concerned with the landscape of college governance since 1 April 1993 and draws upon some of the very limited number of research studies into the practice of further education governance. The experience and contribution of the key governance players – chair of the corporation, governors, the principal, the senior staff, the clerk to the corporation – are discussed. Throughout the period since 1993, college governance has operated within a policy framework provided by government and, to a greater or lesser extent, the implementation of those policies by agencies of government. In simple terms, the pattern may seem to be creativity (in the early years), compliance (following some high profile college governance collapses), micro-management (through the Learning and Skills Council years) and now the most open, imaginative phase as the current government encourages the strong colleges to play a bigger part in local education provision. Perhaps now is the time when the experience of college governance to date is able to draw upon its considerable strengths and show what the accumulation of governance capital can achieve.     

Trust in public institutions in Russia: The lowest in the world

The article's topic is the attitudes of the Russians toward their social institutions. As it will be shown, Russia is a country, much more than any other, that mistrusts its social institutions, political institutions in particular. There is no one institution that can garner more than 40 to 50 percent of the nation's trust. Indeed, in terms of their lack of confidence in social institutions, the Russians are behind not only the most advanced countries in the world, but even countries known for their unstable political systems, such as Colombia or Nigeria.     

春秋两个劳动节

每年5月1日的国际劳动节,是世界上大多数国家劳动人民共同的节日,而美国和加拿大的劳动节,则是在每年9月的第一个星期一.这一春一秋两个劳动节,都是起源于19世纪末的美国.     

Impacts of Bribery in Healthcare in Vietnam

This study explores how bribery in the health sector is associated with people’s well-being and with universal health coverage. By using the data of Vietnam from 2011 and 2012, this study reveals a negative correlation between the prevalence of bribery and health outcomes and the health insurance coverage. Additionally, the results indicate that bribers feel neither cured of injury/disease nor satisfied with healthcare service quality. Furthermore, there is a significantly negative correlation between the belief of the necessity to give a bribe and the health insurance enrolment decision.     

帝国时期俄罗斯的中国移民:人文特征与管理体制

在中俄两国关系良性发展的今天,还存在着一些隐性的尚未完满解决的问题。例如互信了解问题等,而互信问题的核心包括所谓的“军事威胁”和“移民威胁”。本文拟从历史的角度考察和分析沙俄时期的中国移民的人文特征以及管理体制。     

Research and productivity in wheat in Israel

The introduction of the new Green Revolution wheat varieties to Israel is reviewed and analysed. It was found that the first stage varieties (developed from local Mexican wheats) did not have a significant impact on yields in Israel. Dwarf varieties and new crosses bred in Israel from Mexican genetic material contributed significantly to yield increases. Returns to local research are estimated. Conclusions about the role of the International Research System are drawn.