Remembering Tony King

Tony King combined scholarship with a real‐world grasp that few could match. This was evident both in his public activities and in his published work. His studies of legislatures and of career politicians changed the way in which issues were viewed and he was skilled at identifying emerging trends before anyone else. He analysed the failings of government, but always as a practical improver. He was a natural communicator in the Bagehot tradition, as evidenced in his writings on the constitution, and he wanted a less adversarial political culture. He showed political scientists that it was possible to combine good scholarship with an ability to communicate.     

Remembering Emma Lazarus

Breaking the Immigration Stalemate, a Report from the Brookings-Duke Immigration Policy Roundtable, offers practical suggestions for immigration reform. Stalemate, however, falls short both in identifying the underlying problems that warrant reform and in articulating broad national goals that immigration policy should achieve. One such goal, one that is part of our national heritage, would be to advocate for increased immigration as part of our arsenal for addressing global poverty.     

资本家的"自由"——兼论马克思的自由观

在马克思看来,不参加劳动(人类获得自由的重要途径)的资本家否定了人的"自由的自觉的活动"的类本质,否定了人类自身的价值,他们并不生活于个人联合的真实集体中,受到死的物质的奴役,是不可能获得真正的自由的.     

悖论中的自由——哲学怎样破解自由之谜

自由是人之为人的明证。为自由寻根,这是哲学由始以来的立意。传统哲学将必然性确认为自由之根,最终消灭了自由。其实,自由所以为自由,正在于自由无根——自由自己是自己的根。自由无根,这意味着人生来就是自由的;但事实是,人生来就不自由。这正是自由的悖论——自由本身就是不自由。人是自由的,但人又背负着责任;责任是不自由,但责任却衍生于自由。人是自由的,但人又受制于必然;必然是不自由,但必然却生成于自由。自由旨在实现自我,但执著于自我,恰恰使人不自由;自由既是自我的外化,又是自我的内返,它在有我和无我的张力之中。     

自由及其限度——关于自由的两种面相

自由是西方政治哲学中的一个核心概念,从古希腊、古罗马肇始以来便对西方发展产生了深远的影响,同时也引起了无数的争论.这些争论源于自由本身所固有的限度,由于这些限度自由先天地具有两种面相.要准确理解自由,我们就必须把握好绝对自由与相对自由、消极自由与积极自由、"单一"自由与"多元"自由这些概念及其关系.基于这些认识,才能使得对自由的追求在新的时期更加健康、持久地发展.     

自由幻象

在货币哲学视域中,货币是独立于现实世界的一种魔力,可左右人的生存与自由。自由是人的内在本质与发展诉求,追求自由是人生命本质的永恒奋斗目标。自由与必然是对立与统一的,并且自由是对必然的超越。在货币经济时代,人类追求的永恒的价值目标变成了对货币的追逐,人的尺度的评价标准被货币尺度所取代,自由异化了。     

Revisiting the Character of Congress

SUMMARY

This article examines how character assessments affected the electoral fortunes of incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives during the period from 1966-1996. The findings of several linear regressions suggest that party affiliation constrains both when voters react to allegations of scandalous behavior and how they react to different kinds of allegations. The electoral cycle assists incumbent members who have engaged in scandalous behavior escape retribution from their constituents, allowing the majority to be reelected. Also reviewed are findings from the 1998-2002 timeframe. It concludes that voters do concern themselves with character issues, but that the party affiliation of the member and the type of scandal work in concert with the electoral process to mitigate the negative impact on the vote.     

Remembering JPAM's first editor,Raymond Vernon

Raymond Vernon, the founding editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, died on August 26, 1999, at the age of 85. He was Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government at the time of his death, having served on the faculties of various schools at Harvard since 1959. He will be remembered for his contributions to a number of public policy areas. For example, in the late 1950s he led a research team that produced a study of the future of the New York metropolitan area, regarded as a landmark in the field of urban planning. In the last two decades he wrote extensively on the phenomenon of multinational corporations. His last book appeared in 1998 and was awarded a prize in 1999 by the Academy of International Business.