Race,Social Welfare,and the Decline of Postwar Liberalism: A New or Old Key?

Fifty-one years ago, when liberalism and social welfare democracy were expanding in all advanced industrialized nations, V.O. Key, Jr., forecast the decline of postwar liberalism in the United States. Current discussion of the decline of liberalism has ignored Key or, when evidence is lacking, has incorrectly cited him. In contrast to Key's relatively direct, simple, and heavily documented reasoning, current explanations are multifactorial, complex, less well documented, and often ideologically loaded. Some explanations for the "postwar" decline identify causal factors more than six years after the war, yet they ignore events in 1945–47. At the fifty-first anniversary of V.O. Key's Southern Politics in State and Nation, attention to Key's forecast and Occam's razor is called for. Key argued that racism in the South, exerted through congressional committees, would lead to a decline of liberalism in the nation. Using "legislative histories," this article compares Key's single-factor "racial" explanation with a two-factor explanation—and by implication with multifactor ones—and finds Key's more compelling and parsimonious. Archival sources indicate that more than two years before the 1948 Democratic Convention, Charlie Ross, Truman's closest advisor, and Truman himself encouraged Key to assess the emerging postwar politics of the South. As Key anticipated, institutionalized racism sunk the Fair Deal and postwar social democracy, despite Truman's efforts. The effects of racism on postwar and current politics and public administration should be reexamined as a key to understanding American distinctiveness or exceptionalism.     

拒不执行判决、裁定罪的现行刑事立法必须完善

作为拒不执行判决、裁定罪的现行刑事立法 ,新刑法第三百一十三条之规定不仅欠规范、有遗漏、失协调 ,而且严重脱离司法实际 ,完全不符合立法原意 ,因此必须进行完善。本文分别在剖析新刑法第三百一十三条关于犯罪对象、犯罪主体、犯罪行为之规定致命缺陷的基础上 ,有针对性地提出了有关立法完善的建议     

论自我思想道德教育的结构

自我思想道德教育是个体完善自己主观世界.进而使自己自由全面发展的精神建筑活动.自我思想道德教育的结构是由其要素以及要素联结组合而成的.自我思想道德教育主体、客体和价值坐标是其中三个基本要素.每个基本要素各有特定内涵,各具特性,在自我思想道德教育结构中的地位和作用也各不相同.自我思想道德教育的要素联结表现为压力联结、动力联结和激发力联结三种方式.     

联合国框架下的国际人道救援协调机制初探——以海地地震灾害中的国际救援为个案

由自然或人为因素带来的人道灾难是全世界必须共同面对的问题。人道危机中,国际救援协调的程度决定了救援的效果。良好的协调机制有利于整合各方力量,优化资源配置,消除因各自为政、相互掣肘给救灾合作带来的不利影响,将灾害损失降到最低限度。本文以海地地震灾害为个案,对国际人道救援协调行动进行分析研究,认为以联合国救援协调办公室为核心的国际人道救援协调机制有力地保证了救援合作的顺利实施,促进各国友好关系的发展。