Speaking of Justice: A Qualitative Interview Study on Perceived Procedural Justice Among Defendants in Dutch Criminal Cases

Qualitative interviews with one hundred defendants in Dutch criminal cases examine whether perceived procedural justice is a relevant concern for defendants, and, if so, which procedural justice components they refer to. The study provides a point of epistemological departure from the quantitative studies dominating the field, as it assessed which components of procedural justice (if any) respondents put forward themselves rather than asking about predetermined procedural justice components. The large majority of respondents mentioned procedural justice issues themselves, and six components were at the core of their procedural justice perceptions: (1) information on which decisions are based, (2) interpersonal treatment, (3) due consideration, (4) neutrality, (5) voice, and (6) accuracy. Although these procedural justice components largely correspond with the literature, respondents thus mentioned some components more often, and others less often, than the literature would suggest. In particular, neutrality plays an important role in the Dutch legal context examined here.     

Designing a Choice Architecture for Regulators

The emergence of behavioral public administration has led to increasing calls for public managers and policy makers to consider predictable cognitive biases when regulating individual behaviors or market transactions. Recognizing that cognitive biases can also affect the regulators themselves, this article attempts to understand how the institutional environment in which regulators operate interacts with their cognitive biases. In other words, to what extent does the “choice architecture” that regulators face reinforce or counteract predictable cognitive biases? Just as knowledge of behavioral insights can help regulators design a choice architecture that frames individual decisions to encourage welfare-enhancing choices, it may help governments understand and design institutions to counter cognitive biases in regulators that contribute to deviations from public interest policies. From these observations, the article offers some modest suggestions for improving the regulatory choice architecture.     

构建和谐社会视野下的和合精神与统一战线

统一战线作为中国共产党在新时期新阶段执政兴国的重要法宝,对于建设社会主义和谐社会,尤其是建设社会主义和谐政治负有义不容辞的历史责任。要站在新时代、新理论、新思维的高度,在构建社会主义和谐社会的开阔视野下,深化统一战线认识,丰富统一战线理论。要从中华传统文化的根源上,将弘扬和合文化与丰富中国特色社会主义统一战线理论紧密联系,使之成为统一战线理论的组成部分,使统一战线理论深深地根植于中华传统文化的沃土之中。     

Defense Industries and Global Dependency

The global defense industrial sector is a remarkably accurate indicator of the distribution of power in the post-Cold War international system. However, the defense industrial sector as a policy tool has received relatively little scrutiny, even though it not only reflects the international order, but also provides the United States with the ability to influence the foreign policy behavior of other states. The defense industrial sector is a powerful, if undervalued, diplomatic tool in the United States’ political arsenal.     

古代民风乡约对当代社会的启示

中国自古民风醇厚,而乡约忠实地记载了民风形成的概貌和要旨.高平乡约碑刻生动地反映了地方乡约对当地民风形成的作用和过程.研究古代民风,对加强社会主义道德建设,维护人民群众切身利益,保护环境具有一定的借鉴意义.     

构建我国高等学校诚信教育环境的对策研究

诚信教育是高等学校德育教育的重要内容,也是一项复杂的系统工程。它不仅需要学校大力加强学生自身诚信素质的培养,而且需要良好的外部环境的熏陶与配合。构建良好的高等学校诚信教育体系,对高等教育的健康发展和人才培养有着深远的作用和意义。     

The several costs of responding to the threat of terrorism

This paper describes several dimensions of the cost of the U.S. response to the threat of terrorism. Following an evaluation of the nature and magnitude of the threat of terrorism against the United States, the paper describes the restrictions on our civil liberties, the fiscal and other costs of the major homeland security measures, the fiscal cost of programs that make no contribution to the defense against terrorism but are rationalized on that ground, and the effects on our language and the potential for civil discourse of an extended defense against terrorism.     

关于当前经济形势、矛盾与对策的简要分析

本文分析了当前宏观形势中有利的一面,同时分析了存在的矛盾和问题,提出了解决矛盾和问题的方向。     

Representational Altruism: The Wary Cooperator as Authoritative Decision Maker

What drives policymakers to put the interests of others above their own? If human nature is inherently selfish, it makes sense to institutionalize incentives that counter decision makers' temptations to use their positions to benefit themselves over others. A growing literature rooted in evolutionary theories of human behavior, however, suggests that humans, under certain circumstances, have inherent predispositions towards “representational altruism,” i.e., to make an authoritative decision to benefit another at one's own expense. Drawing on Hibbing and Alford's conception of the wary cooperator, a theoretical case is made for such behavioral expectations, which are confirmed in a series of original laboratory experiments.