A Strategic Theory of Bureaucratic Redundancy

Do redundant bureaucratic arrangements represent wasteful duplication or a hedge against political uncertainty? Previous attempts at addressing this question have treated agency actions as exogenous, thus avoiding strategic issues such as collective action problems or competition. I develop a game‐theoretic model of bureaucratic policy making in which a political principal chooses the number of agents to handle a given task. Importantly, agents have policy preferences that may be opposed to the principal's, and furthermore may choose their policy or effort levels. Among the results are that redundancy can help a principal achieve her policy goals when her preferences are not aligned with the agents'. But redundancy is less helpful if even a single agent has preferences relatively close to the principal's. In this environment collective action problems may cause multiple agents to be less effective than a single agent. Redundancy can also be unnecessary to the principal if the agent's jurisdiction can be terminated.     

论全面建设小康社会条件下加强大学生艰苦奋斗教育的实效性

当代大学生缺乏艰苦奋斗、吃苦耐劳精神的现状值得深思。邓小平关于艰苦奋斗精神有十分独到的表述,对于全面建设小康社会条件下加强大学生艰苦奋斗教育的实效性具有重要的指导意义。     

问责制的构架是责任政府建立的关键

行政现代化的发展催生责任政府的建立,而建立责任政府的关键是建立现代行政问责制。现代社会,行政问责制在问责原则、问责形式、问责主体和问责程序等方面都发生了重大变化,需要把握这些变化,促成责任政府的建立。     

相邻关系制度研究--一种类型化的尝试

类型化是介于抽象概念与具体规范之间的一种中间的思考形式,其作用在于揭示某一法律制度之内在的意义关联,这对正确理解、适用及发现法律规范具有重大意义.民法相邻关系具有种类繁多、内容复杂、更新较快等特点,以往"零售式"的研究方法无法发现作为一个整体的相邻关系制度之内在的意义脉络,为此,需要借助类型化的思考.民法相邻关系大致分为三种类型,每一种类型体现出一个不同的主导原则,其法律制度构成亦不相同.     

法学相关专业高职英语课程构建的社会需求调查分析

本文以高职法学相关专业社会需求为例,运用问卷调查和访谈等方式,分析了法学行业用人单位对法学高职毕业生英语能力的要求,尤其是行业英语方面的需求,并对法学相关专业高职英语课程构建提出了相应的建议。     

国外网络信息监管法律与执行机制概览

本文梳理了国外网络信息监管法律的规范层级、制定方法等制定概况,分析了法律禁止的具有共性和个性的信息类别,并归纳了国外网络信息监管模式、监管措施、救济途径等执行机制.     

Fast Novel, Fast Money

Online story reading and writing sites are booming in China During the day, Ren Yuan, in his130s, works as a software devel-' open But at night he is a novelistwho updates his serial Internetstory, which will be consumed by tens of     

国际NGO参与中国地方行动的逻辑——以X组织在T地区水窖项目为例

随着中国社会的发展,越来越多的国际NGO进入中国,国际NGO在参与中国地方行动时,会与与之相关的各主体发生互动,在互动过程中,不同的主体会遵循不同的行动逻辑,他们之间一方面存在合作的理性基础,但另一方面,也必然存在一定的冲突。     

泰戈尔与“东方学”

作为学科的“东方学”产生于近代西方。20世纪初在东西文化对话中,东方的知识精英审视自身的传统,形成了不同于西方立场的“东方学”。泰戈尔是东方“东方学”的奠基人。他获得诺贝尔文学奖,在西方产生巨大影响,成为西方真正认识东方的文化象征。他是在20世纪初的世界格局中,具有整体东方意识的思想家和诗人。他对“东方学”的许多课题都有自己的思考,对东方文化的精神实质、现实中东方文化的建设策略、东西方的关系等论题都有具体、系统的探讨与建构。他创办的“国际大学”,成为东方研究中心和人才培养基地,培养了大批东方传统的继承者和研究者。     

The Formation and Impact of Isomorphic Pressures: Extravagant Position‐Related Consumption in China

In this article, we examine the impact of isomorphic pressures on institutional practices, a field that has not been adequately explored and explained. A critical issue, on which this article focuses, is the process by which isomorphic pressures translate into homogenous institutional practices across organizations. Drawing on the case of extravagant position‐related consumption in local governments in China, we identify the sources of isomorphic pressures, how they come to have an impact, in what ways they are manifested and how they are sustained. We find that institutionalized isomorphic pressures may create informal institutional practices in contradiction to formal legal norms. We further analyze the endogenous dynamics behind the formation of isomorphic pressures, which are deeply embedded in the complex web of Chinese bureaucratic relationships. This article is based on 65 in‐depth interviews with government officials as well as relevant government documents and media accounts.