Executive Authority, the Personal Vote, and Budget Discipline in Latin American and Caribbean Countries

Recent scholarship on budgeting in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries indicates that political institutions impact the level of budget discipline. Building upon this previous research, we argue that the principal problem that must be addressed in both the government and the legislature to insure strong fiscal discipline is the common pool resource (CPR) problem. At the cabinet level, the CPR problem arises because ministers consider the implications of decisions on their ministries only. The level of the CPR problem in the legislature depends upon the electoral system. Using a data set of LAC countries for the period 1988–97, we find that executive power in the budget process is most effective in reducing budget deficits when electoral incentives for the personal vote is high in the legislature, while strengthening the president (or prime minister) in countries where the personal vote is low in the legislature has no effect .     

试论构建有效的公共政策执行机制

再好的公共政策也需要有效的执行才能实现公共政策的目标。通过构建科学的利益平衡机制、民主参与机制、沟通协调机制、监督控制机制、权力配置机制、政治社会化机制将有助于公共政策的有效执行 ,从而实现公共利益     

论法院对行政机关认定事实的审查

行政机关和法院二者是行使一定权力的国家机关,行政机关行使行政权,法院行使司法权,而行政行为一旦引发争议进入行政诉讼程序,其要接受司法审查,这时就有一个问题,法院应如何对待行政机关对有关事实问题的判断和认定。     

论建立公安工作和社会治安监测预警机制

公安机关建立公安工作和社会治安监测预警机制,有利于提升公安工作和社会治安问题的信息化、规范化和制度化建设水平;能够经常性掌握公安工作的底数、进度和发展趋势;有利于及时掌握社会治安动向;有利于增强公安机关履行职责的能力。要建立健全公安工作和社会治安监测预警机制,必须要建立健全信息监测系统、评估研判系统、预警控制实施系统和相关的保障支撑系统。     

The History of Political Science

The history of political science serves as a context within which we make sense of the nature and role of our discipline. Narratives about the past development of British and American political science help to frame debates, choices, and identities within the contemporary discipline in Britain. What do recent studies on the history of political science tell us about the character of political science in Britain and America? What do they suggest about the relation of the British study of politics to British identities more generally? Our review of recent work concentrates on three issues: (1) how historical studies of political science relate to approaches and identities within the contemporary discipline; (2) how they relate to the past, i.e. whether their historical vision is marred by presentism; (3) whether they look beyond the boundaries of the discipline.     

数字化与人文之和谐及对思想政治教育的启示

追溯教育、技术与人的发展的思想文化渊源,并从人文关怀的角度审视数字化对人的发展造成的双重影响,就要求思想政治教育从多维角度积极拓展人文化和数字化的丰富内涵,从而培养在数字化时代充分提升主体价值和实现全面发展的个体。     

2004年美国大选对美国选举制度的影响

2004 年美国大选中技术构件的改进,提高了美国选举制度的可操作性和合理性;竞选开销创历史新高,加深了金钱政治对选举制度民主公平原则的侵蚀;候选人通过谎言和反面信息争取选票,违背了选举制度的诚信道德准则。