政府边界研究

政府的边界即政府与周围各事物的界线。政府的边界随着历史的变迁而不同,人们的认识也因之而变,其研究既要追求学理上的自洽,也要经受现实的检验;没有终点的政府边界及其思想的争斗是传统、技术、立场、价值和利益等多种力量共同博弈的过程和结果,其研究不仅要作单向度的考察,而且要作全景式的透视;变化中的政府边界既处于学科视野之中,又超越学科领域之外,对它的研究应该是学科化与非学科化的结合。     

正确认识衡量政党制度的标准构建和谐的党际关系

本文从实践效果、民族团结和社会稳定的角度;各政党在政治方面的共识以及构建和谐的党际关系,论述了要正确认识和衡量政党制度的标准.从而纠正以西方的政党制度模式为参考系数,来评价和衡量我国政党制度的理念.     

《少年司法的一个世纪》评介

“《少年司法的一个世纪》是关于整个美国历史上少年违法犯罪者处遇情况的综合而细致的研究。从《伊丽莎白贫困法》(该法令抟实了美国社会政策的基础)出发,本书解析了意识形态与社会制度之间的相互影响之道……护育儿童,同时确保社会免遭罪错青少年的侵害——二者之间的矛盾以及持续进行的切换、游离与抉择,引人入胜……本书是所有儿童权利倡导者的基本读物。”——《图书馆杂志〈主题评论〉》(Library Journal,starred review)     

简论“三个代表”的理论体系和理论创新

针对“三个代表”就是三句话 ,是马克思主义早已有之的常识 ,怎么能说它有理论体系、是理论创新的说法 ,简要地论述了什么是理论和理论体系 ,“三个代表”的理论体系怎么理解 ,“三个代表”是理论创新的四个根据。     

Determinants of inflationary performance: Corporatist structures vs. central bank autonomy

Thanks go to John Aldrich, Robert Bates, William Bernhard, Richard Burdekin, Henry Chappel, Dudley Wallace and Thomas Willett for suggestions and to Ted Smith for computational assistance.     

试论公共场所英语翻译问题

随着改革开放的日益深入,公共场所使用英语的现象日益增多,但是由于这些英语的误译,导致了误解。这就阻碍了我国的对外交流,损害了交际的有效性。因此,规范公共场所英语翻译显得极其必要。     

Antitrust in China: The Problem of Incentive Compatibility

This paper reviews China's recent efforts to enact a competitionpolicy (antitrust) law. We focus on three issues: (1) What isthe substance of the proposed law, and how does it differ fromexisting antitrust law in other countries, (2) How will thelaw be implemented or enforced, and how will those who mustimplement this law interpret their mandate, and (3) What willbe the likely effects of this law given China's unique historyand cultural heritage. We emphasize China's economic, legaland regulatory contexts in which an antitrust law may be enforced.Our central focus is the problem of establishing a substantiveand procedural legal framework that is incentive-compatiblewith economic efficiency and growth. The draft law could beimproved, both to increase its clarity and to make its enforcementmore consistent with the goal of achieving improvements in economicefficiency. Nevertheless, there is much merit in the draft,especially its strong focus on reducing anticompetitive practicesof state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and other government bodies.However, our major difficulty with the new law is that, in theabsence of a tradition of reliance on the rule of law, Chineseand foreign enterprises will find it very difficult to relyon the antitrust statute or the actions of the courts in Chinaas a basis for predicting the antitrust liability that mightresult from various business practices. Therefore, the principalvector by which antitrust law (or indeed any law) affects economicbehavior is absent from the Chinese scene. Unless the bureaucracythat enforces the new antitrust law actively pursues a policyof consistent enforcement based on written guidelines, staredecisis, or other sources of predictability, the substance ofthe statute itself will have little significance. That outcomewould represent a significant loss for the economic welfareof the Chinese people.     

A CRITIQUE OF PROFESSOR CHURCH'S REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF VERTICAL AND CONGLOMERATE MERGERS ON COMPETITION

We discuss Professor Jeffrey Church's report to the EuropeanCommission in 2004 on the effects of vertical restraints andmergers. Although thorough and accurate, the report could bemisinterpreted by practitioners, as it does not emphasize thatmarket power is only a necessary condition for harm to competition,and that most vertical mergers that present the possibilityof competitive harm also present economic efficiencies thatare intrinsic to the integration.     

Regime transformation from below: Decentralization,local governance,and democratic reform in Nigeria

How realistic are democratic-governance strategies that emphasize local governance as a key component? Using Nigeria’s experience in local government and primary health care in the 1980s and 1990s as a case example, the article finds there were substantial shortfalls in local participation and program performance. These were caused by problems in the local political environment and local institutional design, in the national policy environment (particularly in the funding system), and by the stresses of structural adjustment, resource shortfalls, the natural physical environment, and weak leadership. These combined to create poor and inappropriate reward structures and lack of accountability. However, even though the Nigerian case was not successful, most of the specific problems that hurt it are remediable through policy changes at the national level. Several of these were under consideration at the time of the coups of 1992 and 1993.     

Columbia: Neglected dimensions of violence

Editor's note: Rosa Del Olmo has recently written on the same theme in: The Attack on the Supreme Court of Columbia: A Case Study of Guerrilla and Government ViolenceViolence. Aggression and Terrorism 2 (1988): 57–84.