Measuring Preferences for Divided Government: Some Americans Want Divided Government and Vote to Create It

Political Behavior - Tests of theories of the electoral origins of divided government hinge on the proper measurement of voter preferences for divided government. Deriving preferences for divided...     

Dialectics,Infant Shaking,and Perpetrator Statements in Child Maltreatment

There is little middle ground in the dispute between those who believe violent shaking to be a cause of infant mortality and those who deny any link between the two. This brief report considers, from a philosophical perspective, the state of the infant shaking debate and the potential for a future dialectical resolution based on the available evidence. It is argued that for such a resolution to become a reality it will be necessary for child protection professionals to work together to combine a more inclusive, transdisciplinary attitude to research with a more rational, civil approach to dialogue.     

基于复杂性视角的企业家理论——复杂性的家族企业演化理论系列研究之四

本文希望借助复杂性科学,特别是混沌吸引子理论给予企业家理论的研究另辟新径。论文分四部分。第一部分回顾了现有的企业家理论,并提出了我们的思考。第二部分简要介绍复杂性科学中的混沌吸引子的基本要义,并将混沌吸引子应用到企业家研究中来。第三部分借助混沌吸引子理论解释处在复杂适应系统中企业家所具有的特征及演化规律。     

复杂性的家族企业演化理论系列研究之二——从复杂性自组织理论看家族企业治理结构演变

本论文依然是借助复杂性科学的理论、方法对家族企业治理结构进行的探究。基本思想还是把家族企业治理结构看成是一个复杂适应系统。然后借助复杂性科学中的自组织理论的结构决定功能原理研究家族企业特有的治理结构是怎样决定家族企业不同于非家族企业功能的。论文的第一部分首先对现有家族企业治理结构研究给予简要的回顾并指出其面临的挑战。第二部分从复杂适应系统的角度分析家族企业的治理结构的特征。第三部分则借助复杂性科学中的自组织理论的结构决定功能理论解释家族企业的功能的特殊性，阐述家族企业治理结构与功能的关系。     

政府失灵的又一种救治途径——一种不同于公共选择理论的分析

公共选择理论认为政治市场与经济市场一样,官员也是追求自身利益最大化的"经济人",这与官员作为公共利益的代表存在持久的冲突,并导致政府失灵,进而得出结论是:市场失灵并不是政府干预的充分条件,政府应尽量减少干预,最大限度地约束政府的权力范围。但是笔者以为,对于市场经济已经非常成熟而且官僚制业已达到极致的西方发达国家是适用的而且实践证明是成功的。但对于我国而言,减少干预只是解决问题的一个很小的方面,因为"后发外生型"国家要实现跨越式发展,没有政府的大量干预和推动是不可能实现的。解决问题的关键在于在政府利益与公共利益之间建立起一整套激励共容机制,这样政府利益不仅不会损害公共利益,反而更能促进公共利益。     

Demonstrating the Melbourne University Respirator

The First World War was a theatre for the demonstration of Australia's contribution to the Empire, and the role of science and technology. This paper explores this relationship by tracing the history of the Melbourne University Respirator, a gas mask developed by scientists at the University of Melbourne during the Great War. In the immediate post-war period, the Respirator was used as a political technology to educate citizens about the actual and potential contribution of scientific research to national and imperial defence. Scientists in this manner promoted national scientific and technological development and a more equal partnership with Britain. The political use of the Respirator was staged in the vivid medium of an exhibition, in which sentiment was conceivably used to motivate political action.