Role of Culture and Context: Ethical Issues in Research with Asian Americans and Immigrants in Intimate Violence

Ethical principles are often presented as universal, immutable rules. However, when conducting research with ethnic minority groups, such as Asian Americans and immigrants, ethical issues need to be placed within a sociocultural context as ethical responses are filtered through the specific value orientations and belief systems of the ethnic group under study. Further, when the group is a marginalized population, power dynamics complicate ethical principles of autonomy. The complexities are further accentuated with sensitive topics such as intimate violence or domestic violence. Consequently, ethical questions about autonomy, informed consent, confidentiality, limits to confidentiality, and protecting participants’ safety and reducing distress need to be at the forefront when planning intimate violence research. An overview of sociocultural context of Western biomedical ethics is presented and specific ethical issues that emerge when conducting intimate violence are discussed.     

政党规范的形式与效力

政党规范是关于政党的各种规范的总称,其核心问题是如何有效进行政党治理、维护政党政治秩序、促进民主政治发展。政党规范主要包括法律规范、社会规范、内部规范。这三种形式的政党规范既有一定的联系,在价值追求、形式特点、效力范围、实现方式方面又有明显区别。在当今世界,政党政治的复杂性、系统性、多样性,决定了仅靠任何一种规范都难以有效地进行政党治理;只有把政党规范作为一个体系、树立系统的政党治理观,既加强立法、依靠法律来匡正政党行为,也加强政治伦理建设、用伦理秩序来匡扶人心,还要加强政党内部建设、整合党内秩序,做到德法相济、内外相济、各种政党规范相协调,才能构建合理的政党政治秩序、促进民主政治发展。     

从文化工业到后现代主义

文化工业与社会经济生活的密切联系,显示出晚期资本主义文化的核心之所在,即生产愈来愈多的物品以作消费之用,资本主义的文化目标就是消费.后现代主义与文化工业的合流,证明了资本主义对传统文化,包括资产阶级自己的传统文化的最后解构.晚期资本主义的文化逻辑,意味着"文化统治和资本主义的新社会经济阶段"这一"新的社会样式"的出现,从而不得不接受后现代主义带来的文化虚无主义和价值重估.     

当代中国政治思潮：根源与演进

当代中国政治思潮既是当代中国政治发展的一面镜子,又是驱动当代中国政治发展的重要思想资源.当代中国政治思潮的产生与演进,是与当代中国政治、经济和社会的变动紧密联系在一起的.政治学的恢复、社会变革、知识群体的兴起以及知识生产、传播体系的变化,是刺激当代中国政治思潮产生的直接根源.当代中国政治思潮的演进经历了以下几个阶段:(1)价值重估运动和权威体系改造运动:对改革开放时代的早期回应;(2)国家一社会关系重构运动:对市场化的回应;(3)改革政府运动:对市场化与经济全球化的理性回应;(4)民族主义与民族复兴运动:后冷战时代对全球化的政治回应四个阶段.在不同的历史阶段,当代中国政治思潮具有不同的关怀和政治属性.     

What voters want from their parties: Testing the promise-keeping assumption

How should party governments make representative democracy? Much of the democracy representation literature assumes that voters prefer parties to fulfill the promises of their election campaigns, with higher preference for promise-keeping placed on the party a voter supports. That voters agree with these assumptions, however, remains largely unclear and this is the main hypothesis of this article. Within the context of Australia, this article investigates voter preferences regarding three ideal party representative styles: promise-keeping, focus on public opinion, and seeking the common good. Furthermore, it tests whether voters prefer their party – over other parties – to keep their promises. Based on novel and innovative survey data, this study finds that, generally, voters care least about parties keeping their promises and their preferences are unaffected by their party support. These results, if confirmed in other contexts, not only challenge the primacy of promise-keeping, but also the assumed ubiquitous party effect.     

What consideration sets can teach us about electoral competition: A two-hurdle model

Consideration set models (CSMs) offer a novel way to study electoral behavior. Until now, they have been mostly studied at the micro-level of the voter's decision process. By contrast, we focus on the implications of CSMs for understanding the phenomenon of party competition. We propose a two hurdle model whereby parties compete for both consideration and selection, pursuant the consideration and choice stages of the CSM. We operationalize these hurdles in terms of a party's inclusivity—is it being considered?—and exclusivity—is it considered on its own?—and formally derive lower- and upper-bounds for the electoral fortunes of the party. We also show how consideration set data can be used to sketch the competition landscape in an election and to characterize the system-wide competitiveness of a political system. We illustrate our concepts and ideas using data from the 2010 Dutch and 2014 Swedish parliamentary elections.     

政治文明研究综述

本文就近期学术界关于政治文明的有关论述,从政治文明的概念、地位,社会主义政治文明的历史方位和价值取向,以及建设社会主义政治文明的意义、现实取向和路径选择等方面的学理和实践问题进行了综合评述,并针对性地提出了进一步研究的思路。     

从日本法律文化看比较法的功能

本文从分析日本法律文化入手,将其与西方和中国的法律文化分别进行了异中有同、同中有异的比较,展示出比较法的力量所在。比较法这些已经发挥出来的功能和作用,在实践层面上不仅影响着日本的法律文化,同时也体现出对中国法律现实的影响;在理论层面则通过其目的展现了一种较宽的视野。     

论中共中央政治局集体学习制度

中共中央政治局集体学习制度是一项重大的制度创新.本文剖析了新一届中央政治局从首次集体学习到最近一次集体学习以来23次学习的主要内容,论述了中央政治局集体学习制度的特点和伟大意义.     

市场经济条件下公安民警思想政治工作的几点思考

市场经济体制促进了我国经济的发展,但公安民警的思想政治工作却遇到了新的挑战.在新的历史条件下,思想政治工作在内容上必须做到联系实际、具体、务实,在形式上必须做到有感染力、有活力、有针对性等.