浅析新加坡中产阶级

随着经济的发展 ,新加坡造就了一批中产阶级。中产阶级通过正式的选举程序以及政治选举程序之外的民间利益组织来向政府施加压力。但由于主客观的因素 ,新加坡中产阶级发挥的政治作用还非常有限 ,离真正意义上的政治多元化还很远。     

Pretty faces,marginal races: Predicting election outcomes using trait assessments of British parliamentary candidates

The conventional wisdom on Western European politics leads us to believe that all the “action” lies with parties, because the unified parliamentary delegations in Western Europe draw voters' attention to parties' policies and images. Though British elections take place under a single member district plurality system, British parties, like their continental counterparts, are highly centralised and feature disciplined parliamentary delegations. Despite the strong ties between British candidates and their parties, we demonstrate that perceptions of candidates' personal attributes can be used to predict general election outcomes. Using a computer-based survey where subjects are asked to evaluate real British candidates using only rapidly determined first impressions of facial images, we successfully predict outcomes from the 2010 general election. Moreover, we find that perceptions of candidates' relative attractiveness are particularly useful for predicting outcomes in marginal constituencies.     

Parliamentary and presidential elections in Mongolia, 2012 and 2013

The 2012 Mongolian parliamentary election was historical as a new mixed-member majoritarian system was implemented. Compared with 2008, or even 2004, the 2012 election outcome indicates an at least tentative disruption of the bipolarisation of electoral politics in Mongolia. However, unlike in the past when the fragmentation of the party system was caused by the parties of the so-called “democratic camp”, the latest split occurred within the so-called “post-communist camp”. The presidential election took place on 26 June 2013. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of the Democratic Party was elected president and for the first time since the democratic transition of 1990, most executive and legislative powers shifted to the Democratic Party.     

A Belated Debate

The three televised leaders’ debates dominated the 2010 general election campaign. The House of Lords Communications Committee report on Broadcast General Election Debates is the product of a welcome but belated public inquiry into their organisation and conduct. The report is supportive of the view that ‘broadcast general election debates should take place during future campaigns’ and makes a number of cautious recommendations to the broadcasters. At the time of writing it was unclear whether the format proposed by the broadcasters for 2015 would be an improvement on that for 2010—or even if there would be any debates at all.     

Territorial Polarization in Brazil's 2014 Presidential Elections

The 2014 presidential elections showed a growing political polarization based on regional differences in Brazil. Against this backdrop, President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected by the slimmest margin ever obtained by a Brazilian president. Rousseff's Workers’ Party (PT) has held the presidency for the past 12 years, gaining widespread support for reducing social inequality and maintaining macroeconomic stability in the country. However, as the latest presidential elections show, this support for the PT and its presidential candidate has eroded. This article argues that as a result of fiercer competition for votes, a more politically polarized discourse was used in the presidential campaign to mobilize voters around Brazil's regional divide between the richer south and the poorer north. In the analysis, the article attempts to elucidate possible causes of territorial patterns of voting in Brazil's 2014 presidential elections.     

Political Corruption and the End of two-party system after the May 2015 Spanish Regional Elections

The autonomous elections held on 25 May 2015 took place simultaneously in 13 of the 17 Spanish autonomous communities (CCAA), leading to the most profound change in the autonomous party system seen in Spain in the last 20 years. A significant number of Spanish citizens hold the two main parties—the PP and the PSOE—responsible for being unable to solve their economic problems and for having pursued their austerity policies and containment of social expenditure to the extent of giving rise to the greatest inequality experienced in Spanish society in history. Furthermore, and as important as the economic crisis, support for the new parties, Podemos and Ciudadanos, has been linked to the emergence in Spanish public debate of party regeneration and the corruption scandals that tainted the main parties and most institutions in the years prior to the elections on 25 May 2015.     

从《南洋商报》讣告文本看战后转型期新马华人家庭形态与社会网络

文章以《南洋商报》(1951—1976)发布的讣告为研究对象,将其分为告知类、吊唁类、答谢类和周年纪念类四种,进而对讣告中所呈现的新马华人的家庭形态与社会网络进行考察分析。这些登载在华文报刊上的讣告,详实记录了20世纪50-70年代转型期新马华人社会文化各方面的情况,尤其对研究该时期新马华人家庭形态与社会网络提供了新的第一手文献资料。     

《美国-新加坡自由贸易协定》及其影响

谈判过程历时两年半之久、今年1月1日正式生效的<美国-新加坡自由贸易协定>不仅是当代双边自由贸易协定的新代表,而且在海关程序、知识产权保护、政府采购、资金流动控制等诸多方面的规定都有所创新和突破,势必会对未来的同类协定产生影响.它的产生与中国有着密不可分的关系,而它的实施也同样会对中国、东盟、亚太地区乃至全球的未来贸易发展产生重要影响.     

新加坡对外经济关系的新格局

近年来,新加坡的外经济关系呈现出新的格局性变化。本文拟就新加坡与其他东盟国家、美、日、欧、澳、新、中国大陆、香港、台湾、韩国、印度等的经济关系作一分析。     

关于高薪养廉问题的一场对垒——新加坡《部长与高级公务员薪金标准白皮书》解析

1994年10月,新加坡政府向国会提交了<以具竞争性薪金建立贤能廉洁政府--部长与高级公务员薪金标准白皮书>(以下简称<白皮书>),其基本思路是高级公务员的薪金与企业界的薪金标准挂钩,旨在通过较大幅度地提高高级公务员的薪金标准,稳住政府人员的优质结构,保证政府总体行为的廉洁高效.尽管政府方面为此作了大量的宣传论证工作,但在政府高官内部,意见也不十分一致.在国会方面,不论是态度温和的间接型,还是措辞激烈的直接型,反对意见几乎众口一词.通过本文论述,意在说明高薪养廉是个十分复杂的问题,即使是在新加坡对高薪养廉亦有不同的视角.