Extravagance and mediocrity of virtue: Their divergence and the possibility of demagoguery

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle refers to Socrates five times: four references are to the contentious Socratic doctrine that “virtue is knowledge” the fifth is in the discussion of irony, “such as that of which Socrates was accused.” These issues are not conjoined accidentally. “Manifest appearances” attest that we can do worse than we know or know better than we do. Yet, the “problem of incontinence'’ is only half of the problem of the divergence of character and intellect, the mediocre and the extravagant in virtue. The other half of the problem is the capacity of some to do or act better than they know, vice's ability to imitate virtue, the disloyal talent's employment of demagoguery, the clever vice of irony.     

抵御执政风险——以“共建共享”为核心保障

在中国共产党的领导下＂共建共享＂和谐社会的战略思想是中国共产党从＂革命党＂向执政党转变并逐步加强执政党建设的重要举措,是中国共产党执政理念更加成熟的标志,是中国共产党执政建设的新里程碑。＂共建共享＂思想顺应了新时代执政规律的需要,顺应了新时期中国现实发展的需要。     

“省直管县”相关概念辨析

近年来,国内关于“省直管县”体制改革的呼声越来越高,然而,学界在对“省直管县”体制改革进行研究的过程中普遍存在着概念混淆和滥用现象.本文对“市管县”、“省管县”、“财政省直管县”、“行政省直管县”、“强县扩权”、“扩权强县”等相关概念及其相互关系进行了分析,并在此基础上探讨了“省直管县”体制改革模式及其演进逻辑.     

论利益博弈中法官认证行为的规制

法官在关键证据的认定中会出现利益偏差并导致证据认定结论出现差异,这主要是对利益进行衡量的结果.利益衡量方法有助于提升法官的认证能力,但由于法官运用此方式的不规范性,因利益衡量偏差导致司法不公正的现象比较突出.利益衡量方法作为法学方法论,应当运用到法官证据认定环节.规范法官认证中的利益衡量应首先把握价值衡平方法,并在遵循一般规律的前提下依据不同诉讼形式分别采用不同的方法.     

Peaceful and Sustainable Development? Middle-Management Entrepreneurship and Transnational Competence in China

With deeper integration into the global economy and expanded penetration by multinational firms and other nonChinese actors following accession to the WTO, skills in bureaucratic entrepreneurship are not likely to be sufficient by themselves to bring about China’s sustainable development. In today’s interdependent and highly competitive trade, economic-cooperation, and resource-limited environment, sustainable development requires that subnational managers also possess transnational competence in collaborating with, negotiating with, and transforming foreign counterparts. However, survey research among Chinese executives based in Shanghai revealed that only a small proportion of the reporting current and future managers recognized the growing importance for China of an interculturally competent workforce. Without increased attention to enhancing the transnational competence of government and state-enterprise managers, peaceful and ecologically sound development will be difficult to sustain given the demands of multinational production chains, global resource constraints, and the challenges involved in managing transnational relations in the interest of China’s long-term economic progress.

当前我国地方政府发行公债的必要性分析——基于政府职能、现实财政收支和代际公平的视角

开放并加强地方政府发债管理是学界多年所关注的改革大计,随着财政部起草的有关加强地方政府债务管理的方案已提交国务院待批,我国允许地方政府发行公债将是大势所趋.从政府职能、现实财政收支和代际公平三个视角对我国地方政府发行公债的必要性进行分析不难发现,地方政府职能重要性的进一步凸显、现行的财政体制改革对于匹配财力与事权效应的不显著、以及基础设施建设中存在的"代际不公平"的问题,都对我国地方政府发行公债提出了紧急而迫切的要求.     

How Public Officials Gain Policy Influence—Lessons from Local Government in Sweden

That public officials influence public policy is generally agreed upon, but the issue of how individual officials gain this influence is less developed in the literature. Here, the stories and experiences of 10 officials, active in local environmental governing in Sweden, are used to identify, describe, and discuss key strategies for gaining policy influence. The result shows the importance of accessing key politicians; avoiding isolation within the administration; developing long-term strategies; and being skilled in communication, networking, and generating external resources. The way these officials act and think challenges some well-established theoretical notions and adds empirical insights to the democratic dilemma of bureaucratic power.     

农村低保：新式乡村治理手段

农村最低生活保障制度的实施旨在保障农村贫困群众维持最低生活水平,它有利于缩小城乡差距和维护社会公正,然而这项重要制度却在具体的实施过程中转换成为乡村干部对乡村秩序进行规范与整合的治理手段。     

执政主体影响执政成本的要素分析

改革是一项伟大的综合性配套工程。作为马克思主义政党,应与时俱进,改变执政主体的执政观念、执政机制和执政方式,从而降低执政成本,提高党的建设科学化水平。     

国(境)外公务接待的治理及其启示

国(境)外治理公款大吃大喝主要依托政府和社会两股力量:政府一般采用预算控制、区别对待客人、议会和审计监督、明确接待标准、严格财务管理、制定吃请禁令、管制吃喝行为等措施;新闻媒体监督、非政府组织参与、宗教信仰和饮食习惯等则是制约公款大吃大喝不可缺少的社会因素。国(境)外公务接待的治理措施对我国严肃整治公款大吃大喝有重要的借鉴意义和启示作用。