Compromising coalitions and duplicitous diplomacy: US support for Tajikistan after 9/11 and its security implications

This article investigates the development of democracy in Tajikistan and analyzes what has earned it the most international acclaim: its secular-Islamic governing coalition. The investigation reveals a compromised and illegitimate coalition that, with American collusion in local regime repression, poses great dangers to international security. The article argues that government repression, leading to increasing radicalization, combines with foreign aid to damage long-term democracy potential in Tajikistan but also works against global security interests by creating doubt about American intentions and possibly allowing a concomitant rise in Islamic radicalism.     

Genro Rule in China and Japan: A Comparative Perspective

For a time in both Japan (roughly 1890–1915) and much more briefly in China (about 1987–1992), major political decisions were made by cohesive groups of retired elders of the founding generation. Necessary if not sufficient conditions for rule by elders include a closed system, with the elite not held responsible to a wider public; and a constitutional or practical vagueness about the locus of final political authority. The more general pattern in such systems is personal dictatorship, with rule by elders as an alternative when cultural or political conditions stand in the way of one-man rule. This essay explores the pattern, conditions, and characteristics of rule by elders in China and Japan as genro rule serves as an alternative to one-man rule in generational transitions in political regimes with a relatively cohesive ruling group and a weak institutional structure. Peter R. Moody, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and he specializes in the study of Chinese politics. His more recent books include Tradition and Modernization in China and Japan, Political Change in Taiwan, and Political Opposition in Post-Confucian Society. He is editor of China Documents Annual and book review editor for the Review of Politics. He has written on Chinese politics, Asian international affairs, Chinese political thought, international relations theory, and theory of political parties.     

大学生就业与农村建设的人才滋补——新知青政策刍议

目前,大学生就业形势日趋严峻,现实的化解方法存在困境。社会主义新农村建设需要大量人才。因此,农村建设的人才滋补与大学生就业的对接就成为解决大学生就业与农村教育现状的一条很可能双赢而且比较现实的道路。这种新知青政策的实施需要国家资金的支持、法律法规的健全和管理模式的创新等措施,以确保提出的操作方案能够有效地实施。     

A CASE FOR REFORM OF THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM

There are more than half a million children in our nation's foster care system. While foster care is intended to provide a temporary safe harbor for abused and neglected children, too many of these youth spend years in foster care limbo—experiencing a turbulent life in motion as they move from placement to placement, community to community, and school to school. Youth in foster care commonly fail to receive basic health and psychological care, and nearly 20,000 youth age out of foster care every year to an adult path of homelessness, unemployment, and despair. Our entire community must work together to more responsibly parent these youth. This article will address how lawyers and child advocates can advocate for new approaches and enhanced support on behalf of the voiceless and most vulnerable members of our community. It will address existing hurdles and systemic challenges that have helped to create the current disheartening status quo. The article will then discuss strategies that advocates can employ to turn the corner on behalf of these youth at risk.     

治民·治政·治党--中国政治发展战略解析

中国经济发展的成就举世瞩目,但政治发展却鲜为世人所乐道。这一方面是因为政治改革还在探索之中,政治发展思路还需要有一个逐步清晰和明确的过程;另一方面也是因为对于政治发展的理解和评价历来有所不同。在一般的政治研究中,建立在西方经验模式的基础上,民主化被认为是判断政治发展的主要标准。本文认为,仅仅用“民主”指标来衡量中国政治发展有失公允,而“治理”理论却可能为解释中国政治发展提供一种新的视角;在“治理”概念下,“治民”、“治政”和“治党”可以用来说明一种日渐清晰的中国政治发展战略思路。     

青少年犯罪的现状、原因及有效的预防对策

近年来,青少年犯罪问题日渐突出,引起了整个社会的关注。来自中国青少年研究中心统计显示,未成年人犯罪在经历了1995年、1996年两次低潮期后,再次呈现上升趋势。在构建社会主义和谐社会的今天,青少年犯罪问题已经成为亟待解决的大事情。论文从青少年犯罪的现状入手,对青少年犯罪的深层次原因进行分析,提出行之有效的社区参与预防对策。     

Decentralization, Subsidiarity, Rodney King and State Deification: A Libertarian Analysis

This paper posits that the government is indistinguishable from a robber gang except for the fact that it enjoys exceedingly good public relations (supplied to it, symbiotically, by the intellectual classes) and thus legitimacy. The paper attempts to see beyond this superficiality, and thus to interpret cases in which the state and an ordinary criminal interact not in this manner, but rather as the interaction of two criminal organizations.     

青少年运用互联网现状及对策研究 --来自浙江省的调查报告

随着经济社会的快速发展,青少年与互联网的关系越来越密切.从调查情况看,互联网的双重特征日益凸现,负面影响也日趋严重,主要表现为色情、暴力、恶劣刺激性游戏、赌博、网恋、黑客等等.这些都直接影响了青少年的身心健康,有的甚至发展到了网络犯罪.网络污染正成为影响青少年成长日益严重的社会问题.     

韩国青少年网络游戏问题研究

互联网的迅猛发展和普及引发了韩国青少年游戏文化的变化。调查显示,网络游戏是韩国青少年最喜欢和最常玩的游戏,网络游戏与青少年交友、网瘾和网上问题行为等关系密切。游戏成瘾是韩国青少年中最普遍化的网瘾类型。为预防和改善网络游戏的负面影响,有必要转变社会对游戏的认识,研究制定优秀游戏认证制等政策,开发具有教育和心理治疗功能的游戏等。同时,父母应提高认识,发现问题并及早采取对策。     

十六大精神与青年的历史责任

十六大是我们党在新世纪召开的第一次全国代表大会,也是党开始实施第三步战略部署、全面建设小康社会的一次重要代表大会。这次大会是一次高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜、全面贯彻“三个代表”重要思想的大会,具有深远的历史意义和重大的现实意义。当代青年要认真学习十六大文件.全面理解十六大精神,勇敢地肩负起历史赋予的使命,增强6个观念,为实现中华民族的伟大复兴建功立业。