Understanding the social construction of the democratic deficit in CSDP: a Foucauldian approach

Drawing upon the Foucauldian approach of governmentality, this article argues that the democratic deficit of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is the outcome of how governmental power flows in CSDP governance and more precisely within the governance practices of the policy. To support this argument, the narrative explores the secrecy/confidentiality, informality and normalisation of the exercise of governmental power in a concrete example of CSDP governance, the recent pooling and sharing initiative. The example shows that the official makers of CSDP pursue efficiency of governance to the detriment of the democratic quality of the policy, and this is related with the productive and expansive rationality of governmental power flowing in and between the EU institutions. Despite the fact that governmentality usually links to structural explanations, allowing limited space for the role of agency in politics, the article concludes with reflections on how the political agency of the governing EU political subjects contributes to the social construction of the democratic deficit of CSDP.     

互联网金融刑法规制扩大化的反思与限缩

互联网金融在规范与事实维度均存在刑法规制扩大化倾向。究其缘由,传统刑法规制模式存在秩序法益宽泛化、刑法规范抽象化、刑事治理优先化的弊端。该模式不仅会造成刑法自身机能的紊乱,而且无益于互联网金融的健康发展。当前,在"大力发展民营经济"和"鼓励金融创新"的时代背景下,应合理限缩刑法介入互联网金融的范围,并以金融秩序与自由并重扩充秩序法益内容,以监管科技与刑事规制联动彰显刑法独立品格,以非刑措施与刑事手段并用构建多元制裁体系,进而实现互联网金融刑法规制模式的优化转型。     

我国国际收支“双顺差”问题思考

近年来,我国出现了持续的、大量的国际收支"双顺差",即经常账户和资本与金融账户持续高额"双顺差"。虽然持续的"双顺差"对我国的经济产生了一定的正面影响,表明我国的综合实力和国际竞争力不断增强,但也对我国经济形成了一定的负面影响,反映了我国经济发展过程中存在的矛盾。应借鉴国际通行做法,结合我国的国情,制定出一套适合的解决办法,妥善处理我国国际收支的"双顺差"问题。     

Money, organization and the state: The partial cartelization of party politics in Slovenia

A detailed analysis of party organization, party funding and voting behaviour in parliament in Slovenia indicates a partial cartelization of Slovene party politics. In line with the cartel thesis, parties in Slovenia are heavily dependent on the state for their finances and there is evidence that parties have used the resources of the state to limit competition. Nonetheless, there is much less evidence of cartelization in terms of party organization indicating more cartelization in the party system as a whole than within individual parties.     

伪满洲国的县级地方财政

伪满洲国成立初期,县成为日本侵略者统治的重点,鼓吹实行县的"自治"。对于县级地方财政,通过建立以日本人为主体的税务监督署,牢牢控制了地方征税机关。在进行国税与地方税分离的同时,进行税制整理,并建立预算决算制度,通过改变旧军阀的"包办"财政,实现对县级地方财政的掌控。1935年《地方税法》发布,初步理顺了地方财政。1936年省地方费设立,蚕食了县市的财源,使本来便脆弱不堪的县级地方财政受到沉重打击。太平洋战争爆发后,伪满洲国亦建立战时体制,为此迫切要求县市实现财政自立,1940年再次对县级财政进行改革。日本侵略者通过对县级地方财政的掌控,实现了对中国东北地方的侵略和掠夺。