Who is willing to participate? Dissatisfied democrats,stealth democrats and populists in the United Kingdom

This article demonstrates that two quite distinctive types of political disaffection – ‘dissatisfied democratic’ and ‘stealth democratic’ – exist among British citizens, with the former being more prevalent. While both types manifest low trust in political elites, the dissatisfied democrat is politically interested, efficacious and desires greater political participation, while the contrary is generally true of the stealth democrat. However, stealth democrats are favourably disposed towards direct democracy, which can be attributed to the populist nature of stealth democratic attitudes. Even so, when given the opportunity to take part in a national referendum, neither stealth democrats nor dissatisfied democrats showed much inclination to vote.     

坚持特色发挥优势促进参政议政

各民主党派不可能对事关国计民生的所有问题都提出建设性的意见.各民主党派的人员构成、业务领域和特色优势均不同,在参政议政过程中,应充分发挥所从事的领域和专业方面的优势和特长,着力在本领域、本行业如何发展变革上多作文章.要保持自身的特色,将自身的特色与经济社会的发展紧密结合起来,提出有价值的意见、建议,从而形成有专业特色的...     

The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Listening Government

This article considers the claims made by members of the current UK Coalition government to adopt a new style of listening, consultative politics based upon the so‐called wisdom of the crowd. It considers how these claims have—and could have—been acted upon, focusing upon two central policy proposals; the funding of higher education and the reform of the National Health Service.     

参与式性别预算:来自温岭的探索

中国近年兴起的"参与式性别预算"是指从性别视角审议与监督政府的财政预算,较典型的是浙江温岭的实践,其实质是当地"参与式预算"的延伸与拓展。这种参与式性别预算的动力来自于体制内部,即"人大"推动和党委政府的支持。参与式性别预算的主体是多元的,包括人大、党委、政府、妇联、人大代表和基层民众等,他们各司其职又紧密配合,其运行机制和参与式预算互为依存,或者说依系于参与式预算的基本框架。参与式性别预算的内容主要包括三个层面:一是针对女性的专项预算支出;二是与女性关系更密切的预算支出;三是一般性的预算支出。这一女性参与决策的新途径已经取得明显成效。但是,如果从完整规范的预算周期评估来看,仍有待拓展和深化。     

Teaching Negotiation through Paradox

How to teach negotiation cannot be effectively summed up in a few ready‐to‐be‐applied principles. In this article, I define a paradoxical professorial stance that I believe can be useful for helping students learn negotiation concepts and methods, and will also help them reflect on their own practice. The paradoxes are the following: caring for the students while deliberately exposing them to frustration; nurturing a lively, interactive course while respecting those students who prefer to remain silent; helping the students to be more autonomous while simultaneously manipulating them; accepting their vulnerability while nurturing their creativity; and finally, maintaining both professorial distance and closeness. My adoption of such a paradoxical stance as a professor has encouraged greater creativity in my students, and by the end of the course, they are better able to create value in a negotiation simulation.     

论刑法中“应当知道”的教义学意涵

析清"应当知道"的教义学意涵,应当区分其具备的三种不同意义:词源意义、语境意义和类别意义。在词源意义上,"应当"是一个多义情态动词,既可表示推测性判断,又可表示规范性命令;"知道"则具备多元时态面向,这共同决定了"应当知道"具备多元的词源意义。在语境意义上,级次混乱造成了"应当知道"含义探寻的难题,但厘清"应当知道"条款的证据规则属性后,即可将其界定为有间接证据证明的知道,系对故意的认识层面之描述。在类别意义上,"应当知道"是对知道与否的概率判断,而非对知道确切程度的判断,其与直接故意或间接故意的类别定性没有逻辑关联。     

陪审团评议简论:一个群体动力学的分析

陪审团评议过程是组成陪审团这个特殊群体的陪审员们通过讨论相互影响 ,最终作出裁决的互动过程。本文运用群体动力学一般理论将陪审团视为一个功能性团体来研究其评议过程 ,从新的视角对陪审团审判制度作了深一步地研究。作者认为研究实践性很强的法律问题时 ,在注重理论研究的同时 ,应当适当采用新的方法 ,从新的研究角度入手 ,以实证材料来支持理论研究。