论软实力与中国外交

软实力概念是由美国前助理国防部长约瑟夫.奈首先提出的。中国古代政治思想、传统文化与现当代外交实践、政治经济模式等分别构成了建设今天中国软实力的两大来源。对内对外,我们都应自觉地高度重视发掘、整理、发展并运用中国的软实力。在中国崛起与复兴的伟大历史进程中,以文化、政治经济体制与外交政策等为主要载体的软实力将发挥出奇制胜的核心作用。     

Transboundary water interaction I: reconsidering conflict and cooperation

Whether the inter-state and sub-national tensions over transboundary waters will lead to greater conflict or increased cooperation remains a hotly debated issue. Most work on the subject situates transboundary water conflict and transboundary water cooperation at opposing ends of a continuum. The examination of either conflict or cooperation, we argue, refutes the reality of the vast majority of contexts where cooperation and conflict actually co-exist, and perpetuates the paradigm that any conflict is ‘bad’, and that all forms of cooperation are ‘good’. The efforts of the international water academic and practitioner communities may be better served through a combined reading of conflict and cooperation as transboundary water interaction. Mirumachi’s Transboundary Waters Interaction NexuS is offered as a robust method demonstrating that simultaneous consideration of conflict and cooperation is both insightful and possible. Transboundary water interaction is shown to be an inherently political process determined by the broader political context. We examine evidence suggesting that uncritical acceptance of traditional forms of ‘cooperative’ arrangements may in fact sustain the conflict it was intended to transform. Several other less well-known faces of ‘cooperation’ are discussed in detail, with examples of narrow, token and coercive cooperation derived from inter-state relations on the Jordan, Nile and Ganges rivers. With a view to paving the way for improved transboundary water sharing and governance, subjectively negative, neutral and positive forms of interaction are defined, and linked with a first approximation of their potential driving forces.

Autonomy,Dependence or Culture: Examining the Impact of Resources and Socio-cultural Processes on Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana,Africa

Despite the high levels of domestic violence (intimate partner violence) against African women, tests of competing theories on why the practice is common in the region are quite limited. This study evaluates the effects of resources and cultural factors on attitudes Africans hold about the acceptability of gendered violence, and specifically wife beating (battering). Answers to these questions are relevant to the discourse on intimate partner violence, at least, as pertains to male-dominated societies such as those found in Africa. Drawing on national data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we explore these linkages in an African context. Our findings suggest that egalitarian decision-making and equal household contributions are associated with a reduced acceptance of abusive actions toward women. We suggest that new questions must be asked concerning the present and future role of men and women within households and the community. We share equally in the conceptualization, data analysis, and writing of the paper. We thank Drs. Nancy B. Miller and Cheryl Elman for their helpful comments on this article.     

税收调控中的行政立法:正名与规范

税收法定原则的实质是要求征税权由立法机关保留,但税收调控权不应由立法机关垄断,因此,税收法定原则不应笼统地适用于所有有关税收调控的立法行为。行政立法可以规范消费税的基本制度,以及仅涉及部分行业、部分地区的税收调控措施。同时,应当设立具有广泛代表性的宏观调控委员会,负责审查和批准税收调控中的所有行政立法,并且在宏观调控基本法中明确规定税收调控中行政立法的前提条件、行政立法中可选择的调控措施及调控幅度。     

近年来国家文化安全热点问题分析

近年来,围绕我国国家文化安全显示出诸多热点问题,值得我们关注与深思:国家文化软实力快速提升,民族精神空前升华,"国学热"不断升温,"汉语热"持续火爆,传统节日调整备受关注,山寨文化迅猛崛起等等,无一不表明我国国家文化安全已经呈现出与时俱进的崭新态势。     

论混合型行政性垄断及其规制

混合型行政性垄断业已成为我国行政性垄断的常态之一。混合型行政性垄断系指基于抽象行政性垄断而生成的具体行政性垄断行为或者状态。其构成要件可分为必要的构成要件和辅助性的构成要素,其表现形态甚为复杂。新近一年来,频发的混合型行政性垄断诸种事例,充分表明了混合型行政性垄断是由行政机关滥用行政权力而直接或间接地产生,并受到行政权力的持续支持与保护。对此,我们应当以依法行使行政权为核心,从行政组织法、程序法和救济法角度加以全面规制,反混合型行政性垄断的制度建设任重而道远。     

村民自治背景下苏南农村的权力结构分析

村民自治制度的核心是重新构筑农村社区内的权力结构,使之由一元国家农村基层政权转变为一元村民自治权,并承担相应的功能,实现转型时期中国农村的再度整合。但是在苏南农村的实际运作过程中,实践偏离了制度运行的轨道。     

电力系统应急管理机制研究

电力系统事关社会公共安全,一旦出现问题需要快速反应机制。通过分析电力系统突发事件的特点与原因,按照应急管理原理,借鉴国外电力系统在应急处理方面的丰富经验,对电力系统应急管理机制进行了探讨。     

历史性的选择：执政党依法执政

党的十六大报告提出:执政党要依法执政。这是历史性的选择,反映了历史与现实的必然性。依法执政是社会主义政党政治现代化的内在需求,是我党50多年执政经验的科学总结,也是社会主义政治文明建设的关键。     

社会主义核心价值体系构建：国家文化安全的关键

当今世界,文化已经成为综合国力的重要组成部分,文化建设是增强综合国力的重要途径。中共十六届六中全会提出:“建设和谐文化是构建社会主义和谐社会的重要任务,社会主义核心价值体系是和谐文化建设的根本。”社会主义核心价值体系的构建,不仅对维护国家统一、保持民族团结、促进社会和谐、增强我国的综合国力有着不可替代的重要作用,而且对抵御和抗衡西方社会价值体系的渗透和影响,维护国家的文化安全起着根本的保障作用。