'Moves on a Chess Board': A Spatial Model of British Prime Ministers' Powers over Cabinet Formation

We use an institutional rational choice approach to help us understand how prime ministers in the UK make cabinet appointments and the implications for prime ministerial power. Assuming that prime ministers attempt to form a cabinet so as to get an overall package of policies as close as possible to their ideal, we show why the trade-offs they face are so complex, why apparently common-sense rules for making appointments might not always work well and why apparently strange choices made by prime ministers might actually be rational. Acknowledging the power prime ministers derive from their ability to appoint, we argue that the literature commonly fails to distinguish between power and luck, where lucky prime ministers get their way because they happen to agree with colleagues.     

低碳经济：我国经济社会可持续发展的战略选择

低碳经济是以低能耗、低污染、低排放为基础的经济模式,其实质是提高能源利用效率和创建清洁能源结构。发展低碳经济、开发清洁能源是实现我国经济社会可持续发展的必然选择。因此,在探索我国工业化、城市化和低碳化并行发展的模式时,要考虑我国的国情,在转变经济发展方式的前提下,提高能源利用效率,着力构建节约型的产业结构;在调整能源消费结构中,要提高优质能源比重,促进中国经济社会的可持续发展。     

时代与文化选择

时代造就文化,时代选择文化。不同时期、不同群体会有不同的精神文化生活,这对文学的写作、阅读与需求均产生着直接的影响。新武侠、红色经典以及快餐文化的出现都有其必然性。     

On Who matters: extending the scope of luck egalitarianism to groups

Abstract

What is the scope of principles of egalitarian justice? This is the question that Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen addresses in Chapter 6 of his Luck Egalitarianism, where he comprehensively considers the different dimensions along which the issue of the scope can be articulated (e.g. with respect to time, to the boundaries of states, etc.). For all the dimensions taken into account he defends a broad understanding of the scope of equality, except for one. He thinks that the principle of luck egalitarianism can only apply to individuals and not to groups. In this paper, we show that Lippert-Rasmussen’s reasons for caring only about inequality between individuals are unsatisfactory, and we provide an argument that justifies extending the application of the luck egalitarian principle also to groups.     

北京市农转居人员的社会保障问题及其政策选择

20世纪90年代以来,北京市的城市化过程明显加速.在城市化过程中,当城乡结合部的土地被征用以后,大批的农民转为城市居民(简称“农转居“).这些失去土地的农转居人员今后的社会保障问题将如何解决,是值得政府关注的重大事情.     

警民联合团队：新农村治安模式的构建与选择

警民联合团队是适应社会主义新农村治安治理活动的一个有益探索。它以人力资源管理学中的工作团队理论为知识背景，结合新农村警务运行现状，通过界定团队组织成员、共同目标、互动方式、信任关系、绩效评估与奖酬体系等要素来构建一种行之有效的新型警务运行模武，它的组建会对和谐农村建设产生积极的影响。     

论刑事非法证据证明能力的价值选择

在我国,刑事非法证据证明能力的价值如何选择,诉讼法理论界说法不一。对此问题的价值选择,关系到实体真实与程序正当、控制犯罪与公民权利之间利益冲突的权衡和刑事诉讼目的的实现。     

公司治理结构与会计政策选择

公司治理结构是产生会计政策选择的内在动因,公司内部和外部治理结构是影响会计政策选择的重要因素。根据我国公司治理结构的特点,我国公司会计政策选择当务之急是完善公司治理结构,规范会计政策选择,从而有效提高会计信息质量。     

调节收入差距 实现社会和谐

缩小贫富差距是构建社会主义和谐社会的一个重要方面。随着改革开放的不断深化,中国的贫富差距也日趋严重,我们必须充分分析贫富差距过大的原因并采取有效措施缩小贫富差距,促进社会主义和谐社会的构建。     

再论牵连犯

牵连犯是指行为人出于一个最终的犯罪目的实施了数个犯罪行为(目的行为、方法行为或结果行为 )而分别触犯不同罪名的犯罪形态。牵连犯是一种客观存在的犯罪形态,因此,对其宜存不宜废。判断牵连关系,应坚持主客观相统一原则,并由法官结合具体案情判定。对牵连犯的处罚,应坚持从一重重处断原则。