How voters' perceptions of junior coalition partners depend on the prime minister's position

Recent studies document that voters infer parties' left‐right policy agreement based on governing coalition arrangements. This article extends this research to present theoretical and empirical evidence that European citizens update their perceptions of junior coalition partners' left‐right policies to reflect the policies of the prime minister's party, but that citizens do not reciprocally project junior coalition partners' policies onto the prime minister's party. These findings illuminate the simple rules that citizens employ to infer parties' policy positions, broaden understanding of how citizens perceive coalition governance and imply that ‘niche’ parties, whose electoral appeal depends upon maintaining a distinctive policy profile, assume electoral risks when they enter government.     

论我国执行当事人的变更与追加制度的完善

民事执行程序是为保障主体的民事权利而设的,在整个诉讼程序中具有重要的作用。我国现行法律对执行当事人的规定存在诸多不足。为保障胜诉者的权利,使生效判决不致成为一纸空文,在当前“执行难”问题一直困扰法院的情况下,完善我国执行当事人变更和追加制度显得更加具有意义。     

强化民主党派特色为中华民族复兴增添新力量

民主党派是实现中华民族伟大复兴的重要力量,民主党派具有的特色是其存在和发展的立足之基,力量之源.新时期,必须进一步强化民主党派特色、发挥民主党派的特殊功能作用,努力为中华民族伟大复兴增添新力量.     

关于参政党建设的几个问题与对策

参政党建设问题直接关系到中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度的长期存在、延续和发展 ,事关重大 ,意义深远。目前参政党建设有三个问题应予以重视和切实解决 :全面实现政治交接是参政党建设的核心 ;培养造就一大批新一代代表性人士和领导骨干是参政党建设的关键 ;适量发展优秀成员是参政党建设的基础     

民法基本原则适用的规则——由泸州遗赠纠纷案谈起

民法基本原则是具体法律规范的指导,具有补充具体规范不足的作用。但在具体案件中,只有在没有具体规范或适用具体规范有冲突时才直接适用基本原则处理案件。四川省泸州市两级法院在对著名的"遗赠纠纷案"的判决中都以"违反基本原则"为根据认定遗嘱无效。该判决适用法律不当。为维护法律秩序,我们应当尊重当事人依法处分自己财产的权利。     

加强参政党建设 促进政党关系长期和谐

中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度是我国的一项基本政治制度.和谐是我国政党关系的根本特点和优点,参政党是促进政党关系长期和谐的责任主体,加强参政党建设是促进政党关系长期和谐的重要条件.     

两岸主要政党的"不等边三角"关系

近期以来,围绕台湾前途走向,海峡两岸三政党(大陆的共产党、台湾的国民党及台湾的民进党)的互动出现了前所未有的活跃。这三个政党是目前“两岸一中”之下鼎足而立、呈犄角之势的“三个不等边”政治势力。当前两岸的新态势,已呈现出以“红”为主导力量,“蓝”为争取盟友,“绿”为化解对象等新特点,以胡锦涛总书记为代表的中央领导集体在对台工作上提出了一系列新思路、新政策和新做法,在两岸关系上已开创了一个崭新局面。     

加强利益协调构建和谐广西的政策思考

加强利益协调,是构建社会主义和谐社会的重要内容。一个和谐的广西,必定是一个利益协调、公平公正的广西。加强利益协调,构建和谐广西,必须坚持发展第一要务,推进体制机制创新,健全利益协调机制,加快民主政治建设。     

The Obama Administration,the Left and Narratives of Failure

Barack Obama's election as US president gave rise to hopes of radical reform. Indeed, comparisons were drawn with 1932 and there were references to ‘realignment’. Many on the left were quickly disappointed by the limited character of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the abandonment of proposed reforms, and the concessions that were made to ensure the passage of healthcare legislation. Some explained these failures through agency‐based accounts and pointed to what they saw as personal weakness. Others stressed the structural constraints imposed by the asymmetric character of partisan polarisation, the political weight of capital, and the institutional character of the American state. The article argues that the character of the ‘Obama coalition’ should also be considered. It has been relatively narrow particularly when compared with the ‘Roosevelt coalition’. In particular, it failed to draw business fractions into its ranks.     

The alternative incumbency effect: Electing women legislators in Indonesia

Between the 1999 and 2009 elections the proportion of national female legislators in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority democracy, more than doubled. While this substantial increase may partly be explained by the recent imposition of a gender quota and placement mandate that have forced parties to increase the number of female candidates, quotas cannot fully explain the strong performance of women in the 2009 elections. First, many parties placed women higher on their lists than the laws required; second, voters appeared to over vote for women in some districts. Although incumbency's typical effect is to inhibit female electoral success by advantaging traditional (male) competitors, I argue that women benefited largely from an alternative effect: female incumbency can improve female candidate placement and electability by demonstrating female capacity and capability. Female newcomers benefited strongly from the presence of female incumbents in their own and bordering districts, thus suggesting a positive diffusion effect of female incumbency.