对公安机关撤回提请逮捕案件的调研报告

根据本处对公安机关撤捕案件专项调研的情况发现,在实际工作中,有些撤捕的做法尚缺乏适用的法律依据;有些撤捕的标准和程序缺乏规范统一;对撤捕案件上级给予监督和跟踪不够;因为撤捕造成的有关逮捕数据统计不准确等。针对上述问题,建议建立健全撤捕制度、明确撤捕案件适用范围、规范撤捕案件办理程序,同时采取加强对撤捕案件的备案审查、强化对撤捕案件后续办理的跟踪监督、定期分析研判撤捕案件原因、适时调整控制撤捕率等措施,确保侦查监督工作发挥实效。     

中央苏区法制建设研究综论

中央苏区在进行大规模的政权建设的同时，对法制建设也十分重视。虽然中央苏区并不存在系统地对法制进行专门性研究的机构，但从既有的立法、执法和司法实践中，可以发现中共早期的一些重要的法学观。中央苏区的制度文本和法制实践反映着当时中共高层对作为政权建设中重要一环的法制建设的初步想法和计划，中央苏区的法制理念与实践为此后陕甘宁边区政府和人民共和国的法制建设奠定了一定的基础。     

马克思主义整体性问题的研究现状与进向

马克思主义整体性问题是当前理论研究的一个热点,虽然研究取得了许多积极的成果,但仍然存在着一些尚待深化的问题。在认真梳理和述评已有研究成果的基础上,我们认为从整体性意义上开展对马克思主义研究对象、逻辑结构和逻辑体系的研究,应该是下一步马克思主义整体性问题研究的进向。     

文风会风改革的要害在于修党性、正学风、转作风

文风会风背后是一个学风、作风、党性问题。文风是学风的体现,是作风的折射。文风会风不正,假、大、空盛行,不仅官员本人失信于民,也影响党和政府的形象。我们的官员和政府以什么样的文风会风面对公众,既反映官员能力素质和对公众的态度问题,而且也是严肃的政治问题,它关系到群众对官员和政府作风的整体评价。     

我国非政府组织研究述评

随着党的十八届三中全会将"推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化"确立为全面深化改革的总目标,学界对非政府组织掀起了新一轮的研究热潮。目前学界对国内非政府组织的宏观研究并不缺乏,但对其本土化理论思考与实证研究显见不足,仍然存在一定的局限性,在今后的研究中要注意对其加强角色定位、本土化研究和实证研究。     

Cancer,HIV, and terrorism: translating public health models for prevention and control to counter-terrorism

What can cancer and HIV tell us about terrorism? How would we proceed if terrorism were a disease? A comparison of cancer and HIV can suggest alternative ways of conceptualizing terrorism and counter-terrorism using contrasting disease models that emphasize differing connections between etiology and prevention and control. A public health model also can help us think about terrorism as a basic research problem to be translated into therapeutic and preventive applications rather than primarily as a policy or political problem that makes only selective use of research studies. Through this re-conceptualization of terrorism as a basic and translational research challenge, we can draw upon the examples of the U.S. ‘War on Cancer’ and response to the ‘Aids Epidemic’ to help identify gaps in organizing academic and other resources to wage the ‘War on Terrorism.’ Recognizing and addressing these gaps could ultimately pave the way for more effective strategies in understanding and responding to the significant threats posed by terrorism, from the identification of factors that produce terrorist acts to the implementation of informed measures for the prevention and control of terrorist, and even proto-terrorist, activity.     

Beyond elections: perceptions of democracy in four Arab countries

This article draws on public opinion survey data from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan to investigate first, whether a “demand for democracy” in the region exists; second, how to measure it; and third, how respondents understand it. The picture emerging from this analysis is complex, eluding the simple dichotomy between prima facie support and second order incongruence with democracy, which characterises current debates. Respondents have a more holistic understanding of democracy than is found in current scholarship or indeed pursued by Western or regional policymakers, valuing civil-political rights but prioritizing socio-economic rights. There is broad consensus behind principles of gender equality, but indirect questions reveal the continuing influence of conservative and patriarchal attitudes. Respondents value religion, but do not trust religious leaders or want them to meddle in elections or government. Moreover, while there is broad support for conventionally-understood pillars of liberal democracy (free elections, a parliamentary system), there is also a significant gap between those who support democracy as the best political system in principle and those who also believe it is actually suitable for their country.     

Women’s activism in a drug user union in the Downtown Eastside

Marginalized women in Canada who use criminalized drugs are often defined through institutional discourses of addiction, disease, poverty, sex work, and violence. Framed by many researchers as an at risk population, the fullness of these women’s lives is often rendered invisible, and the complexity, diversity, and range of experiences of their political and community work and their movement through the city are less often a topic of interest. This gap is addressed through an exploration of how some marginalized women come to know and experience themselves politically and physically, as part of a reflection upon their movement in and through the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Drawing from community-based research in the DTES over a four-month period with women in leadership roles at the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, a drug user union, this paper highlights the results from focus groups and brainstorming sessions. The participants disrupt conventional notions of addiction and criminalization through their political and community activities and their ongoing resistance to systemic discrimination.     

Support and Opposition for Invading Iraq: Did the President's Speech Make a Difference?

Utilizing data from the annual San Antonio Survey, this research addresses the issue of support and opposition to invading Iraq among respondents randomly selected from Bexar County, Texas. Data were collected prior to and after President Bush addressed the nation on October 7, 2002, seeking broad citizen support for his plan, allowing us to ascertain whether or not his speech impacted the attitudes of potential voters. Our results indicate that the President's speech, along with the extensive media coverage about it, was effective in gaining support for his proposal to invade Iraq. A multivariate logistic regression analysis also displayed that the speech still had a significant impact even after controlling for confidence in the president, political orientation, race, ethnicity, nativity, and socio-demographic context. The findings suggest support for earlier research indicating that the impact of presidential speeches could boost the approval of a policy, in particular, if the speech occurred during his first term of office, was considered a “major” speech, was devoted to one important topic, and its primary focus was on foreign policy. Under these conditions, such a speech portrays the president as a strong leader.     

Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior of Public Research Institutions

The purpose of this article is to analyze the organizational behavior of public research organizations based on their human resources development and management. The study here focuses on the largest Italian public research body. The pyramid of R&D people shows the irregular spatial structure of the research personnel per macro regions and the index of seniority indicates older research personnel in the North and Central Part of Italy than in the South Italy. The analysis of human resources displays organizational weaknesses and threats for public research labs generated by research policy based on shrinking public research lab budgets and downsizing of research personnel. Some critical human resource management implications are discussed in order to improve the strategic change and research performances of public research institutions in turbulent and fast-changing markets.