Understanding the psychological aspects of the radicalisation process:a sociocognitive approach

Understanding the psychological dimensions underlying the radicalisation process is a considerable challenge in the context of the legal judicial treatment of perpetrators of acts of radical violence. This clinical and qualitative study is based on an analysis of legal expert interviews of people at different stages of the radicalisation process. It highlights common psychological characteristics in personality, mechanisms of moral neutralisation and sociocognitive and interpretive treatment during radicalisation. These observations suggest the applicability of a model of cognitive–emotional transformation of self and meaning-building in radical violent engagement.     

Linkages between Globalisation,Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

ABSTRACT

This study investigates linkages between environmental degradation, globalisation and governance in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 2000–2012. The Generalised Method of Moments is employed as empirical strategy. Environmental degradation is proxied by carbon dioxide emissions whereas globalisation is appreciated in terms of trade openness and net foreign direct investment inflows. Bundled and unbundled governance indicators are used, namely: political governance (consisting of political stability/no violence and “voice & accountability”), economic governance (encompassing government effectiveness and regulation quality), institutional governance (entailing corruption-control and the rule of law) and general governance (a composite measurement of political governance, economic governance and institutional governance). The following main finding is established. Trade openness modulates carbon dioxide emissions to have positive net effects on political stability, economic governance, the rule of law and general governance.     

可行能力提升视域下我国城镇相对贫困的识别标准与治理路径

在新型城镇化与城镇结构转型深入推进的背景下,城镇相对贫困的隐患日渐显现。现阶段我国缓解城镇相对贫困面临识别标准缺失与治理体系缺位两大现实困境。基于阿玛蒂亚·森的可行能力理论,构建包含收入与福利维度的经济条件、政治权益、社会机会、防护性保障及透明性保证共15项指标的城镇多维相对贫困指标体系,旨在为精准识别我国城镇相对贫困群体提供标尺。以提升个体可行能力为主要内容的协同治理体系包括以下几个方面的内容:以国家为主导,提供提升个体可行能力的制度性保障;以个体为核心,培育个体的内生可行能力;以市场为媒介,提升重新赋予个体可行能力的效率;以社会为依托,拓宽提升个体可行能力的渠道。在消除绝对贫困的新时期,应据此形成缓解我国城镇相对贫困的治理路径。     

The effects of populism as a social identity frame on persuasion and mobilisation: Evidence from a 15-country experiment

This article investigates the impact of populist messages on issue agreement and readiness for action in 15 countries (N = 7,286). Specifically, populist communicators rely on persuasive strategies by which social group cues become more salient and affect people's judgment of and political engagement with political issues. This strategy is called ‘populist identity framing’ because the ordinary people as the in-group is portrayed as being threatened by various out-groups. By blaming political elites for societal or economic problems harming ordinary people, populist communicators engage in anti-elitist identity framing. Another strategy is to blame immigrants for social problems – that is, exclusionist identity framing. Finally, right-wing political actors combine both cues and depict an even more threatening situation of the ordinary people as the in-group. Based on social identity theory, an experimental study in 15 European countries shows that most notably the anti-elitist identity frame has the potential to persuade voters. Additionally, relative deprivation makes recipients more susceptible to the mobilising impact of the populist identity frames.     

Moves Afoot to Subdue Smog

正SMOG has been the bane of Chinese people’s lives in recent years.But as Premier Li Keqiang recently announced to the nation and the entire international community,China is to declare war on pollution.Although fraught     

相对集中行政处罚权的理论基础——行政管理学角度

行政执法是一种组织行为.只有以行政组织为起点,才能使得相对集中行政处罚权研究能够超越一般性的论述.行政边界的拓展意味着政府的活动在规模、范围和形式上的扩张,但行政边界与组织边界的关系并不是一一对应的关系.在我国行政管理的实践中,行政管理活动的过程一般可以分解为决策、执行、信息、咨询、监督等几个环节,如果把某些行政管理部门中的行政检查权和行政处罚权单独剥离出来,把性质上相近,技术上可行的合并,并由一个独立的相对集中行政处罚权机构来行使,这是符合整分合原理的,也和行政学上行政边界与行政组织边界的重构相一致.     

股权结构与公司绩效——相对托宾Q视角下的实证研究

借鉴有关股权结构与公司绩效的研究成果,对股权结构与公司绩效关系作出一定的基本假设,再从相对托宾Q的角度对这一关系进行的实证研究表明,国有股比例、法人股比例与公司绩效呈“U”型关系,流通股比例与公司绩效呈显著性负相关,同时股权集中度与公司绩效呈显著性正相关。这一研究结论对优化我国上市公司股权结构,进而改善公司绩效具有重要的启示意义。     

美国反垄断法对医院合并的适用分析

从上世纪80年代起,美国的医院经历了前所未有的合并浪潮,反垄断执法部门也开始将注意力集中在医疗领域。但是,由于反垄断法的主要目的和分析方法是用来针对传统的商业和贸易领域,而医疗机构并不是纯粹的商业机构,因此反垄断法在控制医院合并时产生了种种新问题。     

“相对合理”——民事检察监督与法院审判监督关系之协调

在民事诉讼中,法院监督和检察监督是并行不悖的,在我国目前的司法条件下,只有本着"相对合理"的宗旨,将现有的民事检察监督与民事审判的法院监督有机整合,才能真正建立符合我国国情的民事诉讼监督体系。     

对债权不可侵性独立地位的理论思考

债的相对性原则是古典契约法的基石,整个私法体系都是在此基础上构建的。传统理论基于相对性原则而否认第三人侵害债权之可能。后世虽然背弃此观点,但一般将债权不可侵性作为相对性原则的例外。债权具有不可侵性是债权的固有属性,不是相对性原则的突破,也不是债的效力扩张的结果。我国未来《民法典》应确立债权不可侵性之独立原则地位。同时,债权的不公开性要求严格侵害债权责任的主观构成,以实现自由与权利保护的利益衡量。