Political Sociology of International Interventions: Peacebuilders and the Ground

ABSTRACT

This special issue, instead of questioning what effect peacebuilding interventions have on post-conflict societies, analyses what the ground of intervention does to peacebuilders. It demonstrates that everyday interactions on the ground shape the interveners and even the scope of their missions. We delineate how a political sociology approach might break away from binaries (‘internationals/locals’) and, instead, illuminate processes (of internationalization and localization). We intend to offer a political sociology of the ‘intervention encounter’, that is, to scrutinize the everyday interactions among peacebuilders and between peacebuilders and domestic actors, and to investigate effects of the ground on peacebuilding organizations, doctrines and decision-making processes, as well as on peacebuilders’ trajectories, positions, professional practices and representations. In fine, we explore how peacebuilders’ relations to the ground structure the socio-professional field of peacebuilding.     

权力再诠释：基于西方社会学理论范式的嵌入研究

权力是社会科学领域颇受争议的重要论题,从社会学理论视角分析权力对梳整这一论题具有一定的理论及现实意义。基于此,笔者从社会学理论范式出发,通过嵌入性分析四大范式中的权力,发现社会学领域内权力研究遵循三大基本发展逻辑,而潜在且难以意识到的权力运作是研究的核心,福柯的规训权力只是权力研究拓展后的新起点。     

英国外警培训工作的特点及启示

英国外警培训工作在培训模式、课程设置、培训管理、师资来源、质量保障体系建设等方面特色鲜明,是影响国际警察培训发展的一支重要力量。结合我国外警培训工作发展现状,应该在培训理念、授课方式、课程内容、师资队伍、后勤服务等方面加大改革力度,以实现我国外警培训工作由规模数量型向规模质量型转变。     

西方法学的一体化运动

在当代西方法学界,自然法学派、分析法学派和社会法学派呈现出三足鼎立的态势.三大法学派彼此之间存在着激烈的学术争论,但同时也存在着相互渗透、相互融合的趋势.在此基础上,法学一体化运动应运而生.这场运动的主旨是努力促进三大法学派之间的理论融合,从而建立一个统一法学.法学一体化运动取得了一定的学术成果,但也面临着严峻的挑战.     

In memoriam: Leonard J. Theberge

The study examines Pat Robertson's use of The 700 Club television program to establish and sustain celebrity status and in turn to promote partisan politics through seemingly objective news accounts. The findings indicate that The 700 Club news segments consistently rely on narrative techniques that mask Robertson's intensely partisan content and provide what Kenneth Burke terms symbolic medicine for his particular audience.     

美国联邦刑法法典化述评

美国联邦尚无刑法典,然自建国后,联邦一直致力于刑法法典化,从1790年《治罪法》至1948年《联邦法典》第18主题,到1982年《联邦刑法典草案》,长达200多年的刑法法典化事业至今未竟。联邦刑法法典化呈现独有品性,即启于内外因素双重驱动、历经形式编纂到实质编纂、本体即权力扩张与限制、价值思维系理想主义与实用主义之统合。联邦刑法法典化目的理性,其搁浅缘于工具不善。基于现有刑法不力、刑法治危机以及刑法典的天然优势之事实,结合刑法有效、公正、人道之目的,得以推导出刑法法典化仍需继续之应然结论。未来,联邦刑法法典化之路仍旧遍地荆棘,而联邦刑法典能否问世,取决于美国所动用的实践理性。     

论海商法中国际惯例的性质与地位——兼论对《海商法》第268条和269条的修改

通过对国际惯例的性质分析,认为海商法中的国际惯例是一种任意性规范,不包括强制性规范;是一种实体法意义上的惯例,不包括冲突法上的惯例;是中国海商法的渊源之一。在此基础上,对中国《海商法》的修改与完善提出了建议。     

Mugshot Exposure Effects: Retroactive Interference, Mugshot Commitment, Source Confusion, and Unconscious Transference

More than 25 years of research has accumulated concerning the possible biasing effects of mugshot exposure to eyewitnesses. Two separate metaanalyses were conducted on 32 independent tests of the hypothesis that prior mugshot exposure decreases witness accuracy at a subsequent lineup. Mugshot exposure both significantly decreased proportion correct and increased the false alarm rate, the effect being greater on false alarms. A mugshot commitment effect, arising from the identification of someone in a mugshot, was a substantial moderator of both these effects. Simple retroactive interference, where the target person is not included among mugshots and no one in a mugshot is present in the subsequent lineup, did not significantly impair target identification. A third metaanalysis was conducted on 19 independent tests of the hypothesis that failure of memory for facial source or context results in transference errors. The effect size was more than twice as large for "transference" studies involving mugshot exposure in proximate temporal context with the target than for "bystander" studies with no subsequent mugshot exposure.     

论“知假买假”能否适用《消费者权益保护法》

1993年10月我国颁布了《消费者权益保护法》,其中第四十九条规定:"经营者提供商品或者服务有欺诈行为的,应当按照消费者的要求增加赔偿其受到的损失,增加赔偿的金额为消费者购买商品的价款或者接受服务的费用的一倍。"随着该项条例的颁布,从1995年起在社会上逐渐产生了一批以"知假买假"而获利的"专业打假者"。由于"职业打假者"队伍的不断扩大直接影响到商家的利益,但却得到广大消费者的一致支持,所以,"买假索赔"的消费行为到底能否适用《消费者权益保护法》第49条的问题就引起了广泛的争议。本文就将运用民法解释学原理对这个问题进行初浅的探讨     

培育民族地区能源支柱产业的理论及实证研究——以贵州省少数民族地区为例

在经济转轨、经济发展模式变化的形势下,遵循经济发展理论,结合少数民族地区的实际,发挥其能源资源禀赋优势,培育能源支柱产业,实现其资源优势最大化,是促进少数民族地区经济发展社会进步的必然选择。