Whither the Liberal Democratic Model? Immigration Politics in Switzerland and Japan

A comparison of Japan's and Switzerland's immigration policies disclaims both globalist and public choice explanations that would predict a similar increase in immigrant numbers and an expansion of immigrant rights in liberal democracies. Although both countries have traditionally espoused a rather exclusionary approach towards immigration, Japan is unique in having hitherto succeeded in preempting large numbers of immigrants from entering the country and in having avoided the legal and societal integration of those migrants already present in its territory. In seeking to explain the different trajectories followed by immigration politics in Japan and Switzerland, despite their similar internal and external economic constellations, this article highlights the role of domestic institutions and norms in filtering economic pressure for immigration. Whereas these internal determinants explain to a large degree why Switzerland has become a country of immigration while Japan has not, the central factor explaining the recent expansion of foreign residents’ rights in Switzerland lies not so much in internal determinants but in the country‘s progressing approximation to the European Union and its single market. Notwithstanding these differences, the article concludes that Japan‘s greater resistance to change might now have reached a critical juncture, where demographic pressure and economic demand will make an opening up to increased labor migration unavoidable.     

关于治安拘留与罚款执行中相关问题的思考

治安拘留与罚款是治安管理处罚中经常适用的两种处罚方式,如何执行该两种处罚,已成为当前公安工作的一个重大问题。为了确保拘留与罚款的执行,应当深刻理会有关法律和司法解释的规定精神,充分考虑被处罚对象的实际情况,尊重和保护被处罚对象应当享有的权利,同时对有关法律、规章进行修改。     

对社会治安防控体系建设理论与实践的思考

构建社会治安防控体系是公安机关适应新形势下治安工作的战略性举措,对其理论与实践问题的研究方兴未艾。本文分析了社会治安防控体系的概念及属性和建设的基本要求,研究了现有的三类基本结构模式。     

治安本质论

从词源和古籍考证的角度开始对治安的本质进行探究,治安实质上是国家对社会的统治、治理和控制;从韩非对治安的论述开始,广义的治安的含义并未改变。治安事实上体现了国家的本质,国家的职能是由对社会的暴力统治和对公共事务的管理两部分组成的。国家依靠物质手段对社会进行控制;警察是国家机器的重要组成部分。“社会治安”的概念在事实和内在逻辑上存在矛盾。     

论社会治安防控体系建设

构建社会治安防控体系是一个全新的课题。本文系统论述了社会治安防控体系的概念与基本特征;分析了社会治安防控体系产生的时代背景;提出了社会治安防控体系建设的总体目标:论证了社会治安防控体系建设的基本原理;阐述了当前公安机关构建社会治安防控体系应重点解决的问题。     

论社会治安防控体系的概念、属性及结构模式

社会治安防控体系是指公安机关依据系统论，运用社会控制理论和系统工程方法，整合内部警力与社会资源，以社区警务为基础，以全时空巡逻防控为基本勤务方式，以刑侦防控为首要环节，形成统一指挥、互相配合、信息共享、协调运转，集打击、防范、管理、控制、服务等多种功能为一体，能对社会治安实施综合控制的警务工作系统。其基本属性是系统论，表现在整体性、层次性与开放性三个方面。社会治安防控体系的结构模式可归结为北京模式、廊坊模式和昆明模式三类。     

试论政策执行中的政府利益

作为政策执行主体的政府,客观上存在着与公共利益不同的自身利益。政府利益的存在及其冲突是导致政策执行偏差的重要原因。对政府利益进行合理的整合与规范是保证政策有效执行的重要途径。     

Does Federalism Matter for Biopolicies? Switzerland in Comparative Perspective

This article analyses how federalism matters for the policy‐designing process and the resulting policies in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology through the comparison of four countries, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Canada. It reconstructs from an actor‐centred perspective how federalism interacts with other country and policy‐field specific characteristics and empirically assesses how this interaction influenced the final policies. By focusing on Assisted Reproductive Technology, the article examines the potential influence of federalism on public policies beyond the standard discussion of the comparative political economy of federalism.     

Remortgaging Women's Lives: The World Bank'sLand Agenda in Africa

In recent months, the World Bank has issued a series of draft policy reports on land relations. This is the first time in over two decades that the Bank has sought to review its policy on lending in the land sector. Access to the draft reports and participation in the consultation process has, however, been severely limited. Nonetheless, the World Bank expects to issue the final Report by the end of this year. This paper presents a gender analysis of the two draft documents that have been made available to date. It assesses their implications for gender relations in Africa. It explores the World Bank's promotion of formal rural credit and challenges the assumption of the availability of women's unpaid agricultural labour. The paper argues that, far from being over, the struggle over land relations which has characterised the last decade in Africa, must continue. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.