Low Intensity Democracies: Latin America in the Post-dictatorial Era

In the context of the Cold War and accompanied by the doctrines of National Security, authoritarian and often repressive military or civil-military regimes emerged in a number of Latin American countries. However, military regimes were not the only ones contributing to the formation of societies mutilated by fear and terror. During the last four decades, the continent became affected by a cycle of violence that involved various armed actors, from the armed forces to the guerrilla, from the paramilitaries to the narcotics-trafficking Mafia, or from the committees of self-defence to the 'common' criminals. This article focuses on the persistence of military influence and organised political violence more general in post-authoritarian and indeed post-Cold War Latin America. After briefly reviewing the historical legacy of so-called 'political armies' in the region as a whole, I offer an assessment of the consequences of this legacy for the current agenda of democratic consolidation in Latin America. Two possible scenarios are examined: that of fairly progressive democratisation and civilianisation of politics, and that of the re-emergence of violence despite the formal rule of democracy. In the latter scenario, de facto harsh and violent regimes collide with a growing array of rival perpetrators of political and other forms of organised violence.     

试论社会阶层的整合是构建和谐社会的关键

和谐社会是党提出的一个新命题,而社会阶层结构的整合又是构建和谐社会的关键。目前我国社会阶层结构不合理,且各阶层利益冲突已呈明显化态势,对和谐社会建设产生诸多不利影响。对此,首先要强化政策引导与支持,扩大中等阶层比重,同时建立合理的利益协调机制和利益表达机制,提高对弱势群体的关怀力度。     

和谐社会建设和政府治理

构建社会主义和谐社会，是从全面建设小康社会、开创有中国特色社会主义事业新局面出发提出的一项重大任务,同时也对政府的治理能力提出了更高的要求。公共管理如何更好地适应构建和谐社会的要求，已经成为摆在政府面前的重大课题。     

和谐社会":现代对传统的"扬弃

构建和谐社会是当前我国发展的重要目标和举措,它首先应建立在对传统中国社会认识的基础上。为此,阐述传统文化中维护社会和谐的观念与方式,并根据现代社会生活的需要对它们加以改进,对和谐社会的构建具有现实的积极意义。     

论法律与道德的互惠功能

法律和道德作为上层建筑的组成部分,都是维护社会秩序、规范人们思想和行为的重要手段,它们互相联系、相互补充。道德是法律的基础,法律是道德的保障。     

论法治与德治的相辅相成

明确法治与德治的相互关系,在认识到法治的重要性时。也要认识到德治建设的重要性,以达到法治与德治相辅相成。互相促进的目标。     

警察伦理价值取向的两个维度

警察伦理价值取向有两个基本的维度,即警察内在的美德与外在的善行。前者着眼于德性的提升和品质的超越,后者着力于行为的规范和规则的遵行。警察伦理建设需要在以上两个层面上努力追求与提升。     

论和平共处五项原则与和谐社会的构建

和平共处五项原则是现代国际关系中广泛接受的处理国家间关系的具有普遍指导意义的基本准则,对构建社会主义和谐社会营造良好的外部环境,促进中国社会经济的发展具有重要的意义。     

和谐社会视野中的国家文化战略选择——论文化现代化与现代公民人格的文化养成

确立国家文化发展战略，丰富时代性先进文化资源，兼顾文化生产和消费的经济利益与社会效益，充分发挥社会组织、团体、学校、图书馆、公共传媒对社会文化生活的健康影响，营造优良的社会文化环境，重视文化养成教育，培养公众的健康主体人格和现代化品质，提高国民文化生活的品位和质量，推动文化、人和社会现代化的协调发展，是以人为本、建设和谐社会的必由之路。     

The Big Society: Power to the People?

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, recently set out his vision of a ‘big society’. Its core themes are empowering communities, redistributing power from the state to citizens and promoting a culture of volunteering. The idea is badly flawed. It overlooks the crucial role that needs to be played by the state in promoting social justice, which is vital to the development of active citizenship and vibrant communities. Moreover, Cameron views the active citizen as simply a philanthropist and volunteer rather than as a politically literate individual, knowledgeable about the major political issues of the day and actively involved in debates about how public or private services ought to be run. The initiative is particularly perverse in the context of the credit crunch, a vitally important cause of which was precisely not the development of an over‐mighty state but rather the inadequate state regulation of free market trading activities by banks.