民主政治条件下社会稳定的内在机理探析

社会稳定是政治生活的价值追求和现实需要。然而,迄今为止,人类社会政治实践所采取过的全部政体中,民主政治较好地实现了社会稳定。究其原因,民主政治所内含的信任、妥协、宽容和法治理念以及在此理念基础上建构的制度化的政治参与机制、权力更替机制、冲突调控机制、协商谈判机制和社会资本增量机制等为其实现社会政治稳定提供了价值基石与内在动力。     

家庭与个人社会资本对高等教育选择满意度影响的比较研究

通过对家庭社会资本与个人社会资本影响高等教育选择满意度的方式和程度进行比较研究,发现家庭社会资本、个人社会资本与高等教育选择满意度之间都存在着正相关关系,但高等教育选择满意度受个人社会资本影响的程度较家庭社会资本要大。因此,个人对其社会资本的努力建构,更有助于高等教育公平的实现。     

Grassroots democracy and local government in Northern Syria: the case of democratic confederalism

This paper provides a case study regarding an innovative model of grass-roots democracy, called democratic confederalism, which is currently being implemented in Northern Syria. The difference between democratic confederalism and previous experiments with grass-roots democracy is that its evolutionary pattern aims to include heterogeneous local communities living in the same territories, with the objective of becoming an administrative model for the whole Syrian country, without shattering its national constitution. In fact, the evolution of the political and administrative system and the introduction of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria were specifically aimed at including all ethnicities and not focusing on the Kurdish population only. Following a literature review aimed at defining the theoretical background of democratic confederalism, the case study is presented. Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews and informal talks with key stakeholders in the Kurdish movement; the findings and main implications of the model are described and analysed.     

加强各民主党派参政议政机制建设问题探讨

民主党派参政议政是中国共产党领导下的多党合作和政治协商制度的重要组成部分,民主党派参政议政机制建设的薄弱是妨碍民主党派参政议政的主要问题。机制建设应从四个方面着手:一是建立和健全话语表达机制,保证信息渠道;二是建立和完善参政议政联动机制,实现整体效能发挥;三是建立健全参政议政与重大决策相统一的机制,反映民主党派的利益诉求;四是建立和完善学习机制,构建学习型民主党派的党组织,培养参政议政的能力。     

中国政治学术研究与政治实践的价值取向

中国政治学恢复为一门独立的社会科学以来，取得了相当大的发展，但与当前中国特色社会主义事业对政治学提出的要求还有较大差距。基于政治学研究的特殊属性，只有在中国特色社会主义民主政治建设的过程中实现政治学术研究与政治实践求真、求实、求善、求美的价值取向，才可能实现二者结合与共赢。     

警察执法的公众满意度现状及其有效提升

警察执法的根本目的是为人民提供优质服务,理应以公众满意作为其全部工作质量的衡量标准和追求的永恒目标。由于受诸多因素影响,我国警察执法的公众满意度有下降趋势。要提升公众满意度,实现社会长治久安,就需要每个警察高度重视,树立＂执法为民＂的思想,自觉以＂严格、公正、规范＂为标准规范自身的执法行为,同时,抓住有利时机建构与公众沟通的渠道,规范媒体行为以营造良好的社会环境。     

女性高校毕业生工作满意度影响因素分析

在文献回顾基础上,文章将女性高校毕业生工作满意度量表分为工作回报、自我发展、工作本身、领导行为、团结合作5个维度。女性高校毕业生在在整体工作满意度、工作回报、自我成就、工作本身3个维度上,与男性高校毕业生没有显著性差异,而在领导行为、团体合作两个维度上所体会到的满意度均显著高于男性。影响女性高校毕业生工作满意度的因素主要涉及工作回报因子、自我发展因子、团结合作因子以及其毕业学校类型。这些因素在专业、学校类型等人口统计学变量上产生了差异性特征。     

以提高参政议政能力为抓手,加强高校民主党派基层组织建设

党的十八大报告首次提出并系统论述了健全社会主义协商民主制度,彰显了中共中央顺应民心,坚定不移地推进政治体制改革的决心和信心,同时也对民主党派的自身建设提出了更高的要求和期望。本文提出了"参政议政能力建设是参政党履行职能、发挥作用的内在要求,也是基层组织建设的目标"这个观点;分析了目前福建省高校民主党派基层组织的队伍状况和工作状态,并以此提出以提高参政议政能力为抓手,着眼于加强思想政治建设、加强参政议政队伍建设、建立制度加强管理、在发挥优势和作用中提高参政议政能力、增强高校各级中共党组织支持民主党派基层组织自身建设的政治责任等方面,加强高校民主党派基层组织建设。     

Income inequality,distributive unfairness,and support for democracy: evidence from East Asia and Latin America

Concern about rising economic inequality is widespread among ordinary citizens, academics, and policymakers. In particular, income inequality not only intensifies the conflicts between the rich and poor citizens but also leads to political instability. In this article, we investigate how income inequality is related to people’s support for democracy by including both objective and subjective measures of inequality. Using data collected from 28 democracies in East Asia and Latin America during 2013 and 2015, we demonstrate that inequality, measured in either a subjective or objective way, decreases with people’s satisfaction with democracy. In addition, we find that in East Asian countries, subjective measures of inequality, perceived unfairness of income inequality in particular, provide a better explanation of people’s dissatisfaction with democracy than the Gini index, a commonly used objective measure of inequality. Our findings are robust to different model specifications and offer micro-level evidence suggesting that unfair income distribution undermines the consolidation of democracies.     

Coming in from the Cold: Grenada and Cuba since 1983

Abstract

The Grenada Revolution’s radical course was stamped by the bold turn to Cuba in April 1979. Cuban commitment to Maurice Bishop’s regime was crucial to its consolidation. In 1983 counter-revolution and invasion ruptured Grenada–Cuba ties and damaged Havana’s relations with Caribbean Community states. Since the demise of the Cold War, Havana’s survival strategy has prioritised regional integration and cooperation in the Americas. In the Anglophone Caribbean, Grenada has been at the centre of this rapprochement since 1993. Despite Washington’s disapproval, Grenada champions expanded ties with socialist Cuba. The rekindled alliance brings tangible mutual benefits and validates the strategy of South–South cooperation advocated by Maurice Bishop’s People’s Revolutionary Government and New Jewel Movement.