地方党的代表大会制度科学化的构建

党的建设科学化是党的建设的统领和灵魂,地方党的代表大会制度科学化是党的建设科学化的重要范畴。按照科学化的要求、遵循一定的规律对地方党的代表大会制度进行改革和完善具有重要的意义。     

对刑事证据展示制度的思考

刑事证据展示是指刑事诉讼中的控辩双方在庭审前依法相互出示、交换与案件事实相关联证据的活动。证据展示制度已成为当前国际司法界的通行做法,在我国建立证据展示制度迫在眉睫。我国应该借鉴国外证据展示制度的有益之处、兼顾国情,完善我国的刑事证据展示制度。     

Seven imperatives for improving the measurement of party nationalization with Evidence from Chile

Party nationalization measures are often used to describe and analyze the nature of political parties and party systems. However, the term “party nationalization” is imprecise, with little consensus on how to measure it or evaluate its implications. This article advances the literature on nationalization in a number of crucial ways. In it, we make seven concrete suggestions for improving the measurement of party nationalization in theoretical terms and then demonstrate the problems and biases with existing studies through a theoretical discussion and application to Chilean political parties. Given that our theoretical and empirical analyses show there are important weaknesses in all nationalization measures, we argue in favor of approaching the phenomenon with a variety of tools in order to avoid misleading conclusions.     

An empirical test of presidentialism's effect on party competition

This article argues that party competition in legislative elections is partly a function of presidential elections. Previous research on spatial competition has assumed that parties are competing in parliamentary regimes, where the only election of concern for parties and voters is the legislative election. However, in presidential regimes, presidential elections lead to relatively centrist positioning of candidates, and coattail effects from the presidential elections help shape the legislative elections. Using data from the Comparative Manifestos Project, I show that the major parties of the left and right in legislative elections are ideologically closer to each other in presidential regimes than major parties in parliamentary regimes.     

Do conditional cash transfer programs shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF

How do national social programs influence local voting? This study utilizes the experimental set up of a conditional cash transfer program to show that small, targeted cash transfers can have large electoral effects. The Honduran PRAF program allocated an average of $18 per capita per year to poor households within municipalities that were randomly assigned to receive the program. Although the program was administered at the national level, the program increased an incumbent mayor's re-election probabilities by 39%, without significantly influencing voting behavior in presidential elections. Moreover, the evidence suggests that transferring cash to poor households were more effective at increasing political support than interventions providing public goods for poor villages.     

Transformation or Bureaucratization? The changing role of community representation in local strategic partnerships in England

Abstract

The debate about the need to build social capital and to engage local communities in public policy has become a central issue in many advanced liberal societies and developing countries. In many countries new forms of governance have emerged out of a growing realization that representative democracy by itself is no longer sufficient. One of the most significant public policy trends in the United Kingdom has been the involvement of community organizations and their members in the delivery of national policy, mediated through local systems of governance and management. One such policy area is urban regeneration. Central Government now requires local authorities in England to set up Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) to bring together stakeholders who can prepare Community Strategies and deliver social and economic programmes which target areas of deprivation. This paper reviews the key institutional processes which must be addressed, such as representation, accountability and transformation. It then investigates three very different examples of LSPs based on interviews with key representatives. The paper concludes that political commitments to community engagement in civil society are always mediated through existing institutional arrangements. Thus attempts to change deep-seated political structures and power relationships require a commitment to increase representation as well as to transform the practices and repertoires of deliberation and action.     

Courting Peace

正China contributes to the disposal of Syria’s chemical weapons in a cooperative escort mission The first batch of chemical weapons was shipped out of Syria on January 7,bringing bigger hopes for a peaceful settlement to the chemical weapon issue in the country.Although it is too early to say that Syria’s crisis can be ended in the immediate future,the move will at least clear away an ob-     

Chinese Premier＇s Win-Win Europe Visit

THIS year could well be described as China＇s ＂European Year,＂ Premier Li Keqiang having visited the continent twice. In fact, he has been to Europe four times since taking office last year. Moreover,his presence at the 1oth Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy, on Oct 16-17 has brightened prospects for the new Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which President Xi Jinping proposed last year, becoming operational.     

民主党派建党初期民主思想的来源

中国各民主党派的民主思想,来源于西方当代资产阶级民主思想和马克思主义民主思想,具有进步性和多样性,各民主党派建党初期的政治纲领中已有体现。     

关于加强民主党派组织建设若干问题的再思考

民主党派组织是民主党派工作的基础。在新世纪新阶段,一定要认识民主党派组织建设的重要意义,深刻总结民主党派组织工作的主要经验。当前民主党派自身建设已经取得了很大的进展,但是本身还没有达到一种理想状态。所以要通过深入剖析当前民主党派组织建设存在的一些问题题,进而找出解决问题的主要措施和途径。