It's not only the economy,stupid! Good governance matters in elections

This paper examines the impact of good governance in elections compared to the role of the economy. The latter is considered the key factor in electoral survival, while governance issues are rarely included in politicians' discourse or campaigning strategies. Using the ParlGov data and the ICRG indicators for 160 elections, the analysis shows that good governance matters, but mainly for developing countries. Economic growth is an important electoral topic in most of the elections, but its effect varies systematically across contexts. The impact of each good governance and the economy get weaker as the other worsens, and these conditional effects are moderated by the level of economic development.     

The gender gap in same-gender voting: The role of context

If parties nominate both male and female candidates, open-list PR electoral rules enable voters to engage in same-gender voting (i.e. select candidate of the same gender). In this regard, there is a gender gap in Finland, an otherwise highly egalitarian country: over time, men tend to support mostly male candidates, while women are roughly equally divided between male and female candidates. This study investigates whether voters' likelihood of selecting a candidate of the same gender is affected by contextual factors. Based on pooled cross-sectional data from five Finnish parliamentary elections between 1979 and 2011, it shows that gender differences in same-gender voting are substantially reduced when district magnitude and gender ratios among candidates and elected deputies are taken into account.     

社会阶层变化中的个体安全需求与保障机制建设

中国社会阶层自改革开放以来发生了深刻的变化,这种变化不可避免地引起个体安全需求主体多元化、种类和形式多样化以及总量的快速增加.由于社会管理体制滞后于社会的快速发展,社会各阶层强烈的安全需求得不到充分满足,食品、社会治安、医疗、交通和环境方面的问题成为威胁人们的主要安全因素.应该通过社会管理创新、安全服务市场化以及建立政府与市场合理的协调机制等一系列保障机制,来满足社会各阶层的个体安全需求.     

Output,surpluses and ‘stressed commerce’: a study on farm viability and agrarian transition in West Bengal,India, in the new millennium

This paper intends to evaluate at the farm level, in the current millennium, the nature of surpluses and the emerging exchange processes in agrarian West Bengal through the lenses of socio-economic class differentiation. The paper concentrates on the structure and pattern of gross value added, farm labour and farm-disposable surplus that accrue to the peasants along with their repercussions on farm viability. Finally, it addresses the consequences of stressed commerce (carried out through price shocks) on the ratio of retention of surplus at the farm level as a larger question of farm viability, agrarian transition and conflicts. The study emphasises the region with higher capitalistic¹ development. The change in this region is found to be more significant in the context of agrarian transition. The same analysis is also followed for the more backward region, but just to put forward the distinction between the processes working in the two regions.     

高等数学课课堂小结初探

高等数学课的课堂小结，是巩固当堂高等数学课教学效果的最好时机，不能省略。课堂小结主要是讲重点、讲难点，讲教材结构，讲学生学法。课堂小结的方式应因人而异，因时而异，采取适当的方式。     

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。     

法律课教学如何理论联系实际

要真正做到理论联系实际上好法律课 ,必须具有比较深厚的法律专业基础理论功底 ,具有一定的法律实践及经验 ,能够正确认识和处理好理论与实践的关系 ,掌握科学的教学方法和教学手段。根据法学教育的特点和规律 ,理论联系实际的宏观教学方法可细化为若干具体思路与构想。理论联系实际应当体现出鲜明的时代特征 ,提倡和鼓励个性化的理论联系实际教学和充分发挥科研对理论联系实际教学的促动作用     

Politicians without Parties and Parties without Politicians: The Foibles of the Peruvian Political Class, 2000–2006*

Since the collapse of the Fujimori regime in November 2000, the Peruvian political system has experienced considerable turbulence, which has focused attention on the capabilities and comportment of the country’s elected politicians. While some analysts hold that ‘there is no political class in Peru’, others maintain that since Fujimori’s demise a ‘resurrection’ has occurred in the fortunes of both parties and politicians who occupied centre stage during the 1980s. This article examines these claims, arguing that despite appearances to the contrary, the core of Peru’s political class operates in a rational and responsible fashion.     

商人阶层崛起对法治秩序的影响

现代西方法治秩序的形成在相当大的程度上是由于商人阶层的促动,同时法治秩序也为商人阶层提供了制度保障,二者相辅相成。商人阶层经过了漫长的历史孕育之后而爆发,努力地寻求政治上的认同,在制度设计上,导致了包括商事法在内的一系列形式理性法诞生,并成为西方的主导社会规范。其产生之初,仅出于维护商人的利益而予以颁行,但其中的法治精神辐射到了全社会,无意中使法治秩序得以成就。     

工人阶级要带头实践“三个代表”思想

工人阶级作为党的阶级基础 ,要带头实践江泽民同志提出的“三个代表”重要思想 ,其主要途径是 :坚定共产主义信念 ,坚决执行党的基本路线 ,做“两个文明”建设的主力军 ,做党联系人民群众的纽带。