商品房售后保修义务的立法完善——创“和谐社会”之要举

我国房地产市场正走向成熟,但目前商品房售后保修义务中“质量问题”的举证责任分配法律尚未明确规定,再加上其他诸因素,使现实生活中开发商运用推委、拖延战术将保修责任及成本非法转借给“相对弱势业主群体”的案件大量出现。文中分析了该现象的本质、后果、成因及目前可行而又不足的保护途径;运用传统法理学与新兴法经济学方法,对立法完善的必要性、可行性进行了探讨,并提出了相应立法建议;最后指出该立法完善对创“和谐社会”、建“诚信中国”的重要意义。     

社会排斥概念研究综述

社会排斥不仅是对以往结构与文化视角的超越,作为一种中观理论,它代替＂贫困＂概念,成为社会不平等研究的新概念,为我们更好地理解贫困、弱势群体等问题提供了无限逼近事实的角度。从国内外已有的研究文献来看,研究者们对社会排斥概念的界定,角度呈多元化趋势。因此,笔者在对现有文献进行梳理的基础上,回顾社会排斥概念的发展历程,并对社会排斥的概念进行比较、归纳,进而力求准确、清晰地阐述社会排斥与贫困、被剥夺、边缘化的不同。     

Rebel music: Appeals to rebellion in Zimbabwe

This paper presents a typology that is used to classify the appeals that are issued by rebel groups to mobilize mass publics to take up arms against the state. This typology is developed by building a bridge between relative deprivation and resource mobilization theory. Secondly, this paper reports the findings of a pilot study that analyzes the Chimurenga songs from Zimbabwe's rebellion.     

小型实验室专用亲子鉴定管理软件的开发与应用

目的开发小型实验室适用的亲子鉴定管理软件,提高工作效率。方法选用简单易用的MicrosoftVBA语言,结合MicrosoftWord和Excel软件,利用宏功能,设计小型实验室专用亲子鉴定管理软件,使之包含数据录入及维护、亲权指数及相对亲权关系概率计算、报告形成及打印三大模块。结果试用证实:基于VBA语言的“亲子鉴定通”软件能用于亲子鉴定案例信息管理及报告打印,提高鉴定工作效率和工作质量。结论基于VBA语言的“亲子鉴定通”软件适用于小型实验室的亲子鉴定管理工作。     

Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Victimization Behind Bars: An Exploration of Women Inmates

There is a substantial lack of information identifying the risk factors associated with victimization among women inmates. The current study seeks to remedy that by testing variables from 2 competing theories of inmate violence/victimization: importation and deprivation. Drawing from self-report data from more than 300 women in a midwestern prison, I uniquely analyze 4 types of inmate victimization (i.e., violent, property, sexual, and verbal). The results reveal that 2 importation variables, age and prior education, and only 1 deprivation variable, receipt of disciplinary tickets, are significant across all 4 types of victimization. Policy implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.     

Employment,structural adjustment and sustainable growth in Mexico

To date the literature on subjective well-being has focused on the developed economies. We provide empirical evidence from two emerging market countries, Peru and Russia. Our results - and in particular a strong negative skew in the assessments of the respondents with the greatest income gains - support the importance of relative rather than absolute income differences. Among other factors, we attribute our results to shifts in reference norms and to macroeconomic volatility. Relative differences seem to matter more for those in the middle of the distribution than for the very wealthy or the very poor. Our respondents were more critical in assessing their progress vis-à-vis others in their country versus those in their community. The large and consistent gap we find between objective income trends and the subjective assessments of the upwardly mobile may have implications for the future economic and political behaviour of a group that is critical to the sustainability of market policies.     

Malaysia-China Network Trade: A Note on Product Upgrading

This article addresses the importance of network trade between Malaysia and China and assesses the extent of product upgrading in components traded. The study brings to the fore the following points. First, China is emerging as an important market for component imports relative to component exports. As such, the increase in two-way flows of parts and components for further processing and development, implying a shift away from assembly-end operations, remains insignificant. Secondly, network trade appears to have improved the quality of exports destined to China (reflecting a “moving up of the value chain”), but the gaps between the unit values of export and imports have narrowed in the recent past, implying less product development.     

The Leaderless Nexus: When Crime and Terror Converge

This article argues that the breakdown of hierarchical structures in illicit organizations is creating new opportunities for criminals and terrorists to collaborate. The rise of networked organizations has given greater independence to criminals and terrorists who previously answered to a clear chain of command. These members are now willing to engage in operations that before had been off-limits because the leadership believed the activity would hurt the organization's broader mandate. The result is that a “leaderless nexus” is beginning to emerge between criminals and terrorists. The phenomenon has far-reaching and dangerous implications for U.S. security, and should be thoughtfully considered as lawmakers debate homeland security reform.     

中国模式与弹性国家能力

中国模式的实质是中国在全球化背景下实现社会主义现代化的发展战略。中国模式的提出无论是对世界多元现代化模式的建构,还是对本国发展模式的自觉都有着重要的价值。中国模式最突出的特征是现代化压力下的弹性国家能力,主要表现为中性政府、渐进改革、有选择的市场经济和国家的相对自主性。     

对“结婚禁止条件”条款的重新检视

现行婚姻法从优生学和伦理学的角度出发，规定了直系血亲及三代以内旁系血亲禁止结婚，其他则未见禁止。随着社会认识的逐渐进步，结合国外的研究成果对我国婚姻禁止条款重新检视，提出应增加：拟制直系血亲、三代以内不同辈的拟制旁系血亲禁止结婚；直系姻亲及三代以内不同辈的旁系姻亲禁止结婚；在禁止结婚条件中应明确对社会特殊群体婚姻权利的保护，使之符合婚姻家庭的本质及发展规律，从而推动中国婚姻制度的完善。