Tea Party support and perceptions of local economic conditions

Researchers have long studied the underpinnings of voter perceptions of national economic conditions. Of growing interest though, is the effect of local economic evaluations on approval and voting behavior. Even though individuals engage more directly with the local economy than with that of the nation, perceptions of local conditions are colored as much by individual attitudes and demographics as by objective measures. Metropolitan area unemployment rates strongly predict local evaluations, but so do education, age, sex, and political attitudes. Of particular interest, even controlling for objective conditions, support for the Tea Party strongly predicts more negative evaluations and overpowers most other sources of bias.     

党内民主建设：障碍因素与基本思路

改革开放以来，党在推进党内民主建设方面进行了不懈的努力，取得了一系列的成就，有力地促进了党的各项工作的开展。与实践发展的要求相比，现阶段推进党内民主建设还存在着一些障碍因素，如对党内民主概念的不同界定、民主和权利意识弱化、制度建设滞后等。因此，应努力促进党内民主的制度化和系统化，发挥党代会的作用，进一步完善党内选举制度和党内民主监督机制，促进党内民主的健康发展。     

新时代党建引领乡村治理创新的路径研究

在新的时代条件下,将制度优势更好地转化为治理效能,既是一个重大的理论问题,也是一个重大的现实问题。党建引领乡村治理是实现制度优势向治理效能转化相关领域的一个重要体现。改革开放40年的发展,乡村治理面临社会阶层分化、治理主体缺位、党组织建设不完善等困境,进一步提升乡村治理效能迫在眉睫。理论分析基层党建与乡村治理的逻辑机理,发现:党的领导是乡村治理的领导核心、党的建设是乡村振兴进程中的坚强堡垒、创新基层治理是巩固党的执政根基的客观要求。新时代提升乡村治理效能必须坚持以党建为引领、以基层为主体、以人民为中心、以问题为导向、以创新为手段、以制度为保障,构建乡村治理新格局。     

基于历史脉络的党建带团建工作研究

从历史发展的角度,阐述了党团关系与党建带团建工作的起源,并结合改革开放以来党建带团建工作发展的不同阶段,系统分析了新时期党建带团建工作应把握的原则。在此基础上,从思想建设、组织建设、作风建设三方面,对党建带团建的主要内容进行了分析和论述。     

选人用人新模式:立体-民主选人系统——西安市未央区的实践探索

“一把手”体制是党内民主发展的主要制度障碍,西安市未央区通过推行人事制度改革,形成了系统的选人用人新模式——“立体-民主选人系统”,创设了将领导自上而下的行政命令和群众自下而上的民意表达相结合的制度安排,一定程度上破除了“一把手”体制的积弊.“立体-民主选人系统”通过透明化和责任化,使党内民主切实、有效运转起来,也实现...     

党员和党员领导干部学习动力问题研究

当前党员和党员领导干部学习动力尚有不足现象,且大部分是在外在压力推动下学习,还存在错误学习态度问题。出现这些问题有思想教育、物质利益、用人导向、环境氛围和组织领导等诸方面的原因。为切实提高党员和党员领导干部的学习动力,要教育帮助他们增强对知识的理性认识,引导他们坚定党的理想信念、确立个人的理想目标、发展有益的兴趣爱好,还要营造良好学习氛围,做好制度设计与安排,加强学习考核和督查。     

Achievements of the British Colonial Service: A Retrospective View

This article looks back on the record of the British Colonial Service in Africa, with a particular focus on how it ran Zambia immediately prior to its independence in 1964. The author, a member of that service, argues that, for all their faults, British colonial administrators discharged their duties with dedication, skill and the welfare of the general population in mind. There is, he notes, a need for a better understanding of the positive effects of contact between cultures that British colonial rule engendered in societies such as Zambia.     

Bye-Bye Bipolarism: The 2015 Regional Elections and the New Shape of Regional Party Systems in Italy

In May 2015, 19 million Italians were called to renew the legislative assemblies and presidencies of seven regions, thus concluding an electoral cycle begun in February 2013 that involved all the 15 ordinary statute regions. Beyond their immediate relevance – of the 15 incumbent presidents only three were confirmed in office – these elections represented a turning point for regional party systems, paralleling the earthquake of the 2013 general elections. The ‘fragmented bipolarism’ characterising elections in Italy at the two levels since the mid-1990s, has been replaced by a multipolar competition, as a consequence of the consolidating presence of the Movimento 5 Stelle and the internal divisions of the centre-right coalition. At the same time, fragmentation of regional councils has remained high. The evolution of regional party systems and patterns of competition are analysed in this paper, taking into account the electoral offer, turnout and results in the majoritarian and proportional arenas of the 15 ordinary statute regions.     

立党为公执政为民--中国共产党执政规律和执政能力的本质要求

能否把握执政规律及其本质要求 ,关系执政党的执政基础和前途命运。可以从形成执政规律的最主要因素———执政主体、执政客体和政权及其关系的分析中 ,把握规律的最主要内容及其作用和要求。执政一般规律的最基本要求 ,就是执政主体的执政目的、执政方式等必须适应执政客体的状况及其要求 ,集中表现为适应人民大众的状况及其要求。这也就规定了执政者的执政目标指向和价值取向是为全社会、为人民大众 ,即“立党为公、执政为民”。这是人类社会执政活动一般规律的基本要求 ,又是共产党执政特殊规律的根本要求 ,也是共产党执政规律和执政能力在新世纪的特殊要求     

论党的建设的业绩、困境与战略规划——基于建党88周年之平台

今年是建党88周年。在这样的历史时刻，回眸昨天，总结88年来党的建设取得的主要业绩；直面今天，剖析当前党的建设面临的主要困境；展望明天，创新党的建设的战略规划，从总体上都有助于我们党在改革发展的重大历史关头，卓有成效地将党的建设和党的事业继续向前推进。