Open versus closed primaries and the ideological composition of presidential primary electorates

Many journalists, political reformers and social scientists assume that electorates in open versus closed primaries are distinctive, especially in terms of their ideological orientations. Because voting in closed primaries is restricted to registered partisans, voters in this setting are assumed to be more ideologically extreme. Independents voting in open primaries are seen as moderating the ideological orientation of these primary electorates. However, our research demonstrates that the ideological orientations of voters in these two primary settings are quite similar. Prior research demonstrates the influence of primary laws on voters’ self-identifications as partisans or independents. We expand upon this research to show how this influences the number and ideological positions of partisans and independents as they vote in presidential primaries held under differing participation rules.     

Facing into the wind's teeth: An interview with hal pepinsky

Editor's Note: The title of the interview comes from a poem by William Carlos Williams entitled The Manoeuvre. There Williams talks about seeing two starlings, just before alighting, turning in the air together backwards--but what got to him, he says, was that in doing so, they faced "into the wind's teeth." Commenting on the poem, Denise Levertov points out that, while it is a celebration of life, it also tells us that life sometimes requires adroit manoeuvering, its fullness emerging when we work not against but in cooperation with that which makes it most difficult. The interview speaks to this throughout.     

What the surrender of extra‐territoriality will mean to us

The paper argues that during the Mandate period the Labor Zionist movement was able to successfully create a Sabra identity based on its ideology that was constructed in opposition to the presumed characteristics of the “exile Jew” and how such an identity played a central role in the formation of a security oriented foreign policy. Labor's creation of the Sabra through the "Hebrew Revolution" can be considered as one of the most successful episodes of the twentieth century in which a new identity was created in order to serve ideological goals. Labor's Zionist ideology, which sought to create a “new Jew” that would form the basis of the Jewish national movement, was translated into an identity that in contrast to the diaspora Jew relied on collectivism, agriculture, secularism, and most important of all physical strength and sacrifice in defence of the Jewish nation. This translated into a security-oriented foreign policy that heavily relied on military force and emphasized internal power and strength, which Labor elites argued could only be achieved through self-reliance and independence particularly in regards to defence issues. Such an orientation would form the basis of Israeli foreign policy for years to come.     

论深入开展社会主义核心价值体系建设

党中央提出社会主义核心价值体系建设,既是社会主义和谐社会建设和意识形态建设的需要,也是促进马克思主义学习型政党建设和社会主义伦理道德建设的需要。社会主义核心价值体系是指在马克思主义指导下,坚持社会主义共同理想、坚持中华民族精神和时代精神、坚持社会主义荣辱观的价值体系。其中马克思主义指导思想是灵魂,中国特色社会主义共同理想是主题,民族精神和时代精神是精髓,社会主义荣辱观是基础。建设社会主义核心价值体系,要加强党的领导和管理,加强舆论宣传和思想政治工作,改进党员干部的教育培训和理论研究工作,从党组织和个人两个方面共同努力。     

论行政补偿标准

行政补偿标准是行政补偿的核心问题,补偿标准的公正与否直接关涉公民因公共利益而承担的“特别牺牲”能否得以有效弥合。本文对行政补偿标准应遵循的基本原则进行分析,阐释构成行政补偿标准的各项具体因素,剖析我国行政补偿标准在立法与执法方面存在的缺陷,在此基础上提出完善我国行政补偿标准的构想。     

新意识形态与中国传媒——新世纪新闻传播研究的一个前沿课题

中国新意识形态是社会结构转型中的重要组成部分,它从阶级利益走向共同利益,虚构现实,生产现实,存在于对个体的咨唤之中,个体因此而“自由地同意”成为主体。新意识形态体现为政治上的国家主义,经济上的实用主义和文化上的消费主义,其叙事的核心是传媒镜像。而传播的研究,则是与特殊知识分子的角色定位一致的,“新意识形态与中国传媒”是他们大显身手的学术舞台。     

侦查和解的适用理念

当下对刑事和解的研究主要集中在审查起诉阶段和审判阶段,对侦查阶段的刑事和解关注不够。应当赋予侦查和解决定权,侦查阶段适用刑事和解指导思想应当是注重社会效果和法律效果平衡。侦查和解应当遵从和解自愿、基本事实清楚、自主和解为主他主和解为辅、和解事后监督等诸原则。     

社会工作视角下青少年思想政治教育的创新研究

以符合新的社会管理格局发展要求的社会工作专业理论视角,来探讨青少年思想政治教育的创新,是充分发挥青少年思想政治教育工具性价值的必由之路.将社会工作理论引入青少年思想政治教育,会带来青少年思想政治教育价值理念的创新,理论视角的创新,服务功能的强化,以及具体方法的创新.     

不断深化部队的理想信念教育

深化部队理想信念教育,是部队思想政治建设的核心内容。当前,以党的十八大报告为指导,充分认清部队理想信念教育的与时俱进性质,坚定理想信念,坚守共产党人的精神追求;敏锐把握部队理想信念教育面对的现实难题,用正确的态度和方法去分析各种曲折与困难,解除思想困惑;注重内容与方法创新,确保部队理想信念教育具有实际效果。     

警察系统感性思维定势现象解析

随着现代社会高科技的进步和知识经济的到来 ,警察系统习惯性的“感性思维定势”日益显露出不适应的迹象。警察实战部门受感性思维定势支配的行为表现 :1 对理论的误解 ;2 单凭工作经验 ;3 不注重积存理论 ,从而引起不良后果。公安院校同样存在另处一种感性思维定势 :1 教材感性化倾向明显 ;2 研究水平在感性化层次上运作。走科技强警之路彻底改变这种不佳格局的突破口是 :1 加深警员的知识、理论、科学的综合素养 ;2 用现代高度知识化的视位严格地全面审视已有的教材 ;3 注重整个警察系统的在职理论培训等。