挑战与应战:变化中的日本政治

伊拉克战争、朝鲜核问题的爆发和国内结构性改革步履为艰 ,使日本政治在 2 0 0 3年的变数增多。悬而未决的有事法立法、引而不发地向伊拉克派兵以及倍受瞩目的自民党总裁选举、国会的解散和众议院的大选等问题 ,都与国际危机的演进一起形成了对日本政治的冲击。以“普通国家”为目标的“小泉式”政治与外交倍受考验。日本国家的结构性转型方向尤其引人注目。     

关于代孕法律问题的国际视角分析——以美国加利福尼亚州为例

在一些承认代孕的国家和地区中,美国加利福尼亚州为代孕提供了最为宽松的法律环境,加州法院积累了丰富的代孕判例经验。在加州,有偿代孕和无偿代孕同样受到法律保护。单身人士、已婚夫妻及同性恋者都可以通过代孕而实现养育子女的愿望。     

The family state: a non-realist approach to understanding Indonesia’s foreign policy

ABSTRACT

The existing literature on Indonesia’s foreign policy has excluded the state from the category of an agent which shapes the country’s external affairs. This trend certainly ignores the notion that foreign policy is a unique state activity taking place in the interface between domestic and international politics. To fill the gap, this article explores the idea about the family state and looks at its influence on the conduct of Indonesia’s international relations. The argument is that the family state pursues order in international society in which sovereignty can be maintained. Indonesia plays the role of an order-maker in Southeast Asia through the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The order-oriented actions are displayed by Jakarta’s diplomacy to resolve border disputes with neighbouring countries in the region.     

No direct taxation without new elite representation: Industrialization and the domestic politics of taxation

The nineteenth century marked the founding period of modern public finance. We examine the domestic and non-war related determinants of direct taxation in this early democratic period and in a state building context. We argue that the reasons for the expansion of direct taxation can be found in the political competition between different elite groups in the context of industrialization. Systematically differentiating between economic and political arenas, we show that intra-elite competition in industrializing economies leads to higher levels of direct taxation only if the new economic elites are able to translate their economic power into the political arena, either through the representative system or by extra-parliamentary means. In addition, we demonstrate that these processes are directly linked to public investments in policy areas related to the interests of new economic elites such as public education. Our analysis is based on novel subnational data from the period 1850 to 1910, enabling us to concentrate on the domestic determinants of direct taxation.     

UNFCCC negotiations (pre-Kyoto to COP-9): what the process says about the politics of CDM-sinks

One of the most contentious issues in the negotiations aimed at operationalizing the Kyoto Protocol was the treatment of sinks and, particularly, the eligibility of sinks projects in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This paper attempts to analyse the politics underlying these negotiations, drawing on methods of process tracing, key informant interviews, negotiating texts and secondary literature. Tracing the sinks debate and highlighting key lessons about the nature of global environmental agreements and their institutional arrangements is the first step to recounting the history of the politics of one of the major contemporary international environmental debates. The paper shows that the Kyoto Protocol negotiations on sinks and CDM-sinks were multilaterally supported as a practical solution, but went ‘off track’ due to actors’ interests and tradeoffs. As regards future negotiations on forest sinks in developing countries under the framework of the UNFCCC, the paper argues that these are likely to be influenced by similar constraints, and also by the conservation and development agenda of its supporters; as well as the experience gathered on the CDM and the interests and concerns of developing countries. We broadly frame the paper within the literature on global environmental politics.

词义的静态主指关系及其功能

静态主指关系作为词义中最重要的成分,以其客观性、概括性、概念对应性、社会性、民族性和发展性等性质,发挥着确定词形、确定词在词的总汇中的位置、确定词义在静态中的宏观聚合关系的内部功能和备用、认知、承载等外部功能。     

Digital governance in Rajasthan Secretariat： A trajectory

The concept of digital governance has renovated the basic premise of administration. Digitalization has not only made it more responsive but also enhanced its accountability to deliver the better services to people by initiating direct participation of common person in the process of governance. The dynamic nature of administration makes it change orientation thus responding to the demands in particular time frame. Though the core issue of rendering services acquires the center-stage, recently there has been intermixing of principles of public management giving effective resource management, the special leverage to flame policies. In countries which are less prone to the adaptations of advanced technologies are also taking e-initiative to activate the process of implementation. The present article explores the status of e-governance in Rajasthan, the biggest state of Indian Union. After the enactment of Information Technology Act 2000 by the union government, different states have also taken corresponding initiatives pertaining to the e-governance. This study which was carried out in Rajasthan in 2009 focuses on various dimensions of its application in state secretariat, which epitomizes the epithet of administrative activities undertaken by the Government of Rajasthan. The study results are evaluated on the basis of the data collected at different levels by instituting the questionnaire and survey. It establishes the fact that Rajasthan has responded very well in some areas of administration, but there are certain areas where it has to implement the e-initiative at par with the other states. Therefore this particular study examines the present status of the e-governance followed by the suggestive trajectory on what other efforts are needed to involve this state. The interpretations are subject to the data collected. The secretariat is the domain of governmental functioning to fulfill the expectations of common person in the state. This research works has focused on the various e-programs, and data collected thereafter have been analyzed to understand the intricacies of e-governance in the state. It is a less explored arena where the study is conducted to find out the status of various programs and the impact of e-governance on the implementation of programs.     

Gubernatorial elections and attitudes toward the police: State elections as focusing events

Traditional views hold that citizens’ attitudes toward the police are driven by local concerns. We contend that public attitudes toward the police are also responsive to systematic and periodic state-level political factors. We show that state elections as a focusing event alter periodically the determinants of attitudes toward the police. Using an ordered logistic regression model and data from national public policy surveys from 1998 and 1999, we find that gubernatorial elections have a significant effect on the state/police relationship. State elections create conditions that separate the bureaucratic and partisan functions of the state government. In turn, the bureaucratic performance of the state government is less related to police approval, while partisan contestation for control of the governor office (control of the state) is significantly and positively related to police approval. During gubernatorial election years, attitudes toward the state government account for more of the variation in police attitudes.     

乡绅之治与国家权力——以明清时期中国乡村社会为背景

明清时期中国乡村社会背景下的权力结构及其变迁一直为中外学界所关注。乡绅几乎是所有相关研究都无法绕开的关键一环。本文从以往学者对乡绅的不同理解出发,揭示乡绅所具有的权力要素与国家权力之间的紧密关系。探求在国家正式权力对乡村社会的控制力逐渐弱化的前提下,乡绅之治的生成路径。在中国封建社会后期独特的国家与社会的场域中,揭示乡绅之治与国家权力之间的内在联系,即一方面,乡绅之治是国家权力在乡村治理中的延伸;另一方面,乡绅之治是乡村社会防御国家权力的屏障。乡绅之治以保守的姿态,而不是革命的情绪,最终向专制主义国家争得了一个相对自治的乡村社会。     

现代国家建构与农村基层民主法治建设

现代国家建构是民族—国家与民主—国家的双重建构,其本质是国家主权性与国家合法性的二维建设。中国在现代国家建构之中,不仅存在着民族—国家建构与民主—国家建构的非均衡性,而且还存在着城乡发展的非均衡性,尤其是农村基层的民主、法治建设落后于城市发展,国家政权认同在乡村社会遭遇合法性危机。进一步推进农村基层民主制度建设,构建服务型地方政府;大力完善农村基层法治建设,增强国家合法性,是当下中国现代国家建构的重中之重。