曾山在南昌的革命活动

曾山同志不仅是江西省苏维埃运动的主要领导人,而且与南昌有缘。抗日战争爆发以后,他出任中共中央东南分局副书记和江西省委书记、第一任南昌市委书记,在南昌协助项英、陈毅组建新四军和开展抗日救亡活动,成绩卓著;新中国成立后,他六次来南昌指导工作,为建设江西做出了重要贡献。     

现代化进程中执政能力的影响因素与衰朽原因论析

执政能力是对一定政党的执政之目标实现程度与实际效能的界定 ,执政能力与政党能力、政府能力紧密相涉而又有所差别。执政党的意识形态、组织状况、执政体制等都会对一定政党的执政能力发生影响。人类政治实践表明 ,在现代化进程中有的政党执政能力得到了发展 ,有的则走向了衰朽 ,而执政党自身之组织、体制、意识形态等方面的不适应性是这种衰朽的重要原因。     

宗教团体：构建和谐社会的一支重要力量

宗教团体作为联系宗教事务管理者与信教群众的桥梁和纽带,在和谐社会的构建中发挥着巨大作用。当前,我国的宗教团体在工作中存在着基本职能定位丧失、新老交替问题突出、规章制度执行滞延等问题。宗教团体要与社会主义社会相适应,必须把爱国、守法、团结、进步四个方面作为自己的工作要求,努力加强自身建设。     

Horizontal accountability and the challenges for democratic consolidation in Africa: evidence from Liberia

Why are most African emerging democracies failing to consolidate and reach the two-turnover test? Most scholars attribute this to the poor quality of elections and limited institutionalization of vertical accountability, overlooking some important variables. This article challenges this conception both theoretically and empirically by focusing on the quality of horizontal accountability illustrated by observations of comparative interest in Liberia's emerging democracy. Since the end of Liberia's bloody civil war in 2003, two successive and successful democratic elections (2005 and 2011) have been organized, putting Liberia on the path towards democratic consolidation. When analysing the electoral mechanism of vertical2016 accountability, many scholars have been enthusiastic about the prospects of democratic consolidation in Liberia, most of them neglecting the horizontal accountability processes that are also crucial for the quality and durability of democracy. This article analyses the processes and challenges of democratic consolidation in Liberia by focusing on key institutions of horizontal accountability. It argues that although the country has made some progress towards democratization since 2005, the domination and centralization of executive power, weak and dependent institutions of horizontal accountability (legislature, judiciary, national elections commission, general auditing commission, and anti-corruption commission) are major challenges to the consolidation of democracy. These findings have important implications for our understanding of horizontal accountability and democratic consolidation in African emerging democracies.     

Can you keep a secret? Introducing the RT-based Concealed Information Test to children

The present study validates a novel version of the Reaction time-based Concealed Information Test (RT-CIT) adapted for young children (7–10 years). Their ability to deny the possession of relevant information was related to individual differences in intelligence, processing speed, executive functioning and affective problems. The comparison between the knowledgeable group of children (N = 84) who took part in a mock surprise scenario and the unknowledgeable group (N = 78) indicated that by early school-age the RT-CIT can be considered a relatively reliable diagnostic tool for detecting concealed information. We found evidence indicating that executive functions are predictors of children's proficiency in concealing information; however, the specific interrelations were complex (children with lower inhibition and spatial working memory, but with better shifting performance were easier to detect as possessing concealed information). Finally, we found limited evidence for a substantial association between parent-reported emotional problems and children's proficiency in concealing information. This investigation has practical implications for the development of rigorous protocols to detect children's concealed knowledge within legal environments.     

True and false memories in middle childhood: the relationship with cognitive functioning

This study was designed to investigate developmental changes in true and false memories and to detect links among them in middle childhood. Participants were 372 Italian children (from 6 to 11 years, 174 males) divided into two age groups. After hearing a story, children provided a free-recall and their true and false retrieved information was measured. Then children were repeatedly asked some true and misleading questions about the story and their cued-recall and interrogative suggestibility were measured. Finally, children again recalled the story to assess the post-event misinformation effect of the suggested information. Individual differences in fluid intelligence, working memory and executive functions were also assessed to investigate their relationships with true and false memories. Typical age effects were found in memory recall and interrogative suggestibility. Interesting links among true, spontaneous and suggested false memories were found. Finally, analyses did not reveal the existence of a relationship between suggestibility and cognitive functioning.     

THE POWER OF THE PURSE AND BUDGETARY ACCOUNTABILITY: EXPERIENCES FROM SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN CHINA

Accountability is the cornerstone of fiscal administration. This research studies the relationship between accountability and the sharing of budgetary power. We found that the accountability in China is supported by the superior of bureaucratic power, instead of the comprehensiveness of various accountability components. The implication is that the accountability is facilitated in terms of emphasising to whom government officials are accountable within the chain of command, reducing goal conflicts and improving strategic goal attainment. However, it is hindered at the same time in terms of lacking evaluations perceived to be impartial, limited room for democratic accountability, over‐implementation of policies at all costs, and weak comprehensive awareness of ‘accountable for what’ (as long as it is a policy direction from the top). The structure of the power of the purse both enables and limits the tone and terrain of budget accountability in particular and government accountability in general. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

论我国加处罚款制度的立法完善

我国立法对加处罚款的制度规定尚显稀疏,这已然成加处罚款遭受现实冷遇的重要原因。为了确保加处罚款的作用得以有效发挥,立法在肯定加处罚款的数额应当受限的基础上,还应当对加处罚款在非诉执行中能否申请人民法院强制执行、起算时间如何计算以及执行程序等问题做出进一步的规定。     

地方政府机关执行力和公信力的实证研究——以宁夏为例

地方各级政府作为公共政策、法律法规的执行型组织必须高度重视执行力和公信力的建设。提升政府机关执行力和公信力必须在依法治国基本方略指引下,紧紧围绕依法行政的基本要求,逐步提高地方各级政府机关的行政效能,建设符合区域经济社会发展要求的服务型政府、法治政府、责任政府。     

现场教学须在“五精”上下功夫——以干部院校革命传统教育现场教学为例

为了有效地开展现场教学，不断提升现场教学的水平，必须深入研究和探索现场教学的规律和特点，在钻研史料、取精华，锤炼教案、写精炼，声情并茂、讲精彩，倾注情感、做精细，重视反思、求精益等“五精”上不断锤炼，才能不断增强现场教学的吸引力和感染力，提高现场教学的针对性和实效性，使之在依托革命传统教育资源开展党性教育中发挥出独特的作用。