Welfare state reforms and mass media attention: Evidence from three European democracies

The mass media is conventionally assumed to play an important role in welfare state politics. So far, however, we have very little systematic theorizing or empirical evidence of when and how the mass media reports on welfare state reforms. Building on news value theory and the welfare state reform literature, we develop a set of hypotheses about mass media reporting on welfare state reforms. We argue that mass media attention is conditioned not only by the direction of reforms, with cuts getting more attention than expansions, but also by the election platform that the incumbent party ran on in the last election as well as by the policy reputation of the government. Drawing on a new dataset including about 4,800 news articles in British, Danish and German quality newspapers from 1995 to 2014, we find supporting empirical evidence of our expectations.     

私营企业党建工作内化分析

私营企业产权归个人所有,多数私营企业实行企业主治理模式。私营企业的产权结构和治理模式要求转变党的建设的工作方式,把引导私营经济健康发展的目标融于灵活、务实、有效的党建工作中,增强私营企业党建工作的穿透力。     

《医疗事故处理条例》及其他相关规定对受害方的法律保护

在《医疗事故处理条例》及其他相关规定中,拓宽了对医疗事故的界定、扩大了受害方的索赔权利、改变了医疗事故处理的方式、实行了新的证据制度,这都体现了对受害方的保护。     

关注弱势群体是治安工作的新视角

所谓弱势群体,是指在市场经济条件下,社会成员中处于竞争弱势的阶层和群体。由于种种原因,他们在创造财富、就业竞争方面缺乏能力,在经济收入、社会地位、权益保护等方面得不到社会应有的保障。这个群体主要由残疾人、下岗失业人员、城镇贫困人群、农民工等组成。关注弱势群体是公安工作一项重要任务,也是实现社会治安综合治理的重要方面,关注弱势群体是目前公安工作中应当重视的问题。     

Esquisse de typologie de l’argumentation juridique

Résumé  Le but de cet article est de jeter quelques lumières sur le fonctionnement de la polyphonie dans le discours et l’argumentation juridiques, en insistant sur l’importance des notions-clés d’(in)défaisabilité, de présomption, de polyphonie, d’échelle argumentative. Les premiers linéaments d’une théorie générale de l’argumentation juridique sont ici exposés (1). La théorie en question se veut topique (raisonnements défaisables) et logique (raisonnements indéfaisables). Face aux théories unidimensionnelles (réductionnisme logique ou réductionnisme topique) une théorie bidimensionnelle est souhaitable, qui inclue à la fois le traitement des raisonnements défaisables et indéfaisables. Afin de développer cette esquisse de théorie de l’argumentation juridique, plusieurs notions sont définies (2): la défaisabilité (2.1), la présomption (2.2), la polyphonie (2.3), les échelles argumentatives (2.4). Enfin, un tableau général de quelques marqueurs argumentatifs résume les différents r?les que peuvent jouer les arguments dans la polyphonie du droit (3).

Complainants’ Views about Civilian Review of the Police: A Study of the Philippines

In search of effective control of the police, several countries have created civilian review boards. The Philippines recently adopted such an approach by establishing the People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB). The board is envisioned to enable citizens to participate in the process of police control. This study examines the perceptions of complainants about the board in a metropolitan area in the Philippines. Using surveys, the study aims to determine the integrity, legitimacy, and efficiency of the board as well as the satisfaction of complainants with the review board. The findings suggest that complainants were highly satisfied with the People’s Law Enforcement Board. Complainants also showed great concern for the legitimacy of the board and the timely resolutions of their cases. In addition, the study confirms previous studies’ findings on the predominant influence of case outcomes on complainants’ satisfaction.

How (Not) to Form a Progressive Alliance: Lessons from the History of Left Cooperation

Britain’s political parties can be divided into two blocs: a ‘progressive bloc’ of parties on the left/centre‐left, and a ‘reactionary bloc’ of those on the right/centre‐right. In three of the last four general elections, the progressive bloc won an appreciably larger share of the popular vote than its reactionary rival. Yet its greater internal fragmentation has been repeatedly punished under first past the post, leading to what is now over a decade of Conservative‐led governments. This has prompted growing pressure to form a ‘progressive alliance’ between Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, and their Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish nationalist competitors. This article sheds a historical and international light on these demands, examining the difficulties other similar efforts at progressive cooperation have faced across the world. It considers how progressive alliances have previously sought to overcome geographical, ideological, and social divides between their constituent members, and draws some salutary lessons for British progressives today.     

How parties and interest groups protect their ties: The case of lobbying laws

Scholars have recently shown renewed interest in the study of party-interest group ties. According to previous studies, traditional ties between parties and organized interest are a matter of the past. Globalization, deindustrialization, and neoliberalism have posed serious challenges to their survival. Recent contributions suggest that, while these ties are indeed weaker than before, they have not disappeared. How do parties and groups protect their ties? This paper attempts to provide a partial, though often neglected, answer: their relationship survives when both actors work together to protect it. While previous literature identified regulatory policies, such as ethics and transparency regulations, as detrimental to party-group ties, their introduction is erroneously treated as independent from these ties. Through a comparative case study of the introduction of lobbying laws in Austria, Australia, and Ireland, this paper suggests that parties and groups shape the content of lobbying regulations in such a way to protect their relationship.     

不同时期党的先进性与时代精神

党的先进性是党建的永恒主题。党在不同历史时期将党的先进性教育与时代精神相结合,对党员进行教育,培养党员的时代精神。在中国共产党成立90周年之际,回顾党的先进性建设历史,有利于提高党的领导水平和执政能力。     

提高党的社会动员能力,构建和谐社会

社会动员是社会发展工作的重要策略,也是政党的固有功能之一。中国共产党历来十分重视社会动员,纵观中国革命和建设的历程,党曾把社会动员视为一种基本的工作方法,并积累了宝贵经验。当前我国已进入了新的历史阶段,构建社会主义和谐社会是全国人民共同的奋斗目标,新时期我们更应该提升社会动员能力,以利于社会主义和谐社会建设。