The Rise of the “Resistance Axis”: Hezbollah and the Legacy of the Taif Agreement

Abstract

Hezbollah’s direct military presence in Syria and Iraq confirms that their actions transcend Lebanon as a political stage. But why can Hezbollah still not be contained within the boundaries of Lebanon? Exploring how the Taif Agreements both tamed Hezbollah’s rhetoric while simultaneously laying the conditions for transnational activities, this article argues that the conditions of the Taif Agreement have assisted in the rise of Hezbollah’s self-coined Resistance Axis. Post-Taif, Hezbollah has tended relationships with the external forces that helped broker the peace while unlocking the potential in the exceptional decision to allow Hezbollah to retain arms in the name of “resistance.”     

中西方行政伦理建设差异比较

行政伦理建设近来是世界性潮流。本文以中西方传统核心观念的分析为突破口,对由这些核心观念而引发的中西方行政伦理建设的特点进行了比较,并对转型期中国加强行政伦理建设提出了理性的建议。     

一部高等学校管理学研究的力作—-评柳菊兴教授的《大学的追求》

前不久,柳菊兴教授的新著《大学的追求》由华中师范大学出版社出版。这是作者在大学的领导和教学岗位上苦苦探索、孜孜追求的又一思想结晶,也是作者推出的一部高等学校管理学研究的力作。我们作为这部书的责任编辑和第一读者,读了该书之后,感触颇多。柳菊兴的《大学的追求》,确有很多值得称道的地方。在我看来,此书最值得称道的有以下三点:一是立意高新。“路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索”,这是屈原的一种追求;“人生自古谁无死,留取丹心照汗青”,这是文天祥的一种追求;“我自横刀向天笑,去留肝胆两昆仑”,这是谭嗣同的一种追求。那么,柳菊…     

人间正道是沧桑——十六大以来中国外交理论与实践的创新与发展

中国共产党十六大以来,以胡锦涛为总书记的党中央,以博大的政治胸襟、非凡的执政能力、求真务实的勇气和远见卓识的理论创新的胆识,从容面对国际国内形势的新变化,总揽国际国内两个大局,先后提出了对内构建"和谐社会"和对外推动建设"和谐世界"(以下简称"两个和谐")的重大战略思想,将内政外交统一到全新的境界.     

高校非在编职工入会问题探索

随着新时期高等学校的发展,非在编职工人数的比例不断增大。高校中非在编职工入会难问题已经引起人们的普遍关注,其中有着多方面的原因。解决高校非在编职工入会问题有着十分重要的意义,当前高校工会要创造性开展工作,进行广泛的宣传,妥善处理好一些重要关系,打开处理该问题的突破口。     

Democratization in East Asia in the late 1980s: Taiwan breakthrough,Hong Kong frustration

Political history took an unexpected turn in East Asia in the late 1980s. The booming movement in Hong Kong had gone downhill and suffered defeat, while the authoritarian Taiwan state actively sponsored genuine democratic reforms. What then explains the Taiwan democratic breakthrough and the Hong Kong democratic frustration? This article argues that conventional explanations offered in the modernization, the dependency, and the class literature—such as culture, liberal colonialism, wealth, new middle class, bureaucratic-authoritarian state, crises, and absence of conservative class coalition—are unable to account for the divergent paths of democratic development in Taiwan and Hong Kong. As an alternative, this article presents a model that highlights the importance of conjuncture factors. It is argued that since Taiwan and Hong Kong have shared similar structural conditions, researchers have to bring in conjuncture factors such as the historical event of Chinese unification, the capacity of the political agency to promote democratic reforms, and the strategy of protest in order to explain the Taiwan breakthrough and the Hong Kong frustration.     

行政指导的社会学分析

行政指导在市场经济国家相继出现和广泛运用的原因是多方面的。从社会学的影响来看,行政指导乃是社会效果等理念的产物。     

Distributional coalitions,state strength,and economic growth: Toward a comprehensive theory of economic development

High-performing economies in the Asia-Pacific region together with only mediocre economic development in Latin America prompts the question of what explains differential economic growth rates among developing countries. Combining a statist perspective with Olson's theory of interest group formation, this research hypothesizes that nations with weak distributional coalitions will more likely experience high growth and state intervention will be effective. Using a longitudinal research design, this secondary analysis involves a comparative and interactive examination of eight Asian-Pacific and twelve Latin American countries. By considering the role of the state in interaction with distributional coalitions in society, the results indicate that approximately two-thirds of the variance in national economic growth is explained.