RISE OF THE DISLOYAL: INCREASING RESENTMENT IN NORTH KOREA

Why has loyalty to the Kim Family Regime and the Worker’s Party diminished over the past twenty years despite a rise in the average standard of living, greater social mobility, and a regime policy of benign neglect towards marketization? Unthinkable in the Kim Il Sung era, the increase in expressions of resentment toward the North Korean authorities represents a shift in the ideology, behavior, and motivation of the population. Four critical factors have heightened tensions between state and society in North Korea, leading to a reduction in loyalty among the general population. The author considers the impact of labor mobilizations, the declining importance of party membership, the influence of foreign media, and the rise of rent seeking and extractive policies. While all play a role, it is important and possible to identify the primary cause. Extractive policies and rent-seeking position the regime and the people in a directly adversarial relationship. All tiers and agencies of the government have become complicit in efforts to siphon off profits, control market actors through crony capitalism, rent seek, over-regulate, and compete against private market actors, causing the residents to express frustration and resentment towards a government that does not have their interests at heart.     

在主题教育中重温“实事求是”的精髓和要义

实事求是是中国共产党在近百年革命、建设与改革实践中一以贯之的根本思想路线和工作方法。在中国共产党人的视野中,“实事求是”是一种态度精神、一种认识规律、一种实践路线。共产党人坚持实事求是,是因为“实事求是就是最大的党性”,因为“共产党员应是实事求是的模范”,因为我们“要靠实事求是吃饭”。在主题教育活动中重温“实事求是”,必须不断凝聚坚持实事求是的不竭动力,准确把握坚持实事求是的方法要求,努力涵养坚持实事求是的实践品格。     

证据法的基本权利保障取向

证据法的理性主义传统,既要求通过理性证明的方式去查明事实真相,而非诉诸神明和暴力;又不以追求真相为最高目的,而是将其视为实现正义的手段.这种理性传统,决定了法治国家证据制度具有求真、求善的双重功能,并将公正奉为首要价值,从而奠定了基本权利保障的价值取向.我国证据法学研究和证据制度建设正在经历从义务本位向权利本位转型,权...     

“Value Grabbing”: A Political Ecology of Rent

This paper aims to redress the under-appreciated significance of rent for political ecological analysis. We introduce the notion of value grabbing, defined as the appropriation of (surplus) value through rent. A concept that is analytically distinct from accumulation, rent is both a social relation and a distributional process that is increasingly central to the reproduction of contemporary capitalism. Emphasis is placed on the “grabbing” of value in order to shed light on the processes at work by which surplus value is distributed unevenly between different classes and fractions of classes. A focus on rent within political ecology, we argue, can help us distinguish between two organically related but analytically distinct “moments”: (a) the creation of property rights that establish rent relations and (b) the struggle over the appropriation and distribution of surplus value generated by the rent relation itself. We explore some of the implications of this perspective for understanding new forms of socio-ecological struggles and their varied relations to the state. We maintain that a value-grabbing perspective has far-reaching consequences for political ecology, as it provides a sharp conceptual tool for situating a wide range of socio-ecological conflicts and movements as class struggles over value appropriation and distribution.     

坚持实事求是 推进理论创新

党的十八大政治报告指出：“实践发展永无止境，认识真理永无止境，理论创新永无止境。”这给广大党员干部加强实践、抓好理论武装指明了方向。党员干部要不断强化理论武装，坚持实事求是，勇于实践，积极推进党的理论创新。     

情报研究中的五个重要问题

情报研究中有五个重要的理论问题。传统情报观念对国家情报、情报评估、知彼知己、实事求是、情报与决策关系等问题的认识存在误区。厘清这五个问题，对我们认识情报世界、改进我们的情报工作极有帮助。     

商业受贿罪客观要件之我见

商业受贿罪的客观构成要件是一个颇具争议的问题。从国外立法和我国实际出发,在商业受贿罪客观构成要件中,“利用职务上的便利”既包括直接利用和间接利用,也包括利用过去职务之便和利用将来的职务之便;不应取消“为他人谋取利益”构成要素;“贿赂”应当包括财产性和非财产性利益。     

实事求是艰难性的认识结构分析及其求解对策

实事求是之所以出现理论与实践的二律背反 ,源于实事求是实现过程中存在着诸多、甚至是难以克服的制约因素。从认识论上看 ,造成实事求是艰难性有主体、客体和中介三方面因素     

“上有政策、下有对策”现象之研究——以煤矿安全生产政策执行受阻为例

政策执行是把政府公共政策付诸实践,解决社会问题的活动.政策执行过程中的利益最大化追求、权力寻租、政策缺陷、监控不力等因素造成了上有政策下有对策行为,保证政策顺利实施就需要建立健全政策执行中的权力制约体系、政策制定体系以及监控体系,从而减少政策执行中的"下有对策"行为的发生.     

受贿罪利益要件的认定

受贿犯罪是目前最为严重的腐败犯罪之一。不仅扰乱了社会公平和市场经济的正常秩序,而且严重损害了国家工作人员的职务廉洁性和公众对国家机关的信赖程度。其中受贿罪利益要件问题,一直是刑法理论界和司法实务界的热点问题。在分析利益要件时,试通过用短缩的二行为犯理论和"为他人谋取利益"在实践中的功用来解析"为他人谋取利益"要件作为受贿罪的主观要件的观点。