道德化反腐的冷思考

反腐败是世界性课题。腐败使许多国家的社会矛盾尖锐,社会冲突频繁,政局动荡,同时,还使经济生活受到许多不利影响。各国政府在努力促进经济发展的同时,不断地探寻遏制腐败的良策。中国政府一直把反腐败作为经济建设的润滑剂和民主政治建设的突破口,但不能否认的是,中国的腐败越来越呈蔓延和扩张之势。对此,就中国道德化特征的反腐方式进行一些理性的、批评式的探寻与思考,试图予反腐以借鉴。     

高校反腐倡廉与制度创新

加强教育、发展民主、健全法制、强化监督、创新体制,从源头上预防和治理腐败问题,是反腐倡廉工作的新思路。本文试从制度创新的必要性、高校领导干部权力的制约、健全多种监督形式的网络等方面阐述以制度创新促进高校反腐倡廉工作,从标本兼治的理论与实践上探索高校反腐败的新路子。     

The other side of Malaysia’s enviable economic and multiethnic stability: the obstinate resilience of ‘money politics’

Many governments, in their zeal to progress and deliver the fruits of development, are caught in a web of unsavory habits and practices that impair not only their international image but also domestic legitimacy. One such perennially persistent and resilient disease is ‘money politics.’ Taking Malaysia as a case study, we note that despite sustaining a remarkable record of economic and multiethnic stability, the country has also been helpless in mitigating this obstinate issue. In this article, it is posited that the phenomenon is not a new or recent portent but has actually persisted even prior to independence. We shall then contend that unless the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government attaches greater priority in stamping out this political bug, the country’s otherwise enviable development trajectory and the quest to reach a ‘developed nation’ status via its Vision 2020 declaration, even if fulfilled, are not cause for celebration, given its implications to the country’s economic sustainability and multiethnic stability.     

新时期贪污贿赂犯罪防控问题研究——基于法经济学视角的实证分析

贪污贿赂犯罪人员利用职权谋取私利具有经济学理性特征，因此，其行为必然遵从经济学的基本法则。用经济分析的方法研究了贪污贿赂犯罪的产生机理，探讨了贪污贿赂犯罪的预防措施。基于犯罪经济成本收益理论，通过实证分析，认为应增大犯罪成本，控制犯罪收益，以有效预防和减少贪污贿赂犯罪。     

Is ethnic prejudice declining in Britain? Change in social distance attitudes among ethnic majority and minority Britons

Most literature on racial prejudice deals with the racial attitudes of the ethnic majority and ethnic minorities separately. This paper breaks this tradition. We examine the social distance attitudes of white and non‐white British residents to test if these attitudes follow the same trends over time, whether they are driven by the same social processes and whether they are inter‐related. We have three main findings. Firstly, social distance from other ethnic groups has declined over time for both white and ethnic minority Britons. For the white majority there are both period and cohort elements to this decline. Secondly, we see some evidence that social distance between the majority and minority groups is reciprocal. Specifically, minorities who experience rejection by the white British feel a greater sense of distance from them. Thirdly, we find that all groups share the perception of the same ethnic hierarchy. We see evidence of particularly widespread hostility towards Muslim Britons from all ethnic groups suggesting that Muslims are singled out for negative attention from many British residents of all other backgrounds, including a large number who do not express hostility to other groups.     

思想自觉与制度规范：保持党员干部清正廉洁的两个基本维度

遏制腐败，保持清正廉洁，是化解执政危险的必然要求。保持清正廉洁需要党员干部发挥主观能动性，加强自我修养，经得起来自权力、制度漏洞、利益、贪欲等多方面的考验。当然，由于人类谋求私利的本性，决定了靠人的自我修养并不能完全克服掌权者利用公权谋求私利的倾向，因此，防止腐败，还要加强制度规范的外部约束，完善制度体系建设，减少诱发腐败的“灰色地带”，做到“伸手必被捉”。     

晚期罗马帝国的集权体制和吏治腐败

在晚期罗马帝国,全部权力集中到皇帝和以皇帝为首的等级森严的官僚机构中。由于官僚体制的权力非常大,不受国家基本成员所实行的任何监督,从而变得腐化和庸劣无能,表现为皇帝和官僚之间的相互欺诈,行政官员的日益腐败,买官和卖官盛行,以及经济腐败、军队腐败和司法腐败等。腐败使晚期帝国政府频临解体的边缘,国家的命运陷入岌岌可危的处境。     

Less than human: a qualitative study into the experience of parents involved in the child protection system

This paper reports on the findings from a qualitative study into the experiences of parents who were involved in the English child protection system in 2013. Seventeen in‐depth interviews were conducted involving 19 parents and/or partners, and a framework approach was used to analyse the data. There were positive experiences of individual social workers and some positive experiences of the child protection system. However, the overwhelming theme of the parents' experiences was that the system was uncaring, inflexible and for some harmful to both themselves and their children. Despite being included in the child protection process, parents felt they were not afforded the same rights as a participant, as a decision‐maker or as a partner in seeking to improve the situation. The threat of consequences silenced parents who felt unable to speak out or challenge the things they disagreed with or coerced others into signing agreements they did not agree to. Such experiences related to a sense that they were being treated as ‘less than human’. These findings are considered within the context of recent reforms within the English child protection system.     

Graduating Out of Poverty Across Generations: Unpacking Children’s Well‐being Trajectories in Burundi

Graduation model interventions represent a new wave of anti‐poverty programming that seeks to offer a sustainable pathway out of poverty. An expanding evidence base points towards positive economic outcomes at household level but little is known about impacts on child well‐being. This paper investigates children’s well‐being in Burundi during and after participation in a graduation model programme using a longitudinal mixed‐methods approach. The programme is found to improve child well‐being, particularly in relation to housing, food security and education. Covariate shocks undermine sustainability of effects but greater knowledge, experience and prioritisation of children’s needs contribute to harnessing improved outcomes.     

The prospectus of activism: discerning and delimiting imagined possibility

This article aims to articulate a new agenda in the scholarship of social movements. Specifically, it seeks to turn attention to the assumptions that undergird activism. Rather than studying movements themselves, we can study them as the embodiment of collective expectation in a particular public. We can learn more about the broader society in which movements are embedded by asking how activists and the public they seek to engage determine what is within the realm of possibility. I refer to the imagined horizon of possibility as the activist prospectus. To illustrate the importance of prospectus, I draw upon a case study of environmental activism in Samara, Russia. Ethnographic observation and analysis yield insights into subjective perceptions that help explain the weakness of civil society within Russia.