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An Analysis of the Characters of Social Contradictions in China Today WU Zhong-min 2010, (3):  5-11.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1595KB) ( )   Unlike most of the developing countries or regions,China has started the process of reform,open-up and modernization under a special situation.Consequently,the social contradictions in China today bear obvious characters of the special time.They are as follows:stronger needs for livelihood than for political right,obvious contradictions between the officials and the people,individual cases expanding to contradictions involving large groups of people,relatively mild mode of demanding,dilemma in solving social contradictions,and much room for growth of social contradictions. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Possibility and Reality of Collective Action through Orderly Citizen Participation——An Empirical Study of Public Policy Making in Beijing and Qingdao Wei Na, ZHANG Xiao-jin 2010, (3):  12-18.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2583KB) ( )   The public policy making process is in effect a process of interaction between the government and the society,and a process of collective choice by the government and the public concerning public issues.Based on an investigation of the Beijing and Qingdao residents’ participation in public policy making,the article maintains that orderly citizen participation is the basis for reaching conformity in collective action on public policy making,but the reality of selective citizen participation poses major constraining factors.Findings of this research suggest that autonomous citizen participation may be significantly promoted through advocating the guiding functions of grass-root organizations such as the community and neighborhood committees,cultivating the common ground for trust,accumulating social capital,and raising the efficacy of citizen participation.All this may eventually lead to collective actions in public policy making. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Innovation and Logical Starting Point of Chinese Political Economics——On Applicability of Historical Materialism in Studies of Chinese Modern History QIU Hai-ping 2010, (3):  19-24.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2480KB) ( )   The article holds that theoretical innovation of the Chinese political economics should not be confined to debates on or innovation of individual theories.Innovation of the methodology is more important.A major methodological limitation of the Chinese political economics or the Chinese socialist political economics lies in mechanically copying the "paradigm" of "production–productive relation–super structure" from historical materialism,resulting in contradictions between theory and reality and problems in the theory itself.One solution to this is to reinterpret the nature and characters of the "state" since the founding of new China and its relation with the productive relation and social productivity from the perspectives of development of the modern world system and China’s own social structure. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Nature and Law of Scientific Development ZHANG Xin 2010, (3):  25-31.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1151KB) ( )   The nature of scientific development is selecting the right mode and path of social development according to our understanding of the development law and construction law of socialist society.The basic laws of socialism rightly explained by the concept of scientific development mainly include the following:the law of overall and coordinated social development,the law of mutually promotive social and personal development,the law of social stability and social harmony,and the law of coordinated development of man and nature.These are the basic laws to abide in the course of scientific development.The concept of scientific development has chosen the mode of overall coordinated sustainable development and the path of promoting production,creating rich life and maintaining optimal ecology for the development of civilization. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A Diachronic Study of Marx’ Transcendence of Hegel’s Theory of Civil Society WANG Dai-yue 2010, (3):  32-37.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1855KB) ( )   It is generally believed that Marx transcended Hegel’s theory of civil society in his work Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Law.However,this is not true.In fact,Marx had experienced a long exploration process before he achieved this transcendence.This process has been much more complicated than we have imagined.The Hegelian civil society theory was developed against a rich background of classical economic theories.To transcend this theory requires not only a breakthrough of the Hegelian idealistic philosophy,but also clarification of the foundation of his civil society theory by dwelling on the field of economics.Marx finally completed this transcendence in his work Das Kapital and its manuscripts.Two other works of his,"Paris Manuscripts" and "Economic Manuscripts of 1857—1858",marked out the two turning points in this three-stage exploration. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Structure of Modern State Capacity:A Synthetic Analysis of Domestic and International Politics HUANG Qing-ji 2010, (3):  38-44.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1544KB) ( )   A state is a political entity which survives and develops in a compound relationship in which the state interacts with the society within its territory and with other states in the international system.This thesis then attempts to analyze the structure of state capacity from the perspectives of the state-society relation and international system.On the basis of this analysis,the author penetrates the inter relations of the components of state capacity in the logic of state-society and state-state interaction,trying to overcome the limitation of the academic circle that restricts the discussion merely to either domestic politics or international politics.In accordance of this discussion,an analysis framework of integrating domestic and international politics is proposed. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A Review of Literature on the Chinese Modern Ideological History since the 21st Century:Retrospection and Prospection WANG Yi 2010, (3):  45-54.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2952KB) ( )   Based on 20 years of research achievements,researches on Chinese modern ideological history have entered a new stage in the 21st century.Great progress has been made in studying the history of schools of thoughts,the thinkers,the academic history;in introducing the research paradigm of social history studies,and in discipline development.This article offers a review of the studies of the Chinese ideological history since the new century based on the data collected from two journals,Modern Chinese History Studies and Historical Research,since the year 20001.Predictions are made about the general research tendency in the future on development of ideological history. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Ecological Marxism:the Conception of Science and Technology in the Dialectical Vision ZHENG Yi-shi 2010, (3):  55-61.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1844KB) ( )   Ecological Marxism attributes ecological and human alienation in the contemporary capitalist society to the unchecked spread of technological rationality and the irrational application of technology,and severely criticizes this phenomenon.It makes a distinction between the instrumental function and value function of science and technology,and differentiates the nature and practical application of science and technology.Ecological Marxism affirms to a certain extent the motive function of science and technology to the production mode and social development.In short,ecological Marxism holds a dialectic vision of science and technology that is of both affirmation and negation. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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International System and Soft Power Increase of a Country YANG Guang-hai 2010, (3):  62-68.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1685KB) ( )   The international system is an important source and component of national soft power.Thus,in addition to the functions of solving international disputes,promoting international cooperation and maintaining international order,the international system also contributes to soft power increase of the countries involved.This function is reflected in three ways.1.increasing the legality of the country;2.upgrading the reputation of the country;and 3.functioning as a tool of political control.As a tool of political control,the international system means differently to countries of different power,though.It is necessary for China,a rising big power that strives to seek prosperity in peaceful ways,to make better use of the positive influence of institutionalized means to reach her goal and raise her position in the world. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Position and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations in Managing Global Crises LI Dan 2010, (3):  69-75.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1429KB) ( )   The rising number of frequent,emergent,and recurrent global crises have brought about wide range of harm,continuous threat,devastating destruction and grave disasters to man kind.The superiority of international non-governmental organizations in functioning mechanism,rendering services,and offering ideas and professional performance in the face of global crises is determined by their characters and roles.They are able to play a different role at different stages of the crisis,such as the roles of issuing precaution before the crisis,making decisions at the outbreak of the crisis,operating rescue during the crisis,and organizing reconstruction after the crisis.In this way,non-governmental organizations can compensate for the improper behaviors or restrictions of the country,the international organizations and regional groups in question who are supposed to take a leading role. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A Review of Hot Issues in Studies of Political Economics in 2009 WEI Xing-hua, ZHANG Fu-jun 2010, (3):  76-85.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2998KB) ( )   The article offers a review of the hot issues in studies of political economics in the year 2009,pointing to the achievements of socialist economy new China made in the past 60 years summarized by the economists.Related to discussions of these achievements are disagreements on the issues of "the Chinese model" and "the Chinese path",which have drawn the attention of scholars both at home and abroad.A case in point is the view that "the state advances as the private sector recedes".The researchers have also directed their attention to discussions about the causes for the continuous international financial crisis,the lessons to take,and implications of the crisis as well.New findings are also reached about the issue of innovation and advancement of Marxist economics. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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On Recent Studies of the "Needham Puzzle" by Economists SUN Ye 2010, (3):  86-91.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1590KB) ( )   The article offers a review of the studies of Needham Puzzle by the Chinese economists.The author holds that various factors have led to the Needham Puzzle,including the geographical environment,the cultural mode,the economic structure and the political system.While all four factors are indispensable,geographical environment is the key factor.Meanwhile,the peculiar oriental culture of Confucius,the self-sufficient feudal landlord system of tenancy,the political system of centralized bureaucratic hierarchy,which is closed up to the outside world and unified inside,function together to contribute to the lasting and stable Chinese feudal social structure.This social structure has held back in China an establishment of modern capitalist production mode and the rise of scientific revolution. References | Related Articles | Metrics