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On CPC’s Historic Mission SHI Zhong-Quan 2013, 47 (1):  5-13.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1902KB) ( )   The report of the 18th CPC National Congress claims that the historic mission of CPC is to unite and lead the Chinese people to build a nationwide welloff society, to enhance socialist modernizations, and to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. With the rapid economic and social development, the meaning of a well-off society has been enriched with increasingly rising standards. Reaching these standards is the historic mission of CPC in the coming ten years, and enhancing socialist modernizations, a goal that CPC has been exploring and pursuing, is the historic mission of CPC in the 21st century. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation aims at enabling China to rank among the most advanced countries and make greater contribution to mankind. This is a historical course of long-time hard work. Related Articles | Metrics

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A Multi-level Interpretation of Socialist System with Chinese Characteristics QIN Xuan 2013, 47 (1):  14-21.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1469KB) ( )   The socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental guarantee of constructing socialism characteristic of the Chinese style. The Chinese people led by the Chinese Communist Party have gradually established this system through longterm efforts at the expense of a variety of price. The system adheres to the basic principles of scientific socialism with distinctive national characters. As a rigorous institutional system, its contents are of various levels. The founding of this system has changed the Chinese nation and the Chinese people. It shows all the advantages of socialism. To push forward the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics we should consistently adhere to and improve the socialist system.   Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Radical Political Epistemology of Post-Marxism Ou Yang-Qian 2013, 47 (1):  22-30.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1828KB) ( )   Theoretically speaking, “post-Marxism” guided by the ideological principle of embracing both construction and deconstruction represented by Laclau and Murphy attempts to transcend “classical Marxism” and “orthodox Marxism”.  It is a response to the changing social political situation with the intension of drawing a liberation blueprint of radical democratic politics in order to reinterpret and reconstruct politics. The author maintains that the theoretical basis of their “Copernican revolution” lies in the epistemology of radical politics. But their radical political philosophy can not be established without integrating the methodology of post-constructivism and various postmodernism, or without the support from the epistemology against essentialism, constructivism and pluralism. Related Articles | Metrics

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Interpretation of and Critique to Hegemonic Operation of Modern Politics ——From Laclau’s Hegemonic Logic to Zizek’s Criticism Based on Negativity KONG Ming-An 2013, 47 (1):  31-40.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1982KB) ( )   The operation of modern political hegemony is an important concern of Laclau, Mouffe and Zizek. The key aspects of this issue are the three particularity and universality of political hegemony during its formation process. Laclau’s political hegemonic logic is based on the term “empty signifier”. Empty signifier, floating signifier and heterogeneity are the three key concepts of his political hegemonic logic. It is based on the heterogeneity concept that Laclau defined his political hegemonic logic as a mixture of empiric and priori. Zizek, who is another representative of post-Marxism, disagrees with Laclau’s hegemonic logic and considers it a variant of post-modernism. Zizek points out that Laclau’s hegemonic logic is in essence operation of political hegemony without touching the economic and political systems of modern capitalism, and thus falls into a trap of insuperable problems. He says that this has turned Laclaus hegemonic logic into a kind of quasi-Kantianism that combines transcendental logic and practical politics. The debate between Laclu and Zizek over universality and particularity of political hegemony will contribute to researches of post-Marxism and modern political philosophy.   Related Articles | Metrics

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Dialectics of Emancipation: Introduction and Critique to Post-Marxist Political Utopia LI Xi-Xiang 2013, 47 (1):  41-49.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1768KB) ( )   Laclau and Zizek are contemporary post-Marxist thinkers who enjoy worldwide reputation. While they both propose a discourse of emancipation and attempt to replace Marxist dialectics of overall practice, their understanding of the emancipation discourse shows fundamental differences. For Laclau it is the logic of hegemony that replaces Marxist dialectics; for Zizek, it is the radical act that replaces it. This paper intends to explain and interpret Laclau’s logic of hegemony and Zizek’s dialectics of act to discuss their common ideas and differences. On the basis of this discussion critique to the political utopia of postMarxism is presented.   Related Articles | Metrics

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A New Economic Interpretation of the High Housing Price in China ——From the Perspective of “Collusion between Local Governments and Enterprises” NIE Hui-Hua-1, LI Qiao-Chu-2 2013, 47 (1):  50-62.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2615KB) ( )   This paper proposes a new political economics view on the high housing price in China. The authors argue that under the pressure of performance evaluation and fiscal expenditure, China’s local governments collude with real estate enterprises to push housing price up by controlling land supply and raising house demand with the purpose of obtaining land transfer fees, achieving economic growth, and creating promotion opportunities. The paper refers to the data of housing price in 31 provincial regions in China from 2001 to 2010 as the criteria for measuring the collusion between local governments and real estate enterprises. The data cover the ratio of land transfer fees over public fiscal expenditure, state capital in the real estate industry, and investment on lowincome housing. Major affective factors on the housing price are also inspected by considering demand and supply factors. A significant positive correlation is found between the ratio of land transfer fees over public fiscal expenditure and the state capital in the real estate industry with the housing price, while low-income housing investment has no impact on the housing price. Conclusions are reached that the fundamental means to control the housing price lies in adjusting the fiscal relations of central and local governments, and reforming the criteria for performance evaluation of local governments.   Related Articles | Metrics

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Implementation Paths and Restrictive Factors of the U.S. Pivot to the Asia-Pacific Region WANG Wei-Nan 2013, 47 (1):  63-70.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1813KB) ( )   There are three basic implementation paths for the U.S. pivot to Asia Pacific, that is, the economic path, the diplomatic path and the military path. However, the tension between available strategic resources and the ambitious strategic objectives of the United States poses restrictive factors to these paths. Understanding these factors enables us to take a more comprehensive view of the trends of U.S. strategies so as to maintain rational analysis of their possible effects on Sino-U.S. relations and Asia Pacific situations. Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Institutional Contradictions in International Energy Cooperation and China’s Institutional Options in External Energy Cooperation HAN Cai-Zhen 2013, 47 (1):  71-77.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1513KB) ( )   With the growing reliance on external energy resources, China’s energy security is facing increasingly serious challenges from the outside. Thus, taking effective measures to meet the energy challenge becomes an important issue for maintaining energy security. Various international official and nonofficial institutional arrangements concerning energy exert heavy influence on the international pattern of energy. The paper starts with an analysis of the effectiveness and limitations of major existing energy institutions, and applies institutional research methods to examine the basic contradictions in international energy cooperation. Suggestions are offered about the strategies China may take in cooperating with oil consuming and exporting countries. Conclusions are reached that China should strengthen existing cooperation with oil consuming countries within the frame of existing multilateral institution, and increase bilateral cooperation with oil exporter countries. Establishment of an international energy cooperation system led by China is hard to achieve in the near future. Related Articles | Metrics

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Controversies over the “Renaissance” of Political Culture CONG Ri-Yun, WANG Lu-Yao 2013, 47 (1):  78-86.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (1671KB) ( )   Studies of political culture revived in the late 1980s after a quiet period when scholars announced a “renaissance of political culture”. But critics of this trend claimed that the renaissance was doomed to fail because of the deficiencies of these studies in definition, questionnaire design, variable analysis, theory applicability and methodology. The study of political culture, however, was not stagnant. The large amount of works since the late 1980s indicated that researches of political culture had reassumed the central theme of political analysis. The renaissance of political culture is the rebirth, reinterpretation and recreation of the studies of political culture during the 1950s and 1960s.   Related Articles | Metrics

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How to Understand the Nature of “Mainstream” in Modern Economics ——An Examination Based on the History of Economics Thought ZHU Fu-Qiang-1, WANG Xiao-Ming-2 2013, 47 (1):  87-95.  DOI: Abstract ( )   PDF (2006KB) ( )   The development of modern economics is based on the consilience of knowledge, especially consilience of diachronic knowledge of the discipline. The diachronic disciplinary knowledge provides a more focused research perspective, historical background, analytical tools, and shows the basic trajectory of its theoretical development. However, the teaching material of modern economics puts the diachronically developing theory in a homochronous frame, which removes the epoch, subjectivity and particularity of the theory and leaves only the technologic framework without humanistic thought. The author concludes that rescanning the growth of the economic thought will enable us to give it a more effective and overall examination, become more aware of the temporality of “mainstream” doctrine, and more effectively get rid of the shackles of mainstream paradigms. Related Articles | Metrics