October 2012

The trend towards rationalism among Chinese local administrators: Developments within the Shanghai community administrators’ psychological quality

This paper presents data on the development of psychological qualities of Shanghai community administrators. By comparing results of 2001 and 2010, the author analyzes the difference of the psychological qualities of Shanghai community administrators. The conclusions from the data are based on a decade of psychological profiling research on the administrators, using the internationally recognized and widely adopted...

Author(s): Ao Xiaolan

October 2012

Habermas’ Deliberative Democracy and the Zimbabwean Constitution-Making Process

The paper applies Habermas’ theory of deliberative democracy to argue for an objective, non-partisan and non-evil outcome in the Zimbabwean constitution-making process. Habermas’ deliberative democracy is particularly useful because it emphasizes rational discourse and it tries to put away prejudices and egoistic tendencies in constitutional making. For Zimbabweans, non-partisan thinking assumes political...

Author(s): Ephraim Taurai Gwaravanda