Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science)

Social Engineering of Personal Information Protection Based on the Philosophical Research Paradigm of Social Engineering

MAO Muran， DONG Xiaomei

2023, 25 (2): 1-9. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.001

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A philosophical research paradigm of social engineering is formulated， which is composed of the levels of ontological problems， value purposes， cognitive laws and method systems， and then the social engineering of personal information protection is constructed based on this research paradigm. At the level of ontological problems of this social engineering， it is pointed out that with the development and application of information technology， the problem of personal information infringement tends to intensify; at the level of value purposes， it is proposed that the values of personal information protection include individual humanistic values and social public welfare values; at the level of cognitive laws， the causes of personal information infringement are analyzed based on the two aspects of mutual integration of scientific and technological object and cognition and values of scientific and technological subject; and at the level of method systems， it discusses the methodological principles of governing from the source， the method system of natural technology， the social technology system of coordinated governance of ethics and laws， and the legal governance system of the combination of private laws and public laws.

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Poser's View of Technology-oriented Evolution: Origin， Connotation and Enlightenment

PENG Yue， KONG Yan

2023, 25 (2): 10-16. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.002

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The traditional view of technological evolution ignores the integration and symbiosis of “human and technology” in the evolution， which provides a potential for the development of technological evolution along the direction of naturalism. The view of technology-oriented evolution proposed by Poser solves the problem of improper general logic caused by the traditional evolutionary view that technical objects are equated with natural objects. It emphasizes the driving of human creativity to technological evolution， the control of human reciprocating practical knowledge to technological evolution， and the constraint of human ethics of responsibility to technological evolution so as to guide the dynamic innovation， specific application and value orientation of technology in the process of evolution. The value lies in that it not only responds to the human-enhanced evolution view with potential risks represented by Harris， but also provides new enlightenment on how to rethink and reconstruct the relationship between technology and human beings.

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Study on the Affective Basis of Western Identity Construction

CUI Zhongliang

2023, 25 (2): 17-24. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.003

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Western society is facing a crisis of identity. In addition to the diachronic considerations of identity generation， it is necessary to explore the synchronic construction factors of the extensiveness and intensity of current identity conflicts. By discussing the reasons for the change of identity， tracing the relationship between identity and emotions， analyzing the influence and functions of emotion on social identity construction and the ways of identity driving， it is pointed out that identity construction is a process that takes emotion as the premise， processing intermediary and presenting effect. Finally， the construction process is analyzed of the discourse conflicts of Western social identity caused by self-identity， other-identity and national identity driven by emotions.

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Can Strategic Returns Improve Consumer Loyalty? Evidence from E-commerce Companies

WANG Qian， ZHANG Hongchao

2023, 25 (2): 24-32. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.004

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Strategic returns are a common and unique behavior pattern in online shopping scenarios. Based on the uncertainty theory， the propensity score matching method is used to overcome the sample selection bias， and the impact of strategic returns on consumers' behavior loyalty is studied. The results show that strategic returns can help increase consumer loyalty， that is， the frequency of repurchasing， the size of repurchasing orders， and the price paid for repurchased products by consumers of strategic returns are significantly higher than those of non-returned consumers; the degree of strategic returns has a significant positive effect on consumer loyalty， that is， the greater the degree of consumers' strategic returns， the higher the frequency of repurchasing， the size of repurchasing orders， and the price paid for repurchased products.

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Capital Market Mispricing and Corporate Financial Asset Investment

XU Tianli， ZHU Siyuan

2023, 25 (2): 33-42. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.005

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Based on the data from the listed companies from 2007 to 2019， the impact and mechanism of capital market mispricing on corporate financial asset investment are investigated from the perspective of performance pressure due to corporate overvaluation. The results find that stock price overvaluation significantly increases corporate financial asset allocation. The mechanism tests show that capital market mispricing acts on corporate financial asset investment through the channels of catering and financing constraints. Managers tend to increase financial assets out of catering when investors are more short-sighted and the gap between the financial and operating rates of returns is larger. Stock price overvaluation reduces firms' financing constraints by increasing equity financing， which provides firms with funds to invest in financial assets. The impact of mispricing on financial asset investment is more significant in the group with higher investors' limited concerns， more short-sighted managers， and when the stock market is in a bear market.

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Optimal Choice of Interest Rate Anchor Under New LPR Mechanism

LIANG Yan， KANG Tingting， ZHENG Xinyu

2023, 25 (2): 43-52. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.006

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The reform of LPR formation mechanism is regarded as a key means to unclog the transmission of monetary policies， and the most prominent feature is the introduction of medium-term lending facility (MLF) as an “interest rate anchor”. A new mechanism reform of LPR is taken as the starting point， the OLS and TVP-VAR model is used to verify the effectiveness of MLF as the interest rate anchor， and the VAR model is constructed to explore the optimal choice of the market-oriented interest rate anchor. The results show that under the new LPR mechanism， the “anchor change” reform from the loan benchmark rate to the MLF policy rate has only achieved a preliminary marketization， and the marketization degree of the interest rate anchor is particularly important to the transmission of monetary policies. By comparing and analyzing the three alternative interest rates of Shibor， Repo and DR 007 from the aspects of benchmark and stability， DR 007 is taken as the optimal choice of the market-oriented interest rate anchor， so as to deepen the marketization degree of the interest rate anchor， improve the effectiveness of the interest rate transmission mechanism of monetary policies， and promote the development of real economies.

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Influence of the Second Generation Kinships of Chinese Family Businesses on Entrepreneurial Strategic Changes

ZHAO Pengju， LIU Ligang

2023, 25 (2): 53-62. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.007

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The second generation of families and strategic changes are important factors for the long-term foundation of family businesses. However， the existing research ignores the heterogeneous effects of the second generation of families with different kinships on family businesses. Taking the Chinese listed family enterprises which have entered the intergenerational succession stage from 2003 to 2018 as the sample， it is found that compared with the second generation of distant relative family members， the second generation of close relative family members are more inclined to restrain strategic changes. The areas with better external institutional environments have a negative regulatory effect on the above-mentioned relationship， and the directly established family business has a positive regulatory effect on the above-mentioned relationship. The heterogeneous influence of the second generation of different kinship families on family businesses is explained from the perspective of integrating the differential sequence pattern theory and the socioemotional wealth theory， which enriches the related research on the succession modes and strategic changes of family businesses.

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How Can Social Grassroots Governance Innovation be Achieved? A Fuzzy Sets Qualitative Comparative Analysis Based on 40 Cases

WANG Gang， ZHENG Xin

2023, 25 (2): 63-72. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.008

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The innovation of social grassroots governance is important for shaping a new situation of social development in China and providing new dynamic energy for national development. On the basis of the theoretical construction of “local governments-social forces-resource conditions”， the “subject-resources” perspective is adopted， and the innovation paths and models of social grassroots governance in different groups through fuzzy set qualitative comparison analysis (fsQCA) are explored. It is found that the necessary condition for the innovation of grassroots governance is the pursuit of performance production by local governments， and the path patterns of the combined influencing factors for the innovation of grassroots governance can be summarized as control-adaptation-promoting， embedded-problem-promoting， and standard-development-optimizing. An insight into the driving factors behind the innovation is provided， and practical insights for promoting and disseminating social grassroots governance innovation are raised so as to narrate Chinese stories and Chinese theories.

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Is the “Burden” of Grassroots Civil Servants Really Unsolvable? A Mixed Empirical Study Based on the “Top 10 in Population” Urban Panel Data

HU Xiaodong

2023, 25 (2): 73-81. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.009

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By selecting China's top 10 cities in population as the research sample， a mixed empirical research method is used to explore the burden of grassroots civil servants. It is found that the endogenous and exogenous problems of grassroots burden coexist， which are caused by multiple complex intertwined variable factors that are not parallel. Practice has proved that the high pressure， high workload and heavy workload of grassroots civil servants have become a key problem that restricts grassroots civil servants' entrepreneurship and performance improvement. It is difficult to fundamentally solve the problem simply by adjustments in “hosting meetings， issuing documents， supervising examinations and making constraints”. Therefore， in order to alleviate the burdens at the grassroots level， comprehensive policies should be implemented in a centralized， fundamental and internalized way in terms of mechanisms and systems， which are specifically reflected in the combination of deepening the reform of “decentralization， management and service” and reducing the workload at the grassroots level， in the combination of making a detailed list of rights and responsibilities at the grassroots level and limiting the authority of the superior， in the combination of restricting the power of supervision and examination and slowing down rigid constraints， and in the combination of innovating the management concepts and revitalizing human resources.

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Governance Strategies of “Digital Divide” for the Information Have-less Elderly from the Perspective of Inclusive Development

LI Jing， ZHU Lanlan

2023, 25 (2): 82-92. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.010

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Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory， the hierarchy of intelligent technology needs of the elderly is deduced， and then research is conducted in Nanjing to identify the requirements of four kinds of the information have-less elderly in using smart technology-social-weak type， self-weak type， equipment-week type， and self-social-week type， and the causes of the digital divide of the information have-less elderly are analyzed. To govern the “digital divide” among the information have-less elderly， old people's needs for smart technology should be highlighted in order to create a requirements-inclusive digital environment that is “people-oriented， life-first， and taking-targeted-measures”， a society-inclusive digital environment of “equal opportunity and diverse co-governance”， and a technology-inclusive digital environment which “is intelligent in social and public services， and provides intelligent applications and equipment friendly to the elderly”.

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Unconventional Policy Changes Based on the“Public Perception” Mutation: Dispute over the Demolition and Construction of Provincial Expressway Boundary Toll Stations

YANG Dahan

2023, 25 (2): 93-102. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.011

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The framework of advocacy coalition provides a general paradigm of long-term policy change， but it lacks a deep explanation for the medium and short-term “public perception” mutation of public emergencies. It is argued that public emergencies have a great impact on the external system and policy subsystem of the framework， and lead to the unconventional “public perception” mutation in the short term， resulting in the interruption and separation of the policy subsystem， the unconventional reorganization of new alliance members and the sudden change of dominant alliance， the unconventional consideration of policy formulation and the mutation of policy expectation. Taking the unconventional changes in the demolition and construction policy of provincial expressway boundary toll stations in China as an example， three stages of unconventional policy changes caused by public emergencies are deduced， including “the occurrence and intervention of public emergencies”， “the formation of new belief alliance” and “policy adjustment and restoration of conventional changes”. Moreover， the unconventional policy change model of “public perception” mutation is put forward.

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Compatibility Analysis of Integrating Functional Classification into the Regulatory Rules of State-owned Enterprises

LONG Hongren

2023, 25 (2): 102-109. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.012

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There exists a tension relationship between the efficiency-oriented functional classification and the risk prevention oriented regulatory rules of state-owned enterprises. At present， there is a dilemma between the regulation in the functional classification of state-owned enterprises and the regulatory rules of state-owned enterprises stipulated in the Law of State-owned Assets of Enterprises. It is argued that the multi-dimensional classification of state-owned enterprises should be constructed to present the gradual evolution of the supervision in state-owned enterprises， and the regulatory rules should be clarified by matching the rules with different categories of state-owned enterprises by functional classification. Compatibility interpretations should be given to tackle the compatibility of different classification standards of regulatory guidance， regulatory objects， and regulatory contents.

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U.S. Tax Reform Act's Support for the Tax Reduction of the Elderly Caregivers and Its Implications

REN Ji， DUAN Siyu

2023, 25 (2): 110-118. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.013

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With the increasing aging in the United States， the elderly can choose family care for them， and family caregivers can provide nursing support and economic support for the elderly. The U.S. federal tax law provides legally effective tax relief for family care of the elderly， which is still in a state of constant adjustment. At the same time， the compensation of tax relief for family caregivers in different situations is not consistent， which is not enough to effectively protect the relative interests of family caregivers and meet social needs， and the matching degree needs to be further improved. China's individual income tax law provides additional special deductions for supporting the elderly， which provides a certain degree of tax preference for family caregivers of the elderly， but still fails to solve the deficiencies of the system， which requires more specific measures as well as foreign experience to optimize the taxation model in line with China's actual conditions and to realize the development strategy of “actively responding to aging” proposed in the “14th Five-Year Plan” of China.

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Supply-Demand Matching Evaluation of Academic Entrepreneurship Policies for University Researchers: Based on PMC Index Model

ZHAO Qingnian， SONG Xiao

2023, 25 (2): 119-127. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.014

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It is important to clarify the supply-demand match of the current academic entrepreneurship policies to form an effective entrepreneurship policy system and promote the entrepreneurial activities of university researchers who are suitable for entrepreneurship. Based on the “demand-supply” perspective， 75 specific policy demands in 8 areas for university researchers' entrepreneurship are identified and then the effective supply rate of current policies to specific policy demands is 74.67%. Using the PMC index model， the supply-demand matching degree of academic entrepreneurship policies is 0.789， which falls into the good category， but there are still problems such as low levels of supply structures， lack of supplies of some demands， imprecise supply， and insufficient supply of operational policies. Finally， suggestions on policy are made from three aspects-improving the policy supply quality， improving the policy operability and improving the policy implementation rate.

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Evaluation and Influencing Factors of the Coupling Coordination Degree of Digitalization and Higher Education in China

HE Shengsheng

2023, 25 (2): 128-135. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.015

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Based on an explanation of the mechanism of coupling coordination between digitalization and higher education， the coupling coordination degree model is used to measure the status of the coupling coordination of digitalization and higher education in various regions in China， and a Tobit regression model is constructed to verify the influence of various factors on the coupling coordination degree of digitalization and higher education. It is found that the level of the coupling coordination of digitalization and higher education in China is generally low and developing slowly， spatially in a stepped， agglomerated geographic distribution， and that the trend of coupling coordination has not improved significantly during the study period. The extent of the development of the technology market， the level of governmental support and the strength of school-enterprise connections all have a significant positive impact on the coupling coordination degree of digitalization and higher education. However， the impact of the quality of social human capital and the level of regional economic development is not obvious.

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Molar Line， Molecular Line， Line of Flight: On Decline and Fall and the Tradition of the English Gentleman

LIN Wukai

2023, 25 (2): 136-143. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.016

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The existing interpretations concerning the image of the English gentleman in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall have largely neglected the paradox that Grimes， the “bounder”， is acclaimed as “a capital fellow” and even “the immortal” by two gentlemen， Paul and Prendergast. By drawing upon Deleuze's philosophy of desire， it can be discovered that the antithesis between the gentleman and the “anti-gentleman” in the novel represents the conflict between the capitalist moral constraint and the desire release， and is embodied in the three proletarians' differing attitudes towards the gentlemanly norm. At the end of the novel， the two gentlemen's compliments on Grimes， the “anti-gentleman”， indicate the awakening of the proletariat: The gentlemanly norm has been abused as a tool of capitalist oppression and moral bondage. Thus， the “anti-gentleman”， apparently going against social morality， symbolizes the proletariat's life force to break free from the bondage and release desire.

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Male Depression as a Disease of Late Modernity in The Corrections

LIU Lu

2023, 25 (2): 144-150. DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.02.017

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American novelist Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections features depression， an increasingly popular mental disorder in our time. The disease haunts the male members of the Lambert family whose symptoms not only support medical findings of male depression， but also reflects the influence of late modernity on mental health. The sociological perspectives from Anthony Giddens and other theorists help to reveal that late modernity fosters the male characters' vulnerability to depression in the novel， but nevertheless offers them opportunities for recovery. Franzen， in writing about the human psyche， reveals the transformation of intimacy and family structure， as well as the life choices of the reflexive subjects in late modernity. The motif of depression in the novel thus connects medicine and literature， and demonstrates Franzen's “correction” of society with realist literature.

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