法律全球化进程中的特征分析与路径选择

自20世纪80年代,尤其是冷战结束以来,以经济全球化为核心,包括社会、政治、环境、军事等领域的全球化获得迅猛发展。晚近以来,“法律全球化”也成为吸引法学界关注的热门话题。法律全球化既是其他领域的全球化的结果,又是推动其他领域全球化的工具,其实质是世界各国法律方面相互依赖之状态进一步加强的表现。诸如“网络密度”的增强、“跨国参与”的加强、权力与不对称等是法律全球化进程中的重要特征,而各国参与“全球治理”的各种方式成为法律全球化发展的路径选择。     

转型期公民有限参与政府决策分析

文章分析了公民有限参与的时代背景，阐述了公民有限参与政府决策的内涵和具体体现，总结出公民有限参与政府决策是具有转型期时代特征的公民参与形态，同时它也是一种需要修正和完善的公民参与形态。     

论城市化过程中被征地农民的参与管理权

在城市化进程中，农民“无权”、“失权”的弱势地位导致自身合法权益严重受损。本文基于组织行为学的参与管理理论、当代行政法学“行政权——公民权”的平衡理论和西方发达国家在发展中国家实施扶持项目的过程中形成的村民参与管理理论，结合我国的村民自治制度提出赋予城市化进程中被征地农民参与管理权，并由被征地农民会议享有和行使等对策，以保障征地过程中的行政权与农民的合法的财产权之间的制衡，从而维护广大被征地农民的合法权益。     

新视角下的监狱法律关系研究——以法律多元视角为价值取向

监狱法律关系是监狱关系的核心概念，其内涵的不同会造成监狱法律关系所涉主体、客体和内容的不同．进而影响监狱各方的关系性存在。监狱工作实践中．存在多元秩序规范，即国家法规范和非国家法规范共存．在法律多元已得到国内外众多学者的肯定，多元视角取向对监狱法律关系发展研究产生了全面而深刻的影响。从法律多元视角透视监狱法律关系，拓宽了监狱法律关系研究视野；以法律多元视角为主线贯穿于监狱法律关系研究．倡导法律多元的差异共生，为基于法律多元视角情境下的监狱法律关系发展研究提供了新的方法论和研究策略。     

‘Making democracy a reality’? The politics of decentralisation and the limits to local democracy in Ghana

Through a case study of Ghana, this article focuses on the relationship between decentralisation and local democracy. The Ghanaian constitution emphasises decentralisation as the key means to ‘making democracy a reality’, reflecting the view common amongst international development agencies that decentralisation enhances local democracy and leads to more responsive government. This article questions such views and investigates whether decentralisation in Ghana has led to increased political participation at the local level and to downwardly accountable local government. Empirical findings are two-fold. On the one hand, relatively high levels of participation in local democratic processes are indicated. On the other, accountability mechanisms have not been strengthened, with a number of limitations and shortcomings identified at local level that undermine citizens’ attempts to hold local government and their elected representatives to account. Yet, in seeking to explain this delinkage between participation and accountability, such local issues do not provide a full explanation. Attention is thus refocused on the national context, where structural obstacles to devolved government are identified in the form of legal, political, administrative and fiscal constraints. Such obstacles are not easily overcome, however, due to the politics of decentralisation, notably central government's reluctance to relinquish control over its powers. Recent proposals for reform in Ghana's decentralisation system are considered, but political change is unlikely given the built-in advantages to the ruling party, whichever is in power. Without such reforms, though, local democracy is likely to remain more appearance than reality.     

行政规划中的公众参与程序：理想与误区——从汶川地震恢复重建规划说起

通过对汶川地震恢复重建规划的分析可以发现，行政规划的确定将对众多社会群体的法律利益和事实利益产生重大影响。为此，有必要构建行政规划中的公众参与程序，作为公有制前提下公共利益与个体利益的平衡器，并以主体性公众参与作为目标模式。在行政规划的公众参与过程中，容易因公众参与的无限扩张导致政府决策效率低下甚至无法决策，或因公众利益的分化和参与不平衡导致社会公正受损，或者发生公众意见对法律和政策目标的偏离，对此均应竭力避免和纠正。     

进城农民工基本话语权的获得

要解决农民工社会参与的话语权问题,应该重视这些问题:其一,加速提高进城农民工的受教育程度问题;建立健全农民工权益表达的合理程序与渠道问题;舆论应该为农民工的权益表达创造良好氛围问题.这是农民工获得基本话语权的基础工程.     

Deliberative participatory budgeting: A case study of Zeguo Town in China

The search for a better practice instrument of civic engagement has led to participatory budgeting and deliberative polling in recent years. Participatory budgeting stresses empowerment and citizens' struggle against the establishment and unequal social structures, whereas deliberative polling works within the system and focuses on improving democratic decision‐making processes by applying credible social science methods. Often, these two processes are presented as being in conflict with each other, which is to the detriment of the search for best practice in deliberative governance. This paper develops a theoretical analysis of deliberative participatory budgeting which is distinguished from unrepresentative and non‐deliberative but self‐selected participatory budgeting; that is, it considers how the quality of participatory budgeting can be improved through deliberative polling. This theoretical analysis is backed by an empirical study of deliberative participatory budgeting in Zeguo Township, Zhejiang Province, China. It explores whether, how, and under what conditions it is possible to combine deliberative polling and participatory budgeting. It details four experiments and assesses the successes, failures, limitations, and problems of the experiments. The case of Zeguo offers scholars, activists, and officials lessons about how to pursue best deliberative practice in both authoritarian states and democratic societies.     

Alternative South–South development collaboration? The role of China in the Coega Special Economic Zone in South Africa

Aid, in the form of financial aid and investment, has become increasingly prevalent in both bilateral and multilateral partnerships in the BRICS. In Africa, the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation provides the official framings for forms of development assistance to the continent, with financial forms of aid available through the New Development Bank and the China–Africa Development Bank (CADFund). This article explores how Chinese international development assistance has influenced South Africa's economic growth and development strategies and is reshaping South Africa as “gateway” to Africa and continental leader. Special economic zones (SEZs) have become a prioritised form of BRICS development collaboration particularly in terms of Chinese trade and investment expansionism into Africa through South Africa. Chinese international development assistance and foreign direct investment in South Africa in particular are very notable and have been strengthened during the Chinese official state visit prior to the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in 2018. The article critically analyses the development policy discourse on BRICS spearheading an alternative model of South–South international cooperation by examining the Coega SEZ in South Africa, hailed as the most SEZ in Africa. The article critically examines the development alternative potential of the Coega SEZ.