Government and Democracy in Mexico's Federal District, 1997–2001: Cárdenas, the PRD and the Curate's Egg

This paper analyses the challenges facing the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) administration when it became the first elected government of the Federal District in 1997. Through a daily review of press coverage between December 1997–December 2000, complemented by intensive interviewing during summer 1999, five areas of policy-making activity are analysed and evaluated. The policies entrained and their outcomes show significant advances in decentralization, devolution, and intergovernmental liaison, as well as modest improvements in environmental contamination and reduced crime, although they did not meet the high expectations generated during the Cárdenas campaign for election. However, the fresh image and invigorated confidence that his replacement Rosario Robles brought to the PRD was key in the PRD's success in the July 2nd 2000 DF elections won by López Obrador. The new administration will have to confront a more plural government structure, including five of the sixteen delegaciones and an evenly divided Legislative Assembly. López Obrador has a full six years in which to prove that a left-of-centre political party is capable of developing a 'Third Way' of governance in the DF.     

挖掘道路潜力提高通行能力

上海市区道路交通堵塞情况日趋严重,针对市中心区行驶车辆的变化,根据道路车速的限制和机动车道的宽度等实际情况,可运用非工程性建设、改造措施,通过缩小机动车道原有规划设计的宽度,增加机动车车道的手段,挖掘现有道路的潜力。     

构建中心城区社区消防管理体系的思考

大城市的中心城区往往火灾多发,是消防管理中的薄弱环节。因此,加强社区消防管理,依靠全社会的力量,构建与中心城区特点相适应的社会消防管理体系,在当前显得十分重要和迫切。     

济南会展旅游的SWOT分析及发展对策

会展旅游被誉为“城市的面包”。近年来,济南市的会展旅游步入了快速发展时期,但发展的优劣势各异,机遇挑战并存,这就要求从战略和战术两个层面采取相应对策,以促进济南会展旅游的健康发展。     

城市公共管理绩效的外部评价——杭州市和美国桑尼维尔市的比较研究

20世纪80年代中期以来,顾客至上、绩效管理与公共部门管理绩效的外部评价在西方政府管理实践中被广泛接受;而作为城市公共管理绩效外部评价形式的政府满意度评价,在我国同样也已经得到实际应用并引起广泛关注.通过对杭州市和美国桑尼维尔市政府满意度评价的典型案例比较,揭示了两者组织管理过程以及效果的差异,并从中引申出关于完善我国城市公共管理绩效外部评价的有益启示.     

关于长春市专业技术人才现状的分析与对策

知识经济时代．人力资源是经济发展的根本动力和决定因素，而专业技术人才是人力资源中更宝贵、更重要的资源。近年来长春市专业技术人才队伍不断扩大，但也存在人才优势与劣势并存、需求与分布错位、流失与流动同步、短缺与浪费同在的问题．对此，必须通过重视和合理使用现有人才、培养和引进急需人才等途径，形成良性的人才结构．为长春市的社会经济发展提供强有力的智力支持。     

关于加快发展长春市文化事业的调查报告

近几年，长春市的文化事业取得了长足的发展，但仍然存在着许多薄弱环节，如体制下顺、人才短缺、经费不足、文化产业发展下合理等。这些问题严重影响着长春市文化事业的进一步发展。因此，我们必须进一步解放思想，通过完善体制、培养人才、增加经费投入、大力发展文化产业等措施．推动长春市文化事业健康、有序地发展。     

Enduring Financial Sustainability Through “Bottom-Up” Local Authority Ingenuity and Rational “Top-Down” State Regulation: The Case of Lake Macquarie City Council

For decades Australian policy-makers have relied on the blunt instrument of forced amalgamation to reform local government. However, a host of recent public inquiries has demonstrated that despite compulsory mergers in all states, except WA, financial unsustainability has become more acute. Using the case study of the successful achievement of ongoing financial sustainability by Lake Macquarie City Council in NSW through its resourceful “bottom-up” use of the “top-down” financial parameters set for NSW local government, this paper argues that state governments should concentrate on “process change” by establishing sound “top-down” regulatory frameworks thereby enabling “bottom-up” ingenuity by local authorities rather than “structural change” through compulsory mergers.     

论奥古斯丁的世界历史观念

《上帝之城》第十八卷中,奥古斯丁在“以色列”和“巴比伦”的主题下阐释了世界历史观念,这是古代作家第一次清楚地论述世界历史观念,它改变了古代社会的民族史观.奥古斯丁以为所有的历史都是救赎史,而救赎史乃是以上帝在历史中的行动尤其是耶稣基督的道成肉身为其前提,历史则是有位格的记忆.世界历史根源于历史的位格本性,基督教会而不是民族国家将成为世界历史的主体.