Precedent Externality, Network Effect, and the Possible Inefficiency of the Evolution of Laws

Using the traditional scenario of tort conflict as an example, I argue that the marginal precautionary costs of injurers and victims are not constant, as was assumed by most previous researchers. The precedent of a liability rule has some natural externality on the precaution technology, and hence marginal cost, faced by future agents involved in torts. The adoption of legal rules therefore has a network effect, meaning that the present prevalent adoption of one rule increases the probability of its future adoption. Treating the dynamic evolution of legal rules as a random process, we are able to apply an established result in the literature of network economies to conclude the path-dependence, non-predictability, and potential inefficiency concerning the final legal rule to which the dynamics converge.     

城市打工妹的生存体验与社会支持网络研究--以北京市"打工妹之家"会员为个案

作者在文中通过对“打工妹之家”会员的个案描述与分析,叙述了打工妹离开农村来到城市后的经历,以及她们在城市中作为边缘人的生存状况和体验。她们不愿意再回到农村,在城市里逐渐建立起新的社会支持网络。改善打工妹的生存状况,是维护社会公平题中应有之义。     

网络中的知识产权保护

本文以分析网络著作权保护的司法态势为切入口 ,从研究中国知识产权保护的现状出发 ,在论证“邻接权吞并著作权”倾向的基点上 ,探讨了我国现行著作权法对网络知识产权保护的局限 ,最后通过对美国及我国香港知识产权保护的比较研究 ,提出我国网络知识产权保护的意见及建议。     

从社会经济形态转变看网络经济特征

网络经济作为一种新的经济形态,并不只是单纯的电子技术革新,互联网技术及其对经济生活的深刻影响,也不是简单的"触网",必须从社会形态和经济生活的合理性中寻求对网络经济的全面理解.本文从生产与消费的关系入手寻找网络经济,继而就网络经济的涵义及特征进行探讨.     

网络化行政生态的理论审视

网络时代的到来向实体政府施加了不容回避的影响力,＂网络化生存＂的政府只有顺应时代转型的内在要求,实施政府再造,方能在网络时代维系其合法性和权威性。在网络时代面临再造重任的政府,必须对其所处的全新环境做出理性认知与判断。本文对网络化行政生态的描述集中于四个方面：网络政治的勃兴、网络经济的崛起、网络社会的成型、网络文化的繁盛。     

Civil society knowledge networks: how international development institutions reshape the geography of knowledge

What role have the processes and institutions of international development played in creating and propagating ideas around the world? This paper demonstrates that networks of development-focused civil society institutions can form global epistemic bridges even where communication technology, global markets, infrastructure, or state services do not reach. Given the penetration of these ‘civil society knowledge networks’ throughout the world, it is crucial to understand how these networks form, and how they create and spread ideas, mediating between global discourses and local needs. This paper builds on a multi-sited case study of one such civil society knowledge network, which includes an international foundation, its partner non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Kenya, and one village where these NGOs run a forest conservation project. The case study provides a closely textured analysis of the mechanisms of knowledge production and consumption in the network, including personality politics, language, technology, political connections and the power dynamics of knowledge flows. It demonstrates the ways remoteness and disconnection are overcome through the epistemic reach of institutional networks involved in development interventions.     

物质世界的消极冷漠与网络社会的积极主动——中国青年政治参与的两面性分析

相对于传统的物质世界，网络社会是一个全新的、数字化的社会。当代中国青年的政治参与在这两个社会形态中，呈现出消极冷漠和积极主动两种截然不同的态势。对青年政治参与的两极现象我们应该有客观的、清醒的、辨证的认识，以引导青年追求适度的、与政治制度水平相适应的政治参与，这不仅取决于青年政治参与能力的提高，也有赖于政治体制的发展。     

论中国网络民族主义的内涵及作用

网络民族主义的勃兴,是与当代中国社会的深刻变革以及其他社会环境因素的综合效应紧密关联的。它借助网络技术,通过言语行为表达民族主义情绪;它不但以崭新形态备受关注,而且对当下社会生活的影响日益显著,并且已经非自觉地成为我国社会主义民主政治建设的推动力量,尤其在促进公民意识生成、扩大民众政治参与和推动市民社会建构等层面上发挥了独特作用。     

网络经济对我国经济发展的影响及对策

近年来,网络经济作为一种新型经济运行模式获得了飞速的发展,并成为新的经济增长点.对中国来说,这既是机遇,也是挑战.我们必须采取积极的应对措施,迎头赶上这一世界潮流,才能在未来世界经济发展格局中占有一席之地.     

NGO networks in Central Asia and global civil society: potentials and limitations

Based on research carried out by INTRAC (International NGO Training & Research Centre) in 2006–2007 in four countries of Central Asia for Oxfam–Novib, the article investigates NGO networks and their international links in the context of current theory on civil society and global civil society. Three case studies of NGOs working in service delivery, community development and free media are examined to show the diversity of aims and the potential and challenges of networking in the region. Civil society advocacy at national and international levels is analysed with a fourth case study on the campaign conducted in Kyrgyzstan against joining the World Bank's Highly Indebted Poor Countries programme. This example shows a more radical, alternative mode of civil society activism. The article emphasizes the importance of national- and regional-level networking and poses the question of whether NGOs in Central Asia can shift from their current positions on the periphery of global movements and debates.