Facilitating industrial symbiosis programmes in developing countries: reflections from Gauteng,South Africa

This viewpoint reflects on how to improve the process of introducing facilitated industrial symbiosis programmes (FISPs) to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Although FISPs are a long-established industrial practice, their formal introduction to SMEs in developing countries has only recently begun, mostly through support from international development agencies. Based partly on anecdotal evidence from Gauteng, South Africa, we identify six key questions which need to be addressed to improve the process of facilitating FISPs.     

Local Government Finance Office Orientation Revisited: Actually,It’s All About Control

In states with heavy oversight of local government finances, alternate levels of control orientation exist based on county government budget formulation and financing practices. However, previous research indicates a possible trend toward policy orientation. Using survey data from North Carolina counties, initial findings indicate high levels of finance officer budget formulation discretion as well as county manager agreement with budget decisions. Additional logit models suggest that while stakeholder influence is still present along with remnants of policy orientation, the state financial oversight mechanism along with the background, knowledge of departmental financial needs, and frequent departmental appropriation dissemination by the finance officer, continue to sustain control orientation.     

‘To Recognise,or not to Recognise’: Macmillan’s Yemen Arab Republic question

The Macmillan government's dilemma over whether to grant diplomatic recognition to the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) following a coup in 1962 was finely balanced. Hitherto, though, the literature on this specific issue has neither reflected the complexity of issues with which the British government was confronted nor offered a satisfactory explanation of its ultimate non-recognition of the YAR. Some scholars suggest that London was immediately and consistently opposed to granting recognition; others attribute the decision to fear of Nasserism and a determination to maintain Britain's colonial interests in the Persian Gulf. This article contends differently. Drawing upon newly declassified information it first reveals in fuller detail the array of issues and interests that the Macmillan government was confronted by and sought to balance. It then proceeds to demonstrate that the Macmillan government was not unwaveringly against according recognition to the YAR and that whilst important, the influence of the Aden Group and its sympathisers in government was not decisive. Instead, irresolution within the government resulted in an event-driven policy that arrived ultimately at non-recognition of the YAR by default rather than by design.     

中国工会发展道路的历史回顾与总结

中国工会组织发展的道路有着鲜明的时代烙印和中国特色。中国共产党与工会组织荣辱与共的领导关系、工会组织的发展道路的轨迹是和革命与建设的大局、社会历史的变迁紧密联系在一起。在新的历史条件下,根据不断变化的社会经济发展状况,坚持走中国特色社会主义工会发展道路就成为必然的选择。     

首都市民职业价值观状况研究报告

2008年,北京市社会科学院对首都市民职业价值取向状况进行了专题调研,结果表明:首都市民珍视工作稳定性,职业理想倾向于个人经济利益和自我价值实现,崇尚不断创新、乐于敬业的职业精神和职业态度,体现了新时期积极向上、忠于职守的从业价值观,形成了由物质实现、自我实现向社会实现逐层递进的事业成功观,认同通过个人努力获取成功的事业进取现.     

以科学发展观为指导 加强新形势下反腐倡廉建设

科学发展观是新时期新阶段我们党治国理政、富民安邦的根本指针和行动纲领.要坚持以科学发展观统领反腐倡康建设,着力构建反腐倡廉建设的长效教育机制、制度保障体系以及长效监督机制.     

用新一代信息技术设计防火管理专业（工程技术方向）课程体系

新一代信息技术的发展会加快消防系统智能化的实现,尤其是物联网技术的应用将更加为防火管理与灾难发生插上可预知的翅膀。本文力求基于新一代信息技术给出防火管理专业（工程技术方向）课程体系结构,以此探讨在信息产业高速发展的时代,信息技术与高职课程体系的关系。     

关于成都市统筹城乡社会保障体系建设情况的调查

成都市自2003年以来,在市委、市政府的领导下,经过7年的努力,在整体推进统筹城乡社会保障工作中,取得了显著成绩,在许多方面走在了全国的前列。文章介绍了成都市统筹城乡社会保障体系建设的重要情况,分析了其存在的困难和问题,提出了进一步健全和完善成都市统筹城乡社会保障体系建设的对策建议。