The Implications of Elections for Federalism in Iraq: Toward a Five-Region Model

For most observers, Iraq's recent elections were an importantfirst step on the road to democratic normalcy. However, threerelated outcomes—the political marginalization of SunniArabs, the electoral gains made by Shi'a religious parties,and the triumphant performance of the Kurds—render thetask of crafting Iraq's permanent constitution significantlymore problematic. In this paper, we examine the implicationsof these election results for the design of Iraq's federal system.Our focus is on the character of the subunits in any futuresystem, specifically on whether Iraq should adopt a form ofterritorial federalism based on the country's existing eighteenprovinces (as most scholars argue) or whether a form of ethnic,or "plurinational," federalism based on five regions would bebetter able to address the very significant problems createdby the election results. After assessing the relative meritsof the various proposals for a federal Iraq, we conclude thata system based on five broad regions, though not ideal, is theleast bad of the options available.     

公共事务复合治理的载体、实践及其走势分析——以杭州运河综保工程为例

以跨部门的复合治理方式取代碎片化的单一治理方式已成为公共事务治道变革的主要趋向。社会复合主体作为杭州首创的公共事务新型治理载体,因其良好的治理绩效而受到国内学界的较大关注。本文基于复合治理理论诠释了社会复合主体的生成及其意义,对杭州运河综保工程的复合治理实践进行个案剖析,并在反思个案运行困境的基础上,对社会复合主体发展的主客观条件及其走势作了讨论和展望。