关于公安机关建立社会治安预警机制的几点构想

建立科学预警体系是公安机关提高应对危机的第一步,也是消除危机的第一步。建立预警体系需要建立网络严密的信息系统,保证信息来源的广泛性和覆盖面;建立信息工作管理、协调机构,完善情报信息工作的运作模式;建立科学分析模型、挖掘深层次的情报;情报信息将迅速的进入到决策层,为决策提供科学的依据。     

城乡统筹:城乡协调发展的政策机制

本文在分析城乡协调发展与城乡统筹的关系的同时,明确指出实施城乡统筹是先进生产力发展的必然要求,城乡统筹的实际含义是建立城乡协调发展的政策机制。在此基础上,本文就统一领导和统一管理、增强服务性管理职能和缩减控制性行政权力,以及保障和落实农民生产资料所有权等问题,分析了政府在城乡统等方面的改革路径。     

Book reviews

Journal of Chinese Political Science -     

Reframing privatisation: Deconstructing the myth of efficiency

In the context of ongoing scandals about public versus private ownership, we review the rise and fall of British nationalised industries, and the subsequent rise of privatisation based on perception of market-based efficiency as a means of improving public service. We evaluate the theoretical and empirical arguments around privatisation and find that the argument of privatisation as a vehicle for efficiency gains is a myth. Instead, we suggest that efficiency is not solely a matter of ownership, but requires a complex interplay of social and commercial variables to make it possible. We call for a more inventive and flexible approach in the search for efficiency in the public sector.     

A re‐examination of Lardy‐Donnithorne debate in the provincial context of Guangdong, 1949–1992

This paper re‐examines the Lardy—Donnithorne debate in the provincial context of Guangdong. The study period is from 1949 to 1992. In the first place, the adequacy of provincial capital investment is evaluated against its population and national income shares. Secondly, it examines the capital construction investment from the administrative perspective with capital construction projects classified into central, ministry‐supported and local projects. Thirdly, it looks at the relationship from the financial perspective through a breakdown of capital construction investment by sources of investment funds, that is, state appropriation, domestic loans, foreign investment and self‐raised funds and others. Fourthly, the central‐local relationship is scrutinized through the fiscal relationship between the central and Guangdong governments. Lastly, extra‐budgetary funds data, whenever available, are also analyzed. The paper finds that the centripetal and centrifugal forces in Guangdong have always been in dynamic and precarious balance both before and after the Open Policy.     

Southeast Asia and cross‐strait relations: The policy of separation of politics and economics

During the periods of July‐August 1995 and mid‐March 1996, China initiated a series of missile tests and military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, and the mainland for many was considered responsible for the rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait. But, Southeast Asian countries held Taiwan responsible for stimulating the mainland's military actions because of the island's claim for independence. Why? There are three different theoretical arguments on this issue, i.e. those of political primacy, economic determinism, and the separation of politics and economics. This paper contends that the principle of separation of politics and economics is the policy that Southeast Asian countries pursue in developing their relations with the PRC and the ROC, i.e. maintaining official and full‐scale relations with the PRC, but keeping unofficial and economic links with Taiwan. Therefore, for Southeast Asian countries, the PRC's military exercises in the Taiwan Strait were a political and not an economic problem, and one between the mainland and Taiwan. This is the key factor in explaining attitudes in Southeast Asian nations toward the Taiwan Strait crisis.     

关于消防行政执法中自由裁量权的几点思考

没有自由裁量权,现代行政将会失去其价值和意义.本文从自由裁量权的特征、存在的合理性及其法律监控和救济等几个方面对目前我国消防行政执法中存在的问题进行相关思考,并提出合理建议.     

浅议民主党派在构建社会主义和谐社会中的作用

建设中国特色的社会主义、实现中华民族的伟大复兴,是包括各民主党派在内的全国各族人民的共同愿望.中国共产党作为执政党,在十六届四中全会上正式提出了构建"社会主义和谐社会"的概念,这是对中国特色社会主义事业认识的新发展,是对十六大提出的全面建设小康社会目标的深化和拓展.这种对科学社会主义理论与社会主义初级阶段具体现实有机统一的整合性认识,既坚持了马克思主义关于社会主义建设的理论原则,又牢牢立足于社会主义初级阶段的基本条件和国情,是人们对社会主义社会发展人性化要求的最真切、最具体的体现.     

美国输出“娱乐化”文化产品的审视与思考

扩张主义一直是美国核心文化的重要组成部分。对外文化扩张则作为美国实践对外扩张主义的主要切入口,成为美国对外进行价值观传播的主要战略手段。通过对外输出"娱乐化"文化产品,美国在推销美国式民主、争取民意人心方面收获巨大。面对美国的文化扩张,我们要理性地对待,并努力从加强自身文化建设入手来抵制西方价值观的侵蚀。媒体工作者要肩负起时代赋予的责任,对内重视维护和弘扬我国的优秀本土文化,对外主打"文化牌",巧用"娱乐化"文化产品,积极传播我国的优秀文化和文明。     

论微博时代民主党派的角色定位

作为一种新兴网络沟通技术手段,微博的出现改变着互联网的舆论格局,并对中国社会产生深刻的影响。微博时代已悄然来临,但作为参政党的各民主党派,在微博时代中的角色定位却仍不够清晰,并不能完全适应当前网络民主发展的需要。如何通过微博拓展民主党派政治参与的渠道,提升参政议政的能力,使之明确在微博时代中的角色定位,需要更多的思考。