法治政府的功能向度与实现路径

随着我国法治政府建设进程的加快,法治政府的功能日渐凸显,表现为限权与护权相统一的政治整合,为生态文明提供绿色公共产品,追求民本至上的价值理念,实现政府和谐的运行目标,法治政府的功能应该成为社会、政治、经济、文化秩序和效率的保障,等等。为此,必须选择适合我国国情的法治政府建设路径,从观念、制度、实践等多层面有效的开展工作。     

广州大学城大学生朋辈交往现状研究

大学生交往存在低活跃度朋辈交往,开放真诚与慎重功利的交友心态呈两极分化等特点。进一步的研究发现,大学生的交往动机中以情感性需要为主要驱动力。为此,学校应通过发挥建设性介入、增加异质交往、建立校本特色的校园文化等举措,对当前多校区大学生群体中的朋辈交往进行积极健康的引导。     

坚持党校科学发展 服务大连科学发展——市委党校深入学习实践科学发展观活动札记

市委党校自3月24日始至8月底,分三个阶段,以"创建中国北方科学发展示范城市"为重要载体,按照"党员干部受教育、科学发展上水平、教育培训见成效"的总要求,把"坚持党校科学发展,服务大连科学发展"作为主线,扎实有力地推进深入学习实践科学发展现活动,取得了明显的成效.     

期待可能性理论：刑事归责的合理化理念——不与刑法一般性预防相冲突之法官解释

探寻期待可能性的判例和理论渊源,阐释刑事归责的合理化理念,是法官运用该理论解释并在刑事判决中进行说理,行使法官自由裁量权进行裁判的理论支撑和力量源泉.期待可能性作为规范责任论的要素,对行为人进行刑事归责具有重要意义.以法官解释为解决路径,适用期待可能性理论与刑法一般性预防并没有实质性冲突.     

财产刑执行完善路径之探寻

作为刑罚方法，财产刑在抗制和预防犯罪中发挥着积极的作用。但是，司法实践中财产刑执行率偏低，这大大限制了财产刑尤其是罚金刑积极功能的发挥。因此，从财产刑设置的价值诉求出发，积极探寻完善财产刑执行的路径具有深刻的现实意义。     

培养造就一支宏大的社会工作人才队伍

建设和培养造就一支社会工作人才队伍是我国建设服务型政府的重中之重。为此,应该加快建立和完善社会工作人才的资格认证、注册管理、从业规范等各项制度,系统构建社会工作人才的教育及培训体系,加大社会工作人才队伍的投入保障,解决社会工作人才发展的平台。本文在论述以上问题的同时,借鉴了发达国家社会工作人才队伍建设经验,对社会工作的概念、社会工作者的要求、社会工作的视角、社会工作者专业素质及其培养、社会工作者评估及监察制度等问题进行了初步探讨。     

非政府组织在应急管理中的作用

在应急管理中,如何充分发挥非政府组织的作用已受到现代各国的广泛重视。文章根据国内外应急管理的实践,梳理了非政府组织在应急管理中的角色和作用,归纳总结了国外鼓励支持非政府组织参与应急管理的流行做法和经验,探讨了提高我国非政府组织参与应急管理能力的思路选择。     

关于推进资源型城市可持续发展的建议

该文指出,中国一些资源型城市目前面临产业结构不合理、生态衰退和环境破坏严重、可持续发展发展问题突出等严峻形势.为此,该文结合国内与国外转型发展较好的城市案例,建议中国资源枯竭型城市转型应该依靠科技创新,因时、因地制宜,不同发展周期、不同资源类型的城市转型应选择不同转型路径,同时注意发挥企业在资源型城市发展中的主体作用,并把保障和改善民生作为资源型城市转型的出发点和落脚点.     

Re-branding without re-developing: constraints of Hong Kong's ‘Asia's World City’ brand (1997–2007)

Abstract

Interest among academics towards Hong Kong's global status has gradually waned since 1997. However, identifying Hong Kong's position on the international platform is essential if the Special Administrative Region's competitiveness is to be distinguished from that of regional rivals. The positioning challenge not only results from the sovereignty retrocession, but also from the rapid pace of globalization and the intensified competition from major cities in the Greater China Region. Instead of focusing on the much-researched topic of the direct competition between Hong Kong and Shanghai or Singapore, an exploration of Hong Kong's hitherto little-researched re-branding experience not only throws light on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's policy orientation, but is also valuable in understanding how other cities in the region conducted similar exercises. This article reviews the overall evolution of the ‘Asia's World City’ (AWC) discourse as promoted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1997 to 2007. It starts by reviewing the international identity of post-colonial Hong Kong as background to the discourse, in order to reconstruct various theoretical assumptions that led to the re-branding exercise. The second section examines the purpose and evolution of the AWC campaign, and identifies the problems within the discourse. The concluding section focuses on the unrealized theoretical assumptions and other administrative and ideological constraints that the HKSARG faced in the exercise as a means to explaining the overall limited achievements of the campaign and proposes possible ways to remedy the shortcomings.     

Residential location,transportation, and welfare‐to‐work in the United States: A case study of Milwaukee

Abstract

This article addresses two questions about spatial barriers to welfare‐to‐work transition in the United States. First, what residential and transportation adjustments do welfare recipients tend to make as they try to become economically self‐sufficient? Second, do these adjustments actually increase the probability that they will become employed?

Analysis of 1997–2000 panel data on housing location and automobile ownership for Milwaukee welfare recipients reveals two tendencies: (1) to relocate to neighborhoods with less poverty and more racial integration and (2) to obtain a car. Results from binary logit models indicate that residential relocation and car ownership both increase the likelihood that welfare recipients will become employed. These findings suggest that policies should aim to facilitate residential mobility for low‐income families and improve their neighborhoods, rather than simply move them closer to job opportunities. The findings also suggest a critical role for transportation policy in reducing unemployment.