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.     

《23—6Ⅱ》《快干RCP》锈转化保护剂的研究

《23-6带锈防锈剂》和《快干RCP锈转化保护剂》均是新型的钢铁表面处理剂和防蚀剂,它能直接涂盖于钢铁表面而不需预先除锈,它能于氧化铁(铁锈)互相作用、生成稳定的螯合物,使铁锈转化为稳定、坚实的覆盖层,对钢铁构件起保护作用。《23-6》曾获湖北省重大科技成果二等奖和国家科技进步二等奖,在此基础上研制的《快干RCP》已通过省级鉴定。经中国专利局文献检索证明,“国内外未见完全相同产品,经中国船检局认可颁发船用产品证书”。《快干RCP锈转化保护剂》是继《23-6Ⅱ带锈防锈剂》之后,研制出的新产品。     

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.     

十年来我国妇女/性别理论研究的发展--联合国第四次世界妇女大会产生的积极影响

从1995年第四次世界妇女大会在北京的筹备和召开,到后来举行的北京 5和北京 10等一系列相关的活动,世妇会的原则和理念得到了不断的强化,这些理念凝结和渗透在妇女理论研究领域,极大地推进了我国妇女/性别理论研究事业的发展。本文回顾了十年来妇女/性别理论研究在研究内容、研究视角及研究机制等方面的变化和进展,以期进一步推动我国的妇女/性别研究在社会科学研究领域的重要影响。     

人肺癌中TNF-α基因多态性分布的意义及其对细胞凋亡的影响

目的:观察TNF-α基因启动子区-308位核苷酸多态性基因型在肺癌和对照人群中的分布,以及这种多态性对该基因表达和细胞凋亡的影响。方法:PER-RFLP分析112例肺癌和99例正常人的TNF-α基因启动子区-308位核苷酸多态性,TNF-α-308*G等位基因记做TNF-α1,TNF-α-308*A等位基因记做TNF- α2。免疫组织化学方法检测肺癌组织中TNF-α的表达,比较不同基因型肺癌病例的标本之间TNF-α基因表达的差异性。TUNEL法检测肺癌组织中细胞凋亡,并对比分析TNF-α-308位核苷酸多态性及其对肺癌组织中TNF -α表达和不同类型细胞凋亡的影响。结果:肺癌组与对照组的基因型分布为TNF-α1/1(52．7％、46．5％)。 TNF-α1/2(35．7％、48．5％),TNF-α2／2(11．6％、5．1％);等位基因频率为TNF-α1(70．5％、70．7％),TNF- α2(29．5％、29．3％),组间没有显著性差异,P>0．05。两种基因型个体在TNF-α基因表达上,TNF-α2/2基因型个体高于TNF-α1／1基因型的个体,两者差异显著,P<0．01。TNF-α表达的高低与癌细胞凋亡有比较明确的关系,TNF-α表达高的病例,肺癌细胞凋亡也多,与表达低的病例之间有明显差异,P<0．01。TNF-α表达的高低与间质细胞凋亡之间没有明确的关系。间质细胞平均凋亡指数在高、低分化的肺癌中分别为3．4±0．4和 3．1±0．5,组间没有显著性差异,P>0．015;癌细胞的平均凋亡指数在高、低分化的肺癌中分别为2．4±0．3和 1．7±0．4,两组间有显著性差异,P<0．05,,结论:TNF-α-308位核苷酸的多态性基因型在肺癌和正常人中的分布之间没有明显差别,这种多态性可能不是肺癌易感的遗传因素。但这种多态性与该基因的表达有关。TNF-α高表达肺癌细胞凋亡较多,间质细胞凋亡与TNF-α表达的高低变化之间没有明确的关系。在高分化的肺癌中, TNF-α表达较高,癌细胞凋亡也多,TNF-α-308位核苷酸的多态性可能与了肺癌的分化有关。     

成都市建设规范化服务型政府建设的初步成效及经验

成都市规范化服务型政府建设取得了六个方面的初步成效:行政效率进一步提高;投资环境进一步改善;政府形象进一步提升;行政决策的科学化、民主化程度进一步提高;城市竞争力和综合实力进一步加强;在探索中形成了具有地方特色的“成都模式”。形成了六点基本经验:始终坚持以科学发展观为指导,把“以人为本”的理念具体化;始终坚持配套改革、环环相扣,注重稳步推进;始终坚持大胆借鉴、勇于创新,把相关理论与本地实践结合起来;始终坚持专家论证、方案设计,积极动员群众广泛参与;始终坚持决策实施、执行有力,避免文牍主义和形式主义;始终坚持“阳光财政”,依法取消部门非正当利益。     

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.     

Recent Developments to British Multicultural Theory,Policy and Practice: The Case of British Muslims

Since the early 1970s, there have been highly sophisticated arguments and conceptual discussions put forward in relation to how Western liberal democracies might wish to manage their diverse ethnic minority populations. It is apparent, however, that in the current climate, the important principles of unity and diversity are insufficient to challenge differing forms of ethnic, racial, and religious inequality. This paper argues that because of its underlying assumptions and modus operandi in the post-September 11 climate, British multiculturalism has been ineffective, even supporting some commentators' suggestions of a return to assimilationism. There is a new era in post-September 11 political hegemony, economic determinism and structural and cultural racisms, with European government rhetoric and public policy almost exclusively aimed at Muslims—whether as existing citizens or as part of a process of limiting immigration (which has tended to be from mainly Eastern European, North African, and Middle Eastern sending regions and nations). The example of New Labour and how it has attempted to deal with multiculturalism in Britain is a case in point. The discussion explores the changing concept of multiculturalism with special reference to British Muslims and debates that emerge in relation to identity, nation and civil society. It is argued that the experience and treatment of British Muslims is important to explore and appreciate in the current climate as it provides a test case for the future of (a) British multiculturalism and (b) British Muslims in society per se.     

embodying memory: women and the legacy of the military government in Chile

The article argues that the prohibition of abortion in Chile, other than when the mother's life is in danger, is a form of human rights violation targeting women specifically. The Pro-Birth Policy was established in Pinochet's Chile as a response to the previous government's attempts, under Allende, to encourage family planning and to educate and inform women about their choices. This had been done to put an end to the increase in back-street abortions with the inevitable toll on women's lives. Pinochet's regime reversed these women-oriented family planning policies, and criminalized abortion, on the basis of costs to the state and, more importantly, the need to increase the birth rate for reasons of national security. Women's bodies were used by the Pinochet regime, both by sexual violence and torture, and by the denial of women's reproductive and sexual rights, as a means to impose discipline and order on society. The fact that this is still not acknowledged in the construction of a collective memory indicates that the issue has not yet been resolved in democratic Chile.