The origins of penal populism

Five years ago after 46 years of daily deadlines – the last 38 on The Guardian – I retired to explore, with the help of Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Nuffield College Oxford fellowships, just how much influence was played by the media in the policy making process. The exercise was prompted by rising public concern over the ever widening power of the media. Onora O'Neill, the philosopher, in her Reith lectures in 2002 on trust in public institutions, noted with irony that the main champion of transparency and accountability – the media – were themselves the least transparent and accountable group in democracy. Anthony Sampson, a distinguished journalist, in his fourth edition of Anatomy of Britain in 2004, documented just how entrenched this perception was.     

近年来公共管理理论研究回顾与展望

新世纪以来,随着欧美各国政府公共管理改革的深入推进,公共管理理论研究进入"第六波"发展浪潮。当前,公共管理研究呈现出新的理念与发展趋势,主要表现在:研究视野从新公共管理(NPM)转向新公共治理(NPG);研究重心从强调"管理"要素转向"公共"要素;行动主体转向科层制与市场的结合体———网络。展望后危机时代,全球公共管理发展将面临系列共同挑战,出现新的主题与研究方向:全球化3.0时代的比较公共管理和全球公共管理研究;处理全球复杂公共事务问题的协同治理和网络治理;Web2.0信息技术时代的数字治理等。     

The Connotations of Human Rights Under the Socialist Core Value System

The socialist core value system is an important strategic system of thought proposed on the basis of Marxist principles and summarizing the experience of constructing socialism with Chinese characteristics."The socialist core value system is the embodiment of the essence of socialist ideology."1 It is the internal substance and soul of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics,laying down the requirements and direction for its construction,and guiding human rights development under it.The theory system of socialism with Chinese characteristics     

Toward a Conceptual Framework of Emotional Relationship Marketing: An Examination of Two UK Political Parties

The purpose of this paper is to review the notion of branding and evaluate its applicability to political parties. As ideological politics is in decline, branding may provide a consistent narrative where voters feel a sense of warmth and belonging. The paper aims to build an understanding of the complexity of building a political brand where a combination of image, logo, leadership, and values can all contribute to a compelling brand narrative. It investigates how competing positive and negative messages attempt to build and distort the brand identity. A critical review of branding, relationship marketing, and political science literature articulates the conceptual development of branding and its applicability to political parties. The success or failure of negative campaigning is due to the authenticity of a political party's brand values—creating a coherent brand story—if there is no distance between the brand values articulated by the political party and the values their community perceives then this creates an “authentic” brand. However, if there is a gap this paper illustrates how negative campaigning can be used to build a “doppelgänger brand,” which undermines the credibility of the authentic political brand. The paper argues that political parties need to understand how brand stories are developed but also how they can be used to protect against negative advertising. This has implications for political marketing strategists and political parties. This paper draws together branding theory and relationship marketing and incorporates them into a framework that makes a contribution to the political marketing literature.     

“欧元乐园”的迷失与重建——兼论对东亚区域货币合作的启示

希腊主权债务危机引发的欧元危机是对欧洲区域经济与货币一体化的一次重大考验,深刻反映了欧洲经货联盟成立以来所出现的两大问题:成员国之间经济的不平衡发展以及联盟合作机制的缺陷。欧元危机给东亚区域货币与金融合作的启示是,在以欧盟货币合作为样板的同时,应着重加强区域内信息共享与政策合作,以清迈倡议(CMI)和清迈倡议多边机制(CMIM)为基础加快东亚货币合作机制建设,完善区域监管体系;同时加强区域内各国汇率合作和资本账户自由化,稳步推进区域金融市场一体化进程,逐步缩小各国之间汇率波动的幅度,以此推进东亚区域经济合作向纵深发展。     

当今中国社会分化与整合问题初探

分化与整合是社会存在的两种基本运动样态。人类的本性分为生物性、社会性和精神性,对应人类活动的经济、政治和文化三个领域,效率、公平和自由是相应三个领域的基本价值准则。当今中国社会的分化主要表现在五个方面：利益分化、阶层分化、区域分化、组织分化和观念分化。当今中国社会的发展动力是科学发展观的践行,侧重于利益整合;社会发展的平衡机制是和谐社会的构建,侧重于秩序整合;社会发展的方向是核心价值体系的推进,侧重于观念整合。     

流域管理大部制改革探索——以辽河管理体制改革为例

为贯彻实施大部制改革的基本精神和要求,构建一套"统一管理、垂直领导"的流域管理体制,实现各流域的综合治理,彻底改变流域管理职能分散、职权分割行使的现状。本文选取辽宁省辽河流域作为个案分析对象,通过集体座谈会、文献调查法和实地考察的方法,掌握了辽河管理体制改革的基本情况,深入分析了辽河管理体制改革面临的主要问题,进而针对性地提出了流域管理体制改革的四套完善方案,并进行了综合论证,认为应当将诸如辽河保护区管理局的流域管理机构定位为"大部制"的执行部门,并设计出具体的改革操作方案,使流域管理大部制改革经验能在全国得以一定程度的推广,从而服务于流域管理大部制改革的需要。