国家治理、合作网络与公民参与

治理理念的提出是为了解决代议制民主的异化与政府公共责任的蜕化,其实现有赖于公民参与。公民参与不仅能够证成国家治理的正当性,实现特定利益的调和,也是建构治理合作网络、强化国家治理效果的必要条件。公民参与国家治理必须以公民美德为条件,以法治和有序为限度,以正式治理和非正式治理的全方位参与为途径。     

Agencification of Public Service Delivery in Nigeria： An Empirical Study of Selected Public Agencies in Lagos State

There have been efforts to establish agencies as part of a strategy to improve service delivery world-wide. In Nigeria, agencies have also been established at both the national and state levels. The Lagos State Government has also established various agencies to fulfill different government functions in the state. After many years, the activities of these agencies have improved the delivery of services to the people in Lagos State, but there is still much to be done. This is why this study examines agencification of public service delivery in Nigeria with reference to Lagos State. The study uses mixed methods and triangulated data to achieve the research objectives. Questionnaire was used to collect data from service users and departmental officials. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with key officials of the selected agencies. Key documents were also reviewed. The findings reveal： lack of human resources capacity, inadequate financial management skills, and poor management of service providers, and the environment of the people of Lagos State are not considered in the conception and the implementation of the service-delivery-driven agencies. The study therefore recommends that agencification of public service in Lagos State as conceived if properly implemented can contribute to effective public service delivery.     

Conceptualizing and evaluating (new) forms of citizenship between nationalism and cosmopolitanism

In an age of transnational flows and interdependencies, democratic citizenship can no longer be conceptualized exclusively within national boundaries. This paper presents a conceptual map that allows tracing emerging and proposed forms of citizenship within and beyond the nation state in a comprehensive and differentiated way. We disentangle two anchor points: membership in a political community as the fundament of citizenship and the arena of political decision-making as the focal point of citizenship rights, identities and practices. For the former we differentiate between a single national community, the universal community of humankind and multiple (national) communities. For the latter we distinguish the national, supra-national and transnational arena. Our typology thus consists of nine different forms of democratic citizenship. It is used to provide a brief overview over normative proposals and empirical findings leading to the following insights: while membership in a particular national community still dominates the reality in all three political arenas, in the normative discourse it is perceived as deficient. Membership in the universal community of humankind is widely endorsed in the normative discourse, but almost nonexistent. In contrast, membership in multiple communities is not only a growing reality but also normatively promising for democratizing a transnationalizing world.     

The Future of Belgian Federalism Through the Eyes of the Citizens

How do Belgian citizens see the future of federalism? In the typical consociational Belgium citizens have not had much to say about the federalization process, which has been largely elite-driven. And actually not so much is known about the future of Belgian federalism through the eyes of the citizens. Survey research shows some differences in identity and in institutional preferences between the two language groups, but also a low salience of the issue when they cast a vote. This article, therefore, looks at alternative methods to capture the perceptions of the citizens: focus groups, deliberative experiments and mental maps.     

辽宁省城镇化过程中新市民权利保障问题研究

城镇化是我国现代化进程的重大战略,城镇化的发展带给农民翻天覆地的变化。失去或离开土地的农民成为城市中的新市民,不再依靠土地为生。他们在城市中的身份权、就业权、子女受教育权等问题关乎到新市民如何适应城镇生活,提高其生活质量等至关重要的问题,本文从新市民众多权利中选取户籍制度、就业权、子女受教育权等侧面,分析其中存在的问题并提出应对之策。     

论公民知情权的宪法确认

一个国家的知情权保障制度发达与否 ,直接反映着这个国家的人权宪政水平。知情权的人权确认是宪政制度发展的历史趋势。要切实有效地保障公民知情权 ,应把知情权纳入我国宪法公民基本权利体系。     

见义勇为的经济学分析——公安机关的视角

从经济学的角度看,理性公民在进行行为选择时都要考虑其行为成本和收益。见义勇为作为一种行为模式,也有其成本和收益。理性公民是否实施见义勇为,一般要视其对政府或社会关于见义勇为制度或非正式制度中隐含预期的合理性而定。同时,见义勇为作为一种行为选择模式,也有其外部效应,这种外部效应与为社会提供公安产品的公安机关的职能和目标密切相关。因此,作为专门生产公安产品的公安机关如何理性地对待见义勇为,不仅关系到见义勇为者个人的切身利益,而且还关系到公安机关使命与职能的实现程度。为此,本文借助经济学的相关理论,从公安机关的视角来分析见义勇为,以期对公安机关更好地处理见义勇为这一议题提供一个新的视角,最终提高公安机关的总体绩效。     

统一战线是扩大公民有序政治参与的重要途径

统一战线的存在和发展是经济、政治、文化、社会发展的客观要求。全面建设统一战线,其目的就是增强统一战线为社会主义经济、政治、文化、社会建设服务的功能。本文就扩大公民有序政治参与,发挥统一战线政治整合功能,在规范有序中实现社会政治稳定;发挥统一战线联系广泛的优势,在推进公民政治参与的同时提高公民的民主价值观及对主流政治文化的认同感。总之,要充分发挥统一战线凝聚人心,汇聚力量,协调关系,化解矛盾的独特优势和作用,把广大人民群众的智慧和力量凝聚到全面建设小康社会和构建社会主义和谐社会的目标上来。     

"迁徙自由"入宪必要性和可行性分析

迁徙自由是公民的一项基本权利.宪法上确认迁徙自由,是完善我国人权保障事业的需要;是我国社会主义市场经济建立和发展的内在要求;是建设社会主义法治国家的需要;是户籍制度改革的需要.大规模的人口流动为迁徙自由的确立提供事实根据,市场经济的发展为迁徙自由提供动力,各种制度改革和社会变革为迁徙自由提供了社会基础.     

宪法视角下的公民财产权保护

界定宪法意义上的公民财产权含义及其规范结构,分析我国现存的公民财产权保护制度的缺陷,旨在提出完善我国公民财产权宪法保护制度的建议,以期对我国的法治建设有所裨益。