Privatising Local Public Services: Between Industrial Legacy and Political Ambition

Since the 1980s, research on the privatisation of local services has analysed the factors affecting government's delivery choices; but this research has not given unanimous results, for reasons connected both to the different methodologies adopted and the dynamic nature of privatisation processes. This article introduces the case of Italian water services reform, drawing attention to the economic and political dynamics that make privatisation an extremely complex choice, in which the preferences of politicians have to be balanced with industrial heritage and the strategies of the utilities. By privileging a historical analysis of the conditions in which such choices take place, it is possible to grasp the changing relations between local governments and utilities and to look at the relative power of firms, citizens and governments in the process of service delivery choice.     

治理视野下地方立法的发展方向与路径选择

从1970年代末开始的改革开放拉开了中国社会转型的序幕,政府主导的渐进式社会变革稳步推进;在改革进入深水区,利益调整更加纷繁复杂的情况下,地方立法在地方治理活动中扮演着越来越重要的角色。地方立法实践中面临着质量控制、民主参与、利益樊篱等问题,也受制于社会变革与中央立法整体进程。在坚持地方特色的基础上,地方立法应当坚持民主化与科学化发展方向,积极引领、规范地方治理工作,不断推进地方治理现代化。     

对加强我省水资源管理和水资源费征收的几点思考

水资源是人们日常生活的必需品,是经济发展的基本要素和基础资源。随着经济社会的快速发展,水资源短缺、水环境恶化等问题日益突出,可开发利用的水资源越来越少。因此,全面推行依法治水,加强水资源的统一管理,加大水资源费征收力度,加强污染治理,建立节水型社会,已显得十分迫切。本文全面分析了浙江省水资源的现状和存在的主要问题,并对加强水资源管理和水资源费征收提出了建议。     

Indispensable,yet Invisible: Drinking water management as a local political issue in Swedish municipalities

ABSTRACT

Local policy-makers’ incentives to address an issue is conditioned by how they perceive public attention. Our study focuses on drinking water management at the municipal level in Sweden. Provisioning and management of drinking water is a responsibility of the local governments. Interviews with local politicians and public administrators in seven municipalities reveal that local policy-makers think that citizens view provisioning of drinking water as a taken for granted service, and also lack knowledge of and interest in drinking water issues. Public attention is further seen as a double-edged sword since engagement in water issues often is a result of problems with water provision. The findings are discussed from a theoretical perspective of the role of agenda-setting in public policy. It is argued that the view of policy-makers of citizens as unengaged negatively affects the incentives to bring drinking water to a prominent place on the local policy agenda.     

天水城市供水问题研究

城市水资源紧张状况已越来越明显,城市的普遍缺水将成为城市发展的严重制约因素。天水市又是我国缺水城市之一,所以,研究、探讨、解决天水市城市供水问题是十分必要的。     

冬虫夏草菌丝水提液对SP2/0细胞凋亡的影响

在冬虫夏草菌丝水提液诱导下,采用Hoechst33342荧光染色、MTT、琼脂糖凝胶电泳和流式细胞仪等方法,观察和分析了SP2/0细胞的凋亡情况。结果显示,冬虫夏草菌丝水提液可抑制SP2/0细胞增殖,在荧光显微镜下,凋亡细胞呈亮绿色,DNA琼脂糖电泳可见典型的“阶梯状”条带,Annexin-V-FITC和碘化丙啶(PI)双染后流式细胞仪分析显示,细胞凋亡数量明显增多。表明,冬虫夏草菌丝水提液对SP2/0细胞增殖的抑制作用可能与诱导其凋亡有关。     

清末新政时期直隶的水患治理

清末新政时期,清廷上下对直隶的水利事业较为重视。通过一些水利工程的修建,在一定程度上减轻了水患,增强了人们抵御自然灾害的能力,对直隶地区农业生产产生了积极影响。     

我国水资源保护法律制度的现状与完善

目前我国可利用水资源短缺的危机日益严重,但现行水资源保护法律制度却存在缺失。完善法律保护途径,合理利用和保护好现有水资源,确保我国水资源的永续利用显得尤为重要。