UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: AN ACTOR‐NETWORK PERSPECTIVE

Development projects are central to international development, yet the actual practice of their implementation is under‐researched. In particular, we know little about how practice affects project performance and about how politics is enacted within such projects. This paper investigates these knowledge gaps through analysis, using actor‐network theory (ANT), of a donor‐funded reform project in the Sri Lankan public sector. By analysing, using mobilisation, interaction and disintegration of the local and global actor‐networks that typically surround such development projects, the paper explains the project's trajectory. These actions represent the practice of politics that must, in turn, be understood in relation to network actor power: not through a static conception of ‘capacitive power’ but through the dynamic enacted concept of ‘associative power’. The paper concludes by reflecting on the contribution and limitations of ANT's local/global networks component in analysing development projects, and in providing insights for development project practice. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cross-border metropolitan governance: the multi-faceted state power

Metropolitan regions have become one of the most appropriate scales to define efficient governance networks for economic and territorial development. The state still is the key actor of these partnerships. Yet the question remains whether cross-border metropolitan regions represent a new point of reference that puts state power in question or whether they only reorganize it. The centrality of state power will be examined by looking at two networks of actors (public transport and territorial marketing) working at the Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai. The results reveal that a triple-faceted state power has emerged to define and organize cross-border metropolitan management.     

当前高校网络安全教育存在的问题及对策

网络安全教育是高校大学生安全教育的重要内容之一。当前高校还存在着对网络安全教育重视程度不够、教育体制机制不够健全、教育内容与形式还不能与时俱进和网络安全教育队伍较为薄弱等问题。针对这些问题,需要从网络安全教育的运行管理机制、教育体系的构建、课程建设、制度建设和加强思政教育等方面做好此项工作。     

罪犯间相互关系之隐显性分析研究

监狱管理矫正罪犯,不仅要关注个体罪犯的心理行为特征,更应关注了解罪犯相互之间的人际关系,才能更准确更有效地进行管理,更有目的地进行矫正。同时不仅要关注罪犯外在的显而易见的显性关系,更要对隐性的内在关系予以揭示、引导,确保犯人群体人际关系良性循环。     

论网络诽谤犯罪的刑法规制

涉及"网络言论自由"的案件如今已屡见不鲜,纵观我国现行立法,在有关网络诽谤犯罪的预防与惩治过程中暴露出理论研究滞后、司法实践尺度混乱、司法解释缺失以及监管秩序不完善等漏洞。由于法律的滞后性,互联网犯罪日益猖獗的现象使人束手无策,刑法作为维护社会秩序的最后一道防线,必须及时介入、充分保障网络环境有序发展,维护网络用户的合法权益。     

网络经济下中小企业营销策略研究

随着信息技术的迅猛发展和网络基础设施的完善以及智能手机的日益普及,我国已经真正进入到网络经济时代。中小企业应认真分析消费者的现状和网络经济带来的机遇与挑战,掌握网络经济下的主要营销方式。要将互联网渗透到4P营销组合策略中,融合线上线下形成整合的营销大系统,积极利用移动互联网开展营销,充分利用数据营销,不断促进营销创新升级。     

首都危险物品安全管理工作研究——以建设世界城市为视角

在建设世界城市过程中,首都危险物品管理工作面临着严峻的反恐防暴形势,只有深刻剖析首都危险物品安全管理中出现的新情况、新问题,改进管理模式,完善并创新管理手段,建立健全危险物品管理机制,全面推进危险物品安全监管信息化、规范化建设,才能提升首都危险物品安全管理的总体水平,为世界城市建设提供良好的社会环境。     

网络环境中公民参与的时代价值及路径选择

以互联网为核心的信息网络技术革命更加凸显了公民参与的时代价值,同时也给公民参与带来了许多困境。全面分析网络环境中公民参与的尴尬局面,寻求摆脱这些困境的路径选择,对于引导中国公民理性地进行参与活动,促进中国公民参与的有序化发展具有重要的理论和现实意义。     

Historical perspective and better regulatory governance: An agenda for institutional reform

Compared to economics, sociology, political science, and law, the discipline of history has had a limited role in the wide‐ranging efforts to reconsider strategies of regulatory governance, especially inside regulatory institutions. This article explores how more sustained historical perspective might improve regulatory decisionmaking. We first survey how a set of American regulatory agencies currently rely on historical research and analysis, whether for the purposes of public relations or as a means of supporting policymaking. We then consider how regulatory agencies might draw on history more self‐consciously, more strategically, and to greater effect. Three areas stand out in this regard – the use of history to improve understanding of institutional culture; reliance on historical analysis to test the empirical plausibility of conceptual models that make assumptions about the likelihood of potential economic outcomes; and integration of historical research methods into program and policy evaluation.     

Synthetic Performance Indicators for Residential Housing Agencies

Many public administrations produce and distribute public services through a number of similar local autonomous organizations, or institutions, operating in different parts of the territory assigned to them under a centralized authority. Examples of this are the public residential housing institutions, the institutions for waste disposal, health care institutions, and education institutions. The problem arises regarding the evaluation of the performance of these local organizations and institutions not in absolute but in relative terms, in order to determine what incentives or sanctions should be meted out to them. This study presents the methodological problems, the data analysis, and the initial results of the method adopted by the Lombardy Region to create a system of performance indicators that will permit an automatic ranking of the Residential Housing Agencies in Lombardy （ALER） according to their performance, based on information from their balance sheets. A performance index was devised by rationally combining the results of three different analyses： position analysis, ranking analysis, and scoring analysis. The results allowed the central administration to： （1） motivate the managers of the local units through a system of performance-based incentives; （2） aggregate poorly performing local units or outsource inefficient functions; and （3） create competition among local units and raise overall performance levels.