Geographical versus social displacement: the politics of return and post-war recovery in Northern Uganda

The civil war in Northern Uganda in the period 1986–2006 fundamentally altered former ways of life and created diverse and complex needs. Protracted conflict and displacement create, reveal, and enforce vulnerability, which can undermine resilience. Based on in-depth interviews with internally displaced persons and returnees, both before and after their return to Amuru District and Gulu District, this article argues that war and displacement constitute more than a temporary disruption. The physical and social wounds of war are engraved and embedded in people’s lives. Therefore, recovery interventions must take these effects into account to forge a new post-war future.     

A tale of two railways and the Reuter family

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the influence of Baron Julius de Reuter and his famous agency, Reuters, was evident in his and his family's investments around the world. By looking at the histories of the Reuter Concession and the Greek Railway Concession, this work aims to offer insight into the international politics of certain governments and the value of news as a commodity at the time. The Reuter Concession illustrates part of the British-Russian conflict over Persia while the Greek Railway Concession demonstrates British policy toward the Ottoman Empire and Greco-Ottoman relations.     

区域水资源共享冲突的网络治理模式创新

水资源是关系国计民生的重要战略性自然资源,具有多种属性。2009年世界水日的主题(跨界水:共享的水、共享的机遇)引发了各国对跨界水资源治理制度的关注。典型的市场治理或科层治理机制已经无法解决跨界水资源多维属性的复杂问题,其治理效果和效率在不断降低。本文从我国的水资源共享冲突区域现实及9+2合作区的构建出发,认为我国的区域水资源共享冲突治理需要借鉴西方的网络治理模式,以提高治理效率。西方学者提出的共享型治理、领导型网络治理和行政型网络治理三种不同的网络治理结构模式在我国不具备独立存在的环境,认为水资源的共享治理创新将涉及流域沿途的不同区域不同部门,以及同一区域不同层次的各部门。应该建立一种兼具领导型网络与行政型网络的复杂治理结构,即按照传统的自上而下层级结构建立纵向的权力层次,并按照新兴的各种利益集团组织建立横向的行动规则,形成区域公共物品或公共服务的共享供给和实施决策机制。     

政治企业家的制度创新模式——对浙江吉利、中国电信与海南凯立的案例研究

创新是一个民族的灵魂.这个创新不仅是技术上的,就中国目前的社会状况而言,它更应该是制度上的.鉴于政府对企业的巨大影响,政治领域的制度创新(包括法律法规、政策规章和政府行为方式等的改变)在我国尤为普遍和突出.采用案例研究方法,通过对三个案例企业--浙江吉利集团、中国电信和海南凯立公司的制度创新的分析,在研究了我国政治企业家制度创新的一般模式的基础上,提出了四种基本的制度创新模式:私下游说下的制度创新模式、私下实践迫使政府追认的制度创新模式、借用社会力量的制度创新模式和借用强制力量的制度创新模式.并进一步分析了这四种制度创新模式的优点、缺点、所针对的制度类型、在中国的使用频率和关键的成功因素,指出,在中国目前的社会背景下,企业应该优先采用私下游说下的制度创新模式,谨慎对待借用强制力量的制度创新模式.该研究对于理解我国政府政策和政府行为的发展演变,以及对于如何处理与政府的关系,提供了有益的见解.     

公共组织模式的现象学重构

被广泛应用于公共机构的官僚制度虽然是现代社会在形式方面高度合理的组织模式,却因非人格化的内在特征而持续遭到人们的批评.哲学层面的反思不仅能展现官僚制度重大缺陷的深度,还有助于在不同的根基上建构公共组织的替代性模式.本研究尝试从现象学的进路对公共组织的官僚制模式进行批判和重构.研究发现,匿名性的增长一方面是公共组织个体结...     

World Conservation Congress 2008: Climate Change,Islands, and In-situ Conservation

The author participated in the IUCN World Conservation Congress (5–14 October 2008), both the Forum events and pre-selected Learning Sessions, including forest carbon inventory, and multilateral negotiations. The sessions highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary approaches and of treating indigenous knowledge as seriously as rigorous hard science. The gravity of climate change was fully recognised. Success stories gave important encouragement and knowledge-capital for conservation, while case studies showed that protected areas should be made as diverse and harmonious as the human landscape that they are affecting.     

雕琢民法草案中的债权让与--建立统一对抗要件

债权让与涉及让与合同外的债务人和第三人利益,因此其在让与双方间生效后存在一个对外效力问题.目前各国多采取了以通知为对外生效的对抗要件模式,但各国具体规定不统一,也没有明确多重让与时相互间的效力,而通知本身的内涵也十分狭隘和笼统.我国尚未明确建立债权让与的要件模式,当前的几个民法典草案对这一问题进行了讨论和设计,有一定的突破但仍局限在通知对抗要件中.文章提出了统一对抗要件模式,对通知的内涵有了新的演绎,而且跳出惟通知独尊的认识,增加债务人同意为补充要件,对债权进行了重新分类,并尝试着草拟出了统一对抗要件的立法条文.     

Redefining development for national security: implications for civil society

The effects of counter-terrorism legislation on civil-society organisations (CSOs) based in the South have received little attention in the wider literature. This article reports on the findings of a series of international workshops to examine the effects of such legislation, held in Lebanon, the Kyrgyz Republic, India, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA. The evidence presented at these workshops suggests that counter-terror legislation is undermining the work of civil society in complex and interrelated ways.     

欧元模式与东亚货币合作模式的比较分析

作为两种典型的国际货币合作模式,欧元模式和东亚货币合作模式适应了不同区域的历史文化特点和政治制度与经济发展的需要,在国际区域货币合作领域具有重要的代表意义。在国际区域货币合作的形成动因、路径选择、"锚货币"确立及最优货币区标准的满足程度等方面,二者之间既有一定共性又有诸多区别,通过对比,可以更清晰地看出东亚货币合作的优长和不足之处、进程缓慢的主要原因以及加快前行的方向所在。     

论冲突中的道德和法律

道德和法律的冲突来源于道德的多元化。在专制主义下 ,道德和法律的冲突的调整方式是取消冲突或放任冲突。这两种方式被历史证明是行不通的。适度冲突论是解决道德和法律冲突的设想 ,目的就是要在二者适度的冲突中推动法治不断地进步。