‘Land grab’ as development strategy? The political economy of agricultural investment in Ethiopia

This paper examines the domestic political economy of so-called ‘land-grabbing’ in Ethiopia, assessing the motivations of the Ethiopian government, which has strongly promoted foreign agricultural investment. The paper draws on a unique set of federal and regional databases detailing foreign and domestic investments in Ethiopia to analyse the likely role investment will play in the Ethiopian economy and the areas which have been targeted for investment. The analysis identifies increased foreign exchange earnings as the main likely contribution of investment but in doing so highlights concerns for food security in Ethiopia, as the goal of national self-sufficiency has given way to a risky trade-based food security strategy. The paper also argues that the federal government's attempts to direct investment to sparsely-populated lowlands have important implications for the ethnic self-determination that is a key tenet of Ethiopia's federal system.     

Developing Social Marketing Plan for Health Promotion

This article aims to introduce and explain a guideline to plan and perform health campaigns through social marketing. The model is based on the social marketing principles and its objective is to help professionals develop an action plan setting step-by-step the processes to produce health campaigns to achieve the ultimate goal behavior change. Three levels of action 10 have been set: (i) diagnosing the social problem; (ii) designing the benefits of changing behavior; and (iii) setting the marketing mix. This social marketing plan is an option to introduce customer orientation backed by integrated marketing aimed at generating consumer satisfaction as the key to behavior change in the public health policies.     

关于吉林省确立“现代工业立省”核心发展战略的建议

在十一届三中全会以来的29年中,吉林省没有明确"现代工业立省"(或"现代工业强省")的"核心发展战略"[1][2]。目前,国内迅速"产业集聚"和分工的趋势告诉我们:吉林省己经站在十字路口上,既有成为"现代工业省"的前景,也有成为"农业省"的可能。我们无论如何要实现前者,而不是后者。吉林省经济社会发展的基本矛盾是"世界现代工业化发展水平与吉林省工业化发展程度相对落后("工业化初期阶段"、"农业省"[3])的矛盾",解决这个基本矛盾的根本方法是确立"现代工业立省"(或"现代工业强省")的"核心发展战略",并贯彻在全省上下党和政府的一切决策和执行之中,以此凝聚全省干部和群众,加快实现现代工业化。同时建议,就"吉林省以什么立省"的问题进行一定范围的讨论。     

论民生型政府的治理战略创新

关注民生、重视民生、保障民生、改善民生是人民政府的基本职责。我国的现实国情和世情表明,构建民生型政府应该成为我国21世纪行政管理体制改革的基本目标。为了科学阐述民生型政府的治理战略,我们必须准确界定民生型政府的内涵,以及民生型政府创新治理战略的基本内容。     

论侦查的相对性原理

关于刑事案件的破案率能否达到百分之百 ,在中外均存在着两种截然不同的观点。本文从理论与实践两个层面对这两种观点进行了正反比较 ,提出了较为科学的态度 ,进而升华为侦查的相对性原理。具体而言 ,侦查相对性原理包括侦查对象的相对性与侦查结果的相对性。它对于认识侦查活动与指导刑事司法活动等具有重要意义。     

论我国政治安全中非传统安全威胁及应对措施

传统安全威胁是威胁主体运用暴力手段主要危害主权国家的军事安全,进而危害其政权、制度、国土安全的一种威胁形式;非传统安全威胁是来自军事战争领域之外的各种威胁。我国政治安全中的非传统安全威胁主要是“台独势力”、意识形态渗透、境外非政府组织的非法活动、“三股势力”和群体性事件。对此,文章提出了应对我国政治安全中非传统安全威胁的战略及构建的新体制。     

我国信息产业知识产权立法的完善与保护

中国在世界市场上的影响越来越大,知识产权已成为各国竞相采取的重要的国家发展与竞争战略,是我国对外经贸摩擦的主要问题之一。笔者在这里首先为大家分析一下我国知识产权保护立法的现状和应完善的方面,并针对情况从两个方面规划中国知识产权立法和加强保护发展的方向、策略和道路。     

Conditions for effective large‐scale anticorruption efforts and the role of external actors: What does the Slovak experience tell us?

The article looks at what policy‐makers can do to decrease corruption in developing and transition countries, based on an in‐depth examination of effectiveness of actual anticorruption measures in Slovakia. The research presents a synthesis of 12 case studies where measures in the sectors most associated with corruption as well as horizontal measures were analysed. The research shows that corruption can be decreased significantly within several years and external actors can play a substantial role in the process. An overall decrease in corruption can be based on aggregation of individual sectoral changes in areas most suffering from graft. In particular, the Slovak strategy was based on a sector‐by‐sector economic approach to resolve supply–demand imbalances based on either liberalisation/privatisation, limitations on discretion or managing supply and/or demand. Horizontal reforms complemented by sectoral reforms with their strong focus on increasing transparency. Concerning the role of external actors, we conclude that even when there is a domestically driven anticorruption effort, the external actors can still help significantly by serving as sources of inspiration, legitimacy, know‐how and funding for reform design and implementation. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

东北亚国家安全体系:从双边困境到多边合作的安全路径分析

作为经典国际安全理论的安全困境理论无法充分说明后冷战时代东北亚区域国家安全状态。无论从体系引导型安全困境亦或国家引导型安全困境,都难以找到东北亚各国安全战略差异产生的根本原因。东北亚各国间的安全互动已经形成了一个超越安全困境并以美国为核心的地区国家安全体系。通过对东北亚国家安全体系结构和流动性安全要素的考察可以发现,各国安全战略的不同与其在国家安全体系结构中的位置和对流动性安全要素的控制能力密切相关。这有助于进一步探寻东北亚国家间安全关系从双边困境到多边合作的路径。     

欧亚主义与俄罗斯对外战略取向

欧亚主义是介于西方派和斯拉夫派之间的一种思潮,认为"俄罗斯既非欧洲国家,也非亚洲国家,而是处于欧亚之间,是连接欧亚文明的桥梁"。俄罗斯从17世纪开始就成为地跨欧亚的国家,因此,在相当长的历史时期内受到来自东西方两种不同文化的影响,并不断吸收不同民族的特点,形成了具有自身特色的文明,即欧亚文明。普京的外交战略思想,注重俄罗斯的历史和传统因素,特别是对欧亚主义的继承。俄罗斯外交呈现出以欧美为主、以亚太地区为补充和辅助的倾向。外交战略的选择,对于未来俄罗斯对外关系的层次和范围无疑将产生巨大影响。