Familiarity breeds contempt? Knowledge and understanding of democracy,support for democratization,and global city residence in Russia

Using Russian survey data from 2011 to 2012, this article examines public understanding of and support for democratization in a semi-authoritarian context. When knowledge of democracy is weak, and conceptual understanding of democracy is mixed—as in Russia—traditional measures of democratic support inadequately capture demand for democratization; that is, for more democracy than currently perceived. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Russians who adhere to “textbook” political definitions of democracy are more, not less, likely to advocate democratization. Residence in global cities increases support for democracy and democratization, while education fosters the latter but not the former. Other traditional indicators of middle-class status, such as income and urbanization, lack consistent effects. Based on these results we re-evaluate the mechanism linking modernization and support for democracy in developing, non-democratic societies. Rather than exert social-psychological or normative effects, modernization works primarily by raising exposure to global political discourses that define and promote democratic government.     

制定《上海市公共安全管理条例》的立法思考

积极借鉴国外城市公共安全管理法制与机制保障经验，制定《上海市公共安全管理条例》，是实现特大型城市公共安全常态管理法治化的必然趋势，并能促进创新型特大型城市公共安全危机管理法规体系的形成，建立健全权责明确的法治化公共安全管理体系，完善特大城市常态化公共安全管理执法机制。     

Exploring the semiotic meaning of the first oil city in the Middle East: Masjed Soleyman

This study aims to provide a perspective on the symbolic characteristics of oil cities by focusing on the example of the first oil city in the Middle East, Masjed Soleyman city. Studies of oil cities are generally based on their industrial characteristics rather than their symbolic meanings. However, since oil became a distinctive symbol in the Middle East, these cities need to be examined from an altered perspective. Therefore, the present study analyses the urban context of Masjed Soleyman city based on four concepts of “city as overall sign”, “image of city”, “language of city” and “interpretation/communication” as well as the derived indicators from each concept. It is concluded that given the critical importance of oil at both the national and international levels, oil production was arguably maintained or sustained by various treatments of this city's inhabitants. In the process of exploring this ancient city, the study portrays that Masjed Soleyman characteristically symbolises control, social segregation and surveillance.     

Beyond (and Within) City Limits: Climate Policy in an Intergovernmental System

This analysis explores the role of city‐level and state‐level variables to explain why some cities make more progress on climate‐related policy implementation than others. Using multilevel modeling, we find little support for the influence of state factors on local government leadership among the 812 cities in the dataset, but local government institutional and community variables are strongly associated with climate policy initiatives. We argue for a rethinking of the notion of the limited and constrained city and suggest that, in the realm of climate protection and environmental policy, cities are leading a bottom‐up federalism. Moreover, where some political analysts and scholars have argued that climate protection and environmental policies may not be economically rational for cities to pursue, we theorize that cities are acting locally to further their self‐interest in an increasingly global economy.     

近年来我国高句丽考古的主要发现与研究

解放后、尤其是近些年来在我国几代文物考古工作者的辛勤劳动下，我国高句丽考古的发现与研究取得了很大成果，主要集中于都城、山城、墓葬及出土的遗物几方面。通过这些发现和研究，为我们探讨高句丽的社会历史、文化特点及其与周邻地区、尤其与中原地区的联系提供了重要实物资料。     

资源型城市转型发展问题研究——以松原市为例

松原市作为成长型的资源型城市,在转型发展实践中取得了一定的成绩,但同时也遇到了许多问题。本文认为,把握资源型城市发展规律,认识转型发展;联系资源型城市客观实际,规划转型发展;完善政策体系,促进转型发展;采取必要措施,落实转型发展;创新体制机制,保障转型发展,是松原市转型发展经验带给资源型城市转型发展的启示。     

市民的依法行为:依法治市的一个重要方面

市民的依法行为和公务员的依法行政构成了依法治市的两大层面。市民的依法行为在依法治市中起着重要的作用。完善相关立法是市民依法行为的前提；鼓励市民依法参政、议政，以推进城市政治生活的民主化进程；弱化传统权威和单位权威，强化崇尚法治权威；培养法治精神，形成法制环境，使市民自觉学法，守法和用法     

近代中国城市江湖社会纠纷解决模式

近代中国城市江湖社会解纷模式的特征是：在主体方面形成了以“异乡人的共同体”属性的“帮”为基本力量的多元化局面；在手段与途径方面形成了一系列在暴力解纷倾向中寻求和平的协商与参与机制；在规则依据方面形成了以“业”为核心的“习惯”、“帮规”与国家法相互渗透、相互磨合的“交织的法网”格局。其可以概括为“帮权自治型”解纷模式，以“帮”的权力与权威的具体运作为“共同体的自治”的内在机理。在注重“强化国家对社会的控制”的民族国家构建模式下，江湖社会解纷模式蕴涵的本土化的自治能力和自治经验极易被忽视。     

金融支持资源枯竭型城市转型的模式选择与政策建议

该文通过总结资源枯竭型城市的内涵和转型规律，分析了金融支持资源型城市转型过程中的遇到的问题和主要障碍，借鉴国外资源型城市转型的经验，提出了促进中国金融业支持资源枯竭型城市转型的模式和相关建议。