Distributed Generation of Electricity: The Role of Academic Research and Advice in California’s “Clean DG” Policy Network

Deregulation and the combined threats of energy crises and global warming concern nations around the world, yet these issues continue to be addressed more directly by domestic regulatory systems than by international institutions. The present analyses of the integration of distributed sources of power generation (DG) into California’s electric utility system suggests that domestic environmental dilemmas with international repercussions provide an obvious entrée for global environmental policy specialists into the practice of environmental policy-making and law. Here I review current scholarship on policy networks that illuminates the contributions that technical and policy experts can make to such networks surrounding environmental issues. I then introduce the key members of California’s “clean DG” policy network that emphasizes the role of academic experts in this influential political system, and discuss how my own research has impacted the development of the state’s DG policy. I conclude that scholars are well positioned to observe and engage domestic and international environmental policy networks, and thereby also to influence environmental politics and law.     

政府环境保护责任与《环境保护法》的修改

近年来，《环境保护法》的修改已引起越来越多学者的关注。该法中对政府环境保护责任的原则性规定，已明显不能适应经济社会发展和环境保护的需要。应通过确立政府各部门的内部协调机制和司法机构的监督机制，吸借鉴实践中已行之有效的环境管理政策和制度，以全面强化政府的环境保护责任。     

宪政国情与我国宪法监督模式的选择

宪法监督模式的选择必须符合我国国情，这是宪法监督发挥作用的前提。我国宪政国情可以从三个方面考察：政治理念上，强调议行合一；制度层面上，人大制度是保障人民当家作主的基本制度；实践层面上，执政党是实际的国家权力中心。特有国情使我国宪法监督制度的完善面临是否承认分权、人大是否受监督、执政党行为是否受制约等困惑。特有国情决定了我国宪法监督制度实质是保障各级各类国家机关贯彻执行执政党的方针政策，而关键是各级党组织及其领导人行为应受合宪审查。我国应建立执政党成员占主导地位的、中央与省两级分别设立的宪法监督委员会。这种宪法监督模式有利于实现对执政党组织的监督，有利于树立人大权威，有利于实现政党与国家关系的法律化。     

To be continued . . . Syntheses and trends in follow-up of quality assurance in West European higher education

The authors report on West European trends in follow-up arrangements of national quality assurance procedures. They argue that external quality assurance ought to adopt a broader conception of quality than is now often the case. Next, the general public ought to have a guarantee that external quality assurance is valid (through meta-evaluation) and has consequences (through follow-up arrangements). Follow-up currently is not well developed in many European countries in a formal sense, but is receiving more attention as external quality assurance is maturing. Finally, the authors link national quality assurance to the European dimension; an international network could fulfil important functions in making quality assurance transparent and credible across Europe. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

职工董事、监事素质结构初探

从职工董事、监事工作的基本状况及其分析中可以得出 :当前 ,制约职工董事、监事发挥作用的一个重要因素是职工董事、监事的素质不高。为此 ,需要从职工董事、监事的地位与作用 ,职责和权限的高度 ,去研究职工董事、监事的素质构成 ,并提出职工董事、监事应具备的素质结构和知识结构。     

全球化进程与当代政府管理创新

政府管理创新是世界各国政府发展的总趋势。全球化进程作为一个大的时代背景,在加强国与国联系的同时,必然推动着各国政府外部管理体制和内部运作机制的相互学习和自我创新。全球化进程对当代政府管理更是提出了许多全新的要求:一、全球化进程必然要求当代政府管理对于新的国际情势有一个制度上的回应;二、全球化进程使得一个主权国家政府管理的内部事务衍生出外部意义;三、全球化进程要求政府管理从传统的"自上而下"的统治走向"上下互动"的治理;四、全球化进程要求当代政府管理在全球范围内关注生态治理、环境保护和和平共处的问题。     

大学生心理健康教育工作的有效途径

近年来，大学生心理健康问题越来越受到关注。目前已有不少高校和心理学专家开始了对大学生心理健康问题的研究，并取得了宝贵的成果。通过分析当前大学生中普遍存在的心理问题，力求找出解决问题的正确途径，以帮助大学生摆脱心理问题的困扰，走出心理阴影。     

家庭的民事主体地位

家庭是一种独立的社会组织,为了自身的生存和履行其社会职能,家庭在客观上具有作为民事主体的必要性,事实上也已经是民事法律行为的实施者。家庭具有独立的意志和财产,在法理上具备作为民事主体的一般条件,现行的国内外法律也在一定程度上承认了家庭的民事主体地位。     

Civil Society,Environmental Security and Knowledge: Forest Governance in Thailand and the Philippines in the Context of ASEAN

In the domain of environmental security, it appears that a strong civil society, one with strong social ingenuity and social capital, is a necessary condition not only for environmental security, but also for regional security in general. This paper will argue that in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), much can be learned from the empirical experiences of Thailand and the Philippines that have established records of accomplishment in civil society participation in forest governance. Also discussed is the possible role of epistemic communities both within these countries as well as across countries in the ASEAN in harnessing institutions of knowledge to influence domestic and regional governance of forest resources.     

对国企改革发展方向的再认识

国有企业改革是整个经济体制改革的中心环节。经过20多年实践,国有企业改革已经取得了巨大成就。但同时,我们也清醒地意识到在深化国有企业改革的同时,出现了一些值得注意的问题。要想真正推进国有企业改革,应从推进股份制改革和建立健全现代产权制度两个方面着手。