地方民族立法基本问题刍议

在《重庆市实施<中华人民共和国民族区域自治法>办法》起草和修订过程中,通过对我国地方民族立法的几个基本问题的思考和探索,各方面达成了比较一致的认识,进一步明确了地方民族立法的目的,其法律和政策参照依据,地方民族立法的基本形式,以及地方民族立法中权利与义务对等的问题。     

话语创新与思维创新--我国落后地区全面建设小康社会的"话语"分析

全面建设小康社会战略目标的提出为经济文化相对落后的地区提供了极为宝贵的发展机遇,除具有重大的政治、经济意义外,不可低估它所产生的"话语"价值及思维创新意蕴。创新内在地包含了话语创新,而只有实现了话语创新,才能使发展的理性认识融入人们现实的实践,发挥"话语""以言行事"的功能。     

我国西部地区新型城镇化发展路径探索

快速发展的新型城镇化,正在成为中国经济增长和社会发展的强大引擎。国内外不同的区域有不同的城镇化发展模式,加速我国西部地区新型城镇化进程,要根据西部地区独特的地理位置、自然环境和经济社会发展状况,从人口转移、产业发展、社区建设和生态文明等方面选择具有西部地区特色的城镇化发展路径,推动整个社会走上生产发展、生活富裕、生态良好的文明发展道路。     

Domestic European Union Coordination and Interest Group Mobilization in Three Member States: Looking Beyond the Formal Mechanisms

One conclusion in the literature on domestic European Union (EU) coordination is that the formal institutional properties of countries—devolved versus centralized or unitary—affect the nature of coordination practices. Basically, the view has emerged that domestic coordination is a largely bureaucratic process in which political control mechanisms remain relatively weak. Instead of only looking at public authorities and their formal networks, this article relies on a data set that allows us to analyse informal political-administrative networks and look at how societal interests mobilize and target policymakers in order to shape the position governments defend at the EU level. One of our conclusions is that despite devolution in Belgium, its intergovernmental coordination shows a considerable level of network centralization, even when compared to unitary countries such as France and the Netherlands, meaning that there are large differences between the three states with respect to the connectedness of the actors involved.     

Regional Mobilization in the ‘New Europe’: A Research Agenda

This Special Issue re-assesses regional mobilization in the ‘New Europe’. We anticipate that enlargement to Central Europe, the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the largest economic and financial crisis since the birth of the European Community have affected how regional governments respond to Europeanization along three different dimensions: (1) the position they take vis-à-vis the process of EU integration more generally, (2) the strategies they adopt in response to Europeanization pressures and (3) their internal structures and dynamics of the EU member states as multi-level states. The article introduces a framework and formulates hypotheses to examine why and how Europeanization pressures in the ‘New Europe’ affect regional mobilization along these three dimensions. In the final section, the article also introduces the various contributions to this Special Issue and relates them to the analytical framework.     

Why We Need to ‘Unpack’ Regions to Compare Them More Effectively

States are finding it increasingly difficult to provide good governance in response to today's problems in a globalised world, as they are often either too small or too big to cope with current crises. One of the strategies of states to remedy this situation is to construct regional levels of governance at the supranational or national level. This has led to the creation of diverse forms of regional governance worldwide, thereby ushering in a neo-Westphalian world of states and regions. In order to advance the research agenda of comparative regionalism, scholars need to ‘unpack’ regions along several conceptual dimensions. This includes seeing regions as economic areas, public goods spaces as well as actors in the international arena. In addition, a distinction needs to be made in studying the projects, processes and products of region building. Moreover, studying regions needs to take into account the discursive context of ‘regionalism speak’. Finally, more attention needs to be dedicated to the internal complexity of regionalisms. In sum, comparing regions is not a straightforward exercise, and in some case regions should not be compared with other regions, but with states.     

论新疆地区和谐警察公共关系的构建

警察公共关系是警察组织与社会公众双向信息交流和良性互动沟通,既是一种以人为本的思想理念,也是一种警察文化现象。在新疆少数民族地区,由于各民族不同的语言、宗教信仰及风俗习惯,使警察公共关系建设具有较强的地域特色;同时新疆又是我国反恐斗争的第一线,担负着维护国家安全、社会稳定的重要使命,构建和谐警察公共关系需要加深理论认识,强化双语交流沟通,把握民族宗教政策,分析研究涉警网络舆情,加强媒体正面宣传,对警察素质内外兼修。     

Regional parliaments questioning EU affairs

ABSTRACT

Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the desire of parliaments to adapt to their new powers has led to a new wave of Europeanisation. However, the early warning system (EWS) and the political dialogue with the Commission constitute only a small part of parliamentary scrutiny for regional parliaments, which still largely rely on traditional tools such as mandates, debates and questions. Therefore, this paper studies a traditional mechanism of scrutiny, parliamentary questions, in order to understand how they can be used in an EU context. The study shows that Europeanisation is progressing slowly. Interestingly, the vast majority of MPs who ask EU-related questions are not members of the European Affairs Committee. In addition, questions focus primarily on the implementation stage rather than the policy-making stage. Finally, the content of parliamentary questions shows that regional parliaments have a distinctive territorial approach to EU affairs.     

Conclusion: regional parliaments – a distinct role in the EU?

ABSTRACT

Regional parliaments can shape EU policy-making via a range of domestic and European channels. In the context of a renewed interest in the subnational level, this article aims to address three core questions: have regional parliaments really been empowered by the early warning system provisions? Which factors explain differences in strength and mobilisation? Finally, what kind of a role do regional parliaments play in EU policy-making today, now that they have had several years to react to the trend towards multilevel parliamentarism? The authors argue that regional parliaments do indeed have the potential to contribute a distinct perspective to EU policy-making, even if their current level of activity is still low. Their distinctive territorial focus sets them apart from national parliaments. Their level of activity still varies greatly between parliaments depending on a number of factors.     

西北民族地区现代化进程中的文化整台与创新

文化整合与创新是民族文化自身发展的必由之路,也是民族地区社会发展的先决条件。在知识经济时代的21世纪,要想建设一个稳定、和谐、民族团结友爱的现代化强国,加强西北民族地区的文化整合与创新是极其重要的。