Rural economies and leadership change in Central Asia

ABSTRACT

This article applies a political economy approach to questions of presidential succession in Central Asia. Using the cases of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, it examines how institutions governing rural economies generate, channel and distribute rents within these authoritarian regimes. In some, these institutions concentrate rents under long-standing rulers; in others they diffuse rents away from rulers. The article then specifies obstacles to leadership change that arise from these rural economies, and the crises those obstacles may pose for authoritarian regimes in the region.     

Exploring the role and place of the Permanent Representative Committee within the African Union

It can be confidently stated that, since its constitutive act came into effect in July, 2001, the African Union (AU) has enjoyed increasing attention at the administrative level from a number of scholars. Most of these scholars focus, however, on the evolution of the AU in general or on the Peace and Security Council and its components and how it links with regional organisations and the United Nations. This article adds to the existing literature by looking closely at the role and place of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) in the decision-making framework of the AU. It also critically analyses the potential of the PRC and the challenges facing it as one of the most important decision-making committees of the AU. Lastly, it examines the evolution of the PRC and its functions. Finally, among other things, the article questions the lack of transparency practised by the PRC and proposes new approaches.     

创新“服务型”农村警务的实践—山西寿阳“流动警务室”调研报告

2007年3月,山西寿阳县公安局在全县的山区农村创造并启动了以“流动警务车”为载体的“流动警务室”工作模式,受到了来自各个方面的赞誉。“流动警务室”是宗旨意识和执法为民思想的创新实践,是“服务型”社区和农村警务建设的创新实践,是强化公安机关能力建设的创新实践,是提高公安工作综合绩效的创新实践,它为我省乃至全国类似地区的农村警务建设和实践提供了有益的启示和借鉴。     

西部少数民族地区农村公共产品供给短缺的体制缺陷

目前,我国农村地区普遍存在着公共产品供给短缺的问题,尤其是我国西部少数民族农村地区,公共产品供给严重不足,造成这些地区生产生活严重落后。随着我国社会主义新农村建设的进行,加大对西部少数民族农村的投入力度,改变这种供给短缺的现象已成为一项很紧迫的任务。     

我国农村社会养老保险的制度困境与解决途径探索

建立农村社会养老保险制度是政府保护农民利益的重要手段,它对推动农村经济发展、促进社会稳定具有重要意义。从理论上讲农民参加养老保险是其理性的选择,但农村养老保险制度推行十多年来,收效并不理想。从博弈理论和交易成本角度剖析农村社会养老保险制度运行困境的原因,对农村社会养老保险制度的实现途径进行探讨,具有现实意义。     

妇女在村委会选举中的竞选策略研究——以湖北省随州市为个案

2008年中国2/3的省将开展新一轮的村委会选举,农村妇女能否顺利进入村庄权力结构,需要公共政策的支持,同时妇女参与村委会选举的竞选策略也非常重要.本文以湖北随州市选举调研为基础,阐述了在农村初级政治市场形成的背景下,妇女在村委会竞选中运用营销策略的正当性和必要性以及存在的认识误区;并以案例分析的形式,探讨了妇女在村委会选举中的竞选策略,为妇女参与即将到来的下一届村委会换届选举竞选提供帮助.     

论农村生活文化建设

社会主义新农村建设首先是文化建设,而文化建设的根本在于生活文化的创建。生活文化是体现农耕生活过程和对生活过程的理解的本真内涵,同时也是现代文化语境下的农村建设的新解读。社会主义新农村建设应当遵循文化的生活原则,来开展生活文化占主导地位的文化新农村的建设。     

乡村振兴与农地流转体制机制创新研究——基于地权配置的视角

“乡土中国”是我国农村的基本社会事实。土地问题是农村经济体制改革的逻辑起点,也是深化改革的关键着力点。优化地权配置,通过土地流转提高农地利用效率是乡村振兴战略的核心。从地权配置角度切入,剖析乡村振兴与农地流转之间的内生关系,探究了当前农地流转的成绩、不足以及困境,以图耦合地、人、业、钱等要素的关系。为推进农地流转体制机制创新,应当加快法律法规体系建设,建立健全网络化的农地流转市场并充分监管农地用途,合理界定相关权利主体及其行为边界,激活土地的多层次权能,促进现代农业与小农户有机衔接,同时健全社会保障体系,减少农地流转的后顾之忧,殷实农民获得感。     

黑龙江省农村信息化发展战略模式

根据国外以及国内发达地区的农村信息化发展所采取的战略,结合黑龙江省实际情况,黑龙江省农村信息化的发展应构建多元化协同发展战略模式,即采取全面推进与局部突破相结合、农垦地方区域信息化无缝对接、与小城镇建设相结合、多元化发展、跨越式发展战略。     

Identifying IT-based rural development infrastructures： Strategic alignment approach

Information technology （IT） has been able to facilitate the rural development through empowering and integrating the accessibility of the villagers （cottagers） to the available knowledge and information and the opportunities to different extents. The success of IT approach in rural development requires some initial efforts to prepare applying IT in order to achieve it. Awareness of IT-based rural development infrastructures and subsequently preparation of required infrastructures are one of the most important steps towards delivering the development program. Considering the importance of this subject, in this paper, we have tried to identify the IT-based rural development infrastructures, using the ideas of experts in IT and rural development across the Iran country. The data analysis of 171 respondents with T-student test showed that the factors of social-cultural, organizational-managerial, technical-telecommunication and legal-legitimate are the IT-based infrastructures of rural development. Successful provision of these elements depends on the existence of strategic alignment approach and focuses on the balanced maturity of the infrastructures.