Confronting Urban Crisis and Opportunity in the 1990s: An Insiders’ View on How Fannie Mae’s Housing Research Helped Reset Policy and Remade Cities

In response to the urban crisis of the early 1990s, the government-sponsored enterprise known as Fannie Mae used what would become the Annual Housing Conference (AHC) to influence urban and housing policy. This article traces the history of the AHC in relation to Housing Policy Debate as part of a concerted effort of Fannie Mae to invest in and upgrade the quality of urban and housing policy research during the 1990s. The impact of these conferences on the policy community in universities, Washington DC, the states, and indeed the world is analyzed by highlighting some of work that came out of the more influential conferences including the 1991 Homeless Conference, the 1994 Access to Opportunity Conference, and the 1997 Social Capital Conference. The article is concluded with an appraisal of the AHC’s legacy.     

Japan's leadership role in East Asian security multilateralism: the Nakayama proposal and the logic of reassurance

Abstract

United States’ foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region is set to be fundamentally altered by two developments in Washington's defence policy. The first is the so-called pivot towards the region in terms of overall defence strategy. The second, occurring at roughly the same time, is a move towards a far greater role for advanced conventional weaponry in the US defence posture. We analyse the interaction of these two trends and discusses a central tension between short and long-term challenges, suggesting that, contrary to current developments, either a freeze in the deployment of these weapons programmes or a return to a strategy underpinned by traditional notions of deterrence may well be necessary.     

浅析统一战线服务社会治理的逻辑

十八届三中全会提出的社会治理是系统治理、依法治理、综合治理和源头治理,这表明社会治理应是扁平化、网络化、多元主体共同参与式的协同治理模式,是柔性管理,而不是强力管制。这一社会治理模式所体现出的一些理念即多元主体、协调关系、化解矛盾、社会化服务、激发社会活力等等,也是统一战线历来就存在的思维理念和工作职能。因此,统一战线服务社会治理有着历史和现实的内在逻辑。     

“2009年海洋污染责任与政策国际研讨会”综述

2009年6月4—5日,海洋污染责任与政策国际研讨会在大连召开。会议就海洋污染刑事责任、海洋污染民事责任、海洋污染典型案例研究以及国际公约的实施四大议题进行探讨与交流。     

行将勃兴的治理绩效管理潮流——基于第三次明诺布鲁克会议的预测

在行政学120多年发展过程中出现的各种不同学派的争鸣,仅仅是在不同时期管理主题变动下研究潮流的变迁。在新的管理主题下,一种新的行政学研究潮流正在酝酿。我们在统计分析第三次明诺布鲁克会议资料的基础上预测了行将勃兴的研究潮流将会是“治理绩效管理”。同时,我们大胆预测,该潮流的8个重点研究主题将会是参与式治理、治理管理、治理绩效评估、超越行政管辖范围的治理、公共与非赢利组织治理、民主治理、治理工具和IT与网络治理,并据此建议我国行政学首先需要加强这8个方面的研究。     

试论人民政协政治沟通的机制性问题及其对策

政治沟通功能是人民政协的基本功能。从建国至今,人民政协在沟通执政党、政府与民众方面发挥了十分重要的桥梁和纽带作用。但是,受多种因素的影响,目前,在人民政协的沟通过程中还存在许多机制性问题,沟通主体、沟通渠道、沟通客体、沟通方式等沟通要素难以有机结合、相互联动,致使上情难以下传、下情难以上达、沟通不畅等现象还时常存在。要改变这种状况,充分发挥人民政协的政治沟通功能,就必须健全沟通要素的功能,通过制度化建设等措施,促进沟通要素的有机结合、相互联动,形成运行有效的沟通机制。     

世贸组织新一轮多边贸易谈判面临的分歧及应对措施

自2001年11月14日多哈会议以来世贸组织各贸易成员方发起的新一轮多边贸易谈判,分歧主要集中在农产品出口补贴、环境贸易壁垒、反倾销和政府采购透明度、世贸组织体制和机制等方面。面对日益严峻和复杂的国外反补贴、反倾销、技术性保障措施发展态势,我们可采取积极的对策与措施有:第一,尽快确定解决贸易争端的工作重点。第二,进一步建立健全技术法规、技术标准和合格评定程序体系。第三,继续扩大内需,调整出口结构,缓解对外贸易争端。第四,审时度势,正确处理贸易争端。     

“古田会议”与苏区党的思想建设

“古田会议”召开的目的,主要是为了解决红四军党的建设中存在的问题,特别是党的思想建设方面的问题。针对当时党内各种非无产阶级思想,“古田会议”提出了许多针对性的解决方案。通过这次会议,中国共产党不仅初步将马列主义的建党学说与中国党的建设实践结合起来,而且成功地解决了在半殖民地半封建社会的环境中建设无产阶级先进政党的问题。当然,上述方案对当时苏区的党建工作也有重要的借鉴意义。     

Section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 and the Primacy of Contract

The Court of Appeal's decision in Fulham Football Club (1987) Ltd v Richards & Anor is both of interest and significance. By embracing the idea of the parties’ ability to ‘contract out’ of their statutory right to petition the court for relief under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 (the so‐called ‘unfair prejudice’ remedy), their Lordships have not only contrived to stunt the future development of unfair prejudice as a minority shareholder remedy but, and more importantly for the purposes of this case note, their decision has reasserted and extended the contractual analogy in modern UK company law.