Toward Evaluating the Effectiveness of Regional Partnerships for Economic Development in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

During the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of regional partnerships in the United States to enhance economic development across local government jurisdictions. This trend has been mirrored by an increase in regional organizations in Europe, Asia and South America to enhance economic development, usually across national boundaries. While the literature has examined the formation, structure and activities of regional partnerships for economic development in the United States, this is the first study that attempts to measure their effectiveness across a large number of geographical areas using quantitative methods. The findings provide some evidence of their effectiveness in that there is a positive and significant relationship between regional partnerships and employment; the relationship between regional partnerships and income is positive but insignificant. This study may be informative in the further study of regional economic development organizations in other countries as well as regional partnerships and organizations in other policy arenas.     

试论宁夏六盘山连片特困地区农村公益性文化事业的建设

近年来,宁夏六盘山连片特困地区农村公益性文化事业取得了一定的成就,政府加大农村文化基础设施投入,基本形成农村基本公共文化服务.但总体上看,宁夏六盘山连片特困地区仍然是文化基础最薄弱、发展最滞后的区域,仍然存在着一些亟须解决的问题,是我国文化惠民工程重点加快推进的地区之一.     

推进龙胜县民族文化与旅游融合发展探索

在当前国内外文化旅游市场竞争十分激烈的情况下,把民族文化旅游培育成为龙胜战略性的支柱产业,把龙胜建设成生态文化旅游强县,必须着力在民族文化与旅游产业融合发展上寻找突破口、寻求新对策,进一步探索两者互动发展、互融共赢的新模式。,     

日据时期台湾宜兰地方社会转型初论（1895-1936年）——以社会经济与教育文化为视域

日据时期台湾社会步入殖民地化进程,但各地社会变迁形态却有所不同。以宜兰的例子观察,日本殖民者对当地社会经济的殖民地化改造似乎并不如人们想象的那么深刻,而在教育文化方面的影响则要大得多。台湾全岛各个地方千差万别,在探讨殖民地社会转型时,不可将其视作铁板一块,应具体问题具体分析,方能符合历史事实。     

新型现代农业区建设与城乡一体化

在中国的城乡一体化进程中,提出了缩小城乡差距,城市支持农村,让农民平等参与现代化进程共享现代化成果的目标。该文在分析了推进城乡一体化发展中面临的现代农业的发展空间、城市无地可种和农村腹地边缘化等问题的基础上,提出了基本农田驻城发展都市休闲农业区,发展国营农场壮大现代农业区,村办农场同家庭承包有机结合复兴传统农业区,营造城乡三元结构有序推进城乡一体化发展的政策建议。     

Electoral reform and the British MEP

After many years in which the subject was of marginal concern, electoral reform has recently become of central importance to politics in the UK. In this paper we examine the consequences for political representation of the electoral reform introduced in Britain for the 1999 elections to the European Parliament. We find that the immediate consequences of reform for the partisan balance and ‘representativeness’ of the British contingent in the EP were very much as expected. However, both qualitative and quantitative evidence suggest that the impact of reform on the representative priorities of British MEPs has been more partial, as parliamentarians have sought to adapt to the challenge of representing multi-member regions.     

陕甘宁边区判例汇编考略

判例汇编,是指将审判实践中形成的典型案例进行系统地整理和编纂,用以规范和指导司法审判的活动。陕甘宁边区时期,边区政府与边区高等法院针对边区实际,将司法机关在审判实践中形成的典型判例进行汇编。判例汇编的倡导者是边区政府,而具体实施者是边区高等法院。边区制定法不完善、司法队伍建设不能满足司法审判需要、人民群众文化素质低、观念落后等社会原因促使了边区判例汇编的形成。边区判例汇编具有分类汇编与共性概括汇编相结合、正反判例相结合等特点。边区判例汇编作为典型案例的集合,具有总结边区司法审判经验、提升边区司法审判人员素质、补充边区制定法不足、减少诉讼及化解社会矛盾等重要历史价值。边区判例汇编虽然有形成仓促、汇编形式略显粗糙等缺点,但这种方式却有力地促进了边区的法制建设。     

略论抗战时期各根据地的农村文化建设

抗日战争时期,随着各根据地的建立,农村的文化建设和发展成为各根据地巩固和发展的重要课题。各根据地的农村文化,以民主和抗日为主题,适应了全国占主导地位的抗战文化。抗战时期的各根据地农村文化建设,对打败日本侵略者、解放中华民族发挥了积极的作用,对当今社会主义新农村建设具有借鉴意义。     

当前公安边防群众工作面临的问题及对策研究

当前,边境地区因社会环境的急剧变化而导致了做好公安边防群众工作越来越困难。公安边防群众工作的质量,不仅影响着边境地区的安全稳定,而且关系着边境地区的现代化建设。因此,只有从归纳公安边防群众工作的概念出发,分析其在边境管理工作中的作用,总结当前做好公安边防群众工作所面临的问题,才能提出做好公安边防群众工作的对策,服务于边境地区治安实务工作。     

惩治和预防腐败体系的现代化建设——以苏南区域国家治理体系和治理能力现代化为视角

完善和发展中国特色社会主义制度,推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化,是中国共产党十八届三中全会决定确立的全面深化改革的总目标。国家治理体系和治理能力现代化中都包含了惩治和预防腐败体系。苏南地区推进区域惩治和预防腐败体系现代化建设,是贯彻十八大、十八届二中、三中全会精神的必然要求,是落实国家关于苏南现代化示范区建设规划的现实要求,必须在经济社会快速发展的同时,积极探索党风廉政建设、反腐败工作方式转型和功能升级的实现路径。要强化惩防职能、实化惩防功能、提高惩防效能,促进人心清纯、干部清正、政府清廉、政治清明、社会清朗。