Citizens,consumers, workers,and activists: civil society during and after water privatization struggles

Water privatization battles and their aftermath in seven Latin American, African, and Asian countries feature diverse and often complementary forms of action by unions, popular movements, neighbourhood associations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). NGOs cooperate with popular movements for water rights more than the literature would suggest, and after mobilizations against privatization, activists have had some success maintaining pressure for better service to poor neighbourhoods through advocacy and local self-provision arrangements. Public employees’ unions play important roles in water policy coalitions, often practising a distinctive form of social movement unionism. These experiences argue for a more flexible understanding of categories and organizational forms in civil society.     

Changing Hydropolitical Relations in the Nile Basin: A Protracted Transition

A new hydro-political order is emerging in the Nile Basin. Upstream riparian states have improved their bargaining power vis-à-vis downstream countries by adopting a common position in the negotiations over a new framework agreement to govern the utilisation of the Nile waters. Some upstream riparians have unilaterally constructed hydraulic projects that threaten Egypt’s hegemonic position in the basin, the most notable of which is the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Whether these developments will lead to a more equitable utilisation of water resources and a more cooperative order will depend on the policies of the riparian states, especially in the Eastern Nile. Respect of the Declaration of Principles on the GERD signed between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan could help build trust between the three countries after years of tensions around the project. Beyond that, a basin-wide plan for the utilisation of water resources would not only maximise the benefits from the river and address the common challenges facing the basin, but also reduce the political costs of tensions on future projects.     

中国共产党制度资源系统的层次架构与运作模式

制度是一个由不同要素构成的系统,绝不仅仅是一些规则的集成与组合。要对中国共产党制度资源系统有一个较为全面的把握,就要求我们从静态和动态两个方面对其加以审视,即一方面从静态上把握制度资源系统的层次架构,另一方面从动态上把握制度系统是如何运作的,并在此基础上把握中国共产党制度资源系统有效运作的要求。     

基于人力资本的大湄公河次区域人力资源开发研究

现代新经济增长理论和实践已经证明,人力资本是经济增长的源泉,而人力资本的形成离不开人力资源开发活动。大湄公河次区域在世界区域竞争加强的背景下需要加快发展,应该增强参与各方的合作与信任意识,加强对人力资源开发工作的认识,扩大开发资金的来源,改变现行的项目导向为条约机制的管理模式。     

A Hydrologic Retention System and Water Quality Monitoring Program for a Human Decomposition Research Facility: Concept and Design

Forensic taphonomy is an essential research field; however, the decomposition of human cadavers at forensic science facilities may lead to nutrient loading and the introduction of unique biological compounds to adjacent areas. The infrastructure of a water retention system may provide a mechanism for the biogeochemical processing and retention of nutrients and compounds, ensuring the control of runoff from forensic facilities. This work provides a proof of concept for a hydrologic retention system and an autonomous water quality monitoring program designed to mitigate runoff from The Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science (STAFS) Facility. Water samples collected along a sample transect were analyzed for total phosphorous, total nitrogen, , , NH₄, F^?, and Cl^?. Preliminary water quality analyses confirm the overall effectiveness of the water retention system. These results are discussed with relation to how this infrastructure can be expanded upon to monitor additional, more novel, byproducts of forensic science research facilities.     

Detecting Submerged Bodies: Controlled Research Using Side‐Scan Sonar to Detect Submerged Proxy Cadavers

Forensic investigators routinely deploy side‐scan sonar for submerged body searches. This study adds to the limited body of literature by undertaking a controlled project to understand how variables affect detection of submerged bodies using side‐scan sonar. Research consisted of two phases using small and medium‐sized pig (Sus scrofa) carcasses as proxies for human bodies to investigate the effects of terrain, body size, frequency, swath width, and state of decomposition. Results demonstrated that a clear, flat, sandy pond floor terrain was optimal for detection of the target as irregular terrain and/or vegetation are major limitations that can obscure the target. A higher frequency towfish was preferred for small bodies, and a 20 m swath width allowed greater visibility and easier maneuverability of the boat in this environment. Also, the medium‐sized carcasses were discernable throughout the 81‐day study period, indicating that it is possible to detect bodies undergoing decomposition with side‐scan sonar.     

Crowding Out Meritocracy? – Cultural Constraints in Chinese Public Human Resource Management

This paper seeks cultural explanations of the pervasive norm violations against the principle of meritocracy in Chinese public human resource management especially at local levels. It reveals that a bureaucratic culture of patrimonial individualism, including favouritism, nepotism, localism, and factionalism prevailing within Chinese officialdom as the ethos, value, psychological disposition, and behavioural orientation of civil servants, has undermined the development in China of a modern meritocracy‐based civil service system. With 14 case studies, this research demonstrates that the Chinese civil service institutions, derived from an opposite culture of hierarchical collectivism, failed to address the cultural constraints over the implementation of the meritocracy principle. The conceptual framework, as well as the case findings, points to legislative and policy reforms in China that would address the problems derived from the unique Chinese bureaucratic culture through further institutional design and capacity building.     

坚持“五突出”开发佛道教文化旅游资源

旅游业是陕西省的龙头产业之一,佛道教文化旅游资源是陕西省整个旅游资源中不可忽视的重要的组成部分。要发展陕西旅游业,必须大力发掘佛道教文化旅游资源,必须在开发利用佛道教文化旅游资源时坚持做到五个突出,即突出佛道教文化的历史特点;突出自然风景与人文景观协调和谐的园林化特点;突出佛道教文化积极方面的内涵;突出佛道教文化中民族团结、国际交流的特点;突出佛道教文化艺术的特点。     

中国水资源安全法律保障初步研究

本文研究了中国水资源安全法律保障及存在的问题,提出了完善中国水资源安全法律保障的对策。     

论与需求层次相结合的人力资源管理

根据与需求层次相结合的人力资源管理理论,当员工处在不同层次的需求上时,组织就要相应实施不同层次的激励和管理。随着人性需求的扩张,管理的层次也随之升华,在经历过以物质为手段的经济管理、以情感为方法的精神管理之后,人力资源管理达到文化管理的最高境界,真正实现用理念、使命、氛围来达到组织目标与个人目标的一致性。