关于加快建设节约型社会的建议

加快建设节约型社会的政策措施主要包括切实转变经济增长方式,提高经济增长的质量;大力推进结构调整,加快建立资源节约型产业体系;积极发展循环经济,提高资源利用效率;加快技术进步,提高资源利用技术水平;健全法规标准,强化监督管理;深入开展宣传教育,提高全民资源意识和节约意识等方面。     

论新中国发展观演进与中国经济增长方式转型

不同历史时期的发展观为经济增长方式转型提供了不同的理论基础和实践要求。本文根据新中国成立以来不同时期的发展观的演变,探讨不同发展观对当时经济增长方式的作用与影响,从而得出了科学发展观的提出对我国当下经济增长方式转型的重要理论与现实指导意义。     

附条件不起放热反应适用范围的界定

界定附条件不起诉的适用范围,需要把握两方面因素,一是适用对象应当是构成犯罪,应受刑罚处罚的行为,二是应当是非严重性犯罪,能够排除起诉必要性的行为。借鉴域外有关制度和实践,结合我国司法实际,我国在构建附条件不起诉制度时,宜比照有关缓刑的规定,将适用范围界定为可能判处三年有期徒刑以下刑罚的案件。     

非正式政治力量:吉尔吉斯斯坦“革命”反对派的动员基础

吉尔吉斯斯坦自独立以来已发生了三次“革命”,广义来讲,这三次“革命”均属于“颜色革命”的范畴。但吉尔吉斯斯坦反对派在进行政治动员时,往往尚不具备其他“颜色革命”反对派发起政治动员的一系列“常见”条件(如发达的社交网络、强有力的政党、较高水平的青年组织等)。而在相关条件并不充分的情况下,反对派依托何种力量实现高效的政治动员成为一个值得研究的重要问题。为解答这一问题,吉尔吉斯斯坦反对派所掌握的三种非正式政治力量--个人政治关系网络、部族认同与部族群体、传统政治习俗成为本篇文章重点考察的因素。在三次“革命”中,这三类非正式政治力量帮助反对派实现了募集资金、召集支持者、获取舆论支持、削弱政府合法性、策反政府高层官员等一系列政治目标,成为反对派进行政治动员的主要依托。运用非正式政治力量,吉尔吉斯斯坦反对派得以在其他相关条件尚不充分的情况下,于短时间内实现有效的政治动员,并最终达到了推翻现存政权的目的。     

当代党外代表人士的新特点、发展趋势及成长的基本轨迹——以武汉市历任党外副市长为例

党的十八大报告明确提出"健全社会主义协商民主制度"和"选拔和推荐更多优秀党外代表人士担任各级国家机关领导职务"的两大政治任务,对统一战线的理论创新和工作创新都提出了新的更高要求。因此,加快党外代表人士队伍建设,同时加强党外代表人士工作理论研究就成为建设"中国式民主"的一项重大命题。本文从当代党外代表人士的时代新特点、发展变化趋势和成长规律三个维度,以武汉市的五位党外副市长为典型例证,进行探讨。     

Conversationalism,constitutional economics,and bicameralism strategies for political reform in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has at long last regained the economic momentum lost in the wake of the Asian financial crisis and the collapse of the local property market. However, political friction and uncertainty have escalated rather than subsided, because of deep‐rooted divisions over the pace of democratic reform. There are no simple remedies for the constitutional deadlock that has emerged. Nevertheless, it might be possible to improve the overall political climate and both the form and substance of the dialog regarding fundamental institutional reform by borrowing some ideas from constitutional economics.     

Correspondence

The viability and desirability of a finance-led growth regime is first assessed against the historical evidence about the many alternative regimes that have been proposed as successors to Fordism. A purely hypothetical model is then built by assembling various hypotheses derived from the observation of current American trends. The imposition of financial norms, such as shareholder value, requires a new and coherent architecture for the mode of governance of firms, the form of competition, the wage labour nexus and the objectives of monetary policy, public budget and tax system. According to the model, any requirement for increased profit has a variable macro-economic impact on wages and economic activity according to the size of accelerator effects and the relative importance of wage and profit in income formation. The stability of an equity-based regime depends on monetary policy which controls financial bubbles and thus the diffusion of finance may push the economy into a zone of structural instability. The next major financial crisis may originate in the USA whose economy approximates most closely to the model. But, the so-called American 'new economy' combines diverse but interdependent structural transformations: diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies, search for new rules for competition, increased flexibility in wages and employment, shift from manufacturing to services. Finance is an element in, but not the whole of, this complex emerging regime.     

The Portland region: Where city and suburbs talk to each other—and often agree

Abstract

Portland, OR, is often cited as an example of successful regional governance and planning. The metropolitan area appears to match many of the precepts of the popular “compact city” model of urban growth and to demonstrate the capacity of local and state government to shape growing metropolitan regions. Given this reputation, it is important to evaluate the relevance of the Portland experience for other communities, distinguishing unique local circumstances from generalizable characteristics.

This analysis explores the spatial character of metropolitan Portland in the 1990s, summarizes the politics of regional planning, examines weaknesses in the Portland approach, and offers suggestions for other metropolitan areas. The study finds that many of Portland's accomplishments center on urban design, but that the region's most distinguishing characteristic is its attention to political process. The discussion concludes with suggestions about the value of extensive civic discourse, incremental policy making, and institution building.     

Smart growth: More than a ghost of urban policy past,less than a bold new horizon

Abstract

Proponents of smart growth tout its more compact, less automobile‐dependent development as a superior alternative to the prevailing pattern of sprawl. Admittedly, smart growth is characterized by the ghost of urban policy past, ranging from inner‐area revitalization to growth management. Yet smart growth incorporates leading‐edge, contemporary components (e.g., encouraging multimodal transportation, strategically locating public employment), and its timing is propitious—as aging baby boomers, rising immigration, and other forces support core‐area revitalization and other smart growth themes.

The future of smart growth is promising, but its success is far from assured. Multiple factors, such as the lack of adoption across governments, market support for sprawl, the automobile's clinging dominance, and a paucity of techniques, could impair broad implementation. However, smart growth is sensible, broadly recognized, and fortuitously timed, and its proponents have learned from the miscues of its historical antecedents.