The Future of Belgian Federalism Through the Eyes of the Citizens

How do Belgian citizens see the future of federalism? In the typical consociational Belgium citizens have not had much to say about the federalization process, which has been largely elite-driven. And actually not so much is known about the future of Belgian federalism through the eyes of the citizens. Survey research shows some differences in identity and in institutional preferences between the two language groups, but also a low salience of the issue when they cast a vote. This article, therefore, looks at alternative methods to capture the perceptions of the citizens: focus groups, deliberative experiments and mental maps.     

提高综合素质加快新生代农民工市民化进程

目前,新生代农民工已成为农民工的主体,成为城乡统筹发展中的重要力量.渴望融入城市是他们最大的利益诉求,然而,综合素质因素严重制约着其市民化的步伐.因此,提高新生代农民工的综合素质势在必行,需要政府、企业、社会各界的帮扶以及农民工自身的努力,以逐步消除农民工与城市居民之间综合素质的巨大差异,加快新生代农民工市民化的进程.     

社会管理创新与保障公民民主权利的良性互动关系研究

在我国社会发展的关键时期,要不断地进行社会管理创新并使其和社会的发展与经济的发展相适应。社会管理的最终目的是为了实现好、维护好、发展好最广大人民的根本利益。保障公民民主权利是社会管理创新的根本落脚点,社会管理创新是保障公民民主权利的重大举措,实现社会管理创新与保障公民民主权利的良性互动是学界需要研究的重大理论和实践问题。     

"迁徙自由"入宪必要性和可行性分析

迁徙自由是公民的一项基本权利.宪法上确认迁徙自由,是完善我国人权保障事业的需要;是我国社会主义市场经济建立和发展的内在要求;是建设社会主义法治国家的需要;是户籍制度改革的需要.大规模的人口流动为迁徙自由的确立提供事实根据,市场经济的发展为迁徙自由提供动力,各种制度改革和社会变革为迁徙自由提供了社会基础.     

论公民知情权的宪法确认

一个国家的知情权保障制度发达与否 ,直接反映着这个国家的人权宪政水平。知情权的人权确认是宪政制度发展的历史趋势。要切实有效地保障公民知情权 ,应把知情权纳入我国宪法公民基本权利体系。     

统一战线是扩大公民有序政治参与的重要途径

统一战线的存在和发展是经济、政治、文化、社会发展的客观要求。全面建设统一战线,其目的就是增强统一战线为社会主义经济、政治、文化、社会建设服务的功能。本文就扩大公民有序政治参与,发挥统一战线政治整合功能,在规范有序中实现社会政治稳定;发挥统一战线联系广泛的优势,在推进公民政治参与的同时提高公民的民主价值观及对主流政治文化的认同感。总之,要充分发挥统一战线凝聚人心,汇聚力量,协调关系,化解矛盾的独特优势和作用,把广大人民群众的智慧和力量凝聚到全面建设小康社会和构建社会主义和谐社会的目标上来。     

The Use of Social Media Policies by US Municipalities

As the use of social media technologies becomes ever more ingrained in the day-to-day functions of public organizations, it is important to develop relevant social media policies to guide their effective use and enable increasingly transparent engagement with citizens. Analyzing the content of such policies can inform scholars about the intended purpose of government’s use of social media. Hence, to build the foundation for a research agenda focused on the role of policy in government’s ability to effectively engage citizens, this exploratory study first identified 156 US cities with a recognizable social media presence and then employed a content analysis to analyze the key elements of their social media policies. Based on our findings, most cities have integrated social media into daily operations, however, many do not provide effective social media policies to guide such use.     

Struggle for citizenship: interaction between political society and civil society at a Kurd refugee protest in Tokyo

This article analyzes a Kurd refugee sit-in protest staged in front of the United Nations offices in Tokyo in July–September 2004 and its implications for the interaction between political society and civil society. The refugees' protest is viewed as a moment where the line between citizens and non-citizens is redrawn. Citizens possess an exclusive right to political speech and action. Protests by refugees undoubtedly question citizens' monopoly of this right. By organizing protests, refugees, who do not have citizenship status, raise their voices, make demands, and thus request a right to speech and action. In doing so, they blur the line between citizens and non-citizens. In this process, how do citizens and refugees interact with each other? By using Partha Chatterjee's concept of political society, I examine the different tactics employed by the refugees, who are part of political society, and the citizens of civil society. The case shows that when different voices meet, the voice of civil society drowns the voice of political society: the refugees' tactics were de-legitimized by the citizens. This interaction suggests that encounters between citizens and refugees are not simply events where the refugees claim a right to speech and action, but that such encounters also involve citizens in effect struggling to secure their monopoly of the same rights.     

宪法视角下的公民财产权保护

界定宪法意义上的公民财产权含义及其规范结构,分析我国现存的公民财产权保护制度的缺陷,旨在提出完善我国公民财产权宪法保护制度的建议,以期对我国的法治建设有所裨益。     

论公民环境权的宪法化

对公民环境权的内涵、外延、性质进行界定,提出公民环境权入宪的必要性。公民环境权入宪,是未来宪法发展的趋势,同时,也为公民环境权的保护奠定了宪法基础。