Does Federalism Matter for Biopolicies? Switzerland in Comparative Perspective

This article analyses how federalism matters for the policy‐designing process and the resulting policies in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology through the comparison of four countries, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Canada. It reconstructs from an actor‐centred perspective how federalism interacts with other country and policy‐field specific characteristics and empirically assesses how this interaction influenced the final policies. By focusing on Assisted Reproductive Technology, the article examines the potential influence of federalism on public policies beyond the standard discussion of the comparative political economy of federalism.     

Remortgaging Women's Lives: The World Bank'sLand Agenda in Africa

In recent months, the World Bank has issued a series of draft policy reports on land relations. This is the first time in over two decades that the Bank has sought to review its policy on lending in the land sector. Access to the draft reports and participation in the consultation process has, however, been severely limited. Nonetheless, the World Bank expects to issue the final Report by the end of this year. This paper presents a gender analysis of the two draft documents that have been made available to date. It assesses their implications for gender relations in Africa. It explores the World Bank's promotion of formal rural credit and challenges the assumption of the availability of women's unpaid agricultural labour. The paper argues that, far from being over, the struggle over land relations which has characterised the last decade in Africa, must continue. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

贵州省实施“生态建设与扶贫富民工程”调查报告

贵州是中国生态环境最为脆弱的省区之一。根据贵州的实际区情 ,建议国家应将贵州作为全国生态建设投资的重点省区 ,以确保“生态建设与扶贫富民工程”的顺利实施。为此 ,针对贵州生态建设存在的主要问题 ,我们认为今后应在充分发挥长期形成的生态建设经验模式基础上 ,采取相应的有效措施 ,推动土地利用结构调整 ,完善“四荒”拍卖政策体系 ,尽快建立生态建设评估机制 ,积极开发地方绿色农副产品 ,大力发展民族区域经济和本土化特色经济 ,开发环保替代产业和增加就业 ,以切实推动解决贵州的生态环境可持续发展问题。     

公安学科体系研究初论--《公安学科体系研究》项目研究的若干意见

公安学科体系研究关系到公安院校办学层次和质量的提高,关系到公安教育的可持续发展,关系到"科教强警"战略的实施.该项研究的目的是规范公安学科的名称,明确公安学科的范围、内在结构及其与相关学科的关系,通过系统集成使公安教育和科研层次清晰、均衡发展.应强化使命意识,认清公安学科体系研究的时代意义;从实际出发,建立适合国情的公安学科体系;遵循学术范式,规范公安学科建设;遵循学科发展规律,提高公安学科建设质量;发扬学术民主,倡导百家争鸣;从全局出发,树立公安学科的系统观.     

论加强犯罪研究

加强犯罪研究,应面对现实,承认现实,进行专题性研究。必须系统了解犯罪现状,认识犯罪的特点与规律,研究犯罪原因,才能科学有效地制定预防与控制犯罪的对策。应深化犯罪研究,提高决策的科学性;加强市场管理,强化预防和控制犯罪的功能;加强立法,依法管理;强化政府管理职能,抓好宏观管理;加强宣传教育工作,尤其是对青少年的法制观念和道德教育。加强犯罪研究,还应进行预防犯罪研究;要进一步加强对犯罪趋势的研究,做好犯罪发生的预测工作。     

Public Opinion and the Role of Government Arts Funding in Spain

While several studies have probed the determinants of public support for government funding of arts and culture in the United States, little work to date has addressed the question in Europe. Yet as private cultural funding increases in magnitude in most Western European countries, the answer to this question has policy implications. This article formalizes the theory of the determinants of this public support in a model, employs public opinion data from Spain to estimate this model, and compares the results with those from the U.S. I find that support in Spain increases strongly with age, but is insignificant in most other variables. The article's empirical results yield several lessons for cultural policy design.     

利用税收杠杆发展非营利性科研机构

非营利性科研机构的发展离不开政府的财政支持。政府应利用税收杠杆尤其是各种税收 支出形式,刺激、引导和调节非营利性科研机构的发展。     

美国新能源战略初探

确保美国未来能源安全是美国新能源战略的核心目标。在国内,美国加强石油和天然气的勘探与开发,推行能源多元化政策,加强基础设施建设,增加战略石油储备;在国外,美国加强对中东海湾地区的石油控制,同时减轻对中东石油进口的依赖,并不惜以军事和外交手段扩大对世界其他地区能源的控制和影响。     

“入世”后我国应对环境贸易壁垒之研究

中国加入WTO之后,一些国家的环境贸易壁垒将进一步威胁我国的外贸出口。为此,我们应该研究运用WTO相关环境政策法规和争端解决机制来应对面临的环境贸易壁垒。还应注意团结广大发展中国家,积极参与包括环境贸易在内的新一轮WTO多边贸易谈判,做游戏规则的制定者和相关谈判的智者。     

论南诏的民族政策

南诏是一个多民族集合体政权。其对辖地各民族的治策、移民政策和发展辖地各民族经济交流的政策,具有实用性、复杂性和灵活性的特点。南诏的民族政策,既巩固和发展了南诏的统治,也促进了云南及周边地区的社会发展和各民族的交往。南诏的民族政策也有局限性,主要表现在居于支配地位的白蛮和乌蛮贵族对其他民族进行压迫和掠夺。