区域城市一体化的政区逻辑:政区治理化与治理政区化

区域城市一体化是区域发展体现国家战略的重要路径,而实现这一路径的核心难题则是推进区域城市的一体化治理。尽管传统的单一区划调整由于其诸多制度弊端受到学界的强烈批判,并生发出诸多以不动区划的区域治理理论予以解释并应用,但行政区划调整在中国特色的区域治理中仍有其制度生命力。这种生命力体现在传统区划调整从制度供给和制度需求两方面的转变,一方面是从制度供给角度进行政区政策工具的扩展化改造,另一方面是在制度需求角度将区域一体化对政区的空间逻辑需求叠加上政治逻辑需求。由此,区域城市一体化中的政区治理化和治理政区化构成了弥合行政区划在理论上失灵和实践中管用这一张力的解释路径,也同时为区域城市一体化的现实治理提供一个独特的政策路径。     

“一张一弛之谓道”:复杂局面中的国家治理节奏

对任何一个现代国家来讲,掌握国家治理中的节奏感都是十分重要的。现代国家都处在复杂局面之中,张弛有度的国家治理节奏,全面、深刻地影响国家前途与命运。在把握社会总体周期的基础上,处在复杂局面中的国家,应当因应于社会总体态势,或强化政策力度,提高政策张力,推进国家发展;或弱化政策进取,俾使社会休养生息,保障国家生机。如果在社会需要国家强化政策力度时反应迟缓,在社会需要国家弱化政策刚性时霸王硬上弓,那么,就会导致国家治理的张弛失度,让国家治理节奏紊乱,催生国家风险与危机。这让国家治理无法保持一种适应社会周期的力度变化:要么以过度的政策强度而摧毁国家治理的正常运转机制,要么以不及的政策而跟不上社会变化的速率导致国家权力瘫痪。对中国而言,这点尤为紧要。     

电子政府的研究视野

近年来,随着电子政府实践的发展,学术界从不同的研究角度对电子政府进行了研究。总体来看,电子政府的研究可以分为"硬派"和"软派"两大流派。由于发展电子政府的战略性地位,各国政府和相关学术研究机构都给予此项工作以极大地关注,并取得了一批有价值的研究成果。国内学术界也对电子政府的概念和内涵、关于电子政府建设的研究以及电子政府与治道变革进行了深入研究和探讨。     

刚柔相济的治理工具及其治理优势 ——以行政约谈为例

良好的治理有赖于适宜的治理工具。作为一种新的治理工具,行政约谈具有"刚性"与"柔性"两个不同方面的技术禀赋,在不同治理领域都得到了广泛的应用,发挥了特殊的治理功能。本文以80份约谈案例的文本为研究对象,运用ROST NAT和Nvivo软件,从多个维度呈现行政约谈在不同治理领域中的应用状况,分析行政约谈实践中的刚性与柔性话语,进而从主体、过程以及结果等维度剖析行政约谈的刚性和柔性及其体现,具体涉及主体的权威性和过程的协商性等,最后深入揭示了行政约谈所具有的治理优势及其效能转化逻辑,其中的核心是约谈刚柔相济的技术特性具有灵活应变的治理优势。这不仅有利于深入理解行政约谈的属性及其优劣利弊,也有利于根据具体的场景选择恰当的治理工具,还可以更好地反思和谋划行政约谈的未来发展。     

全球经济治理视野下的海合会

区域经济治理在主体、客体和方式上与全球经济治理保持内在一致,是后者的重要组成部分和有力补充。海合会成立以来在区域经济合作上取得了显著成就,其政治经济影响力已经逐渐超出了海湾地区。依托丰富的油气资源和巨额石油美元等独特优势,海合会在区域与全球经济体系中占有系统重要地位,成为全球与区域经济治理中一支不可忽视的重要力量。海合会区域经济合作的特征以及与全球经济的广泛深入联系,使其更加有效地参与到全球与区域经济治理当中,也为全球与区域经济治理的融合协调提供了有益借鉴。     

论社会管理创新中我国警察权的使命

从权力运作逻辑看,公安社会管理创新主要是一种警察权力运作方式的创新。而任何权力都是在特定时空的社会组织体系中运行并实现功能目的及其价值目标的。从近代西方社会管理的经验和警察权理念流变看,民主政治发展、市场经济建设和公民社会培育三者对国家治理理念形成及其实践方式选择（包括警察权配置及运行）产生了决定性影响,历史经验和事实逻辑要求我们把合作治理与公民增权作为我国社会管理创新中警察权的使命。     

Networks in the Policy Process: An International Perspective

Abstract

This article (and more broadly this special issue) indicate that various types of policy networks, including governance networks, social networks, proto‐networks, and issue networks are defining the way that policy processes take place in various parts of the world. By focusing on network behavior in Africa, eastern Europe, and Denmark, it is clear that interorganizational cohesion, accesibility, trust generation, and “framing” issues are central to understanding network policy outcomes. Important implications regarding links between network characteristics and democracy are also suggested.     

Resources,Sovereignty, and Governance: Can Mongolia Avoid the ‘Resource Curse’?

The revenue generated from Mongolia's natural resources has the potential to transform the Mongolian state and society. Indeed, investment in mining has already led to a spate of urban growth in Ulaanbaatar and rural development throughout the rest of the country. Yet Mongolia's natural resources could also contribute to a ‘natural resource curse’ if not properly managed. Effective governance in relation to the state's natural resource sector is, therefore, essential. This article examines Mongolia's sovereignty in order to determine whether or not the state is capable of ‘good governance’ in relation to the mining sector.     

Democratic Culture and Participatory Local Governance in Bangladesh

The government of Bangladesh has introduced several initiatives seeking to develop participatory governance at the local level in order to maximise the outcomes of aid-assisted development projects. This article examines the impact of these initiatives and demonstrates that participatory local governance faces a number of challenges in Bangladesh, in particular, absence of democratic culture and tradition and disengagement of citizens, asymmetric distribution of patronage and weak institutions. In theory, political elites and bureaucrats in Bangladesh advocate democracy, accountability and local-level participation, but in practice, they have an affinity for power and centralised authority. Their reform initiatives seem half-hearted and disjointed restricting the growth of democratic culture and participatory local governance at the local level in Bangladesh.     

Local Government Modernisation in England: A Critical Review of the LGMA Evaluation Studies

New Labour has subjected English local government to an unparalleled period of reform. This article reviews the Local Government Modernisation Agenda evaluation studies commissioned by central government. The review identifies valuable insights from the studies into the contemporary state of English local government, central government and central–local relations. However, the studies also illustrate the need for research on public service reform to include analyses of the political origins of reform policies and the political–bureaucratic issues involved in their implementation. It is also argued that future research needs to rediscover the value of studying local politics ‘in the round’, the impact of socio-economic and non-local factors on local policy outcomes and the role of new sources of policy influence in the channels of central–local relations.