A research topic in education law and policy: The development of regionalism and federalism in Europe and their impact on educational policy and administration

There has been an “upgrading” of the regional level in the European policy process which also has implications for educational policy and administration. At the same time federalism has become a model not only for nation states but also for the construction of Europe. While regionalism and federalism has attracted more and more scholarly attention there has been a neglect of the implications for the educational field. The article starts by looking for models of regionalisation and federalisation as a legal and political technique of conciliating between the different levels in education. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Displacing your Principal. Two Historical Case Studies of Some Interest for the Constitutional Future of Europe

The framework of public decisions, and particularly the provision of law, is seen here as an agency contract. What distinguishes this contract is the nature of the right delegated to the agent: The capacity to make law gives the opportunity to take advantage of the incompleteness of the constitutional contract. The agency relationship may be loosened or even reversed. This article tries to draw some lessons from the English and American history in that matter and applies them to the making of the future European State.     

Economic globalization and voter turnout in established democracies

This paper asks whether international economic integration negatively affects electoral turnout. The theoretical model builds on the premise that economic integration constrains the ability of national governments to shape outcomes. Citizens are conscious of such constraints and take them into account when considering the costs and benefits of casting a vote in national elections. The result is a lower inclination to vote under conditions of high economic integration. Consequently, aggregate turnout is lower the more internationally integrated a national economy is. Analysis of aggregate data for parliamentary elections in 23 OECD democracies over the period 1965–2006 robustly supports this hypothesis. The empirical estimates suggest economic globalization as a central cause of the general decline in turnout within established democracies.     

从整合的角度看高校人事档案目标管理工作

自20世纪90年代档案部门将目标管理这一科学管理的方法引入了档案管理中,人事档案在管理中也纳入了目标管理的内容。人事档案工作引入目标管理的管理方法后,大大提高了其管理的效率和成果。本文主要分析了人事档案目标管理中存在的定位问题及动态调整问题;人力资源整合不足、凝聚力弱、激励作用不够等问题;协作沟通问题,提出从整合的角度来发挥人事档案目标管理的导向效应,把握目标管理的凝聚效应与注重目标管理的协作效应等方面来解决问题。     

Doing more among institutional boundaries: Platform-enabled government in China

The concept of Government as a Platform (GaaP) has recently encountered setbacks in practice worldwide. While existing literature on inter-governmental collaboration has emphasized organizational restructuring and data sharing, this study argues that a pragmatic way to improve administrative efficiency in the absence of formal institutional change is to adopt an alternative model to GaaP: platform-enabled government. Enabled by innovations of the middle-tier platform, this new model of platform governance integrates the functions of distributed systems of multiple departments into a sequential workflow without the requirement of institutional reform or sharing proprietary data. To demonstrate how this model facilitates information flow across institutional boundaries and improves collaborative governance, we analyze horizontal, vertical, and public-private collaboration using a diverse case study design. We examine administrative review, law enforcement, and contact tracing during the pandemic in the context of China. Our findings suggest accommodating institutional boundaries is a practical and effective approach to advance the digital government agenda in decentralized contexts.     

东北亚区域旅游合作的新态势与新构想

近年来东北亚地区旅游业迅速发展,旅游合作也出现了新的特点,并引起了人们越来越多的关注。东北亚区域旅游合作也出现了新态势,因此,提出构建东北亚区域旅游共同体,推动东北亚区域旅游一体化日显重要。建议打造一条龙式的旅游路线,推动东北亚区域旅游产品的一体化;制定统一的旅游服务标准,促进区域旅游标准一体化;以东北亚区域旅游一体化为突破口,带动东北亚区域经济一体化。     

论应对气候变化背景下能源开发利用与环境保护相结合原则

能源开发利用产生的环境问题日益严重,直接威胁到人民的生活质量和发展,能源开发利用与环境保护相结合原则是指在开发利用能源时,必须减少污染排放,加强环境保护,它也称清洁开发利用能源原则。在应对气候变化背景下,能源立法的基本原则应该树立低碳能源和低碳经济理念,坚持能源开发利用与环境保护相结合原则。     

民族认同与国家认同的整合模式研究

随着当今社会的快速发展,各个民族的利益诉求不断增加,民族问题不断涌现,导致认同危机的出现,这些严重损害了民族的团结,国家的安定.构建民族认同与国家认同的整合模式,是任何一个多民族国家发展所必须面对的一个重大可题.     

‘Changing teams’: a participant perspective on citizenship ceremonies

Several European countries of immigration have recently introduced citizenship ceremonies on either a mandatory or voluntary basis. Yet, little is known about how the target group for such ceremonies experiences them, and to what extent citizenship ceremonies achieve their goals of contributing to a greater sense of belonging. In this article, we analyse interviews with more than 50 newly naturalised Norwegian citizens about their reasons to attend or to not attend the voluntary ceremony in Norway. We find little resistance to the idea of citizenship ceremonies. For some participants, the ceremony seems to have great emotional value; the majority, however, chooses not to participate.