Assets in the age of tourism: the development of heritage planning in Ghanaian policy

Heritage planning in Ghana is mainly governed by the idea of sustainable pro-poor tourism, but is only marginally integrated with general planning programmes and fragmentally addressed by policy-makers. Motivated by the general lack of research on heritage policy in Ghana, this paper examines the role of heritage planning in national socio-economic, cultural and tourism policy and highlights various ambiguities in terms of concepts, objectives and approaches. The major findings show gaps between rational and communicative planning ideals, between informal management systems and wider democratic concerns, and between delimited and comprehensive planning perspectives. The central argument is that the lack of coherence among different development planning perspectives is an issue that future heritage policy-making needs to consider in order to balance tourism development with concerns such as social stability, community development and local pride of place.     

融资体制的扭曲及后果

我国融资渠道不畅 ,融资体制扭曲 ,银行信贷成为企业融资的主要来源。融资体制以国有经济为导向 ,能够在证券市场进行融资的 ,绝大部分又都是国有企业 ,这种融资格局和导向同现实的经济增长格局和投资绩效不配比 ,最终会造成国有银行资产质量恶化 ,加剧金融风险。     

社会治理语境中的维稳政策分析

社会治理语境中的维稳政策意味着一种观念的更新，即不过分强调国家对社会的控制，而代之以社会治理，其本质是国家、政府和民众的共同治理。维稳应以社会宽容为前提，遵循法治原则，采取民众参与、协商的解决方式，实现以维护民众权利为最终目标的社会治理政策。     

我国有组织犯罪的特征及其对策

有组织犯罪绝对数量大；其首犯、主犯多有暴力犯罪的前科，几乎全是边缘化人群；多以合法外衣掩饰其违法犯罪行为，以暴力、恐吓手段攫取暴利；呈现专业化、家族化的特征；多有保护伞。控制有组织犯罪依赖于立法专门化、一体化；切实贯彻落实宽严相济刑事政策；完善刑罚体系，重视并努力做好犯罪人的再社会化工作；做好社会治安综合治理工作；优化社会政策，减少边缘人口。     

当前我国政策过程中公民否决现象论析

本文整理了二十多个案例,从否决者、否决点、否决权等角度对当前我国公民否决政策现象的特征进行了描述,并依照否决在政策过程中的阶段、被否决政策涉及利益的范围或领域等标准进行了分类。文章提出公民否决政策是现代政治生活的常态政治形式之一,并且运用"自主性国家-结构-能动"分析框架对公民否决政策的发生机制进行了初步解释,提出的原则性政策建议是非政治化处理。     

社会质量理论与社会政策转型

一些学者认为，进入21世纪后，中国公共政策的重心实现了从经济政策向社会政策的历史性跨越，更确切地说是正逐步迈向社会政策时代。我国社会政策尽管获得了空前发展，但由于结构限制和路径依赖，依然面临政府责任缺失、城乡二元分治、碎片化等现实困境。社会质量理论以“和谐社会”为理论视角和价值取向，从社会经济保障、社会整合、社会融入、社会增能四个方面出发，构建起衡量社会质量的可操作的综合性指标，对构建和谐社会，实现社会政策的转型具有积极的借鉴意义。     

Policy Inertia and the Persistence of Systemic Fragility

Many observers have diagnosed a fundamental shift in financial regulation since the 2008 crisis. In contrast, this article argues that changes have mostly been superficial. The ideas underpinning regulation have been adapted rather than overturned. Our financial system remains highly fragile, even if exceptionally loose monetary policy obscures such fragility temporarily. Governments show little appetite to correct the lopsided relationship between the financial sector and the real economy and turn the sector into a reliable engine of prosperity and stability rather than a continued source of systemic risk.     

Orphan drug incentives in the pharmacogenomic context: policy responses in the US and Canada

Advances in pharmacogenomic research and increasing industry interest in personalized medicine have important implications for the way that orphan drug policies are interpreted and applied. Concerns have been raised about the potential impact of pharmacogenomics and new genomic technologies on our understanding of how disease categories are delineated, and subsequently, how the concept of rare disease should be defined for the purposes of orphan drug policies. This article considers whether orphan drug legislation can be drafted in a way that will maximize benefits and minimize concerns relating to the impact of pharmacogenomics on orphan drug research and development. After reviewing the issues that may arise at the intersection of orphan drug policies and pharmacogenomics, this article will discuss the potential impact of pharmacogenomics at two critical points: orphan designation and approval of the drug product. At each of these points, the relevant aspects of current US orphan drug legislation are examined, focusing on the extent to which recent amendments may address concerns that have been raised previously. This analysis will then provide the foundation for a critical review and recommendations regarding the proposed new Canadian orphan drug framework.     

“Those Are Our People and That's Our Family”: Wabanaki Perspectives on Child Welfare Practice in Their Communities

In collaboration with the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Convening Group, this study explored perspectives of Wabanaki community members and tribal child welfare staff on state child welfare involvement in Wabanaki communities. Qualitative analysis of three focus groups found that participants perceived fundamental differences between what guides the work of tribal child welfare staff and state child welfare staff, as well as differences in understanding the profound impact of removing a child from the community. These findings are suggested to be elements of a Wabanaki counter-narrative that contrasts with the historical dominant narrative about Native families and children.