由"怕公开"到"永久性公示"

江西省莲花县是一个山区农业县,共有157个自然村.2010年7月底,该县统一制作了157块不锈钢活动型永久性低保公示牌在各个村委会门口醒目处挂出.时至今日,虽为普通玻璃面罩的公示牌仍然静静地挺立在各个村委会门口的公示     

多挖掘"给老人让座"的"乐价比"

5月16日《珠海特区报》报道,日前,在珠海某网站论坛上,一则美女,你反应也太快了吧?的帖子称,在公交车上,几名女子为了避开让座,看到有老人上车就赶紧装睡.此事引发网友热议,有的指责女子责质太低,有的认为老人家不应该在上班时段和年轻人挤公交.年轻人上班很累,不让座可以理解.     

丰城市实施"三个工程"打造"三个民政"

江西省丰城市民政局在创先争优活动中,以满意在民政,工作创一流为主题,把以民为本理念融入到提升实力,解决民生、落实民权、维护民利的实际工作中,充分发挥局党组织的战斗堡垒和党员先锋模范的作用,全力打造知识民政、实力民政和人本民政,促进民生与社会和谐发展.     

“Social” “capital”?

This paper analyses several concepts of social capital to show what meanings have been constructed around the phrase, “social capital.” By looking at the roots of “social” and capital,” it demonstrates that the use of the phrase “social capital” is an inappropriate one. The phrase does not fit the phenomenon it tries to explain. Ideological roots of “capital” suggest that it is individualistic, that despite multiplication it tends to accumulate and concentrate often through exploitative means, and that it follows paths of gender and class discrimination. On the other hand, the phenomenon, which the phrase social capital captures, does not tend towards the individualistic, but to the social. It multiplies and spreads to families, communities, and groups. It also does not concentrate or accumulate like capital. By analyzing such contradictions in the phrase, the paper explores appropriate alternatives and suggests implications for policy and practice.     

‘‘With the greatest respect and fidelity:’ a Cherokee vision of the ‘Trust’ doctrine”

The trust relationship is the conceptual/philosophical framework against which all relations between the federal government and indigenous groups are conducted. Yet despite the centrality of this concept, federal policymakers have no consistent or agreed upon definition of what the trust relationship actually entails (Wilkins, 1997). And, more importantly, indigenous conceptions of trust have rarely been assessed. This article analyzes and advances one tribe's—the Cherokee—perspective on trust. In focusing on how the Cherokee perceive trust, this section emphasizes that from an indigenous viewpoint the trust relationship embodies a complex and sophisticated understanding that both the tribe and the United States have reciprocal responsibilities to maintain positive relations towards one another. The leaders of the Cherokee people—one of the more diverse indigenous groups— understood in the federal government's actions, whether these were expressed in treaties, policy statements, congressional laws, or court decisions, that the federal government was pledged to protect Cherokee property and sovereignty, would act with utmost integrity in its legal and political dealings with the people, and would insure that the United States political and judicial representatives would act in a moral manner regarding the tribe's rights. Notwithstanding the federal government's tremendous variety of treaty and trust violations, the Cherokee conception of trust is regenerative from generation to generation. This breathes new life into a seasoned concept and offers hope for the often difficult political/legal relations between the federal, state, and tribal governments. And here we beg leave to ask of our father that, in future transactions of a public nature between the United States and our nation, the American Government will not require of our nation any thing which, as our protectors and guardians, they will not, after due deliberation, advise us to comply with; and having no doubt of the magnanimity and benignity of the Government, we shall return home satisfied, and report to our nation the result of our mission to this. With the greatest respect and fidelity, we subscribe our names (Going Snake, et al., 1817, p. 147)     

‘Techniques’ for governance

Issues relating to governance are among the most critical in terms of sustaining viable political and social arrangements. In terms of democracies and their bureaucratic organizations, understanding how governing works leads to improved understandings of how to government best. In this article, the works of three important political thinkers, Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber and Michel Foucault are synthesized to create a tool for analyzing the effects of certain techniques used to govern. In particular, aspects of the techniques known as Zero Based Budgeting and the GPRA of 1993 are subjects of analysis.     

“官场+市场”与中国增长故事

本文运用和拓展了“官场+市场”理论,重新解析中国独具特色的经济增长机制以及政府与市场的互动模式。地方官员之间围绕着辖区经济发展的官场竞争嵌入在不同辖区企业之间的市场竞争之中,而辖区企业参与的市场竞争又嵌入在官场竞争之中。作为一种分析框架,“官场+市场”的理论贡献在于揭示了政府与市场的良性互动、政企的有效合作必备的三个条件,即内部的政治激励（“把事做对”）、外部的市场约束（“防止做坏事”）和必要的信息反馈（“做对的事”）。中国“官场+市场”的增长模式在总体上提供了这三个关键条件,在最积极的意义上实现了辖区内政治企业家与民间企业家精神的结合,政治精英与经济精英的结合,中国历史悠久的官僚政治传统与西方国家市场经济传统的结合,为我们揭示中国增长之谜开辟了新的视角。