The UN Global Compact for Safe,Orderly and Regular Migration: Its Impact on Asia

This article focuses on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), a landmark international document that builds on the momentum of a decade of initiatives at the international level on migration governance, and its impact on Asia from the perspective of South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, and South Korea. While none of these countries voted against the adoption of the GCM, there are significant differences in how individual countries approached the commitments made in the GCM. These perspectives were articulated in a webinar hosted by Metropolis Asia on 20 June 2018 and in governmental statements made at the UN international conference when the GCM was adopted. This article also discusses the challenges confronting the implementation of the GCM. While the Compact resulted from inclusive and intensive negotiations and many compromises, the road towards realizing its goals will be at least as challenging as the road that led to its adoption. In spite of these challenges, the GCM is a ground‐breaking representation of the first multilateral framework for migration governance. Its success rests upon the recognition that addressing the challenges and maximizing the benefits of migration require true international cooperation, renewed commitment and meaningful action on the commitments agreed to.     

Loneliness and the use of social media to follow celebrities: A moderating role of social presence

Because social media provide users with the possibility of an easy way to communicate with celebrities in society, it has become a more common practice to follow celebrities through social media. However, there exists few studies that examine how people’s individual characteristics are related to their celebrity-following behavior. In this regard, the current study examines whether celebrity followers’ loneliness is associated with the following behavior of their favorite celebrity. Data were collected through an online survey (N = 210). Primary findings suggest that celebrity followers’ loneliness is positively related to frequent visits of their favorite celebrity’s social media, greater social-interpersonal motive for following the celebrity, and greater enjoyment of learning about personal life stories of the celebrity. Social presence is found to be a significant moderator that can intensify more favorable parasocial relationship perceptions with the celebrity.     

生活、关系、空间:城市社区融合共建的三维逻辑——基于上海市D社区的案例研究

十九大报告指出,打造共建共治共享的社会治理格局,推进社会治理社会化、法治化、智能化、专业化。上海市D社区基于生活、关系、空间三维向度的城市社区融合共建某种意义上表明了当前社区建设的一种价值取向和行动回归,通过社区动员培育居民自治意识与自治能力,营造社区文化,深化关系联结,从而有效提升社区社会资本,推动社区多元主体整合,形成以基层情感治理为主线、以专业工作介入为手段、以社区文化建设为目标的城市社区整合共建的现实路径。     

Web 2.0 and Political Engagement in China

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - This article examines civic and political engagement in contemporary China by three recent cases where activists and...     

Characteristics of atmospheric PM2.5 in stands and non-forest cover sites across urban-rural areas in Beijing,China

Urban Ecosystems - Monitoring air pollution at a city scale is essential for controlling urban air pollution in cities, especially megacities, in China. In this paper, data for 1 city center site...     

Internet literacy and digital natives’ civic engagement: Internet skill literacy or Internet information literacy?

This study aims to show the role of Internet literacy in empowering digital natives’ civic engagement. Using a survey of 10th graders, we analyzed the effects of digital media use and Internet literacy on adolescents’ political and social interest, participation, and efficacy, controlling for their home and school environments. In doing so, we try to highlight the following points. First, we emphasize that there are two separate dimensions of Internet literacy: Internet skill literacy and Internet information literacy. Second, we adopt a broader concept of civic engagement reflecting the changing youth practices observed in the contemporary media environment. The study empirically found that Internet information literacy, not Internet skill literacy, is intricately related to adolescents’ civic engagement. It was also shown that adolescents’ Internet use contributed only to new and alternative forms of participation. Overall, the findings show that an adolescent who can critically understand and effectively evaluate online information is more likely to become an active civic participant than one who lacks such skills. The study concludes with a few policy suggestions.     

“BOT+TOD”轨道交通投融资模式初探——以佛山市地铁二号线为例

近年来,我国城市轨道交通进入快速发展阶段,城市轨道交通的快速发展需要巨大的资金支撑,传统城市轨道交通投融资方式已经难以为继。本文从城市轨道交通TOD发展模式出发,分析"BOT+TOD"投融资模式的特点及其总体方案,并且以佛山市地铁二号线为例,提出"BOT+TOD"的具体实施路径与操作方法,为市政公用基础设施投融资体制改革、创新轨道交通投融资模式、土地管理制度的改革提供借鉴。通过此创新投融资模式在我国城市轨道交通中的成功运用,改善融资困难局面,促进我国城市轨道交通持续快速发展。     

凉山州会东县农村土地流转现状及对策分析 ——基于调研数据的分析

土地流转是建设现代农业的基础工作,各地区的土地流转现状及推进方法相差甚大。通过对凉山州会东县土地流转规 模、流转方式、流转去向和流转用途等几个层面进行结构性分析,总结出会东县土地流转存在的问题,针对会东县土地流转的 特点提出了重视政府在土地流转中的重要作用、谨慎选择土地流转的形式、加快推进土地“确权”、土地流转需要有效结合当地 的主导产业、土地流转需要农业技术的支撑、土地流转需要依托农村经济组织平台、土地流转需要引入民营企业注资等土地流 转的对策。     

论城市规划中的公众参与

随着城市规划从技术手段到公共政策的性质转变,实践中封闭的规划编制程序逐渐成为许多城市规划问题的源头。通过对公众参与功能和外国公众参与实践的分析,我国应增加公众参与的操作性规定,发挥社区组织和居民团体的作用,构建一个开放、透明、包容、公平的公众参与城市规划程序。     

《花蓝瑶社会组织》与费孝通学术思想

通过重读《花蓝瑶社会组织》,分析了费孝通先生早年的学术研究动向,指出《花蓝瑶社会组织》第一次披露了金秀大瑶山花蓝瑶的人口、家庭和社会生活状况;第一次运用人类学理论和方法深入剖析了金秀大瑶山族团及族团之间的关系及其发展趋向;第一次成功地运用了“微型社会学”的调查研究方法剖析了花蓝瑶社会。