A contingency model of union commitment and participation: Meta‐analysis of the antecedents of militant and nonmilitant activities

Correlation estimates from a meta‐analysis of 108 studies including 126 independent samples and nearly 70 000 participants were used to test multiple path models of the antecedents of militant and nonmilitant union participation. Variables moderating the relationship between union commitment and participation were examined. The magnitude of the relationship between commitment and militant participation was moderated by status‐based group membership (i.e., white collar versus blue collar), supporting a contingency model of union participation. Results updated and further developed an integrative model of union participation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

新常态下我国生态环保监管体制改革的问题与建议——国际借鉴与国内创新

我国生态环境监管体制,横向上具有统一监督管理与各部门分工负责相结合的特点,纵向上具有中央与地方的分级监督管理相结合的特点,与我国经济社会发展的水平相适应。但也存在一些问题,如横向职能分散,缺乏有效协调;纵向监管乏力,执行约束不足;社会和市场参与不足,多元共治的环保体制尚未健全。域外具有环境保护监管职能趋向独立和综合、环境保护和其他邻接领域监管职能趋向合并、环境保护职能趋向分散三类代表性体制,体现权威性加强、集中与分散相结合、强调协调与合作等发展趋势。我国生态环境监管体制改革,横向上可以赋予环保部门宏观调控、综合协调、监督执法、公共服务的职能和协调权;纵向上加强国家一级的环保监督管理能力,保障落实省一级的环保责任。为了建立自然资源节约、生态保护和污染防治统一监督管理的机制,有必要恢复设立国家和地方环境保护委员会及其办公室,明确地方各级环境保护部门的统一监督管理职责,在地方各级环境保护局内设立统一监督管理机构,优化相关领域的自然资源、生态保护和环境污染防治监管体制机制,明确专门监管与综合监管失职的责任和责任追究机制等。     

生态环境保护行政管理体制改革方案研究

纵观世界各国生态环境保护政府行政管理体制实践以及我国建立现代国家治理体系的要求,我国生态环境政府管理体制应该包括决策、执行、监督、协调和提供环境公共物品等五大主要职责,体现为决策力、执行力、监督力、协调力和生产力等“五力”。遵循生态环境保护治理体系原理、职责分配和事权划分原则,本研究提出资源与环境统筹的环境与资源部、生态保护与污染防治一体化的生态与环境部、强化生态保护与污染防治监管的环境部、深化改革现行生态环境管理体制的环境保护部等四种改革方案。根据四种改革方案的“生态环境保护效果”、“协调性要求”和“实现难易程度”,建议在深化改革现行生态环境管理体制的环境保护部基础上,启动强化生态保护与污染防治监管的环境部改革方案。     

基于管理体制优化视角的环境管理战略转型研究

伴随着生态环境问题日益突出,人们对于经济与环境协调发展的诉求越来越强烈。在新的形势下,积极推动环境管理战略转型,构建符合中国区域经济发展特征的环境管理模式已成为当务之急。论文将从中国现行的环境管理体制入手,在分析中国环境管理现状及问题的基础上,提出环境管理战略转型对环境管理体制改革的诉求,最后从体制优化的角度阐述推进环境管理战略转型的环境管理体制改革的政策建议。     

Myanmar under reform: Emerging pressures on water,energy and food security

Myanmar's water‐related sectors are subject to intensive changes, as the country's abundant land and water resources provide substantial scope for development. Recent steps towards economic reform in Myanmar have led to a surge of foreign investment directed towards intensified natural resource extraction. Both the agricultural and the energy sector are increasingly affected by foreign investments that will impact the status of water, energy and food security in the country. With these on‐going developments, Myanmar's future is largely dependent on how its natural resources are managed and how the benefits from the resource extraction are shared. With various institutional changes and new actors welcomed to the sectors, existing livelihoods and ecosystems dependent on the land and water resources are to face increasing competition for the shared resources, while lacking secured access to them. There are increasing concerns that this sectoral development is occurring at the expense of environmental and social sustainability. As one way to tackle these challenges, the water‐energy‐food nexus approach could help in finding synergies and co‐benefits across sectors by addressing the imbalances along the nexus and externalities derived from the on‐going intensification.     

论建立与全面深化改革相适应的环保技术工作机制

对环保技术工作的机理进行了研究,提出了适应全面深化改革要求的环保技术工作思路,以及国家治污先导技术研发储备制度的构想。     

小产权房问题研究

对当前我国存在的小产权房所涉及的法律问题进行了研究分析,从小产权的概念、产生的原因入手,主要论述了小产权房产生的现实原因及深层次的制度原因。小产权房产生的现实原因主要有：高房价的促使、政府监管的不到位、保障性住房的缺位。深层次的制度原因主要是我国农村集体土地使用权流转机制的缺失。因此,政府应通过调控抑制高房价,加强政府部门的监管力度,完善我国的保障性住房建设,以及在制度层面上对我国农村集体建设用地使用权流转制度进行变革。     

Achieving sustainable lifestyles? Socio-cultural dispositions,collective action and material culture as problems and possibilities

This article focuses on the everyday life of ordinary households, their behaviour and responsibility with regard to environmental and sustainability issues. Previous research has shown that there is a gap between what households perceive as ideologically correct behaviour and what they actually do. It is argued here that socio-cultural dispositions, material culture and collective action need to be included in future strategies for creating more sustainable lifestyles. The investigation is based on a study of families participating in a year-long project in which the families learned to live in a more environmentally friendly way. In the study of the families, material culture interacted with routines, family relations and citizenship in a reproducing manner. The lifestyle changes were gender-biased, with the women as driving forces but also bearing most of the extra workload. From early life experiences, garbage sorting stood out as an especially powerful tool for a change towards more sustainable lifestyles.     

A case for urban liveability from below: exploring the politics of water and land access for greater liveability in Kampala,Uganda

ABSTRACT

Improving urban liveability and prosperity is commonly set as a priority in urban development plans and policy around the world. Several annual reports produced by international consulting firms, media, and global agencies rank the liveability of cities based on a set of indicators, to represent the quality of life in these cities. The higher is the ranking, the more liveable is the city. In this paper, we argue that such quantitative approaches to framing and addressing urban liveability challenges leave little room to reflect on people's experiences of this liveability, which cannot be expressed through numbers. To illustrate our argument, we draw on empirical evidence of urban liveability challenges in access to water and land in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, ranked recently as the most liveable East African city by various global agencies and media outlets. By showing that increasing the number of water connections does not guarantee improved access to water and sanitation in the long run, first, we demonstrate how urban liveability challenges are tightly linked with land-title issues in the city. Second, we highlight the political game-playing between the central government, the opposition, the traditional leadership, and the slum dwellers in governance processes of service delivery. Finally, by arguing that urban liveability can be enhanced by broadening political participation in city development planning, we discuss some of the strategies that can be used by communities to make collective claims towards improving their quality of life and the environment.     

关于委托社会检测机构试行情况的调查与研究

环境监测服务社会化是环保体制机制改革创新的重要内容,余杭区通过严把检测机构准入关,严审监测方案可行性,严查监测过程规范性,严格检测机构监督考核等多项政策,对社会检测机构进行监督规范,从而为政府决策提供参考、为监督考核提供依据、为社会检测机构提供技术指导,满足了社会对检测的现实需求.为了进一步完善建设项目竣验委托社会检测机构政策,建议建立诚信制度,切实提高建设项目竣验委托社会检测机构政策的公正性;完善监管机制,保证建设项目竣验委托社会检测机构政策有效实施;加强人员培训,逐步完善建设项目竣验委托社会检测机构政策;规范收费制度,保证建设项目竣验委托社会检测机构政策稳定实施.