What Is Next for Policy Design and Social Construction Theory?1

The study of policy design has made great progress over the past decade in leading scholars to understand why the American political system produces certain kinds of designs rather than others, and the consequences that policy designs have for democracy. This article outlines the distinctive and important elements of policy design theory—the centrality of policy design, the attention to social constructions, the attention to policy consequences (or feed‐forward effects), and the integration of normative and empirical research and theory. It then suggests how policy design theory can complement other policy theories in guiding research and evaluating the conditions of U.S. democracy, and how in its own right it can be further developed and used to guide important inquiry about public policy's politics and social impacts.     

Institutionalizing Neutrally Competent Policy Analysis: Resources for Promoting Objectivity and Balance in Consolidating Democracies

Creating institutions that foster the production of objective and balanced policy analysis is a challenging task for all types of regimes. The value of neutral competence often suffers in tradeoffs with the value of responsiveness, especially in the exercise of executive authority. Institutional designers, however, are not without resources for structuring arrangements to promote the production of objective and balanced policy analysis: organizations can be created with an incentive to achieve "reputations" for neutral competence; organizations can be isolated from being too politically responsive through forms of "independence"; for promoting interaction based on "professional norms" can be created to resolve conflicts about prediction; "participation in international organizations" can be leveraged to counteract domestic biases; and "transparency" can be employed to facilitate balancing of views or to shame severe abuses. This essay sets out the logic underlying design with these sorts of institutional resources, illustrates their use primarily in the U.S. context, and speculates on their application in consolidating democracies.     

湿地公园游步道设计的探讨——以杭州西溪国家湿地公园为例

随着湿地公园旅游热的兴起,更为生态化的公园设计显得尤为重要,而游步道作为游客游览的主要通道,正越来越受到关注。本文以杭州西溪国家湿地公园为例,阐述了游步道设计在湿地公园保护中的重要地位和作用,提炼出湿地公园游步道设计的遵循原则,并针对设计中的各个要素进行详细地分析和研究,提出湿地公园游步道的设计应充分体现旅游行为与生态保护的融合。     

论西周时期人兽母题青铜器

本文对西周时期人兽母题青铜器进行归纳、梳理,并通过与商代人兽母题青铜器的比较研究,认为商代人兽母题纹样发展到西周时期,已明显发生了变化,即已由完全宗教含义转变为单一的军队威猛的象征,是炫耀战功的一种形式。     

Formt die Technik die Musik? Montageästhetik zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts

Does technology shape music? Aesthetics of assembly at the beginning of the 20^th century. This article deals with the relationship between assembly in production technology and similar processes in musical composition. Can composers like Eric Satie, Igor Strawinsky or George Antheil, who used assembly methods in some of their compositions, be called assemblers? The authors point out that all three composers used assembly methods in different ways and with different purposes. Applying a theoretical approach inspired by media studies they come to the conclusion that the conditions under which musical works using assembly methods are shaped do not originate in technology but in the aesthetic convictions of the composer. Apart from assembly methods there are many other compositional principles the composer relies on. Technology may inspire music but does not determine the musical outcome.     

No Race in Any Direction: State Welfare and Income Regimes

This paper has two objectives. First, we examine state adoption and implementation of income support policies under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. We develop a composite measure of income support that includes welfare programs that scholars traditionally investigate and adds optional policies that encourage independence through work. Second, we engage a substantive focus on the administrative ability and willingness of states to adopt and implement sophisticated income support policies. We investigate the extent to which state government professionalism, ideology, economic resources, and racially based policies have shaped state policy. We find that the percentage of the state population is liberal; state racial demographics and governmental professionalism are critical determinants of state welfare and income support regimes. Significantly, we find no evidence that states are converging toward high‐quality, effectively financed welfare policies or income regime policies to help the poor move into and economically survive in the job market.     

Resource and environmental management: connecting the academy with practice

The rewards and challenges related to a research program that involves interactions between basic and applied research are shared. Specific experience is examined regarding integrated water resource management, capacity enhancement in developing countries and writing textbooks. Key lessons include the manner in which applied research and practice inform and enhance basic research, the role of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in guiding applied research, the need to understand the distinction between multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary models and the importance of facilitating evolution from visions, strategies and plans to action.     

神农架旅游形象定位与设计研究

本文从文化比较和文化发生的角度入手,通过分析神农架的地脉和文脉,以及对透视旅游形象的现状,提炼出包括神秘、生态、农耕和原始在内的旅游形象基准元素,进而概括出神农架作为旅游品牌形象的文化核心：洪荒之初,神农秘境。最后,围绕此核心,设计出细化的界面意象,以及相应的特色化的形象识别系统。     

论广州旅游形象建设

本文在分析广州市旅游业现实形象的基础上,结合国内外旅游业发展的趋势和广州建设国际化城市的需要,提出广州旅游的形象定位为岭南文化名城旅游形象、华南商贸旅游城市形象、岭南大都市生态旅游形象、花园式旅游城市形象和华南旅游中心枢纽城市形象。     

基于体验旅游的景区廊道空间设计

旅游的本质是追求心理的愉悦体验[1],旅游景区实际是为旅游者创造和提供体验舞台、体验道具进而使其达到不同的体验效果的地理空间。基于体验效用差异,景区廊道空间扮演了体验的引导作用,其廊道空间体验类型包括推进型和对比型两类;借用旅游体验场理论和形式美学理论,对景区廊道空间设计着重应从旅游审美主体的五官功能感受入手,尤其是视觉和听觉体验设计;在具体设计时还应注意体验主题、景区资源和游客主体体验经验差异的影响。