What do we know about the punctuated equilibrium theory in China? A systematic review and research priorities

The punctuated equilibrium theory (PET) shows that government policy is mostly stable with occasional drastic change, which scholars attribute to institutional friction and limited information processing capacity. Although the existing PET literature predominantly focuses on democracies, scholars have started to apply the theory to authoritarian countries. Autocracies are a fertile testing ground for the theory's underlying mechanisms because they appear to experience less institutional friction but more informational restrictions than democracies. However, PET studies on autocracies are still rare. To deepen our understanding of the PET and the policy process beyond democracies, we conduct a systematic review of 88 Chinese language PET journal articles. We show that Chinese language PET research is increasing. Contrary to the English language PET literature, most Chinese studies are qualitative, while a key similarity is the weak operationalization of PET core concepts. The reviewed studies confirm a punctuated equilibrium pattern of policymaking in China but provide only limited evidence for more intense punctuations compared with democracies. Future PET research on China ought to use long-term data sets and examine institutional friction and information processing by policymakers. We also argue for more international exchange and comparative research to advance our understanding of the policy process in China and other autocracies.     

Home–work relations and the spatialization of care: wives on the margins of the Israeli high-tech industry

This study applies the concept of care to examine how home–work transitions of high-tech men affect others in these two places, namely their wives and managers. The high-tech industry is famous for its particularly demanding culture and masculine disposition, which contest daily involvement with family and domestic affairs. Care is conceptualized as a wide-ranging multifaceted notion that embraces work, morals, and policy, and is represented by the exchange of various tangible and intangible, resources across the home–work divide. In-depth interviews with 22 high-tech managers and 47 wives of high-tech engineers disclose a well-established reciprocity of care resources. The managers reward the wives' nonmaterial support of the engineers/husbands with rhetorical recognition and nonfinancial benefits. The spatialization of care across the home–work divide is discussed, pointing to its hierarchical – not only contextual – relations.     

北京市生态城市建设能力的机理与综合评价--基于城市化与生态化视角

基于城市化与生态化两大子系统,从人口与空间城市化、经济城市化、社会城市化、和生态环境水平、生态压力、生态抗逆能力六个层面,构建生态城市建设能力评价的指标体系,运用相关分析、回归分析和主成分分析等方法,对1991-2002年北京市生态城市建设能力机理进行了综合分析与评价。     

基于精明发展的城市扩张与土地利用效益的耦合研究——以济南市主城区为例

精明发展已成为国际化城市发展的主流。在精明发展理论的指导下,以区域中心城市济南为例,选取城市扩张与土地利用效益两个子系统,从空间形态、发展效率、外部影响、用地结构、人口变化、经济规模、公共服务和综合建设八个维度,测度济南市主城区城市扩张与土地利用效益的耦合协调关系。结果表明：①济南市城市扩张阶段性特征明显,扩张模式从单核心向多核心转变;②济南市土地利用效益总体水平较低,但其发展符合“低速-高速-平稳”的变化过程,且近年来呈持续优化趋势;③济南市城市扩张与土地利用效益不符合精明发展要求,城市扩张对土地利用效益的促进作用不足,二者间耦合协调度不高。     

省域城市网络中心性测度及比较研究——以江苏省和广东省的对比分析为例

城市网络中心性是衡量城市地位、分析城市体系的重要概念.本文在剖析中心性理论内涵的演化后,提出网络中心性应当同时体现规模等级和要素流动的水平.通过区分静态网络和联系网络,论文构建了基于规模数据和流动数据的网络中心性评价体系,并以江苏、广东为例进行实证分析.研究发现:①从规模和联系两类城市网络中心性的视角识别首位城市是有效...     

多源数据结合的城市生活空间质量评价——以南京为例

在当前我国社会经济转型的背景下,城市生活空间质量成为居民、学界与政府关注的焦点。采用多源数据,拓展了已有城市生活空间质量的评价维度与评价方法,从舒适性、便利性、健康性、安全性、社会性五个维度构建了评价指标体系,并通过GIS空间分析方法,以南京为例进行了生活空间质量评价并识别其空间分布规律。实证分析表明：①南京的城市生活空间质量存在着明显的空间分异。高质量生活空间呈现明显的等级集聚特征,主中心位于核心区周边1-3 km的圈层,低质量生活空间总体分布较为分散。②在构成生活空间质量的五个维度中,舒适性和社会性的发展质量呈现由城市中心向外围递增的趋势,便利性的发展质量呈现由城市中心向外围递减的趋势,健康性受城市环境质量分布趋势的影响,呈现由西北向东南递减的趋势,安全性的高值集聚不显著而低值集聚于城市中心区。     

Tracking the Coverage of Public Policy in Mass Media

The average citizen often does not experience government policy directly, but learns about it from the mass media. The nature of media coverage of public policy is thus of real importance, for both public opinion and policy itself. It nevertheless is the case that scholars of public policy and political communication have invested rather little time in developing methods to track public policy coverage in media content. The lack of attention is all the more striking in an era in which media coverage is readily available in digital form. This paper offers a proposal for tracking coverage of the actual direction of policy change in mass media. It begins with some methodological considerations, and then draws on an expository case—defense spending in the United States—to assess the effectiveness of our automated content‐analytic methods. Results speak to the quantity and quality in media coverage of policy issues, and the potential role of mass media—to both inform and mislead—in modern representative democracy.     

深圳大鹏所城将军府第建筑群体特征分析

深圳大鹏所城较完整的保存了清晚期及民国时期的不同建筑群体,其中将军府第建筑具有很高的历史文化、科学艺术等多方面的价值。其建筑形制、结构、装饰装修方面颇具特点:1.平面结合紧凑,类型丰富,组合较灵活,结合了中原地区四合院落殿堂式结构的组合特色,也反映了岭南山地建筑特点;2.多采用密集、方形的平面和空间布局;3.厅堂与天井结合紧密,室内外连通,形成了外封闭、内开敞的建筑空间;4.具有多样的建筑梁架结构,集中了北方建筑的抬梁式构架、南方的穿斗式及岭南建筑常见的梁架做法,表现了南北建筑文化的大融合;5.外观朴实又有岭南地方特色的精细灵巧的内部装修。