Urban Politics as the Unfolding of Social Relations in Place: The Case of Sexually Transmitted Disease Investigation in Mid‐Twentieth‐Century Gay Seattle

Recent debates in urban politics stress the need to broaden conceptions of what counts as urban politics, as well as of where they take place. This means shifting attention to include more quotidian and prosaic social relations, including those taking place in spaces of civil society. We answer this call with a case study of the relations between an emerging gay male community in mid‐twentieth‐century Seattle, USA and the local public health department’s disease investigators (DIs). We focus on both the biopolitics and cultural politics of the investigation process, from the perspectives of both DIs and gay men. We point out certain tensions and paradoxes in these processes as a form of governmentality, and interpret them through a ‘noir’ cultural lens that is consistent with a notion of urban politics as the unfolding of social relations in place. We conclude by stressing how our findings and framework can augment urban political inquiry both intellectually and empirically.     

Conditions for Asymmetric Information Solutions when Alliances Provide Acquisition Options and Due Diligence

One main problem with both acquisitions and alliances is separating the attractive partners from the rest. An additional problem with alliances is getting each partner to provide its best assets and efforts. One solution offered for the acquisition adverse selection problem is due diligence through a pre-acquisition alliance; however, none of the papers recommending such an approach analyze the alliance adverse selection and moral hazard problems. This paper presents the first formal model of joint venturing as acquisition due diligence, detailing how the joint solution works and under what conditions.revised version received October 20, 2003     

论风险投资中的尽职调查

通过对20多位风险投资家的调研,对他们尽职调查所必备的条件、策略及过程进行了系统分析,总结出其内在规律,以期对我国风险投资项目的筛选有所启示.     

旅游人力资源现状的分析及思考——以浙江省为例

在对浙江省近三年旅游企业的人力资源情况进行深入调研的基础上,阐述了浙江省旅游业人力资源的供需现状,剖析了浙江旅游业人力资源发展的特点,探求了浙江省旅游业人力资源存在问题的深层原因。并提出了对策和建议。     

征信产业发展问题研究——基于征信数据库的分析

介绍和分析了我国征信数据库建设概况、意义以及企业和个人信用信息采集与应用的实践,从建立适合我国国情的征信体系建设模式和加强信用标准化建设两个方面提出了建立和完善企业和个人信用信息基础数据库的对策建议。     

农村居民点用地的调查与思考

通过对柯城区农居点的调查,找出其中存在的问题,并进行相应的分析,最后提出通过编制村镇建设规划,加强农居点用地动态管理,建立农村居民点用地整理资金保障机制,以及通过健全农居点用地法规等手段来解决农居点的散、小、多、脏、乱、差等现实问题。     

蜀南竹海环境解译系统的媒介剖析

环境解译系统的媒介是景区硬软件设施与游客发挥互动交流的平台，突出教育与管理本质功能的最重要载体。因此，媒介的合理、科学、有效布置直接关系到环境解译系统功能、作用、目的的发挥。运用实地踏勘与调查问卷相结合的研究方法．对中国主要竹林景区环境解译系统的媒介深入评价与分析，并针对蜀南竹海环境解译系统的现有媒介体系具体剖析，总结出蜀南竹海环境解译系统的媒介特征，为蜀南竹海环境解译系统的成功构建和进一步完善奠定理论基础。     

“中国人口性别比”:我们知道什么,还应该知道什么

结合文献梳理,提出了人口性别比研究中存在的若干问题,并运用相关数据进行检验。我国出生人口性别比数据中既存在女性的漏报瞒报,也存在男性的漏报瞒报;1949年以来中国总体人口性别比与出生人口性别比的关系不对应;婚姻挤压由于存在连续性,靠扩大婚龄差无法缓解;男孩偏好是个文化观念问题,更是个社会结构与制度问题;当前独生子女政策正面临考验;人口调查与数据分析中还存在值得认真面对的技术问题。     

上海农业旅游资源开发现状与发展对策

上海拥有丰富的顾客资源和农业旅游资源,但2006年上海农业旅游收入只有10亿,占全年旅游总收入的不足2%,而发达国家的农业旅游收入已经达到其总收入的25%,因此,上海的农业旅游市场潜力巨大.文章在文献研究和实地调查的基础上,阐述了上海农业旅游资源开发的现状和存在的问题,并试图发现解决问题的方法,为上海及中国农业旅游的开展提供参考与借鉴.     

太仓市电子商务产业发展调查报告

电子商务作为新型的商业运行模式,正在改变人们的商贸交易和消费方式,太仓作为中德中小企业合作示范区,精密仪器或器械等产品应用领域或区域广泛,拥有众多知名品牌产品,大力发展电子商务势在必行。文章从现状入手分析制约本市电子商务发展的瓶颈和存在问题,提出发展电子商务产业的策略。