La représentativé dans l'administration consultative

Abstract. In recent years consultative administration has undergone considerable development. It includes public agencies composed of experts and representatives of private interests. The author considers the notion of representativity and its effects both on consultative administration and on the relationship between the state and various groups. Representativity is assessed on the basis of the different modes of selection and appointment of advisory bodies. Through examples drawn from the Canadian and Quebec administrative systems, the author examines the possible consequences of representativity in consultative administration. These are grouped under three headings: representativity at the service of private interests, at the service of the consulting authority, and as a means of arriving at a consensus. The author makes it clear that the vagueness surrounding the notion of representativity is deliberate: it allows the state not merely to adapt to circumstances but to increase its means of intervention. Sommaire. L'administration consultative connait un développemcnt considérable depuis quelques années. Elle comprend des organismes publics composés d'expertset de représentants des intérêts privés. L'auteur étudie ici la notion de représentativité, et ses effets sur l'administration consultative ainsi que sur les relations entre l'Etat et les groupes. La représentativité est d'abord évalué selon les différents modes de sélection et de nomination des membres des organismes consultatifs. Puis, par des exemples choisis dans les systèmes administratifs canadien et québécois, l'auteur examine les conséquences possibles de cette représentativité en administration consultative. Ces conséquences sont regroupées sous trois rubriques: la représentativité au service des intérêts priviés, la représentativité au service de l'autorité consultante et la représentativité comme moyen de recherche d'un consensus. Une précision finale est apportée: le flou qui entoure la notion de représentativité est voulu: il permet à l'Etat non seulement de s'adapter aux circonstances mais encore d'accroître ses possibilités d'intervention.     

STR data for the AmPFlSTR SGM plus from a regional population of Austria.

Allele frequencies for 10 microsatellite loci--D3S1358, vWA, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, THO1, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11 and D18S51--were determined in an Austrian Caucasian population sample from Vienna using the AmpFlSTR SGM plus amplification kit (Applied Biosystems). This study was done on a population sample of 609 unrelated individuals from the city of Vienna.     

Specimen preparation for ABO determination of various kinds of blood stains

Trying to optimize the preparation of blood stains, we found methanol fixation not to produce very good results for the determination of ABO blood group antigens. It is advantageous to transfer blood stains before testing to cotton cloth. This transfer is also of practical use if blood stains are to be saved on a smooth surface for lateral determination. We testet on 35 different carrier materials, on which blood stains in casework often were found, whether blood grouping gave better results on either the original material or after transfer. Results are shown on a table. The test revealed, that solubility of the stain in aqua dest is a good sign for a successful transfer. Blood stains on pine-wood soil, soil and loam were not suited for ABO grouping.     

The EU ‘partnership principle’: still a sustainable governance device across multiple administrative arenas?

This article analyses the 'partnership principle'– which is of particular importance for multilevel governance interpretations of European integration – as it evolved in EU regional policy–making. After sketching in the crucial analytical lines of the current debate on 'partnership' on the example of the implementation of the EU structural policy in Germany, I examine how it functions. A closer look at two important sub–fields of 'partnership'–'societal participation' and 'policy evaluation'– reveals that theoretical expectations regarding its transforming potential, in terms of pitting supranational and subnational actors against central state authority and thereby circumventing the latter, have not materialized. On the contrary, recently rising resentment and out–and–out conflict between the European Commission and regional authorities so far point to theoretically unexpected limitations of 'partnership', calling into question whether it is an appropriate and sustainable inter–administrative co–ordination device – at least when viewed from the perspective of the EU multilevel governance thesis. In the light of the reported insights into the practice of 'partnership', this 'new mode of EU governance' thus needs to be reassessed.