The dilemmas of pursuing ‘throughput legitimacy’ through participatory mechanisms

Under pressure to open up the ‘black box’ of governance, technocratic bodies are increasingly seeking to include civil society participation in the policy process. This article draws on empirical cases from the European Commission and NHS England to assess the extent to which the participatory mechanisms pursued by these institutions have been successful in eliciting ‘throughput legitimacy’. It is shown that though these mechanisms have taken very different forms – the former a classic instance of ‘window dressing’ participation, the latter closer to ‘best practice’ in this field – they nevertheless share a number of ongoing vulnerabilities. The article outlines the shared organisational, operational and existential dilemmas that technocratic bodies face when eliciting civil society participation, and highlight their reliance on backstage negotiation to sustain stakeholder buy-in. It concludes by highlighting the prospect that the pursuit of throughput legitimacy for technocratic bodies entails inherent limitations and contradictions.     

对加强胜利油田惩防体系建设的思考

建立健全惩治和预防腐败体系是推进党风廉政建设的创新举措。胜利油田惩防体系建设以党的十八精神为指针，固本清源抓教育，规范权力抓监督，以查促防抓惩处，牢牢把握促进党员干部清正廉洁、保障履职安全的目标指向，为提升胜利油田党风建设和反腐倡廉工作水平，推动胜利油田打造世界一流、实现率先发展提供政治保障。     

紧密结合三项重点工作促进民行工作新发展

人民检察院作为国家法律的监督机关,所担负的职责与中央政法委提出的＂深入推进社会矛盾化解、社会管理创新、公正廉洁执法＂三项重点工作的内容密切相关,从三项重点工作出发,履行好检察监督职能,是构建社会主义和谐社会,维护改革发展稳定大局、保障人民群众安居乐业的必然要求。因此,在中央提出深入推进三项重点工作的背景下,更加需要不断的提高思想认识,创新工作机制,完善工作制度,把发挥民行法律监督职能作用作为推进三项重点工作的重要着力点。     

公办高校内部管理体制中的权力均衡研究

中国公办高校内部管理体制中最突出的问题在于权力失衡。通过分析我国高校内部权力失衡及原因,探讨实现我国高校内部权力均衡化路径,对于深化我国高等教育体制改革、依法办好人民满意的教育等都具有极其重要的意义。     

网络舆情语境下提升民主党派基层组织参政议政能力的路径思考

当前,网络舆情在给我国民主党派基层组织参政议政带来机遇的同时,其突发性、偏差性、繁杂性等特性对民主党派基层组织的应急能力、政治智慧、实战水平等方面提出了严骏挑战,这就要求各民主党派基层组织应当勇于抓住网络舆情对参政议政带来的良好机遇,努力适应当前网络舆情发展的新形势,积极借助网络平台,时刻关注舆情讯息,充分汲取网络民意,深入开展网络调查与监督,着力提升参政议政能力。     

The role of the pristavstvo institution in the context of Russian imperial policies in the Kazakh Steppe in the nineteenth century

The institution of pristavstvo was introduced in the Kazakh Steppe in the first decade of the nineteenth century. This institution had different meanings and functions, from an individually held position (e.g., a pristav to the khān of the Junior Horde in 1820; the pristavs who accompanied the Kazakh delegation to Saint Petersburg in the first half of the nineteenth century) to an administrative-territorial structure (e.g., the pristavstvo of the Senior Horde; the Mangyshlak and Zaisan pristavstvos). Though the political structure of the Russian empire had included institutions analogous to the pristavstvo, it was not a conventional component of the Russian administrative system. Studying the features of the pristavstvo institution in the territory of Kazakhstan and analysing the transformation of the pristav's function provide new insights on how the multi-ethnic Russian empire was managed. They will also help scholars to better understand the forms and methods the Russian authorities employed to manage their nomadic populations.     

深化班组建设须坚持＂专严新实＂四字方针

金耀集团在班组建设中，坚持了“专严新实”四字方针，即把握重点，突出一个“专”字；量化考核，突出一个“严”字；展现特色，突出一个“新”字；注重效果，突出一个“实”字，其做法收到了很好的效果。     

现行出入境管理法律冲突问题研究——以法律条文为分析对象

现行出入境管理法律制度存在诸多冲突问题,主要表现为与国际法之间的冲突问题,与宪法、立法法、行政处罚法及刑法等法律之间的冲突问题,与行政许可法、行政复议法、行政诉讼法等法律之间的冲突问题及出入境管理法律制度相互之间的冲突问题。要解决这些冲突,完善立法是关键。     

深化税源专业化管理必须破解五大瓶颈

目前的税收征管改革已进入到瓶颈期,作为改革核心内容之一的税源专业化管理至今未取得突破性进展。跨越瓶颈因素的制约必须从确立新的征管模式基本架构、进行岗责体系再造、实现信息化技术综合应用、突破专业人才短缺制约、改革财税管理体制五个方面予以突破。