The New Beneficiary Data System: the first phase.

The completion of field work for the 1991 New Beneficiary Followup has transformed the 1982 New Beneficiary Survey from a simple cross-sectional data collection effort to the first step in a new longitudinal data base, which is further enriched with information obtained from administrative records. The resulting New Beneficiary Data System will make it possible to develop a better understanding of the dynamics of the experience of aged and disabled populations over the long term. A review of 24 reports prepared by Social Security Administration analysts who have used data from the first wave of interviews reveals a great deal of variation among different types of beneficiaries with respect to income, assets, pensions, work, health, and other factors. These reports provide a useful context for examining patterns of stability and change in the beneficiary population as the data from administrative records and later interviews are added to the data base and used to address issues of policy interest.     

新世纪以来中国共产党的干部制度改革:基于制度文本的研究

本文从制度文本角度,对过去十多年中国共产党的干部制度改革进行了梳理,重点考察了"党管干部"原则的调整、干部选拔任用改革、干部监督管理改革。这些改革和调整是作为执政党的中国共产党面对新挑战、新问题所做出的,具有较强的针对性,但是,就制度的实际效力而言,还需要进一步的观察。     

四个统一：新时代巡视监督的制度优势

党的十八大以来,巡视工作取得了瞩目的成绩,党的巡视监督实践和制度建设实现创新性发展。党的十九大后,巡视监督的政治定位进一步深化,巡视制度更加科学有效。实践探索在前,总结提炼在后,巡视工作要继续发扬光大、更好地发挥利剑作用,需要深化巡视监督的理论研究,总结梳理巡视监督在权力属性、组织方式、功能效果和工作方法上的特有优势,实现巡视监督被动性与主动性、权威性与民主性、震慑性与治理性、计划性与灵活性的有机统一,能为推进新时代巡视监督高质量发展提供有效的理论支撑。     

The Bureaucracy and Its Masters: The New Madisonian System in the US

The bureaucracy's masters have redesigned the American political system over the past 20 years. As before, checks and balances play a critical role. This time, however, relations between one branch of government (the bureaucracy) and the rest are decidedly and deliberately asymmetrical. While acknowledging the need for bureaucratic accountability, the author raises questions about a growing emphasis on highly coercive controls from above. Instead he recommends greater reliance on catalytic controls from below, which energize the bureaucracy without stifling bureaucratic creativity and eroding bureaucratic integrity.     

监督监督者:新时代特约监察员制度的探索与突破

特约监察员制度作为新时代我国纪检监察体制改革的有机组成部分,是对构建不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐长效机制的积极探索,有助于推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化。经过两年多的实践,特约监察员在监督纪检监察机关及其工作人员方面,既形成了一些成功经验,也存在一定的职责不明、边界不清、渠道不通、合力不足等问题。解决这些问题,需要纪检监察机关、特约监察员、人民群众等三方通力合作,促使特约监察员的监督监督者职能完成由“形”到“实”的转变。     

农村房屋拆迁中非正式制度的应用及价值——以北京市X镇T村为例

非正式制度作为一种柔性治理结构,在政府治理活动中发挥着不可忽视的作用.以北京市X镇T村房屋拆迁为范本研究发现,相对于正式制度,非正式制度更容易赢得农民的理解与配合,能够较好地发挥化解矛盾、推进工作实施的作用,这为研究农村房屋拆迁提供了一个新的视角和维度.     

Stability of the Federal System in Nigeria: Elite Attitudes at the Constituent Assembly Toward the Creation of New States

The Constituent Assembly which approved the constitution forNigeria's Second Republic (1979–1983) decided that nonew states should be created at that time and adopted proceduresmaking state creation in the future virtually impossible. TheAssembly's action implied that elite consensus had been achievedon the existing territorial configuration of the federation.Yet events during the Second Republic seemed to belie such aninterpretation. To resolve the contradiction a content analysisof the Constituent Assembly debates was undertaken. It showedwidespread dissatisfaction with the existing nineteen-statestructure. The study concludes that the Constituent Assembly'sdecisions on state creation did not reflect an elite consensus.Instead, the period of relative stability in federal territorialconfiguration, which elsewhere seems to follow early years ofinstability, had not yet been reached in Nigeria.     

新型农村社会养老保险政策评估——基于土地流转制度背景下的研究

面对人口老龄化加剧、劳动力乡城流动、土地流转加速、土地养老功能弱化、农村养老需求增长的严峻局势和新农保试点扩面迅速推进的整体性战略规划,以公共政策评估和政策外部性理论为基础,从政策执行主体、政策服务对象的双重视角评估土地流转制度背景下新型农村社会养老保险政策执行状况和实施效果,通过对东、中、西部新农保试点地区的实态调查,分别获取基层政府工作人员、新农保经办机构人员、农村常住居民三类群体共2779份有效问卷,综合运用描述性统计和通径分析方法,进一步探寻改善政策效果的有效路径。研究结果表明:政府一定程度存在职能缺位、越位,立法、财政、监管责任缺失等问题,而广大农民未能将土地流转潜在养老保障功能与新农保统筹考量,使政策难以达到预期目标,可通过发挥政府主导作用、增强农民土地流转意识、提升经办机构服务能力、有效整合养老政策等具体对策,进一步促进土地流转、提高新农保参保意愿、改善政策执行与实施效果。     

新时代健全党和国家监督体系：价值、要义与实践路径

权力监督是党的建设和国家治理的核心议题,其质量和成效直接关乎中国特色社会主义政治制度优越性的发挥。健全党和国家监督体系,是社会主义民主政治建设的本质要求,是对中国共产党长期执政经验的深刻总结,是国家治理现代化的应有之义。健全党和国家监督体系的核心要义在于健全党统一领导、全面覆盖、权威高效的监督体系,实现监督体系整体效能由量到质的提升,为公正用权、为民用权、严以用权、廉洁用权奠定法治监督基石。健全党和国家监督体系涉及各级各类监督主体、监督形式和监督制度的力量整合和统筹协调,是在党的统一领导下依法有序推进的系统工程。要以党内监督为主导,推动各类监督贯通协同;深化纪检监察体制改革,强化纪委监委专责监督;构建不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐一体推进机制,提升监督体系整体治理效能。     

The Emergence of a New Party in the Italian Party System: Rise and Fortunes of the Five Star Movement

This article examines the fortunes of the recently created Five Star Movement, a party that at its first general election in February 2013 became the most voted for party in Italy. It explains the success of this new party through citizens’ demands, patterns of party competition and institutional rules. Building on the interplay between popular demands and party supply, the study examines the overall political stance of this party and how it fits the policy priorities of citizens. By comparing it with other parties, the article investigates how the Five Star Movement distinguished itself from its competitors. Finally, the article examines how the electoral system has limited its emergence.     

政府绩效治理中的协同领导体系构建：超越个体层面的公共领导新发展

在超越个体层面的公共领导研究视角下,公共领导是一种复杂机制,是嵌于包含政治引领、组织管理和资源动员等复杂治理体系中的要素关系和运行方式。通过对已有研究的疏理,在其基础上归纳出基于个体/特质、情境/权变、关系/网络和多元主体/整合框架等四种研究路径。作为一种整合性公共领导框架,重点围绕绩效领导的概念体系和功能机制,分析了我国党政体制为绩效领导提供的价值传导渠道、战略创新平台和组织支撑等有利条件。同时将绩效领导作为我国深化干部队伍和领导班子建设的理论突破,提出基于我国党政体制发展绩效领导力的三个关键问题是:党政体制中绩效领导的价值、愿景和效率的输入与输出;绩效领导的价值属性、战略属性和工具属性间的动态关系;与绩效领导结构相匹配的领导干部选拔任用和班子建设制度。     

新时代党内法规制度体系建设:价值、逻辑和路径

党内法规制度体系是管党治党的重要依据和基本遵循。新时代加强党内法规制度体系建设是全面从严治党的根本之策,要遵循继承性和创新性相统一、现实性和前瞻性相统一、问题导向和目标导向相统一的基本原则。在路径选择上,要坚持以习近平总书记关于党内法规建设重要论述为指导,以党的政治建设为统领,建设一支规模宏大的高素质专业队伍和构建党内法规制度建设保障体系的现实路径,形成和巩固党内法规制度体系建设的思想保障、政治保障、人才队伍保障和制度保障。     

从权能构造到制度完善:中国共产党百年来农村土地政策的嬗变逻辑及新时代展望

中国共产党百年来始终围绕农村建设、农业发展和农民生活不断完善农村土地政策。从土地革命重新分配土地到新时代农村土地“三权分置”,党的农村土地政策主要经历了四个历史阶段的发展历程,为新时代农村土地政策的完善优化提供了重要现实启示。透过历史可以发现,中国共产党农村土地政策高度重视农村经济内生发展需要,始终坚持理论与实践相结合,始终坚持渐进式改革,实现了农村土地政策调整与经济发展改革的有效协调。为此,新时代要不断优化农村土地政策的顶层制度设计,不断完善农村土地开发体系,不断拓展农村土地增收渠道,真正发挥农村土地在乡村振兴和社会主义现代化建设中的积极作用。