公正行政:和谐社会的行政模式选择

公正是和谐社会的基石,也是现代公共行政的核心价值追求,因此,公正行政是与和谐社会相适应的行政模式。建设公正行政要把公正作为公共行政的价值目标,通过建设法治、透明、可问责的行政体系实现行政过程的公正,并通过建立双重互动机制缓解公正行政的价值诉求与政治决策之间可能存在的张力。     

异体评估:我国政府绩效评估的路径选择及理论建构

我国政府绩效评估工作在经历了十年的快速发展以后,最近有陷入评估困境的趋势。同体评估是困局之源,其解决需要在理论层面有所突破。从评估对象界定切入,对政府绩效评估的性质进行分析,提出及解释了"管理评估"和"治理评估"两个范式,并尝试提出了"异体评估"概念,在此基础上提出构建以人大为主导的政府绩效评估主体结构的理论框架。基于人大的异体评估路径切合我国政府绩效评估的内涵及其肇兴的体制改革诉求,有望建立起适合中国实际的政府绩效评估动力机制,进一步释放评估活力。     

行政裁量基准制度实践反思

行政裁量基准制度作为一种制度创新,得到行政实践的认可并迅速推广开来,已经成为政府改革的重点之一。这种源于实践的创新制度,规范了行政裁量权的使用,但该制度依托的理论尚不完备,使得执法实践中存在诸多矛盾和冲突。本文将立足行政实践,对实践中出现的行政主体多元化延伸问题、裁量基准有无法律效力以及如何通过技术方式来实现标准的统一协调等问题,以概念为分析的逻辑起点,深入探讨,并提出完善之举。     

‘What is Africa to me’ now?: African-American heritage tourism in Senegambia

This article scrutinises how Afro-diasporic tourists exemplify concepts of liminality, historical memory, and racial construction while engaging in heritage tourism, and how these concepts inform the host community's perception of the visitors. It includes the results of extensive interviews with African Americans who engaged in roots or heritage tourism in Senegal and/or Gambia in 2010, and who visited the Maison des Esclaves in Gorée Island and/or Juffureh Village in The Gambia. The research shows that African American tourists emerge from these encounters with various conceptions of self. Some felt more ‘African’ following their pilgrimage, while others felt a stronger attachment to their American identity. Some preferred an unfinished combination of the two, asserting a newfound appreciation for their ‘African American’ identities. Corresponding with the latter point, I revisit the ‘Double-Consciousness’ theory proposed by W.E.B. Dubois, revealing how some tourists reexamine their diasporic identit(ies) as ‘Africans’ and ‘Americans’ during their sojourns.     

The implementation of the EU Prospectus Directive - a country-by-country analysis

Dr. Axel Gehringer HengelerMueller David Byers McCann FitzGerald, Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland Stefano Cuccia Head of Regulation, TLX, Milan Henri Wagner Allen and Overy, Luxembourg Petra Zijp NautaDutilh, Amsterdam José Manuel Cuenca and Yolanda Azanza Clifford Chance Daniel Bushner and Jonathan Parry Ashurst, London The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.