Toward a Pragmatic Model of Public Responsiveness: Implications for Enhancing Public Administrators’ Responsiveness to Citizen Demands

Public responsiveness, or bureaucratic responsiveness to citizen demands, is central to public administration theories. It is a key concept regarding the appropriate role of bureaucracy and professional administrators in a democratic political system. By exploring the complexity of the concept, this article proposes a pragmatic model as an alternative to the two mainstream models of understanding public responsiveness. The theoretical implication of the pragmatic model is also discussed. Future research should address administrators’ instrumental concerns in fostering public responsiveness.     

国际条约中的冲突条款评析

冲突条款是国际条约中处理与其他条约适用关系的条款。在国际法不成体系的国际法制背景中,冲突条款的规定对于解决条约冲突具有重要的意义。从国际条约实践来看,冲突条款的表现形式多种多样。随着国际法的发展,冲突条款的形式也在不断地变化更新,这也进一步强化了此种条款在国际条约中的重要性。     

刑法第182条之立法变迁及评析

我国1997刑法第182条将操纵证券交易价格的行为规定为犯罪,1999年刑法修正案将操纵期货交易价格的行为纳入刑法第182条的规制范围,2006年刑法修正案再度对刑法第182条予以修正。至此,刑法第182条适应了社会生活发展变化之需,加大了对操纵证券、期货交易市场行为的处罚力度。但刑法第182条将操纵证券市场的行为与操纵期货市场的行为混合规定,不符合经济行政法规对证券、期货市场规制不同步的现状,应分款予以规定;本条采取叙明罪状的规定方式,不符合本罪作为行政犯的基本规定方式,应规定为空白罪状。“操纵证券、期货市场罪”不能准确限定本条规定之罪的外延,应取名“操纵证券、期货交易市场罪”。     

探索人类文化：从“非我”反观“自我”——谈人类学研究对民族法学研究的启示

人类学作为一门研究人的体质、研究人的物质和非物质的创造物及其特征--文化的学科,它对人最初始的生活世界产生浓厚的兴趣,且期待在人类的自然属性和文化创造两方面客观真切地了解人,实证地探讨人类的由来、现状及其演进的趋势,促进人类理解、交流和合作.民族法学研究者有必要认识和运用什么是人类学,因为民族法学与人类学二者的研究范围有重叠和交叉之处,尤其是人类学特有的学术态度、观察视角、研究方法和价值取向皆可为民族法学提供参照和借鉴,从而促使民族法学准确地进行学术定位.     

Farmer Associations and Rural Development in Taiwan

This paper explores a unique Public-Private Partnership （PPP） formed by the government and Taiwanese Farmer Associations. Particularly, it will investigate a pattern of the PPP that has successfully promoted rural development and agricultural modernization in Taiwan since the 1950s. TFA＇s （Taiwanese Farmer Associations） establishment inherently came from Japanese Cooperatives before World War II. The Performances of those farmer organizations are combinations of economic, social, and educational synergies. The rural development experiences in Taiwan demonstrate that success of rural modernization is carried out by a special PPP. First, this paper discusses the establishment and development of farmer cooperative organizations in East Asian societies. Particularly, it focuses on collaborative mold and process in which both the government and TFA have been extensively involved. A specific cooperative apparatus between the government and TFA functioning and operating as a perfect PPP has been formed under administrative guidance of the state. Thirdly, this paper looks at input and various supports in financial and policy perspectives by the public sector. Fourthly, the paper discusses legal framework, administrative apparatus, and governance pattern for TFA. Fifthly, the significant findings of paper illustrate that a specific PPP successfully involving in rural modernization in Taiwan is derived from the state＇ guidance that properly regulates a collaboration between the government and TFA. The so-called East Asian model of PPP, as revealing in agricultural modernization and rural community development in Taiwan, may become valuable experiences for most of developing countries.     

Productivity growth of East Asia economies' manufacturing: A decomposition analysis

Applying a stochastic production frontier to sector-level data within manufacturing, this paper examines total factor productivity (TFP) growth for seven East Asian economies during 1963–98, using both single country and cross-country regressions. The analysis focuses on the trend in technological progress (TP) and technical efficiency change (TEC), and the role of productivity change in economic growth. The empirical results reveal that although input factor accumulation is still the main source for East Asian economies' growth, TFP growth is accounting for an increasing and important proportion of output growth, among which the improved TEC plays a crucial role in productivity growth.     

“和谐管理”与提高社科类社团活动质效分析——以桂林市社科组织为例

为了适应新形势,桂林市社科联积极探索和引入先进理念,运用“和谐管理”理论加强对所属社科类社团管理与服务,为提高本市社科类社团活动的质效,创新社会科学类社团管理的路径作了有益探索。     

The impact of local linkages, international linkages, and absorptive capacity on innovation for foreign firms operating in an emerging economy

This study analyzes the impact of local linkages, international linkages, and absorptive capacity on firm innovation for firms based in one emerging economy while operating in another emerging economy. Testing research hypotheses derived from the institutional and organizational learning perspectives on a sample of 102 Taiwanese manufacturing firms operating in China, we find that the impact of international linkages is greater than that of local linkages, while both local and international linkages have a positive impact on innovation. Further analysis confirms that absorptive capacity has a stronger moderating effect on the relationship between local linkages and innovation than it does on the relationship between international linkages and innovation.     

鸦片战争后福建海洋航运业的变化

鸦片战争后,西方航运业侵入福建,压倒了福建传统的航运业,不仅垄断了福建的远洋航运业,而且还控制了沿海航运。尽管旧式的帆船业出现了凋零,但是福建的海洋航运业并未因此消亡,新的民族轮船航运业应运而生,顽强地生存、发展。     

我国农户小额贷款发展问题及对策研究

农户小额贷款作为农村金融的重要组成部分,其能否有效运行在一定程度上影响了农村金融对“三农”的支持力度.本文结合我国的实际情况,从制度和政策支持、增加农户小额贷款资金供给、优化农村金融环境、完善农户小额贷款担保体系等方面提出解决我国农户小额贷款问题的对策和建议.