MEDIATION IN CHILD PROTECTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

The child protection mediation or case conference–implemented under the new Child, Family, and Community Services Act–is a mandatory conference in British Columbia that attempts to provide a plan of care for the apprehended child or children through a combined cooperative effort of parents, social workers, their respective counsel, parties that have an interest in the child's welfare, and the mediation judge. It is also a process that undertakes to counter the adversarial effects of trial where the potential for conflict is great and seeks to achieve the spirit of building solutions through cooperation for the continued care of the child. A year later, the results look encouraging, as two thirds of cases settle and, in British Columbia, unlike any other province, the case conference is made available in every community where court is held.     

地方立法质量提高的分析和探讨

当前,我国的地方立法质量总体上有所提高,但是在价值取向、科学性、协调性、立法技术等方面也存在一些问题。其深层次的原因在于立法观念落后。应树立立法的科学观念:以权利本位为主导价值取向,强化专家在立法中的实质性作用,提高民主化程度。     

The Greater Yellowstone policy debate: What is the policy problem?

Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding mountainous region comprise the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), a 19 million acre area that is one of the few relatively intact ecosystems in the lower 48 states. Conservationists believe that continuation of present land management practices in the region will disrupt the ecological integrity of the GYE. Many authors have identified and described these threats, but as yet there has been no sustained effort to make sense of these threats in the context of the ongoing dynamic policy debate. We develop the foundation for such understanding by examining the implicit problem definitions that have emerged from this debate. They fall into three general categories: 1) a scientific definition, 2) an economic definition, and 3) a bureaucratic definition. This process produces an exploratory definition of the policy problem, which suggests a strategy for better understanding and policy design. We propose several intervention points at which substantive, one-the-ground improvements in the management of the GYE are possible.     

Explaining the Role of Restrictive Rules in the Postreform House

Abstract Four competing explanations have emerged regarding restrictive rules in Congress. Informational theory claims that rules reduce information costs and facilitate committee specialization. The distributional perspective suggests that rules enforce legislative bargains and help members achieve gains‐from‐trade. Another claim is that rules increase the Rules Committee's independent influence over policy. Lastly, partisan theory asserts that rules are used to increase the majority party's influence over policy. Abstract This analysis tests these claims during the 97th, 98th, 104th, and 105th Congresses. The findings demonstrate that theoretical constructs developed in earlier analyses of special rules are not robust over time and across legislative contexts. The results refute majoritarian assertions that rules are used as informational devices. Similarly, little evidence supports the claim that Rules Committee preferences independently affect rule assignment. Instead, a partisan principal‐agent framework emerges as the most useful construct to explain procedural choice in the postreform House.     

循环经济:资源型城市转型的现实选择

面对资源危困与环境污染的双重压力,资源型城市必须加快经济转型;发展循环经济是资源型城市转型的现实选择;资源型城市发展循环经济必须充分发挥政府和企业作用,构建适合资源型城市特点的循环经济模式.     

论信息传播对女性生存与发展的影响

信息传播与每个人的生活息息相关,为女性的生存与发展提供了一个客观的媒介环境.这种环境中有些因素是有利的,有些因素是不利的.其区分标准就是是否有利于女性的生存与发展.从这种影响分析得出的结论是:应该保持并放大信息传播的正功能,抑制信息传播的负功能.     

青年类学报编辑工作能力漫谈

青年类学报编辑工作有其自己的科学体系和特点。作为青年类学报编辑不仅要具有较高的政治素质、道德素质和审美素养,还必须要有青年类学报特色选题的策划能力;对质量效益的意识能力;对相关学科的研究能力以及计算机操作的动手能力和对外办事的社交能力。     

新时期促进人的全面发展途径探析

培养“四有”公民、促进人的全面发展,主要应从以下十个方面着手:以科学的理论武装人、以高尚的精神塑造人、以远大的理想激励人、以先进的道德规范人、以严明的法纪约束人、以正确的舆论引导人、以优良的环境熏陶人、以扎实的教育造就人、以优秀的作品鼓舞人、以细致的思想政治工作教育人。