Examining Relationships Between Legislative and Presidential Influences and Organizational Probity: Evidence from South Korean Central Government Agencies

In public management, few empirical studies have been conducted on the effects of the most influential political authorities—the legislature and the president—on government organizations, despite the theoretical and practical significance of these effects. This study tests the relationships between legislative and presidential influences and organizational probity in South Korean central government agencies, on the basis of political transaction-cost and principal–agent theories. We use three measures of legislative influence—inspectional influence (total annual days of legislative inspection), statutory influence (rules-to-laws ratio), and budgetary influence (ratio of reprogramming budget to total budget), and one measure of presidential influence (annual number of substantive meetings with the president). Then, these independent variables are linked to the organizational probity measure from audited archival data. The two-time-point panel data analysis reveals a positive link between legislative inspectional influence and probity but a negative relationship between the presidential influence measure and probity; the results support theoretical arguments for control over administrative agencies. Thus, the evidence suggests that governments should be cautious of implementing reforms that increase organizational or managerial autonomy.     

How the West Perceives China＇s Developing Country Status

With the rise of China＇s position in the international political and economic fields, the West began to question China＇s developing country status, the wrong perception of the West lies primarily in the following aspects： first, the vagueness of the concept of ＂developing countries＂ and the tendency towards narrowing the notion; second, the western countries are pressing China to shoulder more international responsibilities in so doing.     

刍议入所劳教人员心理评估体系

随着司法体制改革的深入开展，提高劳教人员教育挽救质量的地位日益凸显，而作为劳教人员收容教育的第一站，劳教人员的心理呈现出情绪不稳、适应性差、易导致人身危险性等特点。目前，在入所教育质量提高的因素中，科学的、系统的、完善的教育改造质量评价的体系乃是不容忽视的重要因素。而人所劳教人员心理矫治作为提高教育改造质量的重要手段之一，同样需要完备的评估体系。     

战后美国谋求世界霸权的历史透视及其思考

战后美国谋求世界霸权经历了战后初期单独谋求世界霸权,60年代至80年代美苏争霸,90年代冷战结束后美国试图建立单极世界三个阶段.美国谋求世界霸权在战略目标和手段等方面有明显的特点.透视美国谋求世界霸权的历史轨迹和特点,给予我们多方面启示.我国应坚持和平发展,为构建和谐世界做出自己应有的贡献.     

国际合作:创建珠海大学园区若干一流学科的捷径

学科是高校的基本元素和立足之本,高校的人才、科技和服务社会三大功能的发挥,取决于学科建设水平.在高等教育国际化的时代背景下,珠海要办好大学园区,把握入世机遇,走出国门,积极开展国际合作,这是创建一流学科,提高学科建设水平的捷径所在.     

片面共犯的理论与实践

片面共犯是客观存在的社会现象,无论对片面共犯的承认还是否认,都在试图解决片面共犯的定罪根据问题,片面共犯属于共同犯罪,其在理论、立法、司法皆有体现,但片面共犯的立法还需要进一步完善。     

花甲之年，北约向何处去？

2009年4月3-4日，来自欧美28个国家的领导人在法国东部城市斯特拉斯堡及相邻的德国西部小镇凯尔举行峰会，庆祝北约成立60周年，同时欢迎法国重返北约军事一体化机构并接纳阿尔巴尼亚、克罗地亚成为新的成员国。北约当年是作为冷战的产物—华约组织的对立面应运而生的，如今，华约早已成为历史，     

对提高高校思想政治课教学效果的思考

高校思想政治课教学是建设社会主义核心价值体系，增强社会主义意识形态吸引力和凝聚力这一任务的主要载体之一。要完成这一任务，就要提高教学效果，要提高教学效果，就要从把握学情，激发兴趣，改革教学方式着手。     

Calling 911 during episodes of domestic abuse: What justifies a call for help?

This preliminary investigation built on the work of Johnson and Sigler (2000), indicating that the public was highly intolerant of wife abuse and increasingly willing to criminalize its occurrence. Videotaped or written scenes containing domestic violence were presented to college students who were asked to indicate the seriousness of each situation, as well as respond to the question, “Is a call to 911 emergency services justified?” The results suggested that these participants were highly intolerant of both physical and nonphysical spousal abuse and that they reliably viewed 911 calls to be justified following scenes with physical violence and no physical injury, as well as scenes with verbal threats, but no physical violence.