“社会主义新农村建设”的新特点与新途径

《关于推进社会主义新农村建设的若干意见》是党和人民政府在长期关注“三农”问题基础上所作出的振兴社会主义新农村的战略决策,与以往“新农村建设”相比较,它具有“工业反哺农业、城市支持农村”的时代背景,并凸显出诸多新特点。社会主义新农村建设的新途径主要是:大力发展县域经济;以王促农,以城带乡,实行全社会共建;突出农村基层党组织的领导作用;切实提高农民自身素质;努力创建文明生态村。     

比较美学研究方法略论--兼论周来祥先生的贡献

中国比较美学的研究方法已日趋成熟,相继出现了同中求异、异中求同以及理论联系实际、逻辑和历史相结合等方法。周来祥先生强调的微观比较与宏观比较、求同中之异与异中之同、动态比较与静态比较相结合的原则,为比较美学的健康、深入发展提供了有普遍启示意义的方法论指导。     

论依法治校的内涵和途径

我国的教育改革与发展已进入到前所未有的攻坚阶段 ,学校作为最基本的教育主体担负着教育发展的重任 ,学校能否发挥应有的作用 ,很大程度上取决于学校的管理理念和方略。各级各类学校的管理者 ,必须确立依法治校的办学思路和治校方略 ,把学校管理纳入科学化、规范化、法制化轨道     

Quick counts in the Mexican presidential elections: A Bayesian approach

In all democracies, anticipating the final results of a national election the same day the voters go to the polling stations is a matter of interest, for television stations and some civil rights organizations, for example. The most reliable option is a quick count, a statistical procedure that consists in selecting a random sample of polling stations and analysing their final counts to forecast the election results. In Mexico, a particularly important quick count is organized by the electoral authority. The importance of its results requires this exercise to be designed and executed with specially high standards far beyond those used in commercial studies of this type. In this paper, the model and the Bayesian analysis of the quick counts conducted by the Mexican authority, during the presidential elections in 2006 and 2012, are discussed.     

A Practical Guide for the Formulation of Propositions in the Bayesian Approach to DNA Evidence Interpretation in an Adversarial Environment

The interpretation of complex DNA profiles is facilitated by a Bayesian approach. This approach requires the development of a pair of propositions: one aligned to the prosecution case and one to the defense case. This note explores the issue of proposition setting in an adversarial environment by a series of examples. A set of guidelines generalize how to formulate propositions when there is a single person of interest and when there are multiple individuals of interest. Additional explanations cover how to handle multiple defense propositions, relatives, and the transition from subsource level to activity level propositions. The propositions depend on case information and the allegations of each of the parties. The prosecution proposition is usually known. The authors suggest that a sensible proposition is selected for the defense that is consistent with their stance, if available, and consistent with a realistic defense if their position is not known.     

大学生隐性思想政治教育创新研究

创新大学生隐性思想政治教育,是当前思想政治教育环境变化的客观需要,是提高思想政治教育时效性的必然选择,也是解决大学生隐性思想政治教育实际应用中出现的问题的现实诉求。为实现隐性思想政治教育的创新,必须将其与新媒体的使用、显性教育及专业教育相结合。大学生隐性思想政治教育的创新需要在发展理论、挖掘资源及拓展空间三个方面做出努力。     

Leadership in the OVOP and Similar Movements: The Comparative Study Between the OVOP Movement in Japan and OTOP Project in Thailand

This study is concerned with the comparative study of leadership in the “One Village, One Product” (OVOP) and similar movements in Japan and the “One Tambon, One Product” (OTOP) project in Thailand. The aim of the study is to explore leadership constructed in the OVOP movement and OTOP project. This study uses in-depth semi-structured interviews of leaders in Thailand and Oita prefecture. The model developed from this research presents some similarities and differences in terms of objectives, structure, qualities and processes between the OVOP movement and OTOP project. The study also highlights the recommendations for the OTOP project in Thailand and other OVOP-equivalent movements in other countries.     

Prospects for Local Collaboration into an Uncertain Future: Learning from Practice within Labour's Partnership Paradigm

Achieving effective local collaboration, a strong theme of the previous Labour government, may actually become more important given Coalition government policies emphasising decentralisation and encouraging alternative providers of public services. Therefore, it remains essential to learn from experiences of collaboration especially as, despite significant research, few studies explicitly identify guidance for improving this practice that is of specific relevance to local policy actors. In order to do so, a decentred and ethnographic approach was adopted to examine collaboration in a case study of a Sport and Physical Activity Alliance in Casetown, a medium-sized city in the south of England. Findings from this case study reinforced those found in other studies that pointed to the constraints of targets imposed by the Labour government, ingrained approaches to public administration and lack of open acknowledgement of power differentials impeding the development of effective collaboration. Drawing on the suggestions of those involved in the alliance, an alternative vision of collaboration is advocated, focused on shared learning and bottom-up implementation within more fluid and open structures in which there would be greater scope for the exercise of agency on behalf of those individuals and organisations involved. As during the period of the Labour government, aspects of current wider policy agendas may impede as well as support the development of this alternative vision of collaboration. Nevertheless, it is argued that reflexive local actors may collectively be able to address the contextual challenges that exist in order to develop more effective forms and practices of collaboration.     

Poor communities as corporate stakeholders: A bottom-up research approach

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This article strives to provide an understanding of salient issues affecting the daily lives of participants from various developing communities in the country, and within the bigger picture, discuss some implications for organisations that affect or are affected by such communities. A key implication is that the process of constant connectivity and dialogue, including dissent, with communities as corporate stakeholders, may be more important in establishing trust and earning accountability, than the outcomes of well-planned corporate social responsibility campaigns. The study is based on qualitative research undertaken between 2006 and 2008 in 35 South African rural and township communities in Limpopo Province, North-West and Gauteng. A bottom-up research approach was proposed by the researchers, which, instead of evaluating the effects of corporate communication campaigns on communities, was to begin at a grassroots level with communities themselves, by exploring top-of-mind issues. From the findings it was apparent that a vicious cycle of extreme and endemic poverty was the focal area that occupied community members’ minds. This study provides a linkage between certain aspects of corporate social responsibility, normative stakeholder theory, strategic communication and stakeholder dialogue, in an attempt to provide organisations with guidelines to evaluate and respond to the challenges of poor communities, and offer a perspective on the way strategic communication with poor communities should take place.     

Centring development: Education centres supporting rural development

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Since the 1950s various paradigms of development have aimed to improve living conditions in the developing world (Africa, Asia and Latin America). Globalisation has increased the gap between information and technology haves and have-nots, and development practice (born out of the paradigms developed over the past fifty years) now seeks to address issues such as access to information communication technology (ICT) and the need for developing countries to participate in the global economy. This article examines the first year of the joint venture between the Media in Education Trust (MiET) and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education (KZNDE) to develop Education Centres Supporting Rural Development in KwaZulu-Natal, and how these centres address a crucial aspect of development – the question of access.