中国基督教女青年会的发展定位与社会服务

中国基督教女青年会是一个集宗教组织、妇女组织、青年组织为一体的复合型组织,从成立之初起,即确定了以基督之精神为根本、以女性事业服务为方向、以促进和推动女性健康发展为目标的组织定位,以包容、开放的姿态,开展了大量推动女性参与社会管理和公共服务、促进女性和儿童全面发展的社会服务。     

养老服务发展的实证分析、目标模式与对策——以浙江省临安市为例

地方养老服务发展面临较为严重的供需矛盾,养老服务发展的目标模式是政府、社会力量与老年人分别作为养老服务的提供者、生产者和消费者,三方主体互动同时又有各自的功能与职责权限。围绕这一目标模式,地方养老服务发展要转变养老服务理念,创新养老服务方式和机制,完善与落实养老服务政策制度支持体系以及建立和完善养老服务质量评估体系。     

澳大利亚政府绩效评价实践的最新进展

澳大利亚政府绩效评价工作开展较早,发展至今积累了大量的有益经验。现行的评价体系结构宏大,内涵丰富,真正有效地促进了澳大利亚政府公共服务的质量提升。本文介绍了由澳大利亚公共服务委员会以及生产力委员会主导的政府绩效评价模式,总结其特点并对我国政府绩效评价的发展提出了建议。     

公共服务合作供给的国际经验与启示

公共服务的供给一般通过政府、市场、社会组织三种模式,这三种模式各有利弊,都存在着失灵现象。为此,公共服务的合作供给就成为最优选择。在合作伙伴的选择中,非营利组织因其自身的优势,在公共事务治理中发挥着越来越重要的作用。美国、英国等国家的社会组织起步早、发展较为完善,积累了较为成功的经验。借鉴这些国家的成功做法,便于更好地改进我国公共服务的合作供给体制,提升公共服务的质量和效率。     

Red-teaming the panopticon* (mobilising adaptive change in secure and forensic settings)

In England and Wales, secure and forensic psychiatric institutions provide a high-cost, low-volume service that imposes significant restrictions upon detainees. Patients may be detained under the Mental Health Act in such settings for several years or even life, as they are deemed to present a significant risk to themselves or the public. Patients under s37/41 require the Home Office to approve any increase in their freedom. Best practice requires reoffending risk to be assessed before a patient is discharged. Evaluation of risk is an inexact actuarial science operating in a political arena, and research has indicated risk assessment tools have little positive predictive validity. There is concern amongst the wider psychiatric and judicial communities about the ethics of current practice. We examine these issues and consider means of improving risk assessment through red-teaming, increased collaboration between clinician and patient and a paradigm shift towards greater emphasis on patient self-agency.     

Banking in the cloud: Part 3 – contractual issues

This paper looks at EU banks' use of public cloud computing services. It is based primarily on anonymised interviews with banks, cloud providers, advisers, and financial services regulators. The findings are presented in three parts. Part 1 of this paper explored the extent to which banks operating in the EU, including global banks, use public cloud computing services. Part 2 of this paper covered the main legal and regulatory issues that may affect banks' use of cloud services.Part 3 looks at the key contractual issues that arise in negotiations between banks and cloud service providers, including data protection requirements, complexities caused by the layering of cloud services, termination, service changes, and liability. It also presents the overall conclusion derived from the studies conducted, as set out in the three parts of the paper.All three parts of the paper can be accessed via Computer Law and Security Review's page on ScienceDirect at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02673649?sdc=2. The full list of sources is available via the same link and will be printed at the end of this part of the article.     

The “Fragility of Goodness”: Black Parents’ Perspective about Raising Children in Toronto,Winnipeg, and St. John’s of Canada

How does one measure ‘goodness’ when all ethical choices lead to evil outcomes? To answer this question, this essay uses Martha Nussbaum’s fragility of goodness, critical race theory, and data from a SSHRC-funded study, in which we critically examine the parenting experiences of Black families in Canada. Findings suggest how racist ideas in Canada function as “color-blind” laws and policies that affect the everyday lives of Black people including their parenting practices. Our study calls on child welfare services in Canada to develop a comprehensive understanding of Black parenting practices, perhaps enabling more Black children to remain home safely.     

Breaking up a partnership to build a competitive market in Denmark’s ambulance service: how can studies of contract reversals learn from the sociology of markets?

ABSTRACT

paper analyses a case of contract reversal in the market for ambulance services. The paper suggests that the sociology of markets-literature provides insights into market institutions of importance to relations between government and contractors that will benefit contracting out theory. Building on document analysis and interviews with 19 key stakeholders, it is demonstrated how a regional government in Denmark tried to wrestle the service provision from a long-time private provider and create a competitive market, only to discover that the implementation of the new contract was beset by obstacles largely stemming from informal norms in the market and attempts of the existing provider to hamper market entry for challenger firms. The result was a contract reversal: from private provision to government-provided service delivery. The paper contributes to the contracting out literature by providing a more elaborate understanding of the institutional conditions under which contract reversals can take place.     

Citizen Redress in Public Contracting for Human Services

This article examines from a regulatory perspective the legal position of citizens in respect of contracted out human services. It argues that the inadequate protection of individual interests and the public interest here is a reflection of increasingly complex relationships between the state and independent sectors, expressed in the essentially hybrid character of contemporary public service organisation. Accordingly a hybrid reform strategy, rather than one that attempts to extend or develop private or public law in any particular direction, is most likely to be successful in addressing associated legal governance problems. The attainment of improved redress for service recipients, and increased accountability of contractors and other parties engaged in human services networks, requires the careful tailoring of remedies to the conditions prevailing in particular sectors. The goal of responsive law should be to foster qualities of good administration and respect for fundamental public interest values within the whole range of regulated agencies and bodies performing public service functions.     

中国对外经济合作的新发展

对外经济合作是中国外交和外经贸工作的重要组成部分。中国开展对外经济合作的基本立场是“守约、保质、薄利、重义”。中国开展对外经济合作比较成熟的业务方式有对外援助、对外承包工程、对外劳务合作、境外投资等。中国政府在 5 0多年的对外经济合作工作中 ,已形成了一套较为完整的管理制度。对外经济合作有助于促进经济的发展 ,增进了人民间的相互了解 ,推动双边友好关系的发展。本文旨在使读者了解对外经济合作的基本情况 ,以便加深对经济外交作用的认识。