Certifying a state forestry agency in Quebec: Complementarity and conflict around government responsibilities,indigenous rights,and certification of the state as forest manager

As voluntary third‐party certification systems become an increasingly accepted part of international frameworks for forest governance, some state forestry agencies are following the private sector in seeking certification of their forest management activities. We ask how the roles and responsibilities of state forest management agencies interact with the processes and mechanisms established by certification systems. To answer this question, we review existing research to propose a conceptual framework composed of eight issues of particular relevance to states: regulation, transnationalism, sovereignty disputes, partnerships and competition, mainstreaming, effectiveness, equity, and legitimacy and trust. We then use this framework to analyze experience in Quebec, Canada, where the state agency initially sought certification and then abandoned this plan after facing difficulties meeting the requirements pertaining to indigenous rights. Our framework helps to understand possible complementarities between state and non‐state systems, but also highlights challenges for reconciling state roles and responsibilities under certification.     

任期周期：中国经济增长的新视角

中国经济增长存在深刻的政治激励。地方政府主官的实际任期对于地方经济发展具有十分重要的影响。基于1978-2018年当代中国地方党政主官实际任期的统计以及问卷调查结果分析,本文发现：五年任期制逐渐缩水为“三年之政”,多数地方主官在任期的第三年便面临岗位调整;相应地,政治任期与投资等经济性因素形成了“三上二下式倒U型”分布,形成了显著的任期周期。西方民主国家以政治商业周期理论解释政治换届对经济波动的影响,既有的实证研究也证实中国同样存在政治商业周期,但中国政治商业周期有独特的制度逻辑和结构特征。本文提出,任期周期构成了中国政治商业周期的重要内涵,也是中国模式的重要解释机制,为理解中国经济增长提供了新的思考视角。相应地,任期调控也成为中央政府宏观经济调控的重要政策工具。     

“It’s Like Standing on a Beach,Holding Your Children’s Hands,and Having a Tsunami Just Coming Towards You”: Intimate Partner Violence and “Expert” Assessments in Australian Family Law

The ways in which postseparation parenting disputes are managed has undergone significant change in Australia since the Family Law Act (Cth) was first enacted in 1975. The best interests of children have always been paramount in children’s cases and over the last 20 years, this concept has been legislatively shaped to include ongoing beneficial post separation parental relationships and protection from harm. A critical piece of evidence to inform a Family Court’s decision making in such matters is a family report, which is an expert assessment compiled by a social science professional. The authors report findings from an Australian based qualitative study exploring the experiences of family report assessment practice from the perspective of victim mothers who have separated from men who perpetrate intimate partner violence. The authors conclude that reforms are necessary to improve the practice and procedure of family report writing in Australia. Such reforms should ensure that the lived experience of victims of intimate partner violence is validated, assessment processes have victim efficacy, and the outcomes of such reports do not put women and their children at ongoing risk of harm.     

稳就业背景下的新就业形态发展研究

当前我国就业形势较以往更加严峻,就业压力既来自突发疫情的冲击,也来自我国一直存在的总量压力和结构性矛盾。尽管“新就业形态”引发越来越多的关注,在稳定和增加就业方面也被寄予厚望,但我国新就业形态的发展仍存在着相关的法律法规亟须完善、新就业人员的社会保障不足、适应新职业发展需要的公共服务体系亟待完善、平台经济发展面临诸多制度障碍等问题。为发挥好“新就业形态”的稳就业作用,本研究建议：以“鼓励创新、包容审慎”为原则,以制度创新为抓手,在深化改革和创新发展中为新就业形态的发展创造更加成熟的市场环境和更加亲民的营商环境。     

Political Brand Equity Model: The Integration of Political Brands in Voter Choice

The voters’ choices about political parties have many similarities with how they make their choices about commercial brands. Therefore, political parties are now constantly applying the concept and strategies of brand management to make the political product attractive, appealable, trustable, differentiable, a source of long-term relationships, and a decision-making driver. Furthermore, the political parties have to play an active role in the community's political socialization processes, which rely heavily on branding strategies. Because, the party equity is largely based on the community's social gregariousness that has profound effect on the electorates' propensity to participate in the politics. This study has deeply explored and broadened the concept of party equity analogous to commercial brand equity typology by developing a politics-specific brand equity model. This model demonstrates the integration of political brands in voter choice. Empirically, this model has been validated by collecting 550 valid responses from the constituency of District Gujrat, Pakistan. A careful analysis of these responses through structural equation modeling methodology has revealed that political parties vary according to the outcomes of their role in the political socialization process of the communities, loyalty, and voters’ attitude. Parties that have favorable role in the socialization process have strong party knowledge and thus have high party equity as compared to competing political parties, which have a weak position of party knowledge. Similarly, this study provides the roadmap and guidelines for the political parties to manage their party equity. Similarly, the model would be able to facilitate political parties in comparing different constituencies on the basis of their diversified social dynamics and political knowledge and in the development of a constituency-based manifesto, also termed “localized manifesto,” to further enhance their vote bank.     

Coopetition Segments in a Public-Sector Context: Insights from a Business Region

The concept of coopetition is well-known in a private-sector context, but it is greatly neglected in a public-sector context. In continuation of this, the article sets out to explore and further position coopetition in the public sector. This is achieved through a study of coopetition among seven municipalities located in a Danish business region named the Triangle Region. The article concludes by identifying and describing four public-sector coopetition segments, and by providing a segmentation model to categorize and discuss different coopetition initiatives. Furthermore, the model can help public servants and politicians to prioritize coopetition initiatives and visualize their complexity.     

The Dynamic Process Tracing Environment (DPTE) as a Tool for Studying Political Communication

The dynamic process tracing environment (DPTE) is a unique and flexible tool permitting researchers to study information search and decision making in various manners. This article describes the rationale behind the system, some history of how it has revolutionized the study of voter decision making in elections, and some of the principles of design within the system.     

我国数字出版发展态势分析

版权、技术、市场构成我国数字出版产业的三大基石,目前这三大基石有待进一步巩固;产业链不完善与缺乏有效整合以及付费问题的难以解决制约了我国数字出版产业的健康发展;我国数字出版前景广阔,在上述关键问题得到解决后,一定会有较大发展。     

完善手印显现工作的几点思考

手印显现是现场勘查的重要组成部分,而手印显现中每一步操作都具有一定的风险性,都将直接影响到手印的证据价值。因此,在手印显现过程中,要注重每一种显现方法的互补性、针对性,全面研究制约手印显现的各种因素,合理地使用各种光源,进一步提高现场手印显现的成功率。     

中韩两国在制造业的合作前景分析

在中韩两国的竞争关系日趋增强的今天,仍然存在产业合作的巨大空间。中韩两国的产业合作是以实现共赢为目的的,可能的合作领域包括韩国的制造企业与中国的原材料和零部件制造企业之间稳定的合作关系的建立、企业之间的共同开发以及在反对贸易保护主义、减少过剩生产能力、形成世界标准等方面。