Die Bildungsfinanzen der Schweizer Kantone. Der Einfluss sozioökonomischer Bedingungen,organisierter Interessen und politischer Institutionen auf die Bildungsausgaben im kantonalen Vergleich

This article seeks to explain cross‐cantonal variation in public education expenditure between 1985 and 1998. Four possible explanations are located: socio‐demographic and socio‐economic pressures, the impact of political institutions, the partisan theory, and the power resources of organized interests. Taking the research advantage of Swiss federalism our findings provide strong evidence that educational expenditure is systematically related to the socio‐demographic and socio‐economic pressures in a given canton. Furthermore, consensus democracy promotes educational finance, while the decentralization of the cantonal polity lessens the educational policy output. Finally, the instruments of direct democracy as well as partisan variables do not seem to account for differences regarding the budget expenditures on education in the Swiss cantons.     

Green economy readiness in South Africa: A focus on the national sphere of government

Abstract

The role of good governance underpinned by human rights, sound ethical principles and values has been identified as an appropriate pillar necessary for to improve the living conditions of the citizens in the current information age and knowledge economies. This article argues that to get the right people to practise good governance requires periodic democratic elections. The article contends that credible and legitimate electoral results are the necessary, if not sufficient conditions for good governance and attendant development. Effectively, the two are mutually inclusive and not exclusive. It concludes that history attests that their coexistence has in the main yielded success and development wherever they jointly obtain.     

构建高校党内民主保障机制的几点思考

构建高校党内民主保障机制是推进高校党内民主建设的重要组成部分。本文探讨了当前构建高校党内民主保障机制的问题,认为可以从制度建设、运行程序及意识与作风三方面进行路径探索,以促进高校党内民主的实效性。     

高等院校开展社会主义法治理念教育的软环境建设分析

高等院校开展社会主义法治理念教育可以促进和改善高等院校的软环境建设。文章从高等院校开展社会主义法治理念教育对高等院校的管理规范、师生素质、校园文化等方面产生的积极影响进行分析,阐述了高等院校如何开展社会主义法治理念教育的软环境建设。     

高校发展学生党员应处理好数量与质量的关系

发展高校学生党员是高校学生党建工作的重中之重。文章认为，大学生党员比例是保持大学生党员数量与质量处于动态平衡的关键因素，大学生党员的适当比例应在10％左右。因此，高校发展党员应坚持宁缺毋滥、“不在乎多，而在乎精”的原则，在高等教育坚持走大众化道路的同时发展大学生党员应坚持走精英化的道路。     

上海社会工作机构的实践与探索分析

上海社会工作机构已逐渐发展起来,并已形成不同的类型,它与政府和弱势群体之间存在着一定的互动关系。目前,这些机构普遍存在着与行政体制雷同、经费紧张、身份认同差、与社会有关部门关系复杂、对政府政策实施不具体等问题,尚需改进。     

金融危机背景下高校就业指导体系构建研究

当前我国高校就业指导体系存在的突出问题是:就业指导队伍专业性不强,就业指导工作体系比较封闭,就业指导理论研究相对滞后,就业指导工作实践存在功利性倾向,就业信息公共服务体系不完善。金融危机背景下高校就业指导体系构建,需要建立一支稳定的专家队伍,加强理论研究,完善全社会共同参与的有效平台。     

知识产权案件的鉴定机构和鉴定人资质的确认

人民法院对外委托鉴定中对鉴定机构和鉴定人的资质的审查确认十分重要．往往因鉴定资质审查的不及时或不仔细．而引起不小的麻烦。考虑知识产权类鉴定的代表性和特殊性。本文以知识产权鉴定委托为例。逐一阐述鉴定机构和鉴定人的资质确认中的依据及程序．以期对鉴定委托、审判实践和制度再设计等有所助益。     

高校民主党派成员思想态势分析及对策研究

我省高校民主党派队伍是一支能够与中共共产党真诚合作的具有较高素质的队伍,但成员的思想态势都存在着不容忽视的几个方面,这是由多方面的原因引起的,应采取多种措施,加强高校党派成员特别是年轻成员的思想政治工作。     

Explaining trust in political institutions: Some illustrations from the Baltic states

An important precondition of successful democratic consolidation is voters' confidence that political institutions do not abuse their privileged position of power. Seeking to identify variables that explain trust in political institutions, the paper tests different theories of institutional trust with individual-level survey data from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Building on prior research, two competitive theories—the cultural and performance explanation—are identified and tested, while also controlling for the effects of party preference, ethnicity, and socio-demographic factors. The results show that both cultural and performance variables influence citizens' trust in political institutions. In other words, institutional trust depends on how much the individual trusts other people as well as on how well they believe the economic and the political system to function. Besides cultural and performance variables, most control variables also proved to be significantly associated with institutional trust, confirming the need to include correct control variables in models of institutional trust.