Investigating perceptions of race and ethnic diversity among prospective police officers

Many have suggested police diversity will improve police-community relations, but research testing this hypothesis is inconclusive. We investigated perceptions of police race, ethnicity, and diversity in a heterogeneous sample of prospective police officers. Data are drawn from interviews with 42 criminal justice college students in the Southwestern United States, of which 15 were Hispanic, and who each wanted to become a police officer. Participants supported diversity in policing, and collectively expressed a belief that race plays a central role in policing today. Furthermore, participants expressed support for the ideals of both passive and active representative bureaucracy. Hispanics in the sample in particular anticipated they would positively affect police relations in Hispanic neighborhoods and encourage immigrants to cooperate with police.     

当好娘家人:协调劳动关系的工会视角

工会是职工自愿结合的工人阶级的群众组织。中国工会组织在政府的支持下,在国家法律法规机制下规范运行。工会组织维护职工权益,保护广大工人群众的合法权利。工会组织与职工群众的天然联系决定工会是广大职工的娘家,工会工作者是劳动者的娘家人。在劳动关系中,工会是劳动者一方的利益代表。工会协调劳动关系,实际是代表劳动者一方与用工单位利用调解、协商、沟通的方式进行。工会维权的结果是共同发展,是企业和职工的利益双赢。     

职工代表区域化协作管理的实践探索

正确发挥职工代表作用,对推动企业民主管理、维护职工合法权益、保持职工队伍和谐稳定具有积极作用。探索实施职工代表区域化协作管理,为职工代表搭建积极参与民主管理平台,丰富了闭会期间职工代表活动,使职工代表成为推进企业发展的重要力量。     

实践“三个代表”重要思想 解决好下岗失业问题

实践"三个代表"重要思想,当前层次关键要解决好下岗失业问题.下岗失业当前主要表现在工作阶级这个当中,其中最主要的是产业工人阶级.这个问题解决的好坏,将直接关系到党和人民群众的血肉联系,关系到改革发展稳定的大局,关系到人民生活水平的提高.     

中国共产党代表先进文化前进方向的“代表特质“新探

"三个代表"重要思想完整、充分地体现了执政党--中国共产党的代表性功能.因此,我党在始终代表着先进文化的前进方向中有着三重特质第一,党在代表作为意识形态领域的先进文化的内涵上具有鲜明的阶级性;第二,党在代表中国先进文化选择与创新的历史内容上具有浓郁的时代性;第三,党在代表中国先进文化建设的历史使命上具有强烈的紧迫性和艰巨性.     

论新《公司法》股东代表诉讼法律适用及完善

股东代表诉讼制度在我国经过了逐步的探索,终于在新<公司法>中以法律的形式得到正式确立,其规定了原告股东资格、被告、适用的纠纷形态、诉讼前置程序等方面,但对于一些重要的法律适用问题,诸如公司的法律地位、诉讼费用补偿制度、原告股东的处分权等方面没有作出规定,还有一些规定不是很完善,缺乏可操作性.     

基于能力培养目标的党外代表人士培训模式初探

根据新世纪新阶段对党外代表人士的具体要求,加强能力培养,建立、完善能力培养体系,是当前各级社会主义学院培训工作中面临的共同课题.本文阐述了探索基于能力培养目标的党外代表人士培训模式的现实意义,并借鉴能力本位培训模式的理论和实践,围绕能力培养目标,从培训需求分析、培训目标确定、培训课程设计、培训方法选择、培训效果评估、培训师资配备、培训基地建设等七个方面对党外代表人士培训模式进行了初步探讨.     

博弈论视角下的人大代表选举问题

全国人民代表大会制度是我国民主政治的一项根本制度。但是,这一制度还存在民主基础不够的问题。比如,民主和平等的选举原则有待于深入贯彻,选民对代表不便进行有效监督,选民素质与民主选举要求有一定距离,选举制度的某些规定不科学、不完善,各级人大代表数量过多,影响人大职能的发挥,等等。     

Strengthening the local representative system: the importance of electoral and non-electoral representation

Local democracy has increasingly faced problems such as declining voter turnout and decreasing trust in political parties. Certain forms of participatory democracy have been introduced to address political disengagement. Often these efforts do not deliver the envisaged results, as they exacerbate existing inequalities by attracting only certain groups of citizens. This paper takes a close look at representation to find out if and how it can strengthen local democracy. Non-electoral representation, as manifested by representative claims based on non-electoral grounds, such as identity and expertise, made by local councillors, as well as non-elected individuals and organisations, might serve to mitigate democratic problems. We empirically study manifestations of electoral and non-electoral representation and their interactions. We conclude that non-electoral representation can strengthen local democracy, but its relationship with electoral representation can also be problematic. We make suggestions as to how these problems might be overcome in an effort to strengthen the local representative system.     

Representative Bureaucracy: Examining the Effects of Female Teachers on Girls’ Education in Ghana

Scholars have examined representative bureaucracy as a viable means to make the bureaucracy more responsive to citizens in a democratic society. The theory argues that a diverse public service that mirrors the social demographics of its population in terms of gender, race, and ethnicity (passive representation) is more likely to be responsive to the needs of all citizens (active representation). Although a substantial body of empirical research exists, a comparative understanding of the theory is lacking in Africa. This study expands the empirical research on the theory to Ghana. It investigates whether passive representation of female teachers makes the education bureaucracy more responsive to girls. The analysis of a nationally representative data set on senior high schools (SHS) within the 216 districts of Ghana revealed that increasing the presence of female teachers is positively associated with the performance of girls on math and science exit exams.