Of ‘Strong’ Leadership,Crisis Communication,and Pooper Scoopers: Change in the Queensland Public Service Under Newman

Governments have historically offered their workforce a public service bargain founded on stable pay and conditions and job security. However, while the Westminster system aims for public service employment to be protected from the whims of government, public servants are nonetheless affected by the political environment in which they operate and changes to this bargain can occur with a new government. This paper focuses on a Queensland public service change process that resulted in large‐scale forced redundancies, non‐renewal of temporary contracts, and legislative changes that nullified the provisions in job security, organisational change, and redundancy policies. Using communication as a lens through which to understand leadership, it examines how the government communicated with the public service about this organisational change, immediately before and after the 2012 election. In particular, through analysis of public and media commentary, speeches and Hansard records, it examines Premier Newman's change leadership and communication by contrasting pre‐election messages to the public service with post‐election messages about the public service and the justifications for change during this period of downsizing. This analysis is used to reflect on political leadership, communication, fair treatment, and trust in public service change.     

Institutional Change Through Policy Learning: The Case of the European Commission and Research Policy

Research initiatives to enhance knowledge‐based societies demand regionally coordinated policy approaches. By analyzing the case of the European Commission, Directorate‐General Research and Innovation, this study focuses on examining the cognitive mechanisms that form the foundation for institutional transformations and result in leadership positions in regional governance. Drawing on policy learning theories, the study emphasizes specific mechanisms of institutional change that are often less noticeable but can gradually lead to mobilizing diverse groups of stakeholders. Through historical and empirical data, this study shows the importance of policy learning through communication processes, Open Method of Coordination initiatives, and issue framing in creating a stronger foundation for policy coordination in European research policy since the 2000s.     

Environmental Harm or Natural Hazard? Problem Identification and Adaptation in U.S. Municipal Climate Action Plans

A number of cities in the United States have devised climate action plans (CAPs) to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, few of these plans address strategies to adapt to the long term effects of climate change that will occur in the near and distant future. The research presented in this article examines why cities choose to embed adaptation provisions in their CAPs. Our study codes the content of CAPs for all cities (N = 98) in the United States with populations greater than 50,000. We find cities that frame problems associated with climate change in the language of hazards are more likely to include adaptation strategies in their CAPs than cities that focus on other types of environmental harm. Our findings suggest that more robust efforts to plan for climate change will require the activation of communities of interest beyond those that have been instrumental in setting the current climate agenda.     

Erzählungen des Kindes‐ und Erwachsenenschutzes: Eine Anwendung und Erweiterung des Narrative Policy Frameworks

The Child and Adult Protection Authorities (KESB) have been the subject of controversial discussion since their establishment in 2013. The reform of the Guardianship Law provided for an institutional shift away from local guardianship authorities to regional specialist authorities. This article uses the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to examine the history of today’s controversy, simultaneously proposing an analytic strengthening of said framework. Previous NPF studies summarize policy actors into opponents and proponents. As a result, we do not know whether different actors use different narratives. We therefore separate the expert from the MP discourse. The analysis shows that the experts' arguments for a new institutional arrangement and a person‐oriented narrative dominated, which put the fundamental rights of the persons affected by guardianship measures up front. The study contributes to the understanding of the current controversy, in which a person‐oriented narrative seems to be dominant again, directed against the new authorities.     

八二宪法的人权逻辑——以三十年社会变迁为背景

以现实的社会条件为基础,1982年宪法形成了以发展性、时代性、中国性为核心的人权逻辑主线。随着三十年来我国社会的发展与变迁,1982年宪法的人权体系也在不断地扩充与演进,由对我国经济、社会发展最直接需要与成果的经济权利的凸显,到具有普适性人权价值的确认,再到经济、社会、文化权利即广义社会权体系的完善。在当下,公平享受发展成果,权利的平等保障是1982年宪法人权逻辑的最核心命题与最终极价值。     

传播全球化对发展中国家的影响及其对策

国际广播、卫星电视、国际互联网络、跨国传播公司的扩张发展，使传播范围日益全球化，它对发展中国家在促进经济文化的繁荣发展、科技进步和政治民主化进程，缩小与发达国家差距等方面起到良好的促进作用，但同时在抢占媒介市场、冲击文化传统、干预社会意识形态以至内政外交等方面，也对发展中国家形成了挑战。制定和实行相关信息化政策，加强国际间的合作与交流，加快本国新闻传播媒体现代化、国际化步伐，是发展中国家迎接挑战的对策，而最根本的还是提高本国的经济实力。     

PRRS抗体间接ELISA检测方法的建立及应用

以差速离心法结合蔗糖密度梯度离心法提纯的PRRSVSC2株作为包被抗原,建立了检测猪生殖与呼吸综合征病毒(PRRSV)抗体的间接ELISA法。该法的最适抗原包被浓度为5μg/mL,最佳酶标兔抗猪抗体稀释度为1∶5000,对猪抗PRRSV的IgG检测灵敏度达到0.1μg/mL。该法只与PRRS阳性猪血清呈现阳性反应,而与PRRS阴性猪血清和猪伪狂犬病、猪乙型脑炎、猪瘟、猪细小病毒病阳性血清呈现阴性反应。应用该法检测PRRSVORF5基因疫苗免疫猪后的抗体消长规律表明,疫苗免疫猪后第7d抗体水平迅速上升,第75d达到高峰,然后缓慢下降,至第135d时仍然极显著(P<0.01)高于空载体对照和空白对照。试验结果表明,该法具有良好的特异性和敏感性,可用于PRRS流行病学调查和PRRSV基因疫苗免疫后抗体水平检测。     

试论登记的效力——从一起财产分割案件谈起

登记的效力,外国立法例有登记要件主义、登记对抗主义和托伦斯登记制度三种不同观点。登记是物权变动的要件,具有公示、公信和警示作用。我国法律采取了登记要件主义,但对于登记的范围应加以具体规定。物权变动应与原因行为相区别。动产登记采登记对抗主义。