Where is public affairs going?

This paper suggests the future direction in which public affairs practice is developing and advances a number of propositions about public affairs and political systems which provide the context in which public affairs practitioners operate. The paper examines the changing nature of the political systems in which public affairs functions and argues that, by inference, public affairs practice is culturally specific. The paper explores these contextual issues from both a European and a global perspective. The paper argues that an understanding of public affairs should be recognised as an essential element on management teaching syllabi and laments the fact that this is far from the case. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications     

Towards state activism： Long live public administration

The last two decades of human civilization has witnessed fast changing in polity, society, economy and almost every sphere of state activities. The era of new economic order and revolution in the information technology sector has compelled the public administration to adopt the new paradigms. However, the new concepts such as NPM, public choice approach and state minimalism are being questioned in the framework of welfare state and emerging needs of the regulatory administration. It has been realized by almost all the modern and democratic nations that the state and its instrumental part （public administration） are not the evils; rather they are inevitable institutions for mankind. Terrorism, cyber crimes, disaster management, economic meltdown, sustainable development, capacity building, international relations, development of heavy and basic infrastructure and protection of human rights etc. are the prime and exclusive functions of the public administration. The 9/11 attack on US and 11/26 attack on India, plus the recent recession with the global warming worries have proved that we have to move towards state activism.     

论人民警察与群众沟通的艺术

人民警察的职业特点决定了其与群众沟通的重要性。沟通是一门艺术,如果人民警察不懂得恰当使用沟通,会给人民警察的工作带来很大麻烦。如果人民警察懂得使用一些与群众沟通的技巧、有意识地改变自己平时的沟通方式。在说、听、问和看等方面有所转变,并学会摆正自己的角色等．会达到与群众更好沟通的效果。     

论网络教学中教师角色的体现

网络教学的发展并不意味着教师角色将淡出历史的舞台。教师作为公共知识的传播者、学习兴趣的激发者、学习态度的培养者、知识价值的赋予者,在教育中具有不可替代的作用。研究如何利用网络技术充分地发挥教师传统的传道授业解惑的角色作用,应该是未来网络教育发展的方向。     

论公安机关在构建和谐社会中职能作用的发挥

构建社会主义和谐社会是一项宏大而长远的系统工程。公安机关在这一伟大工程中负有神圣使命与重大历史责任。为此,必须深刻理解和谐社会的内在涵义,找准公安工作的切入点,从根本上解决在影响构建和谐社会过程中出现的诸多问题,充分发挥公安机关的职能作用,为构建和谐社会服务。     

走出慈善的尴尬——试析我国慈善事业发展的困境及出路

目前我国慈善事业虽然发展迅速,但是仍面临一系列困境,如政府角色认识偏差、公民慈善意识较弱、公众对慈善认识的偏差等意识困境;法律不健全、登记困难、税收政策不完善等法制困境;信息公开和内部治理不健全等机制困境。中国的慈善事业健康发展的出路是树立现代慈善意识、走法制化道路和完善机制。     

浅谈广西电视媒体与东盟各国的交流与合作

本文阐述了作为文化产业重要组成部分的电视媒体,特别是广西的电视媒体,如何充分利用在中国—东盟自由贸易区的独特区位优势和中国—东盟博览会永久落户广西南宁的重要机遇,发挥区位优势,加强广西与东盟各国文化的交流与合作,通过开展文化贸易实现互利共赢。     

Towards identifying and ranking selected types of violence against women in North India

ABSTRACT

The paper is aimed at identifying and ranking different types of violence against women (VAW) in states of Delhi and Haryana in Northern India. Examples of gender-specific violence were selected through an extensive review of the literature. The types of VAW reviewed include the lower economic value of daughters at birth (females being considered a liability rather than an asset), rampant female feticides aided by proliferation of often illegal prenatal diagnoses, maternal morbidity, and mortality rates, physical and emotional abuse and neglect of female children, “honour” killing of women, exclusion and deprivation of women from medical treatment and nutrition, their subjection to assaults and rape (including marital rape), insufficient compliance to women’s legal rights of inheritance, arranging early marriages of girls, dowry deaths, female sexual harassment, and intimidation in community and workplace, female trafficking and prostitution, and so forth.

The conceptual frame of reference used for the study was provided by the culturally sanctioned legitimation of the patriarchal system of Indian family as well as by people’s perceptions and attitudes. Data were collected through the survey method in two phases. A preliminary survey was conducted during the first phase for developing the questionnaire items to be used for data collection in the phase two of the study. The findings of the study are presented and reveal participants’ rankings of selected types of VAW by degree of relative importance. Data, based on secondary sources as well as a non-random sample of respondents, were analysed to assess the various areas which demand immediate redress. We also interpret data based on selected criteria and suggest few optimistic future trends in regard to addressing and preventing VAW.     

从大文化的角度看东西方文化在东南亚的冲突与融合

人类社会已经进入大文化时代,各种文化之间需要进一步借鉴、学习和取长补短,共容共进.所有文化的最高境界在本质上是相通的.每一种文化都不是绝对的好或绝对的坏,也不是一成不变的,需要随时代发展斟酌进退.从长远观点看,文化的特殊性终究要融入到文化的普遍性与世界性之中.东西方文化在经过数百年的冲突与融合之后,最终会聚集到世界大文化的屋顶下,把文化的共性、全球性贡献给全人类,贡献给未来.     

试论工会在以人为本师德建设中的作用

师德具有民族历史性,总是与不同国家、不同历史阶段的教育发展水平相适应。"以人为本"是现代社会对教育所提出的一种新的要求。以人为本的师德建设,就是本着"以人为本"的宗旨,尊重教师自身的价值,充分调动教师的能动性,最大限度地发挥教师的潜能,把教师的工具价值减少到最低的限度,让教师有自主发展的余地。工会组织作为党联系教职工群众的桥梁与纽带,应为教师的发展服务,把师德建设落到实处;通过各种途径,提高教师的主体意识,使教师感到被尊重、被重视、被信任,使师德建设真正发挥实效。