Public Philanthropic Partnerships: The Changing Nature of Government/Foundation Relationships in the US

Relationships between foundations and the government in the United States have long been difficult with government attitudes ranging from hostile to at best indifferent in the past. American foundations have long claimed innovation as a distinctive function to perform in society in order to preserve their legitimacy. One hundred years after the rise of the large-scale American philanthropic foundation, however, the relationships between foundations and government have come into flux. Between demands from fiscally-strapped local governments and a new openness of state and federal governments to develop collaborative relationships, a variety of public-philanthropic partnerships have emerged that question the traditional roles and distribution of labor between philanthropy and the state. This article traces the historical development of the government/foundation relationship and discusses its changing nature using recession-induced ad hoc partnerships, the emergence of foundation liaison offices, and the Obama Administration’s Social Innovation Fund and Investing in Innovation program as examples.     

论犯罪人罪后情状分析之基础

犯罪人罪后情状分析能为侦查机关在划定侦查范围、追逃、阻止继续犯罪、获取证据、深挖余罪等方面开展有针对性的工作提供依据,对侦查工作意义重大。其存在的理论基础是犯罪心理学的三大变量系统理论,事实基础是犯罪人的犯罪行为和犯罪后所面临的环境,以及渗透到生活领域的各种社会监控手段。     

The Thai Royal Project Foundation Retail Stores： How and why the consumers buy？

The Royal Project, established in 1969, has responded to His Majesty＇s initiative to help the hill tribes in growing useful crops which enable them to have a better standard of living. In 1992, the Royal Project was transformed into Royal Project Foundation in order to become the public organization that can be operated efficiently as a private company. After that, the Royal Project Foundation Retail Stores or ＂Doi Kham＂ were set up to help distribute products and produces from the project and its members. However, the Royal Project Foundation Retail Stores are currently lacking of adequate marketing information to help management make the right and more aggressive decision. Therefore, this research was conducted in order to explore the consumers＇ behaviors and their reasons towards the purchase from ＂Doi Kham＂. Furthermore, consumer clustering and characteristics of each group are discovered. A survey of 341 current customers from 2 most crowded branches--Don Muang International Airport and Farmer Market in Bangkok--was done using self-administered questionnaire. The data obtained was then analyzed by using factor analysis, chi-square test, ANOVA and cluster analysis. The results show that majority of customers are women aged between 24-50 and having income more than 20,000 baht （around $606） a month. Most of them bought the Royal Project Foundation products from ＂Doi Kham＂ directly instead of the private-owned stores. More than one third of samples shop more than twice a month and spend moderately around 100 to 499 baht. The most popular products are temperate-climate vegetables, followed by agricultural processed food and temperate-climate fruits consecutively. Main reasons that the consumers buy the products are the product quality, standard labeling, helping welfare of farmers and hill tribesmen and brand credibility respectively. For marketing factors, the most important factor influencing the purchase is product quality and safety, followed by convenience of shopping, pricing, store service, store layout/displays and promotion consecutively. Three groups of clusters are obtained--＂traditional buyers＂, ＂service-oriented buyers＂ and ＂price-concerned buyers＂.     

刍议公安机关在收容遣送工作中的法律地位

收容遣送工作是保证社会稳定、经济正常发展的必要措施,也是维护社会秩序的管理手段.公安机关的收容行为属协助民政部门的行政协助行为,也属可诉的行政行为.公安机关在实行收容遣送时要切实注重程序上的操作,按规定的程序进行,真正体现严格、公正、文明执法.     

论对第三人实施强制侦查措施的限制

在侦查过程中，犯罪嫌疑人以外的任何第三人都有可能是强制侦查措施的对象，但对第三人实施强制侦查措施应当受法律上严格的实体及程序限制。我国现行法律对侦查机关对第三人实施强制侦查措施未作任何有别于犯罪嫌疑人的特别规定，而且第三人没有充分有效的救济途径。因此，必须在法律上对侦查机关启动对第三人的强制侦查措施设置严格的实体及程序限制，包括对第三人启动强制侦查措施必须有合理根据、必须符合比例原则，在执行强制侦查措施过程中侦查机关必须按照批准的范围执行，第三人在事后要享有充分有效的救济手段。     

论法轮功产生和发展的社会原因

法轮功在我国的产生和发展有着特定的历史文化背景和社会基础,它带有鲜明的中国传统文化特色,迎合了当前部分中国人的心态,满足了不同层次民众的精神需求和健身需求.铲除这一基础,任重而道远.     

论意志的根据——奥古斯丁《论自由决断》中的意志追问

奥古斯丁在<论自由决断>中阐述了一个核心论点:恶起源于意志的自由决断.它构筑了传统神正论的基础.在卷二中,奥古斯丁提出了上帝存在证明,其中,意志概念处于核心地位.人虽然出于意志的自由决断背离了上帝,从而犯下原罪,但这并没有损害意志的优先地位,意志具有本源优先性;自由是对真理的服从;一切善(包括意志)来源于上帝;意志之前无存在.这是奥古斯丁从自由决断出发对意志进行的一种存在论追问,论证了意志之为意志(意志之所是)的根据.     

司法鉴定基础理论研究

司法鉴定是指在诉讼过程中,由司法机关指派或当事人委托具有专门知识的人对诉讼中的专门性事实问题做出断定的一种活动。它具有法律性、科学性和主观性三个基本特征。人类认识能力的非至上性是司法鉴定的认识论基础;多元价值的冲突与平衡是司法鉴定的价值论基础;社会分工的精细是司法鉴定的社会学基础;科学技术的发展是司法鉴定的自然科学基础。司法鉴定既有保障案件真实发现的工具价值,又承载着实现公正和效率的程序价值。司法鉴定在延伸裁判者对专门事实的认识能力和补强其它证据的证明力上发挥着重要功能。司法鉴定的三个基本构成要素是:鉴定人、鉴定结论和鉴定程序,因此系统、科学、完善的司法鉴定制度应当围绕这三个方面进行构建。     

构建社会主义和谐社会先要奠定"平安社区"根基

和谐社会建立在"平安社区"基础之上,和谐的大社会由众多平安的小社区组成.构建社会主义和谐社会,既需要抓住当前深入推进"平安建设"的有利契机,大力开展"平安社区"的创建活动;还要通过修订评价标准、落实创建责任、创新打造举措来提高"平安社区"的质量,从而为构建社会主义和谐社会奠定"平安社区"根基.     

A critical understanding of good governance and leadership concepts written in the context of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the challenges to contextual discourse on Africa's development paradigms1

ABSTRACT

Good governance is a value-laden concept that is characteristically nebulous; it can mean different things to different people, depending on the context in which it is used. The same applies to leadership. Concepts, as Pauw (1999a, 465) puts it, are ‘tools of thinking’ and contexts are ‘the environments or frameworks in which they [concepts] operate’. Lucidity in the meanings of concepts is fundamentally important for shaping debate and enriching discourses. To maintain their power, concepts must be used in their proper contexts. This necessitates an understanding of the art of contextual discourse. Good governance is used in NEPAD as a principle and emphasised as a sine qua non for sustainable development in Africa. On the other hand, NEPAD premises Africa's re-birth or Renaissance on good governance and leadership, with a vision and commitment to repositioning the continent in global power balances. In this article good governance and leadership are considered as concepts. NEPAD is a textual context within which the two key concepts are used and should, consequently, be engaged. The article attempts a critical review of African scholarship engagement with good governance and leadership within the NEPAD context to determine the extent to which contextual discourse is practised. It further grapples with the immediate historical background to scholarship on Africa's development between the 1960s and early 1990s. The exercise reveals that much of the accumulated body of African scholarship and scholarship on Africa's development reviewed does not suffciently contextualise discourse on good governance and leadership within NEPAD, and its key assessment and monitoring device, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), and offers an alternative framework.