完善协商职能 构建和谐社会

在我国社会主义民主政治建设和构建和谐社会的进程中,人民政协发挥了重要作用。然而,政治协商在实际运作中仍存在一些问题。完善政治协商职能的主要途径是：发挥政协委员在政治协商中的主体作用,为和谐社会的构建提供政治保证;推进政治协商的制度化、规范化建设,为和谐社会的构建提供制度保障;团结一切可以团结的力量,为和谐社会的构建奠定广泛的社会基础。     

Combining Citizen Participation and Expert Analysis: A Wild,Wild Horses Problem in British Columbia

Local governments face increasingly complex decisions and must inevitably rely on professional staff with specialised knowledge. However, ordinary citizens and stakeholders are demanding the right to directly participate in governmental decisions. What is the appropriate division of labour? The article proposes a practical approach to participatory decision making that tries to combine administrative efficiency and democratic legitimacy. The approach decomposes the decision problem into a number of discrete stages. An action research methodology is used to illustrate the application of the method. Specifically, we decompose a ‘roaming horse’ problem in the interior of British Columbia to identify the information requirements for each stage of the model. We use a series of web-based Delphi surveys to elicit specific information from citizens regarding objectives and potential alternatives. The survey results suggest that a relatively simple and cost-effective deliberative tool like Delphi can facilitate an effective division of labour between citizens and government experts.     

公众参与的协商民主价值与发展趋势

公众参与是衡量现代社会民主程度和发展水平的一项重要指标。实践中我国公民参与的形式丰富多彩,其中蕴含了中国特色的协商民主价值。我国公众参与实践还存在一些问题,公众参与在公共决策中的应用应当实现效率与民主价值的恰当平衡。在执政党、政府与公民社会的推动下,公众参与在我国公共管理实践中将得到日益广泛的应用,成为社会主义民主政治的重要实现形式。     

我国地方政府间公共服务协商提供的得与失——基于长三角地区的探索

由于生产要素的跨区域流动以及政府某些行为的外部效应,地方政府辖区间衍生了大量公共服务协作提供问题。这些问题依靠单个地方政府往往难以解决,必须寻求毗邻地区地方政府的集体协商与合作治理。地方政府间公共服务协商提供是指由各地方政府、部门或其他社会参与者构成的协商主体,围绕一定的合作议题,运用一定的协商手段,协商提供公共服务。长三角地区地方政府间公共服务合作走在全国前列,探索其协商提供公共服务所取得的经验,可为其他地区提供参考。     

Constructing a surveillance impact assessment

This paper describes surveillance impact assessment (SIA), a methodology for identifying, assessing and resolving risks, in consultation with stakeholders, posed by the development of surveillance systems. This paper appears to be the first such to elaborate an SIA methodology. It argues that the process of conducting an SIA should be similar to that of a privacy impact assessment (PIA), but that an SIA must take account of a wider range of issues, impacts and stakeholders. The paper categorises the issues and impacts to be considered in the conduct of an SIA and identifies the benefits of a properly conducted SIA.     

论我国诉讼协商制度的探索与构建

诉讼协商制度起源于19世纪的美国,之后被其他国家相继借鉴,因其具有众多的优越性,一直到今天都保有旺盛的生命力。我国司法实践中有大量的诉讼协商因素,但是并没有形成制度化的规定,且存在许多不规范的地方,研究和构建具有我国特色的诉讼协商制度必将对我国的司法实践产生积极的影响。随着被告人认罪案件普通程序简化审、附条件不起诉、量刑建议、自首、坦白等制度的推出,构建具有我国特色的诉讼协商制度已呼之欲出。     

Network Governance and Public Participation in Policy‐Making: Federal Community Cabinets in Australia

The Australian Labor Party's (ALP) 2007 Policy Platform asserted ‘Labor will pursue new and innovative measures designed to foster greater participation and engagement of the Australian population in the political process’ ( Manwaring 2010 ). As such they seemed to have a clear commitment to a more participatory form of democracy. This commitment appeared to be reflected in two initiatives they introduced in power: the 2020 Summit (on this see Fawcett, Manwaring and Marsh 2011 ) and federal community cabinets. More broadly it could be argued that Labor were following a trend identified internationally as a move from government to governance, more specifically to ‘network governance’ (Rhodes 1997) in which governments encouraged greater participation in policy‐making, recognising that governments could at best steer, not row. Indeed, as Marinetto contends ( 2003 : 593), this idea has taken on a ‘semblance of orthodoxy’ in discussions of public policy.     

中国刑事辩护制度发展的命运——以建立中国控辩协商制度为视角

从立法的角度看,中国刑事诉讼法的修改,无疑是中国刑事司法改革的一个巨大进步,甚至有人把它说成是刑事诉讼立法科学化、民主化的“一个重要里程碑”也不为过。然而,在司法实践中,就刑事诉讼法的修改对中国刑事辩护制度所引起的实质性影响而言,不仅不是巨大进步,而且是严重倒退。中国的刑事辩护正面临着让立法者始料不及的艰难困境。中国目前的辩护制度状况尚无法满足辩诉交易中国化的基本要求。只有实现中国辩护律师队伍的专业化,赋予中国律师必要的辩护权利和执业保障权利,才能使得辩诉交易在中国移植后,被告人有适格的辩护律师提供帮助,以确保其在控辩协商中得到公平对待。     

企业如何选择管理咨询公司

企业为了提高竞争能力，获得竞争的优势，往往需要管理咨询公司来解决企业许多问题，如何选择一个适合的管理咨询公司，与之顺利合作，达到其目的呢?作者在文中对此问题进行了初步探讨。     

中共十一届三中全会以来我国多党合作理论、政策的创新与发展

中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度是我国的一项基本政治制度,是具有中国特色的社会主义政党制度。中共十一届三中全会以来,多党合作制度本身经历了一个不断升华的过程,其理论和政策实践了一个逐步发展、不断完善的过程,从而带动政策措施的发展和完善,进而推进我国社会主义民主政治的发展步伐。