Parliament Scrutiny of Government Performance in Australia

This article examines how the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia seeks to hold responsible ministers directly and senior public servants indirectly accountable for the performance of departments and programs on the basis of published performance data and inquiries conducted by parliamentary committees. From the perspective of an outsider, the scrutiny process in the Australian parliament, although not without its problems, is more systematic and substantive than is the case in other parliamentary systems such as Canada. Creating a more meaningful dialogue in the Australian parliament on performance issues will depend more on changes to the intersecting cultures of the legislature, government and the public service than on organisational and procedural reforms to any of those institutions.     

中国律师在公益行政许可听证中法律地位研究

该文认为,确定中国律师在公益行政许可听证程序中的法律地位,是律师参与公益行政许可听证工作的重点问题,这一问题既是重大的理论问题,又是立法及执法实践亟待解决的问题。     

从具体行政行为的效力谈治安管理处罚中应注意的问题

行政行为具有公定力、确定力、拘束力和执行力四大特征。在治安管理处罚实践中,要做到行政行为的严肃性,就必须确保执法过程的法定程序完备,不能将自由裁量权超出法律规定的范围;行政行为一经作出,不可朝令夕改,确保处罚决定对违法行为产生拘束力。     

The Accountability Priorities of Australian Parliamentarians

Managerialist reforms to the public service, as part of the drive for improved efficiency and effectiveness, sought to reorient the accountability priorities of parliamentarians away from a supposedly excessive concern with process and results and more towards results (outputs and outcomes). To what extent, if any, have the accountability priorities of parliamentarians changed over the last two decades? Content analysis of a sample of estimates committee hearings dealing with six departments over three selected years (1986, 1992 and 2003) reveals a marked increase in attention to outputs and a correspondingly decreased focus on inputs (with little change in concern for process), thus confirming a managerialist trend. At the same time, Senators' explicit references to departments' budget documentation and annual reports fell away noticeably with the introduction of the outcomes and outputs framework which is therefore failing their accountability needs.     

Reforming Social Services in Hong Kong: The Role of Contracting and Performance Management in the Non‐Profit Sector

Contracts and performance management, along with the concept of consumerism, have become the fundamental metaphors for New Public Management (NPM) and key changes in the public service. ‘Doing well while doing good’ and finding generally acceptable accountability measures for social services have become the perennial aspirations of planners, service providers and funders. This article examines the contingent factors and rationales behind the quality movement and recontracting exercise in reforming the delivery of personal social service programs in Hong Kong within the framework of New Public Management (NPM). It explains the use of long‐term relational contracts rather than the standard business contracts between the government as funder and non‐profit organisations as service providers. It also deals with the complex relationships among quality issues, quality standards, consumerism, accountability, performance indicators, and performance management.     

创建高绩效政府是行政体制改革的必然要求

创建高绩效政府是世界性的政府改革趋势,是当前行政体制改革深化发展的必然要求。高绩效政府具有较高的政府绩效,体现了政府的强大能力,能够服务于当前和未来的社会需求,是政府形象建设的一个重要方面。在此过程中,需要以公众满意度作为衡量高绩效政府的最重要指标,进一步完善政府绩效管理,共同参与高绩效政府的创建,把创建高绩效政府作为行政体制改革的切入点。     

地方政府行政成本规模及其增长测度的指标设计

对一级政府行政成本状况进行考察时,必须从广义的角度、联系当地财政收支的特点和社会经济现状及其地域地貌和人口分布特点等进行研究,更要从其相对规模、专业结构和专业效益等角度去分析,而且绝对不能绕过对预算外行政成本的考察。而考察的目的,是希望寻找到切合现实情况的行政成本的“最适合”总量规模,“最恰当”的支出结构以及最大化的专业效益。     

Administrative Justice in the Wake of I,Daniel Blake

This article argues that Ken Loach's film, I, Daniel Blake, invites deep reflection on the relationship between the individual and the state, and, more particularly, on the role of administrative justice in restoring a re‐imagined sense of citizenship. Drawing on earlier debates from the 1950s, as well as on more recent advocacy of the ‘connected society’, the article proposes that to meet such an ambition, administrative justice must be recognised as an overarching set of principles and values, rooted in a framework of human rights and with a reinvigorated public‐sector ombud‐institution at its centre. In this way, administrative justice might serve as an effective and restorative counterweight to more legalistic options for responding to public grievance, whether the result of routine encounters with the state or of a major breakdown in trust, such as that occasioned by ‘Grenfell Tower’.     

关于党的执政方式转型问题的探讨

加强党的执政能力建设,必须实现党的执政方式转型。经过几十年不懈探索,党的执政方式有了较大改进。但是,目前党的执政方式还处于转型初期,这是造成现实中一系列党建问题解决不好的重要原因之一。党的十六届四中全会《关于加强党的执政能力建设的决定》指出把党建设“成为科学执政、民主执政、依法执政的执政党,”这为党的执政方式转型指明了方向。     

行政诉讼检察监督机制的完善

中国特色社会主义行政诉讼检察监督制度,是中国特色社会主义检察制度与行政诉讼制度相结合的实践产物。没有中国特色社会主义行政诉讼检察监督机制的检察制度,是不完善的中国特色社会主义检察制度;没有中国特色社会行政诉讼检察监督机制的行政诉讼制度,也是不完善的中国特色社会主义行政诉讼制度。