An Analysis of the Joint Board or County Model as the Structural Basis for Effective Australian Local Governance

Australian policy‐makers continue to rely on municipal amalgamation as the main engine of structural reform in local government, despite strong evidence that it diminishes participation and representation without improving service efficiency. Several promising, but neglected alternative models of structural reform have been developed, including ad hoc resource sharing models, Regional Organisations of Councils, virtual local government, and agency models. In an encouraging response to the recent policy of enforced council amalgamations in NSW, the Shires Association of NSW (2004) has recently proposed a ‘Joint Board model’ of local governance and invited comment on this model. This article takes up this challenge and seeks to place the Joint Board model in conceptual context and evaluate its characteristics and simulated cost savings.     

民间组织对我国社会政治稳定的影响

民间组织在我国改革开放以后迅猛发展,对我国社会政治稳定既有积极影响的一面,也有一定的负面影响。加强对民间组织的管理,保证民间组织健康有序地发展不仅仅是登记管理机关的重要任务。公安机关作为维护社会稳定的职能部门,也应该从巩固国家政权和维护社会政治稳定的高度,积极会同登记管理机关,促使民间组织积极作用的发挥,尽可能地缩小和克服其消极面的影响,为改革开放和现代化建设创造一个稳定的社会环境。     

诊所法律教育探析

近年来,诊所法律教育在弥补了体统法学教育的弊端的基础上在中国获得了飞速的发展。但起源于美国的诊所法律教育要本土化并得以在我国普遍推行,目前尚存在很多障碍。本文结合中国的现实,提出了相应的具有实际意义的解决对策。     

加强保密立法巩固改革成果

社会主义市场经济体制的逐步确立,高新技术的迅猛发展,使保密工作面临着许多新情况和新问题,因此,加强保密工作领域内的立法,深入剖析泄密的原因,探索保密工作的新思路,是切实保障改革成果的必由之路。     

Self-settled Refugees in Uganda: An Alternative Approach to Displacement?

This paper investigates the complex security and economic dynamicsthat influence the lives and opportunities of self-settled refugeesliving in Uganda. It focuses on the opportunities and problemsfaced by self-settled refugees, and questions the assumptionthat Uganda's current local settlement policy is best suitedto the country's social, economic and political realities. Itsuggests that far from being passive victims, self-settled refugeesare taking control of their lives without any additional externalassistance and are planning for the day they can return to theirhomeland. Consequently, the paper argues that there is reasonto believe that local integration is likely to succeed whereother models have failed.     

Debates about Ethnicity,Class and Nation in Allende’s Chile (1970–1973)

In 1964, Salvador Allende signed the ‘Cautín Pact’ with leftist Mapuche organisations in Temuco in which they pledged to support Allende’s presidential campaign and he vowed to introduce important socio‐economic reforms to benefit Mapuche communities and to respect their culture and religion. As has been argued in previous studies, there were limitations to the implementation of these reforms in practice. This article suggests, however, that even so, an important space was opened up for – and by – Mapuche people within the government’s left‐wing nationalist project. This shift was also reflected in the works of intellectuals closely linked to the Unidad Popular.     

对我国海上保险法的思考与展望

本文综述了国际上对统一海上保险法的讨论、我国海事法院对海上保险的一些焦点问题的司法认识 ,和修改《海商法》第 12章的学术讨论成果     

我国“公务员热”的效应分析及政策建议

当前“公务员热”成为社会关注的焦点之一,这一现象一方面有利于我国公务员制度建设,同时也从侧面反映了我国社会中存在的诸多问题。为此,必须通过扩大就业和社会保障、完善公务员制度建设、转变政府职能等来规避这一现象的负效应。     

妇联承担政府职能的优势与阻力研究

文章分析了在政府职能转变的过程中,妇联作为党和政府联系妇女群众的桥梁和纽带,对于承接政府转移出的部分公共管理和公共服务职能具有的优势和阻力。其优势为:组织网络健全、与妇女有天然联系、在坚持党的领导下积累了丰富的工作经验、培养了一支专业研究队伍;阻力为:政府没有专门的常设妇女工作机构、人民团体“上宽下窄”的组织结构和多样性社团发展不成熟影响政府职能的转变。文章还对妇联在承接政府职能过程中如何防止行政化倾向进行了分析。     

心理测验在党政领导人才选拔中的作用分析

本文客观地调查与分析了心理测验在党政领导干部选拔中的作用与局限,提出了在党政领导干部选拔过程中正确地评价心理测验的价值、正确地使用心理测验结果、提高党政领导人才选拔的有效性和管理工作的科学性的理论依据。