PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE: DECENTRALISED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION IN ETHIOPIA

This article discusses how decentralisation policies are enacted in the planning and implementation of natural resource management interventions in rural Ethiopia. A key element of decentralisation policy is the emphasis on greater participation by local communities. Drawing on qualitative research conducted with government staff and farmers, this paper illustrates how different actors perceive and implement national policy and how these actions affect the longer‐term sustainability of land management interventions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

BUSINESS-ART “ECONOMIC DILEMMA”

Nonprofit arts organizations are experiencing declines not unlike those experienced by other nonprofits twenty years ago. At that time, key leadership in strategic planning reversed trends of decline. This research explores stakeholder perceptions of authentic leadership in strategic planning in nonprofit arts organizations in metropolitan Detroit. Eight arts organizations were represented in the study. Findings suggest that there is an insufficient application of authentic leadership traits, such as trust and empathy, in the strategic planning process of the sample organizations. Further, findings suggest that an imbalance between arts-based mission and commerce-based business in the strategic planning process hinders effective planning, leading to ineffective outcomes.     

北京中心城城市雕塑的规划建设研究

城市雕塑是构建城市总体艺术形象,反映城市文脉特征,避免城市形象趋同的主要手段之一。以北京中心城城市雕塑建设发展为线索,从西方雕塑源头出发找寻当前城市雕塑问题产生的根源,并借鉴当代城市雕塑与公共艺术杰出案例,以及政策和制度上的成熟经验,探寻在未来城市雕塑建设中的规划建设理论架构。     

Defense planning in the fog of peace: the transatlantic currency conversion conundrum

ABSTRACT

Resource allocation to and within defense budgets is grand strategy. NATO and the EU coordinate defense planning and encourage fair burden-sharing among their members. We analyze the effect of agreed planning processes, namely the “NATO Defense Planning Process (NDPP)” on the conversion of political will to resources and then to capabilities development across the transatlantic security community. In a “fog of peace” featuring diverse threats, and in which allies may disagree on strategic rivals and sources of risk, national and regional political economies shape strategy, not the other way around.     

浙江省流动人口计划生育基本公共服务均等化的现状及实现途径简

社会管理已成为当下我国社会发展的     

环渤海经济区发展中的陆海统筹策略探析

陆海统筹的本质和目标是区域统筹。文章分析了环渤海经济区海洋经济和陆海统筹发展现状,表明环渤海经济区陆海统筹存在区域差异;在借鉴国外发达国家陆海统筹经验基础上,本文从制度、空间、产业、设施、生态等方面提出了环渤海经济区陆海统筹的战略重点和内容,并指出要充分发挥北京在环渤海经济区陆海统筹中的作用。     

North Korea’s parallel economies: Systemic disaggregation following the Soviet collapse

This article aims to introduce the concept of parallel economies to explain the transformation of North Korea’s command economy during the 1990s. The article summarises North Korea’s pre-1991 command economy, before identifying the collapse of the Soviet Union and the great famine (1994-1998) as causes for the splintering of the old command system into parallel economies—the official, military, illicit, court and entrepreneurial economies—separated from the central planning matrix. It concludes that the existence of parallel economies makes system-wide economic reform unlikely and increases the importance of foreign aid in maintaining the viability of the regime’s political architecture.     

国家级专项规划群体决策的组织方式及其效果研究

国家级专项规划作为国民经济和社会发展五年计划纲要的重要组成部分,具有较强的专业性且编制和实施效果将影响国家某一领域未来5-10年甚至更长时间的发展。本文重点研究了国家级专项规划编制的历史沿革、规划的群体决策机制、规划群体决策组织方式的影响因素以及群体决策组织方式的实施效果,期望通过此研究为我国国家级专项规划组织方式的完善提供理论依据。     

促进北京市社科规划项目科研成果转化的对策建议

本文在对“六五”到“十五”期间北京市哲学社会科学规划项目研究成果应用转化的情况和问题调研分析的基础上,引进知识管理理念,提出在“十一五”规划项目管理中针对科研成果应用转化的具体可行的管理建议和措施。     

Development and Pilot of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma‐Informed Juvenile Court Self‐Assessment

Trauma‐informed practices in the juvenile justice system are increasingly recognized as effective for promoting public safety through case management, rehabilitation, and treatment that is responsive to a traumatic event exposure and current trauma reactions. As court systems explore integration of trauma‐informed practices, tools for identifying best practices and strategically implementing trauma‐informed approaches are integral for judges and court administrators aiming to develop trauma‐informed courts. The current paper reviews the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's development of the Trauma‐Informed Juvenile Court Self‐Assessment (TI‐JCSA). Implications for self‐guided strategies to shift court practices and policies to align with trauma‐informed approaches will be discussed.