Policy and power: A conceptual framework between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ policy idioms

During the last few decades, both policy practices and policy idioms have drastically changed. Concepts such as interactive planning, network management, stakeholder dialogue, deliberative democracy, policy discourses, governance, etc. have replaced older ones such as public administration, policy programmes, interest groups, institutions, power, and the like. Although we recognise the relevance and importance of this shift in vocabulary, we also regret related ‘losses’. We particularly regret that the concept of power has – in our view – become an ‘endangered species’ in the field of public policy analysis. We therefore will develop a framework to analyse power – being a multi-layered concept – in policy practices in this article. We will do so on the basis of the so-called policy arrangement approach, which combines elements of the old and new policy vocabularies. In addition, we draw upon different power theories in developing our argument and model. As a result, we hope to combine the best of two worlds, of the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ idioms in policy studies, and to achieve our two aims: to bring back in the concept of power in current policy analysis and to expand the policy arrangement approach from a power perspective.     

Social networks and non‐market strategy

To date, the field of non‐market strategy has little to offer in the way of an integrated perspective on the simultaneous management of strategic issues and corporate stakeholders. This paper employs social network analysis to make a number of theoretically grounded conjectures about the delicate relationships between stakeholder behaviour and issue evolution. It is found that social network analysis has the potential to enrich and integrate theoretical perspectives in the field of non‐market strategy, offering solutions to a set of previously unresolved puzzles. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications     

从近期中国共青团的建设看中国社会福利服务组织的发展

中国青少年社会福利正处于整合和发展进程中，社会福利服务组织发育不良是制约中国社会福利，特别是服务福利发展严重滞后的重要因素。共青团在组织发展和工作指导思想上的变革，预示着中国社会福利服务组织的良性发育，对于中国社会福利的长远发展具有重大意义。     

论刑事政策的概念与范围

政策在古代汉语、英语中,各有解释。国外学者也有不同的定义。学者对刑事政策所下定义各不相同。对其进行初步整合与重新定义。     

跨国制药公司发展趋势及政府对策

新世纪初,跨国制药公司生存、经营和竞争环境发生了巨大变化,这些变化促使制药业跨国公司在竞争理念、投资战略、经营战略、研发战略和管理体制等方面进行了相应调整,呈现出新的发展趋势。本文探讨了跨国制药公司发展趋势对我国医药产业的影响,并提出了切实可行的政策建议。     

论儿童证人

由于儿童具有特殊的生理和心理,对于其作证资格,历来有许多争议。但儿童证人资格属于证明能力问题,而儿童证言可信性则属证明力的问题。由于儿童各方面发育还未完全成熟、稳定,在儿童作证时,有必要采取适当的保护措施,以减轻儿童作证的压力,且可保障儿童证言的质量。     

试论公安决策情报工作

公安决策情报工作是直接服务于公安决策的一项基础性工作,具有目标明确、突出服务、突出应用的特点。它服务公安决策,具有耳目、预测、参谋、反馈、宣传等功能。做好公安决策情报工作,应坚持以马克思主义为指导、坚持实事求是、坚持理论与实践相结合、坚持深入实际、坚持科学真理等原则。     

中国妇女参政十年回顾与评估

该文对于1995年至2005年的中国妇女参政进行回顾评估,从四个方面展开:第一,将十年妇女参政置于解放后的历史背景下,描述加强制定性别保障政策的意义和实践。第二,发现女性民主参与对我国公共政策推进的价值。第三,与国际社会妇女参政进行比较,与我国民主党派进行比较,分析这十年妇女参政停滞不前的状况和原因。第四,分析参政女性在权力结构中的边缘地位,认为导致女性政治参与更多表现出的是非权力的外围参与,对公共政策的影响效果有限。     

马克思主义法学在当代中国的难题

变化和开放是马克思主义学说发展的必要条件.马克思主义法学的基本理论渊源于科学社会主义,在当代中国,其支柱和支点理论受到了不同程度的挑战.关于"马克思主义法学"概念、法的本质属性、法功能的局限性、法学研究方法、法的主体和客体、法学的基本问题和基本范畴、法与科学技术的关系、西方法学思想价值的重新评价、中国传统法文化的整理、马克思主义法学在当代中国发展的百年历史的梳理和总结,及国内法与国际法的衔接点和转化系统的系统研究,是马克思主义法学在当代中国发展所面临的十大难题.