Next generation engagement: Setting a research agenda for community engagement in Australia's infrastructure sector

The global infrastructure sector is thriving. But community opposition to major projects is also rising. Australian examples demonstrate the policy backflips, reputational pitfalls, and financial costs of project delays and cancellations. Failures to engage communities are surprising, given the widespread adoption of community engagement (CE) principles and the increasing professionalization of CE roles. If acceptance of the need for CE in infrastructure is more widespread than ever, why are we not seeing smoother project delivery, reduced protest, and cost savings? This paradox is the driving force behind the Next Generation Engagement project. This article offers a practitioners’ perspective to introduce the project and present key findings from its 12‐month pilot study aiming to establish a transdisciplinary, industry‐led research agenda for CE in Australia's infrastructure sector. The article contributes to our understanding of CE literature and research codesign. It maps out the top five priority themes for future research to support infrastructure selection, planning and delivery. The research agenda provides guidance for policy, and practice, offering consolidated, research‐based insights for policymakers and practitioners.     

Political Brand Communities as Social Network Clusters: Winning and Trailing Candidates in the GOP 2016 Primary Elections

This study integrates a brand community theoretical framework and a social networks approach to the study of political marketing on social media. It analyzes Twitter activity by and about all Republican candidates during the month of January 2016 prior to the Iowa primary caucus. Specifically, it identifies key patterns of information flow and political brand community emergence surrounding each candidate as well as brand social mediators who play influential roles in content flow. Findings detect network clusters - subgroups of siloed users - who converse to exchange information with one another rather than with disconnected others in any given political brand community. We classify these clusters in two groups: direct communities that surround a brand – here, a candidate – and indirect communities that consist of users who talk about the political brands but are not directly connected to the brand. Within this fragmented community structure, brand social mediators have the power to bridge direct and indirect brand communities across the network. Among the winning and trailing brand communities, different sets of brand social mediators, patterns of information flow, and network structures emerge. The findings suggest that the more successful a political brand is in voter polls, the weaker the social ties and relationships are within the brand communities. The interactions between political brands and their direct vs. indirect communities also exhibit different patterns of information flow. While direct brand communities demonstrate a higher level of reciprocity, indirect brand communities show a higher level of density. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.     

垂直管理部门监督机制探析

我国垂直管理体制的实施相应地带来了监督机制的变动。现有的垂直管理部门,在监督机制方面存在着监督主体相对单一、监督权力过于集中以及制度不够成熟等问题。实践中,应完善统一管理制度,确实树立派驻（出）机构独立监督的权威;积极构建开放性的多方监督机制,克服监督主体相对单一的问题;发挥人大监督作用,创新监督方式;以制度建设为重点,切实加强对派驻（出）纪检监察机构的监督。     

台湾新闻自由与民众监督的博弈与出路——从《苹果日报》的“动新闻”事件说起

本文从《苹果日报》引发的＂动新闻＂事件入手,系统地考察台湾新闻自由与民众监督的现状和媒体承担社会责任的情况,深入探讨其媒体新闻自由、社会责任及民众监督三者之间良性互动的机制建构,以期为中国大陆新闻传媒提供有益的启示。     

略论参政党的民主监督——基于权利的分析视角

民主监督是我国参政党的两大职能之一,是以权利制约权力的监督形式.它既是人民民主权利的重要体现,也是多党合作制度赋予民主党派的权利和职责.本文在分析参政党民主监督的定位和民主监督权利体系的基本要素的基础上,从参政党建设的角度探讨这一权利有效行使亟须解决的若干问题.     

论国家公务人员监督过失责任追究机制的构建——从矿难事故中刑事责任的追究切入

在我国矿难等生产安全责任事故中，存在着司法机关对监督过失者无法追究或者很少追究刑事责任的司法错位，造成了安全生产事故防控的困难和罪刑的失衡。化解这一司法困境的进路是借鉴监督过失理论，构建我国的国家公务人员监督过失责任追究机制。具体建议为：其一，设立业务监督过失罪和职务监督过失罪；其二，在监督过失犯罪中增设资格刑和罚金刑；其三，在司法中适用“信赖原则”限制司法权力滥用；其四，在诉讼程序上实行“举证责任倒置”。     

仪式·音乐——以德宏户撒阿昌族南传佛教仪式活动为例

仪式一直被视为民族志研究者阅读和诠释社会的一种"文本",也是文化的整体表达。音乐是人们用来进行仪式的特定符号,它的意义和功能存在于特定的仪式结构当中。在云南德宏地区户撒阿昌族的南传佛教仪式活动中,音乐和非音乐的音声因素组合而成特定的符号,其自身特点在仪式中突显,并成为族群记忆延续和传承的时空桥梁。     

论加强国企纪检监察与巩固党的执政地位

当前,国内外市场环境复杂多变,这对掌握国家经济命脉的国有企业既是机遇也是挑战。当国企面临重大改革时,企业纪检监察的滞后往往会导致腐败的滋生。为了巩固党在企业的执政地位,要强化国企党员领导干部廉政教育,强化对权力运行机制的监管制度,特别要加大对企业大案要案的查办力度。     

多位思索与深度检视:社区矫正制度研究综述——以2003-2010年CNKI期刊数据库的相关文献为素材

社区矫正是在20世纪70年代兴起于欧美国家的一种非监禁刑,我国于2003年开始此项制度的试点。作为对实践的回应,我国理论界从理论基础、主体、适用范围、意义、模式、实践效果、问题、对策与域外实践等诸多角度对社区矫正展开了思考与探讨,部分学者所谈及的社区矫正的不可行性研究、未成年罪犯的社区矫正、社区矫正的社会参与等具有进一步探究的价值。     

论我国未成年人社区矫正体系的构建——以刑事一体化为视角

我国目前的社区矫正只适用于被法院判定有罪的人。基于未成年人的主体特征,对于未成年犯的社区矫正体系不应仅仅局限于法院审判阶段的监禁刑替代措施和审判后的非监禁刑罚执行,还应将审判前的侦查及起诉阶段纳入到社区矫正的适用范围,即以刑事一体化为视角构建未成年犯的社区矫正体系。