公共服务能力建设要点分析

公共服务能力建设是公共行政能力、执政能力建设的重要内容。公共服务能力是指以政府为主体的公共组织满足一定范围公民的公共需求的有效性。为增强公共服务能力建设的针对性和实效性,公共服务能力建设要围绕公共组织在公共服务中的一些基本能力要素进行,主要包括公共服务价值目标平衡能力、公共服务信息开发与利用能力、公共服务品种与技术创新能力、公共服务责任分担与利益协调能力、公共服务供给组织能力等。     

Bad math: calculating bodily capacity in Cassils’s Cuts: A Traditional Sculpture

This article reads Cassils’ 2011 durational performance piece Cuts: A Traditional Sculpture alongside the messy arithmetic of Karl Marx’s Grundrisse in order to ask after the place of measurement within theories of bodily capacity and living labor.     

“Bad enough governance”: state capacity and quality of institutions in post-Soviet autocracies

This article contributes to current discussions on state capacity, quality of institutions, and political regimes. Our analysis demonstrates that the J-curve argument (“good institutions” in autocracies as compared to hybrid and transitional regimes) may not be generic and is not well supported by empirical evidence from the sample of post-Soviet countries. An explanatory model of the “King of the Mountain” is instead provided. Its focus is on the monopoly of political rent as a precondition for extraction of economic rent. It demonstrates an inverse correlation between the quality of institutions and the extraction of political and economic rent, and explains why an autocrat may not have an incentive to improve institutions that may make his/her monopoly vulnerable, and rather would prefer to preserve a low quality of institutions and “bad enough governance.” An analysis of a variety of external and domestic factors that may endanger this monopoly is provided. Finally, the autocrat's alternative strategic choices are analyzed. It is argued that better payoffs for the autocrat – paradoxically – may result from partial reforms and improvement of the quality of institutions. However, for various reasons, this is not occurring in post-Soviet autocracies.     

Straining without training? Capacity-related problems facing African election executives and officials

This article argues that the empowerment of election officials and executives is usually overlooked, understated or simply ignored; yet elections cannot be conducted without plans in place to improve their efficiency and effectiveness; especially through training. As one of the foremost mechanisms for improving elections, training is crucial to organisational performance enhancement. However, training for election officials and executives is fairly new in many African countries. Generally incorporated in generic university or vocational institute courses globally, training is usually offered as a special tailor-made module for polling officials in western countries. Even then, it rarely covers the severe conditions election officials regularly face, especially in Africa. This article examines these issues based on a review of the extant literature, conceptual and theoretical reflection on election management, and practical interaction with some election authorities who participated as trainees in the Unisa Management of Democratic Elections in Africa (MDEA) course (2012–2014). The article concludes that the training of election officials and executives poses challenges for Africa; partly because some election management bodies (EMBs) prefer to “strain” rather than effectively train their members to ensure sustainable performance, and partly because others prefer short-term irrelevant training that undermines their organisational goals. These hurdles need to be overcome if Africa is to address its election-related challenges.     

论依法治省与经济社会的协调发展

依法治国是党的十五大确定的治国方略,依法治省是依法治国方略在我省的具体实施和落实,科学的发展观要求我们必须注重经济社会的协调发展.本文论述了依法治省与经济社会协调发展的关系:依法治省与经济社会协调发展具有一致性;依法治省与经济社会协调发展都需要执政能力的提高;坚持依法治省,促进我省经济社会的协调发展.     

内部能力、企业竞争力和企业资源最优配置——一个理论模型（AMEC模型）

传统的企业竞争力模型缺乏对系统的界定,混淆企业竞争力与企业能力的界限。本文通过引入波特的竞争模型,提出一个多层次企业竞争力模型（AMEC①）。模型分为外部竞争子模型、企业能力子模型和企业竞争力公式三个部分,基于系统分层界定企业竞争力,通过结合企业外部竞争和内部能力两个因素推导出企业竞争力公式;并在系统利益既定的情况下,推导出基于企业竞争力的利益分配公式和基于企业内部能力的利益分配公式,得出一个企、止资源最优配置的路径．最后给出一个企业资源最佳配置的实例。     

交通系统可靠性研究综述

交通运输网络可靠性对于交通运输这一生命线系统是否良性循环、发展的重要性研究已日益为业内所重视。在此基础上对连通可靠性、出行时间可靠性、容量可靠性、畅通可靠性等交通系统性能评价指标及其相互关系的正确、客观分析对于路网可靠与否显得至关重要。而交通运输网络实战应用中亟待解决的几组关键性技术问题则将直接影响研究成果对于路网的实用程度。