Organizational Forms and Incentives in Public Procurement: Natural Experiment at a Large Public Sector Organization in Russia

This article analyses how the intensification of centralized monitoring within public organization may impact incentives for efficiency in those divisions of the organization that have different levels of financial autonomy. The efficiency of divisions’ activities was estimated through their procurement effectiveness. All the divisions were classified as non-commercial units (NCU) funded by the government or as income earning units (IEU) operating in the market and having broader financial autonomy. The results show that under standard monitoring, the IEU had more efficient procurements compared to the NCU. After intensification of centralized monitoring, the differences in performance became insignificant. These findings show that stricter monitoring is efficient for organizations with soft budget constraints, while for organizations with hard budget constraints it is preferable to use more flexible regulations.     

刑事和解的司法现状与制度构建

刑事和解制度的理论基础在于恢复正义,法国、德国、新西兰等国都有关于刑事和解制度的规定.在建设社会主义和谐社会的前提下,我国应构建刑事和解制度.以北京市某区人民检察院为例,一些地方的司法机关针对特定的公诉案件,有意识地借鉴了刑事和解制度的做法,取得了良好的社会效果.     

从一项"职工承诺"研究看中国工会的基本特征——再论中国工会是社会功能组织

理论界对中国工会的研究,大多在于说明其利益代表性的增强。我们以往的研究则表明,社会功能性仍然是中国工会的基本特征。我们通过一个新的视角,从企业职工对公司和对工会承诺的认知和行为继续研究中国工会的基本特征。研究表明,职工对企业和工会具有"双重承诺",甚至"双重忠诚"。这是中国工会具有社会功能性基本特征的重要基础。     

女职工心理健康亟待关注——对女职工素质提升工程时代内涵的思考

工会女职工在构建和谐社会伟大历程面临着新的挑战。工会女职工组织要积极开展女职工心理健康工作,提升女职工素质,从而充分发挥工会女职工组织作用,促进社会和谐与进步。     

论现代政治增长及其对国家治理的影响

长期以来学界以及社会总是将"政治—市场—社会"相互关系置于相互竞争和挤压的语境,但从历时性的角度上看,政治、市场和社会在改革开放以来却在不同程度的同时增长.分析我国政治增长的历史基础,并从政府规模、组织结构、技术加持三个方面,阐述政治增长的事实和趋势,发现现代社会的流动性和复杂性奠定了现代政治增长的合理性基础,这种政治...     

当代社会主义的理论与实践随想

当代社会主义的理论与实践包括既有联系又有区别的两个方面的内容:一是马克思、恩格斯创立的科学社会主义理及其指导下的国际共产主义运动;二是符合特定国家国情的、具有特定国家特色的、作为特定国家的现代化模式的社会主义理论与实践.由于种种可以理解的原因,两者被有意无意地完全混同了起来.但是,准确揭示两者的区别与联系,却是我们有可能对正在进行中的社会主义经济和政治体制改革作出客观而恰如其分的评价的前提.     

试论干部教育机构培训理念的确立——以中国井冈山干部学院党性教育为例

培训理念是干部教育培训机构的灵魂,也是培训特色的集中体现,对培训机构的教学内容、课程设置、教学方法、师资建设、管理机制和组织文化都具有指导作用。中国井冈山干部学院提出了具有本院特色的培训理念,并按照这一理念确立培训目标,设计开发教学模块和相应的课程,选择培训内容、教学方法、管理方式。     

马克思新唯物主义哲学实践概念的多维理解

实践是贯穿马克思新唯物主义哲学的首要和根本的观点,是区别于传统哲学及传统马克思主义哲学体系的根本异质点所在。     

Community Consultation in Victorian Local Government: A Case of Mixing Metaphors?

This article draws on a three-year collaborative research project investigating how community consultation is practised by Victorian councils, especially in relation to multiple publics and groups that councils can find 'hard to reach'. Based on an analysis of consultation documents, this article looks at councils' understanding of community consultation and underlying assumptions, the expected outcomes and how this is translated into guidance for practice. The research demonstrates that councils aim to consult to provide a range of outcomes, but there is a lack of clarity about how to choose and use the appropriate combination of consultation tool(s) and public(s) to facilitate these. Councils are also unclear about how the outcomes of consultation feed into existing decision-making processes and the implications of this for democratic legitimacy. This is in part due to the fact that the conceptual tensions around consultation and the democratic process are apparent not so much by virtue of what is said about them, but of what is not said. The article begins by outlining the conceptual and definitional problems associated with consultation using typologies of public participation. We investigate how typologies inform the consultation documents developed by councils and in how far they support practice. We then address the need to involve multiple publics and the vexed issue of who is hard to reach and why they should be consulted.