Effectiveness of private finance initiatives (PFI): study of private financing for the provision of capital assets for schools

The study reported in this paper explores how effective Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have been as critical providers of capital assets within the state education sector in the UK. Specifically, the research investigates the impact on educational provision of the UK government's contentious £43 billion Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The inquiry focuses on 27 English Local Education Authorities (LEAs) currently or recently involved in PFI. The investigation examines the effect of PFI's on LEA decision‐making processes and discusses these authorities assessment of the UK government's current PFI strategy. An evaluation of PFI as a source of sustainable finance is reported as well as recommendations made for LEAs currently considering adoption of PFI. Through such analysis, this study seeks to de‐layer and ascertain the influence of complex external environmental influences and stakeholders that need to be taken into account in order to make PPPs work. The paper concludes by presenting the critical considerations for enhancing the working relationship between private and public sector partners. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

加强领导干部作风建设推动公安教育健康发展——关于公安院校领导干部作风建设的几点思考

公安院校作为培养公安事业接班人的摇篮,领导干部的作风如何,直接关系到人才培养质量和公安事业的兴衰成败。认真学习领会中纪委第七次会议精神,充分认识新的历史条件下加强领导干部作风建设的重大现实意义和深远历史意义,以思想作风和学风建设为前提,以工作作风和领导作风建设为核心,以生活作风建设为重要内容,从教育、监督、制度三个关键环节入手,建立健全领导干部作风建设的长效机制,全面加强和改进领导干部作风建设,引领公安教育事业持续协调健康发展,既是一个重大的理论课题,更是一项严肃的政治任务。     

西电东送的区域能源效应分析

西电东送有利于国家范围的资源优化配置,有利于开发西部。西电东送工程的成效,一方面取决于输入地内在的长期能源消费变动趋向,另一方面取决于其他能源,尤其是石油价格的未来变动走向,以及电力部门相应的定价策略。     

全球化及其对公共管理中领导资格的影响

全球化促进了公共管理的有效性和行政机构的国际化 ,同时对公共管理中的领导资格产生了影响。因此 ,领导者要不断学习新知识和新技能 ,接受新的挑战。领导模式应该灵活多变 ,领导者的培训也不应该千篇一律 ,领导者应该在行动中学习。     

Like-Sex Versus Opposite-Sex Effects in Transmission of Gender Role Ideology from Parents to Adolescents in Israel

The study examined whether transmission of gender role ideology is more prevalent among parents and children of the same sex (like-sex effect) than among parents and children of the opposite sex (opposite-sex effect). Gender role ideology was assessed on the basis of 2 factors: gender role stereotypes and occupational sex-typing. The research sample consisted of 134 fathers, 134 mothers, and 134 Israeli adolescents (equally divided among girls and boys). Moderate correlations (ranging from 0.22 to 0.58) were found between parents and children, which indicate a partial like-sex effect. Specifically, father–son correlations in gender-role attitudes were higher than father–daughter correlations. Regarding occupational sex-typing, the same pattern was found only for attitudes toward masculine occupations. As far as mothers were concerned, no like-sex effect was found for either aspect of gender role ideology. Mothers were found to have the most liberal gender role attitudes, while children expressed less liberal attitudes, and fathers expressed the most traditional attitudes. As far as occupational sex-typing is concerned, mothers expressed the most liberal attitudes, while no significant differences were found between fathers and children. All family members expressed more traditional attitudes toward in-home roles than toward outside roles, and maintained more stereotyped perceptions of masculine tasks than those of feminine tasks.     

特定产品过渡性保障机制的效应及我国的对策

特定产品过渡性保障机制使《保障措施协议》的非歧视原则成了单向约束我国的规则。它的另一些规定也以不对等方式增大了其他成员国对我国适用保障措施的机会。它是一种战略性遏制武器 ,使其他成员国有能力顷刻间化解我优势产业的大规模攻势。加快经济改革 ,加强谈判地位 ,应成为我国的中长期对策。用活配额 ,择用“例外” ,可作为主要的短期对策。     

Precedent Externality, Network Effect, and the Possible Inefficiency of the Evolution of Laws

Using the traditional scenario of tort conflict as an example, I argue that the marginal precautionary costs of injurers and victims are not constant, as was assumed by most previous researchers. The precedent of a liability rule has some natural externality on the precaution technology, and hence marginal cost, faced by future agents involved in torts. The adoption of legal rules therefore has a network effect, meaning that the present prevalent adoption of one rule increases the probability of its future adoption. Treating the dynamic evolution of legal rules as a random process, we are able to apply an established result in the literature of network economies to conclude the path-dependence, non-predictability, and potential inefficiency concerning the final legal rule to which the dynamics converge.     

浅谈计算机实践教学

在《计算机应用基础》教学中,应对内容有所取舍,注重知识理解与上机实践同步,以提高实践教学的效益。     

对公安考核激励机制的几点思考

文章对公安队伍管理长效机制建设过程中如何有效建立考核激励机制,进行了深入的探索。从体现江泽民同志在"7·1"讲话中提出的"尊重人、理解人、发展人"的思想高度出发,运用现代管理的科学理念,提出了管理的目的,不是管死管住,而是激励激活的观点。并对考核激励机制应着力解决的问题,应注意把握的原则,进行了分析和研究。     

刑法因果关系研究

因果关系是指行为与结果之间决定与被决定、引起与被引起之间的关系。在刑法中,将某一结果归咎于某人的时候,往往需要查明其行为与结果之间是否存在刑法上的因果关系。因此,因果关系在定罪中具有重要意义。但并不意味着可以过分夸大因果关系在犯罪构成中的地位。此外,要正确认识刑法中的因果关系,应从事实上的因果关系与法律上的因果关系两方面进行考察,而不应纠缠在必然性与偶然性这样一些哲学问题上。