论建设小康社会的政治文明

建设社会主义政治文明在现阶段的任务就是建设小康社会的社会主义政治文明。实现全面建设小康社会目标。要求对建设小康社会政治文明的基本目标、基本内容、鲜明特色及其重大理论和实践意义作必要探讨。     

生态文明：全面建设小康社会的必然选择

小康社会是一个全面发展的社会 ,也是一个生态文明的社会 ,但我国的生态状况不容乐观。因此 ,生态文明在全面小康社会的建设中起着重要的作用 ,它既是物质文明的基础和前提 ,又是政治文明的重要补充 ,还是精神文明的题中应有之义。生态建设主要应从观念、制度和行为着手     

非政府组织发展与我国人民代表大会制度的完善

完善和发展人民代表大会制度必须充分认识我国社会业已发生的深刻变革,即社会的多元化发展已经对我国民主政治的实现形式提出了新的要求和新的挑战。作为现代公民社会基本组织形式的非政府组织,在社会动员与社会参与、监督人大行使职权、实现人民当家作主与建立公民社会等方面,对完善人大制度起着不可替代的作用。     

工会报道要唱响维护职工合法利益的主旋律

随着社会经济结构、职工队伍和劳动关系都变得越来越多样化和复杂化,工会的作用愈加凸显。作为工会组织的机关报——工人报必须跟上形势,唱响工会报道的主旋律,维护职工的合法利益。     

重塑行政体制与构建和谐社会

和谐社会是现代政府、责任政府提供的首位公共产品。在构建和谐社会的过程中,需要加强政府的主导地位,即政府要保障公共产品的和谐供给与和谐需求。和谐社会能否建成的关键还在于能否建立适应社会主义市场经济的行政体制。而公共财政的建立又是构建适应社会主义市场经济的行政体制的要务。     

中国传统法文化品质说

经验理性、中道和谐以及真善美的人文主义追求是中国传统法律文化的三大品质，这是与世界其他法文化的区别。了解中国法文化的品质有助于我们加深对传统法律文化的理解。     

Evaluating international social-change networks: a conceptual framework for a participatory approach

International networks for social change are growing in number and influence. While they need to be able to assess the extent to which they achieve their purpose and determine ways in which to be more effective, conventional evaluation methods are not designed for such complex organisational forms, or for the diverse kinds of activity to which they are characteristically dedicated. Building on an earlier version of their paper, the authors present a set of principles and participatory approaches that are more appropriate to the task of evaluating such networks.     

Community participation in local governance in Cambodia: learning from the village networks approach

Cambodia has embarked on a process of decentralisation and democratisation, including the establishment of elected Commune Councils in early 2002. Given the lack of a tradition of encouraging civic participation in public affairs, however, there was initially little general awareness of how to engage with these Councils. The authors describe a project supported by the Ministry of Rural Development and the German bilateral agency, GTZ, and undertaken with local non-government organisations, to identify and support active community groups and improve their capacity to interact with the Commune Councils, while at the same time seeking ways for the Commune Councils to support the different groups.     

Capacity building: who builds whose capacity?

This article focuses on the role that development NGOs play in capacity building, arguing that many conventional NGO practices are ultimately about retaining power, rather than empowering their partners. This leads to tunnel vision and to upward rather than downward or horizontal accountability, based on the assumption that the transfer of resources is a one-way process. At worst, this undermines rather than strengthens the capacities of the organisations that NGOs are attempting to assist. Sharing responsibilities and risks, mutual accountability, and committing to the long term rather than to short-term projects are more likely to create partnerships that can withstand vicissitudes and contribute to lasting change.     

The uncertain relationship between transparency and accountability

The concepts of transparency and accountability are closely linked: transparency is supposed to generate accountability. This article questions this widely held assumption. Transparency mobilises the power of shame, yet the shameless may not be vulnerable to public exposure. Truth often fails to lead to justice. After exploring different definitions and dimensions of the two ideas, the more relevant question turns out to be: what kinds of transparency lead to what kinds of accountability, and under what conditions? The article concludes by proposing that the concept can be unpacked in terms of two distinct variants. Transparency can be either ‘clear’ or ‘opaque’, while accountability can be either ‘soft’ or ‘hard’.