Contemporary Compulsory Dispersal and the Absence of Space for the Restoration of Trust

This paper investigates the issue of trust, or mistrust, specificallyin relation to single adult asylum seekers and asylum seekerfamilies compulsorily dispersed across England. It draws upondoctoral research on the social exclusion of asylum seekersas a result of dispersal and their separation from mainstreamwelfare provision due to the creation of the National AsylumSupport Service (NASS) following the Immigration and AsylumAct 1999. Trust is an ambiguous term and four forms of trustare delineated to assist conceptualizing the experience of forcedmigration: social, political, institutional and restorativetrust. This paper provides an overview of the aims and eachphase of the implementation of dispersal. It is argued thatthe dispersal system leaves little room for political or institutionaltrust to be restored and hinders the restoration of social trust.It is suggested that this lack of space for the restorationof trust has negative implications for the longer term resettlementprocess of asylum seekers who obtain refugee status. It is alsosuggested that trust is an essential component of UK governmentpolicies promoting social or community cohesion, community engagementand initiatives to combat trafficking, forced marriage and ‘honour’based violence and that mistrust of asylum seekers as a groupdirectly contradicts such policies and initiatives.     

Walking together: the journey of the Non-Aligned Movement and the women's movement

The story of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the way in which women engaged with it, gaining from its overall liberatory calls, as well as its political independence from the UN and other multilateral agencies, is relatively unknown in the world of development and women; and yet it is an important example of multilateral space. This article argues that the NAM, and its engagement with women, has the historical and strategic potential to be the platform from which to launch an inclusive growth paradigm.     

Diary of a participatory advocacy film project: transforming communication initiatives into living campaigns

In August 2007, the government of Tanzania made a commitment to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives, following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first television screening of a participatory film, ‘Play Your Part’. With contributions from a range of health professionals, communities, a pop singer, and the Minister of Health, the message was that everyone at every level has a part to play in saving mothers' lives. WRATZ was successful because it was able to promote its message in a way that provides a model for advocacy, combining the reactive creativity of journalism and the methodological rigour of participatory video to bring about a tangible impact.     

Privatisation of urban water and sewerage services in Turkey: some trends

This article describes the experience of privatised urban water-supply and sewerage services in Turkey, focusing on the cases of three cities that have opted for such privatisation. The article opens with an examination of the management of urban water and sewerage services in Turkey and explores the development of water services and water policies in local government institutions. The second section introduces case studies of cities that have transferred the management, operation, and maintenance of urban water services to private operators.     

Lessons from selected development policies and practices

This article identifies lessons learned from field research and related analysis, to address three fundamental aspects of development that are often overlooked: culture and governance, inclusive development, and market-based approaches. All three cases address issues of poverty and inequality. In addition, the critical role of institutions in governance and development is also highlighted. Finally, by bridging the gap between culture, economy, and society through these approaches, better and more effective development policies and programmes can be formulated and implemented.     

Facilitators of development or Kapos for capital: the primrose path to GATS

This article arose from work undertaken on behalf of a UK-based NGO developing a policy response to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It looks at GATS as a key to locating development NGOs (NGDOs) within the broader field of development aims and practices, examining the long-term implications of GATS with respect to the idea of a ‘fourth position’ for such NGOs. It is argued that this theoretical position fails to take into account changing imbalances of power between NGDOs and their Southern counterparts that began under structural adjustment, as a consequence of which many NGDOs now occupy a position from which effective mediation between civil society, the state, and the market would be difficult if not impossible. In addition, GATS represents a step-change along the evolutionary path towards a market-oriented ideology whose verticalist worldview represents a profound contradiction to the avowedly progressive aims of most NGDOs.     

加强和改进公安基层基础建设是实现公安工作跨越式发展的必由之路

公安基层基础建设是各项公安业务工作的根本和依托,是公安事业赖以发展的基石。当前和今后一个时期,公安基层基础建设要以维护稳定为目标,以深化改革为动力,以基层所队建设为龙头,以构建大基础格局为导向,强化工作措施,完善保障机制,增强公安工作可持续发展的后劲。     

论构建和谐城市进程中的外来人口及其治安行政管理

外来人口对城市稳定与发展有着重大的影响,既有积极效应又有消极效应。从消极方面看,增加了城市负担,加剧了城市衣、食、住、行等方面的矛盾;从积极方面看,繁荣了市场,促进了城市物资、信息交流和经济发展,加快了城市建设的速度,大大促进了城市建设的发展,方便了城市人民生活,在稳定社会和构建和谐城市进程中起到了一定的积极作用。因此,对外来人口实行科学的治安行政管理,首选之策应该是以“动”制“动”,以“外”管“外”,保护外来人口的合法权益,寓管理于服务之中,引导外来人口的流出、流入,使之由盲目无序转为有目的、有秩序的流动。     

失误案例教学法探析

失误案例可以客观地反映公安机关工作的挑战性和风险性,具有强烈的警示意义和较大的启示性。实施失误案例教学时,应注意克服困难,搜集典型的失误案例;关注案件办理的全部过程,包括细节性、背景性资料;剖析失误案例要避免模式化和简单化;注意参阅实践中多个部门对同一案例的分析评判结果;要特别关注防范对策等等。     

高等学校行政诉讼地位问题研究

我国的高等教育近些年来得到了突飞猛进的发展,已经从精英式的教育过渡到大众式的教育。与此同时,高等学校在行使法律法规授予的权力时出现了许多法律问题,使得其多次成为诉讼中的被告。无论从实体还是程序角度,高校具备了行政主体的资格,高校对学生的管理行为涉及学生的受教育权的重大权益,因而应把高校的管理行为纳入行政法治的轨道,尤其是确定高校的行政法主体地位。