Public sector innovation,e-government,and anticorruption in China and India: Insights from civil servants

Both China and India are adopting information and communication technologies to facilitate openness and transparency in their governments, and hence reduce corruption. Distinctive from their traditional anticorruption approaches, is the innovative e-government approach an effective solution to corruption in these two large developing countries? This paper addresses the question through comparative in-depth interviews with 44 mid- or senior-level officials in the public sector in these two countries. The first study of its kind, our research shows that civil servants in both countries overall think positively about transparency and technology in reducing corruption. However, to what extent these innovative measures will be effective is conditional on various factors, such as political willingness, income inequality, and infrastructure readiness. What is worth noting is that the Chinese respondents were more positive regarding the role of transparency, whereas the Indian respondents were more positive about the role of technology, which may reflect the different facilitators of corruption and the constraints of anticorruption in China and India.     

我党反腐倡廉建设90年历程的回顾与思考

中国共产党自建立以来,经历了各个历史时期反腐、拒腐、防腐、治腐的光辉历程,积累了宝贵经验。在大量史实基础上,从七个方面总结概括,指出今后要以科学发展观为指导,提高制度执行力,加强党员干部教育,强化人民监督力度,以改革创新精神继续做好反腐倡廉工作。     

关于构建我国反腐败民事诉讼追赃机制若干问题的思考

《联合国反腐败公约》第五章规定的"资产追回"程序确立了通过刑事诉讼和民事诉讼两种方式追回犯罪所得和犯罪资产。在国际司法实践中,一般而言,运用民事诉讼的手段进行追赃较之于刑事诉讼手段更为便捷和有效,是一种较为理想的方式。因此,我国应在建立追赃领导体制和工作机制、建立境外追赃民事诉讼保险基金制度、建立境外追赃论证审查机制、健全和完善我国涉外民事诉讼程序制度和建立配套的境外追赃合理费用扣除机制等方面努力,构建适合我国国情的民事诉讼追赃机制。     

善治与我国政府廉政制度再造

制度框架是腐败的诱因之一 ,要遏制腐败就要进行制度创新。善治作为廉政制度创新的理论选择 ,具有合法性、透明性、责任性、法治、回应、有效六大基本要素 ,从权力的多元化、信息的公开化和责任承担的切实化上影响着反腐败的理念和实践。我们应该从善治理论出发 ,探索我国行政改革视角下的制度创新 ,提出建立有限政府、透明政府和责任政府等抑制腐败的行政制度     

从群众运动反腐到网络民意反腐——中国共产党反腐的路径取向回顾与现实思考

中国共产党在不同的历史时期,采取不同的路径不断加强反腐倡廉工作。从新中国成立初期的群众运动反腐到权力反腐,再到坚持综合治理,建设科学严密、完备管用的反腐倡廉制度体系,以及网络反腐的兴起,都显示出党不断更新反腐理念,改进反腐方式的决心。汲取以往党反腐倡廉建设路径取向的经验,对于我们在新时期更好地反腐败有重要的现实意义。     

Dimensions of Authority in Oversight Agencies: American and Australian Comparisons

Fraud, waste, and abuse damage public administration. Responding involves law enforcement and best practice administration. Many jurisdictions create watchdog agencies to perform this role. A model, which includes seven dimensions of jurisdiction and authority that policymakers should consider when creating an oversight entity, is presented. The model goes beyond the simple functional jurisdiction, i.e., who is overseen and how oversight occurs. Four subnational watchdog agencies in two countries are examined to demonstrate the trade-offs that occur in each dimension when the agencies are designed. This analysis demonstrates there are significant balancing issues at stake, which impact watchdog effectiveness.     

网络反腐模式下的受众心理分析及对策

网络反腐是在互联网时代依托技术平台应运而生的新型群众监督形式。借助网络丰富的人力资源和网络电子平台的交互性、快捷性等特点,网络反腐迅速成为我国行政监督和司法监督的有力补充。本文着力于对目前网络反腐的传播模式进行总结,并研究该模式下受众心理的诸多特点。通过对两者的分析,试图为网络反腐过程中逐渐出现的诸多相关问题提供可行的应对策略。     

试论反腐败与政治稳定

中国的问题 ,压倒一切的是稳定。腐败的存在从群众基础、经济秩序、社会关系、公共权威的控制机能等方面危害政治稳定。腐败现象的产生有其复杂的原因 ,反腐败是一项复杂的社会系统工程 ,必须标本兼治。反腐败要注意政治稳定     

邓小平反腐败思想探析

反腐败思想是邓小平建设有中国特色社会主义理论的重要组成部分。邓小平运用辨证唯物主义观点认识反腐败斗争的重要性和紧迫性 ,阐明了反腐败斗争的指导思想、原则和重点 ,指出从思想教育和制度建设两方面着手治理。     

Conditions for effective large‐scale anticorruption efforts and the role of external actors: What does the Slovak experience tell us?

The article looks at what policy‐makers can do to decrease corruption in developing and transition countries, based on an in‐depth examination of effectiveness of actual anticorruption measures in Slovakia. The research presents a synthesis of 12 case studies where measures in the sectors most associated with corruption as well as horizontal measures were analysed. The research shows that corruption can be decreased significantly within several years and external actors can play a substantial role in the process. An overall decrease in corruption can be based on aggregation of individual sectoral changes in areas most suffering from graft. In particular, the Slovak strategy was based on a sector‐by‐sector economic approach to resolve supply–demand imbalances based on either liberalisation/privatisation, limitations on discretion or managing supply and/or demand. Horizontal reforms complemented by sectoral reforms with their strong focus on increasing transparency. Concerning the role of external actors, we conclude that even when there is a domestically driven anticorruption effort, the external actors can still help significantly by serving as sources of inspiration, legitimacy, know‐how and funding for reform design and implementation. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.