Social service purchasing in China: Rationale,features, and risks

As part of a broader program of market reform, China's local governments are progressing an agenda of purchasing child welfare and other social services from the nongovernment sector, primarily to expand capacity and address vast unmet need. This paper draws on current research evidence to explore the approaches to purchasing emerging in China, examining the rationale for purchasing and models of supply, competition, and regulation. While some approaches are modeled on direct service contracting, direct purchasing of social service “posts” is also used, aimed at achieving goals of professionalization alongside service expansion. Overall, the review shows purchasing is helping to rapidly expand service scale and capacity; however, regulatory strategies for managing and mitigating risks to quality and access appear lacking. This highlights the need for further scholarship aimed at developing the robust risk management strategies which are required to support high quality, sustainable provision of purchased services.     

Sexual Health Services for Homeless Youth: A Qualitative Analysis of their Experiences

The sexual health problems experienced by homeless youth bring into question their use of available sexual health services. Using a qualitative typological analysis, this study aims to identify sexual health services utilization profiles for homeless youth, and to understand the role of the homeless experience on the utilization of sexual health services. Individual interviews were conducted with 33 homeless youth (17 men, 16 women) between 18 and 25?years of age. Typological analysis identified four profiles: (1) a targeted use of sexual health services to determine one’s serological status following a relational change during the homeless experience; (2) a limited use of sexual health services to manage sexual emergencies that arise during the homeless experience; (3) a regular use of sexual health services to avoid the risks associated with the homeless experience; (4) a frequent use of sexual health services to obtain support when engaging in prostitution during the homeless experience. This study shows that the precarious and unstable conditions within the homeless experience incite youth to utilize sexual health services in different ways. These findings point to the importance of rethinking sexual health services to better adapt them to the different utilization profiles of homeless youth.     

超级网络平台限制交易行为的反垄断规制

从“3Q大战”“3百大战”到天猫京东“二选一”事件，超级网络平台实施限制交易行为的现象越演越烈，也成为当前互联网领域的反垄断难题。我国反垄断法律法规在对网络空间的相关市场及市场支配地位的认定上存在适用困境，超级网络平台滥用市场支配地位的行为无法被认定且无法有效规制的现象长期存在。为规范超级网络平台的经营行为，应当调整《反垄断法》关于相关市场与市场支配地位的认定规则，将反垄断案件纳入公益诉讼范围，采取国家诉讼和私人诉讼并行的双重诉讼机制，减轻原告举证责任负担，同时将《反垄断法》与《电子商务法》衔接适用。     

农业机械化服务对粮食生产成本效率的影响——来自中国小麦主产区的经验证据

运用超越对数SFA模型测算1994—2016年中国15个小麦主产地区成本效率，继而构建空间杜宾计量模型考察农业机械化服务对小麦生产成本效率的直接影响与空间溢出效应。结果表明：中国小麦生产成本效率仍存在17.3%的损失；农业机械化服务对小麦成本效率具有正向显著的直接效应和空间溢出效应，即本区域农机化水平对其他区域小麦成本效率有显著的正向影响；从空间维度来看，农业机械化的空间溢出效应主要表现在经度相近地区之间，纬度相近地区之间并不显著；从时间维度看，2004年前后农业机械化的空间溢出效应具有明显差异，2004年之后空间溢出效应更加明显。据此提出农机补贴向农机服务组织倾斜，建设和推广农机信息平台以及作物种植沿经度布局的政策建议。     

Remaking the labour movement in Italy: the revival of strikes at Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles in 2015–17

ABSTRACT

After the Fiat-Chrysler merger in 2009, CEO Sergio Marchionne imposed a drastic reorganization of labour relations in Italy’s plants, precipitating a profound crisis of the system of industrial relations in the country. But between 2015 and 2017 a significant section of workers at Melfi, Atessa and Termoli plants went on strike against compulsory overtime and labour intensification, establishing links with grassroots unions that successfully organized in logistics. The metalworkers’ union FIOM-CGIL, however, delegitimized the union representatives who resisted Marchionne’s plans. In this article, we trace the context and development of these still little-known strikes. Because of their growing institutionalization, we argue, the confederal unions (CGIL, CISL, UIL) have both failed to mobilize workers and repressed workers’ attempts to resist the deterioration of their conditions. The strikes at FCA and in logistics, however, show that new forms of radical unionism are emerging, pointing to new possibilities for working-class organizing.     

劳动合同服务期规则的适用——以海南省某企业招聘信息为切入点

海南省某企业在其招聘广告中要求劳动者承诺终身服务,涉及服务期规则的适用问题。现行《劳动合同法》存在对劳动者过度保护的倾向性,劳动者约束性条款数量较少。而服务期规则作为用人单位长期留用人才的唯一法律依托,存在着可设定服务期的事项范围过窄、违约金条款不具有应有惩罚性的问题。服务期规则的不健全把企业吸引和培育人才的手段引向异端。司法实践中出现了对现行服务期规则进行突破的裁判或未突破现行规则但裁判结果有违诚信原则的情况。针对现状,建议拓宽可设定服务期的事项范围、改进违约金规则使其具有惩罚性来保障企业人力资本投入上的合理利益,同时规定最长服务期限来维护劳动者基本权益,从而最大限度地维持劳资双方利益平衡。     

Comparison on predictors of mental health service use among Asian older adults

Studies have mostly examined mental health service use of older Asian immigrant combining all Asian Americans into one group whereas immigration backgrounds and socioeconomic status of each Asian minority group are different. Therefore, this study aimed to identify predictors of mental health service use within specific ethnic groups among older Asian adults focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Vietnamese in California. The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations (BMVP) is used to guide the secondary data analysis of a sample of 3,453 older Asian immigrants from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Logistic and linear regression analyses are performed to examine predictors of mental health service use and the frequency of mental health service use, respectively. As results, mental health‐seeking patterns differ by ethnicity within the older Asian immigrant sample, not being married (Korean), higher levels of acculturation (Filipino), lower levels of neighborhood cohesion (Korean and Vietnamese), higher levels of perceived safety (Korean) and lower levels of perceived safety (Vietnamese), higher levels of mental distress (Korean and Filipino), and having perceived need (all) were related to more visits for mental health services. The study findings highlight the necessity of cultural competency services and programs for each Asian ethnicity.     

国际私法上意思自治与国际贸易惯例

根据国际私法的传统理论,当事人选择的准据法只能是国内法.但随着国际经济贸易交往的日益发展,国际贸易惯例的作用越来越大.作为非国内法的国际贸易惯例能否成为当事人选择的准据法,便成为国际私法学界争论的焦点.文章在解析国际贸易惯例的基础上,对当事人是否可以选择国际贸易惯例作为准据法,从国际私法理论的发展及国际贸易惯例的完善两方面进行了论证,并以各国的实践为佐证,分析了国际贸易惯例可以作为当事人选择的准据法的可行性.     

移动数据业务国际漫游与互通

本文通过研究移动数据业务国际漫游与互通情况,分析了目前已经投入商用的SMS和MMS数据业务的国际漫游与互通方案,最后提出了从移动通信国际标准合作、运营商之间合作、用户使用等三个方面来解决移动数据业务国际漫游与互通问题。     

社会组织参与养老服务的逻辑框架：制度环境·主体类型·实践方式

社会组织参与养老服务是推动养老服务多元化发展的必由之路,也是推进国家治理体系和国家治理能力现代化的题中之义。基于参与式治理理念,可从制度环境、主体类型、实践方式三个方面构建社会组织参与养老服务的基本逻辑框架。从制度环境看,社会组织参与养老服务具有宏观制度环境开放鼓励、微观制度环境渐趋宽松、制度执行环境模糊约束的含混性特征,需要进一步优化制度环境才能更好地激发社会组织活力。从主体类型看,参与养老服务的社会组织主体类型可以划分为养老服务供给型社会组织和支持型社会组织,分别强调其专业服务优势和多元资源支持。从实践方式看,社会组织主要通过承办社区居家养老服务、运营机构养老服务、开展志愿养老服务、组织互助养老服务等直接方式,以及政策参与、资源动员、行业自律等间接方式参与养老服务建设。