新中国六十年中欧关系的历史回顾与思考

新中国成立六十年来,中欧关系经历了尝试接触、初步发展、起伏发展、稳步发展和成熟发展五个时期,逐渐形成了基于广泛共同利益的全面战略伙伴关系,中欧之间既有合作与共识,也存在着摩擦和分歧.中欧关系的发展历程呈现出务实性和长远性、经贸合作动力、政治关系的增进与巩固保障、价值观和意识形态差异影响、欧盟新成员国成为新兴变量、美国外部因素等诸多特点.也给我们留下了许多深刻的思考与启示.     

Mobile safety cameras: estimating casualty reductions and the demand for secondary healthcare

We consider a fully Bayesian analysis of road casualty data at 56 designated mobile safety camera sites in the Northumbria Police Force area in the UK. It is well documented that regression to the mean (RTM) can exaggerate the effectiveness of road safety measures and, since the 1980s, an empirical Bayes (EB) estimation framework has become the gold standard for separating real treatment effects from those of RTM. In this paper we suggest some diagnostics to check the assumptions underpinning the standard estimation framework. We also show that, relative to a fully Bayesian treatment, the EB method is over-optimistic when quantifying the variability of estimates of casualty frequency. Implementing a fully Bayesian analysis via Markov chain Monte Carlo also provides a more flexible and complete inferential procedure. We assess the sensitivity of estimates of treatment effectiveness, as well as the expected monetary value of prevention owing to the implementation of the safety cameras, to different model specifications, which include the estimation of trend and the construction of informative priors for some parameters.     

RCEP投资便利化条款及其影响

为分析《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》(RCEP)对区域内产业链重构、中国供应链重构以及自贸试验区发展的影响,对RCEP中的投资便利化条款、中国与RCEP成员国家的投资便利化发展渊源进行研究。研究认为,RCEP有争端预防和外商投诉等协调解决措施,相对于中国与东盟、中日韩、中国与澳大利亚、中国与新西兰近年来签署的有关贸易协定,其关于投资便利化的条款规则更加详细,执行性和操作性较好; RCEP将推动亚太地区形成一个自由的、统一的大市场,促进区域内的产业融合和分工格局优化,推动投资自由化和资本流动自由化; 在RCEP高水平区域合作框架下,发挥中国超大规模国内市场和完善的制造业配套体系优势,发挥国内自贸试验区的作用,加快投资相关法律和机制环境建设,推动高水平“引进来”和高质量利用外资; 中国企业应加大在RCEP区域内的投资,提升供应链全球布局对国家经济社会发展的支撑能力,建立更符合供应链全球布局及发展的“走出去”框架,加快产业升级。     

合作性师资培育方案中mentor表现之分析研究

台湾自1997年实施“新制教育实习”措施,采行师资培育机构与中、小学校的合作精神,规定大学毕业的师资生须至学校现场实习一年,成绩合格后才能取得正式教师资格,却因现实因素而不断调整其作法;最近则企图取消这项措施,欲将教育实习融入师资养成教育的学习活动中。未来的“新制教育实习”措施无论如何实施,中小学在师资培育工作的重要性,及其与师资培育机构合作的必要性,势必有增无减,尤其为合作关系中第一线担任师资生或实习老师（后皆以师资生称之）mentor的班级教师,他们的表现不仅直接影响机构间的合作关系与师资生的实习品质,也间接影响个人的教学表现、赋权（empowerment)、专业自主的信念及专业成长。本将具体列出mentor应协助师资生“培养教学能力及发展能力”的要项,以量化研究方式分别探究mentor个人及其与师资生对协助“培养教学能力及发展能力”的认识及实际表现,并考虑mentor的性别、教学年资、接受创新程度（innovativeness)、焦虑及忧虑特质等因素的影响。     

Making Continuing Professional Development Relevant and Accessible in Regional Social Work

ABSTRACT

Continuing professional development (CPD) is an integral component of quality social work practice (Australian Association of Social Workers, 2013). Despite this, there is a lack of knowledge around the perceived needs and challenges of accessing CPD for rural and regional social work practitioners. This research explored professional development education needs and challenges for rural social work practitioners. The findings revealed an increase in complex cases in practice leading to the need for more training in mental health, legal aspects, and therapeutic interventions. Strong demand for CPD was evident, with a preference for face-to-face training instead of online modules. In the face of persistent challenges some innovative solutions were possible from a partnership between service providers, higher education providers, and the professional body to better meet the needs of the rural social work practitioners.

IMPLICATIONS

• Increasing complexity in rural, regional, and remote social work practice has placed extra demands on the knowledge resources of social workers.

• Continuing professional development (CPD) must be relevant and readily accessible to meet the needs of those who practice in these areas.

• Partnerships between agencies, higher education providers, and professional bodies, along with the use of technology can increase accessibility for rural, regional, and remote social workers.

     

Capability,Quality, and Performance of Offshore IS Vendors: A Theoretical Framework and Empirical Investigation

Information systems (IS) offshoring has become a widespread practice and a strategic sourcing choice for many firms. While much has been written by researchers about the factors that lead to successful offshoring arrangements from the client's viewpoint, the vendor's perspective has been largely scarce. The vendor perspective is equally important as offshore IS vendors need to make important decisions in terms of delivering operational and strategic performance and aligning their resources and processes in order to meet or exceed targeted outcomes. In this article, we propose and test a three‐level capability–quality–performance (CQP) theoretical framework to understand vendor outcomes and their antecedents. The first level of the framework represents three vendor capabilities: relationship management, contract management, and information technology management. The second level has three mediating variables representing process quality: partnership, service, and deliverable quality. The third level has three dependent variables representing vendor outcomes: operational performance, strategic performance, and satisfaction. The model was tested with 188 vendor firms from India and China, the two most popular destinations for IS offshoring. Results support the CQP framework; vendor capabilities are significant predictors of intermediate quality measures, which in turn affect vendor outcomes. Implications of the study findings to both theory development and IS offshore vendor strategic decision making are discussed.     

Seven Ways of Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The vast majority of Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) grantees are institutions with both undergraduate and graduate programs. Consequently, baccalaureate institutions are underrepresented in university-community partnerships. Although the current emphasis on partnership and engagement arose out of an examination of the scholarly direction of higher education, this history should not preclude institutions with primary teaching-learning activities. Results from one baccalaureate institution show a range of activities appropriate for the involvement of undergraduate institutions in university-community partnerships. This article reviews recent thought and vision to demonstrate the potential advantages of partnership. Seven methods of engagement that can be used by baccalaureate institutions are described. Two important ways include service-learning courses and academically-based service-learning. This article provides examples of these approaches for helping baccalaureate educational institutions become engaged with their communities through their teaching missions.     

Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Partnerships and Collaboration

Abstract

The interface between the child protection and domestic violence sectors is often problematic, in that the two sectors operate relatively independently, with little integration. However, it is widely recognised that these sectors need to work more closely to enhance both women's and children's safety. This paper explores the processes needed for the child protection and domestic violence sectors to develop collaborative partnerships that lead to the provision of higher-quality responses to both women and children. Drawing on collaboration theory, a number of barriers to the development of successful partnerships are described, and applied to initiatives that seek to develop integrated approaches between child protection and domestic violence services. It is concluded that there is much scope for the two sectors to work closely together, but that the development of integrated responses involving both child protection and domestic violence services will take a significant commitment, level of determination, and stamina from both parties.     

The formation and outcomes of cohabiting and marital partnerships in early adulthood: the role of previous partnership experience

Summary.  We estimate a joint model of the formation and dissolution of cohabiting and marital unions among British women who were born in 1970. The focus of the analysis is the effect of previous cohabitation and marriage on subsequent partnership transitions. We use a multilevel simultaneous equations event history model to allow for residual correlation between the hazards of moving from an unpartnered state into cohabitation or marriage, converting a cohabiting union into marriage and dissolution of either form of union. A simultaneous modelling approach allows for the joint determination of these transitions, which may otherwise bias estimates of the effects of previous partnership outcomes on later transitions.     

‘Providing a Link with the Real World’: Learning from the Student Experience of Service User and Carer Involvement in Social Work Education

Social work has long placed an emphasis on involving users and carers in the education of practitioners, an emphasis driven by service users and carers themselves, the value base of social work, and by policy and legislation from successive governments and regulatory bodies. Recent changes in regulation and professional standards in social work suggest a continuing commitment to service user and carer involvement. This paper argues that in order to ensure a sustainable commitment, there needs to be greater evidence of the value and purpose of such involvement. Whilst there is a considerable body of literature on this issue in social work education, little focus is on any impact on current and future practice of social work students. The paper discusses a research project addressing this issue from the perspective of social work students. Findings suggest that the involvement of service users and carers in their training was perceived by students as overwhelmingly positive, should be enhanced and that they believed that these experiences were taken forward in their practice. The paper also identifies key points that could inform best educational practice.