A CANONICAL ANALYSIS OF MANAGERIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR METHODOLOGY AND POLICY*

The present study uses canonical analysis to examine the contingency model of organizations in the nursing home field. Data on environmental pressures and managerial practices relevant to the decision-making process are analyzed. Results support the theory that managerial practices are contingent on environmental pressures. The implications of these results for health-care decision makers and for future assessments of managerial-environmental relationships are discussed.     

试析存在论视域的先秦道家审美观

从存在主义哲学的视野辨析先秦道家学说的存在论本质.道家的审美观念是基于"道境"的生存论体验,对"道境"的体悟决定了其对"本真美"的言说方式.这与儒家的审美观形成了鲜明的对比.     

论邓小平理论产生的主观条件

邓小平之所以能够成为当代中国马克思主义的创立者,是与他个人所具有的特殊主观条件和非凡的个人素质密不可分的,主要体现在四个方面一是他具有在个人政治生涯中"三落三起"的坎坷命运和特殊经历;二是他具有在党的两代中央领导集体中举足轻重的历史作用和特殊地位;三是他具有在马克思主义中国化历程中开拓新境界的非凡智慧和特殊勇气;四是他具有在长期革命实践中锤炼出来的鲜明的革命风格和特殊品质。     

科学发展观思想的形成过程及其内涵

科学发展观思想是我们党在新世纪、新阶段从党和国家事业发展的全局出发;提出的一个带有根本性指导意义的理论。是我们党对建设中国特色社会主义初级阶段理论认识的深化。它丰富和发展了邓小平理论关于社会主义建设的理论。     

西方政党体制理论:一种比较观点

本文较全面地评述了包括政党的界定与分类、政党的功能、政党体制及其不同类型划分、政党政治前景等方面的西方政党体制理论,并在此视角下比较了欧美国家政党对现时代条件下面临的一系列组织与功能难题的不同回应形式,提出相对于美国政党体制基本上只是从政党组织功能与政策主张方面所作出的局部调整,那么,欧洲政党与政党体制涵盖了组织机构、意识形态和政党格局等诸多方面的回应似乎更深刻些.     

石油英语学术语篇作者自我身份构建研究

身份构建是石油学术语篇中体现作者在该领域贡献的重要方式。为了解英语学术语篇中作者身份的构建手段及其语用功能,收集了SPE（石油工程师协会）英语论文50篇,采用Wordsmith5．0进行检索,研究国外学者如何在石油学术语篇中建构其作者身份,并以“面子保全”理论分析其语用功能。结果表明,第一人称复数各种形式是最重要的建构手段,在不同语境中实现不同语用功能;第三人称抽象名词在建构中占据重要地位,实现了与人称代词不同的语用功能;介词短语也是建构手段之一,同样体现了作者的主体地位。     

Inference in a Binary Response Model with Applications to Data Analysis*

Standard errors of the coefficients of a logistic regression (a binary response model) based on the asymptotic formula are compared to those obtained from the bootstrap through Monte Carlo simulations. The computer intensive bootstrap method, a nonparametric alternative to the asymptotic estimate, overestimates the true value of the standard errors while the asymptotic formula underestimates it. However, for small samples the bootstrap estimates are substantially closer to the true value than their counterpart derived from the asymptotic formula. The methodology is discussed using two illustrative data sets. The first example deals with a logistic model explaining the log-odds of passing the ERA amendment by the 1982 deadline as a function of percent of women legislators and the percent vote for Reagan. In the second example, the probability that an ingot is ready to roll is modelled using heating time and soaking time as explanatory variables. The results agree with those obtained from the simulations. The value of the study to better decision making through accurate statistical inference is discussed.     

Celebrating the 21st anniversary of empowerment evaluation with our critical friends

This special topic edition of E&PP presents the insights of luminaries in the field who have helped shape empowerment evaluation with their critiques, concerns, and congratulations. We celebrate their contributions to empowerment evaluation. This special topic edition of E&PP presents their comments about an evaluation approach that, according to president Stewart Donaldson, has “gone viral” across the globe (Donaldson, 2015).To set the stage for these critical friends’ comments, additional context for their discussion is provided. In addition, this special topic edition concludes with a brief comment on their thoughts.     

Evaluating social exclusion interventions in university-community partnerships

Most university-community partnerships (UCPs) involve elements of community-level social exclusion interventions. As such, they face substantial challenges in management and evaluation. This paper highlights the central challenges associated with evaluation of UCP and other social exclusion interventions at the community level, and suggests methods to overcome them. The main body of the paper presents a case study based on a four-year action research involving evaluation of a social exclusion intervention initiated and implemented by a UCP in Israel. The case study highlights the challenges faced by the evaluation team, the solutions provided, and the contribution of the evaluation to improvement and accountability.     

Traditional,Problem-Solving and Critical Theory: An Analysis of Horkheimer and Cox's Setting of the ‘Critical’ Divide

Abstract

Robert W. Cox's dictum that ‘(t)heory is for someone and for some purpose’ (emphasis in the original) is said to be the most-quoted line in International Relations (IR) theory. Yet whilst this spurred a revolution in critical thinking in IR, it echoed a far older conception of Critical Theory advanced by Max Horkheimer in the 1930s that claimed there is ‘no theory of society?…?that does not contain political motivations'. Both sentiments emphasize the relation between knowledge and human interests, and yet both formulate two distinct—though allied—ways of approaching ‘critical’ theorizing. In order to understand the similarities and differences in their approaches, this paper draws out three loci of difference between Cox and Horkheimer regarding the question of emancipation: (i) the epistemological relation between ‘critical’ and ‘Problem-Solving’ (Cox) or ‘Traditional Theory’ (Horkheimer); (ii) the emphasis placed on transformation and historical process; and (iii) the importance of intersubjectivity in how each approach emancipation. It is argued that by actively combining critical (dialectical) approaches across the social sciences, broadening human agency through civilizational dialogue, and retaining a commitment to emancipatory (and visionary) political futures based on human association, that Critical International Theory can maintain ongoing relevance in IR.