Reorganizing Social Policies through Social Partnerships: Greece in European Perspective

In postwar Western Europe social policies in the wider sense relied in many countries on neo‐corporatist policies of implementation. Since the 1980s such policies have ceased to be as dominant as they used to be, being associated with what has been called “policy communities” and “policy networks”. As far as the reforms pursued by many countries in order to readjust their economies and labour markets are concerned, significant shifts of such a kind were observed. Illustrations of these trends are presented in a comparative section. We attempt to demonstrate the dual structures of social policy formation and implementation, i.e. neo‐corporatist and network/policy community policies, and to discuss the “how” of such policies, i.e. their “raison d’être” and their “real world” enforcement. Against a background of various semi‐corporatisms and adversarial trade union politics, Greece is trying at the moment to adopt this pattern in several social policy areas, though this is not yet quite visible. Neo‐corporatism is also enhanced. We attempt to show where neo‐corporatism is tried (e.g. certain “social dialogue” structures) and where policy communities are encouraged (e.g. public health, local social policies, etc.). Sometimes the boundaries between the two systems are blurred, with some social dialogue committees appearing as quasi‐policy communities. Finally we endeavour to examine the outcomes of such policies and to see their inner logic against the theoretical background. The concept of multilevel governance as a wider policy instrument which incorporates both the above systems is of special interest here.     

Hypothesis Testing in Functional Comparative Calibration Models

The purpose of this article is to investigate hypothesis testing in functional comparative calibration models. Wald type statistics are considered which are asymptotically distributed according to the chi-square distribution. The statistics are based on maximum likelihood, corrected score approach, and method of moment estimators of the model parameters, which are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normally distributed. Results of analytical and simulation studies seem to indicate that the Wald statistics based on the method of moment estimators and the corrected score estimators are, as expected, less efficient than the Wald type statistic based on the maximum likelihood estimators for small n. Wald statistic based on moment estimators are simpler to compute than the other Wald statistics tests and their performance improves significantly as n increases. Comparisons with an alternative F statistics proposed in the literature are also reported.     

服务外包产业统计标准研究

 自2006年商务部启动服务外包产业“千百十工程”以来,我国服务外包产业在提高规模、吸引人才、培养企业、完善环境等方面都取得了巨大成就。目前商务部已出台了若干政策完善服务外包统计管理,然而业界对统计数据仍持不同观点,为此规范产业统计标准意义重大。本文在对比借鉴国际知名机构统计标准基础上,提出了完善服务外包产业边界及分类的建议,同时对我国服务外包统计工作做出展望。     

US/Spanish comparisons on temporary immigrant workers: implications for policy development and community practice Trabajadores inmigrantes temporales en los EEUU y España: implicaciones para el desarrollo de políticas sociales y servicios comunitarios

Issues of immigration policy have recently become a central preoccupation of citizens, policy makers and law enforcement agencies throughout the globe. This paper addresses the commonalities and differences in policy and services experienced by temporary workers in the US and Spain, focusing on the South-western US and Andalusia. Laws and regulations affecting temporary workers in both countries are reviewed. Implications for social service providers are drawn and contrasted.

Problemas relacionados a las políticas inmigratorias se han transformado en una preocupación central de los políticos, la policía migratoria y los administradores de programas sociales en muchos países del mundo. Este artículo se enfoca en las similitudes y diferencias en políticas de servicios que afectan a los trabajadores inmigrantes temporales en los EEUU y España, concentrándose principalmente en el Sur-oeste de los EEUU y Andalucía. Se describen las leyes principales que afectan a estos trabajadores en ambos países y se discuten las implicaciones de esta situación para los trabajadores sociales.     

世界性视野中的“中国模式”——现代中国学之政治研究的方法论问题

现代中国处在“古今”(传统与现代化)“中外”(东西方文明)矛盾的焦点上,原本存在着时空差距的问题同时出现在当下的中国,因而对中国政治的研究必须考虑综合性的和历史性的因素,而不是“单一的”或“纯粹的”理论研究。这意味着方法有时比理论更重要,因为彻底贯彻某种理论往往在遭遇困境时难以调转航向。我们处在全球化的时代,全球化的文化多样性具有“透视主义”的特征,不同文化的世界观不仅是透视性的,而且是开放的,由此而形成无限的文化多样性。世界性的视野要求将中国或任何一个国家置于世界性的背景下,在其与所有国家之间的关系或关联中把握文化或文明的普遍性与特殊性,坚持一种世界性背景下的多元化立场。     

马克思与罗尔斯:既有研究与未来展望

在现代西方政治哲学兴起和中国社会现实发展的背景下,中国的政治哲学研究在上世纪90年代以来得到了迅速发展。现代西方政治哲学的兴起与发展以罗尔斯《正义论》的出版及其受到的挑战为主导线索,中国社会现实的发展以马克思主义为其理论指导。在此背景下,马克思与罗尔斯的政治哲学比较就成了国内学者关注的一个重要话题,本文拟就国内既有研究做一粗略总结并由此展望中国政治文明建设需要关注的几个问题。     

中、美、日国家信息政策比较研究

中国在对信息政策的认识上,在信息政策的目标上,在信息管理体制上,在信息政策的内容上,都相对落后于美国和日本.为此,我们要借鉴美、日的成功经验,并结合我国国情,尽快在提高认识的基础上,制定具有中国特色的国家信息政策.     

社会政策视角的中西社会和谐理论比较研究

采用比较社会政策视角探讨中西社会和谐理论具有开创性的意义。从社会政策理论发展中提炼出的社会和谐概念在现代社会背景下具有关系和制度两方面的重要性;社会和谐实践发展成为了三个互相关联的层面:经济的、社会的和政治的;在这个基础上建构出了三种意识形态理论下的社会和谐理论:自由主义的、保守主义的和社会民主主义的社会和谐观。中国政府发展出了具有本土意义的和谐社会观。如果把它与三种建构了的社会和谐观进行比较,就会发现它既有与西方和谐观相似的内容,又具有不同的发展。从社会政策的视角出发,改变国家角色的作用对建设和谐社会具有重要的意义。     

中国对外直接投资发展与动态比较优势增进研究——基于企业家才能拓展的视角

在全球化中,我国为了迎接日趋激烈的国际市场竞争,必须更好地发挥自己的比较优势.但仅凭劳动力等初级要素参与国际分工难以避免面临"低端锁定"、落入"比较利益陷阱"的不利局面,而对外直接投资的发展有助于我国提升以"know-how"为主要知识结构的企业家才能,并通过二者的良性互动实现生产要素在全球范围的配置优化,重新布局产业价值链的生产经营环节,增进动态比较优势.本文揭示了中国企业基于对外直接投资形成的动态比较优势可通过企业家才能的拓展而具有"双重性"、"互补协同性"、"内生性"的特征,从而使该优势的增进可持续.这一新视角可为比较优势理论增添新的内涵,增强其现实解释力,从而为全球化中我国扭转参与国际分工的不利地位、提升开放经济的质量提供有益思路.     

一部探寻古典文学当代意义的研究力作——读《两宋休闲词研究》

近年来已经有相当多的研究者意识到研究选题的高密度重复,并迎难而上,极大地推进了古典文学研究领域的拓展,展现了古典文学研究的新格局与新气象。由中国社会科学出版社出版的张翠爱博士的新著《两宋休闲词研究》即是这样的一部著作。《两宋休闲词研究》虽然是一部严肃的古典文学研究著作,但其研究两宋休闲词,意在剖析其中的休闲精神和价值情趣,并揭示其有益于当代人的现代意义。