Siting Noxious Facilities: A Test of the Facility Siting Credo

Over the past decade it has become increasingly difficult to site noxious facilities, despite the fact that there is a growing need to do so. To address this problem, a set of guidelines for a fairer, wiser, and more workable siting process—the Facility Siting Credo—was developed during a National Facility Siting Workshop in 1990. This paper presents an empirical test of these guidelines. A questionnaire based on the Credo was completed by stakeholders in 29 waste facility siting cases, both successful and unsuccessful, across the United States and Canada. Using an independent determination of outcome (success), a preliminary ranking of the importance of various Credo principles was obtained. The data reveal that establishing trust between the developer and host community is an important factor in facilitating the siting process. The siting process is most likely to be successful when the community perceives the facility design to be appropriate and to satisfy its needs. Public participation also is seen to be an important process variable, particularly if it encourages a view that the facility best meets community needs. Moreover, a siting process where communities volunteer to host facilities is an approach that holds promise for meeting many of these key success criteria.     

论加入WTO后我国行政文化的发展

加入WTO之后 ,我国行政文化中的规则意识、开放意识和“民本位”意识将会得到强化。然而行政文化的复杂性决定了入世后我国行政文化的发展和重塑将是一个渐进过程 ,不可能一蹴而就。这需要人们尤其是各级政府及其行政人员自觉实践江泽民同志所提出的“三个代表”重要思想 ,与时俱进、开拓创新 ,推动我国行政文化的发展与时代特征保持高度和谐     

中国大陆行政处罚及其走势

在国家法律制裁体系中 ,在行政处罚概念的基础上 ,笔者将分析中国大陆行政处罚的特征和构成要素 ,系统并简要地介绍大陆处罚法的内容及基本制度 ,预测大陆行政处罚法的发展走势     

论行政执法的新闻媒体监控

行政机关是代表国家行使行政权力的机关,其在行使权力过程中必须受到全方位的监控才能保证权力行使的正当性。这种监控既有来自行政系统内部的监控,也有来自行政系统外部的监控。新闻媒体监控属于行政执法的外部监控形式之一。新闻媒体监控包括对行政机关的行政决策进行监控和对行政执法过程进行监控,侧重于对行政执法过程的监控。这种监控目前尚存在诸多问题,需要从立法、政务公开、优化新闻监督环境和提高新闻媒体工作人员的职业素质等方面加以完善。     

试析我国古代荐举与科举选官制的利弊

我国古代的选官制度历史悠久,经历了禅让制、世袭制、军功爵制、荐举制、九品中正制和科举取士制等发展阶段。以隋唐为分界线将其分为"荐举"与"科举"两种制度,比较分析两者之间的利弊得失,以期对今天的用人制度有所借鉴。     

我国行政伦理失范成因的社会文化环境分析

当前我国行政伦理失范的重要成因之一是几千年来我国传统文化对人们私人选择和公共选择行为的作用。文章试图通过对中国传统文化中的"官本位"、"人伦文化"以及"非规则化的规则化"3个部分来解释当前行政人员伦理失范行为的文化基础,指出正确地认识社会文化环境在当前发挥的强大惯性和运作基础,对于我国行政伦理的重构具有重要的现实意义。     

Global and multiple test procedures using ordered p-values—a review

This paper reviews global and multiple tests for the combination ofn hypotheses using the orderedp-values of then individual tests. In 1987, Röhmel and Streitberg presented a general method to construct global level α tests based on orderedp-values when there exists no prior knowledge regarding the joint distribution of the corresponding test statistics. In the case of independent test statistics, construction of global tests is available by means of recursive formulae presented by Bicher (1989), Kornatz (1994) and Finner and Roters (1994). Multiple test procedures can be developed by applying the closed test principle using these global tests as building blocks. Liu (1996) proposed representing closed tests by means of “critical matrices” which contain the critical values of the global tests. Within the framework of these theoretical concepts, well-known global tests and multiple test procedures are classified and the relationships between the different tests are characterised.     

Administrative Reform and Style of Work Behavior: Adaptors-Innovators

In this paper the situation of Iranian reform agents from their style of work behavior point of view (such as problem solving and decision making) is analyzed.The assessment is based on a modified version of Kirton's theory of adaptors and innovators (modified KAI). The purpose of this study is to see whether the reform agents were seen as innovative enough to bring about fundamental changes in Iranian bureaucracy. The study of work behavior makes a difference in how people approach, solve and communicate problems, and therefore, may influence the success of reform program. Although the results indicate that the reform program was not perceived as having been as successful as expected, however, about 75 percent of Iranian reform agents could be categorized as innovative-inclined. The level of education and age account for little of the variance in the responses. Differences in the (modified) KAI mean scores of the agents of reform working in different organizations may explain some communication problems.     

学校“素质体育”内涵刍议

在新形势下,"应试体育"已经不能适应素质教育的要求,学校体育应实施"素质体育"教育,即以"健康第一"为体育指导思想,以体育文化素质教育为导向,以体育心理素质教育为中介,以增强身体素质为目的,全面培养学生,造就合格的创造性人才.     

行政复议法律秩序重构

仅从补漏的角度提出完善行政复议制度的建议并不能使行政复议制度走出困境,使之走出困境的出路在于必须从整体上考虑对整个行政复议秩序进行重构。行政复议法律秩序重构的基本思路:目的上必须着眼于建立以行政救济、权利保障为核心的制度体系;主体上必须着眼于实现在行政组织内部的独立;程序上必须着眼于实现资源整合基础上的多样化;监督上必须着眼于实现内部和外部监督的结合。以此基本思路从组织、管辖、程序、监督及救济方面提出了相应的具体构想。