俄罗斯联邦检察权性质初探

在俄罗斯,有关检察机关在国家机关体系中地位和角色问题的争论一直没有停止过。理论界和实务界普遍认为检察机关是行使监督权的国家机关。各家学说争执的焦点在于这种监督性质的权力应当归属于哪个国家权力分支。     

人大监督不力的制度原因探析

人大监督权运作正常与否被看成是衡量人大制度健康与否的重要标志。现阶段,我国各级人大较为普遍地存在着监督权不到位、监督不力的现象,这极大地消解了国家权力机关的权威、弱化了其地位。造成这一状况的制度原因主要有：党的领导和人大权力关系未能理顺;人大代表的筛选与监控机制失灵;人大代表履职监督机制还不够健全等。为此,解决人大监督不力、提高人大监督实效,要从制度建设入手,通过制度变革来形成合力,改变人大监督的政治生态环境,健全人大制度、强化人大监督,推动人大制度的健康发展。     

新时期社会转型的中国经验——新时期社会转型与和谐社会构建问题战略层面上的比较价值

中国新时期社会转型与和谐社会构建问题,是中国经济社会发展进程中提出和探索的具有全局性、战略性的双重命题,是对我国现代社会发展规律的基本认识,也是对中国改革与发展进程的一种新的理解.这双重命题必须同时上升为执政党和政府的时代性理念,必须置于中国特色社会主义这一"核心主题"的主流分析框架之下;必须从同等程度意义上,上升为执政党和政府的战略性决策层面;改革开放30年的今天,迫切需要分析中国特色社会主义的现代社会转型与和谐社会构建的内在联系;必须从真理性与价值性之统一的角度解析中国特色的现代社会转型与和谐社会构建问题双重命题的同等程度范畴的现实价值.     

政府干预理论:证券监管的必要性和适度性

证券市场具有市场的一般特征,同时具有高风险和高效集资的独有特征.当证券市场同样面临市场失灵的问题时,政府监管部门有责任对市场进行有效干预.在政府宏观干预理论视域下,结合一般市场与证券市场的共性与特性之比较,探讨证券监管的必要性及证券监管"度"的把握,对于优化证券市场具有一定的理论意义和现实意义.     

新会计准则下会计监督体系的改革与创新

实践证明,新会计准则的实施在总体上是顺利的.但与旧准则体系相比,新会计准则尤其是涉及公允价值引入的多项会计准则的内容变化很大,且操作性较差,给企业和会计人员提供了更多的"机会".这种变化对目前会计监督体系提出了严峻挑战.为此,本文提出了更新监督理念、优化会计监督模式、转变监督重点、创新监督方式、整合人力资源等建议.     

论民族自治县级政府行政执行过程中的监督制约

行政执行是整个行政运行系统的一个重要环节.自治县级政府政策执行必然会受到来自政治系统内外的各种政治与行政权力和社会力量的监督和约束.在现行的体制下,当前自治县级监督机关在人事、财政、福利等方面与执行机关有着密切的利益依附关系,难以有效地对政府行政执行过程进行全方位的监督.为此,有必要通过相关体制的改革和制度安排以建立协调统一、高效灵活的自治县级政府行政执行监督机制,从而更好地对政府执行进行监督与制约.     

The role of empathy in training social work students in motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing (MI), an evidence-based approach with empathy as a key principle, effectively addresses client concerns found in the child welfare population. Training social workers in MI, and to be empathic, would increase the likelihood of better service delivery. Live supervision (LS) is a form of training that provides real-time feedback by clinical supervisors. This randomized comparison trial compared the effectiveness of LS or Teaching as Usual (TAU) on empathy in 54 MSW and BSW social work students. TAU involved students receiving online modules and assigned readings. Data were collected at baseline, after the interventions, and at five months follow-up. Differences in perceived empathy and empathic behaviors were measured by the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) and Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ). The study also assessed whether demographic variables or perceived empathy (TEQ) predicted empathic behaviors (MITI). Results indicate that, while both groups improved on empathy as measured by the MITI and TEQ, the LS group demonstrated more improvement. Demographic variables had no impact on empathy. The TEQ and MITI also did not demonstrate predictability suggesting the complexity of measuring empathy. The implications for social work education and future training are discussed.     

Are We Making the Most of Learning From the Practice Placement?

It is almost universally accepted within social work education that placements are a defining feature of training and ‘… have a more profound and lasting impact than classroom teaching’. Consequently the placement is regarded as the signature pedagogy in social work education. However, it is also asserted that universities pay little attention to this aspect of teaching and concerns about a ‘significant level of disjunction between academic and practice learning’ are expressed.

The development of a new distance learning MA social work programme in which units are studied alongside part-time placements afforded opportunities for innovation in curriculum delivery, alongside increasing connections with learning on placement. Practice educators were invited to respond to an online mixed methods survey exploring their perceptions of the programme and views as to how greater integration of academic and practice learning can be achieved in social work education generally. Analysis of the results identified the important role which supervision with the practice educator can play in integrating learning on placement with the academic curriculum. The paper concludes that a greater focus on learning from practice may offer opportunities to maximise the learning potential of the placement as social work's signature pedagogy.     

Restoring Meaning to Supervision Through a Peer Consultation Group in Rural Australia

The establishment of a cross-discipline peer consultation group in regional Australia is described. A research project, which explored the impact of the peer consultation on participants, using pre-group and post-group evaluation surveys along with data from an externally facilitated group evaluation session is discussed. Key findings reveal the value of access to varied modes of supervision; the importance of supervision not feeling like being subjected to surveillance; and the contribution that positive experiences of peer consultation have for our participants' well-being. The potential for improved connection and mutual benefits for practice and academia in sponsorship of professional peer consultation by regional universities also emerges from this research. The effectiveness of contemporary workplace counselling supervision arrangements, and of what, precisely, the enjoyment of engaging in case discussions in peer consultation groups is constituted are areas for more exploration.