Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

This paper analyses the extent to which the civil society organizations (CSOs) have influenced the decision‐making of the local government toward the needs and priorities of citizens. In development discourse, civil society organizations hold a significant importance as they are deemed to provide holistic and new ways to ensure participatory local governance. Therefore, their role against the backdrop of their involvement in mobilizing citizens’ involvement and influencing decision‐making in Pakistan calls for further research. This paper aims to fill this gap. Using qualitative research methods, the current paper appraises the role of CSOs in mobilizing public involvement in the decision‐making process of local government institutions of Punjab, Pakistan. The paper finds that the effectiveness of CSOs is very low due to various institutional and political constraints. Motivations for CSOs seeking citizen involvement have been instrumental in nature rather than motivated by participatory principles.     

Strengthening child and youth programs: A look at inter-organizational mentoring strategies

Community-based non-profit organizations rarely have access to research or evaluation evidence to inform their programs and often lack the capacity to gather or use this information independently. In 2016, Wisdom2Action—a network of knowledge mobilization (KMb) experts, policy makers and service providers across Canada—launched an inter-organizational mentorship program to facilitate the implementation and sharing of best and promising practices within community-based programs for young people. This article outlines the findings from a developmental evaluation of eight mentoring relationships. Drawing on the Promoting Action on Research in Health Sciences (PARiHS) model of KMb, we look at mentoring as a type of facilitation that supports the increased use of evidence and evaluation information by non-profit organizations and identify key themes that support effective organizational mentorship in this sector. Findings reinforce the importance of establishing connected relationships and understanding context in mentoring relationships, creating adaptive and responsive work plans, ensuring consistent communication, and maintaining a focus on capacity-building if knowledge mobilization is to occur.     

Evaluation and Evaluative Rigor in the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit organizations are under more pressure than ever to provide “rigorous” evidence of program impact. However, as expectations for rigorous evidence rise, many nonprofits struggle with challenges that inhibit evaluation. Recognizing these trends and tensions, this study identifies catalysts and obstacles to evaluation activity and the correlates of evaluative rigor among US nonprofits based on a national survey of registered public charities (n = 311). Results reveal that the most important catalysts to evaluation include the desire to improve program effectiveness and legitimacy, while the most important obstacles include insufficient time and money. Moreover, regression analysis finds that evaluation appears to be most rigorous when (1) evaluation is a priority, (2) a supportive organizational culture exists, (3) management requires evaluation, (4) evaluation is not primarily motivated by personal interest, and (5) evaluation is likely to reveal success. Overall, intrinsically motivated evaluation appears to be more rigorous than externally mandated evaluation, suggesting that stakeholders should work to help capacitate receptive nonprofits to improve evaluative rigor instead of imposing external requirements.     

反全球化人士反对美国在三大国际组织中的霸权及其对中国的启示

反全球化人士反对美国充当世界贸易组织、国际货币基金组织和世界银行这三大主要国际组织的高级裁判的缘由提供给中国创建和谐世界的启迪主要有：中国要把握与美国建立良性互动关系这一重要环节,加强与美国在主要国际组织中的合作,要采取灵活务实的策略处理与三大国际组织的关系,要致力于创建合理的国际经济秩序,要致力于增加发展中国家在国际金融组织中的发言权和代表性。     

论农村党组织带头人成长的基本规律

准确把握农村基层党组织带头人成长的基本规律对于推进农村基层党组织建设,促进广大农村的科学发展具有十分重要的意义。这些规律主要有本土生成规律,公认促成规律,组织养成规律,优胜共长规律,反哺助长规律,能绩相长规律,标杆引导规律和质数相应规律等。优秀村党组织带头人的健康成长正是这些基本规律综合作用的结果。     

大学基层学术组织权力运行的“协商模式”

大学基层学术组织是大学的细胞,在大学纵向结构中承担着最基本的教学、科研、咨询服务职能。针对大学基层学术组织权力运行问题,创新性提出以"协商模式"来平衡和协调大学基层学术组织不同群体间的权力关系,探索了"协商模式"的逻辑基础、平台建设和保障机制。     

农村党组织创新公共服务职能:背景、路径与经验——基于豫西Z村的个案分析

农村社区化建设和公共服务下沉要求农村党组织进行功能转型,创新公共服务职能。豫西Z村党组织在公共服务职能建设中进行了创新实践,表现为建立"民事村办"服务体制、实施"金喇叭"和"金钥匙"工程三个方面,并形成了以服务为导向、党员为主体、村民为动力三位一体的公共服务建设的个案经验。总体来看,Z村党组织创新实践的个案经验属于自我生长型的草根经验,这种草根经验不同于政府主导型经验,它来源于农村和农民,在实践中更具有生命力和适用性。     

社区社会组织与社区治理结构转型

针对中国社区社会组织与社区治理问题,采用规范分析的方法,对"社区社会组织"的基本要义及其社会功能进行了简要概述,并在此基础上全面分析了社区社会组织在社区治理结构中的作用。最后得出结论:社区社会组织的发育与成长对社区治理结构转型具有战略性意义,政府应为社区社会组织的发育与成长提供充分的社会空间和资源支撑。     

农村基层党组织建设的历史回顾与经验启示

农村基层党组织历来是中国共产党在农村全部工作和战斗力的基础,重视农村基层组织建设是中国共产党基层党组织建设工作的一贯作风。无论是民主革命时期、社会主义革命和建设时期,还是改革开放的新时期,中国共产党带领全国各族人民取得的一个又一个胜利,这与党的农村基层组织建设的一贯性与有效性是分不开的。当前我们正处于建设社会主义新农村的新阶段,对中国共产党农村基层党建进行历史回顾,对于加强新时期农村基层党组织建设,夯实党在农村的执政基础,具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。     

非营利组织市场导向与组织绩效的关系研究

通过分析来自223家非营利组织的问卷调查数据,开发并检验了中国本土化的非营利组织市场导向量表,包括顾客导向、信息收集、内部协调、行动反应和强调生存5个维度.同时借鉴平衡计分卡的思想,开发了非营利组织绩效评价问卷,为研究非营利组织市场导向与绩效间的关系提供了可信赖的测量工具.实证结果显示,非营利组织市场导向对绩效有正向的影响作用,并且市场导向的不同组成维度对绩效的影响存在差异性.