Social expenditures and public administration: are local social assistance costs in Sweden a matter of organisation?

Minas R. Social expenditures and public administration: are local social assistance costs in Sweden a matter of organisation?
Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 215–224 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. This study examines the connection between organisational factors and local social assistance expenditures in Swedish municipalities. The organisation of social assistance units, particularly those for the intake of social assistance inquirers, and the possible implications for local social assistance costs are highlighted. The study is based on interview data from medium‐sized Swedish municipalities combined with register data covering the years from 1997 to 2001. The results show that socioeconomic factors have an overall dominant effect, but also that organisational factors co‐vary with local social assistance expenditures. The results show a cost‐reducing effect for special intake units: firstly, when these units are analysed together with other forms of specialisation and secondly, when staff resources are taken into account. Thus, specialised intake organisation by itself does not play a cost‐reducing role, but does so in combination with certain other factors that characterise the internal organisation of the social welfare office.     

A longitudinal study of depressiveness in children in public care

Rajhvajn Bulat L. A longitudinal study of depressiveness in children in public care Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 412–423 © 2009 The Author, Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. The aim of this article is to analyse the challenges involved when making longitudinal observations of depressiveness in children raised in public care. The first measurement comprised 375 children from children's homes and foster families; however, most of the results are based on an analysis of the 139 children who participated in both parts of the research. We used the Child Depression Inventory and the anxiety/depression subscales of Youth Self Report and Child Behaviour Checklist as measures of depressiveness. The comparison of results from the first and second measurements showed that depressiveness in children in public care decreased over time. Children who grew up in children homes were, in the first measurement, more depressed than those living in foster families, but after five years that difference had disappeared. Furthermore, decrease in depressiveness is predominantly associated with less frequent delinquent, aggressive or hyperactive behaviour, less withdrawal and better control over uncomfortable emotions.     

论政府执行力和公信力

为深入贯彻落实科学发展观,坚持改革开放,推动科学发展,促进和谐发展,夺取全面建设小康社会新胜利,必须提高和增强政府执行力和公信力。因此,有必要研究政府执行力和公信力的关系,衡量政府执行力和公信力的指标体系,分析提升政府执行力和公信力的障碍因素,探寻增强政府执行力和公信力的路径。     

中国共产党民族理论创新的历史经验和重大意义

中国共产党成立90周年以来,党的民族理论创新和民族工作不仅取得伟大成就,而且积累了丰富的历史经验,这是我们宝贵的思想财富。认真总结建党以来党的民族工作和民族理论创新历史经验,对于正确认识和处理当前我国民族问题,做好新世纪新阶段民族工作,促进党的民族理论不断创新和发展,都具有重大的现实意义。     

风险社会与媒介表征

风险社会的形成与大众媒介表征密不可分:大众媒介通过拟态环境的构建,形成了公众的风险感知,促成了风险传播的蝴蝶效应.在此基础上,探讨媒介形成社会风险的三方面成因:价值层面上,媒介的社会整合功能不足,价值培养欠缺;制度层面上,公益节目欠缺,政府信息制度贯彻不力;内容层面上:网络媒介的风险长尾效应日渐突出.     

美苏对德政策与第一次柏林危机的缘起

第一次柏林危机是美苏冷战的产物,也是冷战起源问题研究中的重要课题。尽管苏联封锁柏林的行动直接挑起了危机对抗,但从战后国际格局转换的整体视角看,危机的缘起与战后初期美苏关系的变化和两国对德政策的演进之间存在着密切的逻辑关联。可以说,这次危机是战后初期美苏两国从盟友向对手转变过程中,围绕着如何处置德国问题而产生矛盾冲突的必然结果。     

Proportional reversed hazard rate model and its applications

The purpose of this paper is to study the structure and properties of the proportional reversed hazard rate model (PRHRM) in contrast to the celebrated proportional hazard model (PHM). The monotonicity of the hazard rate and the reversed hazard rate of the model is investigated. Some criteria of aging are presented and the inheritance of the aging notions (of the base distribution) by the PRHRM is studied. Characterizations of the model involving Fisher information are presented and the statistical inference of the parameters is discussed. Finally, it is shown that several members of the proportional reversed hazard rate class have been found to be useful and flexible in real data analysis.     

人才流动的增智效应对我国酒店业人才开发的启示

人才是酒店资源中最重要的资源,酒店的人才管理兼具投资性大和流动性强的特点,如何进行有效的人才投资、又防止人才过度流失是酒店人力资源开发和管理中的一个重要课题。按照人才流动的增智效应理论,人才的合理流动将带来酒店业的发展;即使显而易见的酒店业之间的人才流失,也会带来酒店人才开发管理中深层次的增智效应,必将有利于提升酒店管理水平和服务质量,并给出积极的应对策略。     

“危险驾驶”行为不宜独立设罪——对刑法修正案（八）第二十二条的评析

危险驾驶行为有巨大的社会危险性,刑法修正案（八）将飙车、醉酒驾驶等危险驾驶行为纳入刑法打击的范围,迎合了社会公众要求打击此类行为的舆论。但是,单独设立危险驾驶罪有悖刑法谦抑性,会造成刑法规范之间的不协调和实践操作上的困难。通过解释和完善现有刑法规范,完全可以满足对高危驾驶行为进行刑事处罚的需要。因此,在刑法中单设危险驾驶罪没有必要。     

Between Neo-liberalism and Neo-indigenismo: Reconstructing National Identity in Mexico

Heightened integration with the US coupled with the rise of an indigenous movement have challenged and strained long-held images regarding the US and the indigenous within Mexico. As a result, Mexico finds itself facing the difficult task of re-evaluating and reconstructing its national identity. This paper explores the traditional images of the US and the Indian shaping national identity in Mexico and the challenges posed today by neo-liberalism and neo-indigenismo. It sets out a range of current issues, explores the linkages and contradictions, and examines the state of national reform. Fundamentally, the paper strives to raise important theoretical questions and hence set the stage for further research into these issues.