Media Publicity and the Voluntary Sector: The Case of Nonprofit Organizations in New York City

Media publicity is an important resource for contemporary voluntary associations, but very little is actually known about the resources and organizational characteristics that are most important for getting media attention. To address this question, we collected and analyzed data on the organizational attributes and news publicity of 739 nonprofit organizations in New York City. We find that an organization's income, paid staff, membership size, and library resources are significantly related to getting media publicity, whereas the number of chapter affiliations is inversely related to publicity. Association type is also a significant factor that influences an organization's ability to get publicity. We discuss the implications that these findings have for current debates about advocacy and civic engagement in the nonprofit sector.     

A NOTE ON EVANESCENT PROCESSES

This note examines the connection between μ-invariant measures for the transition function of a continuous-time Markov chain and those of its q-matrix, Q. The major result establishes a necessary and aufficient condition for a convergent μ-invariant measure for Q to be μ-inhant for the minimal transition function, P, under the assumption that P is honest. This corrects Theorem 6 of Vere-Jones (1969) and the first part of Corollary 1 of Pollett (1986), both of which assert that the above conclusion holds in the absence of this condition. The error was pointed out by E.A. van Doom (1991) and the counterexample which be presented provides the basis for the present arguments. In determining where the error occurred in the original proof, we are able to identify a simple sufficient condition for μ-invariance.     

与时俱进 应势而变——浅议入世后我国高等职业教育发展的趋势

入世以后,必将对我国高等职业教育提出新的要求。高等职业教育必须顺应时代发展的趋势,与时俱进、应势而变,才能与时代同步。本文遵循以下思路展开:入世以后,对我国高等职业教育的发展趋势作一些前瞻性的探讨,在此基础上提出应对的措施。有利于我国高等职业教育主动地适应新形势发展的要求。     

实施网络外语教学应注重的问题

实施网络外语教学应注重的几个问题 ,一是要认真考虑使用网络的教学目的 ,二是网络交流应该结合课程目的而展开 ,三是不能低估网络使用中存在的困难 ,四是在进行网络外语教学时教师必须提供必要的帮助 ,五是要让学生参与确定网络课堂教学的计划和内容     

Religious Nongovernmental Organizations: An Exploratory Analysis

This paper represents the first systematic attempt at an analysis of religious nongovernmental organizations (RNGOs). Largely ignored as an organizational field, RNGOs constitute a new breed of religious actors shaping global policy–an organizational hybrid of religious beliefs and social activism at local, national, and international levels. This paper proposes a definition of RNGOs, traces the emergence of RNGOs from an historical perspective, and situates them in their current religious and sociopolitical contexts. Drawing on interviews and documentary data from a sample of 263 United Nations-affiliated RNGOs, the author proposes an analytical framework to examine the religious, organizational, strategic, and service dimensions of these organizations. Religious nongovernmental organizations' unique contributions to the redefinition of a just society as well as the sociopolitical challenges arising from their religious identity are discussed.     

交流电路参数的实用测量法研究

探讨了二端交流电路的R,L,C元件参数的测定,并研究了工频电路的等效电阻、等效电抗的测量方法。     

论重庆弱势群体的救助方略

在今天社会大变革、政府大转型之时,对弱势群体给予特殊的就业援助,对稳定社会具有重要的现实意义。为此,详实地分析了重庆市弱势群体的类型,以及市政府采取的及时有效的救援措施,并提出了一些相应对策。     

江苏省苏北新农村建设着力点探讨

江苏省苏北的新农村建设是一个惠及1 730多万农民的系统工程。建设苏北新农村关键是要把握六个着力点：促进农民增收,不断提高农民的生活水平;加大对苏北的扶贫开发力度,改善基本生产生活条件;加快农村经济结构调整,抓产业化发展,大力发展现代农业;加快苏北农村的基础设施建设;深入实施农村千万劳动力培训工程,用先进文化塑造新型农民,提高农民在新农村建设中的主体性和积极性;重视苏北农村的和谐社会建设。只有这样,才能真正推动苏北新农村建设的步伐,切实把握住确保江苏“两个率先目标”顺利实现的问题关键。     

高校师德建设的思考

师德建设事关高校办学方向和人才培养质量。在新时期客观分析师德建设状况,加强和改进师德建设是全面贯彻党的教育方针的重要保证,是培养社会主义事业建设者和接班人的必然要求。     

中国商业银行市场结构与市场绩效分析

目前,中国商业银行寡头垄断的市场结构仍十分明显。国有商业银行虽然维系了资产规模的垄断结构,却没能取得维系垄断结构所应获取的垄断优势效应。造成这种状况的主要原因在于中国商业银行的垄断格局并非是在市场竞争的结果,而主要是由历史因素、行政手段所导致的。商业银行的市场结构再造,必须在借助政府力量重组现有商业银行结构体系的同时,降低行业进入壁垒,导入有效竞争。