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A survey of agency chief executives in Hong Kong found that they perceive themselves to have high levels of policy autonomy. This could be interpreted in two ways: either that agency chiefs perceive they can exert power over their 'principals' through taking advantage of information asymmetries and by adopting other stratagems to evade supervision; or that they feel they possess influence through mutually supportive participation in policy-making with their supervising bureau officials and principal officials (or 'ministers'). The institutional context of Hong Kong's administrative state, in particular the integrated and inclusive nature of the civil service career system; the absence of an elected political leadership; and the key representational roles played by various boards and panels associated with agencies, makes the second interpretation more plausible. In support of this argument, evidence is drawn from interviews with senior officials in seven Hong Kong agencies, supported by case study material. We find evidence of a number of aspects of the policy roles of agencies which are mutually agreed, rational adaptations to this institutional context, such as partitioning the policy field (when the political executive and the supervising policy bureau formally or informally vacate part of the policy field and delegate it to the agency); filling a policy vacuum (when the political executive voluntarily vacates the field altogether); and acting in a segmented policy process (when agencies are allowed to take the lead in agenda-setting and/or exercise high levels of flexibility and adaptability in the implementation process). These features of relations between agencies, policy bureaus and the political executive are not the product of principal–agent conflict but of mutual cooperation and adaptation.

The objective of the work is to review the implications of the implementation of state guardianship policy in the Primorsky territory of the Russian Federation. The institution of the family is the most important factor for the development of the child's personality; its role is constantly growing in the development and education of children. Without a doubt, the family is a natural educational environment for a child who leaves his mark on his behavior and character. A special place in the modern legal system is occupied by the aspect of the right of the child and the protection of the interest that is left without the care of the parents. Methodologically, use was made of the documentary research technique close to legal hermeneutics. It is concluded that the guardianship and guardianship bodies perform a series of important functions for any civilized state, namely: identification of people who need to establish one of the forms of guardianship (adoption); adoption of such persons, as well as increased supervision of the guardian, the activities of the adoptive parents and of persons authorized by the state to care for those who need their help.

Item 1016-A, 1016-B (microfiche). ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This study investigated the communication skills needed by provosts for effective management of Colleges of Education in Kwara State. The study was a descriptive survey study. It was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The population of the study comprised the academic staff and NCE students in the three Colleges of Education owned by Kwara State Government. In all, there are 426 academic staff and 7,500 NCE students in the three colleges. The samples consisted of 100 academic staff and 250 NCE students drawn proportionately from the three colleges. An instrument constructed by the researchers, titled: Provosts' Communication Skills for Effective Management Questionnaire (PCSEMQ) was used for data collection. Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test statistics were used to analyse the data collected. The result of data analysis revealed the problems caused by poor usage of communication skills to include the decrease in the standard of Nigeria Certificate in Education; lack of sustainability of College's good track record; lack of adequate control of staff and students; neglect of staff welfare and non-provision of grant for research and publications; poor supervision and monitoring of college's activities; disruption of college environment making it difficult for lecturers to achieve their goals maximally; etc. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made which include the use of clear and concise language by provosts, constant use of face-to-face communication and the provosts being active listeners.

Since the mid-1960s Eastem Europe has realized that the achievement of secularized goals in a modern society requires decentralization of decision-making power and that political stability and economic progress demand in stitutional opportunities for interest articulation. Such considerations emerged in China after the Cultural Revolution when Deng Xiaoping introduced the Four Modemizations as the guiding ideology. To improve the people's living standards and eliminate bureaucratism and cadre privileges, the Chinese reformers appreciated the significance of socialist democracy and restored local elections. A revised Electoral Law was adopted in 1979. But its implementation encountered resistance from conservative cadres and a backward political culture. Elections in China today only play a limited role in mobilization, political education and socialization, integration, legitimation and influence on public policy. Direct elections at the county level and below, however, provide better interest articulation and aggregation and supervision of local governments. The expansion of enterprise autonomy and the division of labour between the Party and state will, hopefully, establish a more direct relationship between elections in basic production units and the people's immediate material interests. This will cultivate a more advanced participatory political culture, and its development will be closely related to reforms of the economic system.

This paper examines some of the major ideational aspects of Timor-Leste's foreign policy orientation in the post-independence period. Drawing upon the constructivist accounts of state behaviour, the paper situates Timorese leaders' foreign policy decisions in the broader context of their search to position the fledging nation in the global political order. It argues that Timor-Leste's insecure state identity has shaped its leaders' foreign policy preferences in the post-independence period. This identity can be examined by separating it into two parts: the construction of spatial boundaries and the creation of a temporal "other". The former is evidenced by the leadership's rhetorical emphasis on the country's Portuguese heritage and their prioritisation of ASEAN membership, both of which are closely related to the consolidation of the young nation's political and cultural identity. The creation of a temporal other, as illustrated by the rise of political discourse emphasising sovereignty, reflects a wider transitional process that is embedded in the country's transformation from colony to independent state under international supervision as well as the state's transformation from "fragile" or "failing" to "stable". A detailed analysis of the basic aspects of Timor-Leste's insecurities as a constitutive element of its foreign policy becomes instrumental to understanding the country's nation-state-building experience since its separation from Indonesia in 1999, as it enters a new phase of socio-political structuring following the withdrawal of the international security presence in 2012. (JCSA/GIGA)

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 83 H401-7 ; Microfiche. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The article is devoted to a new type of emergency situations — the situation created as a result of the spread of a disease that poses a danger to others. The article considers the norms of Federal laws that regulate issues related to the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), analyzes the powers of the Federal Executive body authorized to solve problems in the field of protecting the population and territories from emergencies, and the chief state sanitary doctors who head the Federal Executive body responsible for organizing and implementing Federal state sanitary and epidemiological supervision, and its territorial bodies for the subjects of the Russian Federation. As a result of the analysis, proposals were formulated to amend the Federal laws "On the protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies" and "On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population", allowing to establish restrictions on the rights and freedoms of individuals and organizations in accordance with the requirements established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as to provide compensation in return for the restrictions imposed

Vols. I-XIX include roster of soldiers, vol. XX-XXI, sailors, and vol. XXII, marines. ; Compiled under the direction of the governor, the secretary of state, and the adjutant general, vol. I-XXI (also the military registrar, vol. XXII-XXIII) The preparation of the roster was under the direction and supervision of the adjutant general. ; I. Aab-Bei. 1926.--II. Bel-Bru. 1929.--III. Bru-Col. 1926.--IV. Col-Dic. 1926.--V. Dic-Fin. 1926.--VI. Fin-Gon. [1926]--VII. Gon-Hel. [1926]--VIII. Hel-Jac. [1926]--IX. Jac-Koe. [1926]--X. Koe-Luc. [1926]--XI. Luc-Mec. [1926]-XII. Mce-Nes. [1926]--XIII. Nes-Pok. [1926]--XIV. Pok-Ros. [1928]--XV. Ros-Sha. [1928]--XVI. Shay-Ste. [1928]--XVII. Ste-Tys. [1928]--XVIII. Tys-Wil. [1928]--XIX. Wil-Zwy. [1928]--XX. Aab-Lau. [1928]--XXI. Lau-Zwi. [1929]--XXII. Aba-Zup. [1929]--XXIII. Addenda. [1929] ; Mode of access: Internet.

Educational manual contains the basis of the lecture course by discipline "Technology of social work" for students of specialty "Social work", plans and guidelines for practical exercises, control questions and bibliography to each topic.

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a reemployment program available to certain veterans placed on community supervision for a misdemeanor offense.

Referring to the theory of planned behavior, behavior appear because of behavior intention, where personality was one of behavior intention's factor. The aims of this study was to examine the correlation between dark triad personality and corrupt intention in government employees. Data were collected using accidental sampling with cross-sectional survey quantitative research design on 75 government employees from four different sub-district. The result showed that there was a significant positive correlation between dark triad personality and corrupt intention (r=0,415; p=0,001). Additional analysis showed that corruption is a crime caused of weak regulation system and supervision (PBC r=0,665). Last but not least, dark triad personality's aspect narcissism was the most influenced of corrupt intention (r=0,413). The theoretical implication found in this study was, dark triad personality is nit direct predictor of corrupt intention, but an indirect predictor through attitude towards behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavior control.

15. Sufficiency of the Technical Reserves of Nonlife Insurers, end-FY201116. Risk Ratio Development for Nonlife Insurers; 17. Solvency Margins of Nonlife Insurers; 18. Summary of Observance of the Insurance Core Principles; G. Recommendations and the Authorities' Responses; 19. Recommendations to Improve Observance of ICPs; II. Detailed Assessment; 20. Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Insurance Core Principles

The purpose of this study was to determine the gross national income and economic growth of Bogor City. This research approach is quantitative because the data processing is in the form of numbers. This study also identifies the impact of the corona virus on the gross national income of the city of Bogor. The results showed that Bogor's gross national income was increasing from time to time. The performance of the Bogor city government is not stable. All of this can be indicated by the high dependence of the financial situation on the central government whose income is per capita. Local taxes have a very positive effect. Meanwhile, GDRP has a negative effect on financial performance. With this, of course, researchers also want to implement strategies in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of excellent financial performance, such as improving the education process, supervision and training processes as well as communication or other commitments to achieve goals.