Together Protecting Our Children: Reflections on a South African/English University Higher Education Link Programme

This article explores some of the issues underpinning the development of a British Council funded Higher Education Link between the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and University College Chichester, England. The Link began in 1999 and finished in 2005. The focus of the Link was child protection. The initial emphasis was on developing national multidisciplinary child protection training programmes within South Africa. Latterly this has expanded to encompass the broader concept of child welfare, particularly children's well being and children's participation in both South Africa and England. For both partners the process has been challenging and transforming. The article reflects on the initial objectives of the Link programme and analyses lessons learned both professionally and personally for the South African and English authors.     

Life's a Gas? The Training Needs of Practitioners and Carers Working with Young People Misusing Volatile Substances

Volatile substance abuse (the deliberate inhalation of substances such as gas fuels, glues, aerosols or other solvent‐based products) by young people does not attract high level attention within the broader arena of drugs education and prevention programmes. Given the prevalence of volatile substances in the lives of vulnerable groups of young people, however, and the risks associated with their misuse, social work education and training might justifiably give a higher profile to the associated needs of young people in need and/or in public care. This paper reports on the findings from a study in England of the training needs of social workers, residential and foster carers in relation to volatile substance abuse by young people, and identifies the implications for further development of training materials and resources.     

Sexual Messages in Black and White: A discourse analysis of Essence and Cosmo

The research presented employed critical discourse analysis to examine advice columns on sex and women's sexual freedom as expressed in two popular women's magazines, Essence and Cosmopolitan, over a three-year period. Essence has a Black female audience, Cosmo a predominantly White female audience. Critical discourse analysis is concerned with language as a primary force for the production and reproduction of ideology and belief systems that come to be accepted as common sense. The study asked whether and to what extent sex talk in these two magazines mirrored tenets of sexual liberation as set forth by “second-wave feminism.” Findings showed that while both magazines reinforced women's right to sexual pleasure and to ask for what they wanted, Essence came closest to mirroring the tenets of women's liberation by advocating women's right to say no to men's bad behavior and to be their own persons. By contrast, Cosmo advised women to be innovative in exciting and keeping their men and to be more flexible in managing men's less than desirable behavior.     

三孩生育政策下中国产业适老化转型发展研究

为正确认识新三孩人口生育政策背景下中国产业适老化转型发展的特征,有效解决转型发展中可能存在的问题,基于第七次全国人口普查数据显示的中国老龄化趋势,依据国家统计局现行养老产业划分方式,对当前中国产业适老化转型发展问题进行研究。研究认为,中国第二、三产业的适老化发展趋势明显,但在一定程度上面临着养老产业发展不均衡、相关产业缺乏联动性和“数字鸿沟”等现实困境。研究还认为,中国产业适老化发展,需要坚持供给侧结构性改革,提高养老产业全要素生产率,优化养老资源配置,提高养老产业劳动力质量,增设养老服务相关专业和课程,挖掘“人才红利”; 需要维持或加大公共财政对养老产业的投入,通过法律法规、政策引导和鼓励民间资本投入养老产业,继续完善数字化基础设施建设,整合社会养老服务的数据资源,推动养老产业数字化发展; 需要逐步培育和壮大老年用品的市场规模,进一步改善老年群体消费环境,积极引导合理消费,提高老年人对多样化消费的主动需求,培育老龄经济新增长点。     

城市环境治理研究的热点领域、特点及启示——基于SSCI来源文献(2004～2019年)的知识图谱分析

为推动中国城市环境治理理论和实践发展,以2004～2019年间SSCI数据库中收录的5 332篇相关文献为样本源,采用共词分析方法、社会网络分析方法以及可视化技术,对国际城市环境治理研究文献进行知识图谱分析,研究城市环境治理研究的现状、特点和趋势。研究认为,近16年来城市环境治理研究的五大热点领域是城市可持续性、城市气候变化治理、中国城市化发展、城市生态系统以及城市环境治理模式; 城市可持续性是城市环境治理研究热点领域的基础,气候变化与生态系统具有高度的相关性,中国城市化发展速度快但伴随一定程度的发展不协调、城市景观破碎化等城市问题,可持续性、弹性为城市环境治理模式提供概念分析框架,多层次治理和多元化为城市环境治理模式提供理论基础; 气候变化治理、城市生态系统服务以及促进绿色空间的建立将成为未来城市环境治理研究的重要趋势; 未来的城市环境治理研究,还应高度关注城市环境治理理论的本土化研究和跨学科研究。     

清末川康战事——川西藏区改土归流的前奏

清末川边战事近年来成为康藏研究中透视近代边疆社会变迁和帝国向现代民族国家转型的一个焦点,本文围绕清末一系列针对康区寺院（巴塘丁林寺、乡城桑披寺、盐井腊翁寺）的战事展开讨论,对清朝中央与地方政府的治边方略以及康巴地方实力派（寺院、土司）在战术上的回应加以分析。清末川边军事化的过程对后来康区政局的改变起着重要的作用,为改土归流等边疆整合措施作了铺垫。与此同时,川边军事化也引发了四川经济和军事体制的改革,认识清末康区的现代性变革,也应关注四川省政的变化。     

垃圾邮件侵权责任之法经济学思考——以公民隐私权保护为中心

本文以垃圾邮件内涵的界定为切人点,以法经济学的视角深刻剖析了产生垃圾邮件的根源主要来自于网络电子邮件的发送上,私人成本不等于社会成本,大量垃圾邮件的发送者,将外部性成本,不当地转嫁给相关ISP业者及个别收件人,最后在此分析基础上提出了若干规范完善垃圾邮件的法律措施。     

文化自信培育发展探析——基于个体文化心理发展过程

文化自信的培育发展是一个复杂而漫长的过程，按照人类心理发展过程的角度来分析，要经历四个重要的培育发展阶段和三个心理发展过程。四个培育发展阶段是指文化认知、文化情感、文化认同、文化自信；三个心理发展过程是指心理认知过程、情绪情感过程、意志过程。本文试图从人类心理发展过程的角度来分析文化自信培育的心理发展历程，认为文化自信的培育发展需要从个人认知入手，以培养文化情感为重要任务，并从文化认同升华为理性思维，坚定意志，最终实现文化自信。