Mentorship experiences during registrar training: reflections of Black African specialists in the Western Cape

In order to meet the significant staffing challenges to health care provision in South Africa, the need to support the training and retention of Black medical specialists has been identified. This small qualitative study aimed to explore experiences of mentorship among a group of Black medical specialists in hopes of understanding the value and potential challenges that these relationships raise. Ten Black medical specialists were interviewed about their experiences of being mentored during their registrar training. The interview data was analysed using discourse analysis, and the results comprise of three main themes, namely: Difficulty accessing mentorship, a lack of Black and/or female role models and finally, experiences of feeling excluded from soft networks. The experiences explored in this study indicate the need for open dialogue within the mentorship dyad regarding certain taken-for-granted assumptions surrounding race, so as to aid the provision of more effective and satisfying mentorship outcomes.     

When Working Hard Is Not Enough for Female and Racial/Ethnic Minority Apprentices in the Highway Trades

Drawing on employment records, qualitative interviews, and a survey, we explore the experiences of apprentices in the highway trades in Oregon. We demonstrate that female and racial/ethnic minority apprentices have lower rates of recruitment and retention and disproportionately face challenges with interpersonal interactions, hiring practices, and supervisory practices. Yet, we find a pervasive narrative that attributes apprentices' success to “hard work,” which contributes to the legitimacy of these inequalities. Consistent with the conceptualization of work organizations as inequality regimes, we argue that the apprenticeship system has policies, practices, and ideologies that are on the surface gender and race/ethnicity neutral, yet lead to the perpetuation of inequalities.     

‘Colour-evasiveness’ and racism without race: the disablement of asylum-seeking children at the edge of fortress Europe

This article explores discriminatory discourses articulated by Italian professionals operating in educational, health and social services for refugees in Rome, in relation to the educational and social inclusion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children. It locates such narratives within the historical ‘concealment and invisibilisation of race and racism’ that have characterised Italy particularly since the end of the Second World War, while showing how they legitimate contemporary processes of disablement and over-representation of forced migrant children in the category of Special Educational Needs. A theoretical framework influenced by Dis/ability Critical Race Studies, Italian postcolonial studies, and Judith Butler’s notions of subjectivation and performative politics is used to discuss how a ‘colour-evasive’ racial ideology has seeped into various institutions in Italian society, and importantly into education policies and practices.     

康区"三魔女",还是"康区三度母"——近代康区妇女精英研究

二十世纪上半叶康区三位著名妇女精英甘孜的孔萨?央金堪珠、德格的夏克? 泽旺志玛和瞻对的甲日?其美志玛在康区政治生活中扮演了重要的角色。她们之所以获得权力，是因为康区的传统习惯法以及清末和民国时期的法律都允许妇女在一个家族没有男性继承人的情况下继承名号和土司或头人的地位。为了获得和巩固政治地位，她们往往陷入多方势力的权力争斗中，这些势力包括其家族中的男性、来自其它家族的男性、地方军阀、中央政府，有时还有西藏地方政府。研究揭示了正是康区在夹缝中生存的各土司统治区域割裂、分权的性质为地方首领，特别是妇女领袖提供了较多的施展其政治才能的空间。     

三国时期西部农业开发述论

三国时期 ,曹魏控制西北 ,蜀汉占据西南 ,两国主要在西部地区争战 ,粮草供给成为决定胜负的关键因素 ,为此双方都采取了恢复和发展粮食生产的措施。曹魏在西部一些适宜农业的战略要地大兴屯田 ,开发关陇、稳定河西 ,每年收获大量谷物供给军粮 ,以守为攻 ,迎战蜀军 ;蜀汉占据西南之后 ,诸葛亮注意处理好民族关系 ,发挥当地的农业资源优势 ,劝农积谷。为了解决北伐运粮的困难 ,还在汉中及渭水南岸一些地区设置少量屯田。不同的农业开发措施与双方的治乱胜败有很大关系。     

反梯度推进:西部产业升级的一种思路

反梯度推进理论的核心内容强调 :落后地区要根据自己的实际情况 ,直接引进世界最先进的技术 ,发展自己的高新技术 ,带动传统产业实现超越发展。近几年 ,我国提出的西部大开发战略 ,其实质就是要解决中国区域经济的均衡协调发展问题 ,实现区域经济的跨越式发展。而实现结构优化和产业升级则是根本出路。在这方面 ,反梯度推进理论为我国西部大开发过程中的产业升级提供了非常重要的启示。     

湖南省与周边区域经济发展比较及对策研究

近年来 ,国家实施“西部大开发”战略对湖南省的地缘经济关系的影响十分显著 :与湖南经济关系互补型的地区减少了 ,而竞争型的地区有所增多。因此 ,湖南省必须抓住改革开放机遇 ,充分认识自身优势和弱点 ,把握在全国经济格局中的角色定位 ,加大对外开放的力度 ,多方招商引资 ,使本地区经济在全国经济竞争中迅速发展     

试论我国区域行政研究

由于区域经济发展的整体性存在被民族国家或一国内的行政区划肢解的可能性 ,所以 ,对区域内政府关系的建设与调整成为了公共行政学研究的新视角 ,催生出了为促进区域发展而相互协调 ,寻求协作 ,对公共事务进行综合治理 ,以便实现社会资源的合理配置与利用的区域行政管理。本文首先对区域行政的源起进行分析 ;其次 ,探讨了区域行政研究的若干基本问题和基本研究框架 ,阐述了区域行政研究的意义 ,并对其发展态势进行相应的预测     

汪辟疆及其近代诗系的建构

汪辟疆认为近代诗的成就不仅在清代最高,而且在许多方面超过宋代,他的观点解构了陈衍的理论,重新建构了近代诗的体系。他对近代诗发展的认识,以及关于近代诗派与地域的划分等,受到了当时从西方传进的进化论的影响,也受到了清代传统朴学暨扬州学派的影响,还受到当时新的文学史观念的影响。