Orientalist Discourse in Transcultural Practice

Originally, Orientalism testifies to a certain kind of estrangement between Asian societies and the West. In the wake of Asian countries making their debut as dynamic participants in the global capitalism, by now, it seems to be a living expression of diverse     

Legal Transplantation in the Judicature: Employing Foreign Law in China's Judicial Practice

本文从司法领域出发,研究运用外国法、进行法律移植的实践和理论。中外已有不少关于运用外国法改善或完善本国法的论述,但仍需在理论上和实践上进一步探索。此外,在司法中被运用的法,都是行动中的法,被移植的法律能否在新的土壤中起作用,其效果如何,就变得格外重要。作者通过分析对比欧美国家和中国的具体案例,提山了中国司法过程中运用外国法时需要思考的几个问题。     

Theoretical Propositions during the Practice of Economic Transition in China

从计划向市场的体制转轨探索是一个原理一般性与实践性相结合的过程,在没有现成理论指导的情况下,实践成果对于认识深化的重要性是不言而喻的。本文以中国经济转轨实践为考察对象,在对既有研究成果和改革绩效进行比较、探讨、归纳后认为,中国案例在转轨经济的研究对象、运行特征、动因与路径、演进进程等基础性课题方面具有重大理论价值。由于中国实践在这些方面的意义主要是对流行认识的证伪,可以说是其独特价值所在,本文尝试着进行了命题式的归纳。这些命题基本形成了转轨经济区别于传统计划经济体制、成熟市场经济体制的特殊性,是进行比较体制研究的基础。本文的探讨表明,以中国经济转轨实践为对象创新转轨经济学研究方法的必要性正在凸显出来。     

What's in a Frame? How Professionals Assess Clients in Dutch Work Reintegration Practice

With the increased attention on labour market participation, the field of work reintegration support has grown dramatically. In order to improve professionals' performance, standards and performance measures are introduced in this field. We question whether this will improve the quality of their work. Closer scrutiny needs to be paid to the inherently normative and structuring role of professional judging. We applied the concept of ‘frames of reference’ to the process of professional judgement in work reintegration. This concept helped us to understand how a work reintegration professional structures a client's story through implicit rules that escape formalization and control mechanisms. On the basis of 24 in‐depth interviews with diverse work reintegration professionals in the Netherlands, we distinguish five of these frames: a procedural, a work‐focused, a caring, a learning and a facilitating frame of reference. Furthermore, we show that professionals differ widely in the images they have of clients, leading to a large variety in judgement of, and interaction with, clients. Though differences between professionals are inherent to a complex and dynamic field as work reintegration, the current variety in professional‐client contact in work reintegration seems to depend too much on arbitrary professional preferences. Therefore, reflection on these differences, both among professionals and by policymakers, is needed in order to improve the professional practice of work reintegration service.     

On Local Practice of Law in the Late 19th Century

Most students of China's legal history discuss its tradition from the perspective of the state-made law system, paying little if any attention to the roles and meanings of other knowledge systems in maintaining folk social order. While some may have been     

Decision Making in Evidence‐Based Practice: Science and Art

In this article the author reviews problems in the implementation of evidence‐based practices (EBP) and concludes that these derive not only from numerous practical concerns, but also from fundamental epistemological issues. These include an antiquated understanding of the scientific method, involving types of naive inductivism and rationalism. The central argument of this article is that recent developments in the field of naturalistic decision making provide a critical framework for understanding the problems in the implementation of EBP, as well as possible avenues for their resolution. Developments that are reviewed include the use of heuristics, decision trees, case‐based reasoning, as well as an example of a generalized model of expert decision making. Such models increasingly combine situational awareness with critical thinking and metacognitive capacities. They promise to more effectively focus the application of rational and empirical problem‐solving methods, such as EBP, on the most complex problems.     

The Practice and Evolution of Keynesianism in Post World War Ⅱ America

KeynesianismprevailedinAmericafromtheearlypost-WorldWarIIperioduntiltheendofthe1960s.ItgaverisetoasteadygrowthintheUSeconomy,inspiteofthefactthatitwasheavilyburdenedbydeficitsformorethantwodecades,butalsothreatenedtoupsetthenationaleconomicequilibrium.Dur…     

Marx's Concept of Practice

InApril1845inBrussels,MarxdraftedacriticismofLudwigFeuerbach,whichwaseditedbyEngelsandpublishedinl888underthetitleThesesonFeuerbach.Althoughitrantolessthanl,5oowords,thisarticlehashadanimmeasurableeffectinthehistoryofmodernthought.Inthelasttwentyyears,the…     

Does the DSW Practice Doctorate Provide Opportunities for Closing Gaps in Gerontology?

The 2019 annual conference of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) highlighted the increasing role that the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree is playing in social work education. Over the past 15 years, social work has followed suit with a number of other health and helping professions (PsyD, DNP, DPT, etc.) by expanding access to practice doctorate programs for professionals who are interested in doctoral-level training, but primarily have interest to remain working in the field as practitioners, rather than become researchers. As more DSW programs have emerged, questions and concerns persist about the DSW, with most questions pertaining to the meaning of the degree for the overall field and the value of having an additional advanced practice degree in social work beyond the MSW degree. However, I urge readers of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work to consider the opportunities that the DSW may present for advancing gerontological education, research, and practice.     

On the Notion of Practice

I.TheNotionofPracticeandContemporarySocialPracticeThenotionofpractice,establishedbythesubjectofpracticebeforetheactualactivitiesofpracticeevolve,isaconceptualmodel,optimalblueprintandoperationalplan,andmorespecificallyapriorconceptualreflectionoftheaim,object,condition,method,means,steps,approach,measure,processandoutcomeconcerningactivitiesofpracticeinthefutureorinprogress.Inotherwords,itistheintentionalconsciousnesswhichdirectlyguidesandcommandspracticalactivities.Thenotionofpracticesignif…     

Understanding, Explanation and Practice

Inmodernphilosophy,alldebateover"understanding"and"explanation,"ormoreexactly,consideringthemascorrelatedconcepts,wasinitiatedbyWilhelmDilthey.Dilthey'serahasnowcometoanend,butthedebatecontinues.Diltheyraisedthequestionoftherelationshipbetweenunderstandingandexplanation,butdidnotprovideasolution.Theirrationalityofhisopinionthatunderstandingandexplanationweretwooppositeextremesbecameclearandwasuniversally rejected.Onthebasisofhisnew"scientificlogic,"CarIHempendeducedthatlanguagesprangfromthes…     

The Practice of Kinspeople Concealing Each Other''''s Misconduct in the Chinese and Western Legal Traditions

Thepracticeofkinspeopleconcealingeachother'smisconductfromothersisawell-knowninstitutioninChina'slegaltradition.InthepastitwasusuallyregardedasuniquetoChina'sfeudallegalsystem,butthisisamisconception.Infact,similarregulationsonconcealmentofmisconductamongkithandkinorrelativeshaveexistedfromancienttomoderntimes,andinboththeEastandtheWest.Theexistenceofsuchregulationsorprinciplesdoesnotofitselfconstituteafeaturepeculiartoacountryoralegalsystem.Nevertheless,sincetheseprinciplesandregulationsvar…     

An Investigation of the Practice of Respecting Civil and Commercial Customs in the Early Republican Period

In spite of frequent changes in political power and social unrest in the early Republican period, state organs and social organizations showed great concern and respect for the popular customs.     

Sing … Then Think: Musical Interventions and Nondeliberative Forms of Practice in Social Work Groups

ABSTRACT

The positive effects of music have been demonstrated worldwide in many fields including social work, psychology, medicine, and education. Musical interventions including music listening, lyric analysis, and singing have also been found effective in group work. This article, guided by Norma Lang’s nondeliberative theory, aims to provide the “why,” “when,” and “how” of incorporating music into social work groups. It also provides the reader with a toolbox of musical interventions and the encouragement to utilize these “artful, actional, and analogic” activities in group work.     

Practice innovations in mental health services to children and families: New directions for Massachusetts∗

This research report highlights selected findings that describe the characteristics of excellent, innovative programs for high‐risk children and adolescents in Massachusetts. The conclusions reported are based on interviews with administrators and providers at nine sites. A research consortium composed of policy makers, administrators, clinicians, and academic researchers recommended the site selections. The study describes a spectrum of innovative practices used to help youngsters in severe crises. Innovative practice was shaped by a common vision of doing treatment within family and community contexts, and coordinating overall care at all levels of the family's social and professional networks. Topics addressed include an examination of the core values directing these programs, the four distinct subtypes of design, therapeutic approaches, management, and evaluation. Obstacles to innovation are considered in light of current policy and practice limitations. The discussion concludes with a summary of the challenges and future directions for policy makers, funding agencies, program directors, and clinicians committed to addressing the current crisis in mental health care for children and youth.     

The Practice and Reconstruction of Village Communal Ownership： An Analytical Framework for Collective Forest Tenure Disputes in China

中国集体林权制度改革实践中出现的诸多林权纠纷现象表明,仿效耕地承包制的明晰产权改革设计与村庄社区沿袭至今的非正式产权制度无法完全兼容,由此凸显的问题是：关于集体产权实践的既有理论已不足以对集体林权实践中展现出的产权博弈现象作出充分有效的解释。既有的集体产权制度安排,也不利于林权纠纷调处及林地的可持续经营利用。为此,有必要建构一种更具包容性的农村产权制度分析框架——村庄社区产权,以凸显村庄社区在产权实践中所具有的主体能动性,整合村庄变迁中积累传承的社区产权价值观。引入村庄社区产权实践中形成的合理机制,或许能够进一步完善和促进中国农村产权制度变革,进而建立产权明晰的现代农村产权制度。     

Social Work Research and Its Relevance to Practice: “The Gap Between Research and Practice Continues to be Wide”

The social work profession requires a body of scientific evidence supporting the effectiveness of interventions; yet, the social work scientific community could benefit from strengthening its contribution to the profession's body of evidence. Through twenty qualitative interviews with social work professors who are employed at four-year academic institutions (referred to as “social work academics”), this study explored how academics define social work research and how they perceive research to inform practice. The data were analyzed along the six steps of thematic analysis, resulting in 13 themes and six sub-themes in relation to the definition of research activity and social work research, the extent to which research informs practice, and the barriers and facilitators to research informing practice. The findings revealed that social work continues to lack a clear definition of research and produces research that only minimally influences practice, often due to the pressure for social work academics to research and publish in support of their career trajectory within academia versus writing for practitioners. The social work profession should take action to address and further research the research-practice disconnect by establishing a clear definition and aims of social work research, and training academics in effective research-to-practice translational methods.     

Using a Group Work Practice Standards Inventory to Assess the Impact of a “Social Work Practice with Groups” Course

This article describes the design and delivery of a group work course that has as its primary purpose the meeting of group work practice standards. This multisection course uses a common course syllabus and a team approach to ensure the fidelity of course implementation. The recent development of a standards-based inventory of competencies in social work with groups, which measures the perceived importance of, and confidence in performing practice standards, led to the decision to administer the inventory to the authors' students at the beginning and end of the course to see if students were in fact making significant progress in the group work practice skills articulated in the standards. The results indicated that students were significantly more confident in their group work practice skills; however a few areas, particularly the development of middle-stage skills, were in need of further attention.     

Using Groups to Advance Social Work Practice–Based Research

A discussion about the importance of research for social work practitioners and the nature of academic–practitioner partnerships set the scene in this article for a discussion about an innovative academic–practitioner partnership. This partnership, aimed at strengthening research mindedness and research activity in social service settings, has been fuelled by a belief in the power of groups to achieve what individuals cannot. The authors reflect on the range of inputs and synergistic group processes that allowed for a series of outcomes that would not have been possible within an individualized initiative. In conclusion, lessons learned from the use of groups to advance practice-based research are outlined.     

Proactive Fiscal Policy:The New Logic of China's Practice

China’s proactive fiscal policy adheres to the development ideology centered around the people and differs from the traditional Western logic of macro-fiscal policy. It bears distinct Chinese characteristics and represents a significant macroeconomic governance policy innovation in China’s process of modernization. Despite the considerable differences between the perspectives of the Keynesian tradition and the non-Keynesian tradition, their policy objectives and methodological foundations are br...