Broadening the Conceptual Lens on Language in Social Work: Difference, Diversity and English as a Global Language

Language is infused in multiple dimensions of human behaviour,and social work is essentially a language-centred activity.Yet, despite the pivotal position of language to many socialwork activities, its significance has rarely been explored interms of difference. Moreover, the linguistic diversity thatcharacterizes the local and global contexts in which many practitionersoperate has been given minimal attention in the social workliterature. In this paper, I contend that how language is conceptualizedin social work both shapes and constrains the way that practitionersperceive issues relating to linguistic diversity. The papermaps out the limitations of some of the existing conceptuallens used for viewing language in relation to the multilingualmilieu in which social work takes place. It also draws attentionto the global pre-eminence of English, the significance of bilingualismand the limitations of a monolingual frame of reference forsocial work. A case is made for augmenting the existing knowledgebase on language with a multidisciplinary approach to languagethat incorporates bilingual perspectives. Rather than providinga definitive model for understanding language, I suggest thatsuch an approach expands the conceptual landscape for exploringlanguage and difference in social work.     

“Oh,you've got such a strong accent”: Language Identity Intersecting with Professional Identity in the Human Services in Australia

Language operates as a form of differentially valued cultural capital that is an influential factor in educational and employment outcomes. English in particular represents a valuable form of linguistic capital in both the broader world market and many regional and local contexts. This article, focusing on one group of professionals, draws on an exploratory study carried out with overseas‐born bilingual social workers residing in Australia, who reflect on how their language identities intersect with their professional identities in the human services workplace. Although most informants identified tangible benefits associated with being bilingual, especially in terms of working with a diverse clientele, they were equally aware of how being categorized as a ‘non‐native’ speaker of English could diminish their professional credibility and thwart their chances of upward mobility in the workplace. In this regard, this article highlights inconsistencies in how difference is valued in the human services workplace, implicating a more covert process of linguistic othering.     

论与自杀相关的网络杀人案件刑事规制

随着互联网的广泛应用,网络自杀现象日益突出,其频繁发生也引起社会各界对与之相关的网络杀人行为的关注。为探析对网络杀人进行刑事规制的理论基础,本文在对其犯罪性质进行分析的基础上,结合我国现有法律规定并参考国外经验,论述了对网络杀人的刑事规制的合理性及可行性,并提出充分利用现有法律资源对其进行规制的建议。     

税务筹划:目标、原则与原理

税务筹划理论研究明显滞后于税务筹划实务,致使税务筹划实务存在较大风险。税务筹划目标、原则和原理是税务筹划理论的基本内容;将税务筹划目标分为基本目标与具体目标,可以避免单一化的顾此失彼;遵循守法、成本效益、风险收益均衡等七项税务筹划原则,从收益效应、筹划着力点两方面阐明税务筹划原理,有助于推动税务筹划理论建设,指导税务筹划实务。     

现代科技与市场经济

现代科技与市场经济之间有着深厚的内在联系 ,它们有着共同的经济理性基础、道德基础、价值基础和崇尚科学理性的精神。科技的发展是市场进步的内在要求 ,它不仅为市场主体追求利润最大化提供了物质手段 ,而且为市场经济进步提供了强大动力和理性支持 ;同时 ,市场经济的进步也为科技的发展提供了结构性的动力 ,从而使得现代科技和市场经济在现实上表现为一种相互促动的关系     

高等学校办学特色有关理论与内蒙古高等学校办学特色的研究

随着高等教育的大众化,高等学校之间的竞争日趋激烈,高等学校也日益重视办学特色的理论与实践研究.本文在对有关办学特色的含义、基本特征以及分类的理论进行简要分析的基础上,对内蒙古自治区高等学校办学特色进行了初步的研究.     

马克思的“中国印象”

马克思生活的时代,正是中国封建王朝走向没落、西方列强用鸦片和大炮蹂躏中国的时代,马克思对中国的局势十分关注,在他的著作中有30多篇谈到了中国问题。本文以马克思关于中国问题的论述为依据,尝试勾勒出马克思心中的“中国印象”。     

在市委六届三次全会上的讲话

同志们: 这次全会,主要是用科学发展观对大庆发展进行再认识,总结去年工作,研究部署今年任务。我受市委常委会委托,向全会报告去年工作,并就做好今后工作讲几点意见。 一、过去一年的工作总结 2004年,是我们把握有利时机、克服各种困难、加快大庆发展的一年。全市各级党政组织和广大干部群众,坚持以科学发展观为指导,紧紧抓住发展这个第一要务,全力推进老工业基地振兴,加大改革开放力度,突破重点,攻克难点,社会主义物质文明、政治文明、精神文明建设和党的建设取得新的成绩。     

叶灵凤笔下的"天方书话"

叶灵凤(1905～1975),无论从哪个角度讲都算得上是中国的一位文化名人,尽管在相当长的一段时间里,由于他的"历史问题",也由于他早年(1938)移居香港,人们(特别是在内地)很少提到他.后人对他的定位是画家、作家和藏书家,但后两个身份显然更为人所知.作为作家,他很早就开始写小说,创办过文学刊物<戈壁>,柳亚子当年写过5首七言绝句,每首咏两人,在这10人中,叶灵凤和潘汉年为一组,与鲁迅、柔石、郭沫若、丁玲、胡也频等排列在一起,他在文学界的名气由此可见一斑.然而自20世纪40年代以后,他几乎不再写小说,开始转向散文、随笔创作,其中绝大多数是读书随笔,包括本文要谈的 "天方书话":<亚剌伯的劳伦斯>、<褒顿与〈天方夜谭〉>、<〈天方夜谭〉里的中国>和<纪伯伦与梅的情书>等.     

On lazy bureaucrat scheduling with common deadlines

Lazy bureaucrat scheduling is a new class of scheduling problems introduced by Arkin et al. (Inf. Comput. 184:129–146, 2003). In this paper we focus on the case where all the jobs share a common deadline. Such a problem is denoted as CD-LBSP, which has been considered by Esfahbod et al. (Algorithms and data structures. Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 2748, pp. 59–66, 2003). We first show that the worst-case ratio of the algorithm SJF (Shortest Job First) is two under the objective function [min-time-spent], and thus answer an open question posed in (Esfahbod, et al. in Algorithms and data structures. Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 2748, pp. 59–66, 2003). We further present two approximation schemes A _k and B _k both having worst-case ratio of , for any given integer k>0, under the objective functions [min-makespan] and [min-time-spent], respectively. Finally, we prove that the problem CD-LBSP remains NP-hard under several objective functions, even if all jobs share the same release time. A preliminary version of the paper appeared in Proceedings of the 7th Latin American Symposium on Theoretical Informatics, pp 515–523, 2006. Research of G. Zhang supported in part by NSFC (60573020).