美国的政治文化(下)

美国人为本国的民主制度和政治传统感到自豪。在他们看来,200多年前通过的宪法和建立的政治制度近乎完美,不需要作任何重要的改变。1988年,80％询问参加者认为给宪法加上补充修正案是多余的,8％对这一问题没有明确意见,其他人则希望仅仅加上一个调节政府经济政策的修正案——不准有联邦预算赤字。对整个政治体制高度稳定的支持,整个来说,很少取决于     

丹麦的道德教育:问题与前景

在丹麦学校,道德教育从来都不是一门与宗教教育并行或交互作用的独立学科;相对说来,二次大战后,本世纪末,特别是最后十到十五年间,这一领域才成为人们注目的中心。70年代,几个相关因素使人们逐渐认识到在学校开设常规德育课的必要性。这一发展中决定性的事件是其他西欧国家共同面临的。简述如下: 所谓的“青年革命”从1968年始,在进入70年代早期,其目的在于改变人们的基本态度和行为,直至人们普遍接受了:在一所学校和大学里,有关的政治法规是一件私人关心的事件这一事实。教育纯粹应该是增进知识的。现在,年轻人提倡一种新     

摆脱错觉

尽管众多学者、记者、退休军官、政客以及专家为美国重塑中东的宏伟目标出谋划策，但在中东地区民族宿怨、社会宗教问题以及激进叛乱的冲击之下，该目标的实现依然遥遥无期。这些精英人士显然遗忘了西方最著名的战略思想家卡尔·冯·克劳塞维茨（Carl von Clausewitz）曾经说过的话：“作战就是部署和实施搏斗。     

审美的意识形态

在一般人眼里,“美学”基本上是和艺术作品评论相联系的,或者认为它是那种对我们所认同的文化成果的人性方面进行具体有效的价值辨识的哲学分支。但是,特里·伊格尔顿在其《审美的意识形态》一书中,只是对个别艺术作品作了一些评论,却并没有因此抽象而将其写成一部美学史。他在书中描述了从18世纪中期到我们当代的真实性观念的文化政治学。     

历史上的大流感

自古以来，瘟疫就经常给人类带来巨大的灾难。流感便是其中主要的一种。流感一般分为三种，即甲型、乙型和丙型。甲型流感也就是目前向人类发起新挑战的禽流感。让我们翻开人类疾病的历史，看看历史上的流感是怎样的。     

现代国际贸易理论中的国内和国际规模收益

在二战后的国际贸易中,工业化国家之间的制造业产品的交易量巨大,这种产业内贸易现象的出现,在一定程度上对传统的赫克歇尔-俄林-萨缪尔逊贸易模型产生了冲击和质疑。经济学家从多个角度寻求对这种现象的理论解释,并开始注意产品差别化及其对规模经济的影响,但是,这些研究对贸易理论的影响很小,并且解释现实的能力也很弱。因此,把差别化的生产资料作为研究的重点,在国际收益的框架下,建立模型以推出国际规模收益,并且运用这一模型得出了国际规模收益、传统的国内规模收益和要素禀赋论之间的关系。     

Several Problems Related to Further Development of Economic and Trade Relations Between the Two Sides of the Taiwan Straits

BothsidesoftheTaiwanStraitsareenteringanewstageintheireconomicdevelopmentinthe1990s.Taiwanisnowatacriticalstageinitsopnomictransformation,andexpandingeconomicandtradeexchangeswiththemainlandwillgreatlyboostitsdevelopment.Throughafurtherstrengtheningofrelationsintheeconomicandtradefieldsthetwosideswillcomplementeachotherandquickentheirstepsineconomicprogress.Ⅰ.DevelopmentalTrends1.FluctuationsinindirecttradebetweenthetwosidesandthecausesthereofThemainformoftransactionsbetweenthetwosidesisind…     

Economic analysis of age at first marriage

A subject of great interest to demographers is to relate the timing of demographic events to individual characteristics and environmental variables. Static models of marriage tend to give corner solutions, the choice of marriage or remaining single. This article develops an economic model of marriage which gives interior solutions to the optimum age at first marriage and which does not include an explicit argument about the age at marriage in the utility function. In theoretical analysis, life cycle model is modified to capture different aspects of the decision of when to get married. Results from empirical analysis support implications derived from the theoretical analysis.     

Selecting a family therapy model: the role of personality attributes in eclectic practice*

The expanding knowledge and skill bases within the interdisciplinary family therapy profession pose a significant challenge for evolving practitioners, at whatever stage along the professional development process they find themselves. This challenge raises a basic question regarding whether there are any constraining forces to the level of eclecticism in practice towards which one can aspire. This paper empirically explores the role played by the personality attributes of the family therapist in facilitating and/or inhibiting one's adherence to a variety of approaches to family practice.     

Small populations of the north: their problems and how to solve them

The authors examine the present conditions of 26 small, isolated populations living in the north of Russia. The total size of the population under consideration is 181,600, according to the 1989 Soviet census. The conclusion is that these populations are under severe threat of extinction and that there is no consensus about how to resolve their present predicament.