MOVING OUT OF THE HOUSE: AN ANALYSIS OF CONGRESSIONAL QUITS

Despite extensive study concerning involuntary departures by U.S. House members, little has been said about voluntary departures from the House–-quit behavior. This paper has three primary purposes: (1) to establish a theoretical framework that models the full range of choices a representative faces in any given term, (2) to measure the impact of different variables that affect representatives' quit behavior, and (3) to explain why Republicans have been more likely to pursue higher office than their Democratic colleagues.     

东北老工业基地社会工作专业教育初探

发展东北老工业基地社会工作教育事业的关键是协调好各种关系。主要有:在坚持专业化办学的基础上实现社会工作专业教育的本土化;突出对学生实践能力的培养;科学地设置专业课程;根据地区的特殊需求培养人才类型;力争得到政府的积极支持;培养社会工作专业教师和学生的“利他主义”的价值观等专业理念。     

炼狱中的狂沙与真纯——对瞿秋白《多余的话》的政治文化审视

瞿秋白是上世纪革命史乃至现代历史上影响重要同时也是颇多争议的人物,他生命最后时刻留下的<多余的话>在令后人谤议纷纷的背后却透出特定时代的悲剧况味,实在是一份留在历史上沉重的精神遗产.本文的目的不仅仅为瞿秋白这样的个案悲剧提供一种可能的阐释,而且选择政治文化这一视角拟从权威政治文化、求真文化信仰和个体文化性格三方面来审视这两份"自白"的现代文化意义.     

高师普通话口语训练原则谈

普通话口语训练看似只是训练口头语言表达能力 ,实质上却是学识与修养的综合训练。在教学中要坚持多学科相融的原则 ,注重培养学生的思想素质、知识素质、心理素质、语言素质等综合素质 ,采用灵活多样的教学方法 :精讲多练、因材施教、运用多媒体教学等 ,循序渐进地提高学生的口语表达能力     

文艺社会学批评理论的新向度--"传播论"批评

2 0世纪 90年代 ,曾有论者提出文艺社会学批评理论要走出古典形态 ,开拓现代形态 ,建立“中介论”的文艺社会学批评理论。但从文艺学理论构架出发 ,结合当代艺术文化状态进行反思 ,“中介论”的文艺社会学批评理论存在局限性 ,而建构“传播论”向度的文艺社会学批评理论 ,即可在本体论结构上实现批评理论向度的新拓展。     

生态运动与绿色主义福利思想：生态健康科学与新型公共卫生框架

人与自然、社会与自然关系既是经典的理论议题,又是紧迫重大的现实政策问题.本文从生态运动入手,系统介绍作为生态运动理论基础的绿色福利主义,并以生态健康科学为基本理论视角,简要探讨新型现代公共卫生政策框架及其革命性的现实、理论与政策涵义.     

Feminism,militarism, and attitudes toward the role of women in the military

Attitudes toward the role of women in the military require the reconciliation of two often conflicting beliefs: those toward the roles and rights of women and those toward the military. This article explores the relationships between positive attitudes toward women’s roles throughout society, or feminism, and positive attitudes toward defense spending, or militarism, both with each other and with attitudes toward gender integration in the military. Results of this analysis show there to be a negative relationship between feminism and militarism, a positive relationship between feminism and gender integration, and a negative relationship between militarism and gender integration. The results of multiple regression analysis show that feminism is the strongest predictor of attitudes toward gender integration, while militarism is weak in its predictive ability. The author argues that the issue of women in the military is more one of women’s equality than of national defense and that policy discussions should be structured accordingly. She is currently conducting research which examines how women in the United States military employ strategies to manage gender and sexuality. This research provides evidence for the claim that gender is not simply a role or an attribute, but that gender is created and recreated through our interactions with others.     

The gambling lifestyle: I. theory

This paper describes the lifestyle model of gambling behavior in which compulsive gambling behavior is conceptualized as a lifestyle characterized by pseudoresponsibility, self-ascension, hypercompetitiveness, and social rule breaking/bending/ twisting. The underlying premise of this theory is that gambling behavior takes on the appearance of a lifestyle when it is viewed by the individual as a viable means of enhancing self-worth, minimizing personal insecurity, and controlling fear. Three primary areas of theoretical and research interest are covered in this paper: (1) the theoretical underpinnings of lifestyle theory; (2) the individual components (conditions, choice, cognition) of a gambling lifestyle; and (3) the developmental progression of a gambling lifestyle.The author would like to thank Henry Lesieur and anonymous reviewers of earlier versions of this paper for their helpful comments. The assertions and opinions contained herein are the private views of the author and should not be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Federal Bureau of Prisons or United States Department of Justice.     

A Semi-Parametric Quantile Function Estimator for Use in Bootstrap Estimation Procedures

In this note we develop a new quantile function estimator called the tail extrapolation quantile function estimator. The estimator behaves asymptotically exactly the same as the standard linear interpolation estimator. For finite samples there is small correction towards estimating the extreme quantiles. We illustrate that by employing this new estimator we can greatly improve the coverage probabilities of the standard bootstrap percentile confidence intervals. The method does not reqiure complicated calculations and hence it should appeal to the statistical practitioner.