Guns,Money and Justice

In late 2005, Suzette Nicolas, then known publicly only as ‘Nicole’, alleged that on 1 November of that year she had been gang-raped by US Marines in Olongapo City in the Subic Bay area on the island of Luzon, site of one of two former large US military bases in the Philippines. Thus began what was to become an internationally notorious rape case, involving the US and Philippine governments, the US military, the Philippine judiciary and a broad feminist-led activist coalition. The case, played out against the backdrop of the US state's Asian front in the ‘War on Terror’, has become inextricably linked with the ongoing Philippine campaign against the US–Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement. This article looks at the case, its background, its symbolism and the current political debate on the ongoing connections between militarism, globalization, US imperialism and violence against women in the Philippines.     

关于中国煤炭博物馆发展定位的若干思考

中国煤炭博物馆是目前我国煤炭行业唯一的一家国家一级博物馆。随着时代的发展、社会的进步,博物馆早已不再是一个单纯的、为收藏古董而设立的"仓库",它同时还应该是一个重要的社会文化中心。我们认为,应该把中国煤炭博物馆建成煤炭历史文化的收藏中心、研究中心、展示中心、交流中心,不断提升学术地位和扩大社会影响。     

从学校文化视野看和谐校园建设

本文在阐述学校文化、和谐校园含义的基础上,着重研究了学校文化建设对建设和谐校园的作用。从表层的实体文化、中间层的制度文化和内层的观念文化三方面对建设和谐校园进行了研究。提出以教师和学生为本的办学理念。     

可持续发展研究进展

可持续发展研究内容包括 :可持续发展的思想和涵义 ,实现可持续发展的指标体系及信息资源共享系统。可持续发展研究涉及环境与社会两大领域 ,建立科学完善的可持续发展理论体系有助于推动全球和区域可持续发展战略的实施。因此 ,可持续发展理论还有待深入研究     

Mutual Aid Group Work: Social Work Leading the Way to Recovery-Focused Mental Health Practice

The emphasis on recovery principles in mental health practice in Australia challenges the predominant medical model in mental health service delivery. This article describes a mental health-based, telephone-mediated, mutual aid support group for carers of people with severe mental illnesses. Data was collated from evaluations of these groups over a period of 7 years. Outcomes of the evaluation indicated that participants of these groups highly valued the supportive and collaborative nature of the mutual aid groups. The author emphasizes the potential of this approach and the promise of social group workers leading the way to recovery-focused mental health practice.     

Improving the Archiving of Records in the Out-of-home Care Sector

Abstract

Senate Inquiries into the lives of people who grew up in care, highly critical Ombudsman reports, and advocacy groups for recent and past “care leavers” draw attention to the significance of the records for children growing up in out-of-home care. This article reports on a project in which an interdisciplinary team of social workers, archivists, and historians worked together with 12 community-sector (nongovernment) organisations to look at the question of how to improve the management of the records for people with experience of out-of-home care. A Self Assessment Tool was developed and deployed at two points in time to provide feedback to organisations about the quality of their record-keeping practices. Clear improvements could be documented over a 2-year period in all 12 of the organisations involved.     

Predicting Assault by Juvenile Psychiatric Patients

This paper reports a post hoc study of the symptoms reported on admission of day and in-patient children, who subsequently proved to be violent to staff or other patients in a child and adolescent psychiatric hospital setting. Patients who were likely to be violent were easily identifiable from the data reported at the first interview. The early identification of such patients was thought to be of importance for their subsequent management, and for the maintenance of a safe environment within the hospital setting.     

从改革开放的基本国策看入世

正确认识加入 WTO,在当前仍有重要意义。从改革开放基本国策的高度去把握入世 ,应该看到 ,加入 WTO是中国改革开放的客观要求与必然结果 ,也为中国的改革开放提供了新的舞台。同时 ,改革开放为平稳入世创造了良好的经济环境 ,加快改革开放是缩短与世贸组织磨合期的基础和前提。     

Social support,the presence of barriers and ideas for the future from students with disabilities in the higher education system in Croatia

This paper examines how students with disabilities in Croatia perceive support, experience barriers and propose ways forward for equality of opportunities in the higher education system. In qualitative interviews, students were satisfied with the informal support they received from family and friends but dissatisfied with the formal support they received from universities and the government. Obstacles to inclusion included: inadequate transport and finance to attend university and minimal adaptation of buildings, toilets, lifts, classrooms and dormitories. Students proposed: investment in adapting buildings, personal assistants, educational grants and transport; coordination within the formal systems from national government to universities and non-governmental organisations; and measures to increase disability awareness for academics, professionals and other students within higher education. The situation for students with disabilities in Croatia is a reminder for those working in countries where policy and practice is relatively advanced that many disability battles are still to be won in newer nations.