Macropartisanship in California

Political scientists have devoted considerable, well-justifiedattention to changes in macropartisanship at the national levelbut have generally ignored movement in aggregate party identificationat the American state level. The case of California is especiallyinteresting for a number of reasons, most notably because ofthe potential impact of rapid ethnic change on aggregate politicalattitudes. In this article we assess macropartisanship in theGolden State from 1980 through 2001, drawing on Field Pollsof California adults. We find that essentially there have beentwo eras in recent state history: a period of increasing Republicanidentification up to 1991 and an era of increasing Democraticidentification thereafter. Some of this apparent movement tothe Democrats among Californians as a whole is attributableto the increasing Latino share of the Field Poll samples andthe decision to offer the survey in Spanish. However, therehas also been movement toward the Democratic Party within ethnicand racial subgroups. This movement can be found to some degreein all major groups (except for African Americans, who werealready overwhelmingly identified with the Democratic Party),but it has been especially pronounced among Latinos and AsianAmericans. We consider possible reasons and discuss potentialimplications.     

“This is not a drill”: Activation of a student-led influenza vaccination point of dispensing

Objective: To describe activation of a Point of dispensing (POD) in response to an influenza outbreak, highlighting the use of a student-led model. Participants: Faculty, staff, and students of Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Texas Christian University (TCU), as well as those located in its primary building. Methods: In response to an August 2017 influenza outbreak, a vaccination clinic was conducted for a target population through POD activation. The larger campus community was served through provision of additional doses by the Texas Christian University Health Center and the annual October student-led vaccination clinic. Results: Eleven additional cases were diagnosed after vaccinations began. Conclusions: One hundred percent of the targeted population was vaccinated (n = 824), with an additional 127 participants vaccinated (others working in the building where POD held also vaccinated). This was the first time POD activation had occurred on campus in response to an outbreak.     

Making Shared Print Management Happen: A Project of Five Canadian Academic Libraries

ABSTRACT

Five academic libraries in Ontario (Canada) are collaborating in a shared last print copy repository project. The project, called Keep@Downsview, aims to consolidate and rationalize low-use print materials held by the partner libraries and ensure long-term preservation of these important scholarly materials in Ontario while still providing access via document delivery and ILL. In doing so, each of the partner institutions demonstrates its commitment to the stewardship of print collections for future generations while repurposing valuable space on campus. This article describes the background, rationale, challenges, and lessons learned for this unique Canadian project--which leveraged funding from the province of Ontario and the University of Toronto's high-density preservation facility at Downsview--and the commitment of all partners to preserve the scholarly record in Ontario.     

Envisioning a feminist urban ethnography: Structure,culture, and new directions in poverty studies

A “risk” discourse, characterized by the focus on behaviors of the economically marginalized especially as it relates to drugs, gangs, violence, and teen parenthood, has traditionally dominated poverty research in the United States. More recently, this hegemonic risk discourse has become contoured by the so‐called new cultural turn in urban poverty studies, which has been marked as a departure from the earlier “blame the victim” perspectives. In this article, we review the role of urban ethnographers in shaping the structure versus culture debate in the sociology of poverty sub‐discipline. We then point to a scant, but growing, body of work that is encouraging urban ethnographers engaged in poverty research to expand their vision. To conclude, we contend that this new direction can be conceptualized as a feminist urban ethnography frame that advocates for transformation of the poverty research agenda.     

宋代中国的儒家书院

白鹿洞书院和岳麓书院是最富影响力的两所宋代儒家书院,本文将它们作为两个范例,来举例说明宋代儒家书院的历史和教育文化。文章通过对书院学规和著名会讲的记述,以及对书院建筑、布局、祠庙乃至碑铭的描述,再现了宋代儒家书院的生活和学习情形。吕祖谦、朱熹和张栻等道学领袖们致力于强化书院,为书院的道德规范和人才培养创立了指导方针。当朝廷官学致力于科举应试时,这些道学领袖们却将道德伦理的教育置于首要的位置,探索如何在书院中培养具有儒家道统价值取向的士人群体。不过,朝廷的支持始终还是这些儒家书院得以创建和发展的关键因素,并且,在此后的几个世纪中,朝廷还不断加强了对这类书院的监管。文章同时也认为,在书院运动中,朱熹的影响力逐渐超过了他的同道们———即便是在朱熹本来仅仅作为张栻访客的岳麓书院。     

余英时:《朱熹的历史世界》

余英时的《朱熹的历史世界》提供了更详细更具史实的研究,说明了政治斗争在朱熹的思想和道学的发展中的关键作用,通过考察朱熹的历史世界,余先生提供了一种替代流行的哲学史研究的新路径,将道学与政治文化联系在一起,对道学家来说,政治文化是比哲学更基础的东西,理解政治文化与党争对于理解朱熹等道学士大夫的思想具有一定的重要意义。