专业、科学、本土化:中国社会工作十年的三个迷思

在中央政府大力倡导建立一支庞大社工队伍的形势下,中国社会工作已渐渐进入政府不同的职能部门,社会工作岗位的建设亦日见增多。在快速增长的过程中,中国社会工作的发展已突破了很多原来的限制,如教材不足、师资不够等。但是在关于社会工作作为一个专业在中国的发展的讨论中,至少有三个问题仍然不断缠扰着中国社会工作学界:社会工作的专业性、科学性、本土化。中国社会工作的发展一定要扎根于中国复杂的国情,有机地结合本土和非本土社会工作的技术和文化价值基因。     

论我国民事诉权保障制度

文章在对我国民事诉权保障制度进行反思的基础上,分析了民事诉权保障制度的缺陷及其在司法实践中存在的主要问题,并从社会文化背景、法律文化权利观、法律制度运行机制三个方面揭示我国民事诉权保障不力的主要原因,进而提出完善我国民事诉权保障的建议。     

Double sampling |S| control chart with variable sample size and variable sampling interval

This study presents a control chart for monitoring shifts in the covariance matrix of a multivariate normally distributed process. This chart combines the double sampling, variable sample size and variable sampling interval features, and is called the DSVSSI |S| chart. A Markov chain approach is developed to design the DSVSSI |S| chart, by minimizing the average time to signal (ATS), for a specified shift size in the covariance matrix. The DSVSSI |S| chart has a better ATS performance compared to other existing charts. An example is given to illustrate the operation of the DSVSSI |S| chart.     

Impact of Mid-Life Symptoms of Alcoholism on the Health and Wellbeing of Aging Parents of Adults with Disabilities

The study examined the effect of adult children’s disability on parents’ physical health in later life and the extent to which parents’ symptoms of alcoholism in mid-life moderates the link between children’s disability and later life parental health. Analyses are based on data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The analytic sample included parents of children with developmental disabilities (n = 145) or mental health problems (n = 200) and 2,432 parents of unaffected children. The results showed that the negative health consequences in later life of having a child with a developmental disability were greater for those who showed more symptoms of alcoholism in mid-life. However, symptoms of alcoholism in mid-life did not significantly moderate the impact of an adult child’s mental health problems on parents’ later life physical health. The findings suggest a potential area where gerontological social workers could intervene, given the negative impact of symptoms of alcoholism on the health of aging parents of children with a disability who may be significantly more susceptible to the negative health impacts of alcohol compared to their younger counterparts.     

The Revenge of History – The Institutional Roots of Post‐Communist Family Policy in the Czech Republic,Hungary and Poland

The authors combine historical and sociological institutional analysis to show that despite the political and socio‐economic transformation in 1990s, the institutional development during and before the communist era provides the best explanation for current childcare policies in Central Europe. While most authors have concentrated on policy changes that have taken place in the region since 1989, this article concentrates on the historical roots of these policies and shows that today's policies are highly influenced by a certain dynamics that had already emerged under communist rule. It shows that a historical institutional approach, which analyses the ‘gendered logic of appropriateness’ and policy legacies at various critical junctures, can explain why family policies in Central Europe had already begun to differ during the communist era, why these main differences continue and why even the changes that have taken place follow logically from historical‐institutional developments.     

Family size and support of older adults in urban and rural China: Current effects and future implications

Change in China's age structure is creating concerns about whether reductions in family size undermine traditional support mechanisms for older adults. Future generations may expect less support as the availability of children declines. In this article, the association between number of children and the receipt of instrumental and financial support is examined for rural and urban populations. Probabilities are modeled as bivariate probits. Coefficients are used to conduct simulations in which support is examined across hypothetical distributions of number of children. The results show that the number of children is an important determinant of support, but future reductions in support may not be as dramatic as anticipated.     

台湾人类学原住民研究的发展及其知识形态

原住民是台湾人类学研究的一个十分重要的对象,在不同的历史时期,人类学对原住民的研究呈现出不同的特点。本文主要介绍了台湾人类学原住民研究在日本殖民占领、社会复员、现代化和政治解严后至今四个不同时期的学术发展动力和学术特征,并结合不同时期的社会背景,就人类学的知识形态和社会环境变迁的互动关系作了尝试性的探讨。     

以“空”破“有”——论鲁迅、周作人、胡适的无神论立场

在中国现代文学史上,知识分子读佛经的现象并不罕见,但只有鲁迅、周作人、胡适等少数作家自觉地站在现代哲学的高度,真正坚持了“无神论”的空观立场,彻底地抛弃了“天人合一”的本体论思维传统,走上了自我澄明的精神之旅。以空破有使他们在寻路过程中,对信仰持一种既信又疑的审慎态度,一方面献身社会,一方面又不放弃自己的独立思考和独立个性,这是极其难得的