都市美学与当代文艺、审美难题的求解

当代都市美学范式为当代文艺、审美难题的求解提供了新的视域、思路和切入点.欧洲城市化的进程与现代美学崛起的进程重合在了一起.审美主义与商品化、都市化有着深刻的内在关联.接受美学的产生有着不容忽视的都市化背景.20世纪中期的都市化进程在多重维度上为接受美学的诞生奠定了前提、基础,接受美学与消费美学息息相通.从后现代大都市的美学旨归入手可以更恰切地理解今日世界文艺、审美的创新时尚,与消费意识形态的内在关联和欲望的辩证法.     

《洛阳造像记》的文学价值

<洛阳造像记>在文学史上具有标志性作用,具有不可替代的文学和史学价值,同时也是佛学、史学、地学研究的珍贵资料.它创新了石窟文体模式,成为元魏石窟文的新模范;体现了地记文之过渡特征,开启了时代地记文学之先声;开创了<洛阳伽蓝记>文法结构之先河.     

农村土地应实行租赁经营

上世纪70年代末80年代初,农村轰轰烈烈实行的农业生产责任制是包产到户,不是土地承包,土地是作为生产资料按人口平均分配的。土地具有稀缺性、气候性、位置性,是一种不动产,其经营方式应是租赁经营。土地承包实际上就是平均分配土地,不是经营方式,其使用价值终结,没有延续性。农村土地应实行租赁经营,农村土地承包法修改为农村土地租赁法,培养具有专业技术的新型农民和从事农业的企业家,广泛应用科学技术发展农村专业化分工。     

论古代朝鲜的“两班”及其文化特点

"两班"及其文化是古代朝鲜所特有的文化现象.两班起源于高丽,而两班文化成熟发展于朝鲜王朝时期,其典型形态是在地两班.在地两班于16世纪时走出京城返回农村,并构筑了自己的永久世居地和文化根基.他们在朱子学的价值体系中,远离商品经济,营造了自己独有的精神世界和生活文化,成为朝鲜王朝稳定的社会体制基础.     

和谐架构下行业协会的性质定位及立法表征

党的十六届六中全会提出要构建"社会主义和谐社会",其核心内涵在于社会关系、自然关系的协调.行业协会作为一种介入政府与市场的社会中间协调机制,是现代市场经济国家中社会治理的重要主体,其性质在和谐社会背景之下演绎出了新的内涵,立法应予以明确并完善相关制度,回复其独立市场治理主体的本质.     

灾后社会重建中的社工介入:理念、目标与方法——基于四川省都江堰Q安置点的实证研究

灾后社会重建,实质上就是在地震物质废墟与精神巨大创伤的基础上,如何合理整合各种资源,恢复和重建社会秩序。作为一种专业服务的力量,社会工作服务实践通过理念、项目化和方法论三大命题,有效对接安置灾区特质、回应灾民服务需求、嵌入灾区重建路径。然而,要科学评估社工介入的绩效,还需要对社工的角色和功能进行合理定位。     

哈贝马斯与许茨生活世界理论的比较研究

阿尔弗雷德·许茨是现象学社会学创始人,也是著名的现象学哲学家.他通过对生活世界的结构和各个层次的考察和研究,开创了生活世界的现象学理论.哈贝马斯是对生活世界问题作出过系统研究的著名哲学家,他通过对现代资本主义社会中生活世界内涵的分析以及对"系统--生活世界"双层架构的理解,探讨了现代社会的结构和社会的合理化进程.在生活世界理论方面,哈贝马斯受到许茨理论的一定的影响,同时又体现出自己理论的特色.本文通过对这两者生活世界理论的比较研究,阐明他们各自理论的独特性.     

Did Australia’s Baby Bonus Increase Fertility Intentions and Births?

In May 2004, the Australian government announced a “Baby Bonus” policy, paying women an initial A$3,000 per new child. We use household panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (N = 14,932) and a simultaneous equations approach to analyze the effects of this bonus on fertility intentions and ultimately births. The results indicate that opportunity costs influence intentions and births in predictable ways. Fertility intentions rose after the announcement of the Baby Bonus, and the birth rate is estimated to have risen modestly as a result. The marginal cost to the government for an additional birth is estimated to be at least A$3,000 per new child. We use household panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (N = 14,932) and a simultaneous equations approach to analyze the effects of this bonus on fertility intentions and ultimately births. The results indicate that opportunity costs influence intentions and births in predictable ways. Fertility intentions rose after the announcement of the Baby Bonus, and the birth rate is estimated to have risen modestly as a result. The marginal cost to the government for an additional birth is estimated to be at least A126,000.     

A Demographic Profile of Obesity in the Adult and Veteran US Populations in 2008

Obesity is increasing in the US population and seems to be disproportionately burdening disadvantaged groups. Veterans using the Veterans Healthcare System (VHS) tend to be more disadvantaged socioeconomically than the general population and in poorer health. It is important to understand how the veteran population differs from or is similar to the general population and whether the VHS is able to mediate obesity risk among veterans. This research assesses the sociodemographic, behavioral, and health risk factors for obesity in the US adult and veteran populations in 2008. We use data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to empirically assess predictors of obesity risk. We find that women have lower odds of obesity than men once controls for sociodemographic, behavioral, and health conditions are included in our models. We also observe a veteran obesity disadvantage in the full adult sample when conducting bivariate tests, but no significant association with the odds of obesity in the logistic regression models among veterans and non-veterans. Gender specific models indicate that male veterans have increased odds of obesity compared to non-veterans, but no difference in obesity risks among veterans and non-veterans are noted for women, controlling for all variables. Further, we find no significant differences in the odds of obesity of veterans using VHS for all, some, or none of their health care needs; further no significant gender differences in obesity risk were observed among VHS usages and non-users. Based on the strong, positive association between the number of chronic health conditions and the odds of obesity, we suggest that health policy should focus efforts on weight management counseling for obese patients that have obesity related co-morbidities, and more targeted attention to male veterans would help to address the high level of obesity in this vulnerable population group.     

Der Laie im Fokus nuklearer Debatten

Since the early 1960s, the French nuclear industry is marked by a structural dichotomy between experts and the general public. Even though citizens secured themselves a place in the decision making process, their scope of action is limited and linked to a discursively framed lay identity. The study focuses on the operationalisation of the lay terminology by the actors of the French nuclear debate. We focus our analysis on two groups of actors: 1) governmental and pro-nuclear organisations and 2) nongovernmental and anti-nuclear organisations. Our aim is to analyze the real-time implications of a discursive regime of participation on the public engagement in science.