Registered domestic partnerships among gay men and lesbians: the role of economic factors

In this paper, we predict the demand for a marriage-like status—registered domestic partnership–among same-sex couples. Domestic partnership in the state of California now comes with almost all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage that a state can provide. We use the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Tobacco Use Survey conducted by the California Department of Health and the Field Research Corporation in 2003. From this telephone survey, we use a probability sample of 1,002 lesbian and gay individuals in California. Using multinomial probit models of partnership status (single, not cohabiting, cohabiting, or registered), we find limited evidence of economic motivations in the choice to register. Gay men’s likelihood of registration rises with income; lesbians’ probability of registration rises with age. Couples with longer duration are more likely to register, suggesting that registration and duration are complementary signals of commitment and possibly of the need for rights and benefits of registration.

二战后日本人口城市化及城市问题研究

二战后,伴随着工业化的发展,日本开始了快速的集中型人口城市化。在经济高速增长时期,大都市圈、政令指定都市、地方性核心市等城市聚集了很多人口。如此快速的人口城市化也带来了很多问题。诸如城市的“过密”与“过疏”问题、城市环境污染问题等。日本积极采取措施,并取得了一定的成效。日本的这些成功经验对我国解决人口城市化过程中产生的问题具有借鉴意义。     

理论探索、制度创新与实践——以党建引领提高基层治理水平

新时代,全面深化改革对基层党组织建设提出了更高的要求。学术界对此问题的关注更需要在系统整理基层党建工作地方性实践的基础上,注重多学科交叉研究方法的拓展。在全面乡村振兴的时代背景下,既要注意在实践维度对基层党建的问题总结和经验凝练,从党建引领的视角贯穿基层党组织在精准扶贫和乡村振兴中的核心作用,又要在“三农”问题的发展脉络下进行理论思考,为哲学与社会科学的本体化提供经验反思和理论支撑。     

对大学生思想政治教育几个问题的思考

从大学生思想政治教育目的的显性和隐性、思想政治理论课的教材、思想政治理论课教师队伍建设等方面,对高校大学生思想政治教育几个问题进行初步的探索和研究。     

城市发展中公共资源公平配置之探讨

社会主义市场经济条件下,城市的发展日新月异。在工业化和城市化进程中,存在一系列城市问题,这些凸显在公共领域中的城市问题使得社会资源的分配欠缺公平。文章探讨了城市化进程中存在的一些问题,剖析了这些问题的诱因,并试图通过户籍改革、构建公共福利型的政府机制和反腐倡廉等各种手段营造一个公平的环境,解决城市中各个领域的矛盾冲突,增进公共利益总额。     

回族聚居地区城市化过程中的民族问题——以宁夏回族自治区吴忠市利通区为例

西部大开发战略实施十年来,我国西部少数民族聚居地区的城市化进程迅速推进。传统少数民族聚居地区的城市化,与东部地区有明显的差异。本文以宁夏回族自治区吴忠市的城市化过程为例,讨论了回族聚居地区城市化过程中民族问题的表现形式与特点。     

社区综合养老模式新探

我国自1998年起已进入老龄化社会,随着人口老龄化的加剧和传统家庭养老服务功能日益弱化,养老成为重要的社会问题,直接关系着社会和谐与社会稳定。社区综合养老实际上是介乎传统的居家养老和机构养老之间的一种养老方式,是对现代养老方式的一种拓展与创新,是多层次、多渠道解决当今养老问题的新型模式。     

中国共产党解决涉农问题的哲学思维及实践回应

中国共产党自成立开始就研究涉农问题,在不同的阶段运用相应的策略灵活处理涉农问题。党对涉农问题的认识,由＂农民是革命的主力军＂,到＂农业为工业发展服务＂,到＂农村经济体制改革＂,再到科学发展观视野下的＂统筹城乡、和谐发展＂的变化,经历了从强调阶级、部门、制度再到人的过程,关注点由物到人、由群体到个体,反映了由革命战争到和平发展的历史条件的变化,展示了我党对涉农问题的认识随着实践变化而不断深化、不断成熟的过程,反映了党善于运用辩证法,坚持实践观、群众观、真理观的马克思主义哲学思维。     

Going global: professional mobility and concerns for LGBT workers

The world of work has regularized the practice of people moving from one country to another to accept job assignments. Travel and relocation are stress-laden endeavours. For LGBT people, the risks can be more complicated than they are for heterosexuals. This article explores particular challenges that LGBT people face when they travel and relocate for business, both domestically and internationally. The article is contextualized with a literature review on sexual minorities and workplace issues, and uses auto-ethnographic stories of three of the authors’ lived experiences as sexual minorities relocating for professional reasons in order to examine issues related to LGBT relocation. These issues include legal, social, cultural and familial considerations. Implications and suggestions for human resource developers are presented, which include acquiring awareness around the psychological and physiological reactions to new and diverse ecologies, or ‘eco-shocks’.