Immigration and environment: A framework for establishing a shape possible relationship

Population Research and Policy Review - This paper considers conceptual, analytic and policy issues concerning US population, immigration and environment. The policy question guiding the analysis...     

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The Role of Social Workers in Welfare to Work Programs

Summary

Welfare to work is an important arena for understanding the changing nature of social policy and practice in Australia, the UK, Hong Kong, and the United States. This article discusses some key policy and practice issues in respect to social work professional training and practice. Welfare to work programs focus on “active” measures and stress the importance of “responsibilities” for all people of working age to support themselves through employment. The programs are being implemented in different ways across these different countries but in all cases the focus is increasingly on groups of people who may require substantial levels of assistance to meet their needs and to help them find and sustain employment.     

Family engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges for school social work

The COVID-19 pandemic brought dramatic changes in schooling in the United States and across the world, including abrupt shifts to remote learning, immediate cessation of social contact, intensive family engagement in education and diminished school capacity for social–emotional supports. While the initial national lockdown was temporary, the long-lasting effects of the pandemic on society are still being revealed. This study contributes to a growing body of research exploring and documenting shifts in school social work practice in the United States during the COVID era. We used qualitative methods to explore how school social workers (SSWers) practised family engagement during the pandemic and their perceptions of the benefits and challenges of increased family engagement. Analysis of interviews with 20 SSWers from three US states (Colorado, Minnesota and Nevada) revealed five primary themes: reasons for family engagement, ways of engaging with families, frequency of family contact, challenges in engaging families and SSWers' attitudes and perceptions about family engagement. Results indicated a need for a comprehensive, organized and strategic family engagement plan in schools as we move into the post-acute phases of the pandemic. Future research should explore how SSWers may serve as leaders in the development of such plans and how interprofessional practice might advance this agenda further.     

欧盟-美国经贸关系中的合作与摩擦

随着欧盟的进一步扩大,大规模的经济改革和整合运动提高了欧盟在重要领域——高科技、高技能和高附加值的商品和服务领域的竞争力,对欧盟与美国经贸关系的发展产生积极的影响。随着欧美经贸关系范围的不断扩大,近年来,欧盟与美国的经贸关系基本特征呈现合作与摩擦共存状态",摩擦性合作"(conflictual-cooperation)是对欧美经贸关系的恰当描述。但从全球总体经济利益上看,欧美双方基本协调行动,双方都致力于推动和维护双边经贸合作关系。     

What Makes a (Third) Wave?

The wave narrative has come to frame academic and popular discussions of western feminist activism. Yet there are overlapping and contradictory ways of interpreting “third-wave feminism,” which has resulted in much confusion surrounding its use and relevancy within western feminist praxis. Hence the need for a greater understanding of the term “third-wave feminism.” This article sets out a framework for understanding third-wave feminism, highlighting the importance of political context. The article, drawing upon interview data generated with activists in the USA and the UK, argues that while chronology is the most prevalent way in which feminist activists interpret third-wave feminism, many also cite age and intersectionality as indicators of third-wave feminism. Moreover, differing interpretations influence the extent to which it is seen as a positive development. While third-wave feminism is more developed in the USA, many within the UK recognize and use the term.     

The impact of US fresh milk production standards on dairy trade

We examine the impact of proposed changes in US legislation to allow greater use of concentrated dairy products when producing fresh milk commodities. Although this change will allow dairy producers to partially circumvent high tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for fresh milk products, changes in dairy production and trade are small, reflecting limited use of concentrated dairy products as inputs to fresh milk products. We also show that, at the global level, high trade barriers on other dairy commodities do not have a significant impact on trade in concentrated milk products. We conclude that trade negotiations should focus on the removal of tariffs and TRQs.     

A matter of distance? Retailer acceptance of the US dollar in the Canadian plains

The continued economic integration of North America has connected cross-border shoppers along the US-Canadian border. This paper explores the use of the US dollar in Canadian retail establishments along a geographical spine in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. We find that distance away from the border is inversely related to the rate of US dollar acceptance in Saskatchewan. More important to the acceptance decision, however, is business maturity and provincial location in Saskatchewan.     

美国在沙特军事基地的战略演变

美国在沙特的军事部署经历了前沿行动基地、主要行动基地与合作安全基地三个阶段。决定其战略部署的主要因素包括美沙共同应对伊朗拥核崛起、伊拉克安全局势的恶化和海湾地区恐怖主义威胁的上升等。美国在沙特的军事基地加深了美国、沙特和伊朗之间的安全困境。同时,由于美沙双方在安全领域存在结构性互补关系,未来军事合作仍是美沙全方位合作的重点领域。     

美国国会干涉西藏事务的早期活动(1959—1989)

1959年西藏叛乱以来,美国国会对中国西藏事务进行了长期的干涉活动.国会早期干涉西藏事务的主要活动包括:为美国中央情报局的西藏秘密行动提供资金保障;为达赖集团提供经济和政治支持;从1987年开始,国会开始以立法的形式插手西藏事务,其立法活动的目标是将美国对华政策与"西藏问题"挂钩.国会干涉西藏事务的早期活动不仅损害了中美关系的健康发展,而且也在很大程度上助长了达赖集团在国外的分裂活动.