Change in the Chilean social model

Chile modernized its social model in two stages characterized by different strategies: developmentalism (1924–73) and the Washington Consensus (1973–2008). In the first stage, the State pursued both social policies of universal coverage and land reform, while also building up the country's economic and institutional infrastructure. After the 1973 military coup, some public services were dismantled and privatized, and the labour movement was suppressed. Since the end of the dictatorship in 1990, resistance to state regulation and an anti‐labour bias have persisted, albeit to a diminishing degree due to advances in democratization and, latterly, the current world economic crisis.     

论政治学视阈下的民族区域自治

文章旨从政治学的角度来探讨民族区域自治的一体性、权力分配性、参与性、合理性,以期求证民族区域自治对自治地区各民族的有效整合.文章最后认为:多民族国家的建构非常复杂,它既需要极具渗透力的制度保证,又需各民族对政治权力的共同参与、分配,借以扩大合法性基础及其持续的稳定.     

浅论近代青海女性社会地位变迁及其原因

近代是青海女性社会地位发生变迁的时期,本文从女性形体观的转变、女性教育等方面,论述了近代青海女性社会地位的变迁及其原因。     

浅谈民族地区人才培养和使用

人才的成长和人才作用的发挥 ,其作用不仅需要个人的努力 ,而且需要一定的物质条件 ,更需要一种能激励人才成长和发展的社会文化氛围。为此 ,必须改变传统的人才观念 ,坚持任人唯贤的原则 ,改革一切不合理的规章制度 ,建立积极、公开、平等、有效的人才竞争机制 ,使人才个性和才能都得到充分的发展和施展。     

维吾尔族饮食文化与生态环境

维吾尔族在其历史发展进程中 ,经历了不同的生态环境 ,因此亦形成各种独特的饮食文化。社会礼仪最初产生于饮食。随着饮食结构转型 ,礼仪则呈现出重合性特点     

加强社会实践培养少数民族大学生的实践能力

加强社会实践 ,是高校教学的重要内容和环节。通过社会实践有利于培养和提高少数民族大学生的综合素质、创新意识、创新能力 ;有利于培养德、智、体、美、劳全面发展的社会主义事业的建设者和接班人     

当前称谓语的演变及其社会意义

本文通过对若干称谓语的演变的考察,认为称谓语的演变反映了社会生活的变迁,并具有一定导向力量,大多从经济文化发达地区向落后地区扩散。     

社区仪式及其在社区社会资本创建中的作用--以西北弓村"转灯"仪式的实地研究为例

本文通过对西北弓村"转灯"仪式的实地研究与描述,分析了仪 式在社区社会资本创建中的意义,认为社区民间仪式促进了居民之间的交往与沟通,有利于提高居民的参与、合作水平和自组织能力.文章同时指出,社区仪式的衰退会造成社区社会资本的缺失,只有通过仪式创新或创建其他形式的组织或活动,才能从一定程度上弥补这种缺失所造成的影响.     

Cultural capital or relative risk aversion? Two mechanisms for educational inequality compared1

In this paper we empirically examined two explanatory mechanisms for educational inequality: cultural reproduction and relative risk aversion, using survey data taken from secondary school pupils in Amsterdam. Cultural reproduction theory seeks to explain class variations in schooling by cultural differences between social classes. Relative risk aversion theory argues that educational inequalities can be understood by between-class variation in the necessity of pursuing education at branching points in order to avoid downward mobility. We showed that class variations in early demonstrated ability are for a substantial part cultural: cultural capital - measured by parental involvement in highbrow culture - affected school performance at the primary and secondary level. However, relative risk aversion - operationalized by being concerned with downward mobility - strongly affects schooling ambitions, whereas cultural capital had no effect. Thus, we conclude that 'primary effects' of social origin on schooling outcomes are manifested through cultural capital and not through relative risk aversion (in addition to other potential sources of class variations such as genetics). Relative risk aversion, and not cultural capital, affects schooling ambitions, which is relevant for our understanding of secondary effects.     

Ordering competition: the interactional accomplishment of the sale of art and antiques at auction

Auctions provide an institutional solution to a social problem; they enable the legitimate pricing and exchange of goods where those goods are of uncertain value. In turn, auctions raise a number of social and organizational issues that are resolved within the interaction that arise in sales by auction. In this paper, we examine sales of fine art, antiques and objets d'art and explore the ways in which auctioneers mediate competition between buyers and establish a value for goods. In particular, we explore how bids are elicited, co-ordinated and revealed so as to rapidly escalate the price of goods in a transparent manner that enables the legitimate valuation and exchange of goods. In directing attention towards the significance of the social interaction, including talk, visual and material conduct, the paper contributes to the growing corpus of ethnographic studies of markets. It suggests that to understand the operation of markets and their outcomes, and to unpack issues of agency, trust and practice, we need to place the 'interaction order' at the heart of analytic agenda.