Can cities be held responsible for early school leaving? Evidence from the Netherlands

This paper examines if ‘naming and shaming’ is an effective tool to increase accountability in school dropout for cities with disadvantaged student populations. It argues that a comparison with other cities might be unfair if regional and population characteristics differ. It discusses the example of two Dutch new towns. The new town policy deliberately attracted low- and medium-income households in the past, such that today the population of those cities differs from other cities. We use a matching analysis to account for observed differences in population and regional characteristics. The results point out that ‘naming and shaming’ may be a dangerous policy to increase accountability: early school leaving differences are driven, to a large extent, by observed differences in population and regional characteristics.     

个人合作建房的法律分析

个人合作建房是普通公民面对高不可攀的商品房市场的一种本能抵制和自我拯救,但需要在法律上确定个人合作建房的组织形式和个人合作建房过程中的资金筹措、建设模式、项目性质和权益分配等问题的正当性和可行性,确保公民能够通过有法律保障的个人合作建房制度来实现拥有理想住房的愿望。     

雄激素受体信号通路在前列腺癌中的表达调控

雄激素受体信号通路在前列腺癌的发生、发展过程中发挥重要作用,因此,一直是前列腺癌相关领域的研究热点。研究前列腺癌中雄激素受体信号通路的表达调控可以为前列腺癌的临床诊断、治疗以及进一步的研究提供科学依据。本文就雄激素受体信号通路激活与抑制方面的研究进展进行综述。     

变革时代的中国农村住房发展状况：成就与挑战

随着经济与社会的快速发展,我国农村住房建设取得了巨大的成就,农民居住水平得到了超前发展.然而,与此同时,住房领域的深层次问题亦逐渐显露,这主要表现在地区差异的不断扩大、居住分化的日益突出、农民迁移的深远影响和农村住房制度不断遭受冲击等方面.只有继续推动我国农村住房发展的现代化,才能应对住房领域的种种重大挑战.     

An Assessment of Sheltered Housing Design in Belfast,Northern Ireland

This article presents a UK-based research that has studied the existing sheltered or assisted living housing population and its future housing options and preferences. This meets an identified need to know and understand users' needs and requirements in much more detail that outlines what is liked and disliked by older people about sheltered housing, so that those who plan and design such housing can be aware of their views. The study also sought to understand the architects' challenges in designing and adapting this type of housing. The sheltered housing managed by housing associations in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was assessed through a series of site visits, structured interviews, and a focus group with stakeholders. Findings revealed older users' keen interest in participating in their housing needs assessment, identified building design concerns and provided recommendations for potential design guidelines.     

Influence of Income on Energy Beliefs and Behaviors of Urban Elderly

Although public attention toward residential energy costs has diminished in the past few years, meeting energy costs remains a concern for the elderly population. The impact of income on energy beliefs and behaviors of urban elderly indicate that lower income elderly may be adversely affected by residential energy costs. The results of this study indicate that urban elderly with lower incomes engage in more lifestyle cutbacks and curtailment behaviors than do those with higher incomes. This research emphasizes the need to investigate energy policies that target low income elderly.     

Assessing the Moderating Effects of Depressive Symptoms on Antisocial Behavior among Urban Youth in Public Housing

This study assesses whether the influences of attitude towards deviance, exposure to delinquent peers and parental supervision and encouragement on antisocial behavior are moderated by depressive symptoms. Two hundred and thirty eight African American adolescents ages 13–19 from three public housing developments participated in this study. Results indicate that approximately half of the youth did not engage in antisocial behaviors in the last year. Gender, depression, attitudes and peers were significant correlates of antisocial behavior. Parental supervision and encouragement, and age were not related to antisocial behavior. Interaction effects suggest that the relative influences of attitudes towards deviance and delinquent peers on antisocial behaviors depend upon gender and level of depression symptoms. Implications for social work practice and future research are discussed.     

Social Origins and Transformations: The Changing Role of English Housing Associations

Following the suggestion of Ragin (1998, Voluntas, 9(3), 261–270), this article uses social origins theory (Salamon and Anheier, 1998, Voluntas, 9(3), 213–248) as an heuristic device to explore change in a specific field of nonprofit activity; the English housing association sector. Conventional histories of the sector in the twentieth century suggest a succession of eras with different policy drivers. These eras can be seen as consistent with shifts in welfare regime from liberal to social democratic (after 1919) and to neo-liberal/neo-corporatist (after 1980). Examples drawn from a panel study support the analysis of Esping-Anderson (1990, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Princeton University Press, Princeton) that underlying the apparent stability of welfare regimes there are constant processes of negotiation and conflict which may lead to transformations at organization, sector, or regime level. Rather than simply responding to policy drivers, some housing associations have been able to influence the environment in which policy is made and thereby to shape their own and the sector's transformations.     

灾后安置社区社会工作的实践与反思——都江堰市“勤俭人家”社会工作服务经验研究

灾后社会工作介入对于地震灾区社会重建有着十分重要的作用.本文以都江堰市"勤俭人家"安置社区社会工作援建服务经验为基础,从社会工作服务目标、社会工作服务项目、社会工作方法和策略三方面对灾后安置社区社会工作服务进行了分析和反思.     

从“一户一宅”的视角探讨农村宅基地使用权取得

目前,农村宅基地使用权的取得比较混乱。现行立法对户的内涵的界定比较模糊,使得“一户多宅”现象较为突出。房屋继承后,“地随房走”原则的贯彻,促使“一户多宅”现象更加严重。宅基地使用权获得后,有时并不立即建造房屋,造成宅基地使用权取得与建造房屋的目的相脱离。作者认为,法律应该对宅基地使用权的取得与房屋的建造之间规定一定的期限。农村因继承房屋而能否实际取得宅基地使用权需要具体分析。农村宅基地使用权的取得需要通过立法进一步完善。