Employment, family union and childbearing decisions in Great Britain

Summary.  The paper investigates the life-cycle relationship of work and family life in Britain based on the British Household Panel Survey. Using hazard regression techniques we estimate a five-equation model, which includes birth events, union formation, union dissolution, employment and non-employment events. We find that transitions in and out of employment for men are relatively independent of other transitions. In contrast, there are strong links between employment of females, having children and union formation. By undertaking a detailed microsimulations analysis, we show that different levels of labour force participation by females do not necessarily lead to large changes in fertility events. Changes in union formation and fertility events, in contrast, have larger effects on employment.     

Subverting rules and reinforcing stereotypes: Italianness in Madonna of the Seven Moons

This article focuses on a key Gainsborough costume melodrama, Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944). Following the critical revaluation of the ‘woman's film’, feminist film scholars have celebrated Madonna's feminine aesthetics and extravagant Italian setting, seen as an alternative to the austerity of Britain's wartime self‐definition. Using this position as a point of debate, I explore some hitherto ignored implications of the film's representation of Italianness, arguing that Madonna actually reinforces national boundaries by relying on long‐established notions of ‘Britishness’ and ‘Italianness’, and owes its box‐office success to the validation of Italy's ambivalent place in British fantasy.     

Forecasting on British election night 1997

An account is given of methods used to predict the outcome of the 1997 general election from early declared results, for use by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in its election night television and radio coverage. Particular features of the 1997 election include extensive changes to constituency boundaries, simultaneous local elections in many districts and strong tactical voting. A new technique is developed, designed to eliminate systematic sources of bias such as differential refusal, for incorporating prior information from the BBC's exit poll. The sequence of forecasts generated on election night is displayed, with commentary.     

英国医疗保障制度变迁及其启示

现代意义上的医疗保障是工业社会转型的产物.作为社会保障制度的一种,医疗保障是由国家为全体社会成员的疾病医疗、健康关怀提供必要的保障,使国民能够积极应对疾病风险,防止因病致贫和因病返贫,促进社会和谐发展.因此,它在国家社会保障体系中始终占据极其重要的地位.     

汤普森“文化唯物主义”的理论与范式

作为理论的"文化唯物主义"是汤普森在探索马克思主义英国化过程中,基于自己对斯大林主义的批判反思和历史研究实践,形成的一种主要适用于自由资本主义时代的历史唯物主义学说。作为范式的"文化唯物主义"是奠基在"自下而上"的观察视角、"人民历史"观念和超越资本主义的乌托邦议程这三个支撑点上的,它具有两种基本作用:真实的经验整体的倾听和再创造;大众文化的社会功能的分析与评价。     

英美文学素养与高校理科生创新思维培养

以广西桂林高校理工科大学生为样本,对英美文学对学生创新思维培养的实证分析表明:理工科大学生英美文学水平总体不高,创新思维能力呈中等水平;选(必)修英美文学课程不仅能提高学生英美文学素养,也促进了学生创新思维能力的发展;学生英美文学水平与创新思维能力呈中度正相关。因此,理工科院校应倡导学生重视自身英美文学素养的提高,并积极开设英美文学选(必)修课程,努力推进专业学科与人文学科的有机结合,以培养具有全面素质的优秀人才。     

多媒体网络下的英美文学教学与跨文化交际能力培养

英美文学中蕴含着丰富的文化知识,而英美文学课程是面向英语专业学生开设的一门专业知识课程,合理地开发、使用多媒体和网络教学资源,把纸质教材选用与网络资源开发利用相结合,课堂教学与课外学习相结合,在多媒体教学中突出英美文学课程的特征,在文学作品鉴赏中注意中西文化的对比,就会更好地增加学生的英美文学和西方文化知识,提高他们的文化意识和跨文化交际的能力。     

英美法系和大陆法系刑事陪审制度功能之比较

陪审制度的功能是陪审制度得以存在和延续的理由 ,笔者首先剖析了陪审制度的沿革及其发展趋势 ;进而阐述陪审制度在两大法系中共有的功能 ;最后分别阐述英美法系和大陆法系刑事陪审制度功能     

浅论诗人叶芝的创作人生

叶芝W illiam Butler Yeats(1865～1939),爱尔兰诗人,爱尔兰文艺复兴的中心人物。叶芝一生的诗歌创作可分成三个阶段,本文结合其人生经历谈叶芝的诗作风格。     

法律文本的矛盾--从英租威海卫时期的一份鞭刑文件说起

英租威海卫<1903年鞭笞规定法令>表达了一种深刻的矛盾,破解这一矛盾需要回到法律文本的历史语境中去,需要对文本背后的"二元法律"进行分析.威海鞭刑制度与香港及英国鞭刑制度有直接的血缘关系.把鞭刑问题与缠足问题联系起来,我们发现对某种恶的容忍并不是"二元法律"的必然后果,它来自威英当局对殖民统治的成本考虑.