The impact of citizen evaluation review on community mental health center programs

A field study of techniques for involving local citizens in the evaluation of Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) services shows that lay citizens can make recommendations that service agencies will use to improve services. Seventeen citizen groups received evaluation information from participating CMHCs and developed 310 recommendations. Seventy-one percent of these suggestions were used by the CMHCs. Staff and governing board attitudes, fiscal pressures, and other organizational characteristics affected the success of the citizen groups.     

历史街区保护的公众参与度评价研究

在探析国内外公众参与历史街区保护的理论研究与实践案例的基础上,构建历史街区保护的公众参与度评价体系。以国家级历史文化名城泉州西街为例,采用问卷调查和访谈的形式,对我国历史街区保护中的公众参与情况进行测度。结果表明:总体上看,历史街区保护的公众参与度较低。居民意识到自身参与的重要性,并且有意愿参与历史街区的保护工作,参与意识较强,但由于文化、专业知识和参与途径等方面的限制,居民参与能力较低。另外,居民参与后对历史街区保护所产生的影响不大,参与效果不理想。针对评价结果,为提高公众参与度提出了一些实施建议。     

阳朔西街文化的后现代性批评

西街文化具有明显的后现代性特征,表现为三个方面：对现实的疏离所形成环境氛围的狂欢化、经营者对生活本真品质的追求导致的商业活动休闲化．媒体传播所造就的西街故事的传奇化。西街特有的文化生态是其作为旅游景点的主要卖点,和其他的原生态景点一样,西街面临本土文化与商业文化的尖锐冲突。现代商业操作可以再建造更多的“西街”,但西街的精神和文化是不可被复制的;作为旅游目的地,西街的看点就在于其特有的精神气质和文化生态,在对西街以及类似西街的景点的规划和开发应合理地规避矛盾,形成可持续发展的良好态势。     

The World Bank model for global interdependence: A quantitative framework for the World Development Report

This paper describes the basic structure of the Global Model used in preparing various parts of the World Development Report (WDR) issued annually by the World Bank. The report is designed to help clarify linkages between the international economy and the domestic strategies of developing countries. The paper is divided in four parts. The first two present different aspects of the model structure and discuss the reasons that induced the authors to orient themselves towards given functional specifications. In the final parts the policy relevance of the exercise is studied in light of the results that the model has produced for 1975–1985.     

汉正街社区教育实践的启示

汉正街区教育的实践与探索所积累的经济与教训为发展社区教育提供了两点启示：第一,坚持党和政府对社区教育的领导,在社区发展的大背景下认识社区教育的重要意义,第二,充分利用社区教育资源,选择和培育社区教育实体,构建并启这区教育网络。     

美国墨西哥裔女性的声音——近30年《芒果街上的小屋》研究综述

有关西斯内罗斯小说《芒果街上的小屋》的研究在20世纪90年代数量最为可观,研究重心由最初的成长主题到后来的双重边缘化问题,族裔与女性身份是探讨重点。进入21世纪后,评论界开始把目光聚焦于西斯内罗斯的新作,研究的蓬勃势头逐渐扩展到中国。她们将族裔经验播撒进主流社会话语,为重构包容的空间秩序开辟了道路,也为在后现代研究族裔文学提供了更广阔的视角。     

日本横滨开港与华侨社会

随着西力东渐的殖民贸易浪潮日益强劲，１９世纪中叶以来日本横滨被迫开港，成为欧美国家与亚洲进行贸易的重要基地。欧美国家开通的东亚航线把横滨与中国东南沿海地区紧密联系起来，中国人由此开始移住横滨并逐渐形成了华侨社会。日本横滨的华侨社会为当地经济文化的繁荣和中日友好往来做出了不可磨灭的贡献。     

An evaluation case: The implementation and evaluation of a problem-solving training program for adolescents

This study recounts the implementation and evaluation of a problem-solving skills training program for adolescents. Sixty-six students from the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of a local junior high school were identified by guidance counselors as needing problem-solving training—48 male and 18 female students between the ages of 11 and 16. The hypothesis that students included in the training sessions would demonstrate better problem-solving skills, a more internal locus of control, and a higher level of self-esteem than control group students was tested via a pretest-posttest Control Group Design. The results of a stepwise discriminant analysis of the data supported the hypothesis. An analysis of grade level differences indicated that the program had less effect on the seventh-grade training group. Implications for program modification and the limitations of the evaluation findings are discussed.     

An exploratory study of self-esteem and quality of care of 100 children in foster care

This small-scale research study examined children's perceptions of themselves, their situation, career aspirations and hopes for the future. One hundred San Francisco children in foster care were interviewed and filled out a questionnaire. 50 of the children lived in foster family care; 50 in group homes. The Department of Social Services in San Francisco cooperated in executing this study. Children ranged in ages from 8–18. Both male and female children participated. The questionnaire contained two standarized tests, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and Parks Career Role Inventory. A section was written by the authors to examine how children in care spend their time, and how they feel about where they live and their foster care status. The last part, an open-ended section asks them which foster care setting they liked best, why, and what they would suggest to improve the foster care system. An additional question “Why do you think you are in foster care?” was designed to elicit the children's understanding of why they lived in foster care rather than their biological home.