“Home” for Now or “Home” for Good?

ABSTRACT

This article explores accommodation experiences of East Europeans in London. Based on in-depth interviews with recent Polish and Lithuanian migrants it highlights a range of accommodation strategies that they exercise living in London. The article argues that instead of being passive users of the housing services in the immigration country, East European migrants skillfully manipulate the British housing market in order to achieve maximum benefit from the limited housing options available them. In this way, the article reflects on the dilemmas of making “home” and contributes to the theoretical refinement of the concept of “home” in the context of temporary accommodation.     

The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme: A case for social work advocacy!

Abstract

The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme is one of Queensland Health's initiatives designed to facilitate equity of access for Queensland residents to essential health care services. The purpose of the scheme is to help all Queenslanders, irrespective of where they live, to have access to specialist medical services. It provides direct financial assistance to patients and in some cases their carers, to facilitate access to specialist medical services irrespective of geographic location.

The findings of recent research conducted on social worker involvement with PTAS for patients diagnosed with leukaemia and associated haematological disorders will be used to argue that the problems in relation to the administration of this scheme require serious attention at the level of patient care and health policy.     

体制改良路径与体制变革路径的互动

经济发展与社会变迁使公民政治参与需求与需求满足之间形成“时滞性差距”,这种“时滞性差距”进而向政府体制输入压力信号。政府则根据需求强度选择“体制改良”或“体制变革”制度变迁路径,将社会成员吸纳到公正而富有理性的程序之中进行对话、讨论、商谈、沟通、审议,通过多层次、多渠道、多类型体制吸纳,促进政府体制与公民政治参与之间的动态均衡。     

The Impact of Physical Attractiveness on Women's Social Status and Interactional Power

This article tests hypotheses derived from status-generalization theory and communication-accommodation theory that behaviors resulting from status inequalities emerge when attractiveness differentiates dyads. Relying on unobtrusive acoustic analysis of 24 women's voices, we test the extent to which (1) women adjust nonverbal behavior to one another; (2) more attractive women exert more influence than less attractive partners; and (3) the effects of attractiveness on influence are stronger if a greater relative difference exists between partners. Findings suggest that if two interacting women are similarly attractive, then they compete dynamically for status, which informs recent developments in the expectation-states research program. An earlier version of the paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Washington, DC in August 2000.     

认同与区分——民族服饰的族群语意表达

民族服饰通常被视作一个民族十分重要的外在标识,体现并强化着族群内部的认同及与他族的区分。然而,在一些多族杂居或不同民族相邻而居的地区,族属的不同很难通过服饰的形质来判断,但这并不意味着他们之间失去了认同的依据。一方面,想象中的差异帮助他们确认彼此间的距离;另一方面,事实上的共通之处又使他们保持友好和谐的关系。于是,在族际交流的情形下,服饰的＂大同小异＂更多地成为处理＂自我＂与＂他者＂关系的一种生存策略。     

民族区域自治地方法律变通的价值蕴涵

民族自治地方可以依照当地民族的政治、经济和文化特点,对法律和行政法规的规定作出变通规定,变通立法是民族自治地方自治权的重要表现形式。法律变通是对少数民族人权的特殊保护,是民族平等权的有效保障。法律变通能够巩固民族认同基础上的国家认同,有效推动政治发展,促进政治文明和法治建设,实现差异性的统一,促进社会和谐。     

中国农业高技术产业投融资体制浅析

中国农业高技术产业现有投融资体制存在投入总量和强度严重不足 ,投入结构不合理 ,资金多头管理、使用分散、使用效果差等问题 ,这主要是由中国目前投融资环境欠佳 ,缺乏适应农业高技术产业发展需求的投融资主体、投融资方式和农业高技术产品及其研究的某些特点所引起的。通过分析可得出传统投融资方式不宜作为中国农业高技术产业发展的主要手段 ;中国农业高技术产业的发展不仅缺乏资金 ,更缺少权益资本支持的结论。     

相交线错觉因子及其在部分几何错觉中的作用

尽管目前人们已认识到视网膜成像模糊是产生某些视错觉的原因之一,但人们并不清楚它到底起着什么样的作用。本研究以相交线的模糊照片直接证明,相交线模糊成像时,其交点处发生了一系列变化。这使得由于光学及视网膜的结构特点的原因使视网膜的像上模糊,某些由相交线构成的几何错觉图形,实际上是类“拧绳”错觉图形。而另一些相交线构成的几何图形错觉,则直接包含了这些变化。这个结论本身还置关于这类错觉的侧抑制理论于次要地位,甚至完全被否定。     

课程建构二元论

1、“量力性和可接受性”、“高难度、高速度”、“最近发展区”，是适于不同学生和不同学习材料的学习原则。2、有些学习需要以学生的直观的生活经验作为起点，不断向教材中的理性知识渗透；有些学习是以教材中的理性知识为起点，不断向后续直观经验进行扩散。3、对“顺应”概念的解释形成四种类型。从另一角度，又分为主动适应和被动适应。4、个体即可认知外部世界存在的秩序与规律，又可在与环境的互动中自主建构知识。5、知识系统的稳定是相对的，不稳定是绝对的；完整性和封闭性是相对的，不完整性和开放性是绝对的。6、人类社会中的一些成果是合作互动形成的，另一些成果则是独立思考形成的，教师应鼓励学生形成这两种学习和工作的风格。     

Social enterprises as enabling workplaces for people with psychiatric disabilities

In recent years, western governments influenced by neoliberalism have emphasized paid work as a key route to social inclusion and community participation for people with psychiatric disabilities. Although paid work can offer many rewards, access to mainstream employment for people with psychiatric disabilities is difficult as they continue to encounter discrimination and a lack of workplace accommodation. One response to these challenges has been the creation of social enterprises as ‘alternative spaces’ of employment for people with psychiatric disabilities. On the basis of interviews with key informants from 21 different social enterprises across Ontario, Canada, this paper critically analyzes the strategies used by organizations to create jobs that are both accommodating for people, but also conducive to the ongoing success of the business.