The Residential Mobility of Seniors Among Different Residential Forms: Analysis of Metropolitan and Rural Issues for Six Contrasted Regions in Québec,Canada

The purpose of this research is to describe and analyze the residential mobility of senior citizens, between 2006 and 2011, among different residential forms in rural and metropolitan areas in the province of Quebec (Canada). A systematic analysis of residential form variability in territories that include both metropolitan and rural areas is performed. First, a typology of residential forms is proposed using a principal component analysis and a hierarchical cluster analysis on environment-related and housing variables. Second, the residential mobility of seniors among these different residential forms is analyzed. The results reveal a certain amount of residential stability among seniors, except where specific conditions are met, such as the death of a spouse or the onset of health problems limiting day-to-day activities. For those who moved, high-rise habitat areas and mixed areas with older rental apartments held the greatest attraction. However, suburban areas attracted the largest number of seniors because these areas account for a sizeable portion of the real estate market.     

Mainstream is not for all: the educational experiences of autistic young people

Abstract

This article highlights two current issues facing autistic young people in their pursuit of suitable education. First, mainstream education is advocated for all, from a rights-based perspective on inclusion, yet, as 12 autistic young people from Northern Ireland demonstrate, being academically able does not mean they are mainstream able. Second, autistic young people, who are largely missing from the debate on educational improvement, and in particular the inclusion debate, ought to be central to this discussion and have much to add. The social model of disability is considered relevant to autism. For the young people referred to in this article, inclusion is a feeling (a sense of belonging) not a place (mainstream or otherwise).     

城市空巢老人养老中存在的问题及对策——以苏州为个案

文章以2008年苏州市区老年空巢家庭状况的调查资料为基础,分析了城市空巢老人养老中面临的主要问题,并提出了解决这些问题的对策建议。研究发现,苏州城市空巢老人养老中面临的问题主要有：存在一部分经济相对困难的空巢老人,生病没有钱治是空巢老人最担心的问题之一,空巢老人的社区照料服务需求没有得到很好的满足,部分空巢老人缺乏精神慰藉等等。针对城市空巢老人生活中存在的问题,文章提出了相应的对策建议。     

洪水、葫芦神话的衍变与印缅那加族的迁移

流传于云南的洪水葫芦神话包含三个内核：洪水、兄妹成婚、葫芦生人,是各民族文化交汇的产物。最初是由杜字族人带来的蜀国反映人与自然斗争的洪水神话;其次为朱提的洪水一兄妹成婚神话,反映了败亡南逃的杜宇族人对“直眼人”时代的反思和开辟新时代的愿望;在古代哀牢地区产生并传至云南各民族的洪水一兄妹成婚一葫芦神话,主题为各民族皆兄弟。印缅那加族的洪水葫芦神话表明,他们的先民大约在7世纪时从云南迁出,迁移途中经过了佤族居住地区。     

北方少数民族传统服饰文化地域特征分析

北方少数民族的服饰与该民族的生存环境以及民族性格有着完全对应的关系,各民族服饰的结构类型、色彩理念、审美情趣、图案寓意等表现形式,是对自身生活方式的理解与适应,以及在对精神世界的追求中形成的,具有浓郁的地域特征、独特的审美情趣和丰富的文化内涵。这种民族服饰特征与地域民俗风情,是北方少数民族强调修德、追求完美、提倡宽容、崇尚和谐统一等民族精神的体现。     

中亚东干族文化传统及近年中亚地区汉语教学的发展

中亚东干族是中国陕甘回民的后裔,是因战争迁徙而聚居于哈、吉、乌三国的华人群体。本文考察中亚东干族的形成,分析其突出的文化表征,阐述东干文化对中国汉文化的继承,介绍国内对东干留学生的汉语教学与中亚地区汉语教学的现状及发展前景。     

试论黎族原始先民创造的生存技术——从黎族原始文化看其原始社会发展的历史轨迹

本文探究黎族原始先民创造的生存技术,以展示黎族原始社会发展的历史轨迹。     

法治的政治基础

因为行政权力因素在国家和社会关系中的支配地位,所以民众凭借对行政权力本能的信任共识去服从统治,放逐了法治,从而使得行政权力因素成为法治在中国面临种种困境的根本原因。只有通过削弱行政权力因素在国家和社会生活中的支配性地位,进行行政体制改革,才有可能真正实现法治。     

以人为本的马克思主义入学底蕴探析

党的十七大全面总结和概括了当代中国马克思主义理论发展的最新成果,构建了中国特色社会主义理论体系,对科学发展观的理论内涵及其历史地位进行了深刻的阐述。以人为本作为科学发展观的实质和核心,内涵极其丰富,对马克思主义人学思想的继承和发展,具有重大的现实意义。     

人大监督不力的制度原因探析

人大监督权运作正常与否被看成是衡量人大制度健康与否的重要标志。现阶段,我国各级人大较为普遍地存在着监督权不到位、监督不力的现象,这极大地消解了国家权力机关的权威、弱化了其地位。造成这一状况的制度原因主要有：党的领导和人大权力关系未能理顺;人大代表的筛选与监控机制失灵;人大代表履职监督机制还不够健全等。为此,解决人大监督不力、提高人大监督实效,要从制度建设入手,通过制度变革来形成合力,改变人大监督的政治生态环境,健全人大制度、强化人大监督,推动人大制度的健康发展。