Jackpot? Gender Differences in the Effects of Lottery Wins on Separation

In this study, information on small to modest lottery wins from the British Household Panel Survey (N = 2,563) was used to investigate the effect of income on separation. The analysis demonstrated that money matters within relationships. Lottery wins temporarily reduced the odds of separation after men won. Men spent more on leisure and became more satisfied with their leisure time and social lives after winning. Nevertheless, most of the effect of lottery wins on union stability was not mediated by changes in satisfaction; instead, a direct effect of wins on the threshold to leave relationships was observed. No effect on union stability was found when women won. Women did not spend their winnings on leisure time but instead saved or spent money on durable items. These types of spending did not increase satisfaction. The findings suggested that, within families, men acted relatively independently, whereas the behavior of women was more family oriented.     

Assimilation,segregation, or integration? A teaching project examining approaches to religious and ideological diversity in the classroom

In this article, we describe the multiple phases of a project that was constructed around the real case of a young Muslim student who wished to be exempted from coeducational physical education on religious grounds. When the school refused her initial request, she decided to take legal measures which ended up in the German Federal Administrative Court. The court ultimately ruled in her favour. Her case was selected as the core ingredient for a new teaching project, which studies acculturation from different perspectives, and examines the complex balance between individual rights and societal duties, as defined by constitutional law in the Federal Republic of Germany. This case demonstrates that the majority society, represented in this study by the school, at times needs to change traditional educational policy in order to further national goals of integration; not as a compromise, but as a fair balance of interests. The project was implemented successfully as an integrated part of teacher preservice education occurring towards the end of the first academically based phase of their training.     

2009年世界民族问题热点回眸及原因与特点分析

回眸已成为历史的2009年,世界政坛波谲云诡,金融海啸继续冲击着各国经济,在此影响之下,世界民族问题热点不断.巴以之间再起战火,奥巴马新政府的战略给伊拉克局势、伊朗核问题、阿富汗和巴基斯坦局势带来新的动向,印巴关系出现新走向,南奥塞梯问题、苏丹达尔富尔和平进程、泰同南部暴力活动、塞浦路斯希土两族等问题成为2009年世界民族问题的热点.世界民族问题在多种因素的影响下涌现出新的热点和特点,值得我们对此倍加关注、认真思考、缜密分析,进而在汲取经验教训的基础上采取相应对策,为构建和谐世界尽责尽力.     

甘肃南部林区族群生存文化的生态人类学研究——以舟曲县3个藏汉村寨为例

甘肃省南部林区属于国家长江上游水土保持重点防治区域,具有非常重要的战略地位。世代居住在这块地方上的藏、汉族群积累了大量与所处环境相适应的生存技能和经验。构筑起与这种生态环境相适应的生存文化,形成了以森林为核心的生态系统与以苯教为核心的生存文化之间的共生关系。在保护当地生态环境、改善类似地区的生态环境、改变同一地区不同族群的生态观念等方面都能发挥作用,具有很强的实用价值,应该进行深入发掘和总结。     

生态农业法律问题研究

自1978年改革开放以来,我国的农业生产由传统的生产方式逐步过渡到现代化农业,农产品产量逐年增高,品种日益丰富,经济作物、反季作物大规模种植,乡镇企业也逐渐摆脱了落后的小作坊式的形态,企业规模扩大,经营范围也越来越广泛,自动化、现代化程度也越来越高。这一系列变化,使得农民收入提高了,农村基础设施完善了,农村经济有了很大的发展,但是同时,也出现了土地退化、水土流失等一系列突出的问题,发展生态农业,建设与完善生态农业法律体系,已经是迫在眉睫的事情。     

四川民族地区旅游资源开发与生态安全保障机制研究

旅游资源开发一直被认为是促进四川、云南、贵州等西部民族地区地方脱贫致富的重要路径,然而过度的资源开发必将直接危及当地生态安全。四川地处长江上游,其民族地区的生态安全状况关系着长江流域以及整个国家的安全。本文从人与自然、人与社会关系的视角,探寻四川民族地区旅游资源开发过程中自然生态环境、民族文化生态环境的生态安全保障机制,以期切实有效地维护社会和谐稳定发展。     

中国传统生命伦理观与生态文明的精神内涵

当代环境问题和生态问题的凸显,使人们对传统的生命伦理观越来越关注,也对生态文明的精神内涵赋予了多样化的解读。中国传统文化向来重视生命的价值,它以贵生的精神看待生命,以仁爱的精神关注生命,并以平等的精神对待宇宙间各个生命的价值,重视对人与自然和谐关系的构建。进一步弘扬中华传统文化中的生命伦理精神,探索其与生态文明精神内涵的本质联系,对和谐社会的建设具有重要意义。     

生态价值:基于马克思劳动价值论的一个引申分析

检视和比较中西方关于生态价值问题的研究文献,基于马克思劳动价值论,并将其引申扩展到探索生态价值的致思路径是:沿着人类社会生产力发展水平不断提升的线索,从经济系统、生态系统和生态经济系统考察商品总价值、生态总价值和商品价值总量之间的内在关联及其数量变化关系。随着人类社会生产力水平由低到高的提升,商品总价值、生态总价值和商品价值总量三者之间呈现由同向递增变动到无序变动、再到更高层次的同向递增变动的趋势。在中国当前经济社会发展面临严峻生态问题的状况下,重新认识和理解生态价值问题,将有利于改变当前衡量经济社会发展指标过度单一的局面,有利于转变人们对自然生态资源、生态环境的不合理开发和利用的传统发展理念,有利于有效推动自然资源定价和参与市场化治理,并为其提供理论基础,从而使自然生态环境能够被科学、合理、协调、可持续地开发和利用。     

论磁州窑诗词的生态智慧书写

本文运用生态美学原理,从磁州窑诗词生态叙事、生态意境、生态精髓等方面阐释磁州窑诗词绿色写作中蕴涵的生态智慧,以期开拓磁州窑诗词研究的新视野。     

马克思主义生态观与高校生态文明教育

马克思主义生态观是关于人与自然之间辩证关系的总体看法和根本观点,包含着人与自然、人与社会、人与人、人与自我和谐的重要主题,这对我国高校开展生态文明教育具有重要的理论指导。高校生态文明教育应以马克思主义生态观为指导,同时遵循科学性、综合性、实践性、发展性等原则,以确保教育目标实现。