Reconceptualizing resistance: sociology and the affective dimension of resistance

This paper re‐examines the sociological study of resistance in light of growing interest in the concept of affect. Recent claims that we are witness to an ‘affective turn’ and calls for a ‘new sociological empiricism’ sensitive to affect indicate an emerging paradigm shift in sociology. Yet, mainstream sociological study of resistance tends to have been largely unaffected by this shift. To this end, this paper presents a case for the significance of affect as a lens by which to approach the study of resistance. My claim is not simply that the forms of actions we would normally recognize as resistance have an affective dimension. Rather, it is that the theory of affect broadens ‘resistance’ beyond the purview of the two dominant modes of analysis in sociology; namely, the study of macropolitical forms, on the one hand, and the micropolitics of everyday resistance on the other. This broadened perspective challenges the persistent assumption that ideological forms of power and resistance are the most pertinent to the contemporary world, suggesting that much power and resistance today is of a more affective nature. In making this argument, it is a Deleuzian reading of affect that is pursued, which opens up to a level of analysis beyond the common understanding of affect as emotion. I argue that an affective approach to resistance would pay attention to those barely perceptible transitions in power and mobilizations of bodily potential that operate below the conscious perceptions and subjective emotions of social actors. These affective transitions constitute a new site at which both power and resistance operate.     

The Elder Latino Population in Holyoke,MA

Abstract

Holyoke's elderly Latino population's needs, as well as their patterns of service utilization, were explored through detailed interviews of 13 individual elders and a focus group of an additional 10 participants. The research uncovered a gap in the web of resources available, with some services, such as medical care, functioning well. However, there continue to be unmet needs, particularly in the areas of transportation, social and recreational activities, and sense of safety. Negative perceptions of aging and complaints of anxiety, depression, and boredom are also an area of concern.

The barriers to use of services were also explored. Recommendations for the enhanced provision and utilization of services, many suggested by the elders themselves, are offered. Implications for social work research and policy on, and practice with, Latino elders are discussed.     

Optimal 3×3 factorial and 3-ray designs for drug interaction experiments with dichotomous responses

The only information available to an investigator designing an initial combination drug study is for each drug used singly. The designs that we investigated are constructed using this information. Within the major body of the paper we consider experiments using nine points arrived at from 3x3 factorial and 3-ray design plans for which D-optimal solutions are obtained under the hypothesis of no interaction.     

The Interweaving of Community Intervention Approaches

This article presents the updated and revised version of the three pronged model of community intervention--locality development, social action, and social planning/policy--introduced in the first edition of Strategies of Community Intervention (1968). It provides a recent elaboration of that model into a paradigm of community intervention that illustrates the interweaving of the basic models and the types of interventions that result from the mixed forms. Dilemmas inherent in each core model are analyzed.     

基于应变模型的我国政府会计改革路径选择问题

政府会计是财政管理的一个重要手段,对政府会计进行改革也是当前我国财政管理改革中的一个热点话题。对于我国的政府会计改革的时间、路径的确定都需要建立在对政府会计环境因素分析的基础之上,而应变模型为这种分析提供了工具。通过将这一模型应用到对我国政府会计改革这一具体问题上,可以实现对我国政府会计改革的环境因素进行综合分析,设计我国政府会计改革的现实路径。     

经济发展中政府的作用

发展经济学理论和发展中国家的历史经验表明 ,经济发展是有阶段性的 ,应根据经济发展的不同阶段 ,调整政府的职能。本文在分析发展经济学政府干预理论和借鉴东亚各国和地区政府干预经验的基础上 ,指出了现阶段我国经济发展中政府的作用内容     

公司治理：从激励因素到保健因素——基于我国上市商业银行的实证研究

我国上市商业银行的公司治理表现为＂保健因素＂的特点,而非＂激励因素＂,提高我国上市商业银行的公司治理水平的主要手段应是加强政府的监管和行业自律体系的建设。     

The Geriatric Worker in a Community Mental Health Clinic:

Special geriatrics services are now a reality in many community mental health clinics, thus making it timely for clinicians and administrators to look at the problems faced by geriatric workers in that setting. This article addresses the problems in the worker's role by first comparing it to those of other special population mental health workers. Systemic difficulties and structural problems of the job are examined with emphasis on the worker's experiences and feelings. The author contends that the worker's issues parallel those of elderly clients. Solutions for changing negative aspects of the separate service role are discussed and their impact on service delivery described.     

基于协同理论的高校思想政治教育与心理健康教育互动机制研究

在我国高校,大学生心理健康教育和思想政治教育原属两个独立系统,虽然两者之间解决问题的侧重点和理论基础不同,但都包含了教师、学生、学校和家庭等共同要素并且相互联系,如何实现两者一体化协同科学发展,是加强高校思想政治教育与大学生心理健康教育实效性的积极措施。探索促使两个教育系统的有机契合,使其共同发挥出培养大学生和谐健全人格的教育合力,具有重要的意义。     

Educational Opportunities for Rural and Urban Residents in China, 1978-2008： Inequality and Evolution

改革开放以来,随着中国教育规模的扩张,城乡居民的受教育水平逐年提高,但教育不平等问题并未得到有效改善。本文使用CGSS2008数据,检验户籍、家庭社会经济地位、父母受教育年限以及兄弟姐妹数量等因素对初中、高中和大学三个教育阶段升学机会的影响及其作用在1978至2008年期间的变化趋势。研究发现,初中升学机会的城乡差异没有变化,高中和大学升学机会的城乡不平等有扩大趋势;父亲职业地位对子女升学机会的影响保持不变,表明教育获得的阶层差异自1978年以来没有发生明显变化;父母受教育年限对子女教育获得的作用显著,而且其作用持续上升;因兄弟姐妹数量差异导致的教育不平等也有上升趋势。要理解改革后中国教育不平等的结构及其演变,除讨论阶层不平等外,尚需关注影响居民教育决策的微观机制。