我国地方人大常委会荣誉职权及荣誉制度的完善

地方人大常委会是特定共同体内最高权威机构,是民主代议组织,承担着道德建设职责,这种特殊地位决定了其行使荣誉职权的正当性。《地方组织法》第44条作为荣誉职权的授权性条款,明确了其行使主体、具体内容,但相对于具体实践来看,该条款属于原则规定,留下了巨大的自由操作空间。实践中存在着职权主体僭越、表彰对象不均衡、表彰条件要求偏低等问题。鉴于此,地方各级人大常委会需要在保障荣誉职权行使的独立性、设置专门组织、规范荣誉称号等方面完善地方人大荣誉制度。     

试论社区体育与学校体育的互动发展

随着社区体育的崛起,学校体育与社区体育紧密相联。本文从学校体育教育的最终目的出发,针对当前社区体育存在的滞后性、盲目性等现状,用推动全民健身运动的思想再认识学校体育与社区体育的发展要求。     

Discount rates and risky sexual behaviors among teenagers and young adults

This article examines the relationship between personal discount rates and sexual behaviors in a sample of teenagers and young adults. We find that higher discount rates (an indication of less willingness to forego current consumption for future consumption) are significantly associated with a range of sexual behaviors, including ever having sex, having sex before age 16 years, and past or current pregnancy. These associations are consistent with previous studies showing a link between discounting and other, non-sexual health behaviors. JEL Classification D80 · D90 · I10     

五代时期辽未能称霸中原之原因初探

五代时期辽 (契丹族 )之所以未能称霸中原 ,在于辽的经济、军事力量不够强大 ,在于草原本位主义保守思想严重 ,在于内部政局不稳 ,争夺权利 ,武装叛乱 ,在于中原人民的强烈反抗。     

从《北梦琐言》看晚唐重进士科之风气

科举题材是五代笔记小说《北梦琐言》的一个重要内容。作者孙光宪从不同的角度反映了晚唐社会各界对进士科的重视,对应试举子的出身阶层、区域分布等均有所描述,为后人研究唐代科举制度提供了不少有价值的史料。     

Drawing on Kinship Care Support for Older People during a Pandemic (COVID-19): Practice Considerations for Social Workers in Ghana

ABSTRACT

Undoubtedly, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought both systemic, practice changes and limitations to social workers’ commitment to the welfare of vulnerable populations such as older people. A golden preventive rule of the COVID-19 pandemic; maintaining physical and social distancing, has limited social workers’ direct practice support for older people who are considered as an at-risk population. Within jurisdictions such as Ghana where kinship care practices are culturally engrained, social workers should promote kinship care support as substitute mechanisms and pathways to safeguard or meet the welfare needs of older people.     

Old and Cold: Older People and Policies Failing to Address Fuel Poverty

Research, funded by the British Gas Help the Aged Partnership and carried out by the Institute of Gerontology, King's College London, explored the multidimensional issues of fuel poverty. A sample of older homeowners and private renters living in England, Scotland and Wales were interviewed in the Spring of 2003 to explore their experiences of keeping their homes warm in the preceding winter. It was found that almost half of the sample for whom full information was available were in fuel poverty. Government schemes failed to address some important issues. Grants were only available to those with “passport benefits”, excluding those who had minimal occupational pensions. Although most respondents had central heating, it was often old and ineffective, yet grants were not available to modernize them. Government schemes did not extend to paying for external and internal insulation for solid wall properties yet many older people live in such property. Several older people lived in rural areas not connected to mains gas. As mains gas currently provides the cheapest fuel, they faced high bills, yet government policies do not address the differential fuel costs in these areas. The culture of many older people in the study contributed to their living in cold homes. They lived frugally and usually turned heating off in daylight hours during winter. It was also a common practice to sleep in an unheated bedroom during winter and to keep the window open at night. Such practices are acknowledged to be unhealthy.     

On the Edge: the Financial Situation of Older Renters in the Private Rental Market in Sydney

In this study, based mainly on 17 in‐depth interviews, I explore the financial implications of being an older private renter in Sydney. I illustrate that there are three key factors which determine their degree of financial stress – the actual rent being paid; the degree of support from family members and whether the older renter is living in a single or couple household. It is shown that several of the older renters interviewed found it hard to maintain their physical and mental health. The purchasing of basic items such as nutritious food and clothes was difficult. Having to devote such a substantial part of their income to cover the rent and never knowing when there would be another rent increase had a serious impact on the psychological health of some interviewees. The lack of finances encouraged isolation as interviewees found it financially difficult to participate in social activities.     

吴越国统治者的重民思想及利民施政

五代时期,吴越国统治者具有较鲜明的重民思想。他们将民众利益作为用兵施政的重要依据;有时候将民众利益看得比自身利益更重要;中下层统治者勇于为民请命。儒家民本思想的影响,失民心者失败的现实启迪以及对民众疾苦较深切的了解,是吴越国统治者重民思想的来源。在重民思想的指导下,吴越国实行了一系列的利民施政,为吴越国经济的发展,社会的稳定奠定了基础。     

正确处理现阶段人民内部矛盾,维护社会稳定

新时期我国社会仍存在各种矛盾和问题,人民内部矛盾是现阶段影响我国社会稳定的主要问题。维护社会稳定,需要我们实现哲学思维方式的变革,为正确处理人民内部矛盾,维护社会稳定奠定坚实的世界观、方法论基础。同时,维护社会稳定要以科学发展观为根本原则,以科学执政、民主执政、依法治政为根本保证。