Unaccompanied migrant children and indebted relations: Weaponizing safeguarding

UK statutory guidance for practitioners suggests that indebtedness is an area where safeguarding red flags should be raised and action taken to minimize the risk of exploitation. Yet, our research shows that unaccompanied migrant children have complex indebted relationships, which can range from extractive to connective. Drawing on interviews with unaccompanied children, we show that these indebted relationships can include financial debt to smugglers, responsibilities to support transnational families, as well as social obligations to peers and others. Their accounts present a nuanced understanding of the taboo nature of indebted relationships, not to be shared with the practitioners in their lives. This is due, in part, to the potential threat of reporting to the Home Office, which might jeopardize their immigration status. In response to this weaponization of social care, we demonstrate how children turn to peer networks of support, creating their own alternative forms of social protection. In so doing, we complicate critiques of adultification, which traditionally highlight the ways that racially minoritized children may be treated as adults—to their detriment. In so doing, we show that because indebtedness is normatively linked to adulthood, unaccompanied children's hopes and fears may be rendered unsayable and therefore unsupportable in social care, all in the name of safeguarding.     

《大西洋宪章》再现英美论战——评述历史对中美构建新型大国关系的启示

《大西洋宪章》是二战期间英美两国首脑首次会晤最重要的成果,它的诞生不仅标志着英美两国政治同盟的形成,也对后来反法西斯大同盟和联合国的建立产生了重要影响。但英美两国的战略处境不同,致使所抱的预期目标差距甚大。罗斯福的主要目标是想发表一个能阐述战争目的和重建战后世界和平秩序构想的联合宣言,而丘吉尔则期望通过会晤来解决英国当时所面临的一系列现实问题。然而,作为求援者来参会的丘吉尔最终不得不屈从于罗斯福,二人会晤后所发表的《大西洋宪章》也主要体现了罗斯福的思想和意志。重温这次英美首脑会晤以及《大西洋宪章》在战后所产生的作用,对当下中美两国在太平洋地区构建新型大国关系颇有启示。     

Extending social security coverage to the rural sector in China

In late 2009 China launched an innovative, voluntary programme that by 2011 had extended pension coverage to 326.4 million people in the rural sector, including contributors and beneficiaries. It requires one contribution per year and provides a flat‐rate benefit and a contributions‐related benefit through a contributory individual account, with a government guarantee that the benefit will continue for life. The programme encourages participation of persons who do not pay income taxes, and thus have no tax incentive to participate, by providing substantial government subsidies. As a further incentive, old‐age benefits are provided to older parents when all their adult children participate in the contributory programme.     

明末清初传教士变译特性之考察

明末清初一批西方传教士借科学技术传播推进宗教在中国的传布,这是一群独特的翻译主体。作为中外文化接触、碰撞、融合的范例,受主客观各种因素的影响,这些西方传教士采用的并非是传统的全译策略,而是变译策略,诸如增(写、释、评)、减、编、述、缩、并、改等,无意中推动了西方科技在中国的传播,并对中国翻译事业产生了相应的影响。     

Enhancing the capacity of kin caregivers and their families to meet the needs of children left behind

Based on qualitative research of the experiences of 23 kin caregivers and five school personnel, this article explores the role of informal kinship care in addressing the needs of school-age children left behind in rural China. The findings of this study suggest that kin caregivers' child-rearing capacity is limited in the rural context, and they are often overwhelmed by children's diverse and complex needs, particularly their emotional ones. In view of the huge population and their vulnerability, it is imperative for the state to take up its responsibilities and develop specific social work services and other support for children left behind and their families.     

从西雅图的信看美洲印第安人的自然观

原始民族的自然观对现代社会在面对环境危机时重新思考人与自然的关系可以提供一些启发。从 1 9世纪一位印第安酋长的信可以看出 ,美洲印第安人的自然观有不少与西方当代环境哲学的一些重要思想 ,特别是生态学关于要破除人与自然间疆界的主张和生态系统中存在着丰富的生命联系的洞见 ,以及生物中心论与生态中心论提倡的尊重生命的思想有很多契合之处     

Macroeconomic asymmetry in the Eurozone before and after the Global Financial Crisis: An appraisal of the role of the ECB

The launch of the euro in 1999 was assumed to enhance macroeconomic convergence among EMU economies. We test this hypothesis from a comparative perspective, by calculating different indices to measure the degree of macroeconomic dispersion within the Eurozone, the UK and the USA (1999–2019). We use common factor models to produce a single index for each monetary area out of different measures of dispersion. These indices can be used to inform on the degree of optimality of a monetary area. Our results show that macroeconomic dispersion in the Eurozone increased notably even before 2007 and it took significantly longer to return to pre-crisis levels, as compared to the UK and the USA. The paper shows the critical role played by the ECB’s asset purchases programmes in reducing macroeconomic divergences among EMU member states since 2015.     

古代西方哲学“本体论”起源探究

"本体论"一直是古代西方哲学的中心议题.世界的本原是什么,古代西方的哲学家提出许多不同的见解.从泰勒斯的"水"到柏拉图的"理念"再到亚里士多德的"第一实体",他们始终围绕这一哲学的基本命题进行探索.     

诗言志歌抒情诗词情意浓塑形象创意境尽从诗词出——《红楼梦》创作美学系列论文“红楼艺鉴”之二十八

《红楼梦》有一个突出特点是诗言志歌抒情诗词情意浓,塑形象创意境尽从诗词出.《水浒传》、《西游记》等诗词歌赋非小说化行为非常严重,而《红楼梦》诗词歌赋创作则几乎没有这样的问题,它自然天成,而成为《红楼梦》的有机组成部分,并且为《红楼梦》诗意美意境、诗化小说的创设、哲理的表达、艺术形象的塑造和构成故事情节、推动故事情节的发展以及渲染环境和制造气氛等发挥了极其重要的作用,因而形成了《红楼梦》的经典和优秀,进而成为小说的摹本.     

略论《吕氏春秋》的柔性管理思想

《吕氏春秋》在博采各家管理思想之长的基础上,熔铸了独特的柔性管理思想,主要表现为：在管理者的道德修养上,其要求管理者能够加强自知不矜、诚信、至公无私等方面的道德素质,实现行德爱人;在管理者的行为要求上,其强调管理者能够因而不为、善于用众,做到执一无为;在管理的过程控制中,其要求管理者能够正名审分,以确立和维护相应的制度规范,考察被管理者能否各司其职;在管理必须遵循的原则上,其要求管理者能够在重视被管理者的基础上,因民之欲、爱民利民。