Social Policy and Development in Latin America: The Long View

In the new development strategy currently shaping Latin America, alternative social policy models have emerged. This article argues that far from being rival alternatives, each of these models considers the wide differences among countries. The region is emerging from a century of transformation – from a traditional agrarian economy to an urban industrial one – in which countries have taken diverse historical paths. Some have almost completed this transformation, others are taking early steps, and the vast majority are living through it. State‐led transition has followed two successive development strategies. From the 1920s up to the 1980s, state developmentalism has mostly successfully assumed the twin challenges of economic and social progress. In the last two decades of the century, Latin American states adopted the policies of the Washington Consensus, which emphasized the importance of business in the framework of globalization and benefited the affluent few. However, an unambiguous shift in direction has been taking place in Latin America since the 1997 economic crisis. This article suggests that a new developmental welfare state model seems to be in the making. How will it evolve over the wider space of an increasingly integrated Latin America?     

Responding to the call: a conceptual model for kinship care assessment

Kinship care has become an important care option worldwide. However, in many jurisdictions, child welfare services use traditional foster care assessment systems. The assessment of the kinship home poses particular challenges. The initial assessment of the kinship home, enabling emergency placements, provides a child‐centred perspective. However, agencies frequently fail to meet the designated time frame for completion of the assessment/approval process. Such failures require the development of different conceptual models for kinship care service delivery, especially for assessments. This paper builds on earlier work on assessment models, drawing on the international literature and the author's involvement and research on kinship care in Ireland. The usability of the proposed model needs to be evaluated across different legislative, policy and practice contexts internationally.     

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。     

“人天价值观”的历史进路和现实应用

＂人天价值观念＂是现当代人们通过社会实践方式在推动社会发展的历史进程中形成的主流性价值观念。这一价值观念的形成不是一蹴而就的,其间经过了肯定、否定和否定之否定的三个历史过程。而当代被人们看好的＂天人合一＂式的人天价值观念,就是历史上形成的人天价值观念发展的最新形态。在科学发展观成为主导性话语的现阶段,在以人为本价值诉求成为主导性诉求的当下,弘扬陕西省人民＂DNA管理文化＂中所蕴涵的＂性命天道价值观念＂,对于目前的全面小康社会发展目标的实现和和谐社会、和谐人格的建构不无裨益。     

管理团队认知能力、行为整合对决策效果的影响机制研究

现有文献在研究团队决策效果的影响因素时,大部分关注年龄、学历等因素,较少关注非人口统计学特征。根据现有研究结果构建团队认知能力与决策效果的关系模型,利用结构方程模型进行实证研究并指出:团队认知能力的两要素能提升团队决策效果;团队行为整合被看作是团队运作过程的核心,对决策效果产生一定的正向作用,即团队的行为整合程度越高,其决策效果越好;验证行为整合在团队认知能力与决策效果之间具有中介作用。旨为丰富高阶理论、揭示认知能力对决策效果的作用提供借鉴。     

民办高校法人治理问题研究综述

妥善落实民办高校法人财产权,建立健全完善的法人治理结构,促进民办高等教育健康发展,是当前和今后一个时期教育行政主管部门和民办高校自身所面临的共同任务。本文对近年来国内有关民办高校法人治理问题的研究文献进行了较为全面的分类梳理,并对国内研究的现状进行了评析,旨在为该问题的进一步深入研究和探索提供思路。     

试论图书馆的读者忠诚战略

在网络以及市场经济的冲击下,图书馆面临困境,应主动实施读者忠诚战略。试从形象、服务、读者三方面阐明如何实施读者忠诚战略。     

非计算机专业等级考试(VFP)及应对策略

本文简要介绍了浙江省非计算机专业计算机等级考试(二级VFP)的形式、范围、分数分配，分析了考试的重点和难点，结合本校目前的实际情况，阐述了具体的应对策略。     

“印象整饬”理论在“形势与政策”课教学中的应用

“形势与政策”课具有思想政治教育的重要功能。从“印象整饬”理论出发,任课教师可以通过自身形象、知识体系、教学情境,以及消极印象的修复等印象整饬技巧,传递教师在教学过程中的正能量和积极影响力,并与学生形成正合力,提高“形势与政策”课教学的有效性。     

加强教学过程管理 切实提高教学质量

科学、严格、认真的教学过程管理是高等教育教学质量保证体系的重要组成部分。上海建桥学院通过五年的办学实践，形成了具有建桥特色的教学质量保证体系，尤其是一系列教学过程管理制度的建立与实施，对提高与保证教育教学质量起着不容忽视的作用。