'Polyphonic' welfare: Luhmann's systems theory applied to modern social work

This article applies a series of concepts from Niklas Luhmann's systems theory in an analysis of modern welfare organisations. The point of departure is that social help in late modern welfare states has become 'polycentric' in that 'help' is today being defined by various different agents: public, voluntary and private care providers. Empirically, this article investigates re-housing work with homeless people, a kind of social work which involves several different welfare organisations. The case study shows how these organisations define themselves by making internal constructions of their surroundings, and how their self-enclosed nature creates a certain 'insensitivity' towards one another. How to coordinate and translate within this 'polyphony' of incomparable observations and values represents a major managerial challenge for present-day social workers.     

编辑主体性简论

编辑活动在中国已有上千年的历史,几乎与文化相伴而生,但又比文化更多几分主观观照。编辑是文明的阶梯,引导人们从蒙昧走向文明,其鲜明的方向性就在于编辑具有主体性。从中国文化发展的历程说明编辑主体性的重要性,阐述了编辑主体性的内涵,最后从中国现代化建设的现实需要出发,指出广大编辑工作者应充分发挥主体性,肩负起对时代的伟大责任。     

Gender differences in social workers’ assessments and help-giving strategies towards single parents

The study investigates Swedish male and female social workers’ assessments and help-giving strategies towards single parents applying for income support. The study was carried out with the help of a vignette distributed as a mail questionnaire. Results show that social workers tend to conform to assessments and help-giving strategies that are consistent with expectations linked to their own gender role.     

Do Lets Work?

This study aims to uncover some of the reasons for differences in attitudes towards family‐friendly and equal opportunities (EO) policies for women between senior and junior staff and between male and female staff. This in‐depth case study of a multi‐national corporation in Hong Kong that included a survey questionnaire, interviews and participant observation suggests four categories of female employees according to their approach to EO: advocators, supporters, outsiders and rejecters. The approach adopted was dependent on the woman's level of empathy towards the situation of working women and the extent of her career ambition. Four categories of male employees can also be classified depending on their level of empathy towards women's situation (similar to women's case) and their extent of career satisfaction (in contrast to women's career ambition), namely, antagonists, outsiders, fence‐sitters and sympathizers. Women at higher levels were less supportive of EO than women at lower levels. No such clear relationship between organizational level and attitudes towards EO was observed among men. In Hong Kong, female managers had little expectation that their organization would be family‐friendly and women workers who consciously chose to balance work and family accepted that it meant fewer promotional chances. No such self‐adjusted depressed ambition was observed among men.     

奇正相生 意趣盎然——当代西方建筑赏析

当代西方一些著名的建筑大师时常在自己的作品中运用斜向构图要素插入到方正的网络之中,并借正和斜的强烈对比而取得意想不到的效果。这种手法不仅有悖于我国传统的审美观念,而且就是在西方传统的建筑构图法则中也不多见。本文就具有代表性的作品作深入细致的分析,以期阐明这种方法的运用是如何赋予作品以生机和活力的。应放手吸取西方当代建筑师行之有效的观念与方法,以使建筑创作更富有时代性。     

一种求解双目标线性规划的方法及其在上海市土地使用和交通方面的应用

本文介绍了一种求解双目标线性规划(SBLP)的方法.根据上海市土地使用与交通的现状建立了一个拟动态的模型(BOLT),并用该方法加以求解。根据得到的解对上海市土地使用与交通相互作用的情况进行了分析。     

论医学模式的演变与医务社会工作概念的发展

医务社会工作是社会工作的一个重要的实务领域,自诞生之日起,其内涵就始终在不断的发展与丰富.医务社会工作的发展不仅受到经济社会发展的影响,更受到了医学模式发展的深切影响.本文主要对医学模式的演变与医务社会工作发展之间的关系进行了分析,认为医学模式由传统向现代模式的转变,使医务社会工作的内涵得以深化,理念得以提升.     

吴文英、高似孙填《莺啼序》考辨--兼论高似孙生年

古今词学著作和其他相关文献资料表明:《莺啼序》并不是始于传统观点所认为的吴文英始创,而是比吴文英早数年出生的高似孙。     

对建立良好人际关系的刍议

人际关系的好坏直接影响着个人的生存和发展。要建立良好的人际关系,须要解决以下三个重要问题正确认识现代社会人际关系的奥秘;掌握处理人际关系的基本原则;灵活运用搞好人际关系的技巧。     

论陆九渊《易》说中的社会人事观

南宋著名哲学家、“心学”思想体系创立者陆九渊,虽没有对《周易》这部奇特玄妙的经典进行过全面的阐解,但曾就《周易》经传及相关《易》理发表过许多精辟的见解。文章选取陆九渊《易》说中与社会人事观有关的内容进行评析,由此可体现其《易》说中“明体”之外“达用”的一面。