Demonised,impoverished and now forced into isolation: the fate of disabled people under austerity

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) was introduced in the United Kingdom explicitly to help offset the extra costs of disability. The scrapping of DLA and its replacement with the so-called Personal Independence Payment is causing massive concern across the United Kingdom, not least because it comes in the wake of a large number of other cuts, all of which impact disproportionately on disabled people. These changes reflect the retraction of ‘welfare’ across many European countries. As the government has refused to perform a cumulative impact assessment to date, it has been left to grassroots organisations such as DPAC to assess the damage and put the bigger picture together. An article in the New Statesman reports research showing that by 2018 disabled people are set to lose an astonishing £28.3 billion worth of financial support. These changes are going to affect up to 3.7 million disabled people in total.     

“创造性叛逆”对描述翻译研究的肯定和背离

随着国际译学界“文化转向”的发生,翻译研究突破了传统的以原著为中心,以文本对照和语言分析为主要任务的规范式研究方法,而将翻译置入特定的文化语境下,从宏观的角度研究译作的社会、历史、文化背景,以及对目的语文化的影响,即描述翻译研究范式。“创造性叛逆”便是顺应这一研究导向,由我国著名比较文学学者谢天振教授最先引进的极富学术价值的研究命题。作为描述翻译研究膝下的产儿,创造性叛逆是如何与描述翻译研究保持和谐一致,又有哪些自身特点暴露了描述翻译研究的缺陷和不足呢？本文以此为突破口,展开分析。     

训诂学与俗文化研究

郭在贻提出研究俗语词为训诂学开辟了一个新领域,但对现在的俗语词没有提及.训诂学不应局限在俗语词方面,还应扩大到俗文化范围,从研究古书走向俗文化研究,对人们喜闻乐见的俗文化现象进行研究,揭示其所以然及俗误.训诂学对周易预测算命、取名、方俗语研究、英语教学、新词揭源、地方文化研究及数字化电子文献的整理校勘等都有重要作用.     

宽阔视野中的鲁迅研究--读刘正强教授《管窥蠡测录》

《管窥蠡测录》是刘正强教授一生学术研究的总结。书中的大部分篇章是研究鲁迅的成果,这些成果显示出作者深厚的学养、宽阔的视野和深刻的思想,决定了作者作为鲁迅研究之一家的地位。刘正强教授获得成功的秘诀是运用政治、美学和哲学思想研究鲁迅。     

‘I’m not really sure but I hope it’s better’: early thoughts of parents and carers in a regional trial site for the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the most significant initiatives in Australian social policy history. Its complexity has been compounded by a fast-paced introduction and ongoing refinement throughout the initial trial phase. Parents and carers of very young disabled children face particular challenges accessing and navigating NDIS systems. This article presents findings from a mixed-method pilot study examining the perspectives of parents and carers of disabled children in one NDIS trial site – the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The research highlights a number of policy assumptions potentially impacting on NDIS take up for young disabled children and their families in regional contexts. Based on research findings a number of policy suggestions and improvements for disabled children and their families entering the NDIS and other individualised funding schemes are outlined.     

Pleas,priors, and prison: Racial/ethnic differences in sentencing

Final case disposition and sentencing decisions for whites, blacks, and Chicanos are modeled with event-history data from the State of California. Dynamic analyses are used to link processing models and theories. The three-way interaction of (1) pleading guilty × (2) racial/ethnic group membership × (3) the extent of prior court experience on rates of moving through the legal system is assessed, controlling for other legitimate and nonlegitimate influences. In a jurisdiction handling large numbers of defendants representing diverse racial/ethnic and cultural groups under determinate sentencing, the timing of legal processing is shown to be critical. Results demonstrate that pleading guilty increases the speed of processing most when sentences do not involve incarceration, though this effect is not found for second or later arrests of Chicanos. Generally, theories of resource mobilization receive greater support than cultural stereotyping.     

知识观光:中国研究的知识伦理框架

中国研究发展至今,研究对象与研究者都出现了自我认识上的困惑。原本各有其所的知识主体与知识客体出现混淆。在这样的背景下,中国研究遭到的挑战,其巨大的潜能与严肃的程度都是不言而喻的。某种知识伦理体系的勾勒,以及未来这个体系的开展,与个别研究者在其中位置的界定与迁移,共同赋予研究者一种赖以自我定位的空间意识,使研究者对自己所同意或不同意的知识立场,能掌握某种伦理上的相对关系。本文将知识的性质归纳成三个不同的面向——欧洲中心与中国中心;共时性与历史性;物质性与诠释性——使得在某一个面向看似迥异的知识立场,在其它面向却因为归属于相互接近的位置,出现对话的可能性,并得以一探彼此之究竟。更重要的是知识伦理关系的建立容许研究对象加入对话,这个对话可以由研究对象直接参与,也可以由研究者假想参与,更可以由其它研究者代理参与。这样的无限空间将吸引每一位研究者对自己的位置进行反省,丛而使他不会再继续甘愿拘泥在一个特定知识主张之中。     

从“传统”到“现代”:汉学形态的历史演进

汉学是以中国文化为原料,经过异质文化的智慧加工而形成的一种文化,它既是外国化了的中国文化,又是中国化了的外国文化。在汉学发展史上,传统汉学(Sinology)和现代汉学(Chinesestudies)是两种汉学形态:传统汉学从18世纪起以法国为中心,崇尚于中国古代文献和文化经典研究,侧重于哲学、宗教、历史、文学、语言等人文学科的探讨;而现代汉学则兴显于美国,以现实为中心,以实用为原则,侧重于社会科学研究,包括政治、社会、经济、科学技术、军事、教育等一切领域,重视正在演进、发展着的信息资源。以上这两种汉学形态既在演进中不断丰富发展着自己,又在日趋融合中创造着能够融通两种模式的汉学形态,这就是21世纪汉学发展的前景。     

论啖助、赵匡和陆淳《春秋》学的学术转型意义

啖助、赵匡和陆淳《春秋》学的学术转型意义,除却人所熟知的尊经排传,而又兼采三传、变专门为通学外,更有着理念层面上的内容:独特的《春秋》宗旨说建立了经文义说的主体性;记实书法原则的运用开启了“汉”、“宋”经学义理依据的转化;重以义例解经极大地加强了经文解说的自主性;重以“讥贬之义”解经暗含着其论说立场的转变;强烈的现实关怀再建了《春秋》经世学统。     

Rural poverty and disability in Ethiopia: Formidable policy challenges

Our study aims to deepen our understanding of the links between rural poverty and disability in Ethiopia. We use panel data for Ethiopia to illustrate these linkages, using rigorous econometric methodology. The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly recognise disability as a major impediment to elimination of poverty and hunger. In the current development discourse, disability has thus acquired high priority. Since disability is neither a purely medical nor a social phenomenon but an outcome of their interplay, the policy challenges are formidable.