Social work students field training as an opportunity to develop best practice in disabilities: the case of Jordan

This article outlines an innovative field for training efforts that foster the abilities of undergraduate social work students so that they are able to empower local communities in disability issues. It discusses the contribution of social work education in improving livelihoods of families with disabled members, challenging families as well as attitudes of local communities towards the disabled. Social work students were placed in a centre for children with developmental disabilities for a period of eight months. At this stage of their training, students were required to demonstrate their skills in working with individuals, families and communities. They were also required to identify opportunities for interventions that addressed stigma and social inclusion. Key outcomes from students’ voices were captured through their field notes, some limited observations and focus group discussions. The field training demonstrated that students managed to establish a support group for mothers with disabled children to provide a safe place to share their experiences. Student outcomes highlighted that the field experience was effective and feedback from families indicated that training raises disability awareness and facilitates women’s access to existing support systems. In addition, it engages professionals and families to work together in developing a long-term strategy to reduce isolation and exclusion, as well as to tackle health and social inequalities in Jordan.     

奥巴马政府对东亚区域合作的认知与政策研究

近年来，东亚区域合作在经济、政治和安全等方面取得较快发展，东亚地区成为世界经济发展最为活跃的地区。奥巴马政府执政后，认识到加强与东亚地区的联系对于恢复和发展美国国内经济，维护美国在东亚地区的主导地位，平衡中国日益扩大的地区影响，防止美国被边缘化具有重要意义。为此，奥巴马政府希望通过参与东亚区域合作，推动TPP谈判，加强双边同盟关系的政策以达到参与、重塑、主导东亚区域合作进程的目的。奥巴马政府对东亚区域合作政策的调整削弱了区域合作的向心力，增加合作机制的复杂性，激化了地区矛盾，将对东亚区域合作的发展进程产生深远影响。     

犹太民族与中东穆斯林世界关系演变及其前景展望

历史上，犹太人与穆斯林并非天敌。《古兰经》承认犹太民族是一个“有经典的”优秀民族，对犹太人背井离乡深表同情，但对犹太教持否定与批判态度。犹太人与穆斯林之间的关系以和谐相处为特征，双方关系的恶化始于西方国家对穆斯林世界的侵略，锡安主义成了外部世界染指中东地区的工具。目前，以色列与中东穆斯林世界的关系将受制于缓和原则、在锡安主义上的工具性与目的性分离的原则、先易后难的原则和亮点原则等因素。以色列要化解与穆斯林世界的矛盾需要审时度势，针对不同国家采取不同对策：又方只有建立互信，才能最终实现和平共处。     

河北涞水西水北遗址发掘获得重要收获

西水北遗址位于河北省涞水县西水北村,是南水北调工程必经之地。通过发掘,确认该遗址的时代为东周时期。根据发现的陶窑及陶器等,推测可能是东周时期燕国的一处制陶作坊遗址。     

Historic evolution of public relations in Japan

This study follows the history of public relations in Japan. Meiji restoration in 1867 marked the beginning of modernization of Japan, but as democratization did not accompany modernization, the country was void of autonomous public. The birth of public relations department, though not in the mainland Japan, can be traced back to the 1920s at South Manchurian Railroad in Japan-controlled-Manchuria. After the World War II, the U.S. led Allied Occupation Army urged national and local government to adopt public relations. Shortly afterwards, ad agencies learned from the U.S. the use of public relations, but as marketing gained ground, public relations came to be used as marketing support tool. Criticism of environmental pollution in the 1970s, overseas expansion of businesses in the 1980s, collapse of bubble economy and business crises in the 1990s and onward, each drove public relations in Japan to increase its importance and expand its field.     

Social Security in the Middle East

Abstract

The countries of the Middle East all have traditional social insurance type social security programs. The move towards defined contribution individual accounts that is occurring in some regions has not affected this region The social security programs in the Middle East are not facing the problems of financing found in Europe and North America, in part because they still have relatively high fertility rates and are thus little affected by population aging. They tend to have low retirement ages and some of the wealthy countries of the region provide very generous benefits. Many of them need to consider reforms that raise retirement ages. A characteristic of many of the social security old-age benefit programs of the region is that they exclude foreign workers, who in some countries account for more than half the workforce.     

Family Support for the Elderly in Korea

Abstract

This article discusses major issues and concerns regarding family support for parents and elderly people in industrialized and urbanized Korea. It summarizes new trends in family support for elderly members, continuing influences of the traditional value of family support (filial piety), growing needs for public services for elderly people and their families, urgent calls for the state to assume greater responsibilities for providing social security and services for the elderly, needs for cross-cultural studies of family support, and certain cultural similarities and differences to be considered. The article concludes with some suggestions for future research.     

The Eastward Spread of Western Learning and the Sinicization of Marxist Philosophy

西学东渐不仅客观上促成了马克思主义哲学在中国的广泛传播,构成了马克思主义哲学中国化的一个重要历史前提,而且引发了中国哲学历史发展过程中的重大变革,推动了中国哲学从古代传统向近代传统的转变,从而使得最初在西方哲学传统中产生的马克思主义哲学,可以通过中国化而对接上中国哲学传统和转化成中国哲学,并由此为马克思主义哲学中国化在中国现代哲学的建构中发挥积极的主导作用提供了可能。因此,可以说,没有西学东渐就不会有马克思主义哲学中国化,不深入研究西学东渐及其与马克思主义哲学中国化的关系,就不可能真正理解马克思主义哲学中国化。但是,马克思主义哲学中国化与西学东渐之间的密切联系决不意味着它是西学东渐史的一个组成部分,马克思主义哲学中国化本身并不属于西学东渐的范畴。这是因为,马克思主义哲学与人们通常所说的各种西学具有不同的理论本质;马克思主义哲学中国化与西学东渐具有不同的目的和社会性质;马克思主义哲学中国化与西学东渐具有不同的结果和社会效应。     

Social policy and social order in East Asia: an evolutionary view

This study contrasts two varieties of comparative analysis: on one hand, researchers may look to explain the historical development of the East Asian welfare systems (EAWS) with an eye towards delineating some common trends, while on the other hand, they may seek to recognize the institutional features of these systems through the cross-regime comparisons. We discuss problems in the operation of these two approaches, instead choosing to employ contextual analysis to illuminate developments in social policy in EAWS. This study proposes to understand the policy model of these systems as a two-phase evolution in policy, thus providing a new foundational approach for the study of EAWS.     

东亚地区跨国公司制造业产业链重构研究

文章通过东亚地区国际贸易与域内贸易数据的计量分析,以及东亚地区与EU、NAFTA等自由贸易区的贸易特点的深入比较分析,指出了东亚区域经济一体化发展中以中间零部件贸易为主的域内贸易新特点以及跨国公司在东亚地区的贸易增长中的重要作用。对跨国公司在东亚地区生产区位选择的新动向进行了整理和归纳,并从FDI、外包、生产分断化等各种新的国际产业组织模式方面对跨国公司的产业生产网络组织模式及其特点进行了分析。最后对东亚地区各国的主导产业发展、劳动就业环境以及跨国公司的社会责任等方面提出了研究展望。