Dealing with the past in the transition from care. A post-structural analysis of young people's accounts

Young people experiencing the transition from care often are weighed down by their past, both through their early experiences, but also by the way their past is made relevant in encounters with others. The aim of this article is two-fold. Firstly, to present a critical discursive analysis of young people's accounts of themselves in the transition from care. Secondly, to shed light on three different ways of making the transition from care; transition through a break with the past after moving out, transition through continuing change and transition as a way of dealing with the risk of further problems in their lives. The study is qualitative and includes 27 young women and men recruited from three child welfare institutions in the Oslo region of Norway. A multi-method approach including interviews, observations and documents has been used. The analytical framework is inspired by poststructuralist theory.¹     

Transition secured? A follow-up study of adolescents who have left secure residential care

Many adolescents who make the transition to adulthood experience problems after their departure from secure residential care. Research suggests that these young people are often in need of support after they have left secure care. Little is known about the experiences and perceptions of adolescents during and after this transition. The aim of this article is to assess these experiences for a group of 24 adolescents in the Netherlands that have left secure residential care. The results show, in line with previous studies, that many adolescents experience problems during their transition from secure care, especially with regard to finances, school and employment, and living arrangements. In contrast to other studies, a majority of the adolescents reports to have received support in the year following their departure. Relatively few adolescents move to independence after their departure, which suggests that many adolescents are not ready for making a true transition into adulthood yet.     

Why still marry? The role of feelings in the persistence of marriage as an institution1

Despite cohabitation becoming increasingly equivalent to marriage in some of the most ‘advanced’ Western European societies, the vast majority of people still marry. Why so? Existing theories, mostly based on various approaches tied to cognitive decision‐making, do not provide a sufficient explanation of the persistence of marriage. In this article, we argue that feelings attached to marriage, i.e. the affective evaluation of those involved in a partner relationship concerning marriage as opposed to cohabitation, explain the persistent importance of marriage as an institution. We argue that socialization, biological and social‐structural factors affect these affective evaluations. We provide a test of our hypotheses using a longitudinal study of young adults in the Netherlands. The results of our analyses are consistent with a central role of feelings in the decision to marry, as well as with a role for key moderating factors such as gender.     

我国社会转型的内涵把握及特征解析

文章从“社会转型”的定义入手,分析了社会转型的内涵和本质,阐述了社会转型中所体现的五个特征,即利益结构的重组、社会结构的改变、社会冲突的加剧、主体意识的凸现、价值观念的冲突。     

高校科技成果转化的实物期权分析

本文针对高校科技成果转化中的投资采用实物期权的方法进行了分析 ,分别对高校的技术产品的研发和企业对新技术产品的市场化提出了实物期权决策的框架     

社会实践结构性巨变的若干新趋势——一种社会学分析的新视角

当今世界每一项重大的动态变化都植源于两种力量：现代性全球化的长波进程和本土社会转型的特殊脉动。这两种力量相互扭合,造成了“社会实践结构性巨变”。在当今中国,有八种值得我们关注的、有代表性的新趋势,这些新趋势既是社会实践结构性巨变及其两个维度的表现和结果,也是我们考察和谐社会和其他社会现象的社会学新视角。     

城市化进程中的地方政府治理转型:一个新的分析框架

城市化是人类社会走向现代化的必由之路,也是当前中国经济社会发展的重大战略。推进城市化离不开地方政府治理转型,而地方政府治理变迁也离不开城市化进程。两者之间存在着一种表征关系,即不只是城市化影响了地方政府治理,而且地方政府治理变迁本身属于城市化过程。在城市化进程中,地方政府得以强化公共服务与社会管理等本质职能,而且还可实现治理体制机制的超越与创新。相应地,地方政府必须从产业、空间与人口等城市化各要素协调发展出发,推进职能转型,并在重构自身与市场、社会关系的基础上,创新治理体制机制,以更好地回应城市化并促进城市化发展。     

The Impact of Adoption on the New Parents' Marriage

ABSTRACT

This literature review examines the effect of adoption on the new parents' marriage. There are many factors in common with the transition to biological parenthood. A general decline in marital satisfaction is related to the partners' ability to balance marital and parental roles, to expectations about the division of housework and child care, and to time demands. Adoptive parents' marriages are also affected by infertility and its investigation. Adoption, especially of older children, adds further strains, including differing responses to the child's acting-out behavior. Social support, including parent relief, can enhance a marriage. The paper also discusses needed research and implications for practice.     

协整平滑转移回归中的线性检验 ——基于完全修正最小二乘法的扩展

 在解释变量内生条件下,Choi,Saikkonen(2004)使用动态最小二乘法估计协整平滑转移回归模型,并基于动态最小二乘的估计结果构造 统计量检验协整向量的非线性。本文系统解析了 的构造并指出其不足,针对这一不足,本文将动态最小二乘法扩展为完全修正的最小二乘法,并进而基于完全修正的最小二乘法估计结果构造 统计量检验协整向量的非线性。本文的仿真试验表明,在有限样本下, 与 的检验势没有显著差异,但 的水平扭曲小于 。