Im/mobile highly skilled migrants in Qatar*

Most studies on the mobility of highly skilled migrants have been examined with a framework of global talent mobility and under conditions of neoliberal governance and economic globalization. In this study we challenge the notion of the hypermobile knowledge worker. Utilizing mixed methods, we examine the factors that attracted highly skilled migrants to Qatar and the conditions under which they might leave in the future. Rather than finding a group of footloose migrants attracted primarily to high-wage jobs, a lack of taxation or amenities, and with multiple alternative locations of residence, we find that highly skilled migrants exist on a spectrum of immobility. More significantly, this immobility depends on the migrant’s region of origin. For Asian and Western migrants immobility is attributed to the Kafala system or employer sponsorship, which hinders occupational and spatial mobility and ties workers to their sponsors. Arab highly skilled migrants are especially affected by lack of security and stability in their home countries, which makes these workers involuntarily immobile. The former group seem to be willing to accept a reduced level of agency and mobility for high income, whereas for the latter security and stability are more fundamental to their decision to come to Qatar.     

‘Refugees welcome?’ The interplay between perceived threats and general concerns on the acceptance of refugees – a factorial survey approach in Germany

The on-going migration of refugees to Europe has fuelled debates about the indigence of refugees and the perceived legitimacy of individual claims for asylum in different receptive countries. With a substantial body of research that has investigated the antecedents of attitudes towards immigrants, evidence on whether those underlying assumptions hold true for refugees as well remains scarce. The paper applies the framework of Intergroup Threat Theory to arrive at competing hypotheses with regard to the acceptance levels of refugees. We use pooled data from two probabilistic samples drawn in the German city of Dresden and apply a confounded factorial survey design to extend previous research on attitudes towards refugees. We find that natives perceive political persecution and war as justified reasons for seeking asylum in Germany, while socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and refugees are of minor importance. Foremost, the individual level of respondent’s fear of crime represents a crucial moderator of the perception of refugees as threatening.     

全球妇女创业现状概述与分析

本文概述了全球妇女创业在性别差距、创业动机、创业活动涉及的行业范围、年龄、就业情况、教育、收入、女性创业心态等方面的现状,并以此为依据,分析了全球创业环境因素与女性创业自身特点对女性创业的影响,提出了促进女性创业的对策.     

宋代女性的拒巫活动

宋代巫风盛行,女性中既有巫术的笃信者、信疑参半者,也有对巫术持否定态度者,本文通过对女性柜巫态度及行为表现的考察以展现其特有的精神风貌.     

略论杜甫诗中劳动妇女形象的悲剧美

以对《石壕吏》、《新婚别》、《又呈吴郎》三首诗歌来解读杜甫所塑造的老妪、新娘、寡妇三种类型的劳动妇女形象,并进一步分析这些劳动妇女形象所体现出的一种在苦难生活中诞生的坚强生命的悲剧美。     

民国时期的人口迁移与社会保障立法

民国时期天灾连年,战乱不断,粮食减产,造成了中国近代史上连续不断的人口迁移,引发了土匪猖獗、疾病横行、社会动荡等一系列社会问题,对社会秩序造成了极大冲击。民国时期的社会保障立法有得有失,对当今中国的社会保障立法具有借鉴和启示意义。     

妇女、家庭与生育

在临近20世纪末的时候,人们发现家庭制度已经发生了很大的变化,呈现出一幅之多散漫的状态,那么在这些变化中,妇女在家庭与生育问题中所处的地位发生了多少变化,我们希望通过国内外的一些数字来说明问题。因为这些数字的背后折射地是一个心理观念、价值取向的现实问题。数字告诉我们妇女、家庭与生育问题也是一个事关社会稳定与发展的大问题。     

我国官员财产申报制度及其绩效

财产申报制度作为防治腐败的科学机制之一,为世界大多数国家所借鉴。跟进性制度创新其实就是一种制度移植,基于此,以政策移植理论为研究工具,结合我国官员财产申报制度化面临的一些困境与难题,对官员财产申报制度构建进行前瞻性审视与思考,并提出相关对策以期带来制度绩效的最大化。     

西学东渐与中国近代女性道德观的演进

鸦片战争后,伴随着西学东渐的深入,近代西方女权思想、人权观念、婚姻理论等渐次传人中国,在近代中国社会引起共鸣。近代先进之士对比中西方女性道德文化,在对中国传统妇德的缺陷进行深刻反省和检讨的基础上,提出了近代意义上的新型女性道德观。这种新型女性道德观的形成与发展,集中地反映了近代先进知识分子对传统性别伦理道德反思的深度和广度,也清晰折射出西学东渐的日益加深。     

论我国妇女政治参与的当代意蕴

随着两性平权意识的广泛传播,妇女参政已经成为国际化的潮流。虽然我国自解放以来就倡导男女平等,但几千年传承下来的男尊女卑观念根深蒂固,妇女的社会政治地位、接近政治资源的渠道,以及对政策的影响力远不及男性。当前中国要走向国际化、构建和谐社会呼唤妇女参政,推进社会主义市场经济亟待妇女参政,重构公正先进的性别文化亦期待妇女政治参与。