From pillar to post: Women and social work studies in the 21st century

Abstract

A decade or so after the acknowledgement and inclusion of women's issues in mainstream social work courses, we find the circumstances in which such education occurs have changed. The 'third wave' of feminism has revisited the feminist agenda of the 1960s and 1970s; there has been a paradigm shift in what tertiary education is perceived to offer; and global theories have been replaced by post modern interpretations. This article discusses the impact of these changes for social work education drawing on the authors' experiences with the 'Women and Social Work' elective subject in the Bachelor of Social Work Degree at the University of New South Wales, Australia. This elective was popular until the mid 1990s when it failed to attract students. The authors reflect on their experience of teaching the subject and their understanding of current feminism to identify a way forward in the attempt to rekindle student enthusiasm for feminist understandings and provide education which will further the emancipatory project of social work.     

临水夫人的造神背景与传播特色

临水夫人是福建省第二大民间信仰女神，她堪称与妈祖齐名的闽地内陆女神，其信仰产生具有鲜明的闽地历史背景，造神与传播过程也独有特色。     

泰罗科学管理中的人本管理分析

泰罗科学管理理论产生已有100多年的历史,人们对该理论的评价也褒贬不一,很多人批评其建立在经济人假设的基础之上,“胡萝卜加大棒”式的管理严重摧残了人性;其实泰罗科学管理理论中的管理职能化思想和人力资源开发思想,就闪烁着人本管理的理性,也给后来的管理以积极的启示,依然具有重要的现实意义.     

Moments for a ratio of correlated gamma variates

This paper considers the finite integral moments for the ratio, R = X/Y, where X and Y re correlated gamma distributed variables. An analytical and numerical comparison is given for two classes of underlying bivariate gamma distributions. It is shown that the two bivariate gamma structures provide indentical experessions for the mth unadjussted moment, E(R^m), if and only if either of the following conditions hold : 1) X and Y are uncorrelated of 2) m=1. A numerical evaluation is performed to determine the extent that the two methods differ whenever the variables are correlated     

An Easily Implemented Generalised Inverse Gaussian Generator

Using the ‘ratio’ method an easily implemented algorithm is derived for the generalised inverse Gaussian distribution. Computer timings and efficiency calculations show that the procedure is fast over a wide range of distribution parameter values.     

Testing non-nested log-linear models with pseudo estimator

As the number of random variables for the categorical data increases, the possible number of log-linear models which can be fitted to the data increases rapidly, so that various model selection methods are developed. However, we often found that some models chosen by different selection criteria do not coincide. In this paper, we propose a comparison method to test the final models which are non-nested. The statistic of Cox (1961, 1962) is applied to log-linear models for testing non-nested models, and the Kullback-Leibler measure of closeness (Pesaran 1987) is explored. In log-linear models, pseudo estimators for the expectation and the variance of Cox's statistic are not only derived but also shown to be consistent estimators.     

苏洵历史哲学思想刍议

苏洵的历史哲学思想是丰富的,既有对历史发展规律的论述,又有对影响历史进程缘由的思考,形成了别具一格的历史认知。要之,其历史哲学思想体系以＂权变＂为核心,以＂利权智术＂的运用为要件,以辩证思维为构架,显示出浓厚的功利主义色彩,同时也饱含着对人类自然情感崇尚与体认的人文情怀。     

苦命天子的好命老师——简论咸丰帝师杜受田

咸丰帝师杜受田在朝政中建树不多,不为人所熟知,死后却获得清代文臣中地位最高的谥号＂文正＂。这并非偶然,其人一生在＂生＂、＂试＂、＂事＂、＂逝＂等环节上,其实皆有成就其地位的重要因素,这应为我们所注意。     

民主政治视野下的公民知情权保障探究

民主政治的发展光靠党的良好愿望和单方面的努力是不够的,还需要公民的积极政治参与。为此,我们需要努力确保公民知情权的落实。当前,我国在保障公民知情权方面已经取得重大突破,建立了相关制度,颁布了部分法律法规,但仍存在诸如法阶层次不高、落实程度不够等方面的不足,需要我们不断努力,从强化行政问责制等方面入手,探索保障该权利的更加有效的途径。     

Statistical techniques in stereology

Stereology typically concerns estimation of properties of a geometric structure from plane section information. This paperprovides a brief review of some statistical aspects of this rapidly developing field, with some reference to applications in the earth sciences. After an introductory discussion of the scope of stereology, section 2 briefly mentions results applicable when no assumptions can be made about the stochastic nature of the sampled matrix, statistical considerations then arising solelyfrom the ‘randomness’ of the plane section. The next two sections postulate embedded particles of specific shapes, the particular case of spheres being discussed in some detail.

References are made to results for ‘thin slices’ and other prob-ing mechanisms. Randomly located convex particles, of otherwise arbitrary shape, are discussed in section 5 and the review concludes with a specific application of stereological ideas to some data on neolithic mining.