美国救市之内忧外患与启示

当前,美国的金融动荡已愈演愈烈,美国政府总额达7000亿美元的金融救援计划让人们感受到他们对这场危机的焦虑。与此同时,美国高层政府官员也在敦促日、德、英等盟国制定类似的金融拯救计划。然而,近几天来,不仅半数以上的美国民众提出反对,国会更是对其大砍大杀;美国联邦调查局也开始调查华尔街几家金融巨头的欺诈行为,而欧洲等西方盟友更不愿意与其“同甘共苦”……,美国政府的拯救计划面临着内忧外患。然而,尽管说六大盟友拒绝救美国、美国民众和国会激辩救市计划、危机大伤美国“体质”使得美国的吸引力正在降低、市场信心严重缺失,但美国还是要为挽救“国本”而战。面对全球性的金融危机,我们不能独善其身,美国拯救金融危机对我们无疑具有很大的警示和启发。     

Recognizing Abuse and Neglect in People with Severe Cognitive and/or Communication Impairments

ABSTRACT

It is widely acknowledged that physical abuse of persons with severe developmental disabilities is prevalent, usually perpetrated by a residential care provider and is rarely reported. However, no solid research on the topic has been reported. This article notes the lack of information about protective services directed to the developmentally disabled population and lack of coordination between agencies serving people with developmental disabilities and those providing protective services. The signs and symptoms of abuse in the developmentally disabled population, the alternative communication strategies required when interviewing, and the special skills needed for case assessment are presented. The author ends with a series of federal, state, and community level policy recommendations.     

Black Ethnographic Activists: Exploring Robert Park,Scientific Racism,The Chicago School,and FBI Files Through the Black Sociological Experience of Charles S. Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier

Charles S. Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier were successful Black sociologists from the 1920s to 1960s, working in an age of scientific racism and eugenics, who battled racial oppression, racist discrimination, and surveillance under the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Both struggled within and against the assimilationist paradigm, yet their ethnographic and critical insights speak out today with continuing relevance in the fight against practical and institutional racial injustice. This study selectively examines Johnson and Frazier's academic careers as forgotten ethnographer activists who have been largely excluded from the dominant narrative of the Chicago School of Sociology. This article argues Robert Park offered opportunities to these Black scholars although the white university system exclusively directed their work towards race studies. Furthermore, the white discipline of sociology failed to recognize Johnson and Frazier's critical ethnographic studies as part of interactionism.