Homeownership and Nontraditional and Subprime Mortgages

This article documents the growth and geographic distribution of nontraditional mortgages (NTMs) and subprime mortgages during 2000-2006, and examines the association between these products and homeownership at the county level between 2000 and 2012. It finds a significant relationship between the origination of NTM and subprime mortgages during the boom and changes in the number of homeowners (positive during the 2000-2006 period and negative during the 2006-2012 period) but no significant relationship with the change in the homeownership rate. Looking at specific categories of the population, the results indicate a positive relationship between the presence of NTMs and subprime mortgages and increased numbers of homeowners for young households as well as for low income and minority households, but the relationship is smaller than for the general population. Overall, the relationship between NTMs and homeownership is stronger than the relationship between subprime mortgages and homeownership during the boom and it is less negative during the bust.     

Salem with and without witches,and also Geneva and Berlin

Public Choice - Peter Bernholz’s cases of supreme values exhibit authoritarianism, totalitarianism and terror. Supreme values are, however, a necessary, but not sufficient condition for...     

资本主义和社会主义两种现代化、全球化的消长

资本主义现代化、全球化在历史上具有巨大的进步作用 ,同时也造成了重大的灾难。资本主义现代化、全球化的第一个浪潮产生了马克思主义 ,第二个浪潮形成了列宁主义和毛泽东思想 ,第三个浪潮产生了邓小平理论。从世界历史进程来看 ,存在着资本主义和社会主义两种现代化、全球化的对接、对应和对比、对立的消长关系 ,我们只有坚持“一个中心 ,两个基本点”的基本路线 ,对内改革僵化的权力过度集中的体制 ,对外向资本主义世界开放 ,参与全球化进程 ,才能实现对接和对应。     

科技文化与人和自然的和谐

科技文化是科学技术社会功能的理性结晶.人与自然关系的演化存在着科技文化的重要作用.人类一定时期认识的有限性、科技文化系统的复杂性以及近代偏颇的科技社会价值观是人与自然关系失衡的重要原因.在当代、科技文化在实现人与自然和谐共生中发挥着极为重要的作用.     

高校档案管理和提供利用中存在的问题与对策

高校档案是一种重要的文献信息资源,是一个集多种门类于一体综合性档案体系。它不仅客观真实地反映了学校发展的历程,也为学校的持续发展提供了历史依据,是衡量教学质量和管理水平的一个重要尺度,同时也是推进和发展学校教育事业的宝贵财富。     

Civic engagement and participation among Ghanaian and Kenyan students and their correlates

This article examines levels of civic engagement among university students in Ghana and Kenya and identifies factors that may account for their civic engagement. Overall, the students reported low civic engagement, with the Kenyans reporting higher engagement. Demographic factors (gender and age) and personal values hardly contributed to the students’ civic engagement. Political interest and attentiveness, barriers and motivation towards participation made a consistent and significant contribution to political participation and future participation. Furthermore, trust, social endorsement and social efficacy showed a consistent and significant contribution to civic engagement. The findings underscore the need to work towards getting the youth more engaged.     

浅议中小企业与民间融资

从我国中小企业的发展状况及融资现状入手,对我国近年来民间融资的快速发展进行分析,对我国民间融资和中小企业协调发展提出对策和建议如下:改革中小金融机构;民间借贷阳光化进一步推进,但必须进一步规范化;大力支持和指导中小企业民营经济的发展;作为民间借贷主体,中小企业必须增强对经济、产业发展的预见性;中小企业自身也应该寻求解决困难的途径和办法。     

Concept and Politics in Derrida and Deleuze

Abstract

This paper points to significant similarities between the political orientations of Deleuze and Derrida. Derrida's appeal to a pure form of existing concepts (absolute hospitality, pure forgiveness, and so on) parallels Deleuze and Guattari's distinction between relative and absolute ‘deterritorialisation’. In each case, the absolute form of the concept is a condition of the possibility of change.     

Reparations and Peacebuilding: Issues and Controversies

This introduction to our special section of Human Rights Review on Reparations and Peacebuilding gives an overview of the challenges currently confronting both peacebuilding and reparations. The special section aims to explore the relationship between these two mechanisms and examines the role that reparations schemes can play in salving or exacerbating conflict.     

道学相生相克法则与领导变革和领导战略

通过对"道学五大要素"和"五行相生相克法则"的阐述,并结合它们在领导力中的运用,重点探讨如何运用道学法则进行战略谋划,如何运用"循道定法"与"依法施术"法则进行领导变革,从而揭示道学法则在领导活动中的运用规律.