Is global inequality getting better or worse? A critique of the World Bank’s convergence narrative

The dominant narrative of global income inequality is one of convergence. Recent high-profile publications by Branko Milanovic and the World Bank claim that the global Gini coefficient has declined since 1988, and that inter-country inequality has declined since 1960. But the convergence narrative relies on a misleading presentation of the data. It obscures the fact that convergence is driven mostly by China; it fails to acknowledge rising absolute inequality; and it ignores divergence between geopolitical regions. This paper suggests alternative measures that bring geopolitics back in by looking at the gap between the core and periphery of the world system. From this perspective, global inequality has tripled since 1960.     

对民进党“对中政策扩大会议”的观察——兼论现阶段民进党两岸政策调整及其趋向

2014年1月9日,民进党历经半年多、9次“对中政策扩大会议”讨论形成了“2014对中政策检讨纪要”,这是该党现阶段两岸政策调整的集中体现。民进党虽然主张开放面对大陆,但仍抱持“台独”立场,对两岸交流“阻挠多开放少、防范多善意少、对抗多合作少”。在两岸关系和平发展新形势、民进党自身结构性问题、美国对台两手策略等因素的影响下,民进党两岸政策仍会继续调整,较可能的方向是走一条既不同于陈水扁也不同于马英九的“务实台独”之路。     

Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese American Families

This study examined the role of adolescents’ and mothers’ self-reports of English and heritage language proficiency in youth’s academic and emotional adjustment among 444 Chinese American families. Adolescents who were proficient in English tended to exhibit higher reading achievement scores, math achievement scores, and overall GPA. Mothers who were English proficient tended to have children with higher academic achievement and fewer depressive symptoms. Results also indicated that adolescents’ heritage language maintenance was associated with positive adjustment, particularly amongst foreign-born youth and for youth whose parents were highly proficient in the heritage language. Mother-adolescent match in heritage language proficiency was related to higher math achievement scores and overall GPA. Additionally, higher heritage language proficiency was associated with fewer depressive symptoms for foreign-born but not U.S.-born youth. Overall, the findings suggest that proficiency in both the English and heritage language may confer advantages to Chinese American youth.

警察职业适应性障碍归因性研究——公安双学位学生教育研究

公安院校改革试点双学位学生在学习中表现出比较明显的警察职业适应性障碍倾向。本文通过运用横向比较和纵向比较的方法,通过学生的主观认识误区和学习的客观现状描述,从社会和学校教育角度对现行适应性障碍倾向做出归因研究,尝试提出调整公安院校警察职业教育方法,形成自助与发展相结合的教育指导策略的基本构想,为改进警察职业道德教育、促进警察职业教育科学化提供借鉴。     

电针关键肌结合“颈—肩—胸”调整术治疗颈型颈椎病伴上交叉综合征的随机对照研究

目的 探讨电针关键肌结合“颈—肩—胸”调整术对颈型颈椎病伴上交叉综合征患者的临床效果。方法 选取颈型颈椎病伴上交叉综合征患者70例，采用随机数字表法分为对照组和观察组，每组35例，对照组采用电针关键肌治疗，观察组在电针关键肌的基础上采用基于“筋骨并举”思想的“颈—肩—胸”调整术治疗。治疗前后分别运用中文版颈部疼痛和废用量表（Chinese version of neck pain and disability scale，SC-NPDS）对患者颈椎疼痛水平、功能、残疾及情绪和认知进行评分，测量治疗前后颈椎活动度的改变以及前肩角度（forward shoulder angle，FSA）、头前伸角度（forward head angle，FHA）的变化。结果 与治疗前比较，两组治疗后SC-NPDS评分、FSA、FHA显著降低（P＜0.05），颈椎左旋、右旋、左右侧屈、屈曲、伸展活动度显著升高（P＜0.05）；两组患者治疗前后SC-NPDS评分、颈椎活动度及FSA、FHA差值比较，差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论 电针关键肌治疗颈型颈椎病伴上交叉综合征能减轻患者疼痛，改善颈椎大部分活动度及前倾姿势，而在此基础上采用“颈—肩—胸”调整术更能有效减轻患者疼痛，改善颈椎活动度，纠正患者静态头颈部前倾姿势。     

劳动关系调节模式的选择

人力资源管理调节模式是适合现阶段中国国情的劳动关系调节模式.因为造成目前中国劳动关系紧张的最主要原因在于利益均衡机制的缺失,而人力资源管理调节模式可以加快利益均衡机制的形成.