Disciplining Society through the City: The Genesis of City Planning in Brazil and Argentina (1894–1945)

This paper looks at the genesis of a discourse on urbanismo (city planning) in Brazil and Argentina between 1894 and 1945 using the ideas of Michel Foucault on discipline and his concept of bio–power. The demographic pattern of the major cities in both countries from 1890 onwards and the renewals of the centres of these cities are also discussed. Other sections are dedicated to the plans proposed for the same cities in the 1920s and to urban representations, such as ideas about social reform, the role of hygiene as a point of departure for planning, and the relationship of ideas on Taylorism (scientific management) and the city. The paper also discusses the planners opposition to elections, when they claimed that they were the only ones qualified to deal with urban problems and therefore they should be employed in the state apparatus.
Other concerns of the paper are the use of planning as an element of nation building and ideas defining eugenics (race 'betterment') as an important aspect of city planning. I conclude by arguing that, if implemented, city planning was a way of creating an industrial culture, disciplining society through the city, although the industrial proletariat has never made up the majority of the population in Brazil or Argentina. Even if many aspects of the plans proposed for both countries were not implemented, the discourse of planners can be seen as a will to discipline society through the city. This discipline would affect the freedom of movement of human bodies, and is therefore approached through Foucault's concepts of bio–power and discipline     

试谈扩展社会学的传统界限

社会学是一种具有"科学"和"人文"双重性格的学科,社会的存在和演化都包含在广义的"自然"的存在和演化之中,人的社会性与生物性互相兼容,互相结合,这是社会学研究的基础。从我的"人"这个中心,一圈圈推出去,就构成了两个"差序格局"。社会学研究的重点不仅仅是人的特殊的一面,还要研究人与自然一般相同的方面,"人"和"自然"、"人"和"人"、"我"和"我"、"心"和"心"等社会学至今还难以直接研究的东西,是我们真正理解中国社会的关键。     

彝族典型服饰羊皮褂的社会文化价值

服饰作为一种文化现象,集中体现了一个民族的生活习性和审美情趣,从中可看出一个民族的性格和一定的历史内涵及文化源流。彝族羊皮褂同彝族一样起源于古代氐羌族群,由于羊皮褂在彝族所处地理环境和社会环境中所具有的特殊功能,它伴随着彝族社会历史发展一直存留至今,成为彝族历史的缩影。     

公安预警信息分析的基本理论和方法探讨

全国公安大练兵提出公安机关应有“提高驾驭复杂社会形势的能力,”因而,以情报信息指导警务工作,对信息进行专业、系统、有效的分析,即研究公安预警信息分析的内容、任务、步骤和分析方法已成为即时之需。采用关系图分析、预测分析、SWOT分析和利用预警指标模型分析等方法进行公安预警信息分析,可取得良好的成效。     

从文化变迁看女性犯罪的社会预防

女性犯罪是当今社会不可忽视的一个重要问题,不但给众多家庭造成了悲剧,而且对社会危害程度日趋严重,已经成为影响经济发展、社会稳定的不可忽视的因素,应当引起高度重视。面对当前中国社会女性犯罪不断上升和蔓延的态势,对于女性犯罪的原因的探讨已经成为人们关注的焦点。本文从文化变迁的角度来分析当前中国社会女性犯罪的社会原因,力求突破一些传统的看法,澄清一些认识上的误区,从而对女性犯罪给出一些社会预防对策。     

公安院校学生道德状况调查分析

作者对河北公安警察职业学院大三学生的道德素养进行了调查,主要涉及政治信念、警察职业道德、公正执法、道德素质四方面,并进行了简要分析,结合调查结论,对加强公安院校学生道德教育提出了建议。     

贵阳市道路交通事故综合分析及应对方式初探

在2006年12月21日至2007年12月20日期间,贵阳市共发生道路交通事故559起,造成241人残废,伤821人。重伤和死亡人员大多数为行人。事故高发于年初和年尾,每日10：00-12：00和6：00-8：00为事故高发时段。私家车违法肇事突出。前五位事故原因为超速行驶、违法超车、会车、不胺规定让行、违法占道行驶,今后要改变被动处理交通事故的思维定式,将应对交通事故的重心放到制度建设上来,从源头堵住导致交通事故多发的制度漏洞。     

加强保卫宣传工作创建平安校园的几点思考

高校治安保卫的宣传工作是构建平安校园最直接有效的手段,通过对法律、法规、治安形势、消防、政治保卫、交通安全知识的宣传,促进高校的政治稳定和治安稳定,确保教学、科研、生活秩序的顺利开展。     

启蒙、理性与神话——浅谈霍克海默和阿道尔诺对启蒙的批判

霍克海默和阿道尔诺作为法兰克福学派的第一批理论家,凭借他们敏锐的洞察力认识到,启蒙在帮助人们摆脱了神话的控制,并且声称要为人们带来完全的自由和彻底的解放的同时,又将人类带入了另外一个温柔的陷阱——一个更加美丽的神话当中。因此,如何揭穿这个虚伪的神话就成为了他们首当其冲的任务。     

Do Policies of Multiculturalism Change National Identities?

‘Policies of multiculturalism are often criticised for undermining national identities in one of three ways and in this article I suggest why this is questionable and then point to a more plausible relationship between the two. More specifically, I offer a hypothesis which is that policies of multiculturalism change national identities and I argue that this hypothesis is both theoretically plausible and empirically plausible in at least one instance. This argument is made in three stages and in the first of them I explain what I think policies of multiculturalism and national identities are. In the second stage I present my hypothesis and explain why it is theoretically plausible. In the third stage I use new evidence to suggest why my hypothesis is also empirically plausible in at least one instance. In the final stage I show why a sceptic who might doubt whether my hypothesis is plausible in other instances need not do so.’