America's immigration "problem."

Immigration has traditionally aroused strong passions in the US. Though Americans profess pride in their history as a nation of immigrants, each new wave of immigrants is met with strenuous opposition. Sassen points out that this opposition underestimates the US's capacity to absorb more people and fails to appreciate the political and economic forces that give rise to immigration. The outcry over rising illegal immigration culminated in the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. So far, the law's effectiveness has been limited. 1.8 million immigrants applied to regularize their status. However, there is growing evidence that the employer sanctions program is resulting in discrimination against minority workers who are US citizens, and in various abuses against undocumented workers. Meanwhile, illegal immigration continues to rise. The 1986 law, like earlier laws, is based o a faulty understanding of immigration causes. The US played a crucial role in the 1960s and 1970s in developing today's global economic system. This system contributed to the creation of pools of potential immigrants and to the formation of links between the industrialized and developing countries. In sum, foreign investment and promotion of export-oriented growth i the US in developing countries has served to increase immigration to the US. A workable US immigration policy would be based o the recognition that the US bears a certain amount of responsibility for international labor migrations. The precise features of a fair immigration policy will have to be elaborated. However, it is clear that US immigration policy will continue to be counterproductive as long as it places the responsibility for the formation of international migrations exclusively upon the migrants themselves.     

青少年常见心理问题与违法犯罪

在青少年中比较普遍的心理问题包括成长中的心理矛盾、心理幼稚化和人格问题等,倘若这些问题未能得到适当的解决,容易导致违法犯罪。要防范青少年犯罪,一定要引起全社会的注意,加强对青少年的心理素质的培养,帮助学生培养健康的心理和良好的道德行为。     

印度的医疗保障体系

印度是世界上人口仅次于中国的发展中国家,但印度的医疗保障体系在世界上是有名的,它保证了绝大多数人享受近乎免费的公共医疗卫生保障,一般老百姓看病的费用绝大部分是由政府支出,这极大地促进了印度社会的整体发展,同时,对我国医疗制度的改革也具有借鉴作用.     

世界一些国家的医疗保险制度

人的一生可以躲过失业风险,躲过意外伤害风险,但谁也躲不过生老和病死.由政府组织实施覆盖全体人民的基本医疗保险,是各现代国家的通行制度.     

Terrorism in Italy: Analysis of a problem

The author, after a short premise in which the phenomenon under examination is analyzed on the basis of the study of individual motivations, considers, in the context of the present Italian moral crisis, the social and interpersonal factors that violent terrorism generate.

The inquiry then moves on to attempt to identify the aims of terrorism through the observation of the subsequent phases through which it develops.

After a short survey of some sociological and psychological theories of the causes of the phenomenon, the author concludes that the problem of terrorism cannot be solved through the threat of more serious sanctions for the crimes committed but through the reorganization and restructuring of the state, and the elimination of the insecurity and tension that are among the main causes of the phenomenon.     

Offshore energy terrorism: Perspectives on a problem

Abstract

This essay examines prevailing perspectives on the prospect of terrorist sabotage against the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. It contrasts the dominant “wait‐and‐see” attitude in the United States with counterterrorist preparations by the North Sea countries, and suggests some of the reasons for this difference in attitudes.