Reflections on calling and careers in community psychology

The current essay discusses the narratives of five community psychologists from the perspective of a career "calling." Each of the essays highlight different components of a calling: employing deep discernment to know the right path for oneself; experiencing a calling to do one's work, an invitation to which we choose to respond; serving community; discovering your quintessential self or "genius"; and using your gifts for the common good. Moreover, the author discusses how the essays not only illustrate calling, but also the emergence of confidence and the subjective career.     

“中等老工业城市”社区文明创建的成功探索与实践——黄石市社区文明创建特点和经验的调查与思考

由于受历史原因和客观条件的制约,黄石市社区呈现出“三老三多”的特点。因此,居民的素质表现出较大的差异性。“提高人、塑造人、完善人”是城市文明创建的基本理念,也是城市文明创建的出发点。黄石市委、市政府以社区体制改革为动力,以社区建设为基础,以共建为纽带,以文化为动力,建立政府、企业、社区三体联动的运作机制,初步走出了一条老工业城市创建文明社区的新路子。     

从村民社会到公民社会——宪法与新农村建设的财政视角

建设社会主义新农村的基本目标是实现从村民社会向公民社会的转型。公民社会本质上是走向平等、民主和法治的社会,推动村民社会向公民社会转型最为直接的力量是渗透着宪法精神的民主财政和法治财政。引导农村走向公民社会的财政对策是:推进农村财政改革,对农民实行直接补贴;推进乡村民主建设步伐;积极推行财政法治化进程。     

Comparative history: Technology,community and social transformation in China and Zimbabwe

James Zheng Gao, Meeting Technology's Advance: Social Change in China and Zimbabwe in the Railway Age (Westport, CT and London: Greenwood Press, 1997), 218 pp, US$65.00, ISBN 0–313–30095‐X.     

The community service self-efficacy scale: further evidence on reliability and validity

The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) measures". . . the individual's confidence in his or her own ability to make clinically significant contributions to the community through service" (Reeb et al., p. 48). Three studies reported in this article replicate and extend past CSSES research. With regard to reliability, results replicate past research in demonstrating internal consistency and temporal consistency. Convergent validity was demonstrated by the finding that, as hypothesized, the CSSES correlated moderately with a measure of general self-efficacy. As hypothesized, the correlation between the CSSES and a measure of social desirability was low in magnitude and non-significant, demonstrating discriminant validity. Regarding gender differences, females tended to score somewhat higher than males on the CSSES. With respect to construct validity, CSSES scores changed in the hypothesized direction in response to an intervention. While past CSSES research focused on college students, one study reported in this paper shows that the CSSES is useful in studying adolescents, including those with psychosocial adjustment problems.     

从社政式治理到社团式治理——乡村公民社会成长的60年

新中国成立60年来,我国乡村先后实行了社政式治理和社团式治理两种模式,形成了独具东方特色的中国式的乡村公民社会。社政式治理和社团式治理虽然存在于建国后的前后两个30年,但民间取向的这一脉络连续无间。社团式治理模式适合中国的乡村实际,而公民社会则是中国乡村社会发展形态的可能选择。