欧盟的一次"政治地震"

法国全民公投结果,对<欧盟宪法条约>说"不".荷兰继之.受此影响,本来对"一体化"半心半意的英国,乘机宣布搁置公投.这无疑是欧罗巴大陆的一次"政治地震".这次"地震"是欧盟内外,政治、经济、社会错综复杂矛盾的总暴露.     

透析风云变幻的朝鲜半岛局势

进入2008年，朝鲜半岛并不平静，纽约爱乐乐团访朝，在平壤奏响“星条旗永不落”；朝鲜宁边冷却塔哄然倒下，扬起漫天的尘雾；“金刚山枪击事件”打破了韩朝边境的宁静；韩美爆发“牛肉危机”，韩国民众不熄的烛光映红了首尔的夜空；日韩因为独（竹）岛各执一词、针锋相对……接踵而来的事件使半岛局势更加扑朔迷离。     

俄罗斯政治版图的新变化——"公正俄罗斯"党

2006年10月28日,俄罗斯生活党、退休者党和祖国党三个中左翼党派分别举行非例行代表会议,一致决定合并组建新党,并将新党的名称确定为"公正俄罗斯:祖国·退休者·生活"(简称"公正俄罗斯"党).当天,"公正俄罗斯"党举行了成立大会,原俄罗斯生活党领导人谢尔盖·米罗诺夫以160票赞成,6票反对的结果当选为该党领导人.     

世界社会党史形势大盘点

去年,世界社会党形势在总体稳定的态势下出现了某些新的变化,社会党大家庭的力量和影响继续回升,多数党都在推进改革中加强自身建设,谋划未来发展方略;许多党在进一步调整和反思中政策立场有所回摆,社会民主主义同新自由主义的明争暗斗时隐时现;社会党成员内部间的活动依然比较活跃,力图在国际事务中发挥应有作用,并更加重视发展与中国共产党的关系;社会党在世界力量对比中相对弱于中右翼政党的格局没有发生转折性变化,它在全球化的模式塑造中仍面临诸多困难和挑战.     

A week in the life of a hospital

The same urgency and intellect that America's teaching hospitals apply to saving lives is now also going into saving the institutions themselves. All across the country, academic medical centers are trying to figure out how to marry progress with profits. At the Duke University Medical Center, TIME visits the front line in the war between money and medicine.     

热话题与冷思考(十七)--关于二十世纪社会主义与中国的对话

历史的选择1956年我国完成社会主义改造之后,建立了社会主义制度,算起来至今已有45年了.倘若从李大钊等人传播马克思主义算起,这个运动至今已有80多年的历史.我们知道,无论是80多年的运动,还是40多年的社会制度,都经历了在风雨中发展,在挫折中前进的过程.记得10年前您曾出版了一本书,名为<历史的选择>,论证中国共产党的领导地位是历史的选择.这当然也就等于说马克思主义和社会主义道路是中国历史的选择.     

A Child-Centered Refugee Resettlement Program in the United States

ABSTRACT

Refugee children are exposed to numerous risk factors resulting from war, genocide and resettlement, and are facing multiple difficulties to cope with the resettlement process. These challenges set refugee children apart from the mainstream community and can stifle their overall adjustment and development. Unfortunately, policy makers have paid little attention to the caring for refugee children during their initial resettlement. This paper examines systematic barriers to refugee children's successful resettlement in the U.S., and presents a child-centered framework as an option to better address the needs of refugee children, and offers recommendations for policy changes and effective social work practice.     

细看美国人口变迁

今年10月17日,美国人口普查局宣布,美国东部时间当日上午7点46分,美国的第三亿个人诞生了,其人口增长速度令世人瞩目.     

A client-community assessment of the NGO sector in Uganda

Using original data from client-community assessments, we examine motivations in the Ugandan NGO sector. In general, client-community satisfaction with NGO interventions is high, even though some NGO staff are viewed as unresponsive, underskilled, or self-serving. We find evidence that NGOs endeavour to redress the balance between rich and poor, although more remote communities suffer neglect, possibly for cost reasons. NGOs are less inclined to maintain a permanent presence in more remote and poorer client-communities, which impacts negatively on their assessment scores. We also find evidence that NGOs too often operate in the same location, resulting in some duplication of effort. Finally, results indicate that community participation enhances satisfaction.