Living in the world risk society

Abstract

In a world risk society, we must distinguish between ecological and financial dangers, which can be conceptualized as side effects, and the threat from terrorist networks as intentional catastrophes; the principle of deliberately exploiting the vulnerability of modern civil society replaces the principle of chance and accident.     

Immigration Enforcement and Children's Living Arrangements

Tougher immigration enforcement was responsible for 1.8 million deportations between 2009 and 2013 alone—many of them were fathers of American children. We exploit the geographic and temporal variation in the escalation of interior immigration enforcement to assess its impact on the structure of families to which many of the deported fathers of U.S.‐born children belonged. We find that the average increase in immigration enforcement during the 2005 to 2015 period has raised by 19 percent the likelihood that Hispanic U.S.‐born children might live without their parents in households headed by naturalized relatives or friends unthreatened by deportation. Likewise, the same increase in immigration enforcement has raised by 20 percent these children's propensity to live with likely undocumented mothers who report their spouses as being absent—a reasonable finding given that most children with a likely undocumented father have undocumented mothers. Given the negative consequences of being raised by a single parent or without parents, plus the parallel increase in interior immigration enforcement, gaining a better understanding of the collateral damage of heightened enforcement on the families to which these children belong is well warranted.     

Living With A Deficit: Indio, California

This article is a case study of the California city of Indio which has been deficit spending for the past five years. The article explores the causes of Indio's deficit, the resulting coping policies, and the effects on, and expectations of, Indio's citizens. The article suggests that Indio's problems are indicative of fiscal problems in many similar cities; the suggested solutions for Indio may be instructive for similar cities.     

农村低保：新式乡村治理手段

农村最低生活保障制度的实施旨在保障农村贫困群众维持最低生活水平,它有利于缩小城乡差距和维护社会公正,然而这项重要制度却在具体的实施过程中转换成为乡村干部对乡村秩序进行规范与整合的治理手段。     

政策异化与现代人的生存困惑

政策科学是以解决“人的问题”为己任的,与“人的问题”相关的社会公共问题构成公共政策的客体,也就是说,公共政策客体离开“人的问题”就没有任何意义,公共政策的基本特征就是充当人们处理社会公共问题以解决人的问题的工具或手段。那种政策活动忽视对人类社会重大问题,尤其是人的问题的研究而局限于细小的、局部问题研究的片面专业化倾向,必然导致政策异化和人的异化。     

基于市民生活满意度的城市发展质量评价

城市发展质量评价是在城市高速发展过程中落实科学发展观的重要措施。目前,城市发展质量评价以客观指标评价为主,无法准确反映市民的感受和意愿。认为城市发展质量的价值取向是让市民满意,城市发展质量评价应从市民生活满意度的角度出发。在分析城市发展价值取向的基础上,构建了反映城市发展质量与市民生活满意度之间关系的透镜模型,讨论并提出市民生活满意度的指标选取和评价的实施思路。