Physical and emotional sibling violence and policy: An examination of Fox-Harding's child care value perspectives

Physical and emotional sibling violence has received minimal attention compared with other forms of familial violence. Policy related to addressing physical and emotional sibling violence is scant, whereas the occurrence of violence between siblings is rampant in many families. An overview of the knowledge base regarding this social problem is provided as a backdrop for understanding the current sociopolitical status of sibling violence. Understanding current policy and societal discourse related to addressing sibling violence is possible through Lorraine Fox-Harding's values perspective on childcare policy. The four value perspectives of laissez-faire and patriarchy, state paternalism and child protection, the modern defense of the birth family and parents' rights, and children's rights and child liberation allow insight into how sibling violence is currently viewed and the policy implications of those perspectives. Regardless of one's value perspective, actions around policy and family interventions for sibling violence is warranted. Alternatives to the current situation and consequences of not addressing violent behavior between siblings are discussed along with roles the government, parents, and children can take in addressing this oftentimes underrecognized social justice issue.     

Heartland and periphery: local,national and global perspectives on women's history

The articles in this special collection were first presented as papers at the Women's History Network Annual Conference, held at the University of Bath in September 2000. In selecting a theme for the conference, it seemed particularly important, at the start of a new millennium, to be as inclusive as possible and to reflect the most recent developments in the field of women's history. Conference participants were encouraged to question definitions of what is heartland and what is periphery in women's history and to explore the complex interrelationship between them at a local, national and international level.     

The rebellion in Chinese Turkestan

La Politique Islamique d'Allemagne. By B. Vernier. Paris : Centre d'Études de Politique Étrangère. Sect. d'Information Pub. 15. 1939. Ed. Hartmann.

Publication of the Institute for Spreading Information about the East. Editor, A. P. Barannikov. Academy of Science, U.S.S.R. Leningrad. 1939.

Islam in the World. By Dr. Zaki Ali. Pp. 428. Lahore: Sheikh Muhammad Ashraf. 1938.

Survey of the Import Trade of India for the Fiscal Year, April 1, 1938, to March 31, 1939. H.M. Stationery Office.

India's North‐West Frontier. By Sir William Barton. John Murray. ros. 6d.

The Naked Nagas. By Christoph von Fürer‐Haimendorf. Pp. ix + 243. 24 plates and map. Methuen. 1939. 15s.

Peaks and Lamas. By Marco Pallis. 9½×3½”. Pp. xx+423. 95 photogravure illustrations and 3 maps. London : Cassell. 18s.

John Nicholson—The Hero of Delhi. By Hesketh Pearson. Collins.

Syria As It Is. By Helen Cameron Gordon (Lady Russell). 9½” × 5½”. Pp. 197. 24 gravure plates, 3 maps, glossary, bibliography, and index. London : Methuen. 1939. ros. 6d.

Minaret and Pipeline. By Margaret Baneri. Translated from the German by L. M. Sieveking. 8¾” × 6″. Pp. 422. Oxford : University Press.

Ataturk, and the True Nature of Modern Turkey. By Gerard Tongas. Translated from the French by Major F. F. Rynd.

China Fights for the World. By J. Gunnar Andcrsson. Translated from die Swedish by Arthur G. Chater. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd. 12s. 6d.

The Crusade in the Later Middle Ages. By A. S. Attiya. With 2 coloured and 8 monotone plates and 4 maps. Methuen and Co. 30s.

Buried Empires : The Earliest Civilisations of the Middle East. By Patrick Carleton. 9” × 6”. Pp. 290. 13 plates, 2 maps. London : Edward Arnold and Co. 10s. 6d.

The Cull Chinese Bronzes. By W. Perceval Yetts, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology in the University of London. Pp. x +197. 35 plates, 44 figs. London : Courtauld Institute of Art. 1939. £2 2s.

Last Lectures. By Roger Fry. Introduction by Sir Kenneth Clark. 10”×8”. Pp. xxix + 370. Illustrations. Cambridge University Press. 21s.

Berichte des Asien Arbeitskreises. Siebenberg‐Verlag, Wien and Peking. No. 1, February, 1939; No. 2, June, 1939.

The Annual of the East, 1939–40. Published by the Syndicate of the Annual of the East, 160, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Pp. 148. Price 3s.     

Book reviews

E.T. Layton with R Pinneau and J. Costello, And I Was There. Pearl Harbor and Midway (New York: William Morrow), pp. 596, $19.95.

Donald A. Torres, Handbook of Federal Police and Investigative Agencies (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, 1985), pp. 411, £49.95.

Ernest R. May (ed.), Knowing One's Enemies. Intelligence Assessment Before the Two World Wars (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984), pp. 561, $29.50 or £19.80 (cloth); $14.50 or £9.70 (paper).     

The Incidental Pundit: Who Talks Politics with Whom,and Why?

Informal discussion plays a crucial role in democracy, yet much of its value depends on diversity. We describe two models of political discussion. The purposive model holds that people typically select discussants who are knowledgeable and politically similar to them. The incidental model suggests that people talk politics for mostly idiosyncratic reasons, as by-products of nonpolitical social processes. To adjudicate between these accounts, we draw on a unique, multisite, panel data set of whole networks, with information about many social relationships, attitudes, and demographics. This evidence permits a stronger foundation for inferences than more common egocentric methods. We find that incidental processes shape discussion networks much more powerfully than purposive ones. Respondents tended to report discussants with whom they share other relationships and characteristics, rather than based on expertise or political similarity, suggesting that stimulating discussion outside of echo chambers may be easier than previously thought.     

Last Insurer Standing: Accounting for Policyholder Settlements in an “All Sums” World

Abstract

In 2016, New York became the latest state to interpret insurance policies with prior insurance or non-cumulation of liability clauses as permitting a policyholder to recover damages under “all sums” for long-tail liabilities, including environmental liabilities. But two major questions were left unanswered in New York, as in many other states, when a policyholder seeks all sums recovery from a non-settled insurer after the policyholder settles with other insurers: first, how to account for a policyholder’s prior settlements—through set-off, contribution, or both. Second, how to calculate any set-off or contribution—should it be pro tanto, pro rata, or something else. This article examines the arguments on both sides of these issues and looks ahead to how courts may resolve these questions going forward.