Remarks on the Visuddhimagga,and on its treatment of the Memory of Former Dwelling(s) (pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇa)

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Explaining criminal victimization in Taiwan: A lifestyle approach

Routine activities and lifestyle-exposure theories were shaped and substantially tested in Western societies; this study extended their application to a non-Western context in Taiwan. Using the most recent but underutilized 2005 Taiwan Areas Criminal Victimization Survey, responses from a random sample of 18,046 participants were analyzed for robbery, assault, and personal larceny victimization. The findings showed that the risk factors associated with criminal victimization in Taiwan resembled those in Western nations, but anomalies also appeared. Females faced a higher risk of being robbed than males; married and affluent persons were more likely to be victims of personal larceny than not married or less affluent persons; and those who stayed home at night were more likely to be assaulted than those who went out at night. The discussion of these findings suggest that explaining victimization patterns involve more than victims' attributes or lifestyles; the social and cultural context should be considered as well.     

From Identity to Queer Politics: Shifts in Normative Heterosexuality and the Meaning of Citizenship

This essay argues that there is occurring in the United States something of a shift from identity to queer politics, which is paralleled by changes in the social patterns of normative heterosexuality. I consider some of the implications for thinking about sexual citizenship. In particular, I comment on the ambivalent relationship of a queer politics to a politics of citizenship.     

全球媒体对上海国际大都市的形象建构研究

建构良好的城市形象是城市外交的重要目标。上海作为中国城市化发展的缩影,能否被全球媒体建构为一个国际大都市形象?本文通过对28个语种100多个国家38万条新闻的统计分析,解读了深化改革开放以来尤其是后世博时代上海的国际形象。研究发现,全球媒体涉沪报道量稳步增长,2015年达历史最高点;报道议程围绕"四个中心"展开,但国际金融中心形象受经济下行和股市震荡影响;报道态度以混合情感为主,正负面倾向随时间和议题有所差异;全球媒体报道上海的消息源仍以西方媒体为主。在分析外媒报道的基础上,本文为加强上海城市外交,提升上海国际大都市形象提供了对策建议。     

自由国际主义与第三世界——美国现代化理论兴起的历史透视

自由国际主义(liberal internationalism)是战后美国对外政策的基本"性格",它内在地要求生成美国主导的全球变迁的方案,特别是一个以援助和发展政策为核心的系统的第三世界政策,这是现代化理论运动在美国兴起的基本动力和历史条件。自由国际主义在冷战初期曾受到现实主义的有效抑制,一度延缓和削弱了美国对第三世界的重视及其对援助和发展政策的建构,现代化理论的政策效应即在于改变这种局面。现代化理论秉持自由国际主义并认同民主党自由主义,反映了美国自由主义演进的阶段性历史特征,又在很大程度上塑造了肯尼迪、约翰逊两届政府对第三世界的政策。