How Values Shape Program Perceptions: The “Organic Ethos” and Producers’ Assessments of U.S. Organic Policy Impacts

Among the more recognizable programs related to natural and sustainable food is the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program. Although the robustness of the organic food market is difficult to contest, many debate the extent to which U.S. organic policy outcomes adequately serve consumers and the organic agriculture producers they rely on. This paper engages the debate from the perspective of certified organic producers. Drawing on the results of a nationwide survey of USDA‐certified producers, we first provide a snapshot of how producers assess the environmental, consumer, and market impacts of U.S. organic food policy. We then examine the extent to which organic producers’ policy impact perceptions are associated with their alignment with an “organic ethos”—understood as producers’ commitment to core organic principles and the organic movement. The paper highlights producers’ values as perceptual filters and cognitive mechanisms that help shape producers’ policy impacts perceptions, illustrating a contributing factor to the enduring nature of organic policy debates.     

试论台湾政治发展过程中的“中间路线”——“第三条道路”理论视角

20世纪90年代以来,西方政党为解决资本主义发展危机推出了＂第三条道路＂政治哲学。尽管＂第三条道路＂不等同＂中间路线＂,但其＂超越左与右＂理念可以借鉴用于分析台湾政治发展。＂第三条道路＂在台湾主要表现为：李登辉超越族群和省籍对立,提出＂新台湾人＂口号;陈水扁提出＂新中间路线＂,借掩盖意识形态＂独统＂之争来赢得选举;马英九执政以来试图整合台湾社会蓝绿二元分化,实现蓝绿共主。展望未来,＂中间路线＂在选举政治的台湾仍有市场,但阻力重重。     

青少年吸食新型毒品行为的过程分析——群体心理学的视角

检视关于青少年吸食新型毒品行为的已有研究,基于其行为发生动因的研究多有涉及,如个体认知、社会制度与社会结构、文化与亚文化、社会关系网络等,但少有针对其行为发生逻辑与过程的分析讨论.由于静态的"因素/行为"分析解释了"因素影响了行为",却没有很好地回答"因素到底如何影响行为",因此,在悬置"因素"的同时,需要一种动态的"过程/行为"分析.通过考察青少年吸食新型毒品行为的最显著特征即群体性,而后基于群体心理学的理论框架,对青少年群体吸食新型毒品的行为发生逻辑与过程进行分析,以探寻治理新型毒品问题的有效途径.     

Predicting How Well Adolescents Get Along with Peers and Teachers: A Machine Learning Approach

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - How well adolescents get along with others such as peers and teachers is an important aspect of adolescent development. Current research on adolescent...     

Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: A Firm-Level Study of Sub-Saharan African SMEs

Journal of Chinese Political Science - Over the past few years, the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has seen a marked increase among state-owned enterprises and large...     

重构未成年人刑事法律援助审查标准

自我国建立法律援助制度以来，未成年人刑事法律援助一直是我国未成年人法律援助的重点，对加强未成年人的司法保护起了重要的作用。然而，我国未成年人刑事法律援助审查标准不一致，导致法院指定辩护案件成为未成年人刑事法律援助的主要来源，而处在侦查阶段和审查起诉阶段的未成年人较少获得法律援助。     

经济发达镇行政管理体制改革的思考

随着我国城镇化进程的快速推进,部分乡镇迅速发展成为经济发达镇,但传统的乡镇行政管理体制使经济发达镇长期处于责任大、权力小、功能弱、效率低的艰难境地,严重制约了经济发达镇自身的建设、发展和管理。本文在总结经济发达镇的基本特征的基础上,分析了经济发达镇的行政管理体制中目前存在的主要问题,并根据广东、浙江、山东等地在推进经济发达镇行政管理体制改革中的实践经验,对我国经济发达镇的行政管理体制改革提出相关对策建议。     

公安院校现代教育技术观念的再认识

本文针对公安院校现代教育技术的认识和实践问题,着重阐述从转变现代教育媒体观为现代教育技术观,转变传统教学模式为现代教学模式入手,从而在公安院校树立正确的现代教育技术观念。