Entrenched Postseparation Parenting Disputes: The Role of Interparental Hatred?

There is an emerging view that the term “high conflict” oversimplifies the nature of destructive family dynamics, especially with respect to the small but resource‐intensive group of separated parents who remain deeply enmeshed in legal battles and parental acrimony. In this Article we propose that interparental hatred may be a key relationship dynamic driving the behavior of some in this group. We suggest a distinction between two types of interparental hatred: one that arises from responses to separation‐related stresses (reactive hatred) and the other (entrenched hatred) that is indicative of more embedded, dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics and/or personality structures. While reactive hatred is typically time limited and amenable to professional intervention, entrenched hatred tends to overwhelm rationally informed attempts to mediate, negotiate, or even adhere to orders regarding suitable parenting arrangements. We contend that while effective intervention in these cases requires all the generic skills and responses necessary for dealing with highly conflicted disputes, it is also important to name and appropriately challenge interparental hatred when it is detected.     

Transnational peace building: bringing salt and light to Colombia and the USA

In 2003, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development NGO, began a peace-building initiative in Colombia. It facilitated the formation of a partnership between peace-sanctuary churches in Colombia and six communities of faith in the US Midwest, co-ordinated by LWR staff. This partnership, called ‘Sal y Luz’ (Salt and Light), has the goal of education and advocacy both in Colombia and in the USA. Sal y Luz represents a powerful example of transnational solidarity for peace. There are also implications and lessons of this case study for the broader field of NGO peace-building work. The Sal y Luz model of peace building brings benefits in terms of NGO accountability and effectiveness. The key innovation of the model is the means by which LWR effectively helped its US constituency to understand and become involved in peace-building work.     

Financing the peace: Evaluating World Bank post-conflict assistance programs

Does World Bank aid to countries damaged by civil conflict meet its stated goals of speeding economic recovery and reducing the risk of conflict recidivism? We contend that the Bank’s success depends on its ability to bolster and signal the credibility of politicians’ commitments to peaceful politics and tailor its programs to the post-conflict environment. In the first systematic evaluation of World Bank post-conflict assistance, we estimate selection-corrected event history models of the effect of Bank programs on recovery and recurrence using an original dataset of all World Bank programs in post-conflict environments. Among key results, we find that the Bank tends to select aid recipients according to their pre-existing probability of conflict recurrence and that, once we control for this non-random selection, the Bank has no systematic effect on either conflict recurrence or economic recovery.     

Real-time research: decolonising research practices – or just another spectacle of researcher–practitioner collaboration?

This article examines the experiences and outcomes from collaboration between a group of researchers and a Northern NGO to improve recovery work in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. A Real-Time Research methodology was established to follow and intervene in the recovery practices as they took place on the ground. What was learned and achieved through this collaboration is assessed, with particular reference to the relationships between various stakeholders in the collaboration.     

突破困境:从俄罗斯转轨以来公共危机管理看反危机措施

自俄罗斯转轨以来,国内频繁爆发公共危机,这给其经济、政治以及社会大众带来了巨大的灾难。普京政府在与危机作斗争的过程中苦心求索适合俄罗斯国情的公共危机管理的方法,在有效解决各种危机的同时也推进了俄罗斯经济转轨的顺利进行。从俄罗斯政府公共危机管理的特征,可深入探寻有利于制定、执行和完善反危机措施的有效方法。     

印度尼西亚油气产业的发展与改革

长期以来,印尼一直是东南亚首屈一指的产油大国,也是全球最大液化天然气生产国之一,在全球能源市场占有重要地位.由于对老油田进行无限度开采,对勘探新油田的工作不太重视,加上近年印尼与西方跨国公司之间在油气方面的合作充满坎坷,导致印尼石油产量不断下降,石油供给增长乏力.印尼政府正在积极重组石油产业,配合发展天然气产业链,对油气产业管理体制与产业政策进行调整与改革,努力保持油气大国的地位.     

法律冲突问题研究

法律冲突是法治实践中普遍存在的现象。由于法学学科的划分以及各法学学科研究对象的不同 ,不同学科所关注的法律冲突的类别有所不同 ,所以不同学者对于法律冲突给出了不同的定义。然而 ,作为法理学基本问题和基本的法学术语 ,法律冲突就其本质而言 ,不应当因学科的不同划分而不同。它应当有一个基本的内涵和外延。     

外来人口管理社会化的新探索——以浙江省宁波市余姚阳明街道为例

外来人口管理问题关系到社会稳定,关系到构建和谐社会的国家方略。外来人口以“农民工”为主体。“农民工”是我国制度变迁与社会转型期间出现的特殊群体,特指具有农村户口身份却在城市务工的劳动者。人口转移的实质也是农村人口向城市的转移,而解决“三农”问题的关键在于“第四农”——“农民工”。“农民工”进城后,如何加强管理,浙江省宁波市余姚阳明街道会同西北派出所认真探索外来人口管理办法,总结出“一软一硬”的社会化管理新途径。     

中日环保合作的市场化运作模式探析

环境作为一种新的贸易资源与新兴产业,其重要性日益受到重视。在以往的中日环保合作中,中国处于受援国地位。随着我国综合国力的增强,接受援助的空间越来越小。而解决日益严峻的环境瓶颈制约与胁迫影响,要求中国必须借鉴发达国家的环保技术和管理经验,实现环保产业的跨越式发展。因此,中日两国在环保产业寻求市场化的合作模式成为有效推动中日合作的关键。理论和实践经验表明:中日环保合作既可行且必要,符合两国经济发展战略和国家利益。目前,两国环保合作的机制已经初步建立,寻求市场化的合作模式日益成为有效推动中日环保合作的关键。     

论股权分置改革中的利益均衡--寻找利益均衡的契约基础

公司乃一系列合约的连结,流通股股东和非流通股股东分别与公司形成独立的投资契约,两者之间形成的则是对公司权力配置与划分的契约.股权分置改革解决的基本问题是流通股股东和非流通股股东如何变更分权契约以实现契约正义和利益均衡,契约正义和利益均衡的本质要求是契约主体地位平等前提下的意思自治.为此必须健全股东参与和表决机制、确定合理的对价定价机制、完善信息披露制度、保证异议股东的回购或收购请求权、完善纠纷解决机制以及加强控制市场建设.