Family strategy of economic inequality among brothers in Korean rural society, 1690–1795

This article examines how inequality among brothers was practised as a family strategy in Korean south-eastern rural society from the end of the seventeenth to the late eighteenth century as a response to local economic changes. The Wolchon area experienced a process of downward levelling in this period. Using the household registers and land registers, the authors reconstituted 58 families with brothers who held land and 406 families who possessed nobi (‘serfs’ or ‘slaves’) for further examination. As a family strategy, most of these families attempted a strategy of unequal inheritance that resulted in maintaining high economic status for only one of the children among all the brothers. This child, in most cases, would be the eldest son, but also could be another son. The degree of inequality among brothers with regard to nobi-holding declined over time. Most families successfully maintained inequality, and through this family status, by efficiently practising the unequal inheritance strategy, while some families failed to keep the same level of inequality by the end of the eighteenth century. The degree of inequality among brothers is intimately connected to family property size. Each family sought its own strategy to suit the actual economic condition of the family. While very wealthy families attempted to give a similar inheritance to all brothers to provide an equal chance to each of them, less wealthy families reduced the survival chances of some children by the concentration of property given to only one child.     

Household composition and family structures of Ukrainian Cossacks in the second half of the eighteenth century

One of the main problems faced by social historians of the Cossack Hetmanate (Cossacks' autonomous territory situated on the Left Bank of the Dnieper River) is a poor knowledge of population issues. This article therefore focuses on the history of the family and households in eighteenth-century Ukraine. Unlike the historiography of Western Europe, where active research in this field started in the 1960s, contemporary Ukrainian historiography includes only a few studies dedicated to these issues. Recently renewed interest in population issues is due to the widening scope of historical research and to changes in the methodological paradigm that started in the twenty-first century. Historical research of the Ukrainian family and population is thus in its infancy and reconsidering these aspects is crucial for a global scholarship.     

Beyond the Thomas–Kilmann Model: Into Extreme Conflict

This article discusses an extension to the Thomas–Kilmann conflict mode instrument (Thomas and Kilmann 1977) designed specifically for conflict situations in which strong negative emotional relationships are at play. The Thomas–Kilmann (TK) model is widely used to help participants (disputants and mediators) identify how two basic conflict characteristics interact to influence how stakeholders shape their actions with regard to their interests. Essentially the TK Model is built on the premise that the two salient conflict variables are the relative importance of the relationships at hand and the substantive issues being discussed. These variables are illustrated with a simple matrix that shows how each party will interact with the other based on the relative importance it places on these variables. Graphically illustrating where the behaviors fall on the matrix can explicate parties' behaviors to add a new perspective that may change the dynamic of the conflict. But the TK Model does not address scenarios in which individuals have very negative or destructive relationships, and sabotage, blocking, and exclusion are behavioral norms. Hence, we developed the Baumoel–Trippe (BT) Extension to the TK Model to address the highly negative and often identity‐based conflicts that are often found in the world of family business. Accordingly, the BT Extension to the TK Model explores conflicts in which the relationships are not merely unimportant or uncooperative, but where they become negative to downright vengeful. There is so much at stake for family business stakeholders that the family relationships may become so adversarial that the very business and family harmony all parties value are at risk. With our extension of the TK Model, we seek to provide insight into how decisions might be made when stakeholders are in highly negative, conflictual relationships.     

中小学生家庭教育现状的调查报告

我国独生子女在家长的倍加关爱下,常常以自我为中心,缺少合作意识,心理常有孤独感和寂寞感。传统家庭教育又存在着过度重视知识教育、缺少规划和指导等问题。新型的家庭教育应尊重孩子人格的发展,在价值取向上从知识型教育转向素质教育,使家庭教育逐步走向科学化。     

青少年家庭道德影响与学校德育抵触现象探析

在当前的青少年教育中,存在着家庭道德影响与学校德育抵触现象,在德育思想观念、家长教养方式、对德育手段的理解上都存在着种种抵触。对此,家长应自觉提高素质,改变成才观念,理解教育者意图;学校应重视学生德育内化,加强与家长的沟通联系,变愿景教育为现实教育,增强学生的道德判断力和自觉抵御不良干扰的能力。     

Long-Term Follow-Up of Young Children Placed in Foster Care: Subsequent Placements and Exposure to Family Violence

This study examined the quality or characteristics of permanent placements at 6 years of age for 254 children who had been removed from their homes prior to attaining 3.5 years of age (mean = 13 months). Although the primary objective when removing children is protection, subsequent permanent placements are prioritized by federal legislation with a stable family environment, especially one with the biological parent(s), being preferred. Three a priori comparisons (i.e., reunified vs. nonreunified, adopted vs. foster care, relative vs. nonrelative foster care) were conducted for caregiver and child reports of exposure to family violence. The results indicate that both reunified children and their parents report more family violence (witnessed and child victimization) than do nonreunified children and their caregivers. Adoptive parents did report that they used more minor violence in disciplining their children than did foster caregivers, but their children reported witnessing significantly less physical violence in the home. Recognizing that the development of children removed from their homes because of maltreatment is likely a function of both the maltreatment as well as the quality of subsequent family experiences (i.e., violence exposure), implications of the findings for determining placements are discussed.     

论我国人口政策的法制化建设

全国和地方性人口与计划生育法律法规的颁布,标志着国家通过法律的形式,确立了计划生育基本国策的法律地位。为了应对现行人口政策出现的问题,各地区对计划生育条例进行了修订修正,以适应人口政策转型升级的需要。     

戒律、家规、国法与中国古代社会的秩序调控

中国古代社会在寻求自己的秩序调控方式过程中,基于自身文化环境的特点,形成了以宗教戒律为个体层、以家规为宗族层、以国法为社会层的独特社会秩序调控系统。它具备多层次、强渗透、全方位的特性,为古代社会秩序的长期和谐稳定带来了基于制度而又超越制度的有力保障。     

警察机关干预家庭暴力法律问题的几点思考

我国现有的警察机关干预家庭暴力的法律法规存在着重事后处置,忽视事前预防,重行政、刑事处罚,忽视民事责任承担等问题,因此,必须予以完善。应充分运用好现有的授权性规范,强化警察机关干预家庭暴力的责任意识;协调相关立法,增强可操作性;处理好隐私权与知情权、公力救济与当事人救济申请主动权之间的关系。