证严慈济精神对推进两岸关系的启示

台湾著名僧人释证严,以慈善心和普济世人的感召力、组织力、高效率,而具世界性影响。慈济具有底层精神、无怨悔不停息精神、爱的双向循环精神和多向合流精神、永结广善之缘的精神,等等,我们都须学习和借鉴。以利改善社会风气和党风,推进两岸良性互动关系。     

工会在推动科学发展促进社会和谐中的作用

工会作为重要的社会政治团体,在实现科学发展、构建和谐社会中肩负重要的责任和使命:协调劳动关系,促进经济发展;推动社会公平,维护政治稳定;参与公共治理,推动政府善政;扩展劳动者实质自由,实现劳动者全面发展.     

当代资本主义国家社会主义因素的表现及成因

当代资本主义国家经过一系列调整,出现了一些社会主义因素,突出表现为：资本更趋社会化、经济运行有序化、收入分配公平化、社会福利普遍化、企业管理民主化和政治的民主法制化等。这些社会主义因素在当代资本主义国家内部不断孕育和发展,究其原因,并不是资产阶级的悔悟或恩赐,而是社会生产力的高度发展同资本主义生产关系形成尖锐矛盾的结果,是资本主义国家内工人阶级不断斗争的成果,是当代资本主义借鉴社会主义成就的客观结局,是资产阶级有识之士的明智之举。     

廉政文化与廉政制度关系辨析

当前对廉政文化与廉政制度关系的理解存有一定争议,不利于反腐倡廉建设的深入开展。廉政制度与廉政文化既相互区别又联系密切。二者的区别主要表现于形成机制的理性与非理性、变迁的快与慢、强制约束与非强制约束、作用机制的外在与内在、功能的抑与扬等方面,二者的联系主要表现为融为一体、相辅相成的统一性。因此,在建设廉政制度与廉政文化时,既要看到二者的联系,做到互相促进,事半功倍;也要看到二者的不同,区别对待,重点突出,从而把预防与惩治、自律与他律、文化与制度有机地统一于反腐倡廉工作中。     

应当摒弃劳资关系属于雇佣关系的观点

我国劳动关系绝大部分属于劳资关系,认识并把握劳资关系由雇佣关系下的领导与被领导、命令与服从的管理模式向劳资平等合作转化的大趋势,摒弃早已过时的雇佣观念,紧跟时代步伐,无疑具有重要的现实意义。     

走向和谐：转型时期公安群众工作的路径选择

社会转型引发了社会利益的多元化和利益分化,各种社会矛盾层出不穷,传统的和谐警民关系面临新的挑战,公安群众工作陷入群众不信任、社会不公平和不稳定三大困境,面临着情、理、法的纠葛。要实现和谐的警民关系,应站得更高、看得更远、想得更宽,坚持先进的理念,明确人本目标,确定恰当方法,做好公安群众工作。     

Juvenile and Adult Offenders Arrested for Sexual Homicide: An Analysis of Victim–Offender Relationship and Weapon Used by Race*

Abstract: Limited information is available on racial offending patterns of sexual homicide offenders (SHOs). This study used a 30‐year U.S. Supplementary Homicide Reports sample of SHOs arrested in single‐victim situations (N = 3745). The analysis strength was used to determine whether the findings yielded meaningful patterns for offender profiling. Several important findings emerged for the juvenile offenders. Juvenile White SHOs were likely to target victims with whom they shared a mutual relationship. In contrast, Black juveniles were equally likely to murder strangers and those with whom they had prior and familial relationships. Notably, no juvenile Black SHOs were arrested for murdering intimate partners. Juvenile White SHOs were twice as likely to use edged weapons as their Black counterparts. Black juveniles, conversely, were more likely than White juveniles to use personal weapons. Beyond these findings, known victim–offender relationships and weapon used may not have significant utility for investigators in identifying the SHO race, even after controlling for offender age. Limitations and future directions are discussed.     

Doing gang research in Canada: navigating a different kaleidoscope

Interest in youth gang activities in Canada has engendered an increasing engagement by government institutions and police departments of American ‘gang experts’ who supposedly have a long pedigree in dealing with this type of problem. I argue that: (a) considering the lingering contentions over the nature, structure, and organization of gangs generally, Canada does not stand to benefit significantly from the American ‘gang’ experience; and (b) the focus of contemporary American gang literature on minority youths helps to sustain the stereotype and control of racialized youths as the ‘poster boys’ of urban youth violence. This is in line with research showing that ‘expert’ knowledge has historically been used to support the ‘othering’ and control of marginalized populations. Canadian youth gang policy does not need to borrow from this model, as it will unnecessarily exacerbate racial tensions in the country.     

The Practice of Nonviolence in the Contemporary World: An Interview with Daniel Berrigan

Critical race theory provides a much‐needed framework for improving the study of race and racism's influence on psychological health and illness. Implicating the mundane and extraordinary, critical race theory explains how racism determines lifestyles and life chances. It also clarifies the individual and institutional nature of racism. Such clarification should be meaningful to sociologists of mental health, especially those interested in how race‐related inequality alters the distribution of psychological health and illness. Towards improving research linking race and racism with mental health, the present essay exposes five weaknesses in the sociology of mental health literature: (1) misspecification of perceived discrimination; (2) neglect of the psychological wages of Whiteness; (3) conflation of race and ethnicity; (4) assumption of mental health measurement invariance; and (5) disregard for narratives about how racism hurts mental health. These weaknesses and the strategies for overcoming them are uncovered by systematically applying select critical race theory tenets.