西北少数民族地方政府行政执法问题研究

从民族地方政府推行公正执法及行政执法体制改革的过程分析,其行政执法现状还没有达到现代法治的要求,在行政执法的实体和程序方面还存在一些有待完善的问题。     

广西少数民族人口劳动就业问题与对策

改革开放以来 ,广西少数民族人口的劳动就业状况发生了深刻地变化 ,但仍存在一些突出问题 ,应进一步改善少数民族人口的劳动就业条件 ,推动广西民族地区全面进步。     

关于少数民族地区信息服务业发展战略的思考

我国少数民族地区现代化面临着双重任务,不仅要改造传统产业,而且要发展新兴产业。大力发展信息服务业是实现“跨越式”发展的坚实基础。     

MINORITY THREAT AND POLICE STRENGTH FROM 1980 TO 2000: A FIXED‐EFFECTS ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS IN LARGE U.S. CITIES*

Many studies have assessed threat theory by investigating the relationships between the size of minority populations and police strength. Yet these investigations analyzed older data with cross‐sectional designs. This study uses a fixed‐effects panel design to detect nonlinear and interactive relationships between minority presence and the per capita number of police in large U.S. cities in the last three census years. The findings show that the relationship between racial threat and the population‐corrected number of police officers has recently become considerably stronger. In accord with theoretically based expectations, tests for interactions show that segregated cities with larger African American populations have smaller departments. The coefficients on another interaction effect suggest that racial segregation leads to reductions in police strength in the South perhaps because officers are less likely to intervene in residentially isolated black neighborhoods in this region.     

Procedural Justice in Majority–Minority Relations: Studies Involving Belgian Linguistic Groups

Two studies investigated perceptions of fairness of two modes of group representation in a political assembly. The numerical status of two Belgian linguistic groups (Dutch-speaking vs. French-speaking) was predicted to influence these perceptions: The minority finding equality fairer and proportionality less fair than the majority. These preferences were investigated at two levels of comparison, Belgium and Brussels, Dutch speakers being numerically a majority in Belgium and a minority in Brussels. The results of two studies (N = 52 and N = 127, respectively) revealed that the expected trend was present, especially at the level of Brussels. A third study (N = 103) suggested that minorities and majorities could be driven by different motives with trust in the out-group being a powerful predictor of minorities' choices, whereas group identification predicted majorities' preferences.     

Women in Science: Racial and Ethnic Differences and the Differences They Make

Often the term “women” is assumed to include women of color in the same way as the terms “African American” and “Hispanic” are assumed to include both women and men. Although women of color and non-Hispanic white women are under represented in the science labor force, the rates of and factors contributing to this under representation differ by race and ethnicity. Consequently, disaggregating data on women in science by race and ethnicity is crucial to capture these differences. Such distinctions are critical to developing effective policy, practice, and programs to increase the participation of women in science.     

中国畲族民俗文化法律保护研究——以福建宁德畲族聚居地为考察对象

宁德畲族民俗文化内涵丰富，是调查、研究和借鉴畲族历史文化的主要依据。现有的知识产权法和《非物质文化遗产公约》都无法满足对畲族民俗文化保护的要求。我国应借鉴国外文化遗产保护的相关法律规定，确立畲族民俗文化保护的原则，设置专门的保护机构，采取合理的保护措施，建立并依法管理相关保护基金。     

Turks and Tatars in Bulgaria and the Balkans

Generosity is the thought that comes to mind after hearing and later reading the five studies first presented at a symposium in Toronto (2 October 2008) and published here in this issue of Nationalities Papers. My colleagues, who span the disciplines of history, literary criticism, and political science, have been generous with the time they spent in composing their essays and then traveling to Toronto to deliver them in person, and they have been particularly generous in conveying a spirit of constructive criticism and self-reflection that represent the best aspects of our common intellectual enterprise. To each of you – George G. Grabowicz, Taras Kuzio (who initiated this symposium), Serhii Plokhy, Alexender J. Motyl, and Dominique Arel – I express my deep appreciation for your generosity of mind and spirit.     

民族体育是民族文化传承的重要载体——以德江土家族传统炸龙活动为例

炸龙是贵州省德江地区的土家族的传统民俗活动,传统炸龙活动包括一套完整的宗教仪式,而炸龙仪式中的重要环节"炸龙"明显带有体育活动的竞技性和表演性功能。在历史发展过程中德江土家族社会中政治、经济、文化生活等多方面发生了巨大转变,炸龙活动的祭祀意义已经逐渐丧失。在当代,炸龙作为体育活动的功能日渐显现,民族体育成为了德江土家族传承民族文化的重要载体之一。借助于体育运动的外在表现形式,炸龙活动的开展不仅带来了广泛的文化交流,更促使了民族文化自身的创新和发展。     

Beneath the Surface

Abstract

A rural county with a high Hispanic population showed small disproportionate minority contact (citation or arrest) in initial analysis of federally required Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) studies, but closer examination of a random sample of all juveniles arrested in 2000 showed that a subtle, but significant disparity still existed when a more detailed examination was conducted. While overt discrimination did not appear to be extreme, stereotypes still negatively influenced Hispanic/Law Enforcement relations at various levels, and Hispanics were still over-represented in contacts and confinement. Three areas were examined to explain/inform these lingering disparity issues: Cultural, Economic and Structural factors.