Daughters and Displacement: Migration Dynamics in an Indonesian Transmigration Area

This study considers the ways 'indigenous' people have responded to the constraints and opportunities posed by the Indonesian government's transmigration programme in North Lampung, Sumatra. Migration is of increasing importance to the livelihoods of this group; particularly that involving the employment-related movement of young, unmarried women to the export-oriented factory zones of West Java. Female migration is notable in the context of customs confining unmarried women to the house, and negating their working in agriculture. The paper explores how factory migration has developed, drawing on field work conducted in 1994 and during the economic crisis in 1998, and focusing on the shifting terrain of intrahousehold power relations and decision-making in the community. Key to understanding migration dynamics in this area is the emergence of a culturally-conditioned social network linking village and city. This network has altered the terms upon which migration decisions and remittance practices are made, and may have cushioned.     

Cultural associations,clothing and food as markers of cultural identity in testimonies of Cameroonian forced migrants in Johannesburg

Abstract

The article examines the construction of cultural identity and the expression of cultural exclusivity in the testimonies of Cameroonian forced migrants in the metropolitan city of Johannesburg. It also explores the way the social conditions of Cameroonians have forged a process of culture integration as a survival mechanism, subverting their impassioned attachment to cultural roots and claims of cultural exclusivity. Here, the article addresses three mediums for the formation of cultural identity, namely cultural associations, clothing and traditional cuisine and one main signifier of integration – intermarriage. It draws on the premise that because of the discrepant political ideologies of Cameroonians in Johannesburg, the construction of identity within this community of migrants has tended to fracture along cultural lines. It also draws on the theoretical underpinning that the upsurge in global migration has increased the chances of culture hybridization.     

Some explanations of crime among four ethnic groups in the Netherlands

Since 1950 there has been large-scale immigration to Western Europe, mainly from Muslim countries. This paper focuses on the degree of involvement in crime of ethnic minority boys as compared to indigenous boys and on the possible causes of these crime involvements. A random sample from three ethnic minority boys (Moroccans, Turks, Surinamese) was taken. A control group consisted of indigenous boys with a comparable socioeconomic background as the minority respondents. Data were gathered about self-report and recorded delinquency, family and school life, leisure time, traditionalism, migration problems, and socioeconomic status. It appears that the arrest rates among the minority youths are substantially higher than among the comparable Dutch boys. A number of explanations are considered: strain, lack of social control, cultural dissonance, and migration problems. Results show that only social control factors explain criminality within the groups, indicating that the causes of criminality among ethnic minority boys may essentially be the same as those among the indigenous boys.     

论甘肃生态环境保护新思路

甘肃生态环境建设的新思路在于全面推进节水型社会的建设;研究国家水战略及南水北调工程中甘肃受益问题;搞好全省自然保护区的提升和自养发展;将生态环境建设与21世纪甘肃反贫困战略有机结合;构建长期支撑甘肃生态环境建设投资的长效机制。     

Becoming and being urban in Hanoi: Rural-urban migration and relations in Viet Nam

The discourse of the rural-urban migrant is that of a sojourner in the city, a man or a woman who will almost inevitably return to his or her rural roots and re-engage with farming and village living. In this paper we ask whether rural-urban migrants can ‘become’ urban and shed their identification as temporary denizens of the city. We develop a conceptual framework that provides five entry points to explore this process of becoming urban, and then apply the framework drawing on the experiences of migrants to Viet Nam's capital, Hanoi. We argue that even when migrants do return to their homelands they do so with altered priorities and on different terms. The experience of migration was not infrequently transformative and life-changing. While migrants may not ‘become’ urban in the fullest sense, their homeland had become a space of familial origin and emotional identification, not a place where people necessarily sought to reside, work, raise their children and build their lives.     

监狱刑嫌调控的模式迁移与侦查原理

为规范监狱侦查基础业务,提高监狱准确控制与打击押犯再犯罪的侦查效能,针对当前重危犯查控制度的主要弊端,比较刑嫌调控所固有的以＂人＂为中心的犯罪预测与情报侦查等功能,监狱重危犯查控制度应向刑嫌调控侦查模式迁移;监狱应遵循侦查基础同侦查手段之间的关系模式、监狱刑嫌调控的条件定位模式、＂从人到案＂等多元化侦查模式的运行规则,...     

中国人口迁移与留守子女的历史思考

中国历史上,不论是商人、军人、囚犯、官员等,还是普通老百姓,都可能在其流动的过程中产生大规模的留守子女现象,特别是在走西口、闯关东、下南洋去海外以及农村人口进城的过程中,留守子女现象都非常突出。不能把留守子女问题仅仅归因于“三农”问题的副产品,而需要用历史的眼光来看待这一问题。     

中华民族共有精神家园的现代化与海外移民的推动

中华民族共有精神家园的现代化既是中华民族共有精神家园具有生命力和创造力的重要前提,也是我们建设中华民族共有精神家园义不容辞的责任。中国海外移民作为中华民族成员,他们是推动中华民族共有精神家园现代化的重要力量和宝贵资源。全球化的浪潮与中国特色社会主义实践是海外移民推动中华民族共有精神家园现代化的外部环境,华侨华人文化与中华民族共有精神家园的双向互动是中华民族共有精神家园现代化的内在张力,民族性、时代性与世界性是中华民族共有精神家园现代化遵循的原则,精神家园现实问题的解决和主体自觉性的培养是中华民族共有精神家园现代化的根本路径。     

信用卡诈骗犯罪定性研究

信用卡诈骗罪是我国刑法中的一类新型犯罪。对于假借信用卡非法获取财物或财产性利益的行为,是否一概认定为信用卡诈骗犯罪,国内外理论和立法并不统一。以我国信用卡交易的实践及其交易规则为基础,分析我国信用卡诈骗犯罪的行为构造;在借鉴、考察国外相关立法和未来信用卡发展趋势等的基础上,提出:作为一种现代新型犯罪,我国刑法中的信用卡诈骗罪兼有传统诈骗罪和盗窃罪的双重属性。由此,可以有效避免实践中对相关犯罪行为定性上的分歧,并能适应未来信用卡犯罪的发展趋势。     

国际移民书信对侨乡教育的影响

近现代,国际移民书信多指海外华人通过民间渠道给家人汇款时附寄的书信,在广东潮汕、梅州地区、福建闽南地区称其为"侨批",在广东江门五邑地区称其为"银信"。它们作为闽粤侨批"富矿"的有机组成,已成为侨乡文化的重要载体。这里,以原生态的国际移民批信为依据,着重阐述在极端困难的生存环境下,仍积极捐资助学,兴办学校教育,培育人才,推动侨乡教育事业发展,从而高度赞扬了他们热爱家乡、重视侨乡教育的爱国情怀。