Teaching Obama: history,critical race theory and social work education

ABSTRACT

Barack Obama's first autobiography, Dreams from My Father (1995), explores themes of race and identity up to the late 1980s in the life of the first African American president. The book emphasizes Obama's personal struggle as the son of an interracial couple, and the social and environmental context that shaped his growth and transformation. Using the tools of critical race theory, Freeman illustrates how Obama's autobiography can be used in the classroom to explore an individual's developing racial consciousness in the 1970s and 1980s, and as a prism through which students can understand what it means to live in the post-civil-rights-movement era. Obama's life history illuminates how the ideas and meanings of racial progress in the United States are contested and struggled over on a daily basis at both the micro and macro level.     

记录历史·交流信息·传播理念——对《妇女研究论丛》学术会议综述的评述

借《妇女研究论丛》创刊20周年之机,对其中的学术会议综述进行回顾与检视,不仅是学术刊物自身发展的需要,也是妇女研究和妇女发展的需要。透过百余篇会议综述,所看到的不仅是妇女研讨活动的历史记录,而且是中国社会发展的历史记录;同时,综述中国妇女研究会会刊的一个特色版块,在妇女研究信息交流、性别平等理念传播等方面也发挥了积极的作用。     

关于蝴蝶鉴定与相关法律的研究

蝴蝶是我国珍稀的物种资源．其标本色彩艳丽、图案奇异，观赏和收藏价值很高。目前．国内有一些不法分子通过走私和网上销售等手段，将我国濒危、珍稀的蝴蝶物种高价倒卖到境外。牟取暴利．这应引起我国政府的高度关注。     

Impunity or Punishment? An Analysis of Criminal Investigation into Kidnapping,Terrorism and Embezzlement in Colombia

This paper aims to identify the variables that contribute to explain the current ability of the Colombian criminal system to resolve cases of kidnapping, terrorism and embezzlement. In order to achieve this goal a sample of cold cases and sentenced files were analysed in three main cities of the country. The success of a criminal investigation was divided into three stages: a) the identification of at least one suspect per case; b) the accusation and putting on trial of the suspect; and c) his/her conviction. Econometric techniques were used to identify the criminal investigation variables associated to each of the three successes. Variables such as the evidence and investigative practices used by the judicial police, the attorneys and the courts were taken into account. The results of this study have important implications for criminal investigation and crime policy in Colombia and in the region.     

恐怖主义的宗教因素分析

本文通过分析当今世界的恐怖活动事件，指出与恐怖主义有关的宗教并非真正意义的宗教，而是宗教极端主义，是歪曲了的宗教。宗教并非恐怖活动产生的根源，而是其利用的工具。廓清了恐怖主义与宗教的关系，为更好地打击恐怖主义提供了理论支持。     

“东突”民族分裂主义与暴力恐怖主义滋生与蔓延的成因分析

"东突"民族分裂主义与暴力恐怖主义滋生与蔓延的成因极其复杂。"双泛"思潮在新疆的传播和蔓延为滋生"东突"民族分裂主义提供了思想理论基础和精神支柱;宗教极端主义思想的不断传入,与"东突"民族分裂势力合流,使其转变为以民族分裂为目的的暴力恐怖势力;宗教管理的失控致使非法宗教活动猖獗,成为"东突"民族分裂与暴力恐怖分子不断滋生的土壤和温床;国际恐怖势力的积极扶持,使"东突"民族分裂势力迅速完成了由单纯的民族分裂势力向以民族分裂为目的的暴力恐怖势力的嬗变,并有恃无恐地从事分裂与恐怖活动;南疆部分地区相对贫困与能源资源十分丰富之间形成的巨大反差被"东突"分子所利用成为新时期滋生民族分裂恐怖分子的潜在诱因;现实政策的失误与"东突"分子的频出及分裂与暴力恐怖活动高发之间有着无形的联系。     

The Sovereignty Dodge and the Responsibility to Control: Should the US Do What Pakistan Won't Do?1

The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan was justified by the Obama administration as an act of self-defense. Proponents of an expanded notion of self-defense argue that sovereignty implies responsibility not only for the protection of human rights, but also for the provision of public goods more generally, including effective territorial control. States which are unable to control their territory frequently become safe havens for militants who threaten the security of other states. Pakistan is a paradigmatic case of a ‘sovereignty dodge’ who, in the eyes of the United States, has forfeited its sovereign right to non-interference because of its failure to live up to its responsibility to control. In this article I explore the legality of US strikes against militant targets in Pakistan. I conclude that while international jurisprudence continues to adhere to a conservative reading of the rules on the use of force, states themselves have interpreted the law on self-defense more broadly, evincing a desire to keep the rules as indeterminate as possible.     

The Quantitative Analysis of Terrorism and Immigration: An Initial Exploration

This article uses immigration and other biographical data to refute much of the conventional wisdom about the relationship between terrorism and immigration. Using a database created from the biographical data of 373 terrorists, we have established a number of significant findings. Over forty percent of our database is made up of Western Nationals. Second, despite widespread alarms raised over terrorist infiltration from Mexico, we found no terrorist presence in Mexico and no terrorists who entered the U.S. from Mexico. Third, we found a sizeable terrorist presence in Canada and a number of Canadian-based terrorists who have entered the U.S. In addition to illuminating the terrorist networks entrenched in the West, this paper is also an attempt to advance the field of terrorism studies by taking a quantitative approach to data analysis.     

对恐怖主义定义的困惑

恐怖主义是一种全人类共同谴责的暴力行为。它的产生动机源于政治、社会、个人等因素 ;其目的是以制造恐怖为形式 ,来实现政治、社会与个人目的 ;其手段主要是制造恐怖 ;其主体可以是个人 ,团体 ,有组织犯罪集团 ,国家代表 ;所侵害的对象主要是平民 ,被害人不确定 ;恐怖主义分子往往采用“中和技术”与双重标准 ,把自己美化为自由的斗士、民族英雄 ;由于评价标准的差异与内涵外延的不易确定性 ,恐怖主义与战争、刑事犯罪的区别也是不易确定的     

中德侦查制度比较研究

中德两国的侦查制度各有特点中国侦查机关的单一系统有利于侦查部门的协作配合,侦查效率高,德国侦查机关的两个系统侦查权限不明,侦查效率低;德国侦查程序中的被害人有权强迫检察官起诉,有利于保护被害人的权利,中国侦查程序规定被害人有权申诉,给予被害人的权利比德国小;德国侦查强制措施限制的范围广,注重的是使公民权利在国家权力的强制性措施和非强制性措施面前都能得到有效保护,中国的强制措施只限于对公民人身权利的限制,注重的是运用措施收集证据;德国的非法证据限制排除原则,有利于保护国家利益,中国对非法证据的法律效力问题未作规定,容易导致司法部门各行其是;德国的强制证人作证制度,有利于侦查活动的顺利进行,中国不能强制证人作证,既浪费人力、物力,又不利于侦查.比较中德侦查制度的异同,吸收、借鉴德国的有益经验,有利于完善我国的侦查制度.