Attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy in Asia and the Pacific: a quantitative assessment of current theoretical models beyond western countries

This article empirically assesses the validity of current theoretical models of attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper takes representative data from the World Values Survey and implements a multilevel model to test five of the main theories in the literature: the human capital theory, the social capital theory, the political orientation theory, the contact/group threat theory and the economic competition theory. The results from the analysis lend credence to the important effects of human capital, social capital and political-ideological variables on respondents’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy. However, the results provide mixed and weak evidence for the contact/group threat theory and the role of economic determinants. Importantly, economic determinants tend to be more powerful in shaping people's attitudes toward immigration policy than shaping attitudes toward immigrants as people. Altogether, this article sheds new light on the validity of current theoretical models based on western countries for other areas of the world. Finally, the results from the paper also support the usefulness of non-economic, as opposed to purely economic, models in the understanding of individuals’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration policy in the Asia-Pacific region.     

运用市场机制大力推动老年消费发展

我国的白发浪潮已经到来,发展老年消费已经成为全面实现小康生活、保障国家稳定和社会发展的一项战略任务,但与发达国家相比我国老年消费市场刚刚起步,老年人消费面临许多问题,我国必须运用市场机制大力推动老年消费的发展。     

佐科维执政初期印尼华人社会状况初探

印尼总统佐科维自2014年10月上台以来,重视与中国发展政治与经贸关系,与中国缔结全面战略伙伴关系。在族群政策方面,他采用公平对待各族裔、各宗教的政策,继续改善包括华人在内的少数族裔的地位,华人的政治参与、经济参与和社会文化权利都有所提升。在此背景下,外界认为印尼华人正处在历史的最佳时期。但在较好的现状和光明的前景下,依然存在影响华人生存状况的隐忧。印尼经济发展疲软、政府控制力偏弱以及歧视华人的社会基础深厚,是造成隐忧频现的原因。如果佐科维政府的经济改革仍不奏效,政府对社会现状持续失控,针对华人的大规模骚乱事件仍将有可能发生。     

网络信息时代公安人才素质论纲——兼论公安教育的继承与超越

网络信息为我们的生活带来了方便、快捷,但另一方面也带来了新的犯罪问题。为此,培养一批符合时代特征的新型公安人才显得尤为迫切和重要。网络信息时代公安人才应该具备优良的主体品格、网络状的知识结构和复合型的实践能力。为了培养这样的公安人才,网络信息时代公安教育要实现对自己的继承与超越:在教育理念上,开放性与包容性并重;在课程设置上,满足网络信息时代的多元需要;在教学模式上,联通社会,灵活多样。     

信息时代的国家主权

在信息时代,信息主权成为国家主权的新领域,国家主权行使的范围和空间不断扩大,同时,国家主权在外部受到信息霸权、网络恐怖主义的挑战,在内部受到地方政府、企业和公民的制约。为维护信息时代的国家主权,中国需要采取发展信息技术、加强信息网络管理、完善信息法律法规、构建信息伦理、推动建立国际信息新秩序等措施。     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Gastwirth Statistical Science in the Courtroom
Fraser The Jews of the Channel Islands and the Rule of Law, 1940–1945: 'Quite Contrary to the Principles of British Justice'
Cretney Family Law: Essays for the New Millennium
Witteveen and van der Burg Rediscovering Fuller: Essays on Implicit Law and Institutional Design
Jørgensen The Responsibility of States for International Crimes     

俄东正教的特点及其对白银时代宗教哲学的塑造

作为基督教的分支,俄罗斯东正教具有区别于新教与天主教的特征,这些特征表现在对世俗政权的依附性、浓重的神秘主义色彩、重视神人性原则、重视灵修、重宗教仪式等。东正教对于俄罗斯文化与历史产生了极其深远的影响,它是俄罗斯白银时代宗教哲学逃脱不掉的"母体文化",引导和塑造了俄罗斯白银时代宗教哲学的基本精神取向。     

我国刑事责任年龄制度之反思与重构

我国现行刑法只规定了刑事责任的最低年龄。从自然规律、刑罚目的等各方面进行考察,刑法都应规定刑事责任的最高年龄。在完善我国刑事责任年龄制度时,应综合考虑各种因素,对无刑事责任年老者的危害行为的处置可参照对未成年人危害行为的处置办法。     

评美国反基因歧视法律实践及其启示

为防治基因技术的滥用和基因信息歧视,以《2008年禁止基因信息歧视法》为代表的美国联邦和州立法积极实施干预,以确保所有人雇佣机会平等、享有平等健康保险待遇,全面参与社会生活.美国反基因歧视法内容详尽,既禁止基因信息歧视行为,又兼顾保险公司、雇主的合理要求以及避免可能给第三人及公众带来的风险,使违法行为几乎“无缝隙可钻”,且法律对公立雇主的要求高于私立雇主.美国反基因歧视法律实践,对于我们客观认识和把握平等权,完善相关立法和公共政策,具有一定启迪.     

The French population censuses: Purposes and uses during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries

From the mid-17th until the beginning of the 20th century, French censuses became increasingly more frequent and organized. This article focuses on the purposes of the first censuses (military), how the population was conceived of, and what variables were collected. The main characteristics of included individuals, the data considered important during each period, and the major categories chosen are examined. Also included are the evolution of reasons for knowing the precise age of individuals and how age groups were standardized because these aspects are closely linked to census operations. Finally, we will see how censuses have been used to obtain an overview of the population and, during the 19th century, how they were central to the discussion of the decline in fertility and, more generally, the changes occurring in the French population. How each new question led to the invention of a new variable and how data were presented is also examined.