A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Role,Functions, and Effectiveness of Parenting Coordination

Based on a survey conducted in 2018 in collaboration with the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts’ (AFCC) Task Force on Parenting Coordination, this paper explores issues related to the process and perceived outcomes of parenting coordination for families post separation and divorce. The views expressed emerge from a diverse and multidisciplinary sample (n = 289) from legal, mental health, and conflict resolution backgrounds. Almost half of all participants (46%) were mental health professionals (psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker), followed by attorneys (28%), family mediators (17%) and judges (5%). Over half of all participants identified as a parenting coordinator (PC) (53%). Based on the results, participants had the highest level of agreement that the goal of parenting coordination should be to assist in sheltering the children from parental conflict and to help the coparents reduce interparental conflict. Participants assigned greater success to parenting coordination when there was demonstration that coparenting conflict decreased. Several differences were noted among professional disciplines and specifically between legal and mental health professionals. Mental health professionals rated higher on the effectiveness of PCs to help children adjust and limit their involvement in the parental conflict, while legal professionals focused on PCs’ ability to help families resolve legal disputes. The implications of the results are discussed, including how best to measure the success of parenting coordination and to prioritize outcomes related to the success of parenting coordination across disciplines to create greater consistency in the field.     

Confidentiality and Privilege for Family and Child Protection Mediation: A Roadmap for Navigating the Innovation,Inconsistency and Confusion

This article will identify the inconsistency and confusion in mediation regarding the definition of mediation, the role of the mediator, and the difference between mediation confidentiality and privilege. Further, it will discuss the confusion and inconsistency in the protection of mediation communication, specifically regarding the definition of mediation communication, the time frame for protected communication, waiver of the protections and exceptions to protected mediation communication. It will provide a roadmap and fact pattern for determining whether mediation communications are protected and if so, the protection they are afforded. Lastly, it will offer recommendations so parties, professionals and the courts may better understand and reap the benefits of mediation.     

中国人口政策与社会发展

人口问题是中国实现社会主义现代化建设目标面临的基础性、全局性、长期性、战略性问题, 中国超前的人口转变为经济发展创造了有利条件。进入新时代,人口发展不平衡不充分问题上升为我国人口发 展的主要矛盾。因此,要进一步促进生育政策和相关经济社会政策配套衔接,加强人口发展战略研究,积极应 对人口老龄化,从多学科、多层次、多维度研究完善人口政策体系,探索人口发展道路,实现人口长期均衡发展。     

Let's have more Russian babies. How anti-immigrant sentiment shapes family leave policy in Russia

This paper builds on scholarship of welfare chauvinism in Europe to present evidence of the relationship between xenophobia and family leave policies in contemporary Russia. I argue that popular anti-immigrant moods pressure government into providing more generous family benefits to Russian families while proposing restrictions to migrants. Findings are based on elite interviews, as well as content analysis of mass media, policy documents, public speeches, and party manifestos. I show that xenophobia is widespread in Russia among the public and policymakers alike, and find that xenophobia is embraced by policymakers to guide decisions regarding the allocation of social benefits.     

辽宁社会安全科技问题的发展战略研究与规划

文章在辽宁省社会安全相关领域的现状分析基础上,从发展战略的角度,对社会安全科技的有关问题进行了研究,提出了科技问题研究的基本思路和框架。     

竞争时代日本多维度联合防卫力战略构建及其影响

日本新防卫战略把日本的防卫力量从传统的海陆空领域扩展至多维度的太空、网络以及电磁波等新领域,重视各领域之间的彼此融合防卫。作为一个综合性防卫战略,它强调从平时到"有事"各阶段之间、自主防卫与日美同盟及多层次安保合作之间、"前方战场"和"后方体制"之间的综合防卫。为实现"跨领域作战",日本提出了优先项目和强化重点,侧重在太空、网络、电磁波等新领域内获得并强化相关防卫能力。同时日本也加强提升传统领域内的海空能力、导弹防御及防区外打击能力,并对自卫队的体制进行相应调整。新防卫战略与"印太构想"融合,进一步深化了日本立体跨域防卫体系。日本"多维度联合防卫力量"新战略具有深刻的竞争时代背景,为配合美国军事战略调整并强化日美同盟、对竞争时代安全情势的判断与主动应对、积极加入全球军事变革下新领域内的激烈竞争、更好地应对岛屿争端及加强海洋防卫等现实问题,这是日本谋求构建新防卫战略的深刻动因。该日本新防卫战略产生的影响包括:日本的防卫自主或更难实现、进一步改变战后日本的安全战略基点、在新安全领域引发竞争及不利于构建良好的中日建设性安全关系等。对此,中国需进一步增强本国综合性实力,积极推动日本对华安全释疑,扩大中日防卫交流与安全对话,增进两国的安全互信。     

关于行刑社会化实践性问题的探究

行刑社会化是行刑制度的发展方向 ,具有较强的实践性。应以社会为背景 ,准确定位。将具体工作分为非监禁行刑与监禁行刑两种形式。在国家司法行政部门统一领导下分设两个系统 ,建立组织机构 ,实施管理 ,独立运行 ,构筑科学的刑罚执行管理机制。社区行刑系统面临着组织设计、权属界定、工作程序、管理方法、运行机制等诸多问题。监禁行刑应在现有基础上侧重考虑围绕着降低监禁人格展开相应的工作。     

强化非战争军事行动法理依据的几个问题

作为遂行多样化军事任务的重要手段,非战争军事行动已成为国家运用和展示军事力量、达成经济政治目标的重要方式。非战争军事行动涉及诸多复杂敏感的法律关系,通过科学立法、严格执法,彰显我军遂行相关任务的合法性、正义性,向世人展示正义之师形象,是赢得国内民众和国际社会支持、掌握行动主动权的重要条件。     

Unequal Voices: ‘Strategic’ Consultation in South Australia

In 2006, the South Australian government undertook the largest consultation ever to take place in the state. Over 1600 South Australians were involved with the consultation on the revision of South Australia's Strategic Plan (SASP). This ‘big‐picture’ consultation was a significant attempt to connect with, and gain feedback from, the South Australian ‘community’ on the Rann government's vision for the state. This article is the first formal evaluation of the 2006 consultation on the SASP. To critically evaluate the consultation process, this article uses Pratchett's framework which examines participative processes through the two principles of responsiveness and representativeness. The article concludes that the state government's rhetoric about the success of the consultation obscures a number of deficiencies and tensions that underpinned the consultation process. This critique of the South Australian consultation provides some key insights for the current trend for strategic planning at the state level in Australia.     

基于生态学思想的城市规划专业教学改革

随着城市的发展,产生了一系列的城市生态安全问题,但是,生态学思想在城市规划专业教育体系中没有引起足够重视,与规划师这一特殊职业人才的培养要求存在较大差距。本文提出应从优化师资队伍结构、结合生态学思想的城市规划专业教育、健全专业教育制度三个方面加强城市规划专业的生态学教育。