The world bank,health policy reforms and the poor

Over the years, since the mid-1990s, World Bank-prescribed health policy reforms have successfully introduced market-based private-managed healthcare model in the developing world. This article presents a portrait of the private healthcare model, explores the factors that facilitated the introduction of this model in developing countries and examines the impact of the model on the health rights and health conditions of the poor. It argues that health reforms designed to promote private-managed care in developing countries affect the poor severely and violate their basic health rights, the rights to stay disease-free and lead a healthy life. A host of factors produced by the private-managed care model, most notably reduced social spending on public health, dismantling of public health systems and the ever expansionary grip of private sector health services have effectively diminished the health rights of the poor.     

Seniors’ Motivations for Participation in Local Governance: Evidence from an Australian Study

Increasing expectations of citizen involvement as well as demographic changes brought by population ageing make evidence about the factors impacting on seniors’ participation increasingly important for local governments. In particular, knowledge about motivations for involvement can assist local governments in attempting to attract input from more than just the usual suspects, and to determine whose interests are represented. This article reports on an Australian study exploring seniors’ motivations for participation in governance processes, using a two-phase mixed method approach. Findings from this study suggested that seniors’ participation was motivated by both self- and other-directed, and both practical and abstract factors. Comparison of the sources highlighted nuances in the data which reflect questions about representation, representativeness and inclusion. Findings are discussed in relation to these questions, and implications for local government engagement practices are addressed.     

Managing and controlling HIV/AIDS talk among Ghanaians living with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

This study explored the meanings people attribute to talking about living with HIV/AIDS. Framed by interpersonal and health communication scholarship based on disclosure and the meanings of talk about illness, people living with HIV/AIDS are asked to describe how and why they discussed their health condition with others. Interviews (focus group and one-on-one) were conducted with 120 people living with HIV/AIDS. A grounded theory analysis of the interviews revealed how communication about HIV/AIDS may be particularly meaningful because it is something people feel they can control during what is already a highly stressful and turbulent time. However, attempts to manage communication are challenged by constraints imposed by others, such as unfavourable and unpredictable reactions to disclosure, which ultimately place limits on how people living with HIV/AIDS control information about them.     

增强领导干部忧患意识的四个维度

党的十八大报告指出,面对人民的信任和重托,面对新的历史条件和考验,全党必须增强忧患意识,谦虚谨慎,戒骄戒躁,始终保持清醒头脑。作为党的领导干部更要有强烈的忧患意识,常怀忧党之心,恪尽兴党之责。     

多角度解析警民冲突的原因——以群体性事件为例

当前国家提倡构建和谐社会,公安机关强调建设和谐警民关系。从公安机关角度看,警民冲突是影响和谐的突出表现。因此,文章从警民冲突的特点、原因及解决措施进行分析总结梳理,以求找到缓解警民关系的有效办法。     

边境地区群体性事件中警察自我防范技术研究

我国边境地区群体性事件具有自身的特征,针对这些特征,由生物、电子和物理三类技术构成的防范技术体系,适用于警察在应对和处置边境群体性事件过程中对人、物和环境的自我防范,在技术体系的具体应用过程中要重视＂理念体系＂的作用,在技术培养训练过程中要明确影响警察自我防范技术水平层次提高的因素类型,着力提高应对和处置边境地区群体性事件中警察自我防范技术和水平。     

召公的廉政思想及其当代价值

召公的廉政思想是周初社会转型期总结殷商灭亡的沉痛教训的产物,它继承了前人的廉政思想,并进行了一些创新。召公的廉政思想体现在"爱国"、"保民"、"敬德"等方面。"劳己,不劳民;为民,不扰民"和"得民和"是其思想的精髓之所在,甘棠遗爱是其廉政思想的具体体现。作为廉政之鼻祖,召公的廉政思想是当代人反思借鉴的一面镜子,是中国共产党反腐倡廉工作的源头活水,对当前的廉政文化建设有一定的现实指导意义。     

钱学森的中国梦

作为中国航天事业奠基人和人民科学家,钱学森毕生追逐科学报国梦想,"竭尽努力建设自己的国家",为我国科技振兴、国防现代化建设和社会主义事业作出了杰出贡献,堪称广大科技工作者群体中践行中国梦的典型代表。通过对钱学森手稿与文献进行整理与研究发现,钱学森的中国梦,是爱国情怀、奉献精神、求真意识、创新勇气的集成,是立梦、追梦、圆梦、续梦的结合,是爱国之心、报国之情、效国之能、强国之行的统一。从以钱学森为代表的老一辈科学家身上,可以汲取民族复兴的精神力量,为实现中国梦提供精神激励。     

苗族非物质文化遗产的传承问题分析

随着一些巫师和歌手的死去,很大一部分苗族文化的精品在快速的失落,很多文化版本在失传,语言隔阂在拉大,文化主体在变异,文化误读在增多。抢救和继承苗族非物质文化遗产的任务越来越紧迫。     

中央王朝的开拓与少数民族地方政权承袭制度的演变--对明代贵州水西彝族宗法制的再思考

既往的许多研究采用嫡长子为大宗、其余众子为小宗,层层分封的宗法制原则来解释贵州水西彝族的政治制度,本文梳理、考辨有关彝、汉文献,认为水西彝族本来采用的是轮替继承的承袭制度,嫡长子继承制是在明代中央王朝的干预下才逐渐形成的.