Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese American Families

This study examined the role of adolescents’ and mothers’ self-reports of English and heritage language proficiency in youth’s academic and emotional adjustment among 444 Chinese American families. Adolescents who were proficient in English tended to exhibit higher reading achievement scores, math achievement scores, and overall GPA. Mothers who were English proficient tended to have children with higher academic achievement and fewer depressive symptoms. Results also indicated that adolescents’ heritage language maintenance was associated with positive adjustment, particularly amongst foreign-born youth and for youth whose parents were highly proficient in the heritage language. Mother-adolescent match in heritage language proficiency was related to higher math achievement scores and overall GPA. Additionally, higher heritage language proficiency was associated with fewer depressive symptoms for foreign-born but not U.S.-born youth. Overall, the findings suggest that proficiency in both the English and heritage language may confer advantages to Chinese American youth.

Is global inequality getting better or worse? A critique of the World Bank’s convergence narrative

The dominant narrative of global income inequality is one of convergence. Recent high-profile publications by Branko Milanovic and the World Bank claim that the global Gini coefficient has declined since 1988, and that inter-country inequality has declined since 1960. But the convergence narrative relies on a misleading presentation of the data. It obscures the fact that convergence is driven mostly by China; it fails to acknowledge rising absolute inequality; and it ignores divergence between geopolitical regions. This paper suggests alternative measures that bring geopolitics back in by looking at the gap between the core and periphery of the world system. From this perspective, global inequality has tripled since 1960.     

对民进党“对中政策扩大会议”的观察——兼论现阶段民进党两岸政策调整及其趋向

2014年1月9日,民进党历经半年多、9次“对中政策扩大会议”讨论形成了“2014对中政策检讨纪要”,这是该党现阶段两岸政策调整的集中体现。民进党虽然主张开放面对大陆,但仍抱持“台独”立场,对两岸交流“阻挠多开放少、防范多善意少、对抗多合作少”。在两岸关系和平发展新形势、民进党自身结构性问题、美国对台两手策略等因素的影响下,民进党两岸政策仍会继续调整,较可能的方向是走一条既不同于陈水扁也不同于马英九的“务实台独”之路。     

警察职业适应性障碍归因性研究——公安双学位学生教育研究

公安院校改革试点双学位学生在学习中表现出比较明显的警察职业适应性障碍倾向。本文通过运用横向比较和纵向比较的方法,通过学生的主观认识误区和学习的客观现状描述,从社会和学校教育角度对现行适应性障碍倾向做出归因研究,尝试提出调整公安院校警察职业教育方法,形成自助与发展相结合的教育指导策略的基本构想,为改进警察职业道德教育、促进警察职业教育科学化提供借鉴。     

From a ‘success’ story to a highly indebted poor country: Ghana and neoliberal reforms

Drawing on the experience of Ghana, which the World Bank itself proclaimed as an African success story in the early 1990s, this paper sheds important light on why neoliberal policies have had limited success in Africa and what strategies are likely to be necessary to foster growth and industrialisation in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. In 2001, a few short years after being proclaimed as an economic miracle, Ghana joined the growing ranks of highly indebted poor countries (HIPC) – an especially humbling development for this once proud nation. Why did Ghana's economy collapse after recovering so well? Ghana's experience highlights both the promise and limitation of neoliberal reforms.     

防治家庭暴力应重视道德调适

家庭暴力的危害十分严重,导致其发生的一个重要原因就是当事人道德观念落后、道格人格缺失以及社会道德调控缺乏.因此,防治家庭暴力应重视道德调适,要弘扬传统伦理道德精华,加强社会主义精神文明建设,营造文明的社区环境,增强人们的家庭和社会责任感.     

首都经济结构战略性调整的若干问题

“十五”期间，首都经济结构调整的主要任务应是产业结构调整、所有制结构调整以及经济体制的转迹和制度建设；经济结构调整应与较快的增长速度相适应；应着力培育一批新的经济增长点，淘汰一批生产能力落后的企业；应大力加强各项制度建设，为经济结构调整提供新的动力机制和保障机制。     

政府公关传播沟通探析

政府公关传播沟通与行政传播、企业传播有所不同。它使用非行政、法律、经济制裁等手段 ,在实现政府职能上有着突出的、不可替代的作用。政府公关传播沟通在我国具有良好的实施条件。建立有中国特色的政府公关传播沟通的理论已迫在眉睫。     

我国农业市场结构的最佳选择及调整方向

在微观经济理论中,我国农业属于典型的完全竞争产业。现代产业组织理论认为,市场结构决定市场绩效,农产品特别是粮食的生产与农民农业收入的矛盾难以解决,根本原因在于我们默认了农产品市场是完全竞争市场,并一直在完全竞争的市场结构内寻求最佳市场绩效的途径。由此,提高我国农业的市场绩效,非彻底改变我国农业市场结构性质不可,从完全竞争市场走向有效竞争市场。农业产品上,沿同质向差别方向调整;农户数量上,沿无数农户向相对少数农户调整。     

政府宏观经济管理调控的实施环节与机构载体

政府经济管控体系由政府各经济管控部门组成,肩负着宏观经济运行全过程的管控,管控过程既是整个组织体系行使职能的过程,也是具体的操作过程。现代市场经济条件下,政府经济管控部门应该管什么、怎样管、管到什么程度以及不该管什么,是首要问题。根据市场经济体制的基本要求,设置政府经济管控机构,并运用不同的管控方法进行管理