Culture without the State? Reinvigorating Ukrainian Culture with Diasporic Efforts

This article explores the efforts of diaspora groups to reinvigorate culture. Cultural policy studies tend to focus on efforts of the state to fund and support the maintenance, enhancement, and preservation of national culture(s). This article contributes to this area of research by noting the effects of diaspora groups in achieving many of the same ends as official cultural policy through unofficial means. Using Ukraine as an interpretive case study, the article explores diasporic efforts to respond to a lack of cultural policy at home by invigorating Ukrainian culture abroad. Through the use of social networking tools, Ukrainian diaspora groups in the United States and Canada have been successful in maintaining their culture without the state. This study suggests that cultural policy research should involve not only official state‐centric efforts, but nonofficial diaspora‐centric efforts of cultural invigoration.     

The Effect of Maternal Victimization on Children: A Cross-Informant Study

The impact of maternal victimization on the behavioral, social, emotional, and cognitive development in a group of 206 low-income, predominantly African American children from inner city, pediatric primary health care clinics was explored using mother, teacher, and self-report data. Results revealed that mothers with a victimization history reported more externalizing and internalizing behaviors in their children, compared to mothers who had not been victimized. Maternal victimization history was not related to teachers' ratings of children's behavior, child reports of social competence and depression, or standardized assessments of cognitive development. The relation between mothers' history of victimization and their reports of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in their children was mediated by pathways through maternal depression and disciplinary practices (verbal aggression). These findings provide evidence for the link between maternal victimization and children's behavior problems. Treatment for victimized mothers that reduces their depressive symptoms and promotes adaptive parenting practices may lead to fewer behavior problems in their children.     

COMMON COUPLE AGGRESSION:

Based on the experience of finding low-level partner aggression in most couples disputing custody/access arrangements, I reviewed the literature on the incidence of common couple aggression and the impact of parental conflict on children. The pervasiveness of this pattern of interparental maltreatment and its potentially negative effects on children's behavior and emotional development underlay the importance of investigating these issues with such disputing families. The integration of several existing models for clinical-forensic evaluation and recommendations was proposed.     

THE POLITICS OF RESEARCH: THE USE,ABUSE, AND MISUSE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA—THE CASES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

This article examines the issue of how research is utilized, abused, and misused in policy and practice in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV). The article reviews and critically analyzes facts set forth for the purpose of claiming that IPV is a significant social problem and finds that many of these facts lack empirical support. The lack of evidence that supports theoretical explanations for IPV and recommended interventions hinders the ability to adequately respond to the problem of IPV.     

乌拉圭回合《农业协议》国内支持条款缺陷问题研究

乌拉圭回合《农业协议》实现了农产品到多边贸易体制的回归,但协议并不是对国际农产品贸易的永久性安排,各成员仍有义务通过后续谈判,不断提高国际市场农产品贸易自由化水平直至完全实现自由化。因此,研究《农业协议》国内支持条款的局限性与执行中存在的问题,分析新一轮农产品多边谈判中应修正的问题,对于我国实施国内支持条款和参加新一轮农业多边谈判,具有理论和实践意义。     

家庭暴力探析

家庭暴力被认为是现代城市生活中的一颗“毒瘤”,它已经成为一个重大的社会问题,因此笔者就家庭暴力的含义、类型、特征以及预防和治理对策等几方面的问题进行了探讨。     

中外警察教育比较中的文化问题

中外警察教育的比较,实际上是一种文化的比较。忽略文化背景和文化内核的中外警察教育比较是一种缺失起点和迷失终点的比较,应提高人们对中外警察教育比较中文化问题的关注。     

报道家庭暴力:新闻专业主义给中国媒体的借鉴与思考

在中国反对家庭暴力行动兴起的背景下,如何对中国家暴进行合理有效的新闻报道是动员全社会投入反家暴的瓶颈之一,也是新兴的研究课题。在家暴问题的报道方式上,本文对西方新闻专业主义旗舰《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》和跨文化地区香港《南华早报》的相关实践作出分析,同时对中国内地媒体提出了本土化报道家庭暴力的策略建议。     

预防与制止家庭暴力的法律思考

家庭暴力是一个全球性的社会问题。它不仅破坏了婚姻家庭的稳定,同时也污染了社会环境,破坏了社会公德和家庭美德,甚至践踏了法律的公平与正义。目前世界各国对此纷纷采取必要措施,加强立法。近年来,我国对这一问题给予了重视,一些地区已经或正在制定地方性立法。本文从对家庭暴力的一般性分析出发,借鉴国外的立法经验,针对我国的实际情况提出了立法建议。     

论我国反对针对妇女的家庭暴力的立法完善--以妇女人权公约为尺度的考察

针对妇女的家庭暴力是对妇女基本人权的侵犯,随着家庭暴力问题的日益突出,联合国及其成员国越来越关注在反对针对妇女的家庭暴力的国际法和国内法的发展与完善.以妇女人权公约为尺度进行考察,我国应当通过制定专项反家庭暴力法、明确警察机构的职能、对婚内强奸进行明文规定、设立民事保护令制度以及在法院开设家庭暴力专庭等方面进一步完善我国反对针对妇女的家庭暴力的立法,更好地保护妇女的基本人权.