Finding Identity in Family Work

SUMMARY

The family has always enjoyed an elevated status in Ireland, yet it was not until the mid-1990s that family-based intervention work really found expression in a new division of child and youth care: community child care-workers. This paper introduces readers to an area of child and youth care work in Ireland devoted to an ecological understanding of the child “at risk” and working with the child and the child's family outside of a residential or institutional setting. The paper includes a brief interview with a community child care-worker, observations from a master's student in social care who has also worked in community child care, and concludes by reviewing 12 key areas community child care-workers must address if their status is to be secured in the Irish child and     

三大语系佛教的比较

三大语系(汉语、藏语、巴利语)佛教皆源于印度佛教而各有分异,不但教义、教律、佛理上有差别,更重要的是形成的社会基础和文化背景不同,文化风貌迥异。     

司法的悖论——司法的民主化与司法的精英化之矛盾探究

针对当前中国学者围绕中国司法制度改革中所面临的一对主要矛盾,即司法的民主化与司法的精英化之矛盾所展开的争论进行探讨,试图以内在的视角考察西方司法制度的历史,揭示作为司法手段的司法的精英化与司法的民主化之间存在的张力,进而阐明西方人是如何运用自己的智慧协调二者之间的关系寻求二者之间的和谐并使之共同服务于司法的目的,即公正裁判维护社会正义.而对于中国目前的司法改革来说应当如何处理二者之间的关系,在弄清司法之目的基础上应当以内在的视角考察中国当下的司法传统,在此基础之上,寻找作为人类共识的思维方式之中的共性.     

中国共产党执政的组织基础:精英转换与精英塑造

执政骨干队伍建设是中国共产党长期执政的组织基础和人才支撑,因此,加强对执政精英的基础性研究,便成为中国共产党需要完成的重大时代课题.在对相关文献进行梳理的基础上,运用贝尔的"中轴原理",揭示新中国成立以来中国共产党革命精英、技术精英和政治精英转换和塑造的政治—经济动因;分析中国共产党在长期的精英转换和塑造中形成的培养接...     

对离异家庭大学生的心理特点及教育方式的探讨

近年来,随着婚姻观念的转变和离婚率的不断上升,离异家庭大学生的人数目益增多,离异家庭大学生所经历的家庭结构的变化及心理状态的调整要比其他同龄大学生更为激烈,也更容易产生心理问题。为了解离异家庭大学生的心理健康状况,我们采用SCL-90量表对泰山学院离异家庭大学生进行测评,通过对调查数据的分析,理论联系实际,探讨离异家庭大学生存在的心理问题,提出了有针对性的辅导措施和建议。     

PARENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Six-, 12-, and 15-month follow-up data are presented evaluating a program for high-conflict parents. Funded by a grant from Health and Human Services, the program's content reflects an extensive review of research literature, including the relevant literature on personality disorders. Introduced in Phoenix, Arizona in October 1999, the program has served more than 1,000 families in several jurisdictions. Whereas other programs for entrenched, high-conflict cases are typically time intensive, involving 2 to 6 months, this is a one-time 4-hour program. As such, the authors are heartened to report a suprisingly positive—and enduring—response from the parents.     

对我国家庭暴力治理的思考

目前,在我国,家庭暴力问题作为一个社会问题引起了立法者以及社会各界的广泛关注,但在家庭暴力治理方面,我国的立法和社会工作均存在缺陷.要治理家庭暴力,作为反家庭暴力工作前提和基础的立法工作必须率先做出反应;同时,我们应组织社会各个部门的力量,建立跨部门的反家庭暴力委员会,并积极强化司法介入.     

Ironic political reforms: elected senators,party-list MPs,and family rule in Thailand

ABSTRACT

An elected Senate and the party-list system are two institutional innovations of the 1997 Thai Constitution designed to support political reforms. This paper sheds light on one unintended effect of these reforms: they have allowed scores of political families to maintain or even tighten their grip on Parliament. Combining aggregate data and case studies, this paper shows that a sizable number of elected senators and party-list parliamentary members are related, by birth or marriage, to other parliament members elected in the post-1932 period. The well-intended reforms have concentrated parliamentary power in the hands of these families, many of which represent the excesses of Thailand’s full-blown electoral democracy. The survival and resilience of these families diminish reform opportunities by further entrenching corruption, clientelism, violence, and electoral fraud, as well as by deepening dynastic rule that militates against political pluralism and inclusiveness.     

It's a Family Affair

Abstract

In the United States, incarceration rates are increasing at an alarming rate. In particular, the incarceration of women is increasing. Oklahoma has the highest rate of female incarceration in the nation, and drug offenders comprise a significant proportion of these female inmates. Placing large numbers of women in prison may have serious implications not only for the women but also for their families, particularly their children. We surveyed 144 incarcerated female drug offenders in Oklahoma, 96 of whom reported dependent children living with them prior to incarceration. The data included the women's perceptions of the effect of their incarceration on their families as well as an examination of the potential for serious problems due to placement of the children. The study indicates that many children are placed with families that have a history of abuse, which suggests that failure to consider the implications of incarcerating large numbers of women likely contributes to serious abuse risks for their children.     

Chapter I: Children and Youth Grow and Develop in Group Care

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