From Foster Care to Adulthood: The Role of Income

This study explores the role of income for young people with experience in foster care transitioning to adulthood. It draws on in-depth structured interviews with eight staff members and 38 current and former foster youths age 18 years and older, who were participants in an innovative program to build their assets and financial capability. Interviews took place in four sites in three states. This study illuminates how those with experience in foster care seek to obtain and manage money to transition successfully to adult financial roles. Findings suggest that early and practical experiences with money are important for gaining financial capability. The study also highlights the need for child welfare professionals to develop expertise in financial literacy and understand the pitfalls that lie in both traditional and nontraditional financial services. By deepening understanding among staff of the economic realities facing the young people today, child welfare agencies will be more likely to prepare former foster youths for life on their own.     

Dual Decentralization and Fragmented Authoritarianism in Governance: Crowding Out among Social Programmes in China

In this paper, we use city‐level datasets of social assistance programmes over 280 cities between year 2003 and 2011 to verify the existence of the crowding out between social assistance programmes and unemployment insurance in China. In other words, the expansion of social assistance programmes is associated with a reduction in the enrolment of unemployment insurance. With verifying the existence of the crowding out, this article argues that the crowding out is a result of an ineffective coordination across government departments. In the process of ‘dual decentralization,’ in which the central government has delegated welfare provision responsibility to local governments, the misalignment of incentive and institutions between central and local governments explains the ineffective coordination. Different from many studies in the literature, this paper presents an adverse consequence of China's bureaucratic incentive system in social policy implementation. Also, while the conceptual framework ‘fragmented authoritarianism’ has highlighted the policy ineffectiveness in the economic policy area, this paper contributes to this literature by illustrating the policy ineffectiveness in the social policy areas. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

关于亲子鉴定案件几个法律问题的探讨

近年来,涉及亲子鉴定的民事诉讼案件越来越多,而我国在亲子鉴定方面的法律规范却几乎处于空白状态,给法院在审理亲子鉴定案件时如何正确适用法律带来一些问题。法院在审理亲子鉴定案件时应正确、合理地运用举证责任分配的规则,优先保护未成年人的利益。当事人自行委托鉴定人所作的亲子鉴定结论具有证据能力,而其中DNA亲子鉴定结论具有很强的证明力。     

多元化时期回族习惯法的价值功能与发挥

在多元化时期,回族习惯法在回族地区的法治实践中具有积极的价值功能。认识和发挥这种价值功能意义重大。在回族地区的法治活动中,要注意对回族习惯法的调查研究,充分考虑和尊重回族习惯法,并分别不同情况进行有效处理。既要自觉维护国家法律的权威,又要自觉运用习惯法资源解决社会问题。对国家法能够不涉足的领域或两者共生共存的领域,应允许回族习惯法作用的适当发挥,以促进民族习惯法价值功能的实现。     

家长教育在华人社会的推行

家长教育工作是社会工作的一个主要范畴,家庭生活教育在香港已有二十多年的发展历史。而在其他国家例如在新加坡、澳洲、家长教育工作亦以不同的模式推行。然而,家长教育的推行,建基于对家庭及父母角式的理念价值。由于文化的差异,西方及华人社会对父母角色、子女意义、家庭功能、亲职教育以至家长教育,都有不同的诠释。本研究透过了解新加坡、台湾、香港及澳洲在家长教育的推行情况,探讨家长教育的目的和定义。并因应华人社会的文化背景和特质,检视家长教育在华人社会的推行模式和工作方向。     

"两制"关系上的认识误区--导向空想的一个根源

16至19世纪的空想社会主义者全盘否定资本主义,主观地割断资本主义与社会主义的历史联系,否认资本主义是社会主义的基础,因此他们的理想社会只能是空中楼阁.20世纪的社会主义者为了抵制资本主义的侵蚀,拒绝利用资本主义的文明成果,但又急于赶超资本主义,因此也曾空想萌动.尽管二者存在本质的区别,但在"两制"关系上的认识误区,使它们都陷入了空想的怪圈.只有正确认识"两制"关系,科学设定过渡时期,大胆利用资本主义,才能彻底告别空想,使社会主义始终循着科学的轨道前进.     

政府公共服务外包研究综述

本文就政府公共服务外包问题国内外研究现状作一综述,并指出研究的不足,及对我国的启示。     

浙江期刊业发展现状及对策

本文分析了浙江省期刊业的现状,指出浙江省的期刊业无论是在全国范围内还是在本省的媒介业内都是一个弱者。随着期刊业本身的迅猛发展,如何让浙江的期刊业走出困境,已是目前我省媒介业内面临的重要问题。为此,作者在分析了我省的既有优势资源的基础上,提出了浙江省期刊业发展的对策建议。     

内外勾结骗取保险金行为的定性分析

首先介绍了当前理论界对内外勾结骗取保险金行为定性的几种主要观点,继而对各种观点进行了简要评析,并对内外勾结骗取保险金行为的定性进行了法理分析,最后得出结论:内外勾结骗取保险金的行为应以贪污或职务侵占论处。     

农村犯罪刑事和解探析——宽严相济刑事政策语境下的考查

在我国,由于农村人情浓厚,厌讼心理根深蒂固,农村纠纷解决的司法机制尚未建立完善,"私了"现象频现。有针对性地在农村犯罪的处理中开展刑事和解,对农村犯罪"私了"给予相应的法律规制和引导,有利于将农村犯罪中广泛存在的"私了"阳光化,既可以更好地修复被犯罪破坏的社会关系,符合农村人情社会的特点,又可以以较低的成本获得有约束力的协议。农村犯罪刑事和解是贯彻宽严相济刑事政策的要求,也是实现农村法治的重要保障,无论对于加害人、被害人,还是社会,都是有利的。