Perceptions of global inequality: a call for research

In light of media attention to and growing public awareness of the globalizing economy, a case for the expanded empirical investigation of public perceptions of international income distribution and inequality is presented. Theoretical issues to be illuminated by such studies are considered; exploratory qualitative data are provided to illustrate the rich potential of such research; and a variety of issues that must be addressed when conducting future research in this area are reviewed.     

THE IMPACT OF RACIALLY INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING ON ADULT INCARCERATION RATES AMONG U.S. COHORTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WHITES SINCE 1930*

Despite the substantial body of research on the psychological and social effects of racial segregation in schools on African Americans, few studies have considered the possibility that more racially inclusive schools might reduce the risk of extremely negative adult life experiences such as incarceration. Yet such a connection is made plausible by research linking black racial isolation in schools to variables that are often associated with incarceration rates, including concentrated poverty, and low educational and occupational aspirations and attainment. In this paper, we apply methods first developed by labor economists to assess the impact of racial inclusiveness in schools on individual incarceration rates for 5‐year cohorts of African Americans and whites born since 1930. We find strong support for the conclusion that blacks educated in states where a higher proportion of their classmates were white experienced significantly lower incarceration rates as adults. Moreover, our analysis suggests that the effects of racial inclusiveness on black incarceration rates have grown stronger over time. These longitudinal effects are consistent with the argument that the educational climate of predominantly black schools has deteriorated in more recent decades.     

试论组织管理的风险及消除

组织目标在制定和执行的过程中,由于受各种因素的影响,往往就会出现这样或者那样的不确定性因素,这就是组织目标实施过程的风险,即:组织管理风险。组织管理过程的风险一般都具有长期性、突发性、广泛性和可解决性等特征。因此、组织活动的管理者,可以通过调查研究、科学预测、完善组织管理的监督机构、采用科学的决策方法、以及提高者自身素质等方面的措施,不断将组织管理过程中的风险减少到最小,甚至完全消除。     

建立我国存款保险制度的法理思考

随着我国金融体制改革进程的不断深入,金融市场化、国际化进程的加快,加之金融业竞争的加剧和世界性金融危机的不断出现,探索建立适合我国国情的存款保险制度、形成适应市场经济要求的金融稳定机制就成为当前一项重要的任务。本文就建立存款保险制度的法理依据和现实依据以及我国存款保险立法应遵循的基本原则进行了论述。     

加入WTO对我国金融业的影响及应采取的对策

外资金融机构进入中国市场，有利于加速发展我国金融服务业，提高其整体素质和水平，以尽快适应市场经济的客观要求。但外资金融机构的进入，也使金融风险增加，金融市场的竞争更加激烈，高级金融人才流失现象更加突出。为此，我国金融业必须加快金融体制改革，增强中资银行的竞争力；加速完善我国金融立法体系和金融监管体系，防范金融风险；利用“保障条款”和“例外条款”，保障民族金融业；加快金融机构人事制度改革，强化人才资源管理。     

汽车消费贷款犯罪若干问题

随着我国私人汽车的普及和商业银行汽车消费贷款业务的开展,一种新的贷款犯罪——汽车消费贷款犯罪也相应出现并有大幅增长的趋势。汽车消费贷款犯罪的表现形式主要是骗取贷款和恶意欠款。可以从建立信用体系、完善法律法规、加强银行内部风险控制、加大打击力度等方面入手进行防治。     

商业银行资产负债期限结构错配的流动性风险和利率风险分析

本文结合目前我国商业银行普遍存在的资产负债期限结构错配的现状,分析了产生流动性风险和利率风险的可能性,并认为利率风险是因流动性风险而派生出的风险。在此基础上,提出了商业银行流动性管理的三种方法:期限匹配法、资产组合法和综合法。     

我国当前潜在的金融风险及对策分析

深化金融改革,维护金融安全是我国金融发展的两大主题,也是完善社会主义市场经济体制的重要内容。当前我国金融业发展中潜在的和已经露头的金融风险对国民经济的健康、稳定运行带来了极大的威胁。因此,对金融风险的成因及对策的分析就显得极为必要。     

西部大学生对气候变化的感知初探——以宝鸡文理学院为例

为初步探究西部高等院校学生对气候变化的感知和行动意愿,对宝鸡文理学院600名学生采取随机抽样的调查方法进行调查。调查内容包括被调查者的基本情况、被调查者对气候变化的了解程度以及在了解的基础上改善自身行为的意愿等三方面。结果显示,对气候变化情况了解很多和有一定了解的大学生分别占16%和25%。大学生对气候变化普遍担心(96%)和悲观(72%),但有99.8%的大学生愿意积极应对气候变化。建议政府、学校能更多地宣传气候变化知识,并开展能让大学生参与的活动。     

Peddling a semiotics of fear: a critical examination of scare tactics and commercial strategies in public health promotion

In this study, we critically examine the ways in which a nationwide health promotion campaign – the 2013 Diabetes UK/Tesco diabetes campaign, the largest of its kind in the UK – seeks to raise the general public's awareness of Type 2 diabetes. We subject a series of six campaign images (including their layout and accompanying text) to a multimodal discourse analysis, identifying the presence of a range of fear-inducing, stigmatising and commercial strategies, through which the campaign emphasises the dangers of diabetes and advocates personal responsibility for assessing both individual and others' risk of the disease. Specifically, we describe, in multi-semiotic detail, three discursive techniques deployed in the campaign to achieve these ends: (1) the depiction of grief and amplification of diabetes-related danger, (2) the promotion of diabetes risk and localisation of individuals' responsibility for their health and (3) the commercial branding and framing of the Diabetes UK/Tesco partnership – including the promotion of goods and services – as a means of diabetes prevention and management. Our findings raise concerns about the moral legitimacy of using fear-inducing and commercial strategies in order to (effectively) raise public awareness of and responses to Type 2 diabetes, strategies which do little to address the environmental factors which are associated with increasing rates of the disease.