比较与借鉴：中外青年志愿服务现状透视

国外发达国家青年志愿服务工作已逐渐步入组织化、规范化和系统化的轨道。通过中外志愿服务的比较发现,我国青年志愿服务水平与社会成员的需求仍然有较大的差距。应借鉴与吸收国外的成功经验,以更好地推动我国青年志愿服务工作的持续发展。     

商业伦理与企业的社会责任：历史考察与比较分析

企业在创造利润、对股东利益负责的同时,还要承担对员工、社会和环境的社会责任,包括遵守商业道德、生产安全、职业健康、保护劳动者的合法权益、节约资源等;而商业伦理所关注的则是企业的管理人员、雇员在进行商业活动时所应遵守的伦理规范。通过对这两个问题的历史考察,比较分析其发展过程,将对企业的发展起到一定的推动作用。     

The Politics of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms in Development—Explaining Within‐Country Variation of Reform Outcomes in Georgia after the Rose Revolution

This article examines the role of politics as a determinant of civil service and administrative (CSA) reform outcomes in Georgia. The majority of existing studies on CSA reforms face several methodological challenges, which make it difficult to understand the influence of politics in more detail. Based on literature review findings, the article proposes a model for within‐country comparisons that allows one to control for a number of variables such as context and policy design. Comparing CSA reform outcomes in the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs in Georgia after the 2003 Rose Revolution through a matched case study, the article shows that certain countrywide legal adjustments, anti‐corruption measures and context variables are necessary but insufficient conditions for successful reform. While in general Georgia has achieved considerable success in its CSA reform efforts, the President's leverage over reform implementation, leadership at the ministry level and the politics of foreign aid have led to significant variation in reform outcomes across the analysed institutions. In addition to this, institutional constraints reflecting inherent differences between policy sectors explain another part of the variation in outcomes in Georgia. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Technology and democracy: validity in measurements of e-democracy

The use of information and communication technologies in democratic processes, often summarized by the term e-democracy, has seldom been analysed from a global perspective. Although the United Nations E-Participation Index provides one of the few examples of an international measurement of e-democracy, it has been thoroughly criticized; at the same time, however, a number of studies have broadened our understanding of the global determinants of e-democracy by using this very index. In this study, I approach this problem by considering (i) whether the UN E-Participation Index is a valid measurement of e-democracy and (ii) whether any alternative measurements of e-democracy present themselves. In answer to these questions, it would seem that the index, despite its flaws, is not necessarily as problematic as is assumed, although there are observations that violate essential theoretical assumptions and so reduce its validity. Furthermore, its use in combination with measurements of democracy agrees with the emphasis in the literature on e-democracy being embedded in democracy, and results in a measurement that better corresponds with theoretical ideas of e-democracy.     

Comparing Male and Female Prison Releasees across Risk Factors and Postprison Recidivism

This study, using data from a large sample of prison releasees, examined the similarities and differences in men's and women's risk factors for recidivism involving rearrest for any crime and rearrest for a violent crime during an average 3.4-year follow-up period. Logistic regressions revealed several gender differences. Prior incarceration, time served, and specific types of prior arrest histories had differential associations with women's and men's overall and violent recidivism. Age, race, and conviction offense were gender-specific risk factors for overall recidivism, and education level and marital status were gender-specific risk factors for violent recidivism. Implications for risk assessment are discussed.     

江西融入“中三角”的路径分析

"中三角"包括长江中游城市群中以武汉、长沙、南昌、合肥为核心的41个城市,是区域经济的重要增长极。"中三角"经济圈承载着中部崛起的希望,应力争成为继"长三角"、"珠三角"、"京津冀"城市群之后,引领中国经济增长的"第四极"。"中三角"是个区域,只有"中三角"四省形成要素资源集聚效应,才能加速共同发展。近几年,江西外向型经济发展速度较快、区域经济发展较好、节能减排成效明显、进位赶超后发优势凸显,但从经济发展总量、农业规模、消费水平等方面看,江西落后于"中三角"其他省份。作为同属"中三角"地区,湖北、湖南、安徽推动经济发展的以结构调整为主线、以区域发展为重点等相关举措值得关注。为此,江西应加快做好基础设施建设、鄱阳湖生态城市建设、产业集群建设、现代旅游业建设等五个方面建设,积极融入"中三角"区域发展。     

A Comparison of Palmar Dermatoglyphics in Two Ethnic Indian Populations of North Bengal,India*

Abstract: Dermatoglyphic print comparisons can be utilized to establish personal identification in forensic cases. The northern part of the state of West Bengal, India, is the home to many ethnic populations. Two such populations are the Rajbanshi and the Mech. Palm prints were collected from 192 adult Rajbanshi (105 men and 87 women) and 100 adult Mech (50 men and 50 women) individuals for print comparison using the standard ink and roll print method. The dermatoglyphic variables studied were mainline formulae, termination of mainline, positional variation of axial triradii, and true pattern of hypothenar and thenar configuration area. There were differences between the Rajbanshi and Mech individuals with respect to these dermatoglyphic variables. The uses of these variables appear to be limited only to ethnic identification, not personal identification. The present investigation further highlights the racial affinity, sex, and bilateral differences among Rajbanshi individuals using dermatoglyphic palmar variables.     

文化视角下的英汉时问隐喻比较研究

时间隐喻作为一种重要的语言现象,承载着浓重的文化信息。中西文化存在共同性,也存在差异性,而文化的多样性反映在具体的时间隐喻表达中,体现民族文化的独特性。本文以文化视角审视英汉时间隐喻的异同点,并分析形成这一现象的深层原因。最后,揭示语言隐喻现象及其文化特征在历史与社会进程中的时代意义,从而为我们提供认识自身文化,学习和借鉴西方文化,顺应时代潮流的一个新视角。