EU Simulations and Engagement: Motivating Greater Interest in European Union Politics

While the effects of simulation-based courses on the knowledge of participating students may be marginal in relation to standard lecture and discussion-based courses, this article argues that the greatest leverage is gained by increasing participating students’ level of interest in the subject of study and in politics more broadly. Participants tend to become increasingly absorbed in their roles and in the politics of the institutions at the center of the simulation. To better consider this possibility, we conducted a survey of students participating in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic European Union Simulation and of appropriate control populations. The survey results indeed suggest that, much more than simply acquiring knowledge about the EU, the simulation experience serves to generate more robust interest in the subject of study.     

Understanding the Regulatory Thicket: Interactions Among State Environmental Regulators and Regulatees

Research exploring state-level regulatory interactions in the U.S. often employs survey methodology to ask front-line actors about their experiences. While these efforts are noteworthy, we argue that it is important to investigate these interactions utilizing a different approach. In this exploratory study, we use randomized vignettes, to which a respondent can react without fear of revealing practices or succumbing to social desirability. Our results are in concert with a growing body of literature that suggests cooperation between the regulator and regulatees is essential for future interactions in order to achieve compliance, yet each party’s perceptions may not be completely congruent.     

Does border enforcement deter unauthorized immigration? The case of Mexican migration to the United States of America

This paper asks whether the migration decisions of unauthorized Mexican immigrants to the USA have been influenced by stronger US border enforcement efforts since 1993 that have sharply increased the physical risk and financial cost of illegal immigration. These measures were supposed to have decreased the probability of successful entry, thereby lowering the expected benefits of migration. We carried out a logistic regression analysis of data from a recent survey of 603 returned migrants and potential first‐time migrants in rural Mexico. Our findings indicate that tougher border controls have had remarkably little influence on the propensity to migrate illegally to the USA. Political restrictions on immigration are far outweighed by economic and family‐related incentives to migrate. An alternative, labor‐market approach to immigration control with higher probability of effectiveness is outlined.     

高校网络思想政治教育调查的实证分析

网络给高校思想政治教育工作带来了非常重要的影响,高校网络思想政治教育取得了初步的成效,但还存在亟待解决的问题。必须建立和完善高校网络思想政治教育工作体系,丰富内容,增强吸引力,建设一支精干的网络思想政治工作队伍,真正发挥网络思想政治教育的优势。     

天津市大学生阅读情况的调查与分析

采用调查问卷的形式对我市部分院校大学生课外阅读情况展开调查,分析了我市大学生的阅读习惯、目的及途径;阅读书籍的种类和特点;新兴媒介互联网对传统阅读的影响;大学生喜欢的作家、作品和对当代文坛一些文学现象的看法等,通过对调查问卷的归类与分析,对我市大学生阅读现状有了初步的了解,对高校语文课教学改革提出了一些建议。     

Measurement Properties of the Communities That Care<Superscript>®</Superscript> Youth Survey Across Demographic Groups

Prevention science has produced information about risk and protective factors that predict adolescent drug use and related problem behaviors. This paper investigates the Communities That Care Youth Survey that measures multiple risk and protective factors. Using a sample of 172,628 students who participated in surveys administered in seven states in 1998, analyses were conducted to test the factor structure of these risk and protective factors and to test the equivalence of the factor models across five racial/ethnic groups (African Americans, Asians or Pacific Islanders, Caucasians, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans), four grade levels (6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th) and both gender groups. Results support the construct validity of the surveys risk and protective factor scales and indicate that the measures are equally reliable across males and females and five racial/ethnic groups. Implications of these findings for science-based prevention planning are discussed.     

The case of the missing victims: Gunshot woundings in the National Crime Survey

National Crime Survey (NCS) data yield an estimate that 171,000 Americans were nonfatally shot in criminal assaults, robberies, and rapes for the period 1973–1979. Comparing this estimate with the number of firearms homicides during this period suggests either that the death rate in gunshot cases is very high (over 1/3) or that the NCS estimate is low. Based on police-generated data appropriate to estimating the true death rate from gunshot wounds, it appears that the NCS estimate is low by a factor of about 3.0 compared with the number of criminal gunshot woundings known to the police. It is common knowledge that survey-based estimates of assault rates tend to be relatively unreliable, a fact that has been attributed to problems with respondents being willing and able to recall threats, fist fights, and other minor assaults. The current result indicates that the estimation problem is not limited to minor assaults. There is reason to think that the underestimate of gunshot woundings is the result of problems with the NCS sample as well as problems with respondent cooperation.     

县(市)干部培训需求情况的调查报告——基于清镇358份调查问卷的统计分析

按需培训是党校教学工作的基本原则,分类调研、收集汇总、分析整理各种类别的干部自身需求是党校教务工作的基础环节。文章基于贵阳清镇市358份问卷,分析了干部需求的整体态势、突出特征,并就课程设置、教学改革、师资建设等方面提出阶段性的对策建议。     

论“阳光警察”测评指标设计

为了体现"阳光警察"的测评特点,突出"阳光"这一测评内容,把"阳光警察"的测评指标分为两个部分:"阳光品德"和"阳光警务"。"阳光品德"的测评指标参考国外对警察从业人员的品德要求,结合我国公安工作的特点,以及当前我国社会发展和家庭伦理关系的特点,立足于民警的生活、家庭、为人处事的态度、承担责任等几个观察点,来反映出民警是否具有健康的心理、良好的品德。"阳光警务"测评指标设计,根据各警种、各科室、各岗位的工作内容不同,为不同警种、岗位、科室设计不同的测评指标。     

孔子教育理念价值的现代审视

孔子一生从事教育,在教学实践中形成以德主教、智德合一的教育理念体系,最先打破学在官府的教育格局,兴办私学,积累丰富的教学经验,对当前的教育仍具有极大的资源性价值和可借鉴性意义。与此同时,随着时代的发展和社会境遇变动的,孔子教育理念也暴露出自身的思维局限。对孔子教育理念的价值进行现代审视,有助于我们对其做出辩证的评判和合理定位,进而更好地借鉴和传承。