Equality Law and the Protected Characteristics

UK anti‐discrimination law is founded on a grounds‐based system of protected characteristics. For this system to function as a legitimate and workable legal framework the characteristics must satisfy three conditions: they must have some definitional and categorical stability, they must broadly reflect people's understanding of social reality and lived experiences and they must align with the most significant axes of discrimination in society. This article argues that all three conditions are becoming increasingly difficult to satisfy as a result of dramatic shifts in social configurations of identity and the ongoing failure to include socio‐economic status as a legally protected characteristic. The future of the legislative framework may depend on the willingness of courts and policy‐makers to adopt a more context‐based approach to the protected characteristics. This would require them to interrogate claims of individual instances of discrimination in the context of wider, but also more particular substantive group disadvantage.     

Group size,misinformation and unanimity influences on co-witness judgements

Researchers have typically observed the effects of co-witness influence on eyewitness pairs. However, research suggests that individuals are more likely to witness crimes in larger groups. Additionally, there is an abundance of evidence suggesting that social influence is heavily moderated by group size. Therefore, the present study aimed to gain a more accurate understanding of the risks of co-witness influence in relation to unanimity and group size effects. Participants (N = 608) viewed and discussed a CCTV footage of a fight breaking out, with co-witnesses, before giving individual statements, where they were asked to identify which person had started the fight; confederates were used to suggest that the wrong man had started the fight. Results indicated that participants were vulnerable to co-witness influence, but only when exposed to misinformation from a majority of co-witnesses. Misinformation presented by an individual confederate did not have a significant influence over the participants’ responses. This study was the first to investigate the effects of group size on blame attribution. The findings suggest that the true risks of co-witness influence may not be as high as originally predicted from research on eyewitness pairs.     

经济全球化时代文化民族性的思考

经济全球化是当代世界经济的显著特征,也是世界经济发展不可阻挡的趋势。经济全球化对坚持和发展文化的民族性既是机遇又是严峻的挑战。经济全球化时代,坚持和发展中华民族文化的民族性,是关系中国特色社会主义文化建设以及现代化建设成败的重要问题。     

下岗失业人员法律和社会权益保障实证研究

选取了下岗失业人员作为关注弱势群体的切入口,通过调查分析近几年我国下岗失业人员的基本状况,发现目前法律对他们的权益保障存在诸多的缺陷和不足。研究重点探索了如何加强对特殊弱势群体的法律与社会权益的保障。     

新形势下有组织犯罪的特点及其对策

世界范围内有组织犯罪令人触目惊心。有组织犯罪在中国特指黑社会组织或者黑社会性质组织所实施的犯罪。在新形势下,有组织犯罪呈现出一些新特点:带黑社会性质的犯罪数量上迅速增长,质量上正向典型的黑社会犯罪演化;装备更趋现代化;犯罪的“组织化”程度越来越高,“企业化”趋势更加明显;犯罪手段上越来越重视“软”手段的运用;犯罪活动呈现跨区域化、国际化的发展趋势。针对这些特点,提出一些控制对策。     

警察个体行为刍议

处在公安队伍中的民警是个人体与成员体的有机统一;警察个体行为是单个民警所作出的具体行动或举止;它本质上是单个民警对正在开展或将要开展的公安业务、队伍建设及其相关联的团队活动所作出的心理反应的外表。现代组织行为科学的研究成果能够证实:警察个体行为是警察个人体的生物学层面质素、心理学层面质素互动作用、交叉整合的动态过程,同时也是公安团队组织环境影响于警察个体行为的过程。     

贺州市五保村建设的实践与探索

贺州市五保村的建设在实践中探索出行之有效的模式:广泛动员,凝聚力量,以解决“建得起”的问题;就村而建,一户一室,以解决“住得稳”的问题;自我服务,规范管理,以解决“能持久”的问题。为此,文章对贺州市五保村建设的基本特点进行了总结。     

贵州省民族地区县域经济发展面临的主要问题及对策研究

研究新时期贵州省民族地区县域经济发展的特点和面临的问题,有针对性地提出加快发展的思路,包括向国家提出给予的必要帮助和政策扶持,明确民族地区县域经济的努力方向,提高民族地区县域经济的市场竞争力,实现贵州省民族地区县域经济的较快发展。     

对雅加达华人中生代的考察与分析--兼论各次文化群体在"印尼华人文化"建构中的作用与使命

本文运用文化学、社会学的理论和方法,坚持从印尼华人的实际出发,通过实地考察、访谈调查和资料重释的途径,具体剖析了雅加达华人中生代这一印尼华人重要的次群体,展示了印尼华人在印尼独立后的自我调适情况,分析了印尼华人今后的发展趋势及其在印尼社会重构和印尼民族重组中的地位和作用.     

科学发展观的理论贡献与实践要求

科学发展观是在经济全球化深入发展和我国改革开放进入关键阶段的新形势下,既面向世界又着眼于中国而提出的重大战略思想和科学理论.科学发展观已经彰显出其全球化视野和世界眼光,是对中国特色社会主义理论体系的新发展.它在哲学基础和理论精髓上进一步丰富和发展了中国特色社会主义的思想路线,在理论基石上进一步丰富了中国特色社会主义发展的主题,在主要内容上进一步丰富了中国特色社会主义发展道路和战略布局,在重要范畴上进一步揭示了中国特色社会主义的本质属性和基本规律.科学发展观的实践要求,就是努力把学习实践科学发展观活动引向深入,把贯彻落实科学发展观提高到新水平.