Humanitarian workers in peril? Deconstructing the myth of the new and growing threat to humanitarian workers

In the last few years, insecurity for relief workers has become a matter of great concern and a central issue in aid policy debates. Explanation for such a widespread anxiety is the claim that international humanitarian organisations are facing a new type of threat, while operating in increasingly hostile environments. This article explores the construction of humanitarian insecurity as a new and growing threat. Drawing on historical material, we suggest that the departure from ‘the past’ is not as pronounced as it is suggested by experts and commentators on this issue, and that the perceived deterioration of operating environments is questionable. The article concludes that the tendency to report humanitarian insecurity in catastrophic rather than analytical terms can create more problems than resolve them, in effect deepening the conditions for some of the challenges that humanitarian actors face today.     

The adult worker model family,gender equality and care: the search for new policy principles and the possibilities and problems of a capabilities approach

There is evidence that policy-makers in most Western welfare states are moving towards a new set of assumptions about the contributions that men and women make to families, based on an adult worker model. This paper first examines this shift in policy assumptions at the EU level and goes on to argue that there are real limits to the pursuit of a full adult worker model based on the commodification of care. In respect of gender equality, this in turn raises the issue of the terms and conditions on which such a shift in policy assumptions are made, particularly about the valuing and sharing of the unpaid work of care. The final part of the paper examines the possibilities offered by the capabilities approach of addressing these issues.     

城镇化带动背景下的贵州农民城镇化意愿分析

文章以大量的问卷和访谈为依据,结合相关数据资料对贵州农民的城镇化意愿做了详实的研究和分析,可为未来贵州人口城镇化的推进提供一定的参考。     

新时期青年农民工“文化反哺”现象初探

"文化反哺"即"逆向社会化",是一种自下而上的文化传承模式.当代青年农民工已初步具备"文化反哺"的能力,并有责任通过"文化反哺" 提高农村成人社会的现代社会适应能力.青年农民工"文化反哺" 在社会主义新农村建设中具有重要的社会价值.在肯定青年农民工"文化反哺"对农村社会进步的积极推动作用的同时,也要注意对其加以正确的引导.     

论我国农民参政权——基于2009年《选举法修正案草案》的现实思考

政治参与是衡量政治现代化的重要指标,是民主政治的重要内容。农民是中国最大的群体,却是政治参与的边缘群体。《选举法修正案草案》有望使农民获得真正意义上的平等选举权,更有机会参与国家政治生活;但应该在对其肯定的同时,更多地从我国农民参政所处的现状思考,通过对农民参政影响因素及现状分析,探寻一条适合国情的农民参政权的实现路径。     

塞林文化冲突理论的分析与适用——以广州城中村农民工犯罪为视角

文化冲突论是美国著名犯罪学家塞林最具代表性之学术贡献,而广州市城中村外来农民工犯罪现象则为塞林文化冲突理论的分析与适用提供了一个极好的研究样本。拓展眼光,坚持运用多种视角整合性观测评价犯罪原因,将有助于使犯罪学理论达致即深刻又全面的理想性综合发展形态。     

建会建制加速进城务工人员的工人阶级化进程

北京铁路分局工会在深入调研的基础上,以北京铁路职工培训中心为试点,把不同用工形式的进城务工人员吸收到工会组织中来,加大了维护其合法权益的力度.对提高其综合素质,推进农村城镇化和进城务工人员工人阶级化进程,起到了重要作用.     

对农民工权益维护的宏观思考

贯彻胡锦涛总书记关于农民工的重要批示精神,辽宁省总工会对农民工权益问题进行了专题调研。工会组织要承担起维护农民工合法权益这一职责,就要把握农民工的规律性特点,科学界定农民工的阶级属性,客观评价农民工的历史性贡献,掌握农民工权益维护中存在的问题和原因,采取切实可行的维权举措,从建设和谐社会的高度重视农民工权益维护问题。     

论首都建设应突出整合技术工人资源

整合技术工人资源对当今推动首都建设具有重大意义,一是能扎扎实实地为首都技术创新工程服务,二是能及时有力地为首都经济持续发展服务,三是能快速准确地为首都各种抢险救灾服务,四是能积极有效地为首都国防科技动员服务。加快整合技术工人资源,一是集中力量进行技术工人资源调查,二是成立市技术工人资源研究管理部,三是结合实际组织技术工人技术创新,四是建立完善技术工人使用管理机制。     

记者=新闻民工?——对我国当下媒体与记者关系的思考

社会发展需要并刺激着媒体发展,而媒体行业的看涨无疑又刺激更多的人选择这一职业。似乎媒体的发展与记者的关系是良性的促进,但事实并非如此。市场经济的条件下,一方面,花钱就能挖到名记者,名记者也能要到更高身价;另一方面,记者却在不断抱怨自己的生存环境越来越差,甚至有人以“民工”自比。在市场规律和经济杠杆的作用之下,媒体和记者应该是怎样的一种关系,双方应该以何种态度来面对彼此呢?本文试就这一问题稍作探求。