Mobilising the Periphery: Brazil's My House My Life Programme and the Homeless Workers' Movement

Brazil's Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST, Homeless Workers' Movement) has grown dramatically in recent years. This growth was partly provided for by the use of a large government housing programme, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My House My Life), which allowed the MTST to construct housing for its members and swell its ranks with thousands of new members. Yet some have argued that the MCMV programme used by the MTST may compromise the autonomy of civil society organisations. This article, by contrast, argues that while the MCMV programme encouraged bureaucratic practices, it also helped to promote the cultural politics of the MTST.     

庄子“达生”之道境

《达生》是庄子对通达人生的思考和探索。庄子建构了“与道为一”的理想人生境界,指引人们通过对“道”的追求,达到人生的顺达和通畅。庄子认为,人生通达要遵循“无为”的自然之道,守住真朴这个生命的根,超越物役物累,保持精神的独立和自由,内外兼养,适而不过。庄子的思考和追求,主要是通过一系列寓言形象予以诗意表达的。     

当前农民的生活满意度 --一项对安徽阜阳农村的实地调查

通过对安徽省一些农村的实地调查,作者运用社会学和社会心理学的测量方法,探讨了当前农民的生活满意度这一特定的主观感受方面的基本状况.针对目前农村社会发展所遇到的主要问题,文章提出了进一步改善农民生活从而提高其生活满意度的一些政策建议.     

合作作品含义探析

我国著作权立法对合作作品的定义没有做出正面、明确的规定,导致学说和实践对合作作品的认定存在很大的分歧。应该坚持制度创新,将合作作品认定为“由数位作者付出独创性劳动、并且各自的创作意图和合理期望均指向该部以最终形式表现出来的、同一部完整的共同作品。”     

刑法中期待可能性的基本问题

期待可能性是刑法中规范责任论的核心内容,在大陆法系刑法理论中,获得了普遍认同,我国刑法也有必要移植该理论。在判断标准上,应采取类型人标准,而超法规的期待可能性,应当作为刑事责任的阻却事由。     

Associations among Overt and Relational Victimization and Adolescents’ Satisfaction with Friends: The Moderating Role of the Need for Affective Relationships with Friends

In this study, we analyzed the relationships among overt and relational victimization and adolescents’ satisfaction with friends. We also tested the influence of the need for affective relationships with friends. A total of 409 Italian adolescent boys and girls (age range = 14–16, M = 15.02 years, SD = 2.58) completed a self-report measure of overt and relational victimization, a measure of satisfaction with friends, and a scale to assess the individual need for affective relationships. A negative association between both forms of victimization and levels of satisfaction with friends was found. As hypothesized, the need for affective relationships with friends moderated the relation between relational, but not overt, victimization and satisfaction with friends: Adolescents who reported more need for affective relationships reported the lowest levels of satisfaction when relationally victimized.

Life Extension: Rolling the Technological Dice

The idea of radically extending average human life expectancy is an ancient one, but for most of human history exceedingly utopian. There is now, however, a revival of that idea, with some scientists and others arguing that it is possible and desirable. But the main problem with most of the life extension enthusiasm is that it is based almost entirely on the desire of some individuals to make it happen. The social consequences of success of such a venture are, however, either ignored altogether or dismissed on the grounds that any problems can be dealt with. In the end, none of our present human and social problems would be helped by radically longer lives and no obvious social benefits have been advanced to support it.

The Past as Prologue in Life Extension

Aging research may significantly lengthen human life spans in the foreseeable future. This paper argues that we do not need to wait until this happens to prepare for the dislocations that may result. Increased longevity over the past century has already raised urgent, unresolved issues of equity, social cohesion, and human dignity. These developments, and our past experiences in dealing with them, provide a basis for revisiting the basic questions raised by all attempts to extend human life: what does life mean, and why is it worth extending?     

刑罚结构部分调整之理性探索

我国的刑罚结构是典型的重刑结构,最主要的表现是以生命刑和重度自由刑为中心.就目前而言,严格限制以至不适用死刑是我国大致可以接受的废除死刑的方式.对无期徒刑也需做出必要的控制,尤其要注意无期徒刑与有期徒刑的衔接问题.而对短期自由刑改革的最直接有效的方式是将短期自由刑易科为非监禁方式的替代型改革方案.     

太虚“人间佛教”理念的提出及影响

本文认为,太虚提出佛教革命,进而提出人生佛学、人生佛教,再提出人间佛教,可见人间佛教有一个形成、发展的过程。因此,太虚"人间佛教"理念的提出是其佛教改革运动的产物,对佛教的改革运动产生了深远的影响,奠基了后来人间佛教思想的发展与实践。