'She just got me’: supporting care experienced young people negotiating relationships and identities at school

In this article we examine the complex relationship between care experience, mental health and exclusion from school and how young people (YP) negotiate these different experiences and identities. The study is a secondary analysis, informed by symbolic interactionist theory, of interviews conducted with 19 care experienced YP in Scotland. Not all of the YP were excluded and not all had a formal mental health diagnosis, as such our study design allows interrogation of the contexts and relationships which not only facilitate but also disrupt pathways to exclusion. It also allows reconsideration of assumptions of vulnerability which are often applied to care experienced YP. Our findings suggest that these YP are moving beyond ‘role playing’ the identities ascribed to them and actively seek out relationships which enable them to construct alternative identities.     

What it means to be “one of us”: Discourses of national identity in the United States

In recent years, the transnational movement of people has resulted in increasing tension and debates about national identity. The present research utilized a discourse analytic approach to examine accounts of national identity in the U.S. among native-born U.S. residents, Mexicans living in Mexico, and Mexicans living in the U.S. Our analysis focused on two sets of diverging accounts of national identity. A first set involved participants' explanations of national identity as natural/essential, “felt”, or conditional, which served to either constrain how “American” immigrants could be or allowed for a more inclusive definition of national identity. A second set of accounts involved participants theorizing the national polity as a multicultural or monocultural space which functioned to construct national boundaries as permeable or reinforced (White) American dominance. These patterns of talk emerged across all interviews, although U.S. participants attended to more flexible and dilemmatic (e.g. inclusionary and exclusionary) accounts of national identity. We discuss the implications for the complexity of national identity.     

The benefits of ethnic activity group participation on older immigrant well-being and host country adjustment

Drawing on acculturation and social identity literatures, the present research extends on initial work on social group connectedness among older immigrants to examine in a quasi-experimental study the well-being benefits of participating in heritage culture groups. Older immigrant clients (N = 66) of six aged-care agencies in Australia were given diary booklets in which to complete a set of measures on selected days when they did or did not attend the agencies’ heritage culture group activities, over a 2-month period. Results showed that heritage group participation reduced loneliness and increased well-being. Future research should replicate and extend these findings to assist our understanding of how heritage culture group participation aids first-generation older immigrants with aging successfully in a foreign land.     

‘Who is zooming who’? A study of young PE-students in their figurations

The article presents an analysis of 93 essays written in an upper secondary school context. The essays were collected in relation to a larger research project, which went on for 5 years in a Danish upper secondary school (2010–2015). The material represents both genders and the students are 15–17 years old. We deploy a theoretical framework taken from Norbert Elias’ notion on established-outsider relations [Elias, N., &; Scotson, J. L. (1994 [1965]). The established and the outsiders. London: SAGE] as well as his use of personal pronouns [Elias, N. (1978). What is sociology? London: Hutchinson, Elias, N. (2001). The society of individuals. New York: The Continuum International Publishing Group] in illustrating how people negotiate, position and navigate within figurational contexts [Elias, N. (1994 [1939]). The civilizing proces. Oxford: Blackwell.]. We do this in an effort to interpret how young people negotiate ‘we-I-relations’ when it comes to their sporting identity. Elias’ processual framework provides a tool for a much needed analysis of how young people continually orientate and develop their sense of selves. The web of human interdependencies and processes of change are key words when it comes to understanding the social practices and doings of the students’ constructions of self-steering. What social scientists may see as laziness and drop-outs of sports [Seippel, Ø. (2016). Prek, vekker og kjedelig? Trening og mening blant ungdom: 1985–2013. In Ø. Seippel, M. K. Sisjord, &; Å Strandbu (Eds.), Ungdom og Idrett. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk] can in the essays of students be analysed as a struggle for group connectedness and social inclusion in the classroom. The results of our research show that identity is a multiple concept and an ongoing process of emotional work [Elias, N. (1987). On human beings and their emotions: A process-sociological essay. Theory Culture Society, 4, 339–361], but also a power balance of playing and presenting what is imagined as the right performance as not being shamed as outcasts.     

亨廷顿政治发展观的变化

80年代末,国人掀起了研究亨廷顿政治思想的热潮.然而,也就是这个时期,亨廷顿的政治发展观发生了重大变化,他的民主取向的政治发展观代替了威权取向的政治发展观.本文试图从他早期政治发展观存在的缺点入手来分析这一重大变化.     

论政治课教学的导课艺术

导课是课堂教学的一个重要环节。它的主要功能在于激发学生的学习兴趣和探索欲望，使新旧学习任务之间能顺利地实现过渡衔接。为此教师应在政治课教学中精心设计好导课这一环节。     

基于数据融合中Dempster-Shafer证据理论的入侵检测技术

本文先简要的介绍了入侵检测系统的组成和几个应用层次,接着讨论了数据融合技术中的Dempster-Shafer证据理论,并尝试给出了其在入侵检测的身份识别的一个算法和实例.     

反腐败:一靠教育二靠法制

坚持反对和防止腐败,是全党一项重大的政治任务.反腐败一要靠教育,二要靠法制,坚持教育与法制相结合,是对腐败标本兼治,加强党的自身建设的重要举措.     

思想政治宣传环境优化探究

思想政治宣传环境对思想政治宣传工作具有举足轻重的影响，宣传环境的好坏最终决定着宣传效果的优劣。为更好地提高思想政治宣传工作的效果，当前迫切需要从加强国民教育、加快队伍建设、加大经费投入、加强组织管理等四个方面对思想政治宣传环境进行优化。     

论唐代后妃预政

唐代后妃预政主要集中于唐高宗至唐肃宗在位期间,代表人物乃武则天、中宗韦后、上官昭容、肃宗张皇后,她们对唐代政治所起的影响作用是显而易见的。唐代特有的社会风气为后妃预政提供了环境。