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The experiences of Vietnamese in Australia: the racist tradition continues
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 30, Issue 4, p. 631-658
ISSN: 1469-9451
The Experiences of Vietnamese in Australia: The Racist Tradition Continues
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 30, Issue 4, p. 631-658
ISSN: 1369-183X
L'accord sur les euromissiles : le point de vue britannique
In: Politique étrangère: revue trimestrielle publiée par l'Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Volume 53, Issue 1, p. 101-106
ISSN: 1958-8992
The Euromissile Accord : the British Point of View, by David Mellor
The verdict of the British government on the INF negotiations is unequivocal : the Washington Treaty is a good one and perfectly compatible with the defence of Western Europe. Further, it has been made possible by the unity of NATO and its determination to negotiate from a position of force. It has established a precedent, a first in the nuclear era. Doubts have however arisen — a risk of less effective deterrence, weakening of the ties between the United States and Europe, and the impossibility of effective verification. According to the author, these worries are misplaced, though it must be said that the intermediate missile accord does not solve ail Europe's defence problems. It is important from now on that the West succeed in imposing its own priorities in the field of arms control.
Mind, meaning, and reality: essays in philosophy
"'Mind, Meaning, and reality' contains fifteen philosophical papers by D. H. Mellor, including a new defence of 'success semantics', and an introduction arguing that metaphysics can and need only be justified by doing it and not by a 'meta-metaphysics', which it needs no more than physics needs metaphysics. The papers are grouped into three parts. Part I is about how the ways we are disposed to act fixes what we believe and what we use language to mean. Part II is about what there is: the reality of dispositions: what makes beliefs and sentences true; why there is only one universe; and how social groups, and other things composed of parts, are related to the people and other things that constitute them. Part III is about time, and includes discussions of twentieth-century developments in the philosophy of time; why Kant was right about tense, even though he was wrong about time; why forward time-travel is trivial and backward time travel impossible; and what gives time its direction"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of dust jacket
Book Review: Charles F. Gattone The Social Scientist as Public Intellectual Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006, £13.99 pbk (ISBN: 0742537935), xv+170 pp
In: Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association, Volume 42, Issue 1, p. 194-195
ISSN: 1469-8684
Maltreatment of children in out-of-home care: A review of associated factors and outcomes
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Volume 34, Issue 12, p. 2280-2286
ISSN: 0190-7409
Shared Parenting: Adding Children's Voices and Their Measures of Adjustment to the Evaluation
In: Journal of child custody: research, issues and practices, Volume 7, Issue 3, p. 155-175
ISSN: 1537-940X
Learning Patterns in Social Skills Training Programs: An Exploratory Study
In: Child & adolescent social work journal, Volume 26, Issue 2, p. 87-101
ISSN: 1573-2797
The Role of Management Consultation, Support, and Coping on Nurses' Health During the Stress of Restructuring
In: International journal of public administration: IJPA, Volume 26, Issue 14, p. 1621-1636
ISSN: 0190-0692
Learning and the new growth theories: policy dilemma
In: Research Policy, Volume 29, Issue 9, p. 1157-1163
The Family Life Education Programme
In: Children Australia, Volume 18, Issue 4, p. 17-21
ISSN: 2049-7776
This paper describes the development of the Family Life Education Programme, an innovative group approach to parenting issues. The programme aims to (i) utilise the strengths of a multidisciplinary allied health team and (ii) to avoid focusing on the limited issues of child management and discipline. Previous styles of parent education groups are discussed, together with their shortcomings and the authors' frustrations with such approaches. The rationale for the format of the new programme is described, and the detailed structure outlined. Two innovations are highlighted. Firstly, the programme focuses on issues from both the child and parent perspective (eg, child's play/parents' recreation). Secondly, the six-week programme uses professionals from various disciplines as weekly consultants, while one member of the team provides week-to-week continuity as an anchor. The programme is evaluated in terms of the impact on the multi-disciplinary team, and the feedback from participants. It is argued that the Family Life Education Programme offers a balanced approach to the many issues confronting parents of young children and it could be implemented not only within multi-disciplinary teams, but also co-operatively across agencies.
Utopia inverted: Günther Anders, technology and the social
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Volume 153, Issue 1, p. 3-8
ISSN: 1461-7455, 0725-5136
Forensic Use of the Five Domains Model for Assessing Suffering in Cases of Animal Cruelty
Conceptual frameworks for understanding animal welfare scientifically have become influential. An early "biological functioning" framework still influences expert opinions prepared for Courts hearing animal cruelty cases, despite deficiencies revealed by the emergence and wide scientific adoption of an "affective state" framework. According to "biological functioning" precepts, indices of negative welfare states should predominantly be physical and/or clinical and any reference to animals' supposed subjective experiences, i.e., their "affective states", should be excluded. However, "affective state" concepts, which have neuroscience and animal behaviour foundations, show that behavioural indices may be used to credibly identify negative welfare outcomes or affects. Acceptance of the "affective state" framework is entirely consistent with the current extensive international recognition that vertebrate animals are "sentient" beings. A long list of negative affects is discussed and each one is described as a prelude to updating the concept of "suffering" or "distress", often referred to in animal welfare legislation and prosecutions for alleged ill-treatment of animals. The Five Domains Model for assessing and grading animal welfare compromise is then discussed using examples of severe-to-very-severe ill-treatment of dogs. It is concluded that experts should frame their opinions in ways that include negative affective outcomes.
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