以家庭和谐促进社会和谐

当前,我国正处于社会转型期,传统的家庭功能和结构发生了较大的变化,已不再是一个“家庭本位”的社会。但是,家庭在社会结构中的功能却仍然相当重要,家庭和谐仍然是社会和谐的基础,因而以家庭和谐促进社会和谐是我国建设社会主义和谐社会的有效途径之一。建设和谐家庭,要在批判地吸收我国传统文化家庭和谐思想的基础上,通过内心修养,把家庭责任感内化为人们的情感追求。同时,既要提倡家庭成员基本的伦理关系,又要尊重与理解家庭成员自主的价值追求,提倡家庭成员之间的平等。     

LGBTQ rights,conservative backlash and the constitutional definition of marriage in Romania

Abstract

One of the hottest topics on the most recent Romanian public agenda concerns the organisation of a national referendum on the constitutional amendment of the definition of marriage. This article seeks to understand the dynamics between the LGBTQ groups, the conservative responses and the articulation of each other’s strategies and tactics based on the opportunities created by both contenders. By analysing the history of their opposition, the international context dominated by a populist and nationalist narrative and the domestic synergies within society, it demonstrates that the intense debate on the referendum should be understood as a critical turn in the evolution of the LGBTQ rights.     

Children, ‘healthy’ food,school and family: the ‘[n]ot really’ outcome of school food messages

ABSTRACT

This paper draws on a multi-method study with 50 families in Victoria, Australia. Primary school children were asked about food knowledge from school and whether they felt motivated to bring knowledge home. Generally, children and parents felt school food messages are unclear, contradictory and not relevant to them and this reduced the likelihood of messages coming home from school. We identify a critical difference in how families thought about healthy eating and food practices at home and the framework of school messages. Families focused on children’s eating in a pragmatic way, infused with nurturance as well as concern. We argue their practices can be viewed as a form of relational consumption (Lindsay and Maher 2013. Consuming Families: Buying, Making, Producing Family Life in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Routledge.) where food is part of the everyday exchange of love and care. A disjunction exists between familial relational approaches and the regulatory framework of school food messages that impacts how messages move between these spaces. Attention to relational aspects of food consumption at school might allow for a more valuable exchange between family and schools that supports family endeavours to feed children well.