‘Generation rent’ and the emotions of private renting: self-worth,status and insecurity amongst low-income renters

Abstract

The UK private-rented sector is increasingly accommodating a diverse range of households, many of whom are young people struggling to access other forms of housing. For those at the bottom end of the sector, who typically have limited economic resources, it is a precarious housing tenure due to its expense and insecurity, yet few studies have explored qualitatively the emotional consequences of this for well-being. We address this gap in the ‘generation rent’ literature by focusing attention on those voices that have been less prominent in the literature. Informed by the theoretical lens of ‘residential alienation’, our study illustrates the emotional toll of private renting upon low-income groups in a national context where state regulation is more limited. In doing so, we add nuance to the literature surrounding socio-economic differentiation within the UK private-rented sector. Our arguments are also relevant to an international audience given global concerns about housing precarity and the politics of housing.     

走向人性化：成人教育的理念

人们呼唤人性融于教育,教育充满人性。可是,由于外在因素（社会物欲的膨胀引发了成人教育的功利性）和内在因素（知识的价值效用被割裂）引发了成人教育的狭隘性,使成人教育失去了“教化人生”的本义,成人教育正在疏离人性化,走向异化的边缘。重新审视成人教育与人性化的问题,我们清楚地看到追求人性化其实是成人教育的本质要求、成人教育发展的根本和成人教育的时代内容。为此,我们提出：人之为“人”是成人教育人性化的内涵,动态地生成是成人教育人性化的特色,关注着个体是成人教育人性化的主体价值等理念,以期成人教育最终走向与人性互荣共生的境界。     

当代官场小说权利追逐过程中人性的异化

从官场人物在向“物欲”妥协过程中灵魂被撕扯的痛苦和看守精神家园付出的物质代价两个方面，论述了人性在人的物质需求与精神需求的碰撞冲突中被异化的过程。     

International psychological research that matters for policy and practice.

After a brief history of the Committee on International Relations of the American Psychological Association, 3 points are made about international psychological research that matters. First, it matters when the definition of the research problem area and the findings can potentially be reflected in policy change, in the practice of educators or psychologists, or in the mindsets of a new generation of researchers. Person-centered analysis of adolescents’ social and political attitudes has this potential and can complement variable-centered analysis. A cluster analysis of the IEA Civic Education Study’s data in 5 Western European and 5 Eastern European countries illustrates this. The following 5 clusters of adolescents were identified: those supportive of social justice but not participative, those active in conventional politics and the community, those indifferent, those disaffected, and a problematic cluster of alienated adolescents. Second, research that matters is situated in a cultural context. It is proposed that publications using data from any single country be required to include information about the cultural context in which the research was conducted. Finally, it matters that attention be given to the dynamics of the collaborative international research process, not only to research results. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

现代食品包装设计异化问题反思

文章通过对食品包装设计异化现象的剖析,警示人们在从事食品包装设计的过程中,应及时而客观地预测设计可能的后果,并提醒企业、设计师与消费者积极采取有效措施,减少和降低食品包装设计异化的出现及其影响,设计出立足于人、服务于人的优良食品包装。     

Relationships among aspects of student alienation and self concept.

This study investigated the relationships among previous experiences of student alienation and the various aspects of self concept. A total of 351 undergraduate students were administered the Student Alienation and Trauma Survey-Revised (SATS-R) and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale: Second Edition (TSCS:2). Students were asked to report on their worst experience in school, symptoms they had following this worst experience, and overall feelings about themselves. Results indicated a moderate negative correlation between self concept and student alienation. A stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that among the subtests of the SATS-R, Hopelessness, and General Maladjustment scores best predicted poor student self concept. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

信息异化现象研究综述

目前，信息异化问题是一个新问题，也是一个被深入研究的问题。该文阐释了信息异化的内涵和本质，并从主体的情感、认知与行为三个方面的新视角出发，对诸多信息异化现象进行了归类与分析。     

论人与自然关系紧张的原因与缓解之道

人与自然的关系出现紧张,表现在物质层面,根源于制度层面和思想观念层面,人的发展不够充分是其最深层次的原因。要缓解人与自然的紧张关系,必须树立人与自然是一个相互依存的有机统一体的观念,走可持续发展之路,不断丰富和发展人的类本质。     

网络社会的异化劳动

21世纪,人类以前所未有的速度冲入了信息网络社会,人们在这种社会形态中呈现出的状态以及在多大程度上解放自己,这就涉及到马克思所讲的生产方式问题,而谈生产方式就不得不探讨异化劳动问题。通过论述网络社会的一些特性来指出网络社会也存在劳动的异化,出现了一些新的特点,最终探讨其形成原因。     

在苏州文化的芬芳中持续前行——来自范小青和朱文颖的简要对比

苏州50后著名女作家范小青和70后新生代女作家朱文颖的小说创作,在传承和新变苏州文化方面表现出较为鲜明的特点。从其创作内容和创作风格的简略对比中可以看出,新老苏州作家根植地域、融合地域、挖掘地域的创作空间可谓至为广阔。