对中国传统行政文化宗法化倾向的探讨

在中国社会由传统向现代的转型过程中,行政文化也进入了激变再生的重要时期。考察我国传统行政文化的形成和发展,可以清楚地看到,在其历经原始社会后期、奴隶社会和封建社会的历史传承中,一个非常鲜明的基本特征就是宗法化倾向,这一倾向表现在行政文化功能的实现过程中就是它的浓郁的人情化色彩。因此,要进行我国的行政体制改革,就必须思考对传统的行政文化进行改造并保持行政文化效能健全与连续的问题,这也是我国行政体制改革成败的一个关键。     

Ecocultural Attributes: Evaluating Ecological Degradation in Terms of Ecological Goods and Services Versus Subsistence and Tribal Values

It is becoming increasingly clear that scientists, managers, lawyers, public policymakers, and the public must decide how to value what is provided by, and is a consequence of, natural resources. While “Western” scientists have clear definitions for the goods and services that ecosystems provide, we contend that these categories do not encompass the full totality of the values provided by natural resources. Partly the confusion results from a limited view of natural resources derived from the need to monetize the value of ecosystems and their component parts. Partly it derives from the “Western” way of separating natural resources from cultural resources or values, and partly it derives from the false dichotomy of assuming that ecosystems are natural, and anything constructed by man is not natural. In this article, we explore the previous assumptions, and suggest that because cultural resources often derive from, and indeed require, intact and unspoiled natural ecosystems or settings, that these values are rightly part of natural resources. The distinction is not trivial because of the current emphasis on cleaning up chemically and radiologically contaminated sites, on restoration of damaged ecosystems, on natural resource damage assessments, and on long‐term stewardship goals. All of these processes depend upon defining natural resources appropriately. Several laws, regulations, and protocols depend upon natural resource trustees to protect natural resources on trust lands, which could lead to the circular definition that natural resources are those resources that the trustees feel they are responsible for. Where subsistence or tribal peoples are involved, the definition of natural resources should be broadened to include those ecocultural attributes that are dependent upon, and have incorporated, natural resources. For example, a traditional hunting and fishing ground is less valued by subsistence peoples if it is despoiled by contamination or physical ecosystem degradation; an Indian sacred ground is tarnished if the surrounding natural environment is degraded; a traditional homeland is less valued if the land itself is contaminated. Our argument is that intact natural resources are essential elements of many cultural resources, and this aspect requires and demands adequate consideration (and may therefore require compensation).     

Optimization Model and Algorithm for Crew Management During Airline Irregular Operations

Airline irregular operations have long been a realm where human experience and judgement are the most important tools to utilize. Crew management during irregular operations is usually the bottleneck of the whole system-recovering process due to complicated crew schedules and restrictive crew legalities as well as the size and scope of the hub-and-spoke networks adopted by major carriers. A system-wide multi-commodity integer network flow model and a heuristic search algorithm for the above purpose are presented and discussed in this paper. The computational experiences show that the algorithm is efficient enough to solve problems of realistic size and also has the flexibility to accommodate practical business requirements.     

《格萨尔》伦理思想探微

本文拟从伦理学角度入手,探究史诗《格萨尔》中蕴涵的伦理思想。这些古代部落社会意识形态领域的种种观念、原则的积淀,就形成藏民族传统社会道德的主要内涵。从这种意识形态的探究中,我们还可以窥见古代藏族部落社会从血缘向地缘关系的转化。     

Efficacy of Risk-Based, Culturally Sensitive Ogaa (Walleye) Consumption Advice for Anishinaabe Tribal Members in the Great Lakes Region

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) has produced Ogaa (walleye— Sander vitreus ) consumption advisories since 1996 for Anishinaabe from GLIFWC member tribes in the 1837 and 1842 ceded territories of Wisconsin. GLIFWC's advisory maps were revised in 2005 to address cultural sensitivities (to protect tribal lifeways), to utilize recent mercury exposure information, and to incorporate changes in advisory levels for methyl mercury. Lake-specific, risk-based, culturally sensitive consumption advice was provided on color-coded maps for two groups: children under age 15 years and females of childbearing age, and males 15 years and older and females beyond childbearing age. The maps were distributed to, and a behavioral intervention program developed for, the six GLIFWC member tribes in Wisconsin as well as member tribes in Minnesota and the 1842 ceded territory of Michigan. Tribal fish harvesters, tribal health care providers, women of childbearing age or with young children, tribal leaders, elders, and children were targeted specifically for the behavioral intervention. The efficacy of the behavioral intervention was assessed using surveys of 275 tribal fish harvesters from Wisconsin, 139 tribal harvesters from Michigan and Minnesota, and 156 Wisconsin women of childbearing age. Significant increases in the percentage of survey participants who indicated awareness of advisory maps occurred among Wisconsin harvesters (increase from 60% to 77%), Michigan and Minnesota harvesters (29% to 51%), and women of childbearing age in Wisconsin (40% to 87%). A significant increase in preference for smaller Ogaa occurred among tribal harvesters in Wisconsin (41% to 72%) and tribal harvesters in Michigan and Minnesota (49% to 71%), although not among women of childbearing age. The GLIFWC map-based advisory program did not adversely affect tribal harvest of Ogaa, which increased from 63,000 to 88,000 fish in the three states after the intervention.     

Several Issues in Research on State Emergence in China

所谓酋邦分布的绝对普遍性问题并不是当代国际学术界的公论, 明确这点对于我 们准确把握酋邦概念和理论的本来意义有积极价值。通过对古希腊等个案的分析而开 展的关于酋邦形态在欧洲和世界更多地区分布情况的进一步研究, 并不会改变关于中 国个案适用酋邦模式的基本认识, 也不会对中国国家起源的研究产生新的重大难题。 在对中国国家起源问题的理论研究中, 对国外学者成果的借鉴无疑非常重要。而这需 要研究者对有关国外资料做切实深入的了解, 从而准确理解和概括有关成果的真实意 义。目前国内有些研究虽然提出对于国外研究成果的某种概括, 但实际上并没有经过 对有关原始资料本身的认真研究, 所谓的概括性意见是不准确的。这是在当前研究中 需要注意的一个问题。

关键词: 酋邦 部落联盟 国家起源

There is no consensus in international academia on the absolutely universal appearance of chiefdom in all parts of the world. Making this point clear has positive significance for the correct understanding of the original meaning of the concept and theory of chiefdom. Further researches on the distribution of chiefdoms in Europe and other parts of the world, based on studies of ancient Greek and early medieval Germanic cases, will not change our basic understanding of the chiefdom model’s applicability to the case of China, nor will it pose a serious challenge to the ongoing researches on state emergence in China. It is undoubtedly very helpful if we diligently apply foreign academic findings to our own studies in this subject, but genuine and in-depth understanding is necessary, if researchers are to accurately interpret and sum up the real implications of these foreign materials. At present, some Chinese scholars have produced various generalizations based on their own understanding of foreign research results. However, since they are not based on careful study of the original literary sources and other materials, those “generalized” views are often inaccurate. This is a problem that deserves our serious attention in current researches.     

论船员的人性化管理

在船员资源紧缺的今天，航运企业要想发展就必须留住船员，建立一支高素质的船员队伍。对船员市场的现状进行分析，提出船员人性化管理的途径，并探讨航运企业船员管理的新模式。     

从“精卫填海”与“黄帝擒蚩尤”看上古部落的冲突与融合

"精卫填海"神话反映了炎帝神农氏与东夷蚩尤氏冲突的历史,炎帝携女娃东巡蚩尤族领地导致了女娃被害的惨剧,炎帝借用鸟图腾和人死化生的观念,虚构了精卫鸟衔西山之木石以复仇东海的故事。女娃被害促进了炎黄部落的联合,引发"黄帝擒蚩尤"的战争,而决定炎黄部落与蚩尤部落战争的胜败,乃在于南方苗蛮集团中的一支——处于良渚文化圈的女魃部落加入战斗,但战争并没有给女魃部落带来利益,导致了其不能回故土又被迫北迁的结局,这也解释了良渚文化突然由盛转衰的原因。     

A multilevel model with autoregressive components for the analysis of tribal art prices

In this paper, we introduce a multilevel model specification with time-series components for the analysis of prices of artworks sold at auctions. Since auction data do not constitute a panel or a time series but are composed of repeated cross-sections, they require a specification with items at the first level nested in time-points. Our approach combines the flexibility of mixed effect models together with the predicting performance of time series as it allows to model the time dynamics directly. Model estimation is obtained by means of maximum likelihood through the expectation–maximization algorithm. The model is motivated by the analysis of the first database ethnic artworks sold in the most important auctions worldwide. The results show that the proposed specification improves considerably over classical proposals both in terms of fit and prediction.     

中华"遂皇"考——燧人氏的事迹及时代之考察

改革开放后,学术界对太昊伏羲氏和女娲氏的研究比较多,大多数学者认为他们是人而不是神,也不是"时代符号".但对他们的"父"族燧人氏,却鲜有研究.主要原因是燧人氏事迹简略,形象模糊,多以为是个"时代符号".我们认为:从距今二三十万年进入到"早期智人"(古人)生存时期,伴随着母系氏族的出现,作为"首领"的神传说人物,不论其故事有怎样的神话色彩,都从某种程度上,反映了当时社会的状况.距今约五万年前进入到"晚期智人"(新人)阶段后,氏族首领也是如此,燧人氏为新石器时代早期的氏族首领.他因发明"人工取火"而被称为三皇之首,亦称为"遂皇"(即燧皇).