The pioneer's curse: Selection bias and agricultural land degradation

Expansion of agriculture into new regions has often been followed by land degradation. In this article, it is argued that the process of land development involves the selection of pioneer's with optimistic expectations about the robustness and carrying capacity of new land. Hence, there is a systematic bias towards overexploitation and land degradation. The argument is shown to be an extension of the winner's curse analysis in the theory of auctions.Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland     

Food Insecurity in Regional Rural Australia

ABSTRACT

This study explores food relief recipients' and providers’ experiences and perceptions of food insecurity in a large regional town in Australia. The cross-sectional qualitative methods research design incorporated survey-based interviews of four food relief services, a focus group of food relief recipients and two biographical interviews of food insecurity experience. Qualitative thematic data analysis provided insight into the respondents’ experience and perceptions of the causes of food insecurity, the provision of food relief and the limitations of a charity model. An ecological-model-based analysis shows that food insecurity is the product of multiple complex causes including chronic and situational poverty. Political dimensions emerged in terms of the policies that are developed or omitted.

IMPLICATIONS

• Social workers need to advocate for the human right to food and strengthen capacity at multiple levels to improve food security.

• Improving access to quality and culturally appropriate food requires the implementation of multiple strategies.

     

Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism

ABSTRACT

This piece reconsiders histories of anti-racist thought and practice, including the linkages between anti-racisms and other traditions of liberatory thought. We argue that anti-racism should be understood as a strand in radical thought linking internationalism, institutional critique and street activism, in the process interfeeding with other social movements. The traditions of anti-racist thought discussed in this special issue exemplify these cross-cutting influences.     

论网络中个体化媒介权及其法律调整

权利在法律调整中具有基础性的地位，本文结合网络的社会属性、技术性探讨网络中之权利——个体化媒介权，并对该权利的法律调整提供一些设想     

我国物权法对私有财产权的保护

2004年宪法修正案中关于保护公民合法财产权的内容,确认了改革开放以来经济领域中的成果。2007年物权法确立了私有财产权的物权地位,丰富和完善了与私人财产有关的所有权、用益物权和担保物权制度,做出了对私有财产权的限制及救济制度。     

四川灾区重建的法律关怀与保护——房地产法律关系的灾后调整与利益平衡

自然灾害造成了巨大的人员伤亡和财产损失，也极大地扭曲、改变了社会生活中原本正常和谐的各种法律关系及其蕴含的利益。四川大地震引发了各种错综复杂的法律权益的调整与保护问题。就房地产法律关系而言，应建立灾后房地产法律关系的调整平衡机制予以处理，以充分维护人民的根本利益，保障社会运行的和谐稳定及其可持续发展。     

生态视野下人类文明进程中的困惑——迟子建长篇小说《额尔古纳河右岸》探析

迟子建以她惯有的温情叙述滋养着黑土地文化的写作。长篇小说《额尔古纳河右岸》将生态话语纳入文学书写的维度,为我们展露了现代文明入侵下的鄂温克族民俗文化、生存方式以及生态资源等境况,彰显了在人类文明进程中所遭遇的尴尬、悲哀和无奈。     

反抗与惩罚20世纪50年代嘉定县乡村的犯罪与财产法秩序

20世纪50年代互助组、合作化、统购统销等乡村社会的再组织,呈现了反抗和惩罚并存的实践面相。在互助合作运动和统购统销政策的执行过程中,反抗可能部分地映射了农民日常生活实践中的生存伦理,而从社会工程和治理的角度看,反抗则会演变为破坏从而招致更为正式化的惩罚。全能主义姿态的治理实践与村落传统有机结合,惩罚的政治化与反抗的日常化成为这一时期乡村政治和法律实践的基本逻辑。     

《寄宿舍》中的人物身份与权力关系

运用文学中“身份”的主题,以及福柯的圆形监狱理论,分析乔伊斯的短篇小说集《都柏林人》中的一篇小说《寄宿舍》。在对主要人物的身份分析,小说中的权力关系分析后,可以得出看似普通的婚嫁故事背后有权力话语对人物的支配作用。     

秩序与权利:对音乐历史与理性的法律思考

古代音乐与以规制礼俗秩序的法律一脉相承 ,理解音乐的发展史有助于理解法律的发展史 ,音乐的审美结构和技术发展型塑了法律的语言结构和节韵 ,法律成为保护音乐著作者权利的理性护身符 ,中西音乐的不同特性为我们正确对待西学东渐的法律 ,审慎建构中国法治提供了深刻的哲学思考