Policy Forum: Studying Eyewitness Investigations in the Field

This article considers methodological issues arising from recent efforts to provide field tests of eyewitness identification procedures. We focus in particular on a field study (Mecklenburg 2006) that examined the “double blind, sequential” technique, and consider the implications of an acknowledged methodological confound in the study. We explain why the confound has severe consequences for assessing the real-world implications of this study.     

Forensic utility of the mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 of domestic dogs, in conjunction with breed and geographic information

The 608-bp hypervariable region 1 (HV1) sequences from 36 local dogs were analyzed to characterize the population genetic structure of canid mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Sixteen haplotypes were identified. A 417-bp segment of this sequence was compared with GenBank sequences from a geographically representative sample of 201 dogs, two coyotes, and two wolves. Sixty-six haplotypes were identified including 62 found only in domestic dogs. Fourteen of these correspond to the 16 local haplotypes and were among the most frequent haplotypes. The local sample was judged to be representative of the much broader geographic sample. No correlation was observed between local haplotypes and the owner's characterization of dog breed. A 60-bp variation "hotspot" within the canid HV1 was identified as a potentially valuable molecular tool, particularly for assaying limited or degraded DNA samples.     

The International Monetary Fund: A review of the recent evidence

A review of recent quantitative studies on the International Monetary Fund reveals that much of the conventional wisdom is incorrect. Recent studies have demonstrated a new degree of methodological rigor, have drawn more heavily upon insights from political science, and have asked a number of new questions. We review studies of participation in IMF programs, design of IMF conditionality, implementation and enforcement of IMF conditions, conventional program effects and catalytic effects. At every stage, we find substantial evidence of the influence of major IMF shareholders, of the Fund’s own organizational imperatives, and of domestic politics within borrowing countries. We conclude that very little is known with certainty about the effects of IMF lending, but that a great deal has been learned about the mechanics of IMF programs that will have to be taken into account in order to obtain unbiased estimates of those effects.

佛学的东方属性及亚洲核心思想之地位——高楠顺次郎的佛学价值功能论

日本“东洋学”家高楠顺次郎站在亚洲整体观及东方学的立场上，对佛学之于印度的“文化清算”功能做了深入系统的分析阐述，认为佛学的出现标志着来自西方的印度雅利安人的文化由物质性的文化改造为精神性的东方文化，指出佛学从十五个方面对以往婆罗门教文化做了彻底的“文化清算”，从而与雅利安人固有的“西方思想”分道扬镳，实现了佛学的东方化，不仅改变了印度的历史文化的发展进程，而且逐渐成为“亚洲的核心思想”；他还进一步对印度、中国和日本的佛学特色做了比较。高楠顺次郎关于印度佛学的研究贯穿着“东方-西方”意识，表现了“亚洲核心思想”的认同，富有理论东方学的价值，值得我们进行批判的分析研究。     

《贵州民族研究》创刊40年“民族法学研究”综述

《贵州民族研究》创刊四十年来所刊发的民族法学论文272篇,其中民族法制史论文17篇,民族部门法论文78篇,民族法学理论论文85篇,民族习惯法论文90篇。于此作者特对所刊的民族地区法制史、民族部门法、民族法理学及民族习惯法等研究成果进行综述。     

The state of anthropology in and of Japan: a review essay

As there are many anthropologists in Japan, including those who work elsewhere, the focus here is largely on foreign anthropologists who choose Japan as a field, and whose numbers have increased exponentially during the working lifetime of the author. The perspective is from Europe, but the vital cooperation of local anthropologists in Japan is acknowledged from the outset. The paper recounts ways in which these anthropologists have themselves cooperated, reviews a selection of the theory and ethnography they have espoused, and demonstrates the importance of anthropology as a discipline essential for a good understanding of Japan and its inhabitants.     

Race and a decolonial turn in development studies

Abstract

This paper reviews and revives a longstanding conversation about race and development studies, which was prominently explored in a collection of papers on race and racism in the journal Progress in Development Studies back in 2006. This revival is timely in the context of a global call to decolonise higher education. Given the central logic of race and racism in European colonialism, and the decolonial argument that colonialism continues in the production and value of knowledge, I examine the presence and absence of race and racism in discussions of decolonising higher education and in development studies. Through a systematic review and content analysis of papers published in six major development studies journals over the past 13?years, I identify where and how race is present in current development scholarship and explore the implications of this for a decolonial turn in development studies.     

实践出真知 调查出成果——为纪念"六山六水调查"20周年而作

本文全面回顾总结了荔波瑶山瑶族的调查 ,并指出调查研究工作出成果 ,而且培养了一批民族研究人才     

邓小平理论的历史地位研究述评

邓小平理论的历史地位是邓小平理论研究中的重大问题,学术界从马克思主义发展史、社会主义运动发展史以及现代化等方面进行了深入的探讨.     

师范:研究郑和的云南第一人

清代嘉庆年间,师范遴选了编写得最好的一篇《郑和传》,收入他编纂的《滇系》里。他在史评当中,高度赞扬了郑和的历史功绩,并且用郑和事迹激励乡里。师范是研究郑和的云南第一人。