Blood and bone: body mass,gender and health inequality in nineteenth-century British families

In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, a new institution emerged: the modern prison. Some prisons invested in scales. Upon entry, prisoners were measured and personal details documented. These meticulously compiled records afford a new vantage point from which we can peer into the dynamics of the household. Body measurements – height, weight, and body mass (weight adjusted for height) – connect to both patterns of consumption and health risk. Prison data thus speak to both gender and health inequality in the past. The paper juxtaposes a service economy (Wandsworth near London) with a modern manufacturing sector (Paisley near Glasgow) in order to contrast how economic form and opportunities in the market sector shaped relations and outcomes in the household sector. We find that families bargained over the allocation of resources; that bargaining position was influenced by economic value, mediated by maternal sacrifice; that this was an earner bias rather than gender bias; and that new industrial work for women and children supported a more egalitarian distribution that improved everyone's health status via superior heights and heavier weights. We examine Irish immigrants to assess cultural differences in family behaviour. Finally, the paper offers, for the first time, a detailed interpolation of Waaler's health risk for women.     

Self-expression and collaborative ‘pro-sumption’ in the digital brandscape

ABSTRACT

The evolution of the global economy has seen the emergence of a digital market space. The collaborative and expressive nature of interactive media and technology allows users to participate in the production and publication of branded content within digital communities of affinity. This presents increased possibilities for self-expression, as well as unlimited opportunities for participation in determining and influencing brand narratives. The digital brandscape has therefore become a collaborative space where surplus brand value is produced, but also where struggles in terms of power and counter power between brands and brand consumers evolve. Against this background, this conceptual article explores the brand challenges the notion of consumer brand self-expression poses in a collaborative open-source context where brand identity is constantly challenged, and brand narratives are continuously written and rewritten by multiple brand authors. The article concludes that it is important that brands do not navigate these risks by adopting defensive stances, but rather boldly seize the opportunities that these technologies offer for creating new market linkages and for developing customer insights that create innovative brand value and impact, by tapping into opportunities for creative self-expression.     

Intervention at Risk: The Vicious Cycle of Distance and Danger in Mali and Afghanistan

In crisis-hit countries, intensive risk management increasingly characterizes the presence of international interveners, with measures ranging from fortified compounds to ‘remote programming’. This article investigates the global drive for ‘security’ from an ethnographic perspective, focusing on Afghanistan and Mali. By deploying the concepts of distance and proximity, the article shows how frontline ‘outsourcing’ and bunkering have generated an unequal ‘risk economy’ while distancing interveners from local society in a trend that itself generates novel risks. To conclude, the article asks whether alternative forms of proximity may help to break the vicious cycle of danger and distance at work in today’s crisis zones.     

“万能制造机”背后的冷思考--3D打印技术安全风险及法律规制研究

3D打印作为一种快速成型技术,近年来发展迅速,有着良好的发展前景与应用空间。然而技术革新的背后潜在隐藏着知识产权、刑事犯罪以及人类伦理等多方面的安全风险,利用法律、政策规制3D打印技术迅猛发展可能带来的安全风险,既是保障社会治安管理秩序的关键,更是3D打印技术进一步发展与革新的前提与基础。     

人工智能产品发展风险抗辩后的损害救济分摊机制研究

我国既要加大人工智能产品的研发和应用力度,最大程度激励人工智能产业发展之巨大潜力,又要预判人工智能产品带来的挑战及其风险。因此,需要根据人工智能产品的特点变革我国产品责任制度,以最大限度防范、降低和合理分配人工智能产品发展风险,尤其是需要完善人工智能产品发展风险抗辩后的损害救济分摊机制。对此,我国必须贯彻"共享—分摊"的损害救济理念,确保在国家、社会、生产者、设计者和消费者之间合理分摊损害,以更好维持各方权益的整体平衡,维护社会主义市场经济秩序并最终促进人工智能产业的高质量发展。     

儒学思想与当前幸福观的构建

市场化和现代化不断在全球渗透、扩张,工具理性主义、世俗功利主义和极端个人主义严重挤压着幸福生活的空间。我国幸福度的提升遭遇了很多隐忧,越来越陷于物化和利益私我化泥潭的民众,享受着几何级数递增的丰硕物质财富,幸福感却没有随之增加。挖掘和坚守儒学幸福思想,有利于构建一种超越物欲、物役、“GDP崇拜”的当前幸福观,形成和谐社会的价值共识理念。引领人们实现更美好、更尊严的可持续性幸福生活。     

论网上证券委托错误的民事责任承担——以投资者利益保护为导向

当网上交易出现系统故障致使交易指令无法执行时,即发生网上证券委托错误,通常会引起利益纠纷,此时责任如何分担也就成为非常现实的问题。券商提供的符合现有法律的在线交易协议书和风险提示书存有大量的免责事由,而基于网络证券交易技术风险承担规则的考察则有缺乏正当化的依据。因此,要实现网上证券交易的持续发展,就必须建立合理有效的民事责任分担制度,同时引入网上证券交易保险机制。     

我国创业板初创期市场风险识别与防控初探——以海外创业板经验教训为借鉴

从对海外典型的成功或失败的创业板市场经验教训的分析总结来看,创业板初创期的市场是充满风险的.初创期风险的成功解决与否与创业板最终的命运存在着明显的关联.因此,对创业板初创期风险及时地识别、合理地防控成为我国创业板当前阶段应该重点关注的问题.     

浅论内部行政行为的监督

在理论上区分内部与外部行政行为的一个重要目的在于从事前、事中对行政行为进行监督,以预防不当内部行政行为的危害、补救由此造成的损失、实现公民的宪法权利。为此,要通过严格内部行政行为的程序、强化专门监督和人大的监督、扩大受案的范围和渠道来强化对其的监督。     

中国环境污染责任保险制度的构想

在工业化过程中,环境污染的发生不仅频繁而且后果严重。单个污染企业承担责任的能力有限,致使污染受害者和公共环境损害往往得不到应有的赔偿。为分散企业环境污染赔偿责任,最大限度的保护受害者,尽量减少社会和国家的损失,有必要借鉴国外环境保险的经验,探索建立我国的环境污染责任保险制度。