Udder justice: the dairy cow’s experience of milk production regulations in Canada

Abstract

In a world continually (re)structured through neoliberal organization, processes of food production and consumption are increasingly market-oriented within an agribusiness-structured system. This paper provides an exploratory analysis of the role of the Canadian dairy cow as both a producer and a consumer through questioning how the production–consumption roles are structured within federal legal regulations governing the dairy cow’s life on a modern farm. Particularly, this paper explores whether there is a difference between how the dairy cow is defined and treated through regulations governing consumption, such as feed and care, versus production laws, including impregnation and milking processes. This inquiry will be answered by examining literature and data describing Canadian dairy farms, combined with a discourse analysis of federal regulations governing the consumption and production activities of dairy cattle. The results will be presented from the perspective of the Canadian dairy cow, followed by a discussion of how regulations may best represent the just treatment of the dairy cow within both roles.     

谈世博类大型安保检查站警员的自我调适

在上海世博、北京奥运等安保工作中都出现了＂护城河＂检查站。参加这样大型安保工作的检查站警员会因多种因素而导致出现诸多身心问题。因此,参加世博类大型安保检查站工作的警员要努力适应检查站的安全要求、树立正确的荣辱观、尽快找到归属感、学会自我激励、选择实施行为疗法,以保持自身旺盛的战斗力。     

中美知识产权“刑事门槛”争端的法律问题

2007年4月美国就中国知识产权刑事保护机制问题提交WTO争端解决机构(DSB)以寻求解决。这是DSB受理的第一起就知识产权刑事保护机制问题所引发的争端。本案的争议核心是如何解释作为"刑事门槛"的《TRIPS协定》第61条所规定的"商业规模"。通过DSB解释实践,可以看出,"商业规模"的解释主权应属各成员所有,但解释边界受《TRIPS协定》第61条相关条件的限制,中国知识产权刑事保护立法机制符合《TRIPS协定》,没有必要继续下降"刑事门槛"。美国对中国知识产权的施压应由单纯要求"降低刑事门槛"转变为"如何在降低正版产品的价格情况下加大对盗版的刑事打击力度"。     

Was It Worth It? The Territorial Reform in the Canton of Glarus

This paper examines the financial impact of the 2011 reform of the local governments and jurisdictions in the canton of Glarus. After a popular vote 70 public entities were reorganized to form three large uniformed communes. Previous research showed that amalgamations do not automatically lead to savings in public expenditures and economies of scale. We empirically apply the synthetic control method and show that the territorial reform realized some savings in public expenditure. However, the effect of the reorganization of tasks and responsibilities between the canton and the communes was more influential. The reform must be understood as a horizontal and vertical venture that encompasses both the communes and the canton, much more far‐reaching than a pure local territorial reform.     

对黔东南特种经济动物——香猪的保护与发展思考

黔东南香猪是苗族在特殊社会历史条件下,利用特殊繁殖手段选育的珍稀畜种,本文就香猪品种的保护和发展香猪产业面临的问题提出一些建议。     

论现代政治增长及其对国家治理的影响

长期以来学界以及社会总是将"政治—市场—社会"相互关系置于相互竞争和挤压的语境,但从历时性的角度上看,政治、市场和社会在改革开放以来却在不同程度的同时增长.分析我国政治增长的历史基础,并从政府规模、组织结构、技术加持三个方面,阐述政治增长的事实和趋势,发现现代社会的流动性和复杂性奠定了现代政治增长的合理性基础,这种政治...     

Predictive Models of Domestic Violence and Fear of Intimate Partners Among Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Women

Despite a growing body of knowledge concerning family abuse, there is little research focusing on domestic violence in rural settings. Likewise, there is a paucity of research on family abuse among low-income and racial/ethnic minorities who reside in rural areas. This study examined the prevalence of domestic abuse experienced by low-income, predominantly Latina farm worker women. Using logistic regression analysis, we analyzed factors that predict victimization and the influence of those factors on women's fear of their intimate partners. Survey data were collected from 1001 adult female patients of 11 migrant farm worker health care clinics in nine states. Among the study participants, 19% had been physically or sexually abused by a husband, boyfriend, or companion. The strongest predictors of domestic abuse were drug/alcohol use by the respondent's partner, pregnancy, and migrant status. The factors that most influenced respondents' fear of their intimate partners were abuse and frequency of abuse. The article concludes by discussing implications of the study for domestic violence intervention, treatment, and research in rural settings.     

Game farm conversions and the land question: unpacking present contradictions and historical continuities in farm dwellers' tenure insecurity in Cradock

This article addresses farm workers and farm dwellers' tenure insecurity and its relationship with farm conversions in the agricultural district of Cradock, located in the Eastern Cape Karoo. It argues that consequences of farm conversions for farm workers/dwellers' tenure security must be understood within the context of regional land and labour histories. Its main contention with existing positions that ‘blame’ farm conversions for increased evictions and an efflux of workers/dwellers from farms is that there is a correlative rather than causative relationship between farm conversions and farm worker/dweller displacements in the semi-arid areas. It argues that the extreme nature of the historical land question and the continued dominance of a historically white land-owning class in the semi-arid areas render farm workers/dwellers structurally vulnerable to having their residential arrangements on farms terminated at any given moment. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Cradock between 2009 and 2011, the article shows that game farm conversions tend to perpetuate existing land and power relations on farms as they have prevailed over time. However, it also argues that the distinctiveness of game farm conversions lies in their near ‘irreversibility’ as a land use form which creates more permanently securitised and sealed-off pockets of consolidated land in the countryside. These transformations increase the erosion of farm workers/dwellers' embedded social histories and cultural imprint as a labouring class on the landscape.     

Capitalism obscured: the limits of law and rights-based approaches to poverty reduction and development

The Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP) was established by the United Nations in 2005 and concluded in 2008. Although inspired by Hernando de Soto's analysis of the role of property rights in economic development, the scope of the Commission was defined as ‘legal empowerment’ in general. This commentary offers a critique of the CLEP report, and argues that its underlying assumptions rest on an idealised version of liberal democratic capitalism in which a dynamic market economy assures ‘win-win’ solutions for all. This implies that there are no tensions between the four ‘pillars’ of legal empowerment identified by CLEP (the rule of law, property rights, labour rights, and business rights). However, in the real world of capitalism, in both democratic and authoritarian versions, there are structural tensions between classes of capital and classes of labour, which result in the economy and its underlying institutional order becoming a key site of contestation. The case of farm labour in rural South Africa is used to illustrate this argument. A focus on legal rights can, however, be ‘empowering’ to a degree, when it helps defend poor people from exploitation and abuse, or is located within broader strategies to eradicate systemic poverty.     

肝心同治法治疗功能性消化不良伴焦虑抑郁状态30例

目的 观察疏肝健脾合养心安神方治疗功能性消化不良（functional dyspepsia,FD）伴有焦虑抑郁状态的疗效。方法 将90例FD伴焦虑抑郁状态的患者随机分为疏肝组、疏肝养心组和疏肝黛力新组,分别治以中药疏肝健脾方、中药疏肝健脾方+养心安神方,及中药疏肝健脾方+黛力新,治疗前后观察3组患者脾胃症状评分,采用36条目生活质量简表（36-item short form health survey questionnaire, SF-36）评价患者治疗前后的生活质量,采用汉密尔顿焦虑量表（Hamilton anxiety scale, HAMA）、汉密尔顿抑郁量表（Hamilton depression scale, HAMD）评价患者治疗前后的焦虑抑郁水平。结果 疏肝养心组、疏肝黛力新组在改善FD患者脾胃症状,降低HAMA、HAMD评分,改善SF-36各维度评分方面显著优于疏肝组（P<0.05,或P<0.01）;疏肝养心组与疏肝黛力新组疗效比较,差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。结论 疏肝健脾方合养心安神方可明显改善FD伴焦虑抑郁状态患者的脾胃症状,并可改善焦虑抑郁症状,提高生活质量。