Weight References for Burned Human Skeletal Remains from Portuguese Samples

Weight is often one of the few recoverable data when analyzing human cremains but references are still rare, especially for European populations. Mean weights for skeletal remains were thus documented for Portuguese modern cremations of both recently deceased individuals and dry skeletons, and the effect of age, sex, and the intensity of combustion was investigated using both multivariate and univariate statistics. The cremains from fresh cadavers were significantly heavier than the ones from dry skeletons regardless of sex and age cohort (p < 0.001 to p = 0.003). As expected, males were heavier than females and age had a powerful effect in female skeletal weight. The effect of the intensity of combustion in cremains weight was unclear. These weight references may, in some cases, help estimating the minimum number of individuals, the completeness of the skeletal assemblage, and the sex of an unknown individual.     

世纪之交东南亚华人社会的变迁与发展

本文通过分析东南亚华人社会的变迁与发展,提供了世纪之交东南亚华人社会发展的一个侧面。作者认为,20世纪后期,是东南亚华人社会发生大变动的时期。进入21世纪,随着经济全球化和政治民主化的深入发展,东南亚各国的华人社会面临着新的挑战与机会。在不同族群文化与不同族群关系的互动下,东南亚各国的华人社会将与各主体民族一起,在当地化、多元化的方向上迈出更坚实的步伐。     

建国初期社会问题研究综述

建国初期的社会问题研究已经取得了丰硕的研究成果,文章从社会问题的界定和分类入手,对建国初期的结构性 社会问题、变迁性社会问题、越轨性社会问题、社会心理性社会问题四类进行了总结,探讨建国初期社会问题的理论视角、资料的选取和研究方法.     

以新制度主义解读信访制度改革

信访制度这一公共品的“拥挤”是缺乏在成本上与信访可竞争的救济渠道的制度安排造成的，现行的改革思路不利于信访制度的长远建设。依据新制度经济学理论，给出了诸如采取“一揽子计划”等一些有益的改革建议。     

浸透着伊斯兰文化传统的文莱媒介

文莱是个穆斯林君主制和伊斯兰传统的国家。1984年独立后.政府一直依靠集权统治和至高无上的宗教体系来维持原有的意识形态和价值观。媒介,作为意识形态的一个主要部分,自然也被浸透在伊斯兰君主制的思想中,而且在法律的监护下担负着将伊斯兰思想渗透到社会各个阶层的任务。     

Signs of the times: the discourse of ‘three represents’ and globalisation

In the past two decades, the economic reforms in China not only put Chinese society on the stage of globalisation, but also eroded the established significatory system set in Mao's China, the stability of meaning of governmental linguistic production has also been challenged. It is against such background that the official discourse of ‘Three Represents’ emerged. This paper intends to analyse the discourse of ‘Three Represents’ in the light of articulation as advanced by Stuart Hall, and examine the semiosis of these representations in the context of the reconstruction of epistemological theory. It argues that this on-going discursive practice is, in a way, a significant theoretical response by the CCP to the increasingly diversified social formation, the ‘signs of the times’, brought along by a new globalising economic structure. When signs of wealth are reinterpreted and re-evaluated in a new economic order, signs of authority (Bourdieu, 1991) which are intended to be believed and obeyed by the masses, have also shifted and been renegotiated to accommodate social changes.     

五四时期女性经济角色的变迁

五四时期,在新的历史文化情境下,中国女性的经济角色出现了现代转型,这主要从新的角色期待与新的角色扮演两个层面展开。在角色期待方面,先进时人围绕“经济独立”与“女性就业”展开深入的阐释。在角色扮演方面,五四时期女性就业出现了新面貌,贯穿其中的争取职业平等的斗争尤其值得称道。     

文化旅游资源开发的人类学透视

旅游人类学理论指出 ,文化旅游和旅游文化是两个不同的概念。“文化旅游”是以参与和感受地方文化为主的旅游 ;“旅游文化”是为旅游和游客而制作文化 ,或是为文化而制作旅游和游客。文化旅游者将更广泛地与当地人接触 ,旅游文化应更多地适应旅游者的需要。开发旅游资源 ,应考虑旅游与文化之间的关系。     

如何认识当代资本主义的瓣变化

本文从能不能用科学的态度去认识当代资本主义的新变化直接关系到社会主义的兴衰存亡这一世界社会主义运动的基本经验的高度,探讨如何认识当代资本主义的新变化。强调指出:斯大林不能承认、不正视当代资本主义的新变化,有碍于对当代资本主义的认识和斗争实践;戈尔巴乔夫把当代资本主义的新变化说成是资本主义在性质上的根本改变,否定区分社会主义与资本主义的基本概念和思维方法,一味地同西方世界搞“一体化”,是为资本主义和平演变策略效劳。正确认识当代资本主义的新变化,关键在于不要从主观臆想中,而要从客观的实际影响中去把握它。     

Passage to cyberactivism: how dynamics of activism change

The boost to activism to which the internet has largely contributed has been underlined by financial and image issues growing from hacker attacks and the online promotion of activist groups. Emergency corporate counteractions with regard to these cyber threats have not analysed this new phenomenon. The state of the research in this area has consistently remained at the period before the development and widespread use of the internet. Cyberactivism, therefore, is a cyber phenomenon without a clear meaning or a clear definition. In order to understand cyberactivism, it is important to understand that it is much more than simply about hacking and activists' online promotion. It is a new phenomenon, growing out of activism but changing the pressure on corporations. With the internet, new dynamics of issue selection have been established and a different aggregation within groups has taken place. A new organisational set‐up among activist groups puts new pressure on corporations, which must develop new strategies concerning online rules. Cyber actions are originated by individuals triggering a spontaneous relationship between many users. The pressure is no longer the result of a long aggregation into association, but of an immediate and spontaneous network of relationships. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications