A new staining method for constriction marks in skin

A modified Poley's acid fuchsin-methyl green stain was used to demonstrate ligature marks in tissues taken at autopsy. This stain was compared in 30 cases with haematoxylin-eosin, Mallory's trichrome and Ogata's picro-indigocarmine stains. Using the modified Poley method, it was possible to demonstrate the compression mark in corpses even when post-mortem changes were advanced. The method was found useful in evaluating the cases when the force used was minimal or when the mark was atypical using the usual haematoxylin-eosin method.     

试论中国和平崛起的时空条件

社会主义初级阶段是中国和平崛起的时间条件,经济全球化是中国和平崛起的空间条件,构成中国和平崛起的基本条件。清醒认识中国和平崛起的时空条件,可以避免“迅速崛起论”和“崛起悲观论”,明确树立“崛起阶段论”,坚定地走中国特色社会主义强国之路,具有重大的理论意义和实践价值。     

城市资源空间组合的互补性理论

现有的城市空间的经济学分析,大多是通过地租变化与聚集效应的相关性来建立城市空间均衡理论的.笔者认为,不存在地租收益增加导致聚集经济也增加的因果关系,因而建立上述理论的路径存在逻辑错误.聚集效应主要决定于城市资源之间的互补性.互补性越强,聚集经济越大,资源空间布局越有效率.因此,本文主要提出了城市资源组合互补性的概念,并由此深入分析聚集效应,进一步完善城市空间均衡理论和发展城市经济学理论.     

马克思主义与时俱进的内在逻辑

马克思主义内在的理论和实践逻辑决定了它能够与时俱进。在任何一个社会历史时间段和任何一个地域空间里 ,马克思主义都有特定的真理边界 ,时代变迁和应用地域转移会促使马克思主义改变自己的理论形式和部分内容以适应新的实践环境。马克思主义的发展由它的实践品质、批判品质和开放品质所推动 ,这些品质内在地驱使着马克思主义者不断进行理论创新。“三个有利于”是检验中国改革开放思想正确与否的标准 ,“三个代表”则为马克思主义与时俱进确立了科学标尺。     

城市社区：农民工随迁子女融入城市社会的共存空间

农民工随迁子女的融入城市既是城镇化推进的动力,同时也是城镇化的最终目的.而现阶段在城乡隔离的二元社会体制的“社会屏蔽”机制与农民工随迁子女融入城市过程的“社会性防御”策略的双重作用下,导致了农民工随迁子女在城市中处于相互隔离状态,形成了“一座城市、两个生活圈子”的现象,进而在城市中形成了“二元社区”.因此,积极引导其融入城市已迫在眉睫.在引导农民工随迁子女城市融入的行动中,社区是其城市融入的“共存空间”,以社区为依托,开展促进农民工随迁子女的城市融入的“社区行动”,进而引导其在“共建共享”的社区文化中实现城市融入.     

Forging parliamentary space: revolutionary assemblies in New Granada and Spain, 1810–31

SUMMARY

This article analyses the making of space in modern parliamentarism from a transatlantic perspective. By considering the case studies of New Granada and Spain between 1810 and 1831, this article focuses on the differences in shaping parliamentary space during the revolutionary period in Europe and the Americas. This study considers the multiplicity of spaces in the construction of parliaments as modern institutions. It also discusses the influences of early modern estate parliaments in the construction of new institutional space in revolutionary times. In the process, several elements will be considered, such as the choice of the town where parliaments convene and the internal organization of the assembly hall. It is argued that, despite similar issues beyond the construction of a new institution, the influence of the king’s presence in Spain led to a different shape of internal parliamentary space compared to New Granada. Such an approach makes an original contribution to the debates on the transformation of sovereignty during this period and it therefore reshapes the interpretation of the revolutionary process from a cultural perspective.     

Parties and Change in the Post-Bailout Cyprus: The May 2016 Parliamentary Elections

The parliamentary elections of 2016, the first following Cyprus’ exit from the bailout programme, took place in a context of indifference on the part of the citizens. Characterised by a decline in bipartisanship, a rise in abstention and a more fragmented party system, the elections paved the way for the historical entry into parliament of the far right party, ELAM. This article sets these outcomes against the broader backdrop of the Great Recession while also paying attention to the reinvigoration of the cultural dimension of political conflict, with potentially significant constraints for future negotiations on the Cyprus problem.     

Sites of repression and resistance: political space in refugee camps in Thailand

Refugee camps are frequently perceived as spaces of emergency and exception. However, they are also spaces where millions of people live their everyday lives, sometimes for extended periods of time. As such, refugee camps are political spaces where struggles over the right to influence life in the camps and shape how they are governed are continuously ongoing. In this context, what are the opportunities for political participation for refugees living in camps? How and to what extent are refugees able to carve out political space where they can engage with and affect their lives and their situations? This paper addresses these questions through an analysis of refugee camps in Thailand. Drawing on Foucauldian analytics, the analysis demonstrates how key strategies employed to govern refugees, namely spatial confinement and development interventions are also creatively subverted by refugees and appropriated as bases for resistance and political mobilization. The article provides new insights into the relationship between power and resistance, demonstrating how specific technologies of governance create opportunities for subversion, reinterpretation, and appropriation.     

The discourse of counter-monuments: semiotics of material commemoration in contemporary urban spaces

This article analyses strategies of material commemoration in contemporary urban spaces. Deploying a philosophical and social-theoretical interpretation systematised by, in particular, Multimodal Critical Discourse Studies and its analysis of material commemoration, the article compares the semiotics of modes of commemorating through monuments and counter-monuments. As is argued, counter-monumental commemoration aligns much better than the traditionally static and non-dialogic monuments with the ongoing post-modern transformation and fluidity of contemporary urban spaces. By the same token, counter-monuments also allow commemoration of complex and difficult past events – such as the Holocaust – that are traditionally surrounded by multiple interpretations and often-conflicting attempts to commemorate them. The analysis at the core of the paper looks in-depth at counter-monumental installations known as Stolpersteine, or Stumbling Blocks, developed since the early 1990s by the German artist Gunter Demnig as a form of commemoration of victims of National Socialism and especially the Holocaust. As is suggested, counter-monuments such as the Stolpersteine carry multiple meanings and have multiple functions which allow for diverse patterns of interaction with past/present. They also allow embedding the dialogue between forms of commemoration (monument/counter-monument) various recipients (locals/tourists, spectators/passers-by) as well as their varied interpretations and expectations of commemoration in the discourse of contemporary urban space.     

The sex of participatory democracy. An analysis of the theoretical approaches and experiences of participatory democracy from a feminist viewpoint

The generalist theory of participatory democracy and the non-essentialist feminist approach to forms of democratization have developed in parallel despite sharing an agreement to work towards more shared forms of managing power. The origin of this disunity lies, partly, in the first theoretical body's tendency to present citizen participation as a tool for democratizing the neutral and universal public space. As a result, both theoretical bodies have parallel points of view regarding the elements that structure women's participation. This article explores, through the qualitative analysis of two experiences of participatory democracy in which the feminist viewpoint has been unequally incorporated (Porto Alegre's participatory budgeting?Porto Alegre PB?and the 15M movement), the relationship between the parallel development of the general proposals of the two theoretical bodies and the elements that restrict the participation of women in the practice of participatory democracy.