What’s missing from Ostrom? Combining design principles with the theory of sociocultural viability

Since 1990, Elinor Ostrom’s design principles for common property resource (CPR) institutions have been highly influential, offering a counter to pessimistic arguments about resource users’ prospects of cooperating to manage CPRs sustainably. However, the theoretical underpinnings of Ostrom’s theory have been criticised: as unfairly negative towards macro-level interventions; as utilising an overly narrow conceptualisation of rationality; and under appreciative of the role of power. These criticisms are examined using insights drawn from the theory of sociocultural viability (cultural theory, for short), a theory of plural rationality related to context. Utilising the case of Faroese whaling, the research aim is to assess the extent that cultural theory ameliorates criticisms laid at Ostrom’s design principles. It finds that Ostrom’s research trajectory was reaching the limits of methodological individualism’s ability to grasp rational behaviour and suggests the design principles may in effect be integrated with cultural theory.     

Voice as Entry to Agriculturalists’ Conservationist Identity: A Cultural Inventory of the Yellowstone River

We explored the communicative construction of a conservationist identity among primary producers by excavating voices of agriculturalists operating along the Yellowstone River (Montana, USA). We used a cultural inventory approach to discover and then listen to informants’ voices as they constructed their conservation identity. Those who self-identified as conservationists talked about their ecological and social responsibilities, and described challenges they faced in protecting individual resources and system processes of the watershed. For these agriculturalists, conservation and production are inextricably linked, and enable them to provide a sustainable resource base for future generations. Insight from these voices enhances understanding of what sustainability could mean to those who self-identify as both conservationists and primary producers.     

和谐：可持续发展观的灵魂

本文通过经济基础和上层建筑的关系说明进行环境文化建设的重要性,辨析了不同的环境价值观念和伦理道德,提出人与环境相融和谐的意识是可持续发展观的灵魂     

宁波市公民防灾应急状况调查研究

为了解公民关于应急知识的掌握情况,也为制定应急宣传教育方法和重点教育内容提供依据,采用自编问卷对1 318名公民进行了调查。结果显示,宁波市公民防灾应急意识状况总体良好,但存在显著的性别差异、城乡差异、文化程度差异、年龄差异和职业状态差异。     

Cultural Relevance for Rural Community Development in China: A Case Study in Bai,Jingpo and Huyaodai Communities of Yunnan Province

Abstract

A three-year study over the Bai, Jingpo and Huayaodai communities in Yunnan Province reveals that the community development is significantly influenced in various ways by such cultural factors as the concepts of development; concepts and traditions of inter-community relationships, consumption, marriage and gender; patterns of decision-making and production, resource and income allocation; as well as the role of information dissemination systems, religion and ritual. Based on the analysis over the interactive relevance between each factor and community development, some strategies and methods for dealing with such a cultural relevance in development projects are recommended.     

试论民族精神的社会功能

本文认为,民族精神的社会功能主要体现在三个方面。首先,民族精神在促进政治变革、维护政治稳定、促进祖国统一、抵御外来侵略、战胜自然灾害、维护民族的国际政治地位等方面具有十分重要的政治功能;其次,民族精神在促进经济发展、保障经济安全、对经济发展进行价值引导等方面,具有日益重要的经济功能;最后,民族精神在保证民族文化的传承、促进民族文化的创新和维护民族文化的安全和独立等方面,具有日益重要的文化功能。     

产絮凝剂细菌的筛选及其培养条件研究

从活性污泥、农药厂土壤中分离筛选到8株产絮凝剂细菌,经过复筛得到一株高效絮凝剂产生菌NT-1.该菌产絮凝剂的适宜碳源为蔗糖,适宜氮源为酵母膏,初始pH值7.0～8.0,装液量45～75 mL/150 mL,接种量3%～6%,摇床转数为150 r/min,32 ℃培养36～72 h;产生具有高效稳定絮凝活性的絮凝剂,对高岭土悬液的絮凝率均在90%以上.     

企业员工安全文化素质的层次分析

建设良好的企业安全文化可以预防企业的事故发生,而企业员工安全文化素质则是企业安全文化的根基,也是企业安全文化的具体体现。通过建立员工安全文化层次渐近模型,分析企业员工安全文化素质的5个层次,即安全的无意识、体制约束下的安全意识、自我的安全意识、自我的可控安全意识、超越自我的安全意识。从中得出,员工安全文化素质的培养是一个长期的渐进的过程,是相互协作的结果。员工安全意识的培养是企业安全文化的标志,它需要良好的氛围,并且体现了企业安全文化的核心本质。因此,培养员工安全文化意识对解决企业安全文化建设及保证企业安全运转具有十分重要的意义。     

民航飞行员职业安全意识的初步研究

编制民航飞行员职业安全意识调查问卷,对1310名民航飞行员进行调查。研究发现:民航飞行员职业安全意识总体水平良好,其中87%的人员达到良好以上水平;安全认知、安全情感与安全意志3个维度发展不平衡,安全意志水平显著低于其他两个维度;单位的安全教育、安全状况以及个人素质是影响民航飞行员职业安全意识的重要因素;经常接受安全教育的飞行员,其职业安全意识水平显著高于偶尔接受安全教育的飞行员;单位安全状况好的飞行员,其职业安全意识水平显著高于单位安全状况一般的飞行员;飞行学员的职业安全意识水平显著高于在职飞行员。建议采取创新安全教育、磨练安全意志、强化环境熏陶等措施,强化民航飞行员的职业安全意识,降低因飞行员原因引发的飞行事故率,提高民航的安全业绩。     

英语教学中的文化导入

语言和文化是密不可分的,在外语教学中要达到语言与文化并重的目的,就要充分重视文化导入的问题.本篇文章详细阐述了文化导入问题在英语教学中的重要性以及外语教学中文化导入的内容及方法.