Recently, the call to combine land change science (LCS) and political ecology (PE) in the study of human-environment interactions has been widely discussed by scientists from both subfields of geography. In this paper, we use a hybrid ecology framework to examine the effects of conservation policies on the environment and the livelihood of the people of the Korup National Park (KNP). Using tech...

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has included symbolic aspects. The fundamental question of the article is that, what are the symbolic aspects of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and why the Islamic Republic of Iran has used these features to influence Islamic countries? Since the bearers of the word and the symbolic goods have the most legitimacy in social and political fields, this revolution has...

(Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia) CASE Visiting Fellow, UC Berkeley November 2008 Civil-Military Relations in Russia. Field Report Civil-military relations Civil-military relations are a very important issue for the modern Russian politics. Russia’s location and geopolitical situation required it to participate in multiple wars and conflicts over some 323 years to maintain ...

salah abdul saboor as a pioneer of arabic poetry is one of the greatest contemporary poets of egypt. this paper is about his famous play named ”hallaj’s tragedy”. this play tries to unveil social and political dimensions of hallaj’s life and the age he lived in order to compare it with abdul saboor’s life and age. we can call this play “tragedy of abdul saboor”. abdul saboor in this play discus...

Pigs have long held great symbolic import for the people of Vanuatu, a sprawling archipelago 1,000 miles northeast of Australia. In most of the indigenous, small-scale communities which comprised traditional Vanuatu society, pig ownership and pig killing conveyed status, wealth, and informal power. Such rituals were the sole measure of social standing and political rank. In this study, I show h...

The fight against HIV/AIDS is an example of a global struggle for the promotion of sexual health and the protection of human rights for all, including sexual minorities. It represents a challenge for the understanding of its impact on political, social, and economic processes. My central goal in this piece is twofold. First, I underline the importance of a political and human rights perspective...

As state and local officials struggle with the challenge of organizing and implementing solid waste management programs, they are faced with choices laden with emotional, political, scientific and economic influences. Trash-to­ energy, an important part of many states' disposal options, brings with it policy issues reflective of its unique processes. Recycling, emissions levels, and ash managem...

591 July 2012, Vol. 102, No. 7 SAMJ Progressive disempowerment and provincial healthcare under-budgeting in the Eastern Cape almost forced the resignation of its corruption-buster chief, Dr Siva Pillay and his most trusted administrators last month. The political moves were directly responsible for thousands of healthcare workers going without pay or being underpaid, for five months. National h...

Correspondence A. C. Laurell Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco. Callejón de Chilpa 23-9, Col. La Concepción, Coyoacán, DF 04000, México. [email protected] Social policy and health policy are integral parts of society’s projects, but their place in societies differs. Rightist or neoliberal governments view such policies as an area they cannot overlook without losing legitimacy, a...