Segmented political assimilation: perceptions of racialized opportunities and Latino immigrants' partisan identification

Abstract

To account for Latino immigrants' assimilation into the American political mainstream, I derive social psychological factors from the contextual notion of ‘modes of incorporation’ in the segmented assimilation literature. These social psychological factors, perceptions of racialized opportunities (PROPs), relate to immigrants' adoption of political party identities (i.e. Democrat, Republican). I test these PROPs factors utilizing the 2006 Latino National Survey (N=5,717 immigrant Latino respondents). Multinomial logistic regressions predicting party identification, compared to either ‘Don't Know’ or ‘Don't Care’ options, indicate that PROPs are significantly related to Latino immigrants' identification as either Democrats or Republicans. High levels of identification with perceived white opportunities are related to Republican identity and high levels of identification with perceived black opportunities differentiate Democrats from Republicans.     

Community Attachment: The Complexity and Consequence of the Natural Environment Facet

The primary objective of this paper is to examine more closely the complex nature of the natural environment dimension of community attachment using the narratives of local community members. This work seeks to build and elaborate on previous quantitative analyses that demonstrated two distinct dimensions of community attachment––social and natural environment. The findings reveal several distinct facets of the natural environment dimension of community attachment and demonstrate both a discreet perception of the natural environment in terms of community attachment as well as one that is more embedded within the social context of a particular lifestyle. The findings further demonstrate the need to include consideration of the natural environment in the broader assessment of community attachment and bolster previous quantitative research findings.

Prejudice Toward Fat People: The Development and Validation of the Antifat Attitudes Test

LEWIS, ROBIN J, THOMAS F CASH, LORA JACOBI, CRISTINA BUBB-LEWIS. Prejudice toward fat people: The development and validation of the Antifat Attitudes Test. Although the stigma of obesity in our society in well documented, the measurement of antifat attitudes has been a difficult undertaking. Two studies were conducted to construct and validate the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT). In study 1, college students (110 men and 175 women) completed the preliminary 54-item AFAT and specific indices of body image and weight-related concerns. Psychometric and factor analysis revealed a 47-item composite scale and three internally consistent factors that were uncorrelated with social desirability: Social/Character Disparagement, Physical/Romantic Unattractiveness, and Weight Control/Blame. Several body image correlates of antifat prejudice were identified, and men expressed more negative attitudes than women. Study 2 experimentally examined the effects of information about the controllability of weight on the antifat attitudes of 120 participants. Exposure to information on behavioral vs. biogenetic control led to greater blame of persons who are fat for their body size. The implications of the findings and the potential utility of the AFAT are discussed.     

辽东湾湿地环境保护与资源持续利用对策

1　引　言辽东湾湿地是我国乃至亚洲最大的河口湿地(图 1 ) ,仅次于罗马尼亚的多瑙河河口湿地 ,居世界第二位。它东起营口市老边区 ( 1 2 2°2 6′) ,西至凌海市小凌河口 ( 1 2 1°8′) ,南起盖洲市大清河口 ( 40°2 5′) ,北至北宁市沟帮子 ( 41°2 1′) [1] ,陆地面积为1 2 9× 1 0 6ｈａ,- 5ｍ等深线以内的浅海面积为 4 4× 1 0 5ｈａ(包括盘锦市的全部及营口和锦洲市的部分地区 ,其中 90 %以上的湿地位于辽河三角洲地区 ) [2 ] 。目前 ,仅双台子河口东西两侧百余万亩芦苇沼泽尚存有湿地风貌 ,辽东湾湿地已岌岌可危。60年代以后 ,辽东…     

Risk Assessment of Tropospheric Ozone: Human Health,Natural Resources,and Ecology

Ozone is an unusual trace gas in the atmosphere, presenting a challenge for risk assessors and risk managers. The challenge can be traced to the gas’ complex chemistry in the atmosphere (exposure), toxicology in biological systems (response), and the fledgling enterprise of risk assessment for widely distributed, highly reactive pollutants. This paper addresses the (i) co-evolution of the scientific data underlying ozone risk assessment on human health, natural resources (crops and managed forests), and unmanaged ecosystems, (ii) similarities and differences in risk assessment among these receptors, and (iii) utility of indicators in risk assessment. The scientific community has developed a sound database to underpin the ozone risk assessment, although the breadth and depth differ markedly among the three receptors. There are similarities in ozone risk assessment among human health, natural resources, and ecology, including features of exposure (e.g., temporal variation), response of plants and humans (e.g., sensitive cohorts), and integration of exposure and response (e.g., importance of peak and cumulative exposures). Equally important are the notable differences, and the more prominent are scaling of exposure-response relationships, air quality monitoring, economic valuation, and models to complement more traditional experimental approaches. Of the three receptors, the status of indicators for conducting ecological ozone risk assessment is the weakest.     

西双版纳自然保护区曼旦村傣族利用自然资源的传统和变化

我国广大农村都面临着人口多土地少的矛盾 ,在靠山吃山传统习惯的影响下 ,执行禁止采伐天然森林的国家政策也面临着很多困难。傣族是西双版纳较早的土著民族 ,有一套利用自然资源的传统 ,把森林看得很重要 ,人则被放在次要的位置 ,即 :森林 水 农田 粮食 人[1,7] 。位于勐腊坝子东面的山区有一个叫曼旦的傣族村寨 ,由于 1980年兴建大型水库淹没水田和建立自然保护区给村民生产和生活带来了不少困难。但是 ,该村没有因此而贫困下来 ,反而在附近村寨中经济发展得最好。通过调查 ,发现了曼旦村利用自然资源的优良 ,发表此文 ,以期为村寨资源利…     

南岳山自然保护区大型真菌资源考察及其生态分布和经济意义分析

经过多年来的采集及最近集中考察,收集南岳山自然保护区大型真菌173种,分别隶属于15目、37科、83属,充分体现了种类方面的多样性．在生态特征方面,分布于常绿阔叶林、针阔叶混交林、竹林、常绿或落叶灌丛、针叶林、高山草甸等环境;其中腐生类型为主,有共生类型和寄生类型．在经济价值方面,有食用菌77种,药用菌43种,毒菌24种,木材腐朽菌93种,树木共生菌32种．另有省内新记录种18种．最后提出了保护和利用南岳山自然保护区大型真菌资源的建议．     

Attitudes of Dutch Citizens toward Sow Husbandry with Regard to Animals,Humans, and the Environment

The pig industry is struggling with negative attitudes of people toward sow husbandry. To be able to respond to these attitudes, the pig industry first has to understand people’s attitudes. The first objective of this study was to determine the attitudes of Dutch people toward sow husbandry with regard to animals, humans, and the environment. The second objective was to group people based on their attitudes toward sow husbandry and determine and compare the socio-demographic characteristics of these groups. An online survey was conducted in the Netherlands and there were 1,607 respondents. On average, respondents had negative attitudes toward all issues defined in this study. The most negative attitudes were toward the effect on both animals and consumers of the use of antibiotics, the number of animals kept per square meter, the possibility for animals to go outside, food safety risks, public health risks, and environmental waste. The findings indicate the importance of considering all the issues identified in this study during the process of developing measures to improve people’s attitudes toward sow husbandry. Respondents could be divided into four clusters; each cluster represented different attitudes toward sow husbandry and had different socio-demographic characteristics. This makes it possible for the pig industry to assign people with specific socio-demographic characteristics to one of the clusters and predict their attitudes toward sow husbandry. Knowledge of these attitudes enables the pig industry to predict how different groups of people will respond to different animal welfare measures. Results of this study are therefore useful for the pig industry to help improve people’s attitudes toward sow husbandry.     

染料植物资源的开发利用

提出了植物染料、染料植物的概念及植物染料的分类,介绍了植物染料的起源、历史和应用现状,探讨了重要染料植物资源,提出染料植物资源开发利用的建议.     

Population policies,programmes and the environment

Human consumption is depleting the Earth''s natural resources and impairing the capacity of life-supporting ecosystems. Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively over the past 50 years than during any other period, primarily to meet increasing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fibre and fuel. Such consumption, together with world population increasing from 2.6 billion in 1950 to 6.8 billion in 2009, are major contributors to environmental damage. Strengthening family-planning services is crucial to slowing population growth, now 78 million annually, and limiting population size to 9.2 billion by 2050. Otherwise, birth rates could remain unchanged, and world population would grow to 11 billion. Of particular concern are the 80 million annual pregnancies (38% of all pregnancies) that are unintended. More than 200 million women in developing countries prefer to delay their pregnancy, or stop bearing children altogether, but rely on traditional, less-effective methods of contraception or use no method because they lack access or face other barriers to using contraception. Family-planning programmes have a successful track record of reducing unintended pregnancies, thereby slowing population growth. An estimated $15 billion per year is needed for family-planning programmes in developing countries and donors should provide at least $5 billion of the total, however, current donor assistance is less than a quarter of this funding target.     

植物资源与化学数据库系统（DPRC）的功能与应用

由中国科学院昆植物研究所和云南省机械研究设计院的植物资源化学数据库系统是一个将植物资源,植物化学成分及化学结构的多种信息、数据和图象融为一体的、开和式多功能软件系统、,包括植资源检索系统、植物化学成分检索系统及天然产物化学结构检索系统等三个子系统。     

我国天然香料资源开发现状及其产品市场分析

本文综述了我国天然香料资源的分布及开发利用现状 ,分析了主要天然香料产品的市场需求趋势 ,并在此基础上提出了今后云南省“十·五”期间天然香料资源开发的重点与目标。     

论阳江市的资源,环境与可持续发展战略

通过从广东省阳江市的资源环境特征及区位优势入手,分析其经济发展与人口、资源、环境间日益加剧的矛盾及其面临的严峻的挑战,最后从可持续发展的要求出发,提出实施可持续发展战略的综合调控对策。