Recently added articles from Human Organization:
Guatemala's Ladino and Maya Migra Landscapes: The Tangible and Intangible Outcomes of Migration
Jul 01, 2008; Moran-Taylor, Michelle J ... International migration reorganizes livelihoods in the developing world. As globalization and transnational processes increase, these phenomena penetrate and affect peoples' lives and places in myriad forms. Using ethnographic material, this cross-cultural and cross-regional study examines the ...
Maine: On the Cusp of the Forest Transition
Jul 01, 2008; Acheson, James M ... Deforestation is a serious problem in many parts of the world. Recently, deforestation is being reversed in some areas, a process called the "forest transition." This article describes the historic changes occurring in Maine's forests, and discusses the implications of those changes. Large scale ...
Ambivalence toward Formalizing Customary Resource Management Norms among Alaska Native Beluga Whale Hunters and Tohono O'odham Livestock Owners
Jul 01, 2008; Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E; Hays, John U Jr; Huntington, Henry P; Andrew, Regis; Goodwin, Willie ... Indigenous communities are increasingly asked to develop formal resource management plans, which often require them to codify implicit, norm-based management systems. We compare the experiences of two indigenous groups that attempted to develop such management plans for beluga whales and arid ...
Economic Costs of Serious Illness in Rural Southwest China: Household Coping Strategies and Health Policy Implications
Jul 01, 2008; Jian, Li ... Today, some 10 million Chinese peasants fall below China's official poverty line annually because of illness. Currently, more than 80 percent of China's rural residents do not have any health insurance, and most of those who do still have to pay up to 90 percent of their medical costs. Despite ...
Building Peace in Angola: The Role of the Exhumation Process in Kuito
Jul 01, 2008; Barkey, Nanette ... Angola endured more than 40 years of nearly constant war and is now in the process of building peace. The city of Kuito paid an especially heavy price when 20,000 to 30,000 people lost their lives there during an 18-month siege (1993-1994) and were buried in hastily dug graves scattered around ...
Coping with Payola: Field Ventures from Mindanao
Jul 01, 2008; Austin, Timothy ... Based upon on-site observations and field interviews in the northwest coastal region of Mindanao of the southern Philippines, this paper presents a typology of bribery and extortion. The manner in which payola is paid under-the-table in the routine life of locals is discussed along with how such ...
Trajectories of Methamphetamine Use in the Rural South: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Jul 01, 2008; Sexton, Rocky L; Carlson, Robert G; Leukefeld, Carl G; Booth, Brenda M ... This paper describes trajectories of methamphetamine (MA) use among participants in a longitudinal study in rural Arkansas and Kentucky. Thirty-nine baseline qualitative interviews were conducted with active MA users. Twenty-four participants were interviewed again from 12 to 24 months later. At ...
The Mexican American Sobador, Convergent Disease Discourse, and Pain Validation in South Texas
Jul 01, 2008; Hinojosa, Servando Z ... This paper examines how Mexican American sobadores (folk manual therapists) provide needed health services to South Texas residents. Operating in a region with high levels of workplace injuries, chronic disease, and low levels of insuredness, sobadores offer a kind of attention that is appealing ...
Who Benefits?: Tourism Development in Fenghuang County, China
Jul 01, 2008; Feng, Xianghong ... The Chinese government is making tourism an important rural development strategy. Local governments and outside developers jointly manage and develop natural and cultural resources to increase tourism revenues. The government sells development and management rights to large for-profit ...
Professionalizing Human Services: A Case of Domestic Violence Shelter Advocates
Jul 01, 2008; Wies, Jennifer R ... Recent decades have witnessed a shift in the provision of human services in America in multiple forms, including the work of caring for the elderly, people living with mental/physical disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. Using a case study of domestic violence shelter advocates, this ...