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Tactics of persistence : how Cozumel's middle sector has preserved its locally-controlled land transfer pattern over 116 years
Why Mongolia? The political culture of an emerging democracy
Central Asian Survey, Mar 1, 2002
... Located in the middle of the country, it was founded in 1639 when Zanabazar was enthroned as ... more ... Located in the middle of the country, it was founded in 1639 when Zanabazar was enthroned as (Tibetan) Buddhist (Lamaist ... Although he himself practiced shamanism, he believed that the other religions of the region—Nestorian Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism and ...
Modeling the Emergence of Primary States: A Complexity Theory Approach
2012 Annual Meeting, Nov 14, 2012
The Political Agency of Pre-Modern State Royal Women
The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, 2018
Preface and Acknowledgments: “-Scaping” Mongolia
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jul 15, 2017
Approaching warfare in pre-modern states from the perspective of risk reduction, we see that roya... more Approaching warfare in pre-modern states from the perspective of risk reduction, we see that royal marriage was one strategy rulers used to reduce the probability that they would lose a war. Judicious marriage exchanges intensified and prolonged patron-client relations between rulers or between rulers and societal elites. Clientelism could affect the size and composition of their armies. The more warriors and troops one could field, the greater the chance of not losing a war . Examination of eight pre-modern states suggests that their rulers used the same patterns of wife exchange even though most states developed independently. Marriage secured long-term patron-client relationships, which they used to support their military efforts. When rulers married their kin or married them to rulers outside the system ("foreigners"), they did not gain military support. Analysis of these marriagemilitary patterns reveals several characteristics of pre-modern states. First, marriage alliances helped rulers form networks of support that helped them win wars. Therefore, marriage-and by extension, royal women-is a key component to the study of warfare and a critical mechanism of network formation, as write. Second, alliances were based on a different organizing principle from Levi-Strauss' tribal societies, for rulers selected main wives (for themselves or their kin) based on relative rank rather than particular kinship ties. Third, marriage alliance reveals an important difference between alliance and patron-client relationships, a distinction that is often blurred in the archaeological literature.
Another Reason Why State Legislatures Will Continue to Restrict Public University Autonomy
The Review of Higher Education, 1997
Change in the political structure of state legislatures may influence their members to propose an... more Change in the political structure of state legislatures may influence their members to propose and pass more regulatory bills that restrict public university autonomy. This article reviews the political science literature on changing state politics, followed by a statistical analysis of the 50 states and a case study of Pennsylvania. The latter suggests a possible causal relationship between the changing political structure and continued limitation of public university autonomy.
National Associatin for the Practice of Anthropology
Anthropology News, Sep 1, 1994
Democracy and Risk: Mongolians’ Perspectives
BRILL eBooks, 2012
This chapter describes Mongolians' changing interpretation of democracy and perception of eco... more This chapter describes Mongolians' changing interpretation of democracy and perception of economic risk between 1998 and 2003, demonstrating their association with quotations and statistical analysis drawn from interviews. It suggests that Mongolians perceive economic risk as both positive and negative rather than just negative. And their interpretation of democracy - the rights and freedoms they emphasize and their interpretation of government and citizen responsibilities - frequently correlates with their views on economic risk. This chapter is based on 1,283 interviews conducted in 1998 and 2003. A few complete interviews placed side-by-side allows the reader to 'see' how people intertwine risk perception and thoughts about democracy. The chapter explains the possible association of risk perception with people's conceptualization of democracy. Keywords:democracy; economic freedoms; economic rights; economic risk perception; Mongolians
Conversations With Lew Binford: Drafting the New Archaeology
... Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the new archaeology. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: A... more ... Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the new archaeology. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Binford, Lewis Roberts (b. 1930, d. ----. Author: Sabloff, Paula LW. PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press (Norman). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1998. ...
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Anthropology News, Apr 1, 1995
The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in ... more The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology. ... Alan Goodman, Hampshire Coll - President ...
Herdsman to Statesman: The Autobiography of Jamsrangiin Sambuu of Mongolia. By Jamsrangiin Sambuu. Translated by Mary Rossabi. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. vii, 159 pp. 69.00(cloth);69.00 (cloth); 69.00(cloth);64.99 (electronic)
The Journal of Asian Studies, Feb 1, 2012
Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Apr 11, 2014
The Journal of Asian Studies, Apr 26, 2007
The value of "cuklture". An example from Mongolia
The Expedition, 2004
Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword
Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
A survey was conducted of 55 American Association of Universities institutions regarding the guid... more A survey was conducted of 55 American Association of Universities institutions regarding the guidelines, policies and procedures of their academic integrity systems. Forty-four universities responded, returninT42,questionnaires and 35 guidelines. Examination of the guidelines revealed very little overlap in procedures. Most institutions claimed that their prodedures work effectively, but comments suggested some concern. Eleven questions are presented and discussed that will aid an institution in building an academic integrity system that fits its philosophy and mission: (1) What actions shoule be considered violations of academic integrity? Should academic dishonesty be considered separate from academic misconduct? What constitutes proof of a violation against the-academic integrity code? (2) Should the university establish an 'Tonor Code to cover some or all of the defined violations? (3) What are the rights, protections and responsibilities of the students? (4) What are the rights, protections, -and responsibilities of the faculty? (5) Should the same ; procedures be applied to undergraduates in all colleges, or should each college maintain its own procedures? (6) Should academic integrity violations be processed by an office of student affairs, or should such violations be-the responsibility of an office of academic affairs? ( ) What procedures should be established for deciding and appealing a violation against academic integrity? (8) What sanctions should be applied against violations of academic integrity? And should these sanctions correlate with the type of-violation or should sanctions be imposed at the discretion of the person(s) responsible for imposing them? (9) How should records of violations be kept? (10) Which members of the university should revise the policy and -procedures of the academic integrity system? (11) How should the policy and procedures concerning academic integrity be presented to students, faculty and administrators? Appendix A lists the responding universities, and a copy of the survey form is provided as Appendix Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. L
Status, Role, and Behavior in Premodern States: A Comparative Analysis
The decision process of a professionalized legislature: A cognitive anthropology approach
Political Behavior, Dec 1, 1995
Political science research indicates that some state legislatures have become more professionaliz... more Political science research indicates that some state legislatures have become more professionalized, i.e., taken on many of the characteristics of Congress such as yearround sessions, professional staffs, and formalized bill processes. But is professionalization a factor in legislators' decision making? Triangulated analysis—consensus, cluster, and multidimensional scaling—of two paired comparisons that were administered to a stratified random sample of a professionalized legislature suggests that some of the professionalized characteristics do affect legislators' perception of their decision making on one area of policy, the regulation of and resource allocation to public universities. The analysis also shows that influences on legislators' decision process fluctuate according to issue.
Tactics of persistence : how Cozumel's middle sector has preserved its locally-controlled land transfer pattern over 116 years
Why Mongolia? The political culture of an emerging democracy
Central Asian Survey, Mar 1, 2002
... Located in the middle of the country, it was founded in 1639 when Zanabazar was enthroned as ... more ... Located in the middle of the country, it was founded in 1639 when Zanabazar was enthroned as (Tibetan) Buddhist (Lamaist ... Although he himself practiced shamanism, he believed that the other religions of the region—Nestorian Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism and ...
Modeling the Emergence of Primary States: A Complexity Theory Approach
2012 Annual Meeting, Nov 14, 2012
The Political Agency of Pre-Modern State Royal Women
The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, 2018
Preface and Acknowledgments: “-Scaping” Mongolia
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Jul 15, 2017
Approaching warfare in pre-modern states from the perspective of risk reduction, we see that roya... more Approaching warfare in pre-modern states from the perspective of risk reduction, we see that royal marriage was one strategy rulers used to reduce the probability that they would lose a war. Judicious marriage exchanges intensified and prolonged patron-client relations between rulers or between rulers and societal elites. Clientelism could affect the size and composition of their armies. The more warriors and troops one could field, the greater the chance of not losing a war . Examination of eight pre-modern states suggests that their rulers used the same patterns of wife exchange even though most states developed independently. Marriage secured long-term patron-client relationships, which they used to support their military efforts. When rulers married their kin or married them to rulers outside the system ("foreigners"), they did not gain military support. Analysis of these marriagemilitary patterns reveals several characteristics of pre-modern states. First, marriage alliances helped rulers form networks of support that helped them win wars. Therefore, marriage-and by extension, royal women-is a key component to the study of warfare and a critical mechanism of network formation, as write. Second, alliances were based on a different organizing principle from Levi-Strauss' tribal societies, for rulers selected main wives (for themselves or their kin) based on relative rank rather than particular kinship ties. Third, marriage alliance reveals an important difference between alliance and patron-client relationships, a distinction that is often blurred in the archaeological literature.
Another Reason Why State Legislatures Will Continue to Restrict Public University Autonomy
The Review of Higher Education, 1997
Change in the political structure of state legislatures may influence their members to propose an... more Change in the political structure of state legislatures may influence their members to propose and pass more regulatory bills that restrict public university autonomy. This article reviews the political science literature on changing state politics, followed by a statistical analysis of the 50 states and a case study of Pennsylvania. The latter suggests a possible causal relationship between the changing political structure and continued limitation of public university autonomy.
National Associatin for the Practice of Anthropology
Anthropology News, Sep 1, 1994
Democracy and Risk: Mongolians’ Perspectives
BRILL eBooks, 2012
This chapter describes Mongolians' changing interpretation of democracy and perception of eco... more This chapter describes Mongolians' changing interpretation of democracy and perception of economic risk between 1998 and 2003, demonstrating their association with quotations and statistical analysis drawn from interviews. It suggests that Mongolians perceive economic risk as both positive and negative rather than just negative. And their interpretation of democracy - the rights and freedoms they emphasize and their interpretation of government and citizen responsibilities - frequently correlates with their views on economic risk. This chapter is based on 1,283 interviews conducted in 1998 and 2003. A few complete interviews placed side-by-side allows the reader to 'see' how people intertwine risk perception and thoughts about democracy. The chapter explains the possible association of risk perception with people's conceptualization of democracy. Keywords:democracy; economic freedoms; economic rights; economic risk perception; Mongolians
Conversations With Lew Binford: Drafting the New Archaeology
... Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the new archaeology. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: A... more ... Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the new archaeology. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Binford, Lewis Roberts (b. 1930, d. ----. Author: Sabloff, Paula LW. PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press (Norman). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1998. ...
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Anthropology News, Apr 1, 1995
The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in ... more The American Anthropological Association, the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;s largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology. ... Alan Goodman, Hampshire Coll - President ...
Herdsman to Statesman: The Autobiography of Jamsrangiin Sambuu of Mongolia. By Jamsrangiin Sambuu. Translated by Mary Rossabi. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. vii, 159 pp. 69.00(cloth);69.00 (cloth); 69.00(cloth);64.99 (electronic)
The Journal of Asian Studies, Feb 1, 2012
Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Apr 11, 2014
The Journal of Asian Studies, Apr 26, 2007
The value of "cuklture". An example from Mongolia
The Expedition, 2004
Penn Museum International Research Conferences. Foreword
Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present
A survey was conducted of 55 American Association of Universities institutions regarding the guid... more A survey was conducted of 55 American Association of Universities institutions regarding the guidelines, policies and procedures of their academic integrity systems. Forty-four universities responded, returninT42,questionnaires and 35 guidelines. Examination of the guidelines revealed very little overlap in procedures. Most institutions claimed that their prodedures work effectively, but comments suggested some concern. Eleven questions are presented and discussed that will aid an institution in building an academic integrity system that fits its philosophy and mission: (1) What actions shoule be considered violations of academic integrity? Should academic dishonesty be considered separate from academic misconduct? What constitutes proof of a violation against the-academic integrity code? (2) Should the university establish an 'Tonor Code to cover some or all of the defined violations? (3) What are the rights, protections and responsibilities of the students? (4) What are the rights, protections, -and responsibilities of the faculty? (5) Should the same ; procedures be applied to undergraduates in all colleges, or should each college maintain its own procedures? (6) Should academic integrity violations be processed by an office of student affairs, or should such violations be-the responsibility of an office of academic affairs? ( ) What procedures should be established for deciding and appealing a violation against academic integrity? (8) What sanctions should be applied against violations of academic integrity? And should these sanctions correlate with the type of-violation or should sanctions be imposed at the discretion of the person(s) responsible for imposing them? (9) How should records of violations be kept? (10) Which members of the university should revise the policy and -procedures of the academic integrity system? (11) How should the policy and procedures concerning academic integrity be presented to students, faculty and administrators? Appendix A lists the responding universities, and a copy of the survey form is provided as Appendix Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. L
Status, Role, and Behavior in Premodern States: A Comparative Analysis
The decision process of a professionalized legislature: A cognitive anthropology approach
Political Behavior, Dec 1, 1995
Political science research indicates that some state legislatures have become more professionaliz... more Political science research indicates that some state legislatures have become more professionalized, i.e., taken on many of the characteristics of Congress such as yearround sessions, professional staffs, and formalized bill processes. But is professionalization a factor in legislators' decision making? Triangulated analysis—consensus, cluster, and multidimensional scaling—of two paired comparisons that were administered to a stratified random sample of a professionalized legislature suggests that some of the professionalized characteristics do affect legislators' perception of their decision making on one area of policy, the regulation of and resource allocation to public universities. The analysis also shows that influences on legislators' decision process fluctuate according to issue.
review of Herdsman to Statesman, excerpts of an autobiography of a Mongolian Communist Party leader
American Anthropologist, 2002
Steppe presents the dilemma of the Tuvan people: How can they gain greater self-determination whi... more Steppe presents the dilemma of the Tuvan people: How can they gain greater self-determination while they remain part of the Russian Federation? How can they increase political autonomy when they are economically dependent on the Federation? The Tuvan people occupy Tuva, an independent republic with its own constitution, president, and parliament. Tuva makes its own laws on some issues and sets its own budget. But the Federation maintains control over the areas of greatest concern to Tuvans. The appropriate punishments for cattle theft, procedures for obtaining international loans, environmental protection in mining operations, and the amount of the annual subvention (currently about 80 percent of total revenues) from the Russian Federation are some of those concerns.
Comparative Education Review, 2007
Precious Steppe: Mongolian Nomadic Pastoralists in Pursuit of the Market. By Ole Bruun. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. x, 249 pp. 64.00(cloth);64.00 (cloth); 64.00(cloth);29.95 (paper)
The Journal of Asian Studies, 2008
The Wild East: Portrait of an Urban Nomad: The Wild East: Portrait of an Urban Nomad
Visual Anthropology Review, 2004
The Wild East: Portrait of an Urban Nomad Directed by Michael Haslund-Christensen 2002 54 minutes... more The Wild East: Portrait of an Urban Nomad Directed by Michael Haslund-Christensen 2002 54 minutes, color Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 10018-3396 www.frif.com
The Lama Question
The Lama Question, 2014
Before becoming the second socialist country in the world (after the Soviet Union) in 1921, Mongo... more Before becoming the second socialist country in the world (after the Soviet Union) in 1921, Mongolia had been a Buddhist feudal theocracy. Combatting the influence of the dominant Buddhist establishment to win the hearts and minds of the Mongolian people was one of the most important challenges faced by the new socialist government. It would take almost a decade and a half to resolve the "lama question," and it would be answered with brutality, destruction, and mass killings. Chris Kaplonski examines this critical, violent time in the development of Mongolia as a nation-state and its ongoing struggle for independence and recognition in the twentieth century. Unlike most studies that explore violence as the primary means by which states deal with their opponents, The Lama Question argues that the decision to resort to violence in Mongolia was not a quick one; neither was it a long-term strategy nor an out-of control escalation of orders but the outcome of a complex series of events and attempts by the government to be viewed as legitimate by the population. Kaplonski draws on a decade of research and archival resources to investigate the problematic relationships between religion and politics and geopolitics and bio politics in early socialist Mongolia, as well as the multitude of state actions that preceded state brutality. By examining the incidents and transformations that resulted in violence and by viewing violence as a process rather than an event, his work not only challenges existing theories of political violence, but also offers another approach to the anthropology of the state. In particular, it presents an alternative model to philosopher Georgio Agamben's theory of sovereignty and the state of exception. The Lama Question will be of interest to scholars and students of violence, the state, bio politics, Buddhism, and socialism, as well as to those interested in the history of Mongolia and Asia in general.
Journal of Asian Studies, 2007
This is a memoir of my Master's anthropological fieldwork (1970). It was written to be reflective... more This is a memoir of my Master's anthropological fieldwork (1970). It was written to be reflective of that time but also to be a means by which students (undergraduate and graduate) think about how to select their own careers.
