THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NO-GROWTH

Problems of scarcity generate critical political issues as advanced industrial societies shift away from growth-oriented economies. This analysis recommends substituting more abundant political resources for scarce economic ones. Appropriate scenario resulting from these substitution patterns are subjected to speculative analysis.     

Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A New Application to Account for Multiple and Dependent Tests in Local Statistics of Spatial Association

Assessing the significance of multiple and dependent comparisons is an important, and often ignored, issue that becomes more critical as the size of data sets increases. If not accounted for, false-positive differences are very likely to be identified. The need to address this issue has led to the development of a myriad of procedures to account for multiple testing. The simplest and most widely used technique is the Bonferroni method, which controls the probability that a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected. However, it is a very conservative procedure. As a result, the larger the data set the greater the chances that truly significant differences will be missed. In 1995, a new criterion, the false discovery rate (FDR), was proposed to control the proportion of false declarations of significance among those individual deviations from null hypotheses considered to be significant. It is more powerful than all previously proposed methods. Multiple and dependent comparisons are also fundamental in spatial analysis. As the number of locations increases, assessing the significance of local statistics of spatial association becomes a complex matter. In this article we use empirical and simulated data to evaluate the use of the FDR approach in appraising the occurrence of clusters detected by local indicators of spatial association. Results show a significant gain in identification of meaningful clusters when controlling the FDR, in comparison to more conservative approaches. When no control is adopted, false clusters are likely to be identified. If a conservative approach is used, clusters are only partially identified and true clusters are largely missed. In contrast, when the FDR approach is adopted, clusters are fully identified. Incorporating a correction for spatial dependence to conservative methods improves the results, but not enough to match those obtained by the FDR approach.     

Breached Bodies and Home Invasions: Horrific representations of the feminized body and home

This article addresses abject representations of the feminized body and home. Abjection plays a key role in the creation of ambiguity and unease, encompassing the paradoxes of transgression, which is key to the critical examination of social relations and constructions. I conduct an investigation of portrayals of abject spaces in two sites, the body and the home, which are analyzed through three films: I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Evil Dead II (1987) and The Others (2001). In my analysis, I show how these films repeatedly portray feminized bodies and homes that, when transgressive, are seen as abject until order is re-established at the conclusion of the film. In these horror texts, boundaries dissolve and create potentially progressive moments which can disturb gendered norms and binaries, but ultimately, the boundaries are reified and re-normed, reinscribing patriarchal gender codings of space.

Cuerpos violados e invasiones del hogar: representaciones horrificas del cuerpo feminizada y el hogar

Éste artículo trata las representaciones abyecto del cuerpo feminizado y el hogar. Abyección tiene un papel critica en la creación de ambigüedad y inquietud, abarcando las paradojas de trasgresión, lo cual es importante para examinar críticamente las relaciones y construcciones sociales. Realizo una investigación de las interpretaciones de espacios abyectos en dos sitios, el cuerpo y el hogar, a través de tres películas: I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Evil Dead II (1987) y The Others (2001). En mi análisis, muestro como éstas películas interpretan repetidamente los cuerpos feminizados y hogares que, cuando trasgresivos, se ven como abyecto hasta que se reestablece el orden al fin de la película. En éstos textos horrores, las fronteras disuelven y crean momentos potencialmente progresivos que pueda perturbar el género y las normas y dicotomías, pero últimamente se reifican y se renormalizan las fronteras, reescribiendo el género y los patriarcal códigos de espacio.     

Book reviews

The Siege of Mosul and Ottoman‐Persian Relations 1718–1743. By Robert W. Olson. Indiana University Publications: Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume 124, 1975. xviii + 237 pp. $16.

Mirror of the Invisible World: Tales from the Khamsah of Nizami. By Peter J. Chelkowski (with an Essay by Priscella P. Soucek). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. 117 pp. $15.00.

Politics and Petroleum: The Middle East and the United States. By James A. Bill and Robert W. Stookey. Brunswick: King's Court Communications, Inc., 1975. 190 pp.

Vis and Ramin. Translated from the Persian of Fakhr ud‐Din Gurgani by George Morrison. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1972. xix + 357 pp.     

FAMILY IMPACT ANALYSIS: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES*

A brief introduction to the background, current concerns, and methodologies of Family Impact Analysis is presented. The concept of Family Impact Analysis will be delineated by a discussion of the background of Family Impact Analysis, its particular timeliness now, the relationship of Family Impact Analysis to other policy or program analyses, the nature of potential policy impacts on families, and different research strategies appropriate for Family Impact Analysis. The basic elements of a step-by-step methodology for engaging in family impact analysis is briefly outlined. These steps include: 1) identification of the policy for analysis; 2) identification of family impacts of concern; 3) specification of the relationship between policy components and hypothesized family impacts; 4) design and implementation of the research; 5) analysis of findings; and 6) evaluation of and presentation of findings. The current state of the art regarding family impact analysis as a methodology will be reviewed, and recommendations for further development and utilization of this methodology will be offered.