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Analyzes factors and effects of declining public confidence in central government; US and Western democratic central governments.

International audience ; L'entretien présente les principales thèses exposées dans la première édition de L'Islamisme en face, (Paris, La Découverte, 1995) et répond aux questions et aux remarques formulées par la rédaction de la revue Krisis sur l'origine et les principales expressions du phénomène islamiste dans ses dimensions nationales (économiques, politiques et sociales) et internationale, au sein des sociétés arabo-musulmanes comme en Europe.

International audience ; L'entretien présente les principales thèses exposées dans la première édition de L'Islamisme en face, (Paris, La Découverte, 1995) et répond aux questions et aux remarques formulées par la rédaction de la revue Krisis sur l'origine et les principales expressions du phénomène islamiste dans ses dimensions nationales (économiques, politiques et sociales) et internationale, au sein des sociétés arabo-musulmanes comme en Europe.

Book reviewed in this article:Squires, G. 1994: Capital and communities in black and white: the intersections of race, class, and uneven development.Gottdiener, M. 1995: Postmodern semiotics, material culture and the form of postmodern life.Desai, Vandana 1995: Community participation and slum housing: a study of Bombay.Tilly, Charles & Wim P. Blockman (eds.) 1994: Cities and the rise of states in Europe, A.D. 1000 to 1800.

Book reviewed in this article: Orchid Photography. Charles Marden Fitch. 96 pp., over 150 colour photographs. American Orchid Society, 6000 South Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33405. Collins Photo Guide to Orchids of Britain and Europe. Pierre Delforge. 480 pp., 812 colour photographs. Flowers of Sri Lanka. S.R. Kottegoda. 247 pp., 411 colour photographs. Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Colombo 07. 1994.

Book reviewed in this article:GREIF, Stuart W. (Editor) Immigration and National Identity in New Zealand: One People, Two Peoples, Many Peoples?TEITELBAUM, Michael S., and Myron WEINER (Editors) Threatened Peoples, Threatened Borders: World Immigration and U.S. PolicyWIDGREN, Jonas The Key to Europe ‐ A Comparative Analysis of Entry and Asylum Policies in Western CountriesFritzes, StockholmJORDENS, Anne‐Mari Redefining Australians: Immigration, Citizenship and National Identity, Hale & Iremonger

Examines the value of conventional integration theories in post-1989 Europe, drawing on a review of integration theory & international relations literature. It is argued that the "community of states" model sustains a conceptual blind alley & precludes a greater understanding of how & why community is constructed within, as well as constituting a crucial aspect of, the integration process. 37 References. Adapted from the source document.

Book reviewed in this article:Morse, R.M. and J.E. Hardoy (eds.) 1992: Rethinking the Latin American city.Dunford, M. and G. Kafkalas (eds.) 1992: Cities and regions in the new Europe: the global‐local interplay and spatial development strategies.Lowe, P., T. Marsden and S. Whatmore (eds.) 1994: Regulating agriculture.Whatmore, S., T. Marsden and P. Lowe (eds.) 1994: Gender and rurality.Gregory, D. 1994: Geographical imaginations.

AbstractThis research examined the strategic responses of 70 US manufacturing firms to the European Community's unification movement.In general, internal firm's characteristics such as competitive advantages, performance goals, and the firm's current presence in Europe significantly influenced the nature of strategic responses.Surprisingly, external industry influences appeared somewhat ineffectual.The findings contradict conventional wisdom that posits industry influences as being the primary drivers of internationalization.

The author, born in 1946, is professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University and at the University of Chicago and an economist in the U.S. government. He has served as a consultant or expert witness for governmental agencies and private parties, and has given lectures at numerous conferences and institutions in North America and in Europe.

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION HAS NEVER BEEN FAR FROM THE HEADLINES IN RECENT YEARS. THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A DITCHLEY FOUNDATION CONFERENCE HELD IN SEPTEMBER 1994. THE SCOPE OF THE QUESTIONS PARTICIPANTS WERE INVITED TO ADDRESS WAS VERY WIDE. AREAS ADDRESSED WERE: MIGRATION CATEGORIES; THE CAUSES OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RESPONSES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN MIGRATION; AND, MIGRATION POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA.

According to the author, unprecedented changes are taking place both in American and Japanese politics, and they will inevitably influence relations between the two nations. He attempts to assess what the future may hold for U.S.-Japanese relations when viewed from a theoretical perspective of a new tri-polar international economic order dominated by Western Europe (the European Community), the USA and Japan. (DÜI-Sen)