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Der Autor beleuchtet die politischen Hintergründe und Rahmenbedingungen, den bisherigen Verlauf, die Ebenen, Themenschwerpunkte, Auswirkungen und Risiken der im Kontext der Gorbatschowschen Reformpolitik neu eröffneten Debatte über die jüngere sowjetische Geschichte (nationale Historiographie, Parteigeschichtsschreibung der KPdSU). Im Mittelpunkt der Studie stehen die politische, literarische und geschichtswissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit der Phase des Stalinismus, die Rehabilitierung von Stalin verfemter Politiker (Neudiskussion der Rolle Bucharins und Trotzkis) und die Neubewertung der Leninschen NÖP. Die Darstellung läßt die in der sowjetischen Geschichtsdebatte vertretenen unterschiedlichen Standpunkte "liberaler" und "konservativer" Gruppierungen deutlich werden. (BIOst-Hml)

BEHIND PROMETHEUS AS CREATOR LIES PROMETHEUS AS DEFEATED REBEL. JUST AS CATHOLICISM IS THE "GHOST OF THE DECEASED ROMAN EMPIRE, SITTING CROWNED ON THE GRAVE THEREOF," LEVIATHAN SITS ON THE GRAVE OF PURITANISM. A STATE AND CULTURE BECOME SOVEREIGN ONLY BY DISCREDITING AND ABSORBING OTHER ALTERNATIVES.

The US economy is currently facing the transition to the postindustrial era. To succeed in this requires the capacity for innovation, which thus far has not been demonstrated at the national level. However, state governments, especially Demcratic ones, have come up with a range of appropriate measures, including development banks, the generation of venture capital, small business loans, business assistance centers, worker retraining programs, & labor-management committees. Specific programs in Mich are discussed as examples. The prospects for such initiatives at the national level are examined, & an agenda for the Democratic Party on this basis is suggested. C. Waters

The objective of this article is to substantiate the claim that the balance between Israel's two main political camps is a systemic equilibrium perpetuated by two types of stabilizing mechanisms: those that prevent large electoral differences between the two camps; and those that absorb or neutralize small differences. (DÜI-Hns)