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IN 1996, AN AMERICAN PUBLIC WHICH SPEAKS FAVORABLY ABOUT PAST IMMIGRATION AND CRITICALLY ABOUT CURRENT IMMIGRATION, BEGINS TO EXPLAIN THE PUBLIC'S OPINION OF MIGRATION. THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS THAT WHAT IS AT WORK IN THE IMMIGRATION BACKLASH, AND THE CULTURE OF MEANNESS IT HAS HELPED FOSTER, IS MORE THAN A FEAR OF NEWCOMERS. IT IS A LIFEBOAT ETHIC THAT SAYS AMERICANS AREN'T MAKING IT AS A NATION, AND THAT TAKING ON EVEN MORE PEOPLE CAN ONLY MAKE PROBLEMS WORSE.

A discussion of multiculturalism & language policy in France is presented with focus on social & political attitudes toward Diwan, the independent Breton-language school movement. Review of the political efforts over the last two decades of the Breton national movement & other political groups to institutionalize a national policy of pluralism is presented. It is argued that despite continued resistance to cultural diversity in France, efforts to revitalize minority languages & cultures are succeeding, albeit slowly & incompletely. Adapted from the source document.

Examines the role of religion in the formation of culture & identity among the Russian people. The original gods of Russia were pagan. Certain pagan traditions, eg, the public baths, continued with the advent of Christianity. Communism brought about a final transition from Christianity to atheism, accompanied by the demoralization of Russians during WWII. It is concluded that, with the decline of communism, a new type of spiritual conversion may occur. Adapted from the source document.

Abordant la science comme une entreprise collective liée à une culture, les auteurs analysent l'évolution du système de recherche français en mettant en évidence l'interaction entre différentes logiques aux motivations propres. Pour échapper à ce qui leur paraît être un double piège, la contingence absolue et l'inertie des structures, ils traitent la notion de «politique scientifique» comme une catégorie qui a permis aux acteurs en présence de déployer leurs stratégies et de parvenir à des compromis.

In the fall 1989 issue of Heimatliche Weiten, the semiannual Soviet German literary journal, a bibliographical article by Victor Herdt, "Verzeichnis der russland- und sowjet-deutschen Zeitungen (1728–1989)," lists more than 150 German-language newspapers published in Russia and the Soviet Union. The entries are limited to German Russian newspapers and exclude those of other ethnic Germans, such as the Baltic, Bessarabian, or urban Germans, who differ from the German Russians in origin, culture, and history.

Le développement des communications accélère les tendances au changement global et affecte l'évolution de la géographie politique. Les nouveaux moyens modifient les cloisonnements antérieurs: si certaines barrières tendent à disparaître (distances kilométriques, frontières politiques) de nouvelles distances semblent devoir s'affirmer (distances sociales, économiques, voire psychologiques). Ce papier s'intéresse au nouveau contexte que crée la modification des distances à l'ère de la communication planétaire. Un effort d'éducation en matière de culture de réseaux semble indispensable.

This essay presents a theory about cultural systems of self. It counters disclaimers as to the possibility of building cross‐culturally valid theory, often taken to be the intellectual outcome of postmodernism. Nonetheless, such theory is a logical descendant of the postmodern project, predicating multiple selves and multiple constructions of social reality. It offers an explanatory framework for conceptions of personhood that are loosely interconnected and only partially and problematically shared between culture members.

Studies of cross‐cultural differences in conflict management behavior are reviewed. This review shows that existing studies are difficult to interpret, because researchers applied Western theories and Western measures to non‐Western cultures, without testing the cross‐cultural equivalence of the constructs and the measures and without searching for emic constructs that might contribute to an understanding of non‐Western behavior. These three problems are discussed, and guidelines to help researchers avoid these problems are proposed.

Examines work beliefs across three nations (The People's Republic of China (PRC), the USA and Venezuela) using Buchholz's work belief scales. Finds strong support for the proposition that work belief systems vary across cultures. Specifically, the work ethic was found to be strongest in the PRC and weaker in the USA and Venezuela. Venezuelans were the strongest in organizational belief system scores. Indicates fundamental differences in motivation to work in the three countries. Discusses specific results and provides conclusions.

AbstractThis paper introduces the idea of the "inflection" of formula to account for the distinctive ways in which lawyers and the law are portrayed in CBC television series ranging fromWojecktoStreet Legal. The paper also examines various law-related drama specials and legal docudramas such asScales of Justicewith a view to finding out how the law and legal professionals are perceived in Canadian popular culture. The author concludes with a consideration of some lawyers' reactions to their television image.

For many manufacturing companies reaching forward into Europe.
Just‐in‐time (JIT) implementation is merely the start of the race. This
may be difficult for those in the materials function who saw MRP as the
be‐all‐and‐end‐all. Yet the integrated supply chain (ISC) cannot be
tackled without the experience gained from MRP and JIT. Discusses,
given that JIT is a prerequisite for ISC, how JIT can be used to
advantage in an ISC culture.

Use rates for smoked and smokeless tobacco are rising more quickly among Native American people than among the general population. Effective preventive interventions must target variables specific to ethnic-racial cultures. This article reports findings from a culturally sensitive intervention to reduce tobacco use among Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest that used classrooms and communities as natural groups. Despite few significant results, a number of trends in the data have implications for future research .

THE OUTCOME OF THE LOCAL ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER 1993 IN GERMANY AROUSED PUBLIC INTEREST WELL BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND BRANDENBURG. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE VOTERS AND NON-VOTERS, THE SPD AND PDS AS "WAHLGEWINNER," THE CDU AS "WAHLVERLIERER," THE SPLINTER CITIZENS' MOVEMENT, OTHER SMALL PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS, AND, THE FAILURE OF THE EXTREME RIGHT. THE OUTCOME CONFIRMED THE VIEW THAT TWO CONTRASTING POLITICAL CULTURES ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN EAST AND WEST GERMANY.