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THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC ETHNIC PLURALISM ON INTERSTATE AND TRANSNATIONAL RELATIONS THROUGH SIX CATEGORIES OF ETHNIC POLITICS THAT INFLUENCE OR ARE AFFECTED BY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: IRREDENTA, DIASPORA, ETHNICITY AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE, NON-STATE NATIONS, TRANSNATIONAL ETHNIC ECONOMIC NETWORKS, AND THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF MINORITY RIGHTS.

Translated from the Russian from "Rabo�%cij Klass i Sovremennyj Mir" no. 2, 1982.

Communist propaganda has organized a campaign to discredit capitalism & the US as its leading exponent. The words `capitalism' & `socialism' are ambiguous, & the world knows little of the extension of US gov regulations & soc welfare legislation. The world `socialism' is usually more unequivocally Dositive than `capitalism' is neeative. But even within the US the meaning of the word socialism varies widely, based on diff value judgments. What most people in other parts of the world want is not far from what liberal Amer's want: pol'al democracy, a mixed economy, & some gov regulation of industry & soc welfare. Outside the US a sharp distinction is made between socialism & communism-in contrast with the US where the terms are interchangeable-& socialism means not gov ownership of industry, but gov responsibility for soc welfare. On the other hand, capitalism outside the US means a society of rich men blocking soc welfare measures. There is a case for the proposition that the foreign image of evil capitalism in the US is a misconception, based on the ambiguity of the 2 key words. The rest of the world must be given a more realistic understanding of what the US is & stands for; the words capitalism & socialism must be used as little as possible. as they are obstacles to clear COMM. IPSA.