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Sponsored Migration places Puerto Rico's migration policy in its historical context, examining the central role the Puerto Rican government played in encouraging and organizing migration during the postwar period. Meléndez sheds an important new light on the many ways in which the government intervened in the movement of its people: attempting to provide labor to U.S. agriculture, incorporating migrants into places like New York City, seeking to expand the island's air transportation infrastructure, and even promoting migration in the public school system. One of the first scholars to explore this topic in depth, Meléndez illuminates how migration influenced U.S. and Puerto Rican relations from 1898 onward.

A number of church activities in the United States and in various Third World nations bring issues involving the separation of Church and State once again to the fore. Certainly any serious inquiry into the relationship of the U.S. Government and American missionary groups abroad—particularly with regard to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—must first consider the historical record. Only after a thorough examination of the inconsistencies and constradictions between theory and practice over the nation's more than two hundred-year history can one hope to assess present policies. This, then, is just such an historical overview.

This article attempts to analyse the political behaviour of the adivasi groups in Jharkhand as rooted in the interplay of their interactions with different religions, exposure to non-agricultural economic activities and diverse nature of association with the state. The questions considered for inquiry are: Is the political terrain in Jharkhand moving towards 'detribalization' of governance? And, what are the factors influencing the voting behaviour of the adivasis? The article argues that the ambivalences occupying the interstices of the intra-community political behaviour are crucial in deciphering the adivasi politics. Ostensibly, the political choices of the adivasi community are largely framed in accordance with their everyday interaction with the local state as well as remote experiences of the latter as evident in cases of resource grab. The article is based upon the close observation of events concerning adivasis, analysis of assembly election data as well as news in local and national newspapers.

Intro -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Autorinnen und Autoren -- Bildungsstandards zwischen Politik und schulischem Alltag -- Teil I Entstehung, Wirkungs- und Nutzungsintentionen von Bildungsstandards -- 1 Bildungsstandards oder die Neudefinition von Schule. Entstehung, Verbreitung und Folgen einer globalen bildungspolitischen Sprache -- 1 Genese -- 2 Verbreitung -- 3 Epistemologie und Forschung -- 4 Deprofessionalisierung und Expertokratie -- 5 Bildungsstandards oder die Neudefinition von Schule -- Ungedruckte Quellen -- Literatur -- 2 Bildungsstandards als innovative Elemente moderner Bildungssysteme. Voraussetzungen und Perspektiven -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Voraussetzungen für die Implementation von Bildungsstandards -- 3 Bildungsstandardbezogenes Monitoring - das Beispiel der Vergleichsarbeiten -- 4 Fazit -- Literatur -- 3 Ein Wirkungsmodell für die Erforschung von Bildungsstandard-Politiken -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Reform von Steuerungssystemen -- 3 Forschungsdesign -- 4 Ergebnisse -- 4.1 'Bausteine' der Reform -- 4.2 Reformziele und beabsichtigte Wirkungen -- 4.3 Vermittelnde Prozesse -- 4.3.1 Aufbau von Erwartungen (Prozess 1) -- 4.3.2 Stimulierung durch Datenrückmeldung (Prozess 2) -- 4.3.3 Alignment durch Unterstützung (Prozess 3) -- 4.3.4 Einbeziehen von Stakeholder (Prozess 4) -- 4.3.5 Alignment durch innerschulische Koordination (Prozess 5) -- 5 Zusammenfassung und Diskussion -- Literatur -- 4 Bildungsstandards entwickeln, implementieren und überprüfen. Beispiele aus der Deutschschweiz -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Entwicklung und Implementation der Bildungsstandards in der Schweiz -- 3 Überprüfung der Bildungsstandards -- 3.1 Überprüfung des Erreichens der Grundkompetenzen: nationales Bildungsmonitoring -- 3.2 Checks: individuelle Standortbestimmung -- 3.3 Gemeinsames Prüfen an Gymnasien -- 4 Vergleichende Diskussion der Verfahren -- 5 Ausblick -- Literatur.

Elections in the American states are important mechanisms for legitimizing state governments by facilitating the involvement of citizens in electing political leaders. Elections, however, receive scrutiny through challenges in state courts on issues such as contested elections and the structure and context of election ballots. Capitalizing on attention to the role of leadership in institutional maintenance, the analysis presented examines the effects of leadership and other essential political and legal characteristics on building decision consensus in election cases. An empirical test using 203 election decisions by state supreme courts from 1995 to 1998 illustrates that, among other factors, the authority of leadership facilitates consensus where considered jointly with the resources of courts, the state as a litigant, and internal rules that prioritize seniority. Adapted from the source document.

SUMMARY This article discusses the role of the State in relations between foreign and local capital in Kenya. Because of their control over the technology that accelerates capital accumulation, multinational firms have considerable leverage vis‐a‐vis the Kenyan state. But that state still plays a critical, independent role : though it shapes privileges for the multinationals, it also enforces local sharing of them and disciplines local capital. The State emerges as a key instrument in shaping a new‐style inequality in Kenya, with an emerging indigenous bourgeoisie and multinationals benefiting heavily, and most Kenyans excluded.RESUME Les multi‐nationales et l'Etat, au KenyaCet article discute du rôle de l'Etat dans les rapports entre capital étranger et capital local, au Kenya. Possédant le contrôle de la technologie accélératrice de l'accroissement du capital, les compagnies multi‐nationales ont une prise considérable sur l'Etat. Mais, cet Etat joue encore un rôle crucial, indépendamment : bien qu'il façonne les privilèges des multi‐nationales, il règle également leur partage, à l'échelon local, et discipline le capital local. L'Etat apparait comme un facteur‐clef dans la formation d'une inégalité de type nouveau au Kenya, dont la bourgeoisie indigène naissante et les compagnies multi‐nationales sont les principaux bénéficiaires, et dont sont exclus la plupart des indigènes.RESUMEN Las empresas multinacionales y el Estado en KenyaEn este artículo se analiza la función del Estado en las relaciones entre el capital extranjero y el nacional en Kenya. Debido a su control de la tecnología que acelera la acumulación de capital, las empresas multinacionales tienen bastante fuerza en relación con el Estado de Kenya. Pero dicho Estado todavía desempeña una función independiente crítica: aunque todavía da forma a los privilegios de las empresas multinacionales, también impone la participación nacional en ellas, así como la disciplina en el capital nacional. El Estado surge como el instrumento clave para dar forma a una desigualdad de nuevo estilo en Kenya, merced a la cual se benefician intensamente una burguesía indígena que emerge y las empresas multinacionales, mientras quedan excluidos la mayoría de los ciudadanos de Kenya.

Transcript of annual speech given by Governor Mark Sanford to both houses of the state legislature in joint opening session to report on the condition of the state of South Carolina.

Transcript of annual speech given by Governor Mark Sanford to both houses of the state legislature in joint opening session to report on the condition of the state of South Carolina.

This paper examines Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics on economic activity, highest educational qualification, marital status and ethnicity. The paper will specifically explore comparisons within South Asian groups and between other ethnic groups (Afro-Caribbean and white), to investigate whether marriage has a differential impact for different ethnic groups, and if there have been any changes over time (1984-1994). The LFS data indicates that marital status has a differential impact on economic activity and education for different ethnic groups. When controlling for age (25-30), martial status has more impact on Indian and Pakistani/Bangladeshi groups, than it does for Afro-Caribbean and white groups. There are differences between ethnic groups and there are also differences within the South Asian category. Rapid social change is taking place for the 25-30 age cohort, where some South Asian women are becoming highly educated and entering professional occupations. This finding supports recent research carried out on South Asian women in East London (Bhopal, 1997).