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Following an overview of the development of the distinctive characteristics of the Barbadian housing system and housing policies in the twentieth century, this paper assesses existing housing conditions, costs, finance and supply. Critical contemporary housing policy issues are then examined, with particular reference to the extensive tracts of land which have been subdivided for housing construction, but which have not yet been utilized. (DSE/DÜI)

Reviews some broad changes in European culture over the last hundred years. Suggests that the end of the voluntaristic or mobilizing state is approaching: all the controls exercised by the world of politics over the economy are being dismantled. However, this surge of liberalism does not prefigure the construction of another model of society - it is a sweeping-out phase. (Original abstract - amended)

The article deals with the construction of gender and sexuality in the colonial discourse. It is argued that sexuality is an important key to analysing relations between Europeans and non-Europeans, since sexuality was an area of institutionalization by the imperial administration. By deconstructing Western European imperialism, it is possible to identify many different, emerging discourses and the complex dependency between Western Europeans and non-Europeans.

This article examines the construction of national identity, considered as a negotiation between a nation's Selbstbild (the image the nation's citizens or leaders have of themselves) and their Fremdbild (their image or reputation in world opinion). It argues that this theory helps explain the manner in which the New York Times and the People's Daily discuss world opinion on the Fourth International Women's Conference in Beijing.

The Question of the Minoritdes. A Political Sociology Point of View.
Bernard Voutat et René Knuesel [136-149].
The article argues that the question of minority in political science has been hardly conceptualized, because the analysis generaly use the categories defined by the very mobilized actors. One ought to reformulate the initial problem, in studying the social and political construction of the minority groups.

Although many ecofeminists acknowledge heterosexism as a problem, a systematic exploration of the potential intersections of ecofeminist and queer theories has yet to be made. By interrogating social constructions of the "natural," the various uses of Christianity as a logic of domination, and the rhetoric of colonialism, this essay finds those theoretical intersections and argues for the importance of developing a queer ecofeminism.

ABSTRACTSThis essay asks why interpretations of pre‐Columbian history and state formation in Mexico and Peru are framed in different terms by archaeologists. While the differences are due in part to the empirical realities of the two civilizations, this essay explores how sociological considerations and theoretical orientations of archaeologists as they interpreted those empirical realities contributed to the construction of the interpretive differences.

This paper presents an understanding of transformative pedagogy that is sensitive to the social, cultural, and historical construction of identity—difference within classrooms as political and multicentric spaces and places. It relates that this border pedagogy emphasizes the inclusion of Others and values instrumental, social and cultural forms of adult education in developing transformative classroom practices. It considers themes, challenges, and risks impacting this development.

AbstractThe University Circle Development Foundation (UCDF) was created in 1957 to implement a master plan for the development of Cleveland's University Circle district. Run by the presidents of three major institutions, UCDF was successful in coordinating land use and construction projects in its early years. However, its elite authority structure proved insular and inflexible when dealing with students, faculty, and adjacent neighborhoods, and it was dissolved in 1970.

Discusses the corrupt behavior of public officials in their relations with business, including awarding of contracts to the construction and other industries; legislative measures and administrative and judicial action to prevent, detect, and punish corrupt acts; France; 14 articles. Some focus on campaign funds and financing of political parties; provisions of the anti-corruption laws of Jan. 29, 1993 and Dec. 23, 1994.

An examination of the racial & cultural discrimination that has been experienced by the indigenous people of Chiapas, Mexico, 1876-1994. A historical, theoretical, & methodological approach is taken to analyze the production of the ideology of otherness & the construction of values & norms of domination & racism. Drawing on the theories of Antonio Gramsci, this discrimination is understood as a function of contemporary oligarchy. S. Jameson