Suchergebnisse

Examines parties and blocs, campaign, voter turnout, results of the state Duma election, and other topics.

Explores the reasons for dismantling the German Democratic Republic's print and broadcast media.

Profiles the Italian Right before and after the electoral success of Silvio Berlusconi in Mar. 1994; political campaign strategies and prospects. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 442 and 456.

Status of and assistance for persons displaced by ethnic conflict in former territories of Yugoslavia.

Whether perestroika was a transition to market economy and political pluralism; analyzes developments since the Apr. 25, 1993 referendum. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 434 and 450.

Legacy of the Kim Il Sung regime in North Korea; succession of Kim Jong Il and threats posed by the atomic weapons program. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 449 and 463.

Political prospects in Mexico in the aftermath of the Mayan Indian rebellion in Chiapas and the Aug. 1994 election of Ernesto Zedillo, presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary party. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 445 and 459.

National reconciliation and economic reconstruction prospects in South Africa, in the aftermath of the first multiracial elections, Apr. 1994. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 443 and 457.

Political trends in Japan since the July 18, 1993 legislative elections; some focus on implications of the nomination of Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, which ended 40 years of hegemony by the Liberal Democrats. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 447 and 461.

THE 1994 EUROPEAN ELECTION IN SPAIN SHOWED A CLEAR VICTORY FOR THE PARTIDO POPULAR, THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1979, THE MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE DISPLAYED ITS CONFIDENCE IN A CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND PUT AN END TO FIFTEEN YEARS OF SOCIALIST ELECTORAL HEGEMONY. CENTERED ON NATIONAL ISSUES AND WITH SCARCELY ANY REFERENCE TO EUROPEAN POLICIES, THIS ELECTION WILL PROBABLY HAVE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES FOR DOMESTIC POLITICS IN SPAIN.