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In this article the author answers the question, "why do deafblind people need the services of guide-interpreters?". The author gives information on guide-interpreters, discusses a person's environment, and addresses the rights of people who are deafblind. Also outlines how legislation should address the issues of deaf-blind people. DBI REVIEW, #32, July-December 2003, pp. 26-27.

The author discusses theoretical & political problematics of self-ownership & the concept's implications for free labor, property rights, democratic "self-government," & liberal/libertarian ideas about individual autonomy. The notion of "property in the person" can no longer be equated with autonomy; thus the author calls for its reconceptualization in future discussions of the democratizing process. 49 References. K. Coddon

The role of language in politics pertaining to female voters is examined in this article. The author contrasts Judith Butler's "politics of the performative" as outlined in her book Excitable Speech, against Catherine MacKinnon's constructionist theory, especially as seen in MacKinnon's crusade against pornography. The author sees Butler as providing an alternative to the censorship she sees MacKinnon & her cohorts advocating. G. Gifford

The author analyzes the relationship between constitutional law & political reality. Using historical material on German constitutional legal practice to analyze this relationship, the author concludes that a good constitution can function solely in the setting of a good political culture. The citizenry of a certain political culture always goes hand in hand with a good constitution. Adapted from the source document.

Based on an historical analysis of the Mexican independence process, the author tries to establish the situation of the liberal ideas through it. He studies both the influence of Spanish liberalism & the development of a Mexican liberal conception. The author also offers an evaluation about the relationship between history & politics as outlined by different scholars. Adapted from the source document.

The author focuses on Kant's response to a question posed by Rousseau: What is a citizen? The analysis investigates the reciprocal & pathological tensions between the individual & the state. The author discusses the conceptualization of the people, the divided subject, the presentation of the other, the idea of organization, & the state as master. 51 References. A. Funderburg

The author focuses on Kant's response to a question posed by Rousseau: What is a citizen? The analysis investigates the reciprocal & pathological tensions between the individual & the state. The author discusses the conceptualization of the people, the divided subject, the presentation of the other, the idea of organization, & the state as master. 51 References. A. Funderburg

The author has written the paper in response to the need for long-term economic statistics concerning Taiwan. After looking at statistical data and the research to date, he examines revised estimates of long-term national accounts table. The author points out that the constant price system is too rigid to be applied for long-term historical statistics. (DÜI-Sen)

The author outlines the modern universalistic theories that assume the natural & historical unity of humankind &, using this as a starting point, predict a cosmopolitan & Eurocentric outcome of world history. Contrary to these universalistic theories, the contemporary globalist theories, the author claims, are pluralistic & multicultural & thus paradigmatically different from the panoptical theories of classic modernism. Adapted from the source document.

The author examines the growing number of sub-regional economic zones, popularly called "growth triangles", their political and security implications, and interlinkages with economies in the Asia-Pacific region. He focuses on Southeast Asia, defining it broadly to include South China. The author also explores the question whether growth triangles have been driven mainly by business or government initiative. (DÜI-Sen)

The author analyzes the concept of neoclassicism in contemporary political philosophy. The study begins with a description of contemporary neoclassical developments & continues with a precise delineation of Plato's & Aristotle's philosophy of politics. In the end, the author concludes that the antiquity-inspired philosophy of politics today has the corrective function to steer liberal society towards community. Adapted from the source document.

As the author sees it, the fifth meeting of the ASEAN Heads of Government in December 1995 in Bangkok was truly a landmark occasion. The author discusses the major outcomes of this meeting, the prospects of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar becoming members of the ASEAN and deepening political, economic and social cooperation among existing and prospecting members of ASEAN. (DÜI-Sen)

With special reference to the cotton textile industry, the author addresses the issue of technology choice by the Indian promoters of industry for their industrial venture during the British rule and how colonialism influenced this choice at various stages of India's industrial development. The author takes a brief look at the industrial scene in post-colonial India. (DÜI-Sen)