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The article reviews and analysis the novel 'The Edge of the Alphabet' by New Zealand author, Janet Frame. Her novels are theoretical in their context rather than simply in their referencing or in their philosophical subject matter.

The author describes her 5‐month job search, decision to accept a job that required her to relocate, and subsequent firing from that job. Some of the emotional effects of these events are also discussed.

This paper is the text of a lecture given by the author at the Academic Conference on Charitable Services and Social Forces in History, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on 8 December 1999.

Individual representation is a fact for more than 90 percent of those employed in the private sector and, for many reasons discussed by the author, will remain so in the new millennium, leaving collective bargaining in "the twilight zone."

Globalization of markets and expanding communication technology networks affect all dimensions of education: curriculum, instructional method, learning environments, and administration. In this article, the author anticipates the impacts upon education in science, technology, and society (STS).

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PETER MAIR CRITIQUES AN ESSAY, "POLITICAL CLEAVAGES, PARTY POLITICS, AND URBANIZATION IN IRELAND: THE CASE OF PERIPHERY-DOMINATED CENTER" BY TOM GARVIN, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1974. IN HIS PAPER, GARVIN ARGUED THAT IRISH POLITICAL PARTIES CANNOT BE EASILY FITTED INTO A CONVENTIONAL LEFT-RIGHT FRAMEWORK. HE EMPLOYED THE LIPSET-ROKKAN CENTER-PERIPHERY CONCEPT TO EXPLAIN THIS SITUATION AND ILLUMINATE THE PERSISTENT SUCCESS OF FIANNA FAIL, THE NATIONALIST-POPULIST PARTY. HE ARGUED THAT IRELAND WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A POLITY IN WHICH THE POLITICAL CONCERNS AND STYLE OF THE RURAL PERIPHERY INVADED AND CAME TO DOMINATE THE URBAN CENTER FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION.

Reviews and discusses `Social policy in rich and poor countries: Socio-economic trends and political-institutional determinants', which appeared in vol.17 (1989), pp.641-659 of this journal. Includes a response by the original author.

THE AUTHOR PROFILES WILLIAM CLAYTON, AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IMMEDIATELY AFTER WORLD WAR II DUE TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN BOTH THE MARSHALL PLAN AND THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE.

THE AUTHOR, WHO IS DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE MISSION AT THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, EXPLAINS HIS COUNTRY'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLVING NEW WORLD ORDER AND ITS POSITION ON GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ARMS CONTROL ISSUES.

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