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"Global history of urban property and urban development in Guadalajara from the 1500s - 1990s. Author studies ownership patterns, private entrepreneurship, and the role of the state as a promoter of urban growth and real estate ownership. Well-documented social and urban history. Commendable for its interdisciplinary approach"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

This study traces the history origin of the "Bantustans" or "homelands" in South Africa and the process of transforming the African reserves into the so-called self-governing states. The author shows that the Bantustans were just like mini states in conditions of economic subordination and that financially they were dependent on South Africa. (DÜI-Hff)

This title explores the formation and deformation of the cultural sphere and the effects on culture of globalization. Against many orthodox postmodernist accounts,the author argues that it is wrong to regard our present state of fragmentation and dislocation as an epochal break. Existing interdependencies and power balances are not so easily broken down

This book is an appraisal of the 1964 political union between the Republic of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar. The author who was the second President of Zanzibar from 1972 until his resignation in 1984 uses constitutional and legal evidence to demonstrate that the union was federal in character and envisaged three distinct jurisdictions. (DÜI-Hff)

The author adresses questions of legislation and the relationship between lawyers, judges and their organizations in the transitional phase. Particularly investigated is the manner in which the Palestinian judicial system is likely to evolve, considering the influences of preceding legislators such as the Ottomans, the British, the Jordanians, the Egyptians and the Israelis. (PASSSIA/DÜI)

This paper reviews the relationship between fiscal policy (and its related instruments, government expenditure and tax policy) and employment in Namibia. The author explores the major factors causing unemployment in the country and examines what role the fiscal instruments perform to create employment. He concludes with recommendations for ways to increase employment. (DÜI-Hff)

"Focusing on labor unions in Rosario, Argentina's second city, the author describes the strategies adopted by various unions to confront industrial and governmental downsizing. Because these neoliberal policies are being implemented by a Peronist government, labor is compelled to rethink its traditional allegiance to the Justicialist Party"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

"Informative study of the Argentine-Uruguayan border dispute along the Río de la Plata and the negotiations leading to a mutually acceptable solution in 1973. The author, an Uruguayan navy officer who served in the foreign relations ministry, participated in the negotiations and mixes documental information with anecdotal recollections"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

This book considers in depth the basic economic and philosophical issues surrounding the concept of private property. The author adheres to the Austrian school of economic thought in pursuing this analysis and comes to the conclusion that the right to private property is a principle of ethics and the `basis for continual `optimal' economic progress'

In Search of a Political Philosophy is an analysis of the three democratic `isms' - conservatism, liberalism and socialism - and of the distinct nature of the all-devouring ideology - Marxist communism. The author is concerned with the conscious and unconscious assumptions of the proponents and followers of each ideology, and those of their theoreticians and critics.

In this book, the author examines the current role of African cities nationally and internationally, stressing particularly the gulf between official planning and management and the real needs of most city-dwellers, the consequences of indebtedness and poverty for urban life and the relationship between social process and the built environment. (DÜI-Hff)

The series have been designed "to help all in both understanding the biblical standard of right conduct, or behaviour of action, as well as in living by this standard in our practical everyday lives". The author tackles a number of moral issues such as drug use, gambling, entertainment, attitudes to riches and work. (DÜI-Hff)

1. International Migration: Sociological or Social Psychological Phenomenon? -- 2. American Emigration: Past and Present -- 3. Motives: Why They Move -- 4. More on Motives -- 5. Adjustments: How They Adapt -- 6. Toward a Model of the Migration Cycle -- 7. Retention or Reemigration: Why They Remain or Return -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.

This book deals with the clinical features and the prevention of AIDS, especially in African countries. The author uses a number of case histories in which he was personally involved in his research travels in sub-Saharan Africa. They led him to his sure belief that AIDS was already well established elsewhere before it arrived on the African continent

The author analyses the colonial political system of Hong Kong before taking a closer look to the future political system in the time of transition and the time after 1997, when Hong Kong will be returned to the People's Republic of China. He discusses the difficulties and contradictions of this future development. (DÜI-Pff)