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After describing the origins and development of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Taiwan, the author explores the political and economic forces that lay behind the ROC government's plan to privatize them, discusses some early privatization cases and scrutinizes the obstacles to sales of government assets, particularly in labour, capital and political markets in Taiwan. (DÜI-Sen)

Employing longitudinal causal analysis, the author explores and evaluates the relationship between trade interdependence and the patterns of international conflicts with particular reference to Asian economic interdependence. He thinks that the magnitude of economic interactions does not appear to be a necessary condition for improvement of relations between trading states. (DÜI-Sen)

The author compares the autocratic political regimes which carried out the industrialization of Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in the post-war period and also compares their respective democratization processes. He shows that the controlling regime in Taiwan was more pre-emptive than the Korean regime in its attempt to maintain political stability. (DÜI-Sen)

IN THE LATE 1980'S, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV REPEATEDLY STATED THAT THE SOVIET UNION'S MOST SERIOUS DOMESTIC PROBLEM WAS THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD. TODAY, RUSSIA CONTINUES TO HAVE FOOD SHORTAGES, AND THE SITUATION IS BECOMING WORSE. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE SOURCES OF THIS CHRONIC FOOD SHORTFALL AND RUSSIA'S FAILED ATTEMPTS AT AGRARIAN REFORM.

THE AUTHOR ENDEAVORS TO ANSWER SOME OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS INVOLVED IN THE STUDY OF "NEW MEDIA": WHAT IS MEANT BY NEW MEDIA IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION? HOW ARE NEW MEDIA DISTINGUISHABLE FROM TRADITIONAL MEDIA? WHO ARE THE NEW MEDIA AUDIENCES AND WHAT AUDIENCE EFFECTS OCCUR? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF NEW MEDIA IN THE POLICY PROCESS?

Investigates the compatibility of nationalism & liberalism, characterized as the only two ideologies to have survived the 20th century. The characteristics of nationalism & liberalism are discussed, elaborating on the three most prominent schools of liberal thought -- neutralist, autonomist, & nationalist. National policies advocated by each of these groups are considered, identifying the weaknesses of each group, & offering suggestions for possible improvements. It is concluded that the best form of liberal nationalistic intervention would respect basic rights, submit to popular wishes, be limited to threatened or limited populations, & be restricted to a cultural framework. Adapted from the source document.

How banal is the exoticism ? An account of Politique africaine
The author offers a review of the work published by Politique africaine, as well as a thorough discussion of French Africanist studies in the last fifteen years. Important questions are arisen. Some refer to political analyses ; others to other areas of concern to all Africanists.

An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, March 28–31, 1996. Special thanks to Lelia Lomba De Andrade for her many insightful comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence to author at: Hillyer College, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06119. Internet: doane@uhavax.hartford.edu

ABSTRACTSThis essay examines the debate concerning the treatment of animals in the charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Focusing on the language used in reporting the event, the author demonstrates how this debate has become racialized in the English‐language media because of the tendency to identify the issue of animal abuse in rodeos as an exclusively Mexican practice.

Using a detailed case description of unique names, their meaning, and the naming process among five African American families, the author discusses the application of a culturally competent practice framework. The historical significance of names in African American culture is highlighted, and issues surrounding practitioner-based research in the African American community are discussed.

In this article, population movement forced by administrative power is referred to as policy-induced movement, whereas that caused by economic factors or disasters as spontaneous movement. The author explores China's population movement over a forty-five-year-period since the early 1950s by comparing policy induced and spontaneous movement patterns. (DÜI-Sen)

APEC (the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum) is an emerging regional group of 18 member economies in the Asia-Pacific area. The author looks at its strengthening cooperation from diversity, new stage of APEC development, voluntary liberalization programmes of its member countries and what APEC's new development means for non-member developing countries. (DÜI-Sen)

THE AUTHOR INVESTIGATES SOVIET DECISION-MAKING IN THE 1968 CZECHOSLOVAK CRISIS, FOCUSING ON WHY THE SOVIETS DECIDED TO INTERVENE. HE OFFERS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE SOVIET INTERVENTION BASED ON MATERIALS RELEASED FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN 1990-93. THEN HE ANALYZES MORE RECENT DISCLOSURES FROM RUSSIAN ARCHIVES TO DETERMINE IF HIS HYPOTHESIS IS VALID.