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THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE NEW AND EXCLUSIVIST NATIONALIST COMPLEXES THAT ARE LOCKED IN CONFLICT IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. SHE ARGUES THAT THE ATTEMPT TO CONSTRUCT ETHNICALLY-EXCLUSIVE STATES SERVES THE INTERESTS OF NEW POLITICAL AND MILITARY ELITES BUT FAILS TO REGISTER THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY AND IGNORES THE NEED TO NEGOTIATE NEW WAYS OF CO-EXISTING AND COOPERATING.

SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF COMECON, THE WORLD HAS WITNESSED THE FORMATION OF NEW REGIONAL GROUPINGS IN CENTRAL EUROPE, INDICATING A TREND TOWARDS MORE INTEGRATION IN THE REGION. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR OUTLINES THE HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND BEHIND RECENT EFFORTS TOWARD REGIONAL COOPERATION IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF THE NEWLY FORMED CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AREA.

BORIS D. BRUTZKUS WAS AN ECONOMIST WHO HAS BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY SCHOLARS EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THE COURAGE TO WRITE ABOUT THE CONTRADICTIONS AND BANKRUPTCY OF SOVIET SOCIALISM AS EARLY AS THE 1920'S. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON BRUTZKUS, AN ASSESSMENT OF ONE OF HIS ESSAYS, AND AN INDICATION OF HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT.

Der Beitrag beschreibt den Forschungsstand im Bereich der Parteienforschung in der Bundesrepublik und geht insbesondere auf die Forschungsschwerpunkte Parteiensoziologie, Mitgliedschaften, innere Organisation von Parteien sowie parteipolitische Strategien ein; die Partei "Die Grünen" wird in der Betrachtung explizit berücksichtigt. (AuD-Pls)

Having outlined the history of the Philippine sugar industry, the author examines its current structure, and describes the political and economic forces that sustain it. He argues that the institutional organization, rather than government policy, cultural attitudes, or neo-colonial dependency, is fundamentally responsible for the poor performance of the sugar industry in recent decades. (DÜI-Sen)

According to the author, over four decades of independent statehood have not diminished the vexing problem of leadership in relation to the management of the Myanmar state. He explores from a historical perspective the political process involved in leading the post-independence Myanmar state and traces the decline and demise of the ruling parties since 1948. (DÜI-Sen)

The author explores the problems faced by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and its affiliated unions three years after Namibia attained independence. She also discusses the situation in various sectors of the economy and NUNW's relations with the SWAPO. Brief history of the trade union movement in Namibia and the implications of the Labour Act promulgated in April 1992. (DÜI-Sen)

Having developed a simple money multiplier model of the money supply, the author investigates the behaviour of the money multiplier in Bangladesh for the period 1972 to 1993. His findings suggest that although the deposit-currency ratio equation is stable, the equations of the time-deposit ratio and the excess reserves-deposit ratio are unstable. (DÜI-Sen)

A series of international and regional events since mid-1989 has created new challenges for Cuban policy toward Central America. According to the author, Cuba is maintaining its principles and promoting its interests in a complex and hostile political context. He explores opportunities for Cuban foreign policy in Central America against the backdrop of contradictions in US involvement in respect to this region

The rapid economic growth in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan has been acknowledged, but the underlying divergent organizational modes of their economies have not been systematically studied. The author inquires how and why divergent modes of economic organizations become established in these countries, and how they have been shaped in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea over time. (DÜI-Sen)

The author examines private and commercial profitability from the Western Gandak Canal Project (WGCP) in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and shows that the WGCP has the high benefit-cost ratio of 3.92. As a result of the project, local farmers as a group derive Rs. 3.92 worth of income benefits for each rupee they spend irrigation. (DÜI-Sen)

Having discussed the meaning of internationalization and the many different interpretations of this concept in Japan, the author briefly outlines the complex political, economic, and social factors for internationalization and examines the coming of the age of the internationalization in Japan at the local level, during the period of 1988-'91 with special reference to Kyoto. (DÜI-Sen)