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Twenty-five years ago much of the Gulf's oil was exported to Mediterranean terminals overland. The advent of the supertankers and political interruptions to overland supply routes seemed to render most of the pipelines obsolete. The author describes how the Gulf war has changed the picture entirely, with Iraq leading the way in the race to build pipeline export networks. (DÜI-Asd)

Critical review of the literature on tribal customary law. The primary interest is in the Bedouin, among whom this law reached the peak of its elaboration, but there are also listed some works relating to villagers. The author has tried to answer two main questions about each work: Where does the information come from? and is it accurate? (DÜI-Hns)

After a brief look at the social and economic structure of Afghanistan, the author narrates its history since 1747. Constitutions of 1921, 1931 and 1964. Overthrow of the monarchy. Afghanistan's close relations with the USSR since 1954. How Noor Mohammed Taraki came to power in April 1978. Background of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979. (DÜI-Sen)

Three decades of government intervention in favour of export-oriented large-scale commercial farming in Brazilian Amazonia have contributed significantly to an agrarian crisis in the region. After tracing the roots of this crisis in official rural development policy for Amazonia, the author focuses on the most recent large-scale initiative, the Grande Carajas Programme, maintaining that it is likely to exacerbate such trends

The 1949 constitution of Costa Rica is the thirteenth constitutional instrument since the country's declaration of independence from Spain in 1821.The author discusses in detail the elements of republicanism and social democracy which have informed the substance of the constitution. Institutional checks and balances, social basic rights and the proscription of armed forces in peacetime merit particular attention

The author presents a survey of Cuba's socialist agricultural transformation since 1959 and its effects on the peasantry. Pre-1959 agrarian structures and ownership patterns and early agricultural policies and their impact on land tenure are treated. Agricultural development since the mid-1960s with emphasis on the performance and social conditions of the peasantry is analysed

The author takes a brief look at the economic and political developments in Taiwan in 1987. Private sector - driving force behind the island economy. Steps to encourage imports under U.S. pressure. End of the "martial law" on 14th July 1987. The role of the non-legal parties in the country's politics. Political reforms orchestrated personally by the President Jiang Jingguo. (DÜI-Sen)

Comparing political stability in the Philippines and in the ROC on Taiwan, the author belives that political stability will continue to characterize the ROC. The circumstances in this country have been fundamentally different from those that existed, and still exists, in the Philippines. Factors contributing to the collapse of the Marcos administration in the Philippines. Deterioration of its political situation with the economy. (DÜI-Sen)

The author contends that the analysis of devlopment has now entered into a phase of perplexity and disillusionment. Neither collective nor professional agents have consistently played the parts assigned to them in the 1950s and 1960s. Meanwhile governments and political movements, even if convinced that their countries need bold innovations in development policy, are overwhelmed by the tasks of crisis management

THIS ESSAY FOCUSES ON THE SCOPE OF TWO NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, ARTICLES 2(2) AND 3, AND ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF STATES PARTIES TO THE COVENANT. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE MEANING OF DISCRIMINATION, GROUNDS OF DISCRIMINATION, AND THE NATURE OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF STATES UNDER ARTICLES 2(2) AND 3.

THIS ESSAY DESCRIBES THE SCOPE OF POLLUTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT NEW POLICIES WILL BE ADOPTED AND REAL PROGRESS MADE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE AUTHOR FIRST DISCUSSES THE EXTENT OF POLLUTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. SECONDLY, SHE OUTLINES SOME OF THE RECENT POLICIES ADOPTED THERE. AND FINALLY, SHE DISCUSSES SOME OF THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Übersicht über Ziele und Strategien der staatlichen Bergbaupolitik in Jamaika und Peru und Analyse ihrer Auswirkungen auf das nationale und internationale Wirtschaftssystem

In Siberia, in the 1920s, two meetings of tungus shamans
Laurence Delaby presents two translations of shamanic meetings taken from articles published in Soviet reviews reflecting the anti-religious struggle in the pre-war period.
The author, I.M. Suslov, a specialist of Tungus shamanism reports (with the political atmosphere of the time) some facts that he himself observed in the basin of the river Ienissei.

The search for "fundamental human emotions" has been seriously impeded by the absence of a culture‐independent semantic metalanguage. The author proposes a metalanguage based on a postulated set of universal semantic primitives, and shows how language‐specific meanings of emotion terms can be captured and how rigorous cross‐cultural comparisons of emotion terms can be achieved.