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The author presents a brief historical account of the transition in Norway from a system with specialized professionals in unique settings to a generically based system dealing with handicapped populations under general programs. Both positive and negative observations are offered, as well as suggestions for a combination of special services by trained professionals within the current, generic system.

The author traces and evaluates the major trends in the history and theory of the modern corporation: the literature dealing with market control, the New Business History that emphasizes efficiency, and recent developments by the Chicago School and the theorists of transactions costs. He concludes with an analysis of the recent problems U.S. corporations have experienced in managing innovation.

AbstractAlthough the tradition of psychiatric consultation for medical patients is well established and adequately described, there are few contributions concerning the conceptual framework for community consultations and few case examples. In order to provide a framework for conceptualizing consultation work, the author presents an example of a consultation to a community agency and discusses some of the specific elements in community consultation.

This document records the state documents published by state agencies and the legislature that were received annually by the State Library. Publications are listed by the call number in the state document classification system and each listing includes the title, author, volume and number, date of publication, and number of pages. Includes cumulative index, July 1987 - June 1988.

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES INTEREST GROUPS, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCESS TO PRESIDENTS CARTER AND REAGAN. THE GROUPS THAT ENJOYED THE GREATEST ACCESS WERE BLACKS AND LABOR TO CARTER, HISPANICS AND BUSINESS TO REAGAN. DURING THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, THE DEMOCRATS SOUGHT TO REDUCE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH AMONG HISPANICS WHILE THE REPUBLICANS ENDEAVORED TO WOO MORE BLACKS TO THEIR PARTY.

THE BLOODY COUP OF OCT. 15, 1987, IN BURKINA FASO STEMMED FROM THE CONJUNCTURE OF A NUMBER OF IMPASSES. IN THIS ANALYSIS, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES TWO SERIES OF CAUSES: (1) IMMEDIATE AND (2) STRUCTURAL, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY RESULTED FROM THE DIFFICULTY (IF NOT THE IMPOSSIBILITY) OF EFFECTING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES PROMISED BY THE AUGUST REVOLUTION.

THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO RECTIFY MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT THE PRIORITY OF RIGHT MEANS BY SKETCHING ITS CONNECTION WITH FIVE IDEAS OF THE GOOD FOUND IN JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS: (1) GOODNESS AS RATIONALITY, (2) PRIMARY GOODS, (3) PERMISSIBLE COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTIONS OF THE GOOD, (4) THE IDEA OF THE POLITICAL VIRTUES, AND (5) THE GOOD OF A WELL-ORDERED POLITICAL SOCIETY.

After a brief overview of the export and growth performance of eleven successful developing countries (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Brazil and Mexico), the author examines their policies for promoting exports of manufactures. Policy packages for industrialisation and export promotion in two semi-NICs, Thailand and Malaysia, are compared. (DÜI-Sen)

The author believes that the beneficiaries of Statutory Rationing (SR) in Bangladesh are an elitist lot. They have on average 15 years of urban residence behind them, four-fifths having secure jobs in coveted governmental or other public sector. Per capita income of typical SR beneficiary estimated as significantly in excess of the corresponding figure for the average urban household. (DÜI-Sen)