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1980 WITNESSED IN YUGOSLAVIA ONE OF THE GRAVEST ECONOMIC CRISES THAT THE COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED SINCE WORLD WAR II. UNEMPLOYMENT WAS ABOVE 700,000, FOREIGN TRADE DEFICIT WAS ACCELERATING, INCREASES IN PRICES COULD NOT BE BALANCED BY INCREASES IN WAGES. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE REPRESSION AND EFFECTS, THE ROLE OF SELF-MANAGEMENT, THE WORKERS' DEMOCRAIN A COMMUNIST STATE, TITO'S RULING CLASS AND STABILITY.

THE AUTHOR TRACES AND ANALYZES U.S. AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION, WHICH HE SEES AS BEING AIMED, UNTIL THE '70S, TO LIMITING FARM PRODUCTION. IT THEN CHANGED FUNDAMENTALLY HE SAYS, TO A REGULATION OF AGRICULTURE, WITH GOALS OF EXPANDING FARM EXPORTS, PARTICULARLY GRAIN, AND INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGRICULTURE. THE RISING WORLD DEMAND FOR GRAIN REQUIRED A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN ESTABLISHED POLICY.

THE AUTHOR ANALYZES AND DISCUSSES THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION'S CAPABILITY OF WITHSTANDING A SURPRISE ATTACK. HE ARGUES THAT IT CANNOT AFFORD ONE. NATO DOES NOT HAVE A CUSHION OF MATERIAL SUPERIORITY IN STANDING FORCES TO COUNTERACT EFFECTS OF MAJOR WARSAW PACT SUCCESS IN THE 1ST WEEK OF BATTLE. NATO'S POTENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SURPRISE IS A POLITICAL PROBLEM AND AN OPERATIONAL ONE.

THE AUTHOR STATES, "WE HAVE SEEN AN IMPERFECT PRESIDENCY, AND IT IS US." FOR PURPOSES OF PERSPECTIVE HE BRIEFLY LOOKS AT ACKNOWLEDGED HIGH POINTS OF THE US PRESIDENCY AND CONTRASTS THAT WITH THE REALITIES OF OUR PRESENT TIMES,. WHICH EFFECT THE ODDS ON A PRESIDENT"S ABILITY TO EASILY SHAPE THINGS...TO MIRROR THE SOCIETY AND VICE VERSA.

THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE TRANSITION IN FOREIGN POLICY FROM THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION TO THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. HE ASKS THREE QUESTIONS OF CARTER'S FOREIGN POLICY: WHAT WAS DONE WELL? WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT SHOULD BE LEARNED FROM THE CARTER PRESIDENCY? HE BELIEVES CARTER'S INITIAL ASSERTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN FOREIGN POLICY WAS A GOOD IDEA, AND DISCUSSES ITS ENDS AND RESULTS.

THE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT IN BRITAIN IS AGAIN MAKING AN APPEARANCE IN THAT COUNTRY, NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE FIRST SIMILAR CAMPAIGN APPEARED. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THIS TREND AND THE REASONS FOR IT, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE TRIDENT SEA-BORNE MISSILE SYSTEM, AND THE ALLOWING OF AMERICAN CRUISE MISSILES IN BRITAIN. HE BELIEVES THAT THIS NEW CAMPAIGN WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE.

THE AUTHOR ANALYZES CONDITIONS PREVALENT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE PRELIMINARY TO THE BRITISH ATTEMPT TO BRING IT INTO A TUTELARY RELATIONSHIP: DEPOPULATION AND PAUCITY OF CIVILIZATION; RURAL POVERTY; RUDIMENTARY NETWORK OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; AND, UNDERLYING ALL, CAPRICIOUS, AVARICIOUS BUT IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT. A LATER INSTALLMENT OF THIS STUDY WILL CONCERN ITSELF WITH THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

THE EVIDENCE FROM A SMALL TUNISIAN TOWNSHIP SHOWS THAT IDEAS & PRACTICES OF BIRTH CONTROL ARE A GOOD DEAL MORE "RATIONAL-INTENTIONAL" THAN STUDENTS OF MUSLIM SOCIETIES NORMALLY ASSUME. IN TUNISIA, ISLAM DOES NOT FORM AN OBSTACLE TO FAMILY PLANNING & INDEED ITS TENETS HAVE OFTEN BEEN USED TO ENCOURAGE IT. OPPOSITIONAL MUSLINS DO NOT REPRESENT A SERIOUS POLITICAL FORCE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE ASSERTS THAT ON THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATIONS FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA SHOULD BE THE CURRENT DISARRAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REGIME. FOR 36 YEARS, HE SAYS, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO PROMOTE THE USE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR CIVILIAN NEEDS WHILE AVOIDING THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IN THE PRESENT, HOWEVER, THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS IS INCREASING.

THE AUTHOR CHRONICLES THE CAREER OF BOSTON MAYOR KEVIN WHITE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 1960S AND 1970S. SHE RELATES THE REASONS FOR WHITE'S SURVIVAL DURING A TIME WHEN MODERN MAYORS SEEM DOOMED TO SHORT TENURE IN OFFICE. SHE CONCLUDES THAT EVEN ELECTORALLY SUCCESSFUL MAYORS MUST ENGAGE IN A DELICATE AND HIGH-STAKES BALANCING ACT IN SEEKING AND HOLDING ONTO POLITICAL POWER.

THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT E. GELLNER'S VIEW OF PRE-COLONIAL RURAL MOROCCO, THAT IT WAS COMPOSED OF TOWNS AND TRIBES, IS MISTAKEN, AND DEMONSTRATES THIS WITH REFERENCE TO THE JBALA-ARABIC-SPEAKING, SEDENTARY AGRICULTURALISTS IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST MOROCCO. HE EMPHASIZES IN THIS ANALYSIS OF TERMINOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT THAT THE 'QABILA' OF THE JBALA WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF MOROCCO.

THE SOVIETS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEWHAT AMBIVALENT ABOUT THE ABM'S. THIS ARTICLE TRACES THE HISTORY OF THEIR STANCES IN THE SALT NEGOTIATIONS WITH INQUIRY INTO THEIR POSSIBLE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. THE UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS OF SALT ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ABM TREATY REVISION, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS, BUT SHOULD NOT BE CAUSE FOR A CONFRONTATION BY THE U.S. DESIRES FOR ABM REVISIONS.