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Using a model that represents a synthesis of traditional utility-based bargaining theory and the spatial model of voting, the author attempts to analyse the evolving economic and political relationship between Taiwan and mainland China. The model focuses on the strategy of issue linkages and results derived from the model suggest that issue linkage can be a useful strategy. (DÜI-Sen)

Author recounts how he became interested in apparently marginal fields of research and anomalous cases, both of which help to stimulate a 'euphoria of ignorance', the intellectual excitement of discovering a lack which can be filled. During research into the phenomenon of late mediaeval European witchcraft, chance discoveries led to complex and challenging conclusions involving the cultural universals of human behaviour. (Original abstract-amended)

THE AUTHOR FURNISHES A PORTRAIT OF KIM IL SUNG'S TRANSITION FROM COMMUNIST LIBERATION FIGHTER TO SELF-BESOTTED AUTOCRAT. HE NOT ONLY GIVES MANY DETAILS OF THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME BUT EXPLORES ITS COST TO THE ECONOMY, ITS SOCIAL CONDITIONS, AND ITS LIKELY FATE. HE CONSIDERS THE IMPLICATIONS OF NEWLY-AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT NORTH KOREA'S ROOTS, THE PROCESS OF STATE FORMATION, AND THE ECONOMY.

This article reviews three recent books that enhance our understanding of the work of French feminist Luce Irigaray: Marine Lover of Friedrich Nietzsche and The Irigaray Reader (both by Irigaray), and Philosophy in the Feminine, a commentary on Irigaray's work by Margaret Whitford. The author emphasizes a dynamic reading of Irigaray's philosophy and integrates theoretical concepts with poetic/utopian passages from the works.

Study of the evolution of the character of the Obeah practioner in a selection of novels set in Jamaica and written in the late 19th and 20th c. Author relates the changing image of the Obeah practioner to changes in social outlook and demonstrates one way in which literature responds to changing social relationships. Portraits of the Obeah practioner became increasingly complex as fiction was placed in an historical revisionist framework.

In this paper the public policy implications of an active government strategy aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the electronics industry in Britain are examined. The author argues that as a general principle industrial policy should be both designed and applied at as low a level as possible. To achieve this a comprehensive but decentralised institutional economic development network will need to be created.

In the last few years, many Chinese materials which shed light on Beijing's role in the settlement of the Indo-China issue in 1954 have become available. Based on these new sources, and with Western documents, the author explores the PRC's preparation for and performance during the Geneva Conference of 1954 and discusses China's relations with the major powers at Geneva. (DÜI-Sen)

According to the author, the notion of stopping or limiting the production of plutonium and highly-enriched uranium, which has its origins in the 1946 Baruch Plan, would address a variety of current concerns relating to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. A 'cut-off' of nuclear weapons-usable material could significantly reduce proliferation risks. The paper discusses this 'cut-off' issue. (DÜI-Sen)

In this article the main theories of race in Brazil are critically reviewed in the light of contemporary politics. The author focuses largely on postwar Brazilian racial theory, beginning with the pioneering UNESCO studies. He believes that the literature on race in Brazil, despite its considerable strengths, suffers from a series of debilitating problems, including a neglect of the discursive and cultural dimensions of race

CANADA AND CARIBBEAN HAVE A LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP FOSTERED BY A COMMON INTEREST IN RESISTANCE TO BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC HEGEMONY. THIS PAPER TRACES THE HISTORICAL ROOTS THROUGH A SERIES OF FORMAL BILATERAL AGREEMENTS CULMINATING IN THE ONE, KNOWN AS CARIBCAN, RATIFIED IN 1986. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT TODAY, THE CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC BASES OF THIS RELATIONSHIP ARE TOURISM, INVESTMENT AND AID RATHER THAN MERCHANDISE TRADE.

THE SPECIAL POSITION ENJOYED BY FRANCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR. GERMAN UNIFICATION AND GERMANY'S PLACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PRESENT FRANCE WITH A SET OF NEW CHALLENGES. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE PRESENT FRENCH OBSESSION WITH ITS ROLE IN THE WORLD, AND THE POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD FOR FRANCE WITHIN AN INTEGRATED EUROPE.

THE AUTHOR SUMMARIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NATURAL RIGHT THINKING FOR CLARENCE THOMAS'S WRITINGS ON THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS. HE RECOUNTS AND ANALYZES THE ARGUMENTS RAISED AGAINST THOMAS DURING HIS SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BY DIFFERENT INTEREST GROUPS, SCHOLARS, AND SENATORS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. HE CONCLUDES WITH SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE PLACE OF NATURAL RIGHT THINKING IN CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP.

According to the author, in Indonesia Islam is ever-present, but it plays little role in political affairs. The two post-independence Indonesian governments, under Sukarno and Suharto, have deliberately tried to exclude Islamic influence from both domestic politics and foreign affairs. He examines the role of Islam in this country and how the government's domestic policy toward Islam is reflected in its foreign policy. (DÜI-Sen)

Nepal is a country sandwiched between two of Asia's competing powers, China and India. According to the author, Nepal's situation provides an interesting example of how geopolitics has imposed an extremely serious obstacle for hamonious external relations with aspirations for peace, security and development. He examines Nepal's geopolitical constraints in respect of its development strategy, industrial self-reliance, transportation, external trade and economic stagnation. (DÜI-Sen)