Suchergebnisse

Current trends in work design, division of labor, and industrial organization; West German and general perspective; 3 articles with comments.

Based on conference paper. Partial contents: Warning; Airspace sovereignty; Active defense of high value military point targets; Limited area defense of the United States (light to medium attacks); Heavy air defense of the entire United States against heavy attacks.

Military considerations vs. bureaucratic politics as factors in strategic defense decisionmaking.

Translated from the French by Paul Mattick, jr.

Examines potential responses. Concern over US reliance on foreign technologies, foreign-sourced products, or domestic-sourced products purchased from the local subsidiaries of foreign corporations.

Feasibility of reducing the US and Soviet nuclear arsenals to approximately 2,000 warheads each in light of the reduced threat in Europe.

Five articles. Contents: The political transition of the Francoist Cortes: toward the law for political reform (1975-1976), by Angel José Sánchez-Navarro; The legalization of the Spanish communist party: elites, public opinion, and symbols in the Spanish transition, by Helena Varela-Guinot; Organizations versus policy makers: the case of Basque television, by Josu Meso-Aranzibia; State structure and industrial relations: the teachers' unions in Spain, by Pedro Luis Iriso; The emergence of the Spanish welfare state: the role of ideas in the policy process, by Ana Guillén.

PROSPECTS ARE VERY GOOD FOR SUBSTANTIVE AGREEMENTS ACROSS THE ARMS CONTROL FRONT, FROM POSSIBLE SIGNING OF A U.S.-SOVIET STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTIONS TREATY (START) TO EASTWEST AGREEMENT ON CONVENTIONAL FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE (CFE) THIS YEAR. VERIFICATION OF THESE AND STILL OTHER POSSIBLE AGREEMENTS WILL BE COMPLEX AND DEMANDING, EVEN WITH NEW-FOUND SOVIET READINESS TO ACCEPT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF INTRUSIVE ON-SITE INSPECTION. IT ALSO WILL POSE DIFFICULT AND CONTROVERSIAL CHOICES, INCLUDING: HOW TO BALANCE THE BENEFITS, RISKS, AND COSTS OF STEADILY MORE INTRUSIVE ON-SITE INSPECTIONS; HOW BEST TO ORGANIZE U.S. AND MULTINATIONAL EFFORTS TO MEET FUTURE ARMS CONTROL MONITORING REQUIREMENTS; AND MOST IMPORTANT WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE UNAVOIDABLE VERIFICATION UNCERTAINTIES INHERENT IN FUTURE NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS?

Assesses role of US pressure and efforts of the Sandinista government and other Latin American nations in the outcome of the Nicaraguan conflict.