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The process & outcome of planned & unplanned transitions from military to civilian rule are examined. The goals of military coups & problems of transition are explored, with focus on: (1) challenges to the military's political heritage; (2) the military's prerogatives; & (3) the military as an institution. The transition from military to civilian rule in Turkey in the 1980s is analyzed, with particular emphasis on the unpredictable nature of the process & the frustrations encountered by the military forces. D. Generoli

Implicitly agreeing that the War on Poverty and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act lost political support following their apparent failure to achieve expected results, most analysts of these programs interpret their failure as evidence of inherent government limits, or of the detrimental effects of pluralism, or of 'hidden' success. These views are incomplete because they do not confront political failure as an analytically distinct problem. Explanation must include the effects of America's complex, fragmented policy-making structure on their design. (JLN)

While political radicalism has most often been associated with the working class, there have been instances of middle class radical movements. In the 1960s Frank Parkin developed a theory which attempted to distinguish between the 2 class forms of political radicalism. Attempts to assess the continuing validity of Parkin's argument through an analysis of survey responses from young people in Denmark. (Abstract amended)

The Texas JOBS evaluation began in December 1988 and continued through November 1989. The work took place in two phases. In the first phase (through mid-April 1989), planning documents were prepared to support DHS in its shortened planning for the Texas legislative and appropriations process. Texas, unlike most states, was compelled to shorten its decision making in order to secure state appropriations for welfare reform from the regularly scheduled session of the Texas legislature ending in June 1989. Unfortunately, this shortened timeline also meant that most critical program decisions had to be finalized 6 months before the issuance of final federal regulations for the JOBS program. Phase One products included planning and issues papers concerning the size and characteristics of potential participant populations in AFDC-Basic and the AFDC Unemployed Parent (UP) programs, the demand for services, and others. Phase Two research resulted in additional estimates of current and projected Basic and UP participants, critical reviews of the current DHS welfare employment initiative -REFOCUS which began as a pilot effort in three regions in April 1988 and will be operating statewide by the end of 1989 -- labor market demand analyses, recommendations for JOBS county selection, and others. ; Texas Department of Human Services ; Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

THE ARTICLE FOCUSES ON A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INTENSE POLITICAL DEBATE: SHOULD NATIONAL ATTENTION FOCUS ON THE "UNEMPLOYMENT RATE" OR THE EMPLOYMENT RATE" AS AN ACCURATE INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE US? THE ARTICLE FOCUSES NOT ON ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL PRINCIPLES, BUT ON THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING. PUBLIC DEBATE TREATS DATA AND INFORMATION AS BEING THE SAME ELEMENT WHEN FROM AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. THE ESSAY ALSO ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN COGNITION CAN PROVIDE A TOOL FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE UNEMPLOYMENT MEASURES.

The author analyses the relationship between rural class formation and the nature of peasant political participation in Zambia by taking Southern Province as a case study. He explores the role of the state and the development of capitalist farmers and the "Kulaks". Peasant political participation in the multi-party period from 1964 to 1973 is dicussed. (DÜI-Sen)