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THE MINISTER OF CULTURE IN NICARAGUA COMMENTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THAT NATION. HE COMPARES ART AND CULTURE OF THE PRE-REVOLUTION PERIOD TO THAT OF TODAY. HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE POSITION OF THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT TOWARDS ART AND CULTURE, INCLUDING COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ART.

Examines the type of economic analyses of capitalism presented by leading exponents of the neoclassical, Marxian, Austrian, & institutionalist schools of economic thought. Although each school has something to offer, it is argued that all except the institutionalist school are largely insensitive to different types of structure in capitalism & are blind to the cultures & institutions that characterize different kinds of capitalism. This conclusion is reached by addressing three issues: the problem of universal & specific assumptions in economic analysis; the question of "necessary impurities" in an economic system; & the relationship between actor & structure. It is concluded that institutional economics is most sensitive to the immense actual & potential variety in capitalism itself, & recognizes that the development of different capitalist systems can be divergent rather than convergent. 1 Table, 145 References. Adapted from the source document.

MORE WOMEN ARE SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING FOR U.S. POLITICAL OFFICES. HOWEVER, FURTHER ADVANCES MAY BE LIMITED BY WOMEN'S INABILITY TO SYMBOLICALLY PORTRAY THEMSELVES AS EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN POLITICAL MEDIA. WE SEE THE DILEMMA MOST CLEARLY IN POLITICAL ADS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES. THESE TEXTS JUXTAPOSE IN THE VIEWER'S MIND THE LEGACY OF WOMEN'S IMAGES IN ADVERTISING - HOMEMAKER, MOTHER, SEX OBJECT - WITH THE IDEAL OF MALE-DOMINATED POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. IN OUR CULTURE WE STILL IDENTIFY THE MALE AS POLITICAL AND PUBLIC-MINDED AND THE FEMALE AS INVOLVED IN PRIVATE CONCERNS. A FEMINIST SEMIOTIC READING AND COMPANION OF POLITICAL ADS FROM A MARYLAND SENATE RACE BETWEEN TWO WOMEN (LINDA CHAVEZ AND BARBARA MIKULSKI) AND ONE FROM GEORGE BUSH (AS AN EXAMPLE OF A MALE STANDARD) ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFICULTY WOMEN FACE AS CANDIDATES IN PORTRAYING THEMSELVES AS EFFECTIVE LEADERS. BUSH'S AD SHOWS THE EASE WITH WHICH MEN CAN BE PORTRAYED AS SYMBOLIC. FATHER READY TO LEAD THE COUNTRY. CHAVEZ USES HER ADS TO ESTABLISH HER RELATIONSHIP TO PATRIARCHY; SHE WILL BE A LEADER DEFINED BY MAINTENANCE OF HER ROLES AS WIFE, MOTHER, AND DAUGHTER. CHAVEZ'S OPPONENT, MIKULSKI, CHOOSES A POTENTIALLY RISKIER STRATEGY AND 'BREAKS THE RULES' IN SEEKING A NEW WAY TO PORTRAY WOMEN IN SOME OF HER ADS. MIKULSKI CREATES A NEW KIND OF SYMBOLIC SPACE FOR WOMEN THAT DRAWS ON THE POWER OF MATERNAL RELATIONSHIPS; SHE WILL BE A LEADER WHO FOLLOWS THE EXAMPLE OF HER BRAVE GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF MOPY: 1994

THE AMERICAN POLITY'S DESIGNERS PROCEEDED FROM WHAT JOHN ADAMS CALLED "THE DIVINE SCIENCE OF POLITICS"-AN APPROCH VER Y CLOSE TO THAT OF MODERN EMPIRICAL POLITICAL SCIENCE. IT WAS ROOTED IN THEIR CONVENTION THAT TRUTH IS BEST DISCOVERED BY THE SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF EXPERIENCE;THEY INVESTIGATED EXPERIENCE WITH METHODS PRIMITIVE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

Cuban state support for music, particularly its promotion of a pluralistic diversity of music, is discussed. It is suggested that the financial security of Cuban musicians is evident in the vitality of Cuban musical culture. The class interactions that condition musical production & consumption in Cuba are also discussed, & Cuban attitudes are described as forming a consistent aesthetic pluralism. 15 References. D. Generoli