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The public sphere has often been defined as much by those it excludes as by those it includes. In this essay, the author examines the problem of exclusion in the public sphere, focusing on London, England, in the early modern period. She argues that John Stowe's Survey of London (1603) denied the importance of merchant activity & offered a vertical view of London that invented the city as a space in which artisan-citizens were the real Londoners, while the merchants' spatial perspective was alienating & immoral. 68 References. A. Funderburg

This paper explores the array of shifting state strategies adopted by states in post-Soviet central Eurasia with regard to their relations with the US, China, India, & Europe & assesses the applicability of balance of power theory in trying to understand what has been happening. Russia would prefer to have US power balanced, but its neighbors would feel more comfortable if Russia's power were cut down to size; however, these states feel that their major threat is not domination but marginalization & the inability to improve their economic well-being. Whether their attempts to better their situation & to counter great state power through alliances among themselves or with other states can be viewed as efforts to balance power or threat is questioned. A thorough analysis of the past decade suggests that this is not the case. J. Stanton

Im Oktober 2001 und Januar 2002 fand im "Collegium Budapest" eine internationale Konferenz statt, in der die Situation der Sozialwissenschaften in Mittel- und Osteuropa aus dem Blickwinkel von Soziologen, Politologen und Ökonomen diskutiert wurde. Der Autor möchte in seinem Aufsatz über die Bedingungen der Soziologie in Ostmitteleuropa einige Hauptlinien der Debatte skizzieren, die Fragestellungen systematisieren und eine vorläufige zusammenfassende Bilanz ziehen. Wesentliche Fragen der Debatte waren z.B.: Sind die Soziologien in den ost- und mitteleuropäischen Ländern gleich oder unterschiedlich? Wie weit sind sie von den Kontexten der europäischen Soziologie entfernt? Und wie werden sie durch die fortschreitende Internationalisierung der Soziologie im Zeitalter der Globalisierung beeinflusst? Der Autor erörtert einige allgemeine Probleme der Disziplin und regionale Probleme, die unter den Soziologen von postkommunistischen Ländern diskutiert werden, sowie spezifische Fragestellungen nationaler Soziologen, bei denen ideosynkratische historische oder kulturelle Erfahrungen und die besondere gegenwärtige Situation in den postkommunistischen Ländern im Vordergrund standen. (ICI)

This chapter analyses Poland's initial support of the Bush Doctrine & comparatively summarizes some of the similarities between Poland's & other Central European country's foreign policy with the United States. The article also explores the limited domestic discussions in Poland regarding the Bush Doctrine & notes a change of tone in 2004 with stronger criticisms emerging from politicians against the Bush Doctrine. Tables. D. Miller

A spatial analysis of workplace-residence relations in Greater London taken from a more detailed study of journey-to-work patterns in UK metropolitan areas explores processes of social exclusion from a different perspective than the usual labor market or spatial concentration research. Data from the Samples of Anonymised Records of the 1991 UK Census that provide cross-tabulations of variables by individual revealed that 60%-70% of ethnic employees in London work outside their borough of residence. However, the vast majority of minority ethnic groups who live in Inner London also work there. Asians & many black Africans were shown to travel longer distances than whites with Bangladeshis & Pakistanis being the most spatially restricted. There was little evidence of a US-style spatial mismatch indicating the need for minority ethnic workers in inner cities to travel long distances to work in the suburbs. Examination of trends among specific ethnic groups suggests a complex ethnic division of labor that exhibits varied patterns of incorporation in the city's spatio-temporal matrix. Temporal dimensions are discussed. 5 Tables. J. Lindroth

A comment on Will Kymlicka's "Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe" (2001) asserts that concepts of ethnocultural justice, public recognition, & accommodation of diversity are not novelties in Eastern Central Europe. Thus, it is contended that liberal-pluralist theory is not a revelation, but will have two key practical consequences: (1) Classical liberal teaching that speaks to ethnocultural neutrality might lead to majority aspirations & demagoguery & liberal canons might justify concepts equating majority with normalcy. (2) Liberal-pluralist concepts might provide a means to implement a policy of ethnocultural justice in the context of modern democracy. Three facets of ethnocultural justice are then identified: separate space for minorities, equitable sharing of public space, & neutralization of ethnic undercurrents & biases. The last facet is elaborated on in the context of former Yugoslavia before considering the Dayton Agreement as a lost opportunity for turning to Western liberal-pluralist political theory as a springboard to ethnocultural justice. It is concluded that the Eastern Central European experience demonstrates that ethnocultural neutrality & group-neutral regulation cannot accommodate cultural pluralism nor guarantee stable & peaceful ethnic majority-minority relations. Western liberal-pluralist theory eschews diversity & cannot provide viable models of accommodation & cohabitation in the context of ethnic pluralism. J. Zendejas

A comment on Will Kymlicka's "Western Political Theory and Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe" (2001) asserts that concepts of ethnocultural justice, public recognition, & accommodation of diversity are not novelties in Eastern Central Europe. Thus, it is contended that liberal-pluralist theory is not a revelation, but will have two key practical consequences: (1) Classical liberal teaching that speaks to ethnocultural neutrality might lead to majority aspirations & demagoguery & liberal canons might justify concepts equating majority with normalcy. (2) Liberal-pluralist concepts might provide a means to implement a policy of ethnocultural justice in the context of modern democracy. Three facets of ethnocultural justice are then identified: separate space for minorities, equitable sharing of public space, & neutralization of ethnic undercurrents & biases. The last facet is elaborated on in the context of former Yugoslavia before considering the Dayton Agreement as a lost opportunity for turning to Western liberal-pluralist political theory as a springboard to ethnocultural justice. It is concluded that the Eastern Central European experience demonstrates that ethnocultural neutrality & group-neutral regulation cannot accommodate cultural pluralism nor guarantee stable & peaceful ethnic majority-minority relations. Western liberal-pluralist theory eschews diversity & cannot provide viable models of accommodation & cohabitation in the context of ethnic pluralism. J. Zendejas