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The impact of increased social conflict on the Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) ability to maintain power in contemporary Mexico is examined. Although other political parties have won key mayoral & legislative positions, it is contended that the PRI's political machines in southern states ensure the party's maintenance of political power. It is asserted that the ability of opposition political parties, especially the Party of the Democratic Revolution, to win the 2000 presidential election depends on the PRI's decision to allow fair elections & continued problems in the Mexican economy. Emergence of violent conflict between PRI forces & opposition & revolutionary forces in Chiapas, Guerrero, & Oaxaca during the 1990s is discussed. The prevalence of drug trafficking in northern states has also contributed to social conflict throughout Mexico; in addition, the role of US drug policy concerning Mexico is criticized. Mexico could transform into another Colombia if unfair elections & the drug economy are allowed to continue. J. W. Parker

Technical aid to the under-developed countries may have important side-effects on the internal soc structure of the receiving community, contrary to the desired goals of the projecters. It may generate tensions & soc conflict between existing & emerging factions of the community. This is shown re some case studies from the Indo-Norwegian Fishing Project in Kerala. Technical assistance is defined as a process by which the donor tries to transfer goods & services to a receiver with a diff culture, & where some of the items are already accepted as valuables, but are scarce goods. The goods & services introduced from the outside are considered as stimuli for action & split into 2 components (1) capital: mechanized boats, fishing nets, subsidies & loans & (2) value-set: the soc'ization of habits, skills & att's necessary for the operation of the new equipment. It is shown that the unequal reception of the new technology by the diff parts of the community in some cases have increased rather than reduced the inequality of living standards which existed prior to the introduction of the aid program & have accelerated econ growth in that part of the pop which already for some time had been in a process of their own econ development. The possibilities of changing the opinions and values of that group of the community which does not react adequately to the new stimuli are discussed. Modified AA.

Field experiments, in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables in a naturally occurring setting, have sometimes been used in studies of social conflict & should probably be used more often. They are more useful than observational studies for assessing the impact of novel conditions, establishing cause & effect, & reducing confounding. & they are more useful than laboratory experiments for examining long-term effects & those that involve strong passions, & for establishing external validity. However field experiments also have their limitations. Some variables cannot be practically or ethically manipulated & require the use of observational methods, which are also more useful for looking at the relationships among a large number of variables & for estimating the strength of association between variables. Furthermore, laboratory experiments allow more control of conditions & greater flexibility in designing manipulations. What this suggests is that all three methods have their value. References. Adapted from the source document.

This article outlines the role of globalized mass media in the perception of environmental and social threats and its reciprocal conditionality in the globalized society. It examines the reasons why the global environmental crisis will not lead to a world-wide environmental movement for change of the basic imperatives of the world economic-political system. Coherency between globalized mass media and wide-spreading of consumer lifestyle exists despite the fact that it deepens the devastation of environment and social conflicts. Globalized mass media owned by transnational corporations are not only a part of the current global economic-political system, but also the prerequisite of its creation and existence, as well as social contradictions and conflicts.