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FOR AFRICAN PRODUCERS OF ARABICA AND ROBUSTA COFFEES, THE PATTERN OF PRICE BEHAVIOR IS EXTREMELY UNWELCOME, PARTICULARLY FOR THE COUNTRIES FOR WHICH COFFEE EXPORTS ARE NOT ONLY A MAJOR SOURCE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUT ALSO AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF CASH INCOME FOR SMALL FARMERS. THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF COFFEE PRODUCTION AND THE GLOBAL MARKETING CHAIN. IT CONCLUDES THAT ALTHOUGH THE TRIGGER FOR A PRICE CHANGE IN THE MARKET FOR COFFEE MAY BE CLIMATIC, THE WAY IN WHICH THAT ECONOMIC CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE MARKET IS POLITICALLY DETERMINED.

THE CLASSIFICATION OF UGANDA AS AN INTERNATIONAL BANTUSTAN IS SUBJECT TO DEBATE. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NOTION OF INTERNATIONAL BANTUSTANS IS USEFUL, NOT BECAUSE IT SIMPLY HIGHLIGHTS A PARTICULAR FORM OF DEPENDENCY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT DRAWS ATTENTION TO A WIDER FORM OF CORPORATIST RACISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, BY USING SUCH AN EXPRESSION PEOPLE ALSO LEGITIMIZE THE TRANSFER OF A TERMINOLOGY WHICH ENCOURAGES A VIEW OF AFRICA AND AFRICANS THAT, WITH ITS ROOTS IN WHITE SOUTH AFRICA, IS INNACCURATE, MISLEADING, OVERGENERALIZED, AND, AT HEART, A COLONIAL CONSTRUCT.

WHILE THE CHANGE TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY MOST PEOPLE IN WHAT USED TO BE TERMED THE FRONT LINE STATES, THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE STATES AND SOUTH AFRICA IS LIKELY TO REMAIN PROBLEMATIC FOR MANY OF THEIR INHABITANTS. LESOTHO, IN PARTICULAR, MAY WELL NOW BE IN A PROCESS OF TRANSISTION FROM DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TO DEPENDENT UNDERDEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF A SURGE OF REGIONGAL POLARIZATION SINCE THE EARLY 1990S. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, POLITICAL STABILITY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT FOR LESOTHO.

Metadata only record ; This article looks at the changing government and development of Lesotho and South Africa. This article addresses the changing social classes in Lesotho and South Africa as well as the changing developmental status. For example, the author addresses Lesotho's backward evolution, going from "developed" to "underdeveloped".

A NUMBER OF POSSIBLE DIRECTONS FOR CHANGE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE. THESE RANGE FROM "REGIONAL RESTABILIZATION" THROUGH "REGIONAL BREAK-UP AND PERIPHERALISTION" TO NEO-REGIONAL ALTERNATIVES". ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE REGION MUST BE PREMISED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AND THE STATE. BOTH AS IT HAS EVOLVED AND AS IT IS LIKELY TO ALTER UNDER MAJORITY RULE. LIKEWISE THE DISCUSSION OF REGIONAL ALTERNATIVES MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE OF CLASS FORMATION AND ITS EXPRESSION WITHIN THE VARIOUS NATION STATES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, AND OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS WHICH CLASS STRUGGLE IS TAKING THROUGHOUT THE REGION.