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Argues that the disintegration of communism in Eastern Europe & the emergence of Internet technology will significantly influence world development during the 21st century. Determinants responsible for people's disorientation with the Internet, eg, the availability of pornography, are identified. Issues involving the design of the Internet, eg, the intense commercialization of the World Wide Web, are discussed. Whereas other journals have addressed the effects of cyberspace on communities, the present issue is deemed significant for addressing issues concerning social scientists' use of computer technology, the effects of Internet growth on social scientific research methods, & the publication of academic work. The respective contributions are briefly introduced; the centrality of Jurgen Habermas's notion of civil society & Michel Foucault's work on the fragmentation of culture to the debate is explained. It is concluded that issues regarding Internet usability, the employment of the Internet for nonentertainment purposes, & intellectual property will dominate 21st-century research. Adapted from the source document.

A review of the politics involved in the European union, following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1991. It is argued that the Treaty's plan for an Economic & Monetary Union (EMU), based on principles of an orthodox free market economy, will destabilize community political systems, disrupt power relations in economic policy making, & ultimately splinter the working class. An account of the development of the Single Market Project in 1986 culminating in the Maastricht Treaty considers the resistance of GB's Thatcher government & the French & Danish referendums. Europe's economic convergence in a currency union idealizes German-style economic management. It is noted that the emergence of the single market will force corporations to downplay the importance of social rights. 5 References. J. Sadler

This paper uses class analysis to explore the politics of urban development in London in the 1980s. It shows how the Thatcher government's economic and urban policies had the strategic effect of shaping economic restructuring in the city and transforming the sociological bases of class politics. The broad impact of Thatcherism in London is discussed, with particular attention being paid to the financial district ("the City") and the Docklands. The paper concludes with a discussion of the struggle between the Thatcher government and the London Labour Party which culminated in the "poll tax."

An introduction to a special journal issue (see related abstracts in SA 44:4) on British politics after Margaret Thatcher, outlining the features of John Major's leadership of Parliament, the rise of the Labour Party in the early 1990s, & trends pointing to the contours of British politics in the latter half of the decade. Included in these trends are the politics of economic policy, the on-going debate over constitutional reform, & the growth of single-issue politics among young people. This journal issue is divided into four parts with analyses of the state & political economy composing the central theme. Other themes include regional & local politics, socialist politics, & new trends in British politics. D. M. Smith

"A collection of essays by a diverse group of scholars, The Politics of Cyberspace tackles the most important themes tied to the emergence of cyber-space - inequalities of access, the use of the Web by mainstream political parties, the challenge to the First Amendment, the possibility that the Web may foster new understandings of gender, and the need for progressive intellectuals to embrace and utilize the internet in their political struggles."--Jacket