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On the basis of research conducted in Indonesia, the author investigates a key transition in the production of timber for export. The analysis is based on a rich literature focusing on commodity chains. In addition to economic factors, the author gives attention to structures of governance, including the formation and dissolution of political alliances and coalitions. From the late 1980s through 1998, Indonesian plywood producers consolidated power in a state-supported domestic oligopoly, forged a transnational alliance that circumvented the power of Japanese trading houses, and supported domestic accumulation. The Asian crisis of 1997 to 1998 and structural adjustments imposed by the International Monetary Fund radically transformed Indonesia's options, diminishing its capacity to compete, as China emerged as a major producer of wood-related products. The Indonesian case may well illustrate processes of market remarginalization resulting from the implementation of neoliberal policies. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2007 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

On the basis of research conducted in Indonesia, the author investigates a key transition in the production of timber for export. The analysis is based on a rich literature focusing on commodity chains. In addition to economic factors, the author gives attention to structures of governance, including the formation and dissolution of political alliances and coalitions. From the late 1980s through 1998, Indonesian plywood producers consolidated power in a state-supported domestic oligopoly, forged a transnational alliance that circumvented the power of Japanese trading houses, and supported domestic accumulation. The Asian crisis of 1997 to 1998 and structural adjustments imposed by the International Monetary Fund radically transformed Indonesia's options, diminishing its capacity to compete, as China emerged as a major producer of woodrelated products. The Indonesian case may well illustrate processes of market remarginalization resulting from the implementation of neoliberal policies.

This article questions the widely held view that indigenous movements in Latin America during the last decades of the twentieth century were caused by globalization. The author reviews several bodies of literature and concludes that, although globalization may be a fit descriptor for some of the actions and narratives of indigenous movements, it cannot be understood as a causal determinant. Many indigenous movements emerged long before the neoliberal current started, others coincide with it, and yet others lag significantly. The author proposes an alternative framework that gives primary significance to state–society relations. Contrary to the idea that national states may have lost prominence in the age of globalization I contend the opposite, suggesting also that indigenous movements have emerged where there are (1) challenges to preexisting corporate identities, (2) transcommunity networks to provide the resources for mobilization, and (3) associational spaces to facilitate collective expression.

The article is devoted to the problem of Russian economy institutional structure transformation. The main direction of economical institutes' system reformation is reduction of its deformalization degree. For the achievement of this goal it is necessary: to modify the government role in reformation processes realization; to increase the proprietorship protectability and to correct general principles of legislative field modification. According to the author, it is important to take into account a deep correlation between institutional transformations and political climate stability. ; The article is devoted to the problem of Russian economy institutional structure transformation. The main direction of economical institutes' system reformation is reduction of its deformalization degree. For the achievement of this goal it is necessary: to modify the government role in reformation processes realization; to increase the proprietorship protectability and to correct general principles of legislative field modification. According to the author, it is important to take into account a deep correlation between institutional transformations and political climate stability.

The author shows the evolution of world corporate system. Based on the historic experience it is noted that there is no ideal corporate system serving local and even global economy. There are just corporate system variants more or less effective under the present circumstances. The decrease wave of state's part in the economy of the developed countries under the influence of the factor of world economical and political situation can be successfully replaced by the increase wave of the state's part. ; The author shows the evolution of world corporate system. Based on the historic experience it is noted that there is no ideal corporate system serving local and even global economy. There are just corporate system variants more or less effective under the present circumstances. The decrease wave of state's part in the economy of the developed countries under the influence of the factor of world economical and political situation can be successfully replaced by the increase wave of the state's part.

The essay refers to the relationship between globalization and citizenship rights. In the first part, the author presents an approach to the concept of citizenship and then discusses the cosmopolitan theories which assume globalization as the advent of the global civil society. In the last part, the author points out the world levels of inequality to conclude on the restrictive character of some of the new rights in the society of information. ; El ensayo trata sobre la relación que existe entre la globalización y los derechos de ciudadanía. En una primera parte el autor presenta una aproximación al concepto de ciudadanía y enseguida polemiza con las teorías cosmopolitas las cuales interpretan la globalización como el advenimiento de la sociedad civil global. En la última parte, el autor muestra el crecimiento de los niveles de desigualdad en el mundo para concluir sobre el carácter restrictivo de varios de los nuevos derechos de la sociedad de la información.

Актуальность выбранной темы обусловлена теоретической и практической значимостью исследования правового обеспечения конституционного права граждан на альтернативную гражданскую службу при осуществлении обязанности по защите Отечества. Автор утверждает, что обозначенная проблема при всей своей значимости, не получила должного освещения в современной юридической литературе. В статье предпринимается попытка раскрыть наиболее важные стороны указанной проблемы с учетом действующего законодательства об альтернативной гражданской службе и практики его применения. Анализ содержащихся в статье положений позволяет обнаружить ряд перспективных направлений для совершенствования законодательства об альтернативной гражданской службе. ; The article deals with the practical and theoretical researches in the field of legal security problems of citizens constitutional rights of alternative military service. The author states that the above mentioned issue has not been covered enough in the modern juridical literature and makes an attempt to show its vital aspects. The special attention is paid to current legal acts and their implementation. The author examines the situation and discovers some promising tendencies that may improve the alternative military service legislation.

В статье рассмотрены причины и конкретные обстоятельства возникновения этнополитических конфликтов на территории Российской Федерации после распада Советского Союза. Выделены регионы с наибольшей степенью этнополитической конфликтности, и прослежена динамика обострения и угасания конфликтов в зависимости от политических и экономических отношений между республиками и федеральным Центром. Автор приходит к выводу, что конфликтность не является доминирующей чертой в межнациональных отношениях в РФ, однако зоны напряженности способны быстро трансформироваться в зоны конфликтов. ; The author analyzes the reasons and exact circumstances which brought about ethnic-political conflicts in Russian Federation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The regions characterized by the most serious ethnic-political conflicts are revealed. Aggravation and detente of these conflicts are shown to be determined by political and economic relations between republics and federal Centre. The author comes to the conclusion that conflict is not a dominant feature of the ethnic relations in Russian Federation, however zones of tension are prone to transforming quickly into zones of conflicts

This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004. On the basis of interviews with more than three hundred labor leaders, government officials, and working women, the author reports on the efforts of informal workers in construction and tobacco manufacturing to organize and improve their conditions of life. Contrary to mobilizations in the formal sector, those workers do not make direct demands on their employers. Instead they appeal to the state to obtain welfare benefits. The study shows that neoliberal reform has surprisingly opened up new channels for informal workers to constitute themselves as a class. This represents an amendment to earlier analyses that focused exclusively on the mobilizing capacity of workers in the formal sector. The author concludes by highlighting the importance of this work for the study of social movements and labor's relationship with the state.

The author of the article analyses the idea of political change, focusing on the question whether this change in Poland after the year 1989 was carried out by way of revolution or reforms. he considerations characterise mainly the idea of Mirosław Dzielski and his community, as well as relations with their opponents. Several elements of the above-named theory are brought out in the text. Firstly, the necessity of making comprehensive social changes for the success of the planned change. Secondly, reality diagnosis is necessary. Thirdly, planning of the form of political change, and finally, creation of the project for 'the system of freedom'. The article shows the uniqueness of Dzielski's opinions as a liberal. The author puts special emphasis on the fact that according to him, the reforms program should be directed not at communists but communism. What's more, he perceived that in the Polish conditions there was a collision between freedom and democracy, whereas in his opinion the primacy should go the former.

This paper aims to question the generalized idea that women have only been victims or, when worst, consenting witnesses, passive accomplices of the violence of Argentina's last military dictatorship. According to the author, culture in general and theatre in particular reproduce this idea when omitting female active participation in these repressive practices. To study this, the author focuses her analysis on three plays written by Eduardo Pavlovsky: "El señor Galíndez", "Tercero incluido" and "Potestad". ; Este trabajo pretende poner en crisis la idea generalizada de que las mujeres sólo han sido víctimas o, en el peor de los casos, testigos aquiescentes, cómplices pasivas de la violencia de la última dictadura militar argentina. Según la autora, la cultura en general y el teatro en particular reproducen esta idea al omitir el protagonismo femenino en dichas prácticas represivas. Para ello, la autora focaliza su análisis en tres obras de Eduardo Pavlovsky: "El señor Galíndez", "Tercero incluido" y "Potestad".

This article describes an attempt to include citizenship within history teaching. The author considers history an ideal context for citizenship education because the learning objectives of citizenship such as enquiry, participation, action and communication are all familiar to history teachers since historical enquiry, interpretations, analysis, explanation and appreciating different perspectives have long been compulsory elements in most history curricula. Here the author uses history as a platform and then moves on to higher order citizenship concepts, in particular human rights and the democratic process. The study was carried out with students' from 12 to 14 years old in two classes from different schools, one a co-educational private school with mixed achievers and one a state girls' school with low achievers. Both classes participated separately in history tasks and activities on an historical site on the island of Malta. The main objective of the follow-up citizenship lessons was to debate whether torture should ever be used in a democratic society. ; peer-reviewed

The essay refers to the relationship between globalization and citizenship rights. In the first part, the author presents an approach to the concept of citizenship and then discusses the cosmopolitan theories which assume globalization as the advent of the global civil society. In the last part, the author points out the world levels of inequality to conclude on the restrictive character of some of the new rights in the society of information. ; El ensayo trata sobre la relación que existe entre la globalización y los derechos de ciudadanía. En una primera parte el autor presenta una aproximación al concepto de ciudadanía y enseguida polemiza con las teorías cosmopolitas las cuales interpretan la globalización como el advenimiento de la sociedad civil global. En la última parte, el autor muestra el crecimiento de los niveles de desigualdad en el mundo para concluir sobre el carácter restrictivo de varios de los nuevos derechos de la sociedad de la información.