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The new regionalism tends to emphasize the commonalities of central cities and their suburbs. Los Angeles County has surprisingly minor differences between central city and suburb—leading one to wonder why municipal alliances across jurisdictional lines have not been more prominent. The author tackles this anomaly by breaking L.A. County into 58 different areas and tracking demographic and economic change between 1970 and 1990. The analysis suggests that there are important differences in the ethnic and economic dynamics of various subregions. As a result, "smart-growth" politics may have less salience in Los Angeles than would an alternative regionalism rooted in community-based movements and organizations.

An econometric investigation of the proximate determinants of inflation in Bolivia in both the hyperinflationary & postinflation periods is conducted, & current & future problems in the Bolivian macroeconomy are considered. Based on analysis of published statistics, it is argued that the Bolivian hyperinflation of 1984/85 was fundamentally rooted in problems of external finance & distributional conflict. Also, it is shown how the New Economic Policy addressed these issues with an orthodox approach that attracted the support of international lending institutions & shifted the balance of power away from labor. 9 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 Appendix, 20 References. Adapted from the source document.

Much of the global justice movement (GJM) constituency is white, middle-class, and college-educated, seeming to suggest a failure to engage low-income communities of color most negatively affected by globalization in the U.S. Drawing on recent innovations in social movement theory and a unique empirical base of interviews, focus groups, and participant observation with emerging grassroots leadership, we examine the constraints faced by community-based organizations (CBOs) in these communities and outline recent successful efforts to integrate a global perspective into their mission and vision. We suggest that these efforts can lead to a complementary partnership between NGOs, organized labor, and CBOs that will further empower the GJM in the U.S.