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AbstractResearchers consistently find that newly listed stocks underperform in the post‐listing period. It has been suggested that this anomalous finding may, in part, be explained away if the risk during this period is lower than at other times. Evidence is presented here that the riskiness of newly listed stocks undergoes a seasoning process. Instead of lower risk, riskiness is found to be greater immediately after listing than in later periods. This suggests that the post‐listing anomaly is actually worse than has been previously recognized.

The article consist of two parts. The first looks at China's industrial performance in terms of the pace and pattern of industrialization, regional industrial distribution and technological change. This analysis is set in the context of the policy background against which industrial changes were taking place. The second part of the article examines the nature and scope of the modifications to the Maoist strategy of industrialization after the late 1970s: in particular, their possible long-term impact upon existing sectoral, regional and technical balances. (DÜI-Sen)

The emergence of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981, the recent formation of the Arab Cooperation Council, as well as the Arab Maghreb Federation have raised many questions with regard to the concepts of Arabism versus a more specific regional and functional view of Arab cooperation. This paper attempts to answer some of these questions by highlighting the historical interplay between these two concepts, with specific reference to the formation and later development of the League of Arab States. (DÜI-Hns)

My retrospective study, published in the twenty-fifth anniversary volume of this Yearbook, attempted a critical survey of post-war Soviet general theory of international law, and noted the signs of an intellectual changing of the guard and the emergence of a new generation of Soviet international legal theorists. Is it possible today to speak of a post-war U.S. general theory of international law, and, if so, can we speak of a generational change, in the late 1980's, similar to that in the Soviet Union?

IDEOLOGY, NOW RELATIVELY NEGLECTED, IS CLEARLY A DIMENSION BASIC TO THE WHOLE PROCESS OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN CUBA. DEVELOPING FROM TRADITIONS OF RADICAL NATIONALISM AND A POLITICAL CULTURE OF DISSIDENCE, CUBANISMO BECAME AN IDEOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE SUFFICIENT TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDAMENTALLY TO THE POPULAR SUPPORT FOR BOTH INSURRECTION AND RADICALIZATION. WITH INSTITUTIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION LACKING IN THE 1960S, IT WAS ABLE TO FUSE WITH NEWER INPUTS TO BECOME ITSELF A POWERFUL MEANS OF MASS POLITICIZATION, LEADING TO BOTH THE 'NEW MAN' ETHOS AND, LATER, THE CURRENT 'RECTIFICATION' PROCESS.

Politische Veränderungen in der VR China lassen sich auch an den gewandelten Funktionen des Nationalen Volkskongresses ablesen. Seit dem Übergang zu einer regulären Gesetzgebung gewinnt der Kongreß in der Legislative zunehmend Gewicht. Als Volksvertretung kann der Kongreß wegen der nach wie vor erheblichen Demokratiedefizite in China kaum angesehen werden, auch wenn eine Tendenz zu mehr Bürgernähe feststellen läßt. Gerade im Nationalen Volkskongreß zeigt sich die Entwicklung zu mehr Gesetzlichkeit und größerer Rationalität in der chinesischen Innenpolitik, die aber keinesfalls mit Liberalisierung verwechselt werden darf. (BIOst-Rsg)

THE TURISH POLITICAL SYSTEM WITH ITS OTTOMAN LEGACY STANDS OUT AS A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A MODERNIZING POLITY WITH A DISTINCT STATE TRADITION. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE SHARP CENTER-PERIPHERY CONFLICT IN TURKEY WHICH PLACED ITS INDELIBLE STAMP ON LATER PERIODS AND PLACES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC BUREAUCRACY IN PERSPECTIVE AS THIS PARTICULAR EVOLUTION IS KEPT IN MIND. EXPLORED ARE FOUR POLICIES TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF CIVIL BUREAUCRACY IN TURKISH POLITICS: PRIVATIZATION, SIMPLIFICATION, DECENTRALIZATION AT THE LOCALITIES AND REDUCED BUREAUCRACY AT THE CENTER.

Anne Barron looks at the implications of Foucault 's social theory for liberal democratic constitutional theory. Collectivist administration is not the consequence of later 19th century political-social developments, but is the shadow side of the Enlightenment project itself. The constitution expresses the People as subject, administration, the People as object. Enlightenment legality is not only a matter of delimiting the sphere of co-existing sovereignties, but of creating the social body in which the incapacitated, or otherwise inadequate individual becomes socially normal.

Carrots dyed with one of three pigments-ICI green GNA, ICI blue BXA, or lissamine green-were
compared with undyed carrots as wallaby bait in two field trials. There were no significant differences
between any of the treatments in either trial, indicating that wallabies accept both dyed and undyed
carrots equally well. A later series of monitored 1080 poisonings with blue-dyed bait resulted in no
apparent reduction of kills, showing that the blue dye is a suitable material for marking toxic bait in
wallaby control operations.

ABSTRACTThe Reagan administration's "New Federalism" and tax reform proposals were expected to have chilling effects on growth of state and local government revenues and expenditures. This paper examines the hypothesis that there was a structural break in state and local government fiscal behavior in the 1980s. Although the evidence is far from conclusive, it does suggest some different fiscal patterns in this decade. However, the real structural break appears to have occurred in the late 1970s and these trends have continued during the Reagan years.

Responding to the call by historical demographers for "more empirical studies at the micro-level" of motives for using birth control, a single archival source—letters written to Marie Stopes, a major English advocate of contraception—are used to examine the contraceptive experiences and sexual problems of individual men and women during the later phase of the demographic transition in England (1918–1939). Various statistical assessments reveal that methods and motives for contraception were influenced by the correspondents' sex and social standing.

Responding to the call by historical demographers for "more empirical studies at the micro-level" of motives for using birth control, a single archival source—letters written to Marie Stopes, a major English advocate of contraception—are used to examine the contraceptive experiences and sexual problems of individual men and women during the later phase of the demographic transition in England (1918-1939). Various statistical assessments reveal that methods and motives for contraception were influenced by the correspondents' sex and social standing.

Reflections are presented on honor & its definition, roots, & place in various societies, & why it is eroding in contemporary everyday life. In socialist countries, violations against human rights & human dignity have negated the revolutionary ideal of honor, later bureaucratized in revolutionary institutions & used to justify individual repression: honor was equated with unquestioned loyalty to the system. It is concluded that if the concept of honor has indeed become obsolete, it is an indication of the crippled state of humanity & the denigration of the individual. 2 References. M. Malas

Since the late 1950s, when the core of China' science and technology (S&T) system was first established, a recurrent problem has been the lack of transfer of technology from research units to production enterprises. When the Chinese leadership of the post-Mao period decided that science and technology constituted a vital component of the Four Modernizations, it became increasingly clear that something had to be done about the inability of the S&T system to contribute to economic development.

Book reviewed in this article:UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION: Basic Ideas Concerning the Humanity of the Human Sciences Stephen StrasserANIMALS AND WHY THEY MATTER Mary MidgleyTHE GRAMSCIAN CHALLENGE: Coercion and Consent in Marxist Political Theory John HoffmanGANDHI'S RELIGIOUS THOUGHT Margaret ChatterjeeSOCRATES AND LEGAL OBLIGATION R. E. AllenBEYOND THE STATE? Dominant Theories And Socialist Strategies Boris FrankelPOLIS AND PRAXIS: Exercises in Contemporary Political Theory Fred R. DallmayrTHE LATER WORKS, 1925–1953 John DeweyETHICS AND INFINITY: Conversations with Philippe Nemo Emmanuel LevinasHEGEL'S CRITIQUE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT Lewis P. Hinchman