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THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS HOW THE ISSUE OF INCREASED TAXES HAS LED TO A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC APPROVAL OF NEW JERSEY'S GOVERNOR JIM FLORIO.

Untersuchung von Symptomen und Ursachen der Krise des Parteiensystems in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sowie der Probleme und Entwicklungsaussichten der einzelnen politischen Parteien unter Berücksichtigung der Auswirkungen des "Superwahljahres" 1994. (AuD-Hng)

GOVERNOR DOUGLAS WILDER OF VIRGINIA HAS EMERGED AS A LEADING POTENTIAL CONTENDER FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1992. AS A BLACK ELECTED GOVERNOR OF A SOUTHERN STATE AND AS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL, WILDER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WILDER HAS ANOTHER POTENTIAL TRUMP CARD IN HIS POSITION THAT BUDGET DEFICITS SHOULD BE CLOSED BY SPENDING CUTS RATHER THAN TAX INCREASES. IN THIS INTERVIEW, WILDER DISCUSSES HOW HE IS CUTTING SPENDING IN VIRGINIA AND HOW HIS PRINCIPLES MIGHT APPLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HIS POSITIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY, AND HIS ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S VULNERABILITY IN 1992.

THE 1988 ELECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH, ACCORDING TO EVERY NORMAL INDICATOR-DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS, REPUBLICAN DIVISIONS, THE EXHAUSTION OF THE REAGAN AGENDA, THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS, THE WIDESPREAD ANXIETY ABOUT THE ECONOMY. BUT THE DEMOCRATS SUFFERED FROM THE PERVASIVE ABSENCE OF A COMMON POLITICAL IDENTITY.

THIS PAPER ARGUES THAT THE EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN PARTIES HAVE ALREADY REACHED AN EARLY STAGE OF MATURATION AS A PARTIAL CONSOLIDATION OF A PARTY SYSTEM. IN THIS RESPECT THE CASE OF THE HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY (HSP) IS CHARACTERISTIC, SINCE THIS PARTY HAS GONE THROUGH TWO DRASTIC CHANGES, FIRST AFTER AN ELECTORAL DEFEAT IN 1990 AND SECOND AFTER A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN 1994. THE CHANGE BY DEFEAT WAS EASIER THAN THE CHANGE BY SUCCESS, BUT AGAINST ALL THE DIFFICULTIES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT THE HSP HAS CONSOLIDATED ITS SOCIAL POSITION AND INSTITUTIONS, YET STILL REMAIN WEAK AS A PROGRAM PARTY.

REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES W. STENHOLM OF TEXAS HEADS THE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATIC FORUM, WHICH CLAIMS 59 MEMBERS AND IS GROWING IN CONGRESSIONAL INFLUENCE. IN THIS INTERVIEW, STENHOLM DISCUSSES HOW FORUM MEMBERS DIFFER FROM REPUBLICANS AND OTHER DEMOCRATS, HOW THE FORUM HAS INFLUENCED PAST LEGISLATION, AND WHAT ITS ROLE WILL BE IN FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL VOTING.

MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT NEW CLEAVAGES WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THIS ARTICLE LOOKS AT DELEGATES TO THE 1984 DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION IN CONNECTICUT TO TEST WHETHER THERE WERE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BACKERS OF HART AND MONDALE THAT WOULD LEND CREDENCE TO ANY OF THE THEORIES ABOUT NEW DIVISIONS WITHIN THE PARTY. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT, WHILE THERE WERE DIFFERENCES, THEY DID NOT CONFORM TO THE LINES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED, NOR DID THEY PORTEND ILL FOR THE PARTY. INDEED, THEIR EVIDENCE POINTS TO PARTY VILITY AND NOT DECAY.