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ONE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION HAS BEEN THE CUMULATIVE SHIFTING OF TAX BURDENS FROM CORPORATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS. IN RESPONSE, A NUMBER OF CITIZENS' GROUPS IN THE USA AND CANADA HAVE MOUNTED CAMPAIGNS TO REDUCE THE SUBSIDIES AND TAX CONCESSION GIVEN TO CORPORATIONS, WHAT MANY CALL "CORPORATE WELFARE." THIS ARTICLE EXMAINES THE ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS, ASSESSING THEIR LOCAL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AS WELL AS THEIR PROSPECTS OF REDUCING COMPETITION FOR INVESTMENT AND ENDING OR REVERSING THE LONG-RUN SHIFT IN TAX BURDEN.

THIS ARTICLE OFFERS A TYPOLOGY OF RADICAL RIGHT WING MOVEMENTS WHICH EMPHASIZES THEIR ROLES IN WHAT MAY BE TERMED AN OPPOSITIONAL COMMUNITY. THE EXAMINATION STRESSES BOTH THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF COLIN CAMPBELL'S THEORY OF THE CULTIC MILIEU AND THE MOVEMENTS' ISOLATION FORM THE AMERICAN CULTURAL MAINSTREAM, A GRAPHIC PICTURE OF WHICH IS PROVIDED VIA MARTIN MARTY'S MAPPING THEORY. SECONDARILY, THE ARTICLE OFFERS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FURTHER REFINEMENT OF EHUD SPRINZAK'S THEORY OF SPLIT DELEGITIMIZATION.

Free trade is not a popular idea in labor circles these days. Trade liberalization is closely associated with industrial restructuring, job dislocation, and declining real wages, which both underlie and reflect shrinking union size and power. Thus, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has US union members and leaders alike worried about their future. On the other hand, the tendency of the AFL-CIO to dismiss Mexican workers as victimized cheap labor who act as a disincentive to American technological innovation is a serious miscalculation, which makes joint action by US and Mexican workers and their organizations all the more difficult. (Lat Am Perspect/DÜI)

THE AUTHORS PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF PATTERNS OF INTEGRATION AND AUTONOMY IN CANADA-UNA RELATIONS DURING THE 1963-1972 PERIOD, TOGETHER WITH AN ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION. WHAT EMERGES MOST CLEARLY FROM THE ANALYSIS IS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN CROWING CANDA-USA INTEGRATION IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE AND CONTINUING DISINTEGRATION IN THE REALM OF POLICY. CANADIAN ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON USA PERSISTS.

THE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT PICTURE SINCE 1978 HAS LED STUDENTS INTO "BREAD AND BUTTER" COURSES AND AWAY FROM LESS PRACTICAL COURSES SUCH AS HUMAN RIGHTS. CYNICISM REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE HAS REPLACED THE PEACE CORPS MENTALITY OF AN EALIER ERA. YET THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S EMPHASIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS HAS MADE THE SUBJECTS A LEGITIMATE ACADEMIC TOPIC AND HAS INCREASED INTEREST IN THE TEACHING OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

THIS ARTICLE DEVELOPS AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL FINANCE BY EXAMINING THE EMERGING STRUCTURE OF FINANCE IN NORTH AMERICA. IT BUILDS ON THE WORK OF FERNAND BRAUDEL TO CONSTRUCT A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WHICH IS SENSITIVE TO THE TEMPORAL, SPATIAL AND MOTIVATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE. A CRITIQUE IS OFFERED OF CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO FINANCE AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WHICH EMBEDS THE EMERGENCE OF REGIONAL FINANCE WITHIN THE INTERACTIONS OF THE PRACTICES AND DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. IT APPLIES THIS APPROACH TO THE EMERGING STRUCTURE OF FINANCE IN NORTH AMERICA.

PROPONENTS FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) ARGUE THAT IT REPRESENTS THE FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD HEMISPHERIC FREE TRADE, AS ENVISIONED IN THE PRESIDENT'S ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE. THE NAFTA'S OPPONENTS IN THE UNITED STATES SEE IT AS ANOTHER THREAT TO U.S. JOBS, PARTICULARLY IN MANUFACTURING. THIS ARTICLES EXAMINES SOME OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE U.S. DECISION TO PURSUE THE NAFTA, THE BENEFITS THE NAFTA SHOULD PRESENT TO THE UNITED STATES, THE MEASURES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS COSTS, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE NAFTA TO OVERALL U.S. TRADE POLICY.

A sociological typology of nationalism is developed in a discussion of both liberal & socialist theories of nationalism. A two-by-two matrix distinguishes nationalist modernization & demodernization strategies in the two dimensions of systems integration & social integration. Deficiencies of modern society manifest themselves as uneven development in the area of systems integration, & as shortage of meaning in the area of social integration. These deficiencies result in crises to which nationalism responds. The nationalist response to the crises in systems & social integration can take two opposite directions: it may be a modernizing attempt to complete the project of modernity, or a demodernizing renunciation of modern society. The recent & novel appearance of nationalisms with demodernizing strategies in the area of systems integration adds empirical relevance to the proposed typology. AA

Presents global & North American economic social, cultural, & political conditions in which Quebec's economy must develop. Also examined are economic policy proposals made in the US, by the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, & in Quebec. Suggestions are made to favor the pursuit of Quebec's socioeconomic objectives while avoiding the Americanization of its economy. Adapted from the source document.