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AbstractThis paper begins where Professor Windsor left off and enumerates some other areas in which academic research could be profitably pursued for both intellectual and practical gain. The tone of Professor Windsor's paper is pessimistic, and lays out in detail some of the obstacles to research; but these are not insurmountable. Some key areas that can be explored to the benefit of researchers and practitioners are in self‐regulation, the initiative process, term limits (a relatively recent phenomenon and not particularly well known outside of the USA), and in alliance building, constituency statutes, and links to stakeholder theory and action. Each of these additional areas is addressed in this presentation. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications

Metadata only record ; The world's 58 poorest countries share the characteristic of a labour force overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture. Challenging the assumption that mass poverty and chronic hunger are unsolvable problems, this book explores the multiple aspects of economic development in these countries, which are home to 60% of the world's population. A broad based development strategy to raise incomes through agricultural productivity growth and expanded rural employment is offered. Information on the rural informal sector and on agriculture-industry interactions are presented, and the impact of macroeconomic and social policies on the rural economy are analysed. Policy instruments aimed at bringing a broad based development are assessed, from fiscal policy to development of new seeds and farm implements. The book includes case studies of countries that have seized or missed development opportunities. Comparison of the successful economic transformations of Japan and the USA shows how key ideas have enabled policymakers to act with foresight. Analyses of strategic choices in China, the USSR, Taiwan, Mexico, Kenya, and Tanzania also show how development strategies that emerge from the real-world political economy reflect a mix of individual interests and strategic notions.

Social psychology offers abundant opportunities for developing new understandings through research. In my career, many people and circumstances have brought opportunities that initiated, supported, and improved investigations. I illustrate that process with selected instances from my research on interpersonal behavior, theory development, and applications of theoretical work. Our field demonstrates many ways that explicit theory is preferable to common sense, and it also shows the importance of caution and discipline in applying theoretical knowledge for practical ends. Among current opportunities to extend social psychological understanding are developing ways to reduce the status value of certain characteristics and tracking the natural growth and decay of other status characteristics. I hope that social psychologists will become less reticent about sharing our skills, particularly in consulting to businesses and to government on policy formation.

AbstractThis paper aims to explore firstly, the distribution of economic opportunities in the Chinese immigrant economy, and, secondly, how opportunities have gradually diverged among Chinese migrants against the backdrop of increased globalization and Chinese transnationalization. Conceptually, it departs from the literature of immigrant economy as well as transnationalism, in particular, Chinese transnationalism. Methodologically, qualitative and inductive methods including in-depth interviews and participant observation are employed. By revealing that some Chinese migrants enjoy economic opportunities induced by transnationalization process while some others are deprived of them, this paper questions the much-celebrated effects of the social mobility of immigrant economy. This paper sheds light on how unequal opportunities can be exported from China channeled by transnationalization, as unequal pathways of Chinese migrants in Vienna, among other cases in Europe, appear to extend the divergent experiences of winners and losers of the late-socialist economic reform in China.

THE TASK OF STOPPING THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION RESULTS FROM THE INCREASING SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROLIFERATION THREAT. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE GRAVITY OF THE THREAT, NUCLEAR FORCES IN THE USSR, THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, THE UKRAINIAN BLUNDER, AND, CLINTON'S SLOW START TOWARDS A PROACTIVE POLICY. IT CONCLUDES THAT THE U.S. MUST DECIDE TO USE ITS RESOURCES AND INFLUENCE TO PREVENT PROLIFERATION WHERE POSSIBLE, TO ASSIST COUNTRIES WHEN OPPORTUNITIES ARISE TO DISMANTLE WEAPONS, AND TO DEFEND AGAINST PROLIFERANTS WHEN ITS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS FAIL.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Rural Economy in the Development Process -- 1. Poverty and the Rural Economy -- Low Productivity and Rural Poverty -- Hazards, Diversity, and Household Strategies -- Rural Political Economy -- 2. Structural Transformation -- The Process of Structural Transformation -- Institutional Aspects of Structural Transformation -- Technical Change and Productivity Growth -- Elements of Social Change -- How Structural Transformation Shapes Agricultural Development -- Policy Implications of Structural Transformation -- 3. Japan, the United States, and Structural Transformation -- Japan and the United States as CARLs -- Agricultural Change in the United States -- Agricultural Change in Japan -- Agricultural Productivity Growth -- The Political Economy of Agricultural Development -- Implications for Today's CARLs -- Part 2: From Structure to Strategy -- 4. Small Farms in a Broad-Based Agricultural Strategy -- The Balance of Land and Labor in CARLs -- Strategic Notions about Small Farms -- The Economics of Farm Size -- Technological Change in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Efficiency, Equity, and Technological Change -- Choosing the Path of Productivity Growth -- 5. Agricultural Strategies and Agrarian Structure -- Inequitable Land Distribution -- Advantages of Unimodal Agrarian Structure -- The "Six I's" of Agricultural Strategy -- Limitations of Agricultural Development Strategy -- Hard to Achieve, Easy to Lose -- 6. Links between Agriculture and Industry -- An Overview -- Adapting Technology to Factor Endowments -- The Rural Nonfarm Economy: The Key Link -- Farm Equipment: A Strategic Linkage -- Nourishing Linkages -- 7. Fertilizer Production: Strategic Pitfall? -- An Overview -- Technology -- Comparative Advantage: The Evidence, 1950-70