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THE PRESENT-DAY RUSSIAN STATE IS WEAK BECAUSE IT HAS PRIVATIZED AWAY CRUCIAL POWERS TO BUSINESSMEN LIKE THE MOSCOW BANKERS. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR POLITICAL SCIENTISTS BECAUSE IT IS THE KEY UNFORESEEN REFORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS "FEUDALIZATION" OF THE STATE UNDERLINES THAT A CLIENTELISTIC RELATIONSHIP IS INVOLVED. IN EXCHANGE FOR SUPPORT OR THE CARRYING OUT OF A SERVICE, THE STATE TURNS OVER TO AN OFFICIAL A RESOURCE TO BE EXPLOITED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL GREAT MASS PRIVATIZATION CAMPAIGNS IN HISTORY. MOST OF THESE CREATED THE ATMOSPHERE OF A FIRE SALE. IT SEEMS THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IS JUST FOLLOWING THE HISTORICAL TREND.

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THE TRENDS AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IT COMMENTS ON A LESSENING OF THE AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO OVERCOME INEQUITIES AND ABUSES, AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAINS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT FORM THOSE EFFORTS.

THIS ANALYSIS OF THE 1984 U.S. ELECTIONS CONCENTRATES ON ELECTORAL TRENDS AMONG NUMEROUS STRATA OF AMERICAN VOTERS; STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSES, MALE-FEMALE, REGION-BY-REGION, CLASS-BY-CLASS DATA ARE ALL INCLUDED.

THIS ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL DATA INDICATES THAT VOTING IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS FROM 1956-76 WAS HARDLY INFLUENCED BY PERSONAL ECONOMIC GRIEVANCES. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND POLITICS WAS PROVIDED BY MORE "COLLECTIVE JUDGMENTS": RECENT BUSINESS TRENDS, PERCEIVED NATIONAL PARTY COMPETENCE.

THIS PAPER SUGGESTS THAT THE NUCLEAR AGE REQUIRES US TO REINVENT OUR THINKING AS THE "SPIRITUAL" PROJECT OF OUT TIME. REINVENTION IS DISCUSSED AS THE NEED TO RESTORE THINKING TO ITS HUMAN CONTEXT THROUGH THE POWER OF METAPHOR, IMAGE, AND STORY, IN ORDER TO "SEE" WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS WORLD. PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION ALIKE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS "SPIRITUAL" COMING OF AGE BY RECOGNIZING THAT OUR SYMBOLS ARE OUT OWN CREATION AND RESPONSIBILITY.