THE PRESENT AS HISTORY: THOUGHTS ON CAPITALISM AT THE MILLENNIUM
In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 134-145
ISSN: 0027-0520
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In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 134-145
ISSN: 0027-0520
In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 1-14
ISSN: 0027-0520
The recent economic downfall in East Asia jeopardizes the theory contending that the success of the Asian Tigers was the proof of globalization's viability. Problems of overaccumulation & the introduction of new capital capacity are identified as the basis of overproduction, the cause of the economic crisis. Ramifications for both working people & the natural environment are discussed, indicating that the crisis will propagate soaring poverty levels, malnutrition, disease, unemployment, & environmental damage. The creation of militant labor organizations is identified in Indonesia & South Korea as a reactionary measure. The future will reveal whether these movements will be able to combat globalizing capital, perhaps with the emergence of an Asian model of labor politics. T. Noland
In: History of political thought, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 17-40
ISSN: 0143-781X
A RECENT NUMBER OF STUDIES HAVE REDEFINED HOW MANY VIEW JOHN LOCKE. SOME OF THE CHANGES INCLUDE A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT LOCKE'S POLITICAL PRINCIPLES AND THOSE OF THE LEVELLERS WERE SIMILAR, MORE SIMILAR THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. ANOTHER "ILLUMINATION" WAS LOCKE'S DEBT TO ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, THE FIRST EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. THE ARTICLE ARGUES THAT IF THE SECOND IDEA IS VALID, THEN THE FIRST BECOMES INVALID. IT ANALYZES THE WRITINGS OF LOCKE AND CONCLUDES THAT LOCKE WAS CLOSER TO SHAFTESBURY AND THE FIRST WHIGS THAN HE WAS TO THE LEVELLERS.
In: International journal of information management, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 298-303
ISSN: 0268-4012
In 1985 the French government created a unique circuit for the dissemination of doctoral theses: References went to a national database "Téléthèses" whereas the documents were distributed to the university libraries in microform. In the era of the electronic document this French network of deposit of and access to doctoral theses is changing. How do you discover and locate a French thesis today, how do you get hold of a paper copy and how do you access the full electronic text? What are the catalogues and databases referencing theses since the disappearance of "Téléthèses"? Where are the archives, and are they open? What is the legal environment that rules the emerging structures and tools? This paper presents national plans on referencing and archiving doctoral theses coordinated by the government as well as some initiatives for creating full text archives. These initiatives come from universities as well as from research institutions and learned societies. "Téléthèses" records have been integrated in a union catalogue of French university libraries SUDOC. University of Lyon-2 and INSA Lyon developed procedures and tools covering the entire production chain from writing to the final access in an archive: "Cyberthèses" and "Cither". The CNRS Centre for Direct Scientific Communication at Lyon (CCSD) maintains an archive ("TEL") with about 2000 theses in all disciplines. Another repository for theses in engineering, economics and management called "Pastel" is proposed by the Paris Institute of Technology (ParisTech), a consortium of 10 engineering and commercial schools of the Paris region.
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