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Black Women Managers And Participatory Action Research, Gloria Gordon Phd Jan 1994

Black Women Managers And Participatory Action Research, Gloria Gordon Phd

Gloria Gordon PhD

This paper informs on the work of an action research group set up to investigate the status and experiences of black women managers within an organisational context in the UK. It relates how the group rapidly becomes a ‘participatory’ action research group when it is recognised that the black women managers share the common perception that theirs’ is an experience of oppression and potential powerlessness in their organisational setting. Empowerment results as common experiences shared are identified also the immediate and longer term steps being taken towards their ‘emancipation’.

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From An “Ultra Democrat” To An “Ultra Aristocrat”: Bentham Tracts In The Adams Collection, Quincy, Massachusetts, James E. Crimmins Jan 1994

From An “Ultra Democrat” To An “Ultra Aristocrat”: Bentham Tracts In The Adams Collection, Quincy, Massachusetts, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

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Bentham’S Political Radicalism Reexamined, James E. Crimmins Jan 1994

Bentham’S Political Radicalism Reexamined, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

Jeremy Bentham is a central figure in Elie Halevy's account of the transitional phase in the usage of the term "radical" and the form of politics it signified in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but a complete account of the "radical" nature of Bentham's thought would have to begin when he first developed the philosophical principles of his system in the 1770s. Bentham's political radicalism is examined.

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Liberty And Tolerance, Raphael Cohen-Almagor Jan 1994

Liberty And Tolerance, Raphael Cohen-Almagor

raphael cohen-almagor

The underlying presupposition of the concept of freedom is that the doers are autonomous to assert themselves, to make critical reflections, and to lead their lives independently. A person whose autonomy is absent is said to be unfree. Thus, it has been argued that whatever we think ought to be included in what passes for a liberal view, the affirmation of a picture of individual political autonomy, and institutionalized tolerance for that autonomy, cannot be left out. Here I wish to expand on the relationships between liberty and autonomy.

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In Search Of A Monetary Anchor: A "New" Monetary Standard, Warren Coats Jan 1994

In Search Of A Monetary Anchor: A "New" Monetary Standard, Warren Coats

Warren Coats

This discussion of monetary rules generalizes "commodity" standard/currency board rules in a new way to target the CPI.

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Instrumental Strategy Or Symbolic Realignment: A Rhetoric Analysis Of One Document Of "Popular Front Of Liberation Of Palestine", Weider Shu Jan 1994

Instrumental Strategy Or Symbolic Realignment: A Rhetoric Analysis Of One Document Of "Popular Front Of Liberation Of Palestine", Weider Shu

Weider Shu

There are two different theories about the nature of rhetoric: instrumental strategy and symbolic realignment. The former perspective assumes the existence of "rationality" and focuses on whether the rhetoric adopted by the specific individual or organization is a right means to achieve a distinctive end. The latter approach addresses the nature of "non-negotiable demands" and focuses on the essential meaning of rhetoric itself. To resolve the argument between these two theories, I explore the intrinsic property of revolutionary rhetoric through examining one document of the "Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine." After reviewing the context, critical events, actors, and key …

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Economies And Polities In Aztec-Period Morelos: Ethnohistoric Introduction, Michael E. Smith Jan 1994

Economies And Polities In Aztec-Period Morelos: Ethnohistoric Introduction, Michael E. Smith

Michael E Smith

No abstract provided.

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Jona Oder Die Kunst, Unrecht Haben Zu Können. Überlegungen Zur Hermeneutischen Praxis, Michael H.G. Hoffmann Jan 1994

Jona Oder Die Kunst, Unrecht Haben Zu Können. Überlegungen Zur Hermeneutischen Praxis, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

No abstract provided.

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Democracia, Corporativismo E Pacto Social, Eduardo Meira Zauli Dr. Jan 1994

Democracia, Corporativismo E Pacto Social, Eduardo Meira Zauli Dr.

Eduardo Meira Zauli

No abstract provided.

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Wage Bargaining With Time-Varying Threats, Peter Cramton, Joseph Tracy Jan 1994

Wage Bargaining With Time-Varying Threats, Peter Cramton, Joseph Tracy

Peter Cramton

We study wage bargaining in which the union is uncertain about the firm's willingness to pay and threat payoffs vary over time. Strike payoffs change over time as replacement workers are hired, as strikers find temporary jobs, and as inventories or strike funds run out. We find that bargaining outcomes are substantially altered if threat payoffs vary. If dispute costs increase in the long-run, then dispute durations are longer, settlement rates are lower, and wages decline more slowly during the short-run (and may even increase). The settlement wage is largely determined from the long-run threat, rather than the short-run threat.

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The Determinants Of U.S. Labor Disputes, Peter Cramton, Joseph Tracy Jan 1994

The Determinants Of U.S. Labor Disputes, Peter Cramton, Joseph Tracy

Peter Cramton

We present a bargaining model of union contract negotiations, in which the union decides between two threats: the union can strike or continue to work under the expired contract. The model makes predictions about the level of dispute activity and the form the disputes take. Strike incidence increases as the strike threat becomes more attractive, because of low unemployment or a real wage drop during the prior contract. We test these predictions by estimating logistic models of dispute incidence and dispute composition for U.S. labor contract negotiations from 1970 to 1989. We find empirical support for the model's key predictions, …

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Relational Investing And Agency Theory, Peter Cramton, Ian Ayres Jan 1994

Relational Investing And Agency Theory, Peter Cramton, Ian Ayres

Peter Cramton

This Article analyzes how, and when, corporate governance could be improved by utilizing "relational investing." The term relational investing is just coming into vogue and there does not yet seem to be a consensus on what it means. Although the term has been trumpeted on the cover of Business Week, before the Conference on Relational Investing at Columbia University, relatively little legal writing had been published on the subject. For the purposes of this Article, we define relational investing to encompass commitments to buy and hold significant blocks of a corporation's stock. And it is particularly important that the relational …

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Variations On Two Themes In Durkheim's Division Du Travail: Power, Solidarity And Meaning In Division Of Labor, Dietrich Rueschemeyer Jan 1994

Variations On Two Themes In Durkheim's Division Du Travail: Power, Solidarity And Meaning In Division Of Labor, Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

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Gobiernos Municipales En Ciudades Intermedias De Ecuador. Los Casos De Riobamba Y Santo Domingo De Los Colorados, Fernando Carrión Mena Jan 1994

Gobiernos Municipales En Ciudades Intermedias De Ecuador. Los Casos De Riobamba Y Santo Domingo De Los Colorados, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El presente trabajo es producto de un estudio sobre los gobiernos locales en ciudades intermedias de América Latina y, en este caso, de Ecuador. Entre sus principales objetivos están, por un lado, desentrañar la capacidad de respuesta del municipio para encarar las necesidades y problemas de los pobladores de más bajos recursos; y, por otro, aportar en las discusiones que se desarrollan en la actualidad respecto de la crisis municipal, la descentralización y autonomía de los gobiernos locales y, en general, la democracia local. Para encarar tales objetivos se tomó en cuenta las particularidades que se evidencian en las sociedades …

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Inventory, Business Cycles And Monetary Transmission (Ed.), Riccardo Fiorito Jan 1994

Inventory, Business Cycles And Monetary Transmission (Ed.), Riccardo Fiorito

riccardo fiorito

No abstract provided.

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Stylized Facts Of Business Cycles In The G7 From A Real Business Cycles Perspective, Riccardo Fiorito, Tryphon Kollintzas Jan 1994

Stylized Facts Of Business Cycles In The G7 From A Real Business Cycles Perspective, Riccardo Fiorito, Tryphon Kollintzas

riccardo fiorito

This paper investigates the basic stylized facts of business cycles in the G-7 countries using quarterly data (1960-89). The methodology is based on Kydland-Prescott (1990). The evidence suggests that the RBC model can account for several major stylized facts for all seven countries. In particular, consumption is procylical and fluctuates more than output; net exports are countercyclical; prices are countercyclical; government consumption and money do not have a clear cut pattern.

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Regional Unemployment In Italy: Sources And Cures, Maurizio Baussola, Riccardo Fiorito Jan 1994

Regional Unemployment In Italy: Sources And Cures, Maurizio Baussola, Riccardo Fiorito

riccardo fiorito

A regional model of Italy analyzes unemployment responses to supply and demand shocks in the market for labor and goods. Both supply and demand components of unemployment are endogenous. Employment has low elasticity to output in Southern Italy where labor force increases more because of demographic and participation changes. This also makes it difficult to close the gap between this region and the most developed areas of the country.

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Theology And Interpretation: A Footnote To Mcluhan, David Morgan Lochhead Jan 1994

Theology And Interpretation: A Footnote To Mcluhan, David Morgan Lochhead

Dr. David Morgan Lochhead

An exploration of the impact of electronic text on hermeneutics. Lochhead argues that electronic text processing undermines the stability of meaning that is associated with the printed word.

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Tricks Of The Trade For Trade Shows (Part 2), Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr Jan 1994

Tricks Of The Trade For Trade Shows (Part 2), Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr

Douglas J. Swanson, Ed.D APR

No abstract provided.

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Program Advocacy: Developing Support At The School, District, And Provincial Levels, Ken Haycock Jan 1994

Program Advocacy: Developing Support At The School, District, And Provincial Levels, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.

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Internet Training For Faculty At A Small University, Susan L. Kendall Jan 1994

Internet Training For Faculty At A Small University, Susan L. Kendall

Susan L. Kendall

No abstract provided.

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Patron Online Catalog Success, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Rosemary Thorne Jan 1994

Patron Online Catalog Success, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Rosemary Thorne

Jo Bell Whitlatch

No abstract provided.

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"The Party”: Role-Playing To Enhance Multicultural Understanding, Ellen N. Junn Jan 1994

"The Party”: Role-Playing To Enhance Multicultural Understanding, Ellen N. Junn

Ellen N. Junn

Describes a role-playing activity used to teach the effects of stereotyping and enhance multicultural understanding. Student response.

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'Quality Ladders' And Ricardian Trade, M. Scott Taylor Dec 1993

'Quality Ladders' And Ricardian Trade, M. Scott Taylor

M. Scott Taylor

A Model of endogenous growth and trade is developed that extends the continuum Ricardian model of Dornbusch et al. (1977) to a dynamic framework, generalizes the 'Quality ladders' approach of Grossman and Helpman (1991a,b), and complements the work of Krugman (1987) on dynamic Ricardian economies. In contrast to earlier work the model incorporates heterogeneity across industries in research and production technologies, and in the technological opportunity for innovation. The importance of heterogeneity is demonstrated through a comparative steady-state analysis. Several applications for the model are discussed and many others appear possible given its relatively simple structure.

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Tricks Of The Trade For Trade Shows (Part 1), Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr Dec 1993

Tricks Of The Trade For Trade Shows (Part 1), Douglas J. Swanson Ed.D Apr

Douglas J. Swanson, Ed.D APR

No abstract provided.

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Predicting Birth Weight: Relative Importance Of Sociodemographic, Medical, And Prenatal Care Variables, Terri Combs-Orme, Christina Rtisley-Curtiss, Ronald Taylor Dec 1993

Predicting Birth Weight: Relative Importance Of Sociodemographic, Medical, And Prenatal Care Variables, Terri Combs-Orme, Christina Rtisley-Curtiss, Ronald Taylor

Terri Combs-Orme

This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic factors, medical-risk factors, and prenatal care in predicting birth weight. Findings indicate that both sociodemographic and medical-risk factors are important in predicting birth weight, with medical risks accounting for slightly more variance (after accounting for social variables) in birth weight. Although prenatal care accounts for only 1 percent of the variance, a statistical interaction between prenatal care and labor complications accounts for an additional 1 percent.

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La Gestión Urbana: Estrategías, Dilemas Y Retos, Fernando Carrión Mena Nov 1993

La Gestión Urbana: Estrategías, Dilemas Y Retos, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

A pesar de la importancia creciente que ha ido adquiriendo el tema ambiental, su avance teórico en relación con la ciudad es insuficiente; al extremo de que aún no se ha logrado construir un marco conceptual que establezca las respectivas mediaciones y relaciones con lo urbano, la planificación y la gestión. No hay una visión integrada o cuando menos integradora; de allí que en este mundo de dicotomías, el maniqueísmo tienda a salir a flote: mientras lo natural, lo rural, el campo son lo bueno, lo artificial, lo urbano, la ciudad son lo malo. En este contexto se ha satanizado, …

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Tonga: Rural Employment And Development, Piyasiri Wickramasekara Nov 1993

Tonga: Rural Employment And Development, Piyasiri Wickramasekara

PIYASIRI WICKRAMASEKARA

The report first highlights the nature of the rural employment problem In Tonga in the early 1990s. It goes on to discuss important Issues affecting the rural and agricultural sectors. The study further reviews the institutional machinery for rural development and makes a number of recommendations for an employment-oriented rural development strategy.

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Constitutional Design And Law: The Political Economy Of Cabinet And Congressional Government, Matthew S. R. Palmer Nov 1993

Constitutional Design And Law: The Political Economy Of Cabinet And Congressional Government, Matthew S. R. Palmer

The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer

The dissertation takes a political economy approach to constitutional design and legislation in the Westminster (Cabinet) and US (Congressional) models of government. Part I develops the economics of comparative political organization by constructing a theoretical framework for analyzing constitutional design. Part II applies the framework to distinguish the essences of the Cabinet and Congressional systems of constitutional design in the contexts of US and Canadian federal government. Part III analyzes the effects of the different constitutional designs on the processes of legislating in each system and on the substantive characteristics of legislation in each system. The analysis is subjected to …

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The Hazardous Waste Land, Jerry L. Anderson Nov 1993

The Hazardous Waste Land, Jerry L. Anderson

Jerry L. Anderson

This article was one of the first comprehensive critiques of the Superfund remediation and liability system. The article addresses systemic problems with the CERCLA mechanism that result in inequity and slow the pace of cleanups.

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