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A Future For Socialism In The Ussr?, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

This paper was written before the Fall, and when the fate of the former Soviet Union and Marxism in it was still in question. At the time many people interested in Soviet politics had high expectations for Gorbachev's reform program, with some expectation that it would rescue "actually existing socialism" from its crisis. The paper took a more pessimistic view, correctly identifying, in retrospect, the factors that lead to the internal loss of faith in socialism in the Soviet ruling elite, the basic nature and trajectory of perestroika and itys centrifugal effects on the USSR itself., and the ultimate rise …

The Canadian Senate: Comedy Or Remedy? A Modest Proposal For Senate Reform Along The Lines Of The British House Of Lords, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

The C.K. Ogden Papers At Mcmaster University: Bibliographia Benthamiana, James E. Crimmins, K E. Garay

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments In The Economics Of Exclusionary Contracts, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

A short survey of ideas on exclusive-dealing contracts.

Dynamic Bargaining With Transaction Costs, Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton

A buyer and seller alternate making offers until an offer is accepted or someone terminates negotiations. The seller's valuation is common knowledge, but the buyer's valuation is known only by the buyer. Impatience to reach an agreement comes from two sources: the traders discount future payoffs and there are transaction costs of bargaining. Equilibrium behavior involves either immediate trade, delayed trade, or immediate termination, depending on the size of the gains from trade and the relative bargaining costs. This contrasts with the pure discounting model where termination never occurs, and the pure transaction cost model where delayed trade never occurs.

Shrewd Bargaining On The Moral Frontier: Toward A Theory Of Morality In Practice, Peter Cramton, J Gregory Dees

Peter Cramton

From a traditional moral point of view, business practitioners often seem overly concerned about the behavior of their peers in deciding how they ought to act. We propose to account for this concern by introducing a mutual trust perspective, where moral obligations are grounded in a sense of trust that others will abide by the same rules. When grounds for trust are absent, the obligation is weakened. We illustrate this perspective by examining the widespread ambivalence with regard to deception about one’s settlement preferences in negotiation. On an abstract level, such deception generally seems undesirable, though in many individual cases …

Different Methods - Contradictory Results? Research On Development And Democracy, Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Estrategias De Reinserción Residencial De Los Sectores Populares En Quito, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La segregación residencial en Quito varía en su forma y contenido desde los años sesenta, debido a que los sectores populares enfrentan el dilema de su inserción residencial desde una situación de carencia de alternativas. Ante la ausencia de OPCIONES residenciales, los sectores populares se han visto en la obligación de desarrollar extremas ESTRATEGIAS de reproducción. La distinción entre opción y estrategia, permite diferenciar a los mecanismos individuales de comportamiento en un mercado, con las formas sociales de resistencia-sobrevivencia transformación que son propias de la condición de existencia de los sectores populares. La estrategia es un ámbito específico de conflicto …

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

Fernando Carrión Mena

Con este trabajo se trata de aportar en el conocimiento de la ciudad desde un claro énfasis en la gestión y planificación urbanas. La reflexión proviene desde la experiencia interna de un proceso particular de gestión-planificación municipal, como co-partícipe del mismo.

Esto si bien tiene su propia riqueza, no es menos cierto que carece de la distancia tan necesaria para la objetividad. También es una reflexión en estado primario que no compromete a la Institución; ello significa que es un trabajo personal en proceso de elaboración, sobre la base de una experiencia colectiva; no es propiamente la experiencia, sino son …

Quito's Historical Center: Notes For Development Of An Alternative Urban Policy, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión examines the problems and perspectives for urban development of the historical center of Quito.

Among the objectives to be attained are the following:

a) Put a halt to urban segregation which is expressed in a deficit in housing and services, lack of economic opportunities, and the existence of tenements and emarginated neighborhoods;

b) Promote decentralization in the Ecuadorean urban process and strengthen municipalities;

c) Stimulate participation in decision-making and fiscalization of actions and strengthen popular representation.

The proposed planning must be one where there is constant feedback from results and desired goals as to create a situation of …

Quito: Planeación Y Gobierno Municipal, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Considero que este evento es muy importante porque nos reunimos un 12 de octubre, a un año del Quito Centenario de la llegada de Colón a este continente, principalmente para elaborar propuestas de análisis, de alternativas, de posibilidades integradas para el conjunto de América Latina, lo cual es muy valioso para aquellos que hoy tenemos responsabilidades a nivel de la gestión municipal y de la investigación urbana. Pero también lo es, en la medida en que permitirá relacionar a dos grupos que al menos hasta el momento, han actuado aisladamente en América Latina: los académicos y los que toman decisiones. …

Los Caminos Recorridos, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Mi exposición busca refrescar algunas de las discusiones que se dieron en el Seminario de septiembre del 87, y también establecer un puente entre lo que se discutió en aquella época y lo que deberemos discutir hoy día; en el año 87 fue un señalamiento de los caminos recorridos y ahora lo que nos corresponde debatir son los caminos por recorrer. Para ello tendré como referencia a la Introducción que aparece en el volumen 1 que me correspondió editar.

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, aportaren 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 locales …

La Investigación Urbana En América Latina: Conversaciones Sobre Los Caminos Por Recorrer, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El presente Volumen, cuarto de la serie "La investigación urbana en América Latina. Caminos recorridos y por recorrer", recoge las in~ervencionl'3 de los participantes al Seminario realizado en Quito, entre el 28 y el 30 de Junio de 1990.

El texto se inicia con las presentaciones de Jorge García (CIUDAD) y de Raymond Offenheiser (Fundación FORD). El desarrollo académico se abre con una intervención de Fernando Carrión, que plantea una síntesis de las introducciones de los volúmenes ya editados del seminario anterior, realizado en 1987. Luego, sigue una exposición de José Luis Coraggio, en la que se proponen algunas líneas …

Avoiding The Cereal Syndrome, Cerise Oberman

Cerise Oberman

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of Sh Groups In Porin Of Bovine Heart Mitochondria. Porin Cysteines Are Localized In The Channel Walls., Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Teacher-Librarian: A Discussion Guide, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

Focuses on the evaluation of a teacher-librarian (TL). Two significant components of a TL evaluation; Framework of a teacher-librarian evaluation; General considerations in evaluating a teacher-librarian; Role of TL on the nine areas of competence.

Basic Paper Treatments For Printed Book Materials, Peter D. Verheyen

Peter D Verheyen

In October of 1989, at the Guild of Book Workers' Standards of Excellence Seminar, Betsy Palmer Eldridge gave a presentation on "Basic Paper Treatments for Printed Book Materials." This 2 1/2 hour presentation was a very ambitious undertaking, but she did a magnificent job.Since these presentations and the synopses that later appeared in the GBW Newsletter, there has been some discussion. The presentations and these articles are not to be construed as a "how to" of basic paper conservation but rather as an introduction for those with interest but little experience. For the more experienced, they present the methods of …

The Importance Of Factors That Are Not Document Attributes In The Organization Of Personal Documents., Barbara H. Kwasnik

Barbara H. Kwasnik

The authors describe the difficulties of translating classifications from a source language and culture to another language and culture. To demonstrate these problems, kinship terms and concepts from native speakers of fourteen languages were collected and analyzed to find differences between their terms and structures and those used in English. Using the representations of kinship terms in the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) as examples, the authors identified the source of possible lack of mapping between the domain of kinship in the fourteen languages studied and the LCC and DDC. Finally, some preliminary suggestions …

The Problem Of Communicating One's Understanding Of Zen: A Microanalysis Of Teacher-Student Interviews In A North American Zen Monastery, Richard Buttny, Thomas Isbell

Richard Buttny

No abstract provided.

Automation And Job Satisfaction Among Reference Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch

Jo Bell Whitlatch

No abstract provided.

La Investigación Urbana En El Ecuador. Síntesis, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El presente trabajo es una síntesis de un proyecto de investigación de mayor envergadura realizado gracias a los auspicios otorgados por el Consejo Nacional de Universidades y Escuelas Politécnicas (CONUEP) y el Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (CIID), en los marcos institucionales de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Central y el Centro de Investigaciones CIUDAD. El conjunto del Proyecto busca evaluar la Investigación urbana en el país y se compone de tres volúmenes. El primero, llamado Centro de Investigación y Bibliotecas: Directorio (editado); el segundo, Evaluación de la investigación urbana en el Ecuador: análisis; y el …

An Analysis By Means Of Naturalistic Approaches Of Two Complex Behaviors. In Gilbert, Nigel (Ed.) Proceedings Of The Workshop On Complex Systems, Ethnomethodology And Interaction Analysis., Barbara H. Kwasnik

Barbara H. Kwasnik

This paper describes two studies I which naturalistic approaches were used to investigate complex human behaviors. The first study is a description of the way in which people organize their documents in their own offices; the second study aims for a functional description of the behavior known as “browsing”. Both studies use thinking-out-loud protocols, observation, and interviews in the setting in which behaviors take place. The rationale for the choice of techniques is presented along with a discussion of advantages and difficulties.

Diseconomies Of Scale In Employment Contracts, Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Todd Zenger

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

We find that small teams can write more efficient incentive contracts than large teams when agents choose individual effort levels but the principal observes only the joint output. This result is helpful in understanding organizational diseconomies of scale and is consistent with both existing evidence and our own analysis of data from the Current Population Survey. Our modelling approach, similar to classical hypothesis testing, is of interest because we need not derive the optimal contract to show the advantage of small teams.

Full Text Search Strategies And Modifications: The Role Of The Searcher And The Role Of The System, Carol Tenopir, Diane Nahl-Jakobovits, Dara Lee Howard

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

La Investigación Urbana En El Ecuador, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Es relativamente difícil precisar el origen cronológico de un campo o área del conocimiento en un país determinado. Más aún si se tiene en cuenta que la constituci6n teórica de un campo ele conocimiento supera las fronteras nacionales y de que el objeto empírico del estudio es anterior a su constitución teórica. Es decir le precede y es una condici6n necesaria pero insuficiente. Para el caso que nos interesa, este objeto es "la ciudad", que hist6ricamente existe en el Ecuador, según algunas hipótesis, desde la conquista española (Carrión, F.1986)(2); sin embargo, un pensamiento relativamente consistente sobre ella recién se inicia …

Book Review: Birth Bond, Mirah Riben

Mirah Riben

Review of Birth Bond by Goldman and brown CUB Communicator, June 1990 Concerned United Birthparents, Des Moines, IA

Sex-Role Identity And Mental Ability, Gregory J. Boyle, Michael E. Bernard, Beverly F. Jackling

Gregory J. Boyle

The central concern of this study was to explore the relationship between sex-role identity (measured by a bi-dimensional scale of masculinity and femininity) and field independence and scholastic intelligence. One hundred and forty Australian males and 181 females in grades 11 and 12 completed the Witkin Group Embedded Figures Test, the Otis Higher Test C of intelligence and a shortened version of the Bem Sex Role Identity Questionnaire. The correlation between performance on the Witkins and Otis was 0.53. Males performed significantly better on the Witkin and Otis than females. Males with lower masculinity scores scored better on the Otis …

Personality Characteristics Of Direct-Service Personnel In Community Residential Units, Gregory J. Boyle, Peter G. Comer

Gregory J. Boyle

This study examined the personality profile of direct service personnel employed in community residential units for the intellectually disabled. Comprehensive assessment of both the normal and abnormal personality trait domains was carried out for a sample of 110 employees, using the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ), a psychometric instrument which provides extensive coverage of the adult personality sphere. Mean CAQ scores for the sample implied a generally satisfactory level of emotional adjustment. Overall, direct service personnel exhibited a non-aberrant profile of personality trait scores across both the normal and abnormal CAQ factors. There was a notable lack of psychopathology. Only the …

Compliance Gaining On Prime Time Family Programs, Margaret Haefner, Jamie Comstock

Jayne Marie Comstock

Studies compliance gaining behaviors among characters in 18 prime time television programs. Finds that situation comedies were more likely than dramas to contain family characters who attempted to gain compliance. Finds that parental characters were more likely than children to seek and achieve compliance. Compares results to "real life" parental compliance gaining attempts.