THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
OCTOBER 6-8, 1994
“THIRD WORLD ON THE EVE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:
PERSPECTIVE, PROBLEMS, AND PROSPECTS”
EDITOR
Marcia Jones
Chair, Information Services Committee
Published by
Office of Publications and Faculty Research Services
Georgia Southern University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES: OPENING REMARKS John Mukum Mbaku |
1 |
| STATE UNDER SIEGE: THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN NIGERIA Abiodun O. Adegboye, Clark-Atlanta University |
5 |
| PREPARING CARIBBEAN (CARICOM) FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Shamir Ally |
9 |
| SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR STATE AND SOCIETY: CUBA’S SACRFICIAL ADJUSTMENT POLICIES IN THE 1990S Craig W. Auchter, Butler University |
24 |
| PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE: WOMEN AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN RACE IN WOLE SOYINKA’S PLAYS Aderemi Bamikunle, Universite de Saint-Louis |
32 |
| FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TRADE DIVERSIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC REFORM IN CUBA Ruben Berrios, University of Pittsburgh |
37 |
| MNC-THIRD WORLD RELATIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLICYMAKERS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS Benjamin F. Bobo and Lawrence S. Tai, Loyola Marymount University |
45 |
| DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION IN AFRICA: THE EVOLUTION OF AN INTERACTIVE PARADIGM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Louise M. Bourgault, Northern Michigan University |
54 |
| WHO IS DEVELOPMENT FOR? REFLECTIONS ON THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES James Cobbe, Florida State University |
65 |
| POPULATION GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS AND POLICIES IN THE YEARS AHEAD Tafah Edokat, University of Yaounde II |
73 |
| INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADJUSTMENT AND THE CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES: A CASE STUDY OF JAMAICA Dawn Richards-Elliott, Florida Atlantic University |
82 |
| CULTURAL PLURALISM AND THE LATIN AMERICAN STATE: EMERGING BLACK POLITICAL MOVEMENT Gregory Freeland, California Lutheran University |
90 |
| RELIGION AS A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA: A POLITICAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE Martin Gruberg, University of Wisconsin |
97 |
| THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH ON THE SPANISH LANGUAGE OF BELIZE Timothy W. Hagerty, University of St. Thomas |
106 |
| PROSPECTS FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN POST-COLD WAR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC William Head, U.S. Air Force |
110 |
| THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY: THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT Lynn Holland, University of Colorado at Denver |
113 |
| POSTWAR PLANNING AND THE ORIGINS OF THE THIRD WORLD, 1941-1945: SOME LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE Thomas C. Howard, Virginia Tech |
126 |
| DEAD END TO NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY?: EXPLAINING THE 1993 GENERAL ABACHA COUP Julius O. Ihonvbere, University of Texas at Austin |
133 |
| U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS SOMALIA, DURING AND AFTER THE COLD WAR Saba Jallow, Georgia Southern University |
149 |
| THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE ACCELERATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN A THIRD WORLD ENVIRONMENT Moatassem Billah Kaddah, The Cabinet of Ministers Salah El-Sabaa, The American University in Cairo |
155 |
| THE U.S. AND THE ETHICS OF INTERVENTIONS SECURITY ISSUES FOR THIRD WORLD SECURITY Muqtedar Khan, Florida International University |
167 |
| INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY: WHITHER THE THIRD WORLD Tendayi S. Kumbula, Ball State University |
177 |
| ETHNICITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH LUZON HIGHLANDS Robert Lawless, Wichita State University |
188 |
| ETHNICITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA Frank Khachina Matanga, Maseno University College |
194 |
| NAMIBIAN BUREAUCRACY: BEYOND THE COLONIAL LEGACY Getawchew Metaferia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
199 |
| THE ADJUDICATORY ROLE OF THE OMBUDSMAN IN DEVELOPING NATION: THE CASE OF NIGERIA Bennett Odunsi, Jackson State University |
209 |
| ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Amon O. Okpala, Fayetteville State University |
217 |
| REPOSITIONING AFRICA: THE ROLE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA Emmanuel U. Onyedike, Hampton University |
221 |
| THE FATHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP IN ZEE EDGELL’S BEKA LAMB Mary Gomez Parham, University of Houston-Downtown |
226 |
| NAFTA AND THE CRISIS OF THE MEXICAN STATE Carlos Perez, State University of New York |
227 |
| MEMORY PROCESS AND FEMININE DESIRE IN CLAIRE DENIS’S CHOCOLAT AND BRIGITTE ROUAN’S OUTREMER Celine Philibert, State University of New York at Potsdam |
234 |
| MIGRATION: THE CHALLENGE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Sudha Ratan, Georgia Southern University |
241 |
| NUCLEAR “POWDER KEG” ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA: NEW PHENOMENON OF THE POST-COLD WAR REGIONAL INSTABILITY Steve Y. Rhee, Armstrong State College |
247 |
| MODELLING IMPORT DEMAND FOR CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE TRADE BALANCE Rupert Rhodd, Florida Atlantic University |
254 |
| DISARTICULATION REVISITED: BRINGING DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY BACK TO THE MAINSTREAM Edwin Hoffman Rhyne, College of William and Mary |
263 |
| SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF KENYA’S ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS (ASAL) E. Ofori-Sarpong, University of Ghana |
275 |
| CAN FOREIGN AID DISTORT AN ECONOMY?: THE PHILIPPINE CASE Henry M. Schwalbenberg, Fordham University |
280 |
| EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP IN THE THIRD WORLD: THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF A NEW TREND IN PRIVATIZATION Stephen C. Smith, George Washington University |
284 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS AND MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Joseph Takougang, University of Cincinnati |
301 |
| MAGIC REALISM & CHRISTIAN EXISTENTIALISM IN BOELI VAN LEEUWEN’S HET TEKEN VAN JONAH Timothy J. Taylor, University of Texas |
313 |
| THE RUSHDIE AFFAIR AND LITERARY SCANDAL IN INDIA Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida |
320 |
| THE ALLUREMENT OF ETHNONATIONALISM IN NIGERIAN POLITICS: THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE E. Ike Udogu, Francis Marion University |
328 |
| STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF SUB-SAHARAN ECONOMIES: THE ROLE OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Ebenezer C. Ugorji, Georgia Southern University |
338 |
| PUBLIC HEALTH AND THIRD-WORLD SECURITY INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: HIV/AIDS AND MILITARY POPULATIONS Rodger Yeager, West Virginia University |
350 |
| DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS Julius O. Ihonvbere, The University of Texas at Austin |
360 |
