NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 8-10, 1998
Theme:
RHETORIC VERSUS ACTION:
The Challenge of Policy Implementation
CO-EDITORS
| Marcia W. Jones Georgia Southern University |
Daniel Skidmore-Hess Armstrong Atlantic State University |
CO-SPONSORS
Center for International Studies,
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA;
Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA;
Georgia Consortium, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| REGIONAL COOPERATION AND THE INDIAN OCEAN RIM Calvin H. Allen, Jr. |
3 |
| PUERTO RICO AFTER SECTION 936 Irma T. de Alonso |
12 |
| ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EDUCATION: SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OF AFRICA Samuel Kojo Andoh and Yilma Gebremariam |
21 |
| TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE TRANSITION IN VIET NAM James Cobbe |
26 |
| THEORIES OF GROUP RECOGNITION: SOME LESSONS FROM NIGERIA John Boye Ejobowah |
35 |
| THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATIZATION IN LIBERIA James Guseh |
42 |
| WATER PROBLEMS IN CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL ASIA COMPARED Thomas F. Howard |
51 |
| SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES AND ECONOMIC STABILITY IN AFRICA Petur O. Johnson and Amon Okpala |
56 |
| AGENDA SETTING AND PUBLIC POLICY IN AFRICA: DOMESTIC POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY Kelechi A. Kalu |
61 |
| FOREIGN SHOCKS, GOVERNMENT REACTIONS, AND THE STATUS OF GRAIN FARMERS IN ARGENTINA, 1914-1952 Daniel Lewis |
73 |
| MECHANISMS OF POST-REFORM INTRA-PROVINCIAL DISPARITIES IN JIANGSU PROVINCE,PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Guoying Long and Mee- Kam Ng |
82 |
| INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND THE AGGRAVATION OF ETHNIC CONFLICT: IRAQ AND RWANDA Alynna J. Lyon |
93 |
| THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Saramma T. Mathew and Philip Thomas |
104 |
| IRRIGATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN INDIA Thomas Mathew and Shaji Issac |
111 |
| THE PLACE OF LIFELONG LEARNING IN KENYA: NEED TO BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN PRIVATE AGENCIES, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND UNIVERSITIES Frederick Muyia Nafukho |
119 |
| THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA: A CASE STUDY OF THE SHENZHEN SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE Mee-Kam Ng |
128 |
| NEW CALEDONIA OR KANAKY? INDEPENDENCE – DEFERRED OR DENIED? FRENCH COLONIALISM IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC David W.H. Pellow |
139 |
| KOREAN DIASPORA IN UZBEKISTAN Steve Y. Rhee |
143 |
| EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR DEVELOPMENT: CAN IT WORK? Nancy W. Shumaker |
149 |
| TURKEY AND IRAN: THE CHALLENGE OF GOOD NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS James Sowerwine |
155 |
| HIGH ANXIETY: CINEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF HONG KONG’S RETURN TO THE MAINLAND Lisa Stokes and Michael Hoover |
167 |
| CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ASIAN INDIANS Mary Thomas |
176 |
| HONG KONG AFTER JULY 1,1997: ARE HUMAN RIGHTS PRESERVED? Daniel C. Turack |
181 |
| AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD CAMBODIA AFTER POL POT William E. Wingfield |
193 |
| “HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE A WOMAN:” WOMEN’S ISSUES IN JHANG JIE’S THE ARK Mitali Pati Wong |
199 |
| INDEX | 203 |
