TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
Association of Third World Studies, Inc.

National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei.
December 28-31, 2002

Theme:
"The Effects of Globalization in Taiwan and the Third World."

EDITOR
Harold Isaacs
Georgia Southwestern State University

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ASIA, AFRICA, AND DEMOCRACY: A PERSPECTIVE ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S INFLUENCE ON LEADERSHIP
A.B.Assensoh
13
SYNERGY: ETHICS AND ITS ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES IN SIERRA LEONE
Abdul Karim Bangura
17
IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON ASIAN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: LESSONS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF TAIWAN AND SOUTH KOREA
Wen-Heng Chao
27
DOES NET BUY-AND SELL INFORMATION PROVIDE SHORT-TERM PROFITABLE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TAIWAN STOCK MARKET
Chaoshin Chiao and Shihjung Chao
29
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Robert L. Curry, Jr
31
ASEAN AND AFTA: HISTORY AND CURRENT ISSUES
Robert L. Curry, Jr
37
WALKING A TIGHT-ROPE: THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION AND THE THIRD WORLD
Richard V. Damms
43
GLOBALIZATION: A COMPLEMENTARITY VIEW
S.C. Goswami
49
THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE EXPERIENCES OF TAIWAN, KOREA, AND SINGAPORE
Chen-Min Hsu and Wan-Chun Liu
53
THE IMPACTS OF WTO ACCESSION ON FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN TAIWAN
Shih-Hsun Hsu, Chi-Chung Chen, and Ching-Cheng Chang
55
PARTY REALIGNMENT AND ETHNIC POLITICS IN TAIWAN: A POLITICAL INSTITUTIONALIST EXPLANATION
Yung-ming Hsu
57
"MUTUAL HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING": THE BASIS FOR TAIWAN-MAINLAND RELATIONS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Chun-Chieh Huang
67
TAIWAN’S PUBLIC FINANCE DEFICIT PROBLEM IN RETROSPECT
Jyh-Bang Jou
69
CONSTITUTIONALISM AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN AFRICA
John Mukum Mbaku
73
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AS A TOOL OF UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY, WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MIDDLE EAST
Taysir Nashif
83
SOVEREIGNTY, WEALTH, CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY: MAINLAND CHINA AND TAIWAN GRAPPLE WITH THE PARAMETERS OF “NATION STATE” IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Emmanuel Pastreich
87
UZBEKISTAN: THE KOREAN DIASPORA AND THE POST-9/11 STRATEGIC RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
Steve Y. Rhee
95
THE HINDU REVIVALIST CONCEPT OF SECULARISM IN INDIA
Santosh C. Saha
101
GLOBALIZATION AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING:A PERSPECTIVE FROM CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
Louise Sundararajan
115
COMPARING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MAURITIUS AND FIJI: A CASE STUDY OF GROWTH VERSUS STASIS
Philip I. Szmedra
121
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SECURITIES MARKETS-TAIWAN’S REGULATORY REFORMS
Wang-Ruu Tseng
131
POLITICS OF IMPORTING FOREIGNERS: FOREIGN LABOR POLICY IN TAIWAN
Yen-Fen Tseng
141
LABOR RELATIONS IN SINO-FOREIGN JOINT VENTURES: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
Xun (George) Wang and Xin Tong
143

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