TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING

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
 

 

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