THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING |
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 12-14, 1995
Marcia Jones
Chair, Information Services Committee
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Office of Publications and Faculty Research Services
Georgia Southern University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES: OPENING REMARKS Michael B. Bishku |
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| PAPERS | |
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THIRD WORLD LITERATURE: AN OVERVIEW OF HOW POLITICAL
REPRESSION AND BRAIN DRAIN UNDERMINE LITERARY GROWTH IN AFRICA A. B. Assenoh, Indiana University -- Bloomington |
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| CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS PROLIFERATION IN THE THIRD WORLD Mark Browne, Air Command and Staff College |
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| TRADE AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA James Cobbe, Florida State University Syrafruddin Karimi, Andalas University |
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| CONSTRAINTS ON DEMOCRATIZATION IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA Kingsley E. Esedo, Southern University |
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| LATIN AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SUBALTERN STUDIES: THE CASE OF BRAZIL Lydia M. Garner, Southwestern Texas State University |
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| MENNONITE SETTLEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN BELIZE Francis X. Higdon, University of Pittsburgh |
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| ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ZERO INTEREST RATE FOR FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES: A BRIEF
EXPLORATION Ali Reza Jalili, Mercer University |
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| ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH TOURISM, BAHAMIAN STYLE C.M. Jonnard, Fairleigh Dickinson University |
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| THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND THE SALVATION ARMY: 1978-1985 DEBATE OVER ZIMBABWE'S
LIBERATION MOVEMENT Norman H. Murdoch, University of Cincinnati |
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| AGRICULTURAL POLICY, MARGINALIZATION OF WOMEN AND THEIR EFFECT ON AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION IN VIHIGA DISTRICT, KENYA Basilida Anyona Mutoro, Moi University |
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| TOURISM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE ROLE OF MICROENTERPRISES Nancy W. Shumaker, Georgia Southern University |
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| THE HAITIAN COUP OF THE ARISTIDE REGIME AND THE ROLES OF THE OAS AND THE UN Daniel C. Turack, Capital University Law and Graduate Center |
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| BUDGET AS A MECHANISM FOR ACHIEVING PLANNED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE NIGERIAN
EXPERIENCE Ebenezer C. Ugorji, Austin Peay State University |
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| THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY Christopher Vasilloupulos, Eastern Connecticut State University Norton Mezvinsky, Central Connecticut State University |
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| AFRICAN WOMEN: TRADITION AND MODERNITY T.S. Vitrant-O'Connell, Jacksonville University |
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| STRATEGIC ARSENALS: TAIPEI AND ISFAHAN Lisa Reynolds Wolfe, New York University |
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| SUICIDES IN MODERN CHINA Jie Zhang, Georgia Southern University |
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| ABSTRACTS | |
| ISRAEL AND THE MAGHREB J. Abadi |
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| DEMOCRATIC REVIVALISM IN KENYA: THE INFLUENCE FROM THE NORTH Maurice-Nyamanga Amutabi, Moi University |
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| RELIGION AND IMPERIALISM IN NIGERIA Sabo Bako, Ahmadu Bello University |
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| THE DEPENDENCY SYNDROME AND THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA Michael B. Bishku, University of North Florida Fred Nafukho Muyia, Moi University |
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| THE INDIRECT MEASUREMENT OF EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION ACROSS CULTURES Stephen E. Buggie, Presbyterian College |
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| CAN POLITICAL AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM? Kong Chu, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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| THE FIRST WORLD IN THIRD WORLD STRUGGLES: THE ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WAY OF 1935 AND 1936 J. Calveritt Clarke, III, Jacksonville University |
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| THE RESURGENCE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN CHINA: 1980-1995 Peng Deng, High Point University |
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| SYRIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS Ghassan E. El-Eid, Central Connecticut State University |
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| COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY AND IRANIAN KURDISTAN Nader Entessar |
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| THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE RESPONSE TO PROTESTANT EVANGELISM IN ECUADOR Alvin M. Goffin, University of Central Florida |
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| ISLAMAPHOBIA IN THE WESTERN MASS MEDIA Mir Zohair Husain, University of South Alabama |
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| THE CHANGING ROLE OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY IN KENYA ON THE DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS Eunice Kamaara, Moi University |
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| IS RELIGION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD FOSTERING NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR SERVING THE
INTERESTS OF THE COLONIAL POWERS? Agot Kawango, Moi University |
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| WOMEN AND THE FEMININE PRINCIPLE IN DEVELOPMENT Gary Kline, Georgia Southern University |
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| SCHOLARSHIP AT CROSS-ROADS: THE FUTURE OF LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY STUDIES IN EAST
AFRICA C. Kyaigotti-Chacha, Egerton University |
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| THE ABIOLA ELECTION: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AT ANSWERING NIGERIA'S NATIONAL QUESTIONS Tunger Lergo, Florida State University |
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| KURDISH EXILE PARLIAMENT: DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY Charles G. MacDonald, Florida International University |
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| UNITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST MOVEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST Rolin Mainuddin, North Carolina Central University |
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| NARRATIVE STYLE AS A TECHNIQUE OF MOVING THE CENTRE A READING OF NGUGI'S
"MATIGARI" Miriam Maranga, Moi University |
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| AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: PLACING CULTURE AT THE CENTRE OF DEFINITION Owen O. McOnyango, Maseno University College |
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| CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: TWO ODD BEDFELLOWS Emmanuel Adow Obeng, Moi University |
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| EXORCISING THE IMPERIAL GHOST: DEREK WALLOT'S PANTOMIME DECONSTRUCTS - DANIEL
DEFOE'S ROBINSON CRUSOE Christopher J. Odhiambo, Moi University |
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| IMPERIALISM AND NEO-COLONIALISM IN KENYA Edward Onyango Odigo, Moi University |
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| THE LANGUAGE OF RELIGION AND POWER IN POST-COLONIAL KENYA Humphrey J. Ojwang, University of Nairobi |
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| IMPERIALISM AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE EXPERIENCE OF AFRICA Charles Okeagu |
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| RESOURCES MOBILIZATION FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: CONSTRAINTS AND
POSSIBILITIES (KENYA CASE) Otieno Okello, Moi University |
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| TURKEY'S "KURDISH PROBLEM" AND ITS POLICIES TOWARD SYRIA, IRAN, AND IRAQ
WITH REGARD TO THE KURDISH QUESTION SINCE THE GULF WAR Robert Olson |
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| THE MASS MEDIA AS A TOOL FOR KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERMENT: A STUDY OF UNICEF/FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA PROGRAMME LET THEM LIVE Hilary Chidi Ozoh, Enugu State University of Science and Technology |
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| CHINA'S EXPANDING ECONOMIC ROLE IN PACIFIC ASIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. TRADE POLICY
TOWARD ASIA Jong H. Park, Kennesaw State College |
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| CHOKING TO DEATH: THE IMPACT OF DEBT SERVICING MEASURES ON THE JAMAICAN ECONOMY Maria Pericon, Georgia Southern University |
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| OLD MASTERS FOR NEW: CHANGES & CONTINUITY IN THE MERCHANT ELITE IN BELIZE St. John Robinson, MSU-Billings |
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| UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN ZAIRE UNDER MARSHAL MOBUTU James B. Rugilreheh Runaku, University of Swaziland |
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| CHINESE FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH THE SUPERPOWERS: 1949-1959 Houman A. Sadri, University of Richmond |
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| RELIGIOUS REVIVALISM AMONG THE HINDUS IN INDIA Santosh C. Saha |
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| SUDAN: ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM: A RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC DECAY OR A REACTION TO POLITICAL
BETRAYAL M.A. Mohamed Salih, Institute of Social Studies |
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| THE SIKHS: EROSION OF FUNDAMENTALS, THE SIKH WAY OF LIFE, IMPACT OF THE INDIAN
DEMOCRACY AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY Awatar Singh Sekhon, The Sikh University Centre |
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| RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM AND THE LANGUAGE QUESTION IN COLONIAL KENYA: A CRITICAL
PERSPECTIVE Inyani K. Simala, Moi University |
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| TURKISH-EUROPEAN UNION RELATIONS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS James Sowerwine, Jutztown University |
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| PROGRESS OR REGRESS: WOMEN AND ECONOMIC REFORMS IN CHINA Yi Sun, Albion College |
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| IMPERIALISM, RELIGION AND THE PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY, NATIONAL INTEGRATION
AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Ejembi Anefu Unobe, Ahmadu Bello University |
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| THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LATIN AMERICA: A SEARCH FOR DIRECTION Menno Vellinga, University of Utrecht |
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| ETHNIC CONFLICTS: A THREAT TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Francis K. Wairagu, Moi University |
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| ECOFEMINISM INDIAN STYLE: VADANA SHIVA - WOMEN, THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN
INDIA Steven D. Weiss |
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| ADJUSTMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY: PERSPECTIVES ON THE LOST DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE IN AFRICA Edmond Were, Moi University |
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| RELIGION, ACCULTURATION, AND RESISTANCE: THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY MOVEMENT IN SOUTH
AFRICA Carolyn Williams, University of North Florida |
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| THE FAILURE OF THE AUTHORITARIAN DEVELOPMENTALIST REGIMES AND THE EMERGENCE OF RADICAL
PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA: THE CASE OF ALGERIA Yahia H. Zoubir |
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