SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
Association of Third World Studies, Inc.

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


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