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Ciudades Intermedias Y Poder Local En El Ecuador: Una Aproximación Analítica, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El tema de este libro y del Seminario que lo originó (Seminario Internacional sobre Ciudades Intermedias, realizado en Enero 1985 en Ecuador) es de gran pertinencia e importancia para el momento que vive América Latina en general y el Ecuador en particular;.significa también una toma de posición frente a una problemática aguda que necesariamente debe ser debatida y discutida en toda su extensión; más aún, por el hecho dé que el tratamiento de los problemas urbanos, como todo problema social, no escapa al quehacer político. Precisamente el tratamiento político de lo urbano puede desarrollarse con la discusión de las luchas …

La Universidad En Red, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En el Ecuador hay una corriente dominante que suele identificar la acción académica universitaria con la formación profesional, principalmente inscrita en los atributos de la relación pedagógica enseñanza-aprendizaje y al interior de una institucionalidad formal: la Universidad. Sin embargo, la acción pedagógica va más allá de la formación profesional y de los claustros de la institucionalidad, porque busca formar ciudadanía en el concomitante proceso de contribución al bienestar colectivo.

Con el libro Situación de la Educación Superior Ecuatoriana: informe de labores, escrito por Medardo Mora, se sientan las bases para superar esta visión tradicional de la universidad. En primer lugar, …

La Constitución De Un Estado Descentralizado, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El proceso centralizador de la sociedad, la economía, la cultura, la política y el territorio -en un contexto globalizador y de revolución científico-tecnológica- conduce al desarrollo de su antítesis: la descentralización.

Este proceso que se inició en Europa con una década de anticipación a lo ocurrido en América Latina, requiere ser conocido y analizado; es necesario hacer un balance de las principales experiencias latinoamericanas, así como de la historia de los procesos particulares. Mucho más, si se constata que no hay un modelo de descentralización latinoamericano; aunque es innegable la existencia de ciertas constantes. Cada país, en cada momento debe …

La Descentralización Desde El Gobierno Intermedio, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El proceso centralizador de la sociedad, la economía, la cultura, la política y el territorio -en un contexto de globalización y revolución científico tecnológico- ha conducido al desarrollo de su antítesis: la descentralización. Esto significa que el Estado nacional se encuentra ante la paradoja contenida en el concepto de globalización: globalización y localización.

Este proceso, que se inició en Europa con una década de anticipación a lo ocurrido en América Latina, requiere ser conocido y analizado. De allí que en este contexto y para replantear el futuro de la descentralización en el Ecuador sea necesario hacer un balance de las …

Spinoza And Marx, Eugene W. Holland

Eugene W Holland

This essay explores what replacing Hegel with Spinoza as a philosophical source might do for contemporary Marxism.

Beyond Tocqueville: Civl Society And Social Capital In Comparative Perspective, Michael W. Foley, Bob Edwards

Bob Edwards

No abstract provided.

Fragmentación Política Y Gobierno En Uruguay: ¿Un Enfermo Imaginario?, Daniel Buquet, Daniel Chasquetti, Juan A. Moraes

Daniel Chasquetti

En un trabajo publicado en 1992, Carlos Pareja utilizaba la metáfora de Moliére del enfermo imaginario para referirse al sistema político uruguayo. La idea central del autor era que, a pesar de un cúmulo de diagnósticos negativos, los desempeños de los partidos y las instituciones democráticas nacionales no tenían porqué ser deficitarios. En este trabajo, continuando la línea de reflexión anotada, se propone establecer de forma empírica las performances de nuestro sistema político y los constreñimientos institucionales que las determinan. El sistema político uruguayo, en una de sus más agudas caracterizaciones, ha sido descrito como una “partidocracia” (Caetano, Rilla y …

Intracellular Coexpression Of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Her-2/Neu, And P21ras In Human Breast Cancers: Evidence For The Existence Of Distinctive Patterns Of Genetic Evolution That Are Common To Tumors From Different Patients, Stanley E. Shackney, Agnese A. Pollice, Charles A. Smith, Laura E. Janocko, Lillian Sweeney, Kathryn A. Brown, Sarita G. Singh, Lingping Gu, Robert Yakulis, Joseph F. Lucke

Joseph Lucke

Multiparameter flow cytometry studies were performed on cells from the primary tumors of 94 patients with breast cancer. Correlated cellular measurements of cell DNA content, Her-2/neu, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and p21ras levels were performed on each of 5,000 to 100,000 cells from each tumor. When criteria for positivity were matched with those in common use for immunohistochemical studies, 28 of 94 (30\%) breast cancers were classified as positive for Her-2/neu overexpression. When similar criteria were applied to the EGFR measurements, 23 of 94 (24\%) cases were classified as positive for EGFR overexpression. Similarly, 23 of 94 (24\%) cases …

Archiv Der Pharmazie, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

Simulation And Fpga Implementation Of A Simple Computer, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

‘Contrary To Our Way Of Thinking’: The Struggle For An American Indian Center In Chicago, Grant Arndt

Grant Arndt

When Chicago’s American Indian Center opened in 1953, it had a small core of dedicated leaders, but little support in the city. The Center’s board of directors had applied for funding to Chicago’s Metropolitan Welfare Council, the main clearing- house of philanthropic funding in the city, only to be told that the Center’s existence was “contrary to our way of thinking.” 1 It was not the first time that Native Americans seeking to cre- ate urban organizations had encountered rejection. For years, local Native American activists had found that urban Indians and Native American urban organizations were contrary to the …

How Labeling Of Safety And Process Attributes Affects Markets For Food, Julie Caswell

Julie Caswell

Consumers are increasingly considering information on the safety and process (how foods are produced) attributes of food in making their buying decisions, Producers, processors, and retailers may choose voluntary labeling of these attributes, may be required to label by government regulations, or may use a combination of these approaches, The market effects depend on consumer perceptions of the attributes, the benefits and costs of labeling for companies, and the goals of government policy, These effects are illustrated through a discussion of labeling of foods that are produced with the use of biotechnology (genetically modified organisms) or that are organically grown.

"Savannah's Jewish Women And The Shaping Of Ethnic And Gender Identity, 1830-1900", Mark I. Greenberg

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.

Review Of Alan S. Kaye, Ed. (1997) Phonologies Of Asia And Africa: (Including The Caucasus), John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

No abstract provided.

Morpheme Structure Constraints And Paradigm Occultation, John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

The morpheme structure constraints of classic generative phonology impose language-particular restrictions on underlying representations. It has long been known that MSCís often duplicate the functions of rules or output constraints, and so Stampe, Prince & Smolensky, and others have proposed to eliminate them. In OT, the descriptive effects of MSC’s are obtained from rankings that compel neutralization of potential underlying distinctions. One input is said to occult the other when both map onto a common output.

This paper has focused on MSC’s that prevent alternations within a paradigm. Absence of alternation is an effect of high-ranking output-output faithfulness constraints which …

Prosodic Morphology, John J. Mccarthy, Alan Prince

John J. McCarthy

No abstract provided.

Alignment And Parallelism In Indonesian Phonology, John J. Mccarthy, Abigail Cohn

John J. McCarthy

In this paper, we present a complete account of word stress in Indonesian and the ways in which it interacts with affixation, limitations on root structure, PrWd juncture, syllabification, and reduplication, developing and extending the ideas and empirical material in Cohn (1989). Phenomena that had formerly been analyzed in terms of the phonology/morphology mapping, the cycle, (non-)iterative foot assignment, and morpheme-structure constraints are all subsumed under Generalized Alignment.

Parallelism leads to examination of Alignment-based alternatives to the cycle, in which the influence of morphology on prosodic structure is direct. Furthermore, several conditions are discussed where only a parallel analysis will …

An Analysis Of The Variability Of Agricultural Production In Independent And Soviet Lithuania, 1923-1989, Gregory J. Brock

Gregory J. Brock

An analysis of crop variability over the long time period 1923-1989 allows comparison of agriculture in two economic systems - independent Lithuania and occupied Soviet Lithuania.

Comparative Levels Of Food Safety Regulations In Three U.S.-Asian Trading Groups, Yuan Wang, Julie Caswell

Julie Caswell

U.S.-Asian trade currently represents about 35% of the total value of U.S. agricultural and food trade. Country-by-country comparisons show significant differences in level of food safety regulations in the U.S., Japan, newly industrialized countries in Asia, and Asian developing countries. These disparities result in significantly different import requirements that may impede trade in agricultural and food products.

The Sea Peoples, The Victorians, And Us, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

No abstract provided.

The Potential For Planning An Industrial Cluster In Barre, Vermont: A Case Of 'Hard-Rock' Resistance In The Granite Industry, John R. Mullin, Zenia Kotval

John R. Mullin

Throughout the world, there has been considerable interest among economic planners concerning the creation of industrial clusters. Efforts to stimulate, nurture and reinforce such clusters can be found in virtually all of the European nations, as well as in Japan, Korea, China and others. These efforts range from reinforcing the strengths of promising areas to stimulating the creation of totally new technologies. The identification of such clustering opportunities has become a critical element of national, state, regional and local planning activities. While there are many researchers who have focused on this topic, the Harvard Business School's Michael Porter has,arguably, been …

The Economic Impact Of Housing In Massachusetts, John Mullin, Zenia Kotval

John R. Mullin

Home building generates substantial local economic activity, including income, jobs, and revenue for state and local governments. These far exceed the school costs-to-property-tax ratios. Furthermore, balanced growth, the availability of homes that match the character of the jobs, plays a significant role in attracting sustainable economic development.

Political Theory, Steven Alan Samson

Steven Alan Samson

No abstract provided.

The Constitution Of Interests: Institutionalism, Critical Legal Studies And New Approaches To Sociolegal Scholarship, John Brigham

John Brigham

No abstract provided.

Implementing National Guidelines And Standards: A Model For Action, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

Outlines the steps undertaken by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in coordinating the implementation of the `Information power: Building partnerships for learning' standards. Survey conducted in 1995; Restructuring in 1996; Objective of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Police Perspectives On Responding To Mentally Ill People In Crisis: Perceptions Of Program Effectiveness, Randy Borum

Randy Borum

No abstract provided.

Wage Formation And The (Non-)Existence Of The Nairu, Peter Skott

Peter Skott

The influence of NAIRU theory on economic policy is both puzzling and unfortunate, especially in a European context. This paper shows that standard rationality assumptions and objective functions may fail to generate a well-defined NAIRU in a unionized economy. It then presents two simple models with endogenous wage aspirations. One version of the model produces a unique long-run NAIRU while the other implies the presence of aspiration-induced hysteresis in the employment rate. The hysteretic version seems preferable on theoretical grounds and - at a stylized level - this version also fits the empirical evidence better than the non-hysteretic version. The …

Thinking Style Differences Among Academic Librarians, Linda M. Golian-Lui

Linda M. Golian-Lui

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether differences in thinking styles exist between senior level library administrators working in public and technical service areas in libraries with an institutional membership in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). To facilitate this investigation, the Inquiry Mode Questionnaire (InQ) and a demographic data form were distributed in a nation-wide survey. The study achieved an 80.3% (106) return rate, with a total of 97 surveys used for data analysis. The literature review is organized in three segments: definitional dilemma, theoretical framework, and review of previous research. The definitional dilemma addressed issues concerning …

Putting Prior Talk Into Context: Reported Speech And The Reporting Context., Richard Buttny

Richard Buttny

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Clientelism: Demands, Discourses And Practices In Contemporary Brazil, Robert Gay

Sociology Faculty Publications

It has been more than a decade since the Brazilian military relinquished its hold on the electoral process. Effective democratic governance has yet to be established, however. Traditional elites still dominate the scene, political parties remain weak, fragmented and unstable, and public administrations continue to pay lip-service to demands for citizens' rights. The source of these various problems of democratic governance is, by all accounts, the widespread practice of exchanging votes for favours, otherwise known as clientelism. In this essay, I argue that clientelism is an essential and endearing feature of the Brazilian political landscape. I also argue, however, that …