Science and technology (S & T) are now seen by the PRC's leadership as the key to its modernization programme. However, policy towards S & T has undergone significant changes since Mao's death, clearly reflecting differing opinions within the political leadership about its role and also between...

The author enquires how the metropolitan areas (Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya) of Japan and the Tokaido megalopolis have been incorporated into the world system, what the primary functions of these areas are in the world system and what is the form and resultant spatial dominance of the incorporation...

The article outlines the development, structure and role of the urban collective sector in the PRC in the context of the issues associated with small business in a socialist economy. It is shown that there are substantial structural similarities between the role of small business in urban China...

Obgleich im Laufe der Zeit immer mehr Wissen über Brauereitechnik angesammelt wurde, bleibt die Brauereiindustrie trotzdem noch stark abhängig von britischem Know-How und Technologie. Da ein Großteil der Anlagen schlüsselfertig geliefert worden war, bestand kein Anreiz zur eigenständigen...

The paper discusses the evidence which suggests that: (1) a significant proportion of the fertility decline in Kerala is due to birth control by one group - the assetless labourers - of the poorest section in the state; and (2) the lot of this section of the population in this state has not...

The author reviews the efforts of the Manley administration to develop Jamaica's economic relations with socialist countries. Attention is directed particularly to examining the difficulties inherent in expanding trade as part of an attempt to implement a democratic socialist development...

Grundsätzlich übersteigt die Nachfrage nach höherer technischer Qualifikation in Kenia das Angebot. Das führt zum Ausbau der technischen Bildungsinstitute. Dagegen stehen Fallstudien, die bezweifeln lassen, ob die Industriefirmen praktisch fähig sind, neu ausgebildete Ingenieure und...

Die in dem Heft enthaltenen Beiträge befassen sich mit den Gründen für die gegenwärtige Wirtschaftskrise, mit dem Problem der Auslandsverschuldung, den verschiedenen Stabilisierungsprogrammen des IMF (u.a. Ergebnisse, Widersprüche) und Vorschlägen zu alternativen Programmen in...