Alan Abramowitz trains his lens on the disappearing center in US politics. He surmises that the polarization in politics has long historical roots and has only increased under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations. The divergence between parties is at historic highs according...

The exponential growth in selected Sunbelt cities since 1960 is now well documented, and metropolitan Miami is recognized as one of the acknowledged targets of Sunbelt growth and development. What is less often acknowledged, is the impact of the transformation of such places on segments of the...

Professor Woo argues that the 1997 East Asian currency crisis had its roots in the changing political economy of the region. The post-World War II paradigm for economic development in the region was destroyed by the crisis and a new more Sino-centric configuration has begun to unfold. Ron...

Mike Davis argues that the climate stability of the Halocene Age has reached a tipping point that will lead to radical changes in global weather patterns. He discusses various models for estimating CO2 in the atmosphere and some of the consequences of climate change which will affect the poor...

Nadim Rouhana, Institute for Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, and Gershon Shafir, Department of Sociology, UC San Diego, talked about democracy in the Israeli context. Beshara Doumani, Department of History, UC Berkeley, talked about democracy in the Palestinian experience. The...

This paper reviews many European and American studies to address the following: (1) the relationship between maternal employment and decreased or low birth weight, and (2) assessment of evidence that would lead to restrictions in employment or requirements for prenatal leave for pregnant working...

In this paper we take a structural approach to understanding the role of female,and particularly Mexican, immigrants in the Los Angeles economy. It is structural in that recent enduring, if not permanent, macro-economic changes generated by increased global competition are affecting the nature...

Drastic changes in American lifestyles have called into question the future of America's children. For instance, the lack of kinship networks -- a product of urbanization and increased individual mobility -- limits the traditional child rearing functions performed by members of the extended...

The present generation of Korean youth in Japan reflect considerable personal alienation in response to the disparagement and degradation endured since the arrival of their parents or grandparents. in Japan Examined psychoculturally the Korean minority in Japan are presented with a numbers of...