Politics & Society articles from September 1997

Politics & Society archives from September 1997

The cultural identities of a European state.
September 1, 1997... Having chosen English as the preferred language in the European Union (EU), the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways to improve efficiency in communications between government departments. European officials...

The consequences of welfare retrenchment in Denmark.
September 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION After the postwar period of growth and expansion, welfare states now are suffering from budget and legitimacy pressures. Expansion has slowed, and concern about the basic objectives and purposes of social policy is...

"Demonstration" drives, "predatory" drives: an enterprise model of strategic union organizing.
September 1, 1997... I. INTRODUCTION The changing of the guard at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) in October of 1995 has generated optimism about labor's future among many labor activists and...

Reconciliation politics: conservative evangelicals and the new race discourse.
September 1, 1997... Racism is not only a social problem;... because racism is a sin, it is also a moral and spiritual issue. Legal and social efforts to obliterate racism (or at least curb its more onerous effects) have a legitimate place. However, only the...

A spatial model of regime shift.
September 1, 1997... Regimes are "formal rules that link the main political institutions [and specify the] nature of the ties between citizens and rulers."(1) The study of rapid regime change, or regime shift, occupies a position of pivotal importance because it...