From jl34@cornell.edu Fri Mar 31 13:12:50 MST 1995 >From jl34@cornell.edu Fri Mar 31 13:12:48 1995 Received: from postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (POSTOFFICE.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.56.7]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id NAA29389 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 13:12:45 -0700 Received: from [132.236.29.25] ([132.236.29.25]) by postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA05421; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 15:13:18 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 15:15:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jayati Lal" Sender: jl34@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu Reply-To: jl34@cornell.edu Message-Id: <54917.jl34@cornell.edu> To: Subject: PEWS Section Roundtables, ASA'95 Here is the list of roundtables that have been assembled for the Annual ASA meeings this August. These are scheduled for the 19th (day 1) of the meetings (time as yet to be determined)--please plan on attending! PEWS SECTION ROUNDTABLES, ASA 1995 Tables: I. Hegemonic Transitions In the Modern World System Presider: Giovanni Arrighi, SUNY Binghamton a) Geopolitics and High Finance. Po-Keung Hui, Krishnendu Ray, and Thomas Reifer, SUNY Binghamton b) Social Conflict and Cohesion. Beverly Silver, Johns Hopkins University and Eric Slater, SUNY Binghamton c) Ideology and Culture. Steve Sherman, SUNY Binghamton II. Culture Globally: Symbolic Networks in the World System Presider: Elena Ermolaeva, Johns Hopkins University a) Symbolic Networks in World Systems: Conceptual Issues. Elena Ermolaeva, Johns Hopkins University b) Discursive Construction of Global Economy. Teivo Teivainen, University of Helsinki c) Symbolic Networks and Anti-Systemic Movements. William J. Haller, University of Pittsburgh d) NAFTA: The New Meanings of Culture and Trade in a Global Economy. Maria Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Johns Hopkins University III. Environmental Degradation and the World System Presider: Albert Bergesen, University of Arizona a) The Greening of World-System Theory. Albert Bergesen, University of Arizona b) CO2 Emissions 1950-1990 and the Changing Division of Labor: World-System Position and Industrial Efficiency. Peter E. Grimes, John Hopkins University c) The Self-Defeating Process of World Accumulation: Nature Strikes Back. Sing Chew, Humboldt State University IV. Commodity Chains in the Global Economy Presider: John M. Talbot, University of California, Berkeley a) Where Does your Coffee Dollar Go? Retained Value and Surplus Along the Coffee Commodity Chain. John M. Talbot, University of California, Berkeley b) Commodity Chains and the Global Athletic Footwear Industry: A Case Study of Nike Corporation. Miguel Korzeniewicz and Victoria Carty, University of New Mexico c) Trade Liberalization and Regional Development: Commodity Chains, Ethnicity, and Social Networks in the Texas-Mexico Border Region. David Spener, University of Texas-Austin V. Disarticulation, Dependence and Debt in Cross-National Perspective Presider: Matthew A.S. Christenson, Ohio State University a) External Debt as a Dependent Variable: Structural Determinants of Total Long-Term Debt Service in Lesser-Developed Countries, 1971-1985. Matthew A.S. Christenson and Edward M. Crenshaw, Ohio State University b) Structural Disarticulation and Third World Human Development: A Cross-national Study. Jie Huang, Ohio State University c) A Reanalysis of Cross-national Data on Urbanization and Economic Dependence. Tem Calfee, Cornell University VI. State Transitions, Government Expansion and the Arms Trade Presider: Angela M. Crowley, University of California, Irvine a) Fighter Planes and Friendship: A World System Approach to the Conventional Arms Trade. Angela M. Crowley, University of California, Irvine. b) The Impact of Structural Expansion of Modern Government on National Development, 1955-1985: A Cross-national Study. Young Soo Kim, Yong Suk Jang, and Hyeyoung Moon, Stanford University. c) Social Network Analogy Depicts Interstate Factors Affecting the Democratic Transition in Eastern Europe and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Shawn McEntee, Ohio State University VII. Development Theory: Challenges for the 1990s Presider: Jayati Lal, Cornell University a) The Two Images of Development. Jar-Der Luo, Academia Sinica, Taiwan b) The New Critics of Development: Critical and Postmodern Challenges to the Hegemony of Developmentalist Discourse. Jeffrey Jackson, University of Texas at Austin c) Feminist Interventions in Development Studies: From Gendering Development Theory to Developing Gendered Theory. Jayati Lal, Cornell University VIII. World-Systems and Local Processes Presider: Paul Ciccantell, Kansas State University a) Analysis of Local Processes in World-System Perspective. Thomas D. Hall, DePauw University b) Cosmopolitans and Locals in Chile's Aconcagua Valley. Walter Goldfrank, U C Santa Cruz c) The Role of Local Systems in Community Change: An Urban Latino Perspective. Jaimie A. Carboy and David M. Long, Georgia State University d) Philistia in the Neo-Assyrian World-System. Mitch Allen, Sage Publications, Inc. IX. Emerging Agro-Food Systems in Asia Presider: Susan J. Thompson, Bates College a) The East-Asian Agro-food Import Complex GATT Organized. Philip McMichael, Cornell University b) Dismantling Statist East Asian Agricultures? Global Pressures and National/Local Responses. Larry L. Burmeister, University of Kentucky c) Regional Regulation Within a Global Agro-Food Regime: ASEAN After AFTA. J. Tadlock Cowan and Susan J. Thompson, Bates College X. Restructuring Markets, Firms, and Labor Forces Presider: Laura T. Raynolds, Colorado State University a) Modernization of Mexican Industry: New Technology and the Reorganization of Work in Twenty Large Manufacturing Firms. Maria Pozas, Johns Hopkins University b) Marginal Citizens: The International Division of Labor, the Capitalist State, and Contested Ideas of Citizenship. Lionel Cantu, University of California, Irvine c) Restructuring Agricultural Production and Gendered Rural Labor Forces. Laura T. Raynolds, Colorado State University d) From Crisis to Restructuring: The Nexus of Global and National Change in the Costa Rican Labor Market. Richard Tardanico, Florida International University XI. Internet Communities: E-Lists and E-journals. Presider: Carl H.A. Dassbach, Michigan Technological University a) Issues in E-Journal Publishing: the Case of the Electronic Journal of Sociology (EJS). David V. Waller, University of Texas at Arlington b) Electronic Conferencing, Journals and Hypemedia Presentation of Social Science Research Results. Chris Chase-Dunn, Johns Hopkins University c) Progressive Sociologists Network (PSN): A community in the making. Martha Gimenez, University of Colorado at Boulder XII. Globalization and Agricultural Restructuring Presider: David Myhre, University of California at San Diego a) The Restructuring of Korean Agriculture and Changing Rural Social Relations. Chul-Kyoo Kim, Korea University b) The 'Tequila Effect' and Mexican Agriculture: Staggering Farmers, Stumbling Middlemen, and Stuporous Policymakers. David Myhre, University of California at San Diego ADDRESSES OF PARTICIPANTS: Mitch Allen, Altamira Press, 1630 N. Main St. Suite 367, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Giovannni Arrighi, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901 Albert Bergesen, Dept. of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Larry L. Burmeister, Dept. of Sociology, 500 Garrigus Building, University of Kentucky, Lexinton, KY 40546 Tem Calfee, Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 Lionel Cantu, Social Relations Program, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717 Jaimie A. Carboy, Dept. of Sociology, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303 Victoria Carty, Dept. of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Chris Chase-Dunn, Dept. of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 21218 Sing Chew, Dept. of Sociology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521 Matthew A.S. Christenson, Dept. of Sociology, 190 North Oval, Mall, 300 Bricker Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Paul Ciccantell, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Waters Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 Edward M. Crenshaw, Dept. of Sociology, 190 North Oval Mall, 300 Bricker Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Angela Martin Crowley, Social Relations Program, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717 Tadlock Cowan, Dept. of Sociology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240 Carl H.A. Dassbach, Dept. of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 Elena Ermolaeva, Dept. of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Maria Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Department of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University, Charles and 34th Streets, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Martha Gimenez, Dept. of Sociology. Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 Walter Goldfrank, Dept. of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Peter E. Grimes, Dept. of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Thomas D. Hall, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 William J. Haller, Dept. of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Jie Huang, Dept. of Sociology, 190 North Oval Mall, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210-1353 Po-Keung Hui, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901 Jeffrey Jackson, Dept. of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 Yong Suk Jang, Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2047 Chul-Kyoo Kim, Dept. of Sociology, Korea University, Anamdong 5-1, Sungbuk-KU, Seoul, Korea Young Soo Kim, Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2047 Miguel Korzeniewicz, Dept. of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Jayati Lal, Dept. of Sociology, 323 Uris Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14852 David M. Long, Dept. of Sociology, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303 Jar-Der Luo, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. Shawn McEntee, Dept. of Sociology, 190 North Oval Mall, Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210-1353 Philip McMichael, Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 Hyeyoung Moon, Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2047 David Myhre, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego 0510, La Jolla, CA 92093-0510 Maria A. Pozas, Dept. of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Krishnendu Ray, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901 Laura T. Raynolds, Dept. of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Thomas Reifer, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901 Steve Sherman, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13901 Beverly Silver, Dept. of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Eric Slater, Dept. of Sociology, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901 David Spener, Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1088 John M. Talbot, Dept. of Sociology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Richard Tardanico, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 Teivo Teivainen, Iberoamerican Research Center, PO Box 4, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Susan Thompson, Dept. of Sociology, Bates College, Lewsiton, ME 04240 David V. Waller, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Box 19599, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019! Jayati Lal Department of Sociology 323 Uris Hall Ithaca, New York 14853-7601 email: jl34@cornell.edu Fax: (607) 255-8473 From jocheu@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Sat Apr 1 18:06:51 MST 1995 >From jocheu@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Sat Apr 1 18:06:50 1995 Received: from franklin.seas.gwu.edu (franklin.seas.gwu.edu [128.164.9.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id SAA20968 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 18:06:49 -0700 Received: from gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (gwis2.circ.gwu.edu [128.164.127.252]) by franklin.seas.gwu.edu (v8) with ESMTP id UAA17248; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 20:07:25 -0500 Received: (from jocheu@localhost) by gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA15086; Sat, 1 Apr 1995 20:07:21 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 20:07:21 -0500 (EST) From: Jocheu Keinath Sender: Jocheu Keinath Reply-To: Jocheu Keinath Subject: Re: Query: concept "State" (x-post) To: J B Owens cc: Multiple recipients of list In-Reply-To: <3BB6CF8209F@FS.ISU.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Dear collegues: Unfortunately, I lost the "state" discussion from before March 11, 1995 and from March 12 - to March 21, 1995. Could anyone help me out and forward them to me. Thanks a lot. J. The following from J B. Owens is the first/last message I have received so far. On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, J B Owens wrote: > From: Jack Owens > > Tom Hall recently (2 March) republished on H-WORLD his review > of Frank and Gills (eds.), *The World System* (1993), from the > *Journal of World-Systems Research*. Rereading the review > reminded me that I need help with the application of the > concept of State, especially in its application to Hall's > "precapitalist world-systems". I admit to considerable > confusion about this issue and hope that this query is at > least somewhat clear about the sources of my confusion. > > The concept "State" appears to embody a nineteenth-century > deductive theory that we apply to empirically-discovered > phenomena. Once defined, "State" is then often reified so > that we speak about the "State" doing things or having things > done to it. The danger of the uncritical application of > familiar deductive theories is that we may thereby obscure > aspects of the human situation studied whose examination is > fundamental for our understanding. Perhaps if we are > discussing some of the highly-centralized, bureaucratic, and > militarily-dominant (over the local population at least) > regimes of recent centuries, such reification does little harm > to the world-systems approach. However, as one moves the > research focus to periods prior to about 1750, defining what > one means by "State" becomes more problematic. > > The issue strikes me as particularly important for the work of > Hall and Christopher Chase-Dunn because they attempt to define > world-systems on the basis of interaction networks. What I > often see in works of a macrosociological bent is the lumping > together under the rubric "State" of interaction networks > whose nature may be a crucial empirical element in the > development of world-systems theory. One will not get the > necessary empirical data to achieve clarity of definition in > the development of this theoretical approach if the essential > research subject is obscured by the use of a particular > conceptual vocabulary. > > Is there a conceptual content to the term "State" that makes > it worth using in talking about the last 5,000 years or so? > If so, where is the State in, for example, the Kingdom of > Castile during the reign of Philip II of Habsburg? or in the > Spanish Monarchy during the period 1580-1640? > > Any help will be most appreciated. > Jack > > J. B. "Jack" Owens > Department of History > Idaho State University > Pocatello, ID 83209 USA > Voice: (208) 233-8589 > e-mail: owenjack@isu.edu > www: http://isuux.isu.edu/~owenjack > > From FDEYO@ACSPR1.acs.brockport.edu Fri Apr 7 07:00:56 MDT 1995 >From FDEYO@ACSPR1.acs.brockport.edu Fri Apr 7 07:00:56 1995 Received: from acshp1.acs.brockport.edu (acshp1.acs.Brockport.EDU [137.21.166.25]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id HAA15298 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 1995 07:00:53 -0600 From: FDEYO@ACSPR1.acs.brockport.edu Message-Id: <199504071300.HAA15298@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from acspr1.acs.brockport.edu by acshp1.acs.brockport.edu with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA08102; Fri, 7 Apr 95 08:57:31 -0400 Received: (from user FDEYO) by ACSPR1.acs.brockport.edu; 07 Apr 95 09:03:02 EDT To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: vacancy Date: 07 Apr 95 09:03:02 EDT Gay Young, of the American University, asked that I post the following job announcement for PEWs types: "The Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, the American Univerisyt, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology position to begin Fall 1995. Polition is subject to final budgetary approval. Candidates must have strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching, to scholararly research and publishing, and to wervice to the Unviersity. PhD in Sociology required. The candidate should have research and teaching interest in international issues of development and inequality, democratizati on, and an area specialty (preferably in the Pacific Rim or Africa). The candidate should further enhance the department's diversity with expertise in international environmental (including population) studies and policy. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The American University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity university, committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Send application and CV, and arrange for 3 letters of recommendation, to Samih K. Farsoun, Chair, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, The American University, Washington, D. C. 20016. From OWENJACK@fs.isu.edu Wed Apr 12 08:55:24 MDT 1995 >From OWENJACK@fs.isu.edu Wed Apr 12 08:55:23 1995 Received: from ux1.isu.edu (ux1.isu.edu [134.50.254.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id IAA05884 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:55:22 -0600 Received: from FS.ISU.EDU ([134.50.250.3]) by ux1.isu.edu with SMTP (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA174548488; Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:54:48 -0600 Received: from FS/MAILQUEUE by FS.ISU.EDU (Mercury 1.13); Wed, 12 Apr 95 8:59:29 -0600 Received: from MAILQUEUE by FS (Mercury 1.13); Wed, 12 Apr 95 8:58:59 -0600 From: "J B Owens" Organization: Idaho State University To: WSN@csf.colorado.edu Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:58:52 MDT Subject: (Fwd) Support for J'e historians Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22) Message-Id: <29BF055628@FS.ISU.EDU> Perhaps this message will interest some list members. Jack Owens , Idaho State Univ. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Reply-to: emjnet@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu From: Date: 12 APR 95 17:03:21 Subject: Support for J'e historians To: emjnet@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu To: the Organization of American Historians H-Asia Network Early Modern Japan Network Re: WW II and Japan I have been asked to forward the following message from the two leading organisations of historians in Japan, asking scholars and other persons interested around the world to submit opinions to the Japanese government concerning the desired form and content of a "Document Centre" concerning Japan and WW II, or perhaps one might say, Japan in the first half of the 20th century. Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals is close (end of this month). Opinions may be submitted in any language you chose. The letter enclosed has also been translated into Korean and Chinese, and sent to historians in the countries concerned. Yours faithfully, J. F. Morris Department of Intercultural Studies, Miyagi Gakuin Women's College, 9-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981 JAPAN E-mail: f26461@sinet.ad.jp *************************************************************************** * Dear Sir/Madam, We represent the Society of Japanese History (Nihonshi- kenkyu_kai) and the Historical Science Society of Japan (Rekishigaku- kenkyu_kai). These two organizations wish to ask historians around the world to submit their opinions to the Japanese Government on its proposal to establish a foundation, tentatively named the "Document Centre of Asian History." The Centre was proposed by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in a speech made in August last year. The institution will collect documents with the purpose of "reflecting on Japanese aggression and colonial domination" and to "facing the history of relations with neighbouring Asian countries." However, discussions between the Cabinet Secretary's consultation office of foreign policy, which is in charge of the preparatory work for the Document Centre, and our societies have aroused many doubts whether the Document Centre will be established in line with the official statement of the Prime Minister. In a discussion held on January 30th this year we submitted the following requests to the consultation office of foreign policy: (1) that the purpose of the Document Centre is to clarify Japanese responsiblity and Japanese aggression during the War, and that the Document Centre be strictly managed in the spirit of this aim; (2) to urgently uncover and study unreleased government documents concerning aggression and colonial domination, and to take the initiative in releasing documents pertaining to the history of modern Japan that are in the possession of Japanese institutions; and (3) to gather and deploy archivists with the necessary technical and research abilities. The consultation office of foreign policy, however, was extremely negative toward each proposal. It is a great hindrance for the promotion of studies on the modern history of Japan and her neighbouring countries and on the history of wars, that most of the documents concerning the Japanese Government remain unopen to scrutiny. Even a slight will to remedy this situtation cannot be found on the side of the consultation office of foreign policy. We believe that the Document Centre will not be able to take the initiative in opening the documents of Japan and promote international historical studies on the principle of equality and reciprocity. We believe the Document Centre will merely collect documents from foreign countries in a one-sided manner. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. We Japanese historians are increasing efforts to make it common sense for the Japanese Government and the Japanese people to reflect on and apologize for Japan's past aggression. We think it most important that the character of the Document Centre of Asian History not be obscured. A group of experts under the Cabinet Secretary, is drawing up "proposals" concerning the Document Centre. The proposals will be submitted in June. The consultation office of foreign policy is publicy inviting opinions from individuals and organizations both inside and outside of Japan. We presume historians in your country must have some opinions about the unreleased documents in Japan and the "recognition" of the War by the Japanese Government. We would like to ask you to submit your opinions to the Japanese Government. In representing our respective historical societies, we would like to profess our continuing efforts to co-operate with historians around the world for the opening, exhibition, preservations and common ownership of historical documents. Yours faithfully, (Kazuki Iguchi) (Masanori Nakamura) Chair, Chair Society of Japanese History Historical Science Society of Japan P.S. Please send your opinions to the following: Group of Experts Considering the Foundation of the Document Centre of Asian History (tentative) c/o Cabinet Secretary's Consultation Office of Foreign Policy Nagata-cho 1-6-1 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100 JAPAN The deadline for submitting opinions is April 30th, 1995. We would be obliged if you could send us a copy of the opinions you have submitted. Please send us your opinions directly if you cannot meet the deadline. Our address: Historical Science Society of Japan Seika Bldg Kanda jinbo-cho 2-2, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 101 JAPAN (Note: The Japanese-language announcement from the Cabinet Secretary's Office inviting opinions attached to the original letter has been abbreviated in this e-mail version.) From dassbach@mtu.edu Wed Apr 19 10:59:18 MDT 1995 >From dassbach@mtu.edu Wed Apr 19 10:59:17 1995 Received: from mtu.edu (mtu.edu [141.219.70.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id KAA27913 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:59:16 -0600 Received: from social2 (social2.yth.mtu.edu [141.219.41.32]) by mtu.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id NAA21594 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:00:26 -0400 Message-Id: <199504191700.NAA21594@mtu.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: mtu.edu: Host social2.yth.mtu.edu claimed to be social2 X-Sender: dassbach@youth.yth.mtu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3b4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:00:39 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: Call for Papers Apologies for cross postings. Please forward ........ THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, (EJS), a new electronic journal, invites the submission of papers. We publish papers in three forms: a HYPERTEXT version accessible via WWW browsers such as Mosaic or Netscape, an enhanced Windows version which can be retrieved and read on your computer with Windows and an ASCII version which can be retrieved and read using almost any text processor. We are particularly interested in papers which deal with either the INTERNET, electronic communication and electronic communities or which combine images, sounds and text. Style requirements and other pertinent information about EJS can be found on our Home Page. This home page can be accessed at: http://gpu.srv.ulberta.ca:8010/. For additional information, contact Mike Sosteric at msosteri@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From jborocz@orion.oac.uci.edu Wed Apr 19 12:45:25 MDT 1995 >From jborocz@orion.oac.uci.edu Wed Apr 19 12:45:25 1995 Received: from orion.oac.uci.edu (orion.oac.uci.edu [128.200.80.20]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id MAA08289 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:45:20 -0600 Received: by orion.oac.uci.edu id AA01606 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for wsn@csf.colorado.edu); Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:46:12 -0700 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:46:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Jozsef Borocz To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: $ nose dive In-Reply-To: <199504191700.NAA21594@mtu.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dear Fellow W-Systemites, I am perplexed to see no post on what is hitting us from the business pages daily: the fall of the USD against both the DEM and the JPY. We should have a lot to say about this. After all, if this trend continues, that could signal in a big and unusually fast way a very shocking, abrupt end to U.S. hegemony. Apart from the implications for the future of the world as we know it, that would be of course another splendid, literal demonstration of the predictive power of w-s analysis (the previous one being the collapse of the state socialist world empire which had of course everything to do with global forces). Are we going to reserve comments on this one just as most of as have been shying away from discussing the central European story? Anybody care to comment? Cheers, Jozsef Borocz (jborocz@uci.edu) Dept of Sociology U. of California, Irvine From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Wed Apr 19 13:11:16 MDT 1995 >From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Wed Apr 19 13:11:15 1995 Received: from ellen.acad.lawrence.edu (ellen.acad.lawrence.edu [143.44.128.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id NAA10204 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:11:13 -0600 From: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Received: from lawrence.edu by lawrence.edu (PMDF V4.3-10 #3646) id <01HPIY40V5VK8WX7DY@lawrence.edu>; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 14:16:12 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 14:15:53 -0600 (CST) Subject: dollar To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Message-id: <01HPIY586K468WX7DY@lawrence.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jozsef Borocz's comments about the slide of the dollar are important. I've been curious myself about the under-reporting of the seriousness of this situation in the popular media (e.g. CNN). There seems to be very little discussion and response all the way around. Candice.Bradley@Lawrence.edu From gonick@csf.Colorado.EDU Wed Apr 19 13:22:47 MDT 1995 >From gonick@csf.Colorado.EDU Wed Apr 19 13:22:44 1995 Received: (from gonick@localhost) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) id NAA10868; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:22:43 -0600 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:22:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Lev Gonick To: "Carl H.A. Dassbach" cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Call for Papers In-Reply-To: <199504191700.NAA21594@mtu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Just a small correction on Carl's posting. The correct WWW Homepage for the Journal is http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca:8010/ and not http://gpu.srv.ulberta.ca:8010/ Lev Gonick lev.gonick@csf.colorado.edu On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Carl H.A. Dassbach wrote: > > Apologies for cross postings. Please forward ........ > > > > THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, (EJS), a new electronic journal, > invites the submission of papers. We publish papers in three forms: a HYPERTEXT > version accessible via WWW browsers such as Mosaic or Netscape, an enhanced > Windows version which can be retrieved and read on your computer with > Windows and an ASCII version which can be retrieved and read using almost > any text processor. We are particularly interested in papers which deal with > either the INTERNET, electronic communication and electronic communities or > which combine images, sounds and text. Style requirements and other > pertinent information about EJS can be found on our Home Page. This home > page can be accessed at: http://gpu.srv.ulberta.ca:8010/. For additional > information, contact Mike Sosteric at msosteri@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU > Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 > Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 > Houghton, MI 49931 USA > > > From wxhst3+@pitt.edu Wed Apr 19 14:51:20 MDT 1995 >From wxhst3+@pitt.edu Wed Apr 19 14:51:20 1995 Received: from post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu (post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id OAA21645 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 14:51:17 -0600 Received: from unixs5.cis.pitt.edu (wxhst3@unixs5.cis.pitt.edu [136.142.185.37]) by post-ofc01.srv.cis.pitt.edu with SMTP (8.6.10/cispo-q $Revision: 1.4 $) ID ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 16:40:12 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 16:40:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Haller Subject: Re: dollar To: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu cc: Multiple recipients of list In-Reply-To: <01HPIY586K468WX7DY@lawrence.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII O.K., I have a thought to share on the dollar slide for whatever it may or may not be worth. Perhaps it's a symptom of investment and, to some extent, consumption habits of participants in the U.S. economy. If American capitalists prefer to invest abroad over investing domestically (and American consumers buy "foreign" rather than American) then we are, in essence, exporting dollars therefore increasing foreign supply of dollars and reducing foreign demand for dollars. With enough of us pushing enough of our currency everywhere but into the domestic market a "poor" foreign capitalist could get to feeling like one more greenback in his or her wallet (as opposed to a yen or d-mark) is about as necessary as a hole in the head. The positive side of this interpretation is that if more of us (who have the means, of course) invested more in the rest of us the dollar could, in theory, be "reflated" in world currency markets. An added bonus (now this is *wildly* optimistic) could be a broadening of dollar distribution to more Americans who are struggling and suffering. Bill Haller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Haller \/ University Center for Social Department of Sociology /\ and Urban Research (UCSUR) University of Pittsburgh \/ 121 University Place, 6th floor email: wxhst3@pitt.edu /\ Pittsburgh, PA 15213-9972 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From SOCTB%EMUVM1.BITNET@vaxf.Colorado.EDU Wed Apr 19 16:03:10 MDT 1995 >From SOCTB@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU Wed Apr 19 16:03:09 1995 Received: from vaxf.Colorado.EDU (vaxf.Colorado.EDU [128.138.129.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id QAA02257 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 16:03:09 -0600 Message-Id: <199504192203.QAA02257@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU (MAILER@EMUVM1) by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (PMDF V4.3-10 #8140) id <01HPJ1PBJX4G0014LG@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU>; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 15:58:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU (NJE origin SOCTB@EMUVM1) by EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with RFC822 id 4083; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 17:56:55 -0400 Resent-date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 17:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: 19 April 95, 17:19:22 EDT Resent-from: Terry Boswell From: Terry Boswell Resent-to: "wsn@csf.colorado.edu" To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Resent-message-id: <01HPJ1PC2XWY0014LG@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU> X-Envelope-to: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT About the dollar, I understand that there is bad new and worse news. In the short run, currencies fluctuate with marginal changes in real interest rates. Inflation has been low, so everytime the Fed increased rates, the dollar went up. Rates appear to have peaked, so unless inflation falls or other countries lower rates, the dollar has no place to go but down. This is generally bad news. The dollar's slide prevents the Fed from lowering interest rates, hurting US growth. However, it pressures others to eventually lower their interest rates. If Germany would lower its rates, we could possibly see improved economic growth in Europe, which would further aid US exports, off-setting some of drag from high US interest rates. The worse news, for the US, are reports saying that the dollar's decline has precipitated a shift in reserve currencies for global traders. This appears to be apply mainly in Asia, where the Yen is now increasingly considered a safer reserve currency. This would mean that the Yen would increasingly replace the dollar as the typical currency of international exchange in Asian markets. Perhaps others know more about what is happening in Asia. If there is a shift in reserve currencies, then it means a much more fundamental shift in power than the fluctuation in interest rates. The fundamental shift represents the long term decline in US hegemony, and explains why that decline would be hard to reverse. From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Wed Apr 19 16:17:35 MDT 1995 >From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Wed Apr 19 16:17:35 1995 Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id QAA03608 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 16:17:33 -0600 Message-Id: <199504192217.QAA03608@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9784; Wed, 19 Apr 95 18:17:39 EST Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin P34D3611@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9782; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:17:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 18:17:34 EST From: Peter Grimes Subject: DOLLAR To: wsn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU I agree with Jozsef that the free-fall of the dollar is worthy of investigation by W-S theorists. Presumably elements of the global financial community are finding plenty of profits in it, and may also be ultimately responsible via their control over enormous pension & trust funds. Also, the US govt may be quietly pleased with the boost that the fall is giving to sales of US exports. But I think that it is premature to view the value of the dollar at any given moment as an accurate reflection of the degree of US power in the world-economy. US hegemony is indeed sliding, and has been doing so for a long time, but its relationship with the value of the dollar is indirect, at best. -Peter Grimes p34d3611@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu From wilkinso@polisci.sscnet.ucla.edu Wed Apr 19 21:34:46 MDT 1995 >From wilkinso@polisci.sscnet.ucla.edu Wed Apr 19 21:34:45 1995 Received: from sscnet.ucla.edu (weber.sscnet.ucla.edu [128.97.42.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id VAA03268 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 1995 21:34:40 -0600 Received: from courier.sscnet.ucla.edu by sscnet.ucla.edu (4.1/ssc-06/07/93) id AA03125; Wed, 19 Apr 95 20:35:41 PDT Received: by courier.sscnet.ucla.edu with Microsoft Mail id <2F95D7C2@courier.sscnet.ucla.edu>; Wed, 19 Apr 95 20:40:50 PDT From: "Wilkinson, David POLI SCI" To: * World Systems Network Subject: Request of Japanese Historians Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 20:39:00 PDT Message-Id: <2F95D7C2@courier.sscnet.ucla.edu> Encoding: 112 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 The following is a draft response to Jack Owens' posting of 4-12 which forwarded a request by Japanese historians for suggestions regarding the appropriate form and content of a proposed Document Center focusing on World War II origins, with special emphasis on the kind of documentation from Japanese official files which would be desirable (and has not been too speedily forthcoming). Net suggestions for additional topics for this wish-list are herewith solicited. David Wilkinson ____________________________________________________________________________ Group of Experts Considering the Foundation of the Document Center of Asian History (tentative) c/o Cabinet Secretary's Consultative Office of Foreign Policy Nagata-cho 1-6-1 Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 100 JAPAN Sirs: I enclose a list of suggested topics which should certainly be documented from Japanese sources in order to allow proper scholarly research into the origins of the Asian root of the Second World War. Some are obviously germane; the relevance of others is subject to dispute. What all have in common is the certainty that there exist Japanese documents concerning them which ought to be published, translated, and widely deposited. They are suitable topics for volumes to be published by, and/or collections to be researchable at, a Document Center on Asian History that has a World War II focus. There may be personality, ideological, regional, factional, institutional, economic, partisan, customary and traditional roots of that war that need to be explored; none of these possibilities should be ruled out a priori. Similarly, small-scale incidents such as assassinations of key figures should be documented with as much care as large-scale military undertakings. Yours very truly, David Wilkinson Professor TOPICS PROPOSED FOR DOCUMENTATION 1. Tokugawa Nariakira and the relationship between joi and sonno 2. Teachings of Yoshida Shoin 3. Assassination of Ii Naosuke, 1860 4. Choshu rebellions, 1863-1866 5. Western clan coup, 1868 6. Military reorganization, 1872 7. Formosa punitive expedition, 1874 8. The western clans and the Meiji bureaucracy 9. The elevation of Shinto and the struggle against Buddhism 10. The Korean demonstration, 1876 11. Annexation of the Ryukyus, 1879 12. Origin of the zaibatsus: Mitsui; Mitsubishi 13. Itagaki Taisuke and the Liberal Party (Jiyuto), 1881 14. Korean coup of 1884 15. Imperial Rescript on Education, 1890 16. Korean intervention and Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 17. Murder of Queen Min of Korea, 1895 18. Nishi-Rosen Protocol, 1898 19. Special police law of 1900 20. Ito Hirobumi and the Seiyukai party, 1900 21. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 22. Korean treaties, 1904, 1905 23. Residency General of Prince Ito in Korea 24. Annexation of Korea, 1910 25. Russo-Japanese agreement, 1910 26. Challenge to California land laws, 1913 27. 21 Demands on China, 1915 28. Special Rights in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, 1916-1917 29. Anfu clique agreements, 1918 30. Siberian intervention, 1918 31. Suppression of Korean independence movement, 1919 32. Assassination of Premier Hara, 1921 33. Anti-American movement, 1924 34. The Kwantung Army 35. Shantung intervention, 1927 36. Murder of Chang Tso-lin, 1928 37. Shantung intervention, 1928 38. Anti-dissent law, 1928 39. Kita Ikki's reconstructionist program 40. Politics of the Japanese population explosion 41. Assassination of Premier Hamaguchi, 1930 42. Occupation of Manchuria, 1931 43. Shanghai incident, 1932 44. "Manchukuo," 1932 45. Assassination of Premier Inukai, 1932 46. Actions regarding the Lytton Commission, 1932 47. Occupation of Jehol, 1933 48. Withdrawal from the League, 1933 49. Attempted protectorate over China, 1934 50. Ho-Umezu Agreement, 1935 51. "E. Hopei Autonomous Region," 1935 52. Assassination of Viscount Saito, 1936 53. Kodo-ha and Tosei-ha factions 54. Seven secret demands on China, 1936 55. Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 56. Bombing of Chinese cities, 1937 57. Panay incident, 1937 58. Arrest of liberals and radicals, 1937 59. National Mobilization Law, 1938 60. Changkufeng incident, 1938 61. Khalkin-Gol invasion, 1939 62. Invasion of Indo-China, 1940 63. Nanking Government, 1938 64. Imperial Rule Assistance Association, 1940 65. Three-Power Pact, 1940 66. Response to U.S. economic sanctions 67. Tojo Cabinet, 1941 68. The Co-Prosperity Sphere scheme 69. Pearl Harbor, 1941 From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Thu Apr 20 02:18:27 MDT 1995 >From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Thu Apr 20 02:18:27 1995 Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id CAA20307 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 02:18:26 -0600 Message-Id: <199504200818.CAA20307@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2339; Thu, 20 Apr 95 04:18:32 EST Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin P34D3611@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2338; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 04:18:31 -0500 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 95 04:18:26 EST From: Peter Grimes Subject: More Dollar To: wsn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU I agree with many of the observations that Terry makes about some of specific factors behind the dollar decline. But I still have one problem. Maybe I am being picky, but I think that we need to be very careful about asserting that this decline is the decisive indicator of the collapse of US hegemony. Speaking as one who has spent 15 years analyzing the empirical manifestations of world-system position (which subsumes within its scope the concept of "hegemony"), if the world-system position of a country were correlated 1.0 with its exchange rate (as is perhaps unintentionally implied by Jozsef and Terry), than all of our work (especially mine!) would be very much easier. While the dollar drop may indeed reflect (and is perhaps even catching up with) the decline of the W-S position, let us remember that speculators controlling enormous assets control short-term currency movements, while the "true" dollar value vs Yen or D-marks will only unfold over the long term. -Peter Grimes  From dhenwood@panix.com Thu Apr 20 08:42:21 MDT 1995 >From dhenwood@panix.com Thu Apr 20 08:42:20 1995 Received: from [166.84.250.86] (dhenwood.dialup.access.net [166.84.250.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id IAA08010 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 08:42:15 -0600 Received: from [166.84.250.86] by [166.84.250.86] with SMTP (MailShare 1.0b8); Thu, 20 Apr 1995 10:42:19 -0500 X-Sender: dhenwood@popserver.panix.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 10:42:20 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list From: dhenwood@panix.com (Doug Henwood) Subject: Re: DOLLAR At 4:19 PM 4/19/95, Peter Grimes wrote: >I agree with Jozsef that the free-fall of the dollar is worthy of >investigation by W-S theorists. Presumably elements of the >global financial community are finding plenty of profits in it, >and may also be ultimately responsible via their control over >enormous pension & trust funds. Also, the US govt may be quietly >pleased with the boost that the fall is giving to sales of US >exports. But I think that it is premature to view the value of >the dollar at any given moment as an accurate reflection of the >degree of US power in the world-economy. US hegemony is indeed >sliding, and has been doing so for a long time, but its >relationship with the value of the dollar is indirect, at best. Why is it indirect? A currency is the most visible symbol of a country's standing in the world hierarchy. Its value is a function of things like capital flows, differential productivity growth, and political prestige. The erosion of the pound's value was a sure sign of British erosion; the rise of the yen and DM vs. the US$ are pretty good signs of the reduction of US preemininece (and this holds over the last 25 years, really). I'm amazed how little the US ruling class seems to care about the dollar's decline. I'm almost tempted to conclude that their complacency is a sign of their decadence. Doug -- Doug Henwood [dhenwood@panix.com] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax From dassbach@mtu.edu Thu Apr 20 09:50:30 MDT 1995 >From dassbach@mtu.edu Thu Apr 20 09:50:25 1995 Received: from mtu.edu (mtu.edu [141.219.70.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id JAA13435 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:50:22 -0600 Received: from social2 (social2.yth.mtu.edu [141.219.41.32]) by mtu.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id LAA13863 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:51:30 -0400 Message-Id: <199504201551.LAA13863@mtu.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: mtu.edu: Host social2.yth.mtu.edu claimed to be social2 X-Sender: dassbach@youth.yth.mtu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3b4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:51:44 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: Diving dollars I agree with Peter that speculation influences short term currency movements but I also think that the long term trend of the dollar (on the world market) is evident. I would suggest however, that the diving dollar is more a consequence of collapse of US hegemony rather then a decisive indicator. In other words, (and for lack of a better term) `confidence' in the US collapsed a long ago (the formation of OPEC and the defeat in Vietnam?) but the world has been "supporting" the dollar (directly, buying dollars, indirectly, buying US assets) because it is the lynchpin of the international system of finance and exchange. The world financial community (consisting of both states, banks and other private and quasi-public organizations) could not permit a "freefall" of the dollar due to the fact that there was/is no currecny capable of fulfilling the role of, or replacing, the dollar on the world market. BTW, I wonder what the drop in the dollar does for the paper assets of Japanese auto companies who invested heavily in the US. I agree with Doug that US capitalist don't appear to be particularly concerned about the dollars drop but is there any reason to suspect/expect that they would. Most foreign assets have increased in dollar value and imports may have become more expensive but my sense is that Americans still have enough disposable income (actually credit) to absorb these price increases. IMHO, this is the only way that we can explain the fact that, despite the weakening of the dollar over the last 7 or 8 years, the trade deficit has continued to increase. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From ms44@cornell.edu Fri Apr 21 08:54:36 MDT 1995 >From ms44@cornell.edu Fri Apr 21 08:54:35 1995 Received: from postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu (POSTOFFICE2.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.56.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id IAA15813 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 08:54:34 -0600 Received: from [132.236.236.197] (CU-DIALUP-0627.CIT.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.236.197]) by postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA06042 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:55:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:55:42 -0400 Message-Id: <199504211455.KAA06042@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu> X-Sender: ms44@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: ms44@cornell.edu (mark selden) Subject: $/power Joseph's posing of the question of the fall of the dollar, and Doug's characteristically trenchant and fact-driven response pointing to the strength of the currency as a powerful, perhaps THE powerful, indicator of hegemonic position (or simply of relative strength), seem to me important starting points for exploring the changing shape of the w-s in general and the question of the Japanese (and I would add East Asian) challenge to U.S. supremacy in particular. My recent research on postwar East Asian regional development focuses on c. 1970 as a watershed in the transformation of the region, and of global power, in conjunctural ways among which the collapse of the dollar is one key marker indicative of the end of virtually unchallenged U.S. global and regional hegemony. Others include the transition from a polarized Asia to an integrated Asia beginning with the U.S.-China opening; the end of the Cultural Revolution and the internal power shift in China from Lin Biao to Zhou Enlai; the U.S. acceptance of defeat in the Indochina War (but not in the peace that would follow); the Asianization of the regional economy and accelerated regionwide accumulation and growth . . . the latter tendency driven by a stronger yen, and from 1985 a greatly stronger yen and more powerful Taiwan and South Korean currencies paving the way for regional integration with China as the focus of change and crossregion capital flows, DFI and booming trade as the motor of change. Yet isn't it the case that no shift from old to new hegemon is forseeable over the next ten to twenty years? What strikes me in looking at Asia is the overwhelming military-strategic- political strength of the U.S. (not only unchallenged, but strengthened by the collapse of the Soviet Union and communist parties most everywhere) and Japan's relative weaknesses in all these areas; the desire of ruling groups throughout Asia to maintain a U.S. position in the region (above all motivated by fear of Japan, but also of China and perhaps others); and the simultaneous integration of the region (through trade and investment) AND its global integration (the U.S. is, and I expect will rather long remain the primary market for Asian goods). What is the meaning for global dynamics of the sustained rise of East Asia as a region, a fact perhaps in the end more important than the rise of a Japan that is now deeply troubled by a host of problems? In contrast with the 1930s and 1940s regional integration does not appear to suggest a road to autarchy. Rather, for the present at least, the Pacific (including North America and Australia) is probably a more significant marker, market and magnet for capital than is an "Asia" that excludes the U.S. and points rather toward three competing blocs in the global economy: North America, Europe and Asia. This could change very quickly, but the previous discussion suggests some reasons why, on balance, it seems unlikely to do so, especially unlikey to change fundamentally in the near to medium range. mark selden From dhenwood@panix.com Fri Apr 21 18:31:41 MDT 1995 >From dhenwood@panix.com Fri Apr 21 18:31:41 1995 Received: from [166.84.250.86] (dhenwood.dialup.access.net [166.84.250.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id SAA01323 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 18:31:36 -0600 Received: from [166.84.250.86] by [166.84.250.86] with SMTP (MailShare 1.0b8); Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:31:42 -0500 X-Sender: dhenwood@popserver.panix.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:31:43 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list From: dhenwood@panix.com (Doug Henwood) Subject: Re: $/power At 8:56 AM 4/21/95, mark selden wrote: >What is the meaning for global dynamics of the sustained rise of East Asia >as a region, a fact perhaps in the end more important than the rise of a >Japan that is now deeply troubled by a host of problems? In contrast with >the 1930s and 1940s regional integration does not appear to suggest a road >to autarchy. The official policy wonk stuff that comes out of places like the IMF speaks approvingly of local trade blocs if they are in the spirit of "building blocks" for global integration. It simplifies things to have a few parties - three regional hegemons, each with its pet countries in tow - who cut deals for the whole world, rather than 120 or 170 unstructured parties. Doug -- Doug Henwood [dhenwood@panix.com] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:17:40 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:17:39 1995 Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id LAA08850 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:17:37 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPR9UYWPJ4I1CJ1V@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:18:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPR9UYMUGGI1CJN8@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:18:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <77-4>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:18:32 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:09:09 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: new collection from Edward Elgar Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <43749.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-NUPop-Charset: English Here is the table of contents of a new collection that is being published by Edward Elgar in his Library of International Political Economy. The subject is the historical evolution of international political economies. Table of Contents for: The Historical Evolution of the International Political Economy Editor: Christopher Chase-Dunn Professor of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA chriscd@jhu.edu Library of International Political Economy Edward Elgar, Publishing Limited June 1995 Table of Contents Two Volumes Volume I. Introduction: the historical evolution of international political economies Christopher Chase-Dunn (15) Part I: Classics Kenneth Boulding, "The city as an element in the international system, " Daedalus Fall, 1968. (6) Arnold Toynbee, "Anarchy by treaty, 1648-1967: a commentary on the documentary record" pp. xiii-xxix in Fred L Israel (ed.) Major Peace Treaties of Modern HIstory, 1648-1967. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1967. (11) Karl Polanyi, "The economy as instituted process," Pp. 243-270 in Trade and Market in the Early Empires edited by Karl Polanyi, Conrad Arensberg and Harry Pearson, New York: The Free Press, 1957. This may have been published earliers as a journal article. (27) Fried, Morton. 1952. "Land Tenure, Geography and Ecology in the Contact of Cultures." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 11:4(July):391-412. Andre Gunder Frank, "The development of underdevelopment" Monthly Review September 1966.(18) Wallerstein, Immanuel. 1974a. "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis." Comparative Studies in Society and History 16:4(Sept.):387-415, also in Wallerstein (1979:Ch.1). Part II: Long Term Continuities and Changes In International Political Economies Eleanor Leacock. "Women's status in egalitarian society: implications for social evolution" Current Anthropology 19,2, June,1978. Robert L. Carneiro "Political expansion as an expression of the principle of competitive exclusion," Pp. 205-223 in Ronald Cohen and Elman R. Service (eds.) The Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evolution Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978. Marshall Sahlins, "The segmentary lineage: an organization of predatory expansion" American Anthropologist 63:322-45, 1961. Randall Collins, "The geopolitical and economic world-systems of kinship-based and agrarian-coercive societies" Review 15,3:373-388. 1992. George Modelski, "Kautilya: foreign policy and international system in the ancient Hindu world" American Political Science Review 53,3:549-560, 1964. Kasja Ekholm and Jonathan Friedman, "'Capital ' imperialism and exploitation in the ancient world-systems." Review 6:87-110, 1982. David Wilkinson, "Central Civilization," Comparative Civilizations Review 17:31-59,1987. Richard Blanton and Gary Feinman "The Mesoamerican world-system" American Anthropologist 86:673-692, 1984. 494 4681] William R. Thompson, "Comparing world systems: systemic leadership succession and the Peloponnesian war case" Jane Schneider, "Was there a precapitalist world-system?" Peasant Studies 6,1:20-29, 1977. Samir Amin, "The ancient world-systems versus the modern capitalist world-system," Review 14:349-385, 1991. Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills, "The five thousand year world system: an interdisciplinary introduction," Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 18,1:1-79, 1992. Janet Abu-Lughod "The shape of the world-system in the thirteenth century" Studies in Comparative International Development 22:3-25, 1987. Christopher Chase-Dunn, "Comparing world-systems: toward a theory of semiperipheral development" Comparative Civilizations Review. 19:29-66 (Fall),1988. Ferguson, R. Brian. 1990. "Blood of the Leviathan: Western Contact and Warfare in Amazonia." American Ethnologist 17:2(May):237-257. Hall, Thomas D. 1986. "Incorporation in the World-System: Toward A Critique." American Sociological Review 51 (June):390-402. Part III. States and Capitalism Frederic Lane "The economic meaning of war and protection," Journal of Social Philosophy and Jurisprudence 7,3, April 1942. Immanuel Wallerstein, "Three paths to national development in sixteenth century Europe" Studies in Comparative International Development 7,95-101 (Summer), 1977. Randall Collins, " Max Weber's last theory of capitalism" American Sociological Review 45, 1980. Joshua Goldstein, "Long waves in production, war and inflation". Journal of Conflict Resolution 31,4,1987. John D. Stephens 1989 "Democratic transition and breakdown in Europe, 1870-1939: a test of the Moore hypothesis" American Journal of Sociology 94,5 March, 1989 Volume II Part IV. Hierarchy and Dependence Osvaldo Sunkel "Transnational capitalism and national disintegration in Latin America" Social and Economic Studies 22,1:132-176 (March) 1973.(44) Volker Bornschier, Christopher Chase-Dunn and Richard Rubinson, "Crossnational evidence of the effects of foreign investment and aid on economic growth and inequality: a survey of findings and a reanalysis." American Journal of Sociology 84,3:651-683,1978.(32) Peter Evans, "Predatory, developmental and other apparatuses: a comparative political economy perspective on the Third World state," Sociological Forum 4,4:561-87, December, 1989. Jeff Freiden, "Third World indebted industrialization: international finance and state capitalism in Mexico, Brazil, Algeria and South Korea," International Organization 35,3:407-431 (Summer) 1981.(24) Bruce Cumings "The origins and development of the Northeast Asian political economy: industrial sectors, product cycles and political consequences." International Organization 38,1:1-40 (Winter), 1984. (40) Ulrich Pfister and Christian Suter "International financial relations as part of the world system" International Studies Quarterly 31,3:239-72,1987.(43) Cornelius P. Terlouw "World-system theory and regional geography" Tijdschrift voor economishche en social geografie 80,4:206-221, 1989. (15) Walter L. Goldfrank "Who rules the world?: class formation at the international level" Quarterly Journal of Ideology 1,2:32-37, 1977.(5) Part V. The Rise and Fall of Great Powers Jonathan Friedman, "Civilizational cycles and the history of primitivism" Social Analysis: Journal of Cultural and Social Practice 14:31-52 (December) 1983. (22) George Modelski, "Long cycles of global politics and the nation state" Comparative Studies in Society and History 20,2:214-238, 1978.(24) Immanuel Wallerstein, "The three instances of hegemony in the history of the capitalist world-economy," International Journal of Comparative Sociology 24, 1983.(10) William R. Thompson "Long waves, technological innovation and relative decline" International Organization 44:201-33, 1990.(32) Terry Boswell and Michael Sweat "Hegemony, long waves and major wars: a time series analysis, 1496-1967" International Studies Quarterly 35,2:123-150 (June), 1991.(28) Part VI. Global Integration Robert Keohane, "Reciprocity in international relations" International Organization 40,1:1-27 (Winter) 1986. Donald J. Puchala and Raymond F. Hopkins, "International regimes: lessons from inductive analysis," International Organization 36,2:245-275 (Spring) 1982.(30) Christopher Chase-Dunn, "World state formation: historical processes and emergent necessity," Political Geography Quarterly 9,2:108-130 (April) 1990. Bruce Russett and James S. Sutterlin, "The U.N. in a new world order," Foreign Affairs 70,2:69-83 (Spring) 1991. Robert W. Cox, "Social forces, states and world orders: beyond international relations theory" Millenium: Journal of International Studies 10,2:126-155,1981. Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:56:11 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:56:10 1995 Received: from jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id LAA13532 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:56:09 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPRB80EPBKI1CKGR@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPRB7XWIXCI1CKNU@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <306-1>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:47:59 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Fw: Information Request Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <46079.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: "chris chase-dunn " Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:50:53 EDT To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: BCc: Subject: Fw: Information Request ------------------------------ From: Asako Yoshida Fri, 21 Apr 1995 16:21:24 -0400 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Information Request I am sending this message from International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada (Winnipeg, Manitoba), a non-profit organization that acts as a catalyst, influencing critical decision-making processes in favour of sustainable development nationally and internationally. Among many initiatives, we are currently developing Sourcebase, on-line databases with collections of references to key organizations, publications/documents, and electronic resources and more, dealing with sustainable development related issues. The Sourcebase is an evolving project and currently available on the Internet on the World Wide Web. If you have access to any of the World Wide Web browser such as Mosaic or Netscape, you will find our Sourcebase on IISDNet at URL: . For the next three months, we plan to update each section of the Sourcebase more systematically in conjunction with our plan to produce print/diskette versions next year. I am currently looking for print sources or those in any electronic formats which are considered to be "must" references in rethinking Economics as intellectual tool as we move towards sustainable development. Those works should address the problems and limitations of the traditional, mainstream econmics thinking and address alternative intellectual tools to facilitate sustainable development. These should include representative works in the discipline of ecological economics as well as applied works dealing with natural resources management and the relationship between the environment and economy. At the same time, we would like to include both theoretical and applied works addressing sustainable development beyond the limited relationship between the environment and economy in the Northern context including the North-South disparity and wider development issues. I would be glad to share the responses with you and look forward to hearing from your input. Please send your input to Asako Yoshida at or . Asako Yoshida Project Officer Communications & Partnerships International Institute for Sustainable Development Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:56:17 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Apr 25 11:56:16 1995 Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id LAA13550 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 11:56:15 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPRB81JAPSI073UL@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPRB7XWIXCI1CKNU@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <701-1>; Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:57:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:48:00 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: US decline and the rise of the East Asian region Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <46080.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: "chris chase-dunn " Fri, 21 Apr 1995 12:41:05 EDT To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: BCc: Subject: US decline and the rise of the East Asian region I agree with what Mark Selden has said about the continuing importance of the US in the East Asia region and that this is likely to continue for some time to come. There are now two regions in the world that control enough resources to contend for hegemonic power with the declining hegemon -- Europe and East Asia. I have just finished reading Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson's _The Great Powers and Global Struggle 1490-1990_ (U of Kentucky Press, 1994). This is an excellent book that adds greatly to our understanding of how the world-system has worked and how it will probably continue to work. Rasler and Thompson develop a model of how cycles of concetration and deconcentration of power at the global level interact with regional cycles to produce global wars and transitions among "system leaders" (their term for hegemons). While I disagree with their vocabulary and while they miss some important things by not considering the role that the periphery plays, I think Rasler and Thompson have it mostly right regarding the causes of world wars and the rise and fall of hegemons. And their analysis has important implications for the future -- in about 20 or 30 years. They conclude that a powerful regional challenger could emerge out of either Europe or East Asia to bring another round of warfare among core states. This means that the whole system to could well self-destruct, and that means that we have to figure out how to alter this 500 year old dynamic before it gets us all. chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu Apr 27 19:07:30 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu Apr 27 19:07:30 1995 Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id TAA12653 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 19:07:26 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPUIVHA59CI08A6N@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 21:08:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPUIVFMMB4I08GWE@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 21:08:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 21:08:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Re: LEFT-L list (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 19:35:53 -0400 From: Talmadge Wright To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: LEFT-L list Since I have been getting some requests for how to subscribe to the LEFT-L network here is the info to be passed along. 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Sheridan Rd. * Chicago, Illinois 60626 * ********************************************************************** From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Apr 28 11:10:43 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Apr 28 11:10:42 1995 Received: from jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml2.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.87]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id LAA04180 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 11:10:40 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPVGHVJ8JKI08M7N@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:11:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPVGHSMMPCI08PYO@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:11:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <657-3>; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 13:11:10 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 12:01:40 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: new article in JWSR Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <43300.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-NUPop-Charset: English Jon Berquist's "The Shifting Frontier: The Achaemenid Empire's Treatment of Western Colonies" is the most recent article to be published in the Journal of World-Systems Research. Here is the Abstract of this excellent contribution: Frontiers operate as loci for interaction between different cultures. In instances of colonialization, the organizational differences between societies allows one society to reorganize the other to the advantage of the former, involving processes such as secondary state development and intensification. During the Achaemenid dynasty's rule of the Persian Empire (538-332 BCE), the empire's western border created a frontier of colonial interaction with societies such as Egypt and Judah. However, Achaemenid Persia did not simply expand through a frontier; its borders moved back and forth over its two centuries, exerting varying degrees of influence over these colonies. This paper will examine this more complex case of a shifting frontier, with a focus on the colonial experience of domination, autonomy and redomination. The whole text of this article is available free from the Journal of World-Systems Research. The address is csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/journals/ or on the World Wide Web http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html The Berquist article is Number 17 in Volume 1. Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Sun Apr 30 15:42:36 MDT 1995 >From chriscd@jhu.edu Sun Apr 30 15:42:35 1995 Received: from jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu (jhuml1.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.86]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id PAA16658 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 15:42:31 -0600 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPYILFM0PCI09GFB@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 17:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu by jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #5488) id <01HPYILE9ME8I09E1Y@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 17:43:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 17:43:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Marx's birthday (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 11:50:03 -0400 From: Doug Henwood To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Marx's birthday I've been instructed by my program director at WBAI-FM, NYC, to help put together a radio show to celebrate Marx's birthday. The program will run from 7-11 PM (NY time) on Thurs May 4 (Marx's b'day is actually the 5th, but it'll be the 5th in Trier, so we're cool). Anyone interested in saying something about Marx(ism) today? If interested, please reply with your name, phone number, and a little precis of the points you want to make. PS: Non-Americans too, please! Doug -- Doug Henwood [dhenwood@panix.com] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax From dassbach@mtu.edu Sun Apr 30 16:37:39 MDT 1995 >From dassbach@mtu.edu Sun Apr 30 16:37:38 1995 Received: from mtu.edu (mtu.edu [141.219.70.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id QAA21725 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 16:37:37 -0600 Received: from social2 (social2.yth.mtu.edu [141.219.41.32]) by mtu.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id SAA09910 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:39:03 -0400 Message-Id: <199504302239.SAA09910@mtu.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: mtu.edu: Host social2.yth.mtu.edu claimed to be social2 X-Sender: dassbach@youth.yth.mtu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3b4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:39:06 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) >EXTREMELY URGENT: >> >> The House and Senate have passed the so-called Gorton Rider to the >>Recission bill. The rider requires the US Forest Service to sell SIX >>BILLION BOARD FEET of timber off our national forests in the next two years >>and SUSPENDS ALL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND JUDICIAL PROCESS with regards to >>the sales. >> >> This bill will mean the end of the last roadless areas throughout the >>west, particularly in the Rocky Mountain states and the likely end to >>ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest with some exceptions. >> >> The bill was written by Slade Gorton of Washington state, a timber >>industry hack who admited taking $34,000 in campaign donations from the >>timber industry last year. >> >>HELP HELP HELP: >> >>1> The last hope is a veto from President Clinton. Please write Clinton >>and ask him to veto the Recision Bill because of the forest killing >>amendment. Short messages are best. E mail and US mail and even phone calls >>to the White House are all urgently needed. This is the most important >>forest issue of the last two decades. >>E mail address = president@whitehouse.gov >>(202) 456-1111 >>1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C. 20510 >> >>2> Call your representative and ask them to tell Clinton to veto the >>Recission bill unless the forest killer amendment is stripped from it. >> >>Other state residents, capitol switchboard = 202 225 3121. >> >>3> write letters to the editor and call your newspaper urging them to write >>an editorial on the subject soon. If you want more detail contact me or >>call 202 686-5888. >> >> Please help now. This is not business as usual. Please forward this >>message widely. Please act. We need new voices in the fight for our common >>survival. >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From dassbach@mtu.edu Sun Apr 30 16:39:18 MDT 1995 >From dassbach@mtu.edu Sun Apr 30 16:39:16 1995 Received: from mtu.edu (mtu.edu [141.219.70.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id QAA22087 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 16:39:14 -0600 Received: from social2 (social2.yth.mtu.edu [141.219.41.32]) by mtu.edu (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id SAA10028 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:40:39 -0400 Message-Id: <199504302240.SAA10028@mtu.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: mtu.edu: Host social2.yth.mtu.edu claimed to be social2 X-Sender: dassbach@youth.yth.mtu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3b4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 18:40:42 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: Congressional email addresses > >The following seems useful. Thanks to Citizens for Sebsible Safeguards! > > > 4-20-95 > > CONGRESSIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES > 104th Congress > 1995/96 > > > United States Senate > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ST PT Name E-Mail Address > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > CA D Boxer, Barbara senator@boxer.senate.gov > CO D Brown, Hank senator_brown@brown.senate.gov > CT D Dodd, Christopher sen_dodd@dodd.senate.gov > GA R Coverdell, Paul >senator_coverdell@coverdell.senate.gov > IA D Harkin, Tom tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov > > ID R Craig, Larry larry_craig@craig.senate.gov > ID R Kempthorne, Dirk >dirk_kempthorne@kempthorne.senate.gov > > IL D Simon, Paul senator@simon.senate.gov > KY D Ford, Wendell wendell_ford@ford.senate.gov > > LA D Breaux, John senator@breaux.senate.gov > >ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/la/breaux/general/breaux.html > LA D Johnston, J.Bennett senator@johnston.senate.gov > > MA D Kennedy, Ted senator@kennedy.senate.gov > >http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/Kennedy/homepage.html > > MT D Baucus, Max max@baucus.senate.gov > MT R Burns, Conrad conrad_burns@burns.senate.gov > > NE D Kerrey, Bob bob@kerrey.senate.gov > >ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/ne/kerrey/general/kerrey.html > NH R Smith, Bob opinion@smith.senate.gov > NM D Bingaman, Jeff >Senator_Bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov > >ftp://ftp:senate.gov/member/nm/bingaman/general/jb.html > OH R Dewine, Michael senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov > OK R Nickles, Don nickles@rpc.senate.gov > RI R Chafee, John senator_chafee@chafee.senate.gov > SC D Hollings, Ernest senator@hollings.senate.gov > > SD D Daschle, Thomas tom_daschle@daschle.senate.gov > >ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/sd/daschle/general/daschle.html > SD R Pressler, Larry larry_pressler@pressler.senate.gov > > TN R Frist, Bill senator_frist@frist.senate.gov > >ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/tn/frist/general/frist.html > http://www.surgery.mc.vanderbilt.edu/frist/frist.html > > TX R Hutchison, Kay senator@hutchison.senate.gov > > VA D Robb, Charles senator_robb@robb.senate.gov > vascr@CapAccess.org > ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/va/robb/general/robb.html > VA R Warner, John senator@warner.senate.gov > > VT D Leahy, Patrick senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov > leahy@eff.org > ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/vt/leahy/general/pjl.html > VT R Jeffords, Jim vermont@jeffords.senate.gov > > WA R Gorton, Slade Senator_Gorton@gorton.senate.gov > WI D Feingold, Russell >russell_feingold@feingold.senate.gov > WV D Rockefeller, Jay senator@rockefeller.senate.gov > ftp://ftp.senate.gov/member/wv/rockefeller/general/ > rockefeller.html > > Senate Gopher: gopher://ftp.senate.gov:70/ > Senate Democratic Policy Committee: >ftp://www.senate.gov/committee/ > Dem-Policy/general/dpc.html > Senate Republican Policy Committee: >ftp://www.senate.gov/committee/ > repub-policy/general/rpc.html > > Senate Committees: > > Aging > mailbox@aging.senate.gov > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > United States House of Representatives > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ST DS PT Name E-Mail Address > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > AL 2 R Everett, Terry everett@hr.house.gov > AL 5 D Cramer, Bud budmail@hr.house.gov > > AR 4 R Dickey, Jay jdickey@hr.house.gov > > AZ 2 D Pastor, Ed edpastor@hr.house.gov > > CA 6 D Woolsey, Lynn woolsey@hr.house.gov > CA 7 D Miller, George gmiller@hr.house.gov > CA 8 D Pelosi, Nancy sfnancy@hr.house.gov > CA 12 D Lantos, Tom talk2tom@hr.house.gov > CA 13 D Stark, Pete petemail@hr.house.gov > CA 14 D Eshoo, Anna annagram@hr.house.gov > CA 15 D Mineta, Norman tellnorm@hr.house.gov > CA 25 R McKeon, Howard tellbuck@hr.house.gov > CA 36 D Harman, Jane jharman@hr.house.gov > CA 37 D Tucker, Walter tucker96@hr.house.gov > CA 48 R Packard, Ron rpackard@hr.house.gov > > CO 2 D Skaggs, David skaggs@hr.house.gov > CO 6 R Schaefer, Dan schaefer@hr.house.gov > > CT 2 D Gejdenson, Sam bozrah@hr.house.gov > CT 4 R Shays, Christopher cshays@hr.house.gov > > FL 5 D Thurman, Karen kthurman@hr.house.gov > FL 6 R Stearns, Cliff cstearns@hr.house.gov > FL 12 R Canady, Charles canady@hr.house.gov > FL 20 D Deutsch, Peter pdeutsch@hr.house.gov > FL 23 D Hastings, Alcee hastings@hr.house.gov > > GA 4 R Linder, John jlinder@hr.house.gov > GA 6 R Gingrich, Newton georgia6@hr.house.gov > GA 8 R Chambliss, Saxby saxby@hr.house.gov > > IL 13 R Fawell, Harris hfawell@hr.house.gov > IL 14 R Hastert, Dennis dhastert@hr.house.gov > > KY 3 D Ward, Mike mward2@hr.house.gov > > KS 1 R Roberts, Pat emailpat@hr.house.gov > > MA 6 R Torkildsen, Peter torkma06@hr.house.gov > > MD 3 D Cardin, Ben cardin@hr.house.gov > > MI 3 R Ehlers, Vernon congehlr@hr.house.gov > MI 4 R Camp, Dave davecamp@hr.house.gov > MI 7 R Smith, Nick repsmith@hr.house.gov > MI 14 D Conyers, John jconyers@hr.house.gov > > MN 1 R Gutknect, Gil gil@hr.house.gov > MN 2 D Minge, David dminge@hr.house.gov > MN 3 R Ramstad, Jim mn03@hr.house.gov > MN 4 D Vento, Bruce vento@hr.house.gov > MN 7 D Peterson, Collin to_collin@hr.house.gov > > MO 3 D Gephardt, Richard demldr@hr.house.gov > MO 8 R Emerson, Bill bemerson@hr.house.gov > > NC 4 R Heineman, Frederick thechief@hr.house.gov > NC 7 D Rose, Charlie crose@hr.house.gov > NC 9 R Myrick,Sue myrick@hr.house.gov > NC 11 R Taylor, Charles chtaylor@hr.house.gov > NC 12 D Watt, Mel melmail@hr.house.gov > > ND D Pomeroy, Earl epomeroy@hr.house.gov > > NH 1 R Zeliff, Bill zeliff@hr.house.gov > > NJ 7 R Franks, Bob franksnj@hr.house.gov > NJ 12 R Zimmer, Dick dzimmer@hr.house.gov > > NY 1 R Forbes, Michael mpforbes@hr.house.gov > NY 2 R Lazio, Rick lazio@hr.house.gov > NY 7 D Manton, Thomas tmanton@hr.house.gov > NY 17 D Engel, Eliot engeline@hr.house.gov > NY 23 R Boehlert, Sherwood boehlert@hr.house.gov > NY 27 R Paxon, Bill bpaxon@hr.house.gov > > OH 2 R Portman, Rob portmail@hr.house.gov > OH 10 R Hoke, Martin hokemail@hr.house.gov > > OK 5 R Istook, Jr. Ernest istook@hr.house.gov > > OR 1 D Furse, Elizabeth furseor1@hr.house.gov > OR 4 D DeFazio, Pete pdefazio@hr.house.gov > www site= http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pdefazio/index.html > > PA 15 D McHale, Paul mchale@hr.house.gov > PA 16 R Walker, Robert pa16@hr.house.gov > > SC 5 D Spratt, John jspratt@hr.house.gov > > TX 2 D Wilson, Charles cwilson@hr.house.gov > TX 3 R Johnson, Sam samtx03@hr.house.gov > TX 6 R Barton, Joe barton06@hr.house.gov > TX 10 D Doggett, Lloyd doggett@hr.house.gov > TX 29 D Green, Gene ggreen@hr.house.gov > > UT 2 R Waldholtz, Enid enidutah@hr.house.gov > UT 3 D Orton, Bill ortonut3@hr.house.gov > > VA 2 D Pickett, Owen opickett@hr.house.gov > VA 6 R Goodlatte, Bob talk2bob@hr.house.gov > VA 9 D Boucher, Rick ninthnet@hr.house.gov > > VT I Sanders, Bernie bsanders@igc.apc.org > > WA 1 R White, Rick repwhite@hr.house.gov > WA 3 R Smith, Linda asklinda@hr.house.gov > WA 8 R Dunn, Jennifer dunnwa08@hr.house.gov > WA 9 R Tate, Randy rtate@hr.house.gov > > > House Gopher: gopher://gopher:house.gov:70/1 > House Web Site: http://www.house.gov/ > House Democratic Caucus: >http://www.house.gov/demcaucus/welcome.html > House Democratic Leadership: http://www.house.gov/democrats/ > House Republican Conference: >http://www.house.gov/gop/HRCHome.html > > House Committees: > > Economic and Educational Opportunities > Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations > slabmgnt@hr.house.gov > > Resources > resource@hr.house.gov > > Science > housesst@hr.house.gov > > >______________________________________________________________________ > > Congressional Black Caucus: http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/CBC.html > >______________________________________________________________________ > > The above information was compiled from the Senate and House >Gophers > as well as contributions from individual citizens. It is updated >on a > continuous basis. The most current version is available on the > University of Michigan Library Gopher. Gopher to the University of > Michigan Library Gopher or telnet to una.hh.lib.umich.edu Login as > gopher. Path: Social Sciences/Government/U.S. Government: >Legislative > Branch/E-Mail Addresses. > > Corrections/additions to grace.york@um.cc.umich.edu > > >----------End of Original Message---------- > >------------------------------------- >Name: Citizens for Sensible Safeguards >E-mail: regs@rtk.net >c/o OMB Watch, 1742 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009 >Phone: 202/234-8494 FAX: 202/234-8584 >Date: 04/27/95 >Time: 09:18:21 EST >------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA