IN THIS ESSAY ON LITERACY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS, THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF TIME PERSPECTIVES IN THE CHOICE BETWEEN FORMAL EDUCATION AND ADULT LITERACY IS VIEWED AS AN INHERENT ASPECT OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN POOR COUNTIRES. A CONSIDERATION OF THE RISE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL POWERS AND OF THE FEATURES…

THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, NEWEST OF THE TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURES. WHEREAS SOCIAL BENEFITS ARE EXCLUDED FROM ORDINARY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS TRACES EFFECTS OVER THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF REPERCUSSIONS ON THE ECONOMY AND THEREFORE ON PRESENT AND FUTURE SOCIAL…

The resource paper examines urban problems related to the environment. It is suitable for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in urban geography, economic development and environment, urban environment, and environmental policy analysis. The paper is organized in five chapters. The introduction traces the concern with environmental quality…

Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this computer printout presents data on the application of social field theory to patterns of conflict among nations. Social field theory implies that international relations is a field which consists of all the…

Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this computer printout presents data on the application of social field theory to patterns of cooperation among nations. Social field theory implies that international relations can be interpreted as all the attributes…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents findings from an analysis of data on international cooperation over a three-year period. The document is part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations. In this monograph, data are analyzed according to relative…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents findings from an analysis of data on international conflict over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this monograph presents the computer printout of data on the application of…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents findings from an analysis of data on international cooperation over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this monograph presents the computer printout of data on the application of…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents findings from an analysis of data on international conflict over a three-year period. Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this monograph presents the computer printout of data on the application of…

Part of a large scale research project to test various theories with regard to their ability to analyze international relations, this monograph presents data on the application of distance theory to patterns of cooperation among nations. Distance theory implies that international relations systems (nations, organizations, individuals, etc.) can be…

This monograph is a computer printout which presents a study in which patterns of conflict among nations were analyzed according to social field theory. This theory maintains that international relations is a field which consists of all the attributes and interactions of nations, can be analytically divided into attributes and behavior, and…

This monograph contains computer printout of a study in which patterns of cooperation among nations were analyzed according to social field theory. This theory maintains that international relations is a field which consists of all the attributes and interactions of nations, can be analytically divided into attributes and behavior, and exhibits…

The trend reversing the massive nonmetropolitan-to-metropolitan migration of the past several decades is documented in this volume which is divided into three parts. Part I provides insights into several aspects of the new migration trend in the North Central Region of the U.S. The primary emphasis is on metropolitan origin migrants. Survey…

Profitable businesses are needed on Indian reservations to help Indians overcome cultural and economic barriers, become self-sufficient, and achieve a standard of living comparable to that enjoyed by non-Indians in neighboring communities; the 25 loan, grant, and technical assistance programs administered by 8 federal agencies, however, have not…

More than 6,600 separate tracts of land, purchased by the citizens of Tennessee and North Carolina and given to the people of the United States in 1934, comprise the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The history of the Great Smokies is, therefore, a story of people and their home. This volume presents historical vignettes of the groups who…