One of a series of productivity primers examining the interrelationship among vocational education, productivity, and economic development, this volume consists of seven occasional papers on economic development and productivity. Included in the collection are the following papers: "The Real Supply-Side Economics," by Anthony P.…

Nine chapters emphasizing religious, domestic, and economic aspects of women in Southeast Asia are presented. In an introductory chapter, Penny Van Esterik discusses women and Buddhism, societal and domestic roles, occupational patterns, research on women in Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia's past and future. In chapter 2, "Buddhism,…

This book examines the influence of a body of international literature on the development of post-apartheid policies in higher education and training and in science and technology. Know as the "Mode Two" knowledge debate, it refers to the emergence of a new mode of knowledge production which is taking shape outside of existing academic…

The nine papers in this monograph, written by members of the University Council for Research in Human Resource Development, respond to the following questions: What is the most important organizational issue of the 1990s, and what human resource development (HRD) research questions might be generated from this issue? The papers are as follows: (1)…

This collection of articles focuses on the negative impacts that deindustrialization has had on the American labor market, on American workers, and on the U.S. economy. The introduction, by Donald Kennedy, traces the development of the trend toward and negative impacts of deindustrialization, outlines some of the policy issues raised by…

A collection of 13 scholarly articles and essays, this book makes available hard-to-find information and theories about American Indian economic development. Part I, "The Land and the People", emphasizes cultural traditions and beliefs of Indian people and traces the development of the concept of sovereignty and its applicability to…