Edward Democracy Schumacher, in Foreign Affairs (Summer 1984), P.O. Box 2615, Boulder, Colo.
In Argentina 8032 1.
In October 1983, Argentinians surprised themselves when they made mod- erate Raul Alfonsin their president. That historic election marked the end of a seven-year military dictatorship and, possibly, the long domination of Argentinian politics Juan Peron and his followers.
Can Argentina finally shed its 50-year-old reputation as "the bad boy of the Western Hemisphere"? ask...
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Whither Sweden? L. Zetterbera. in Daedalus (Winter 19841.
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For much of the 20th century, Sweden has served as the world's model of a welfare state. Now, however, it seems full of dire portents, writes Zetterberg, who heads the Swedish Institute of Opinion Research.
Sweden's welfare state is very much a reflection of the national char- acter, he says, a special brew of rationalism and humanitarianism. Ra- tionalism...
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