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A Survey of Recent Articles
It has been a long time since people spoke of "big labor" and "big business" in the same breath. But with the recent retire- ment of the American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations' (AFL- CIO) long-time president, Lane Kirkland, the labor movement's prospects are being reap- praised. Both candidates to succeed Kirkland are pledging to shift resources into organizing campaigns. After decades of decline, could recovery be in...
Jonathan Walters, in Governing (May 1995), 2300 N St. N.W., Ste. 760, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Despite its ungainly name, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 was supposed to usher in a new era of flexibility and creativity in American trans- portation. No longer would federal aid go overwhelmingly to highway construction. Now there would be more bike paths and public transit, fewer superhighways. It has not worked out that way, reports Walters, a senior writer at...
Jonathan Walters, in Governing (May 1995), 2300 N St. N.W., Ste. 760, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Despite its ungainly name, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 was supposed to usher in a new era of flexibility and creativity in American trans- portation. No longer would federal aid go overwhelmingly to highway construction. Now there would be more bike paths and public transit, fewer superhighways. It has not worked out that way, reports Walters, a senior writer at...
Larry Arnhart, in American Political Science Review (June 1995),American Political Science Assn., 1527 New Hampshire Ave. N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20036.
Most modern political theorists, like social scientists in general, reject out of hand the possibility that human behavior-as well as morality-has roots in biology. Nature, they insist, is nothing next to nurture in the for- mation of human beings.
But recently, writes Arnhart, a professor of political science at Northern Illinois Uni- versity,...
As shown by the use of surnames (not to mention family reunions), humans attach a lot of importance to knowing who their relatives are. So, it seems, do wasps, wildflowers, and many other members of the plant and animal kingdoms.
"Time to Dump Recycling?" Chris Henrickson, Lester Lave, and Francis McMichael, in Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 1995), University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Mail Station AD13, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688.
Recycling, that seemingly unimpeachable symbol of environmental virtue, has become standard practice in much of the nation. Un- fortunately, contend professors Henrickson (civil engineering), Lave (economics), and McMichael (environmental engineering), all of...