http://repub.eur.nl/res/col/9808/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/34925/ 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The issue of worker cooperation remains at the top of the agenda for workplace organization today, although the history of worker (or producer) cooperatives is littered with failures. Yet, despite the glaring and disappointing evidence, the establishment of cooperative forms of work organization continues unabated; indeed it has gathered momentum over the last few years, in both industrialized and industrializing economies. These initiatives have been forthcoming from a motley band of proponents: on the one hand, government officials, economic planners, trade unionists and management consultants have shown themselves disposed to finance, advise or even create worker cooperatives from above. On the other hand, an even more diverse collection of underprivileged groups or individuals is striving to preserve employment or otherwise hoping to fashion for themselves a more meaningful work environment. Baldacchino, G. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38108/ 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the very day of writing these words, the FAO has given the alarm on the food situation in Africa: in East and South as well as in West Africa serious food shortages threaten or already prevail. Vercruijsse, E.V.W. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38107/ 1987-12-01T00:00:00Z There is an ongoing migration into the Latin American, African and Asian jungles of settlers searching for a better life for themselves and their children. Many migrate under the aegis of government projects, as in Indonesia or Malaysia, but as many or more venture into the rainforest with no direct support. This study is about three such groups of settlers: two in Colombia, in the area of Caqueta and one in Northwest Ecuador, in the province of Esmeraldas. Durand, E. Hilhorst, J.G.M. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38106/ 1986-10-01T00:00:00Z To the economist, time series constitute key data sources for empirical analysis. This is especially true for macroeconomic analysis, which relies virtually exclusively on observations of macroeconomic aggregates as they evolve over time. Mamingi, N. Wuyts, M.E. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38105/ 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The creation of Pakistan on 14 August 1947 was the result of the irresistible and massive pressure of Muslim nationalism. The British colonial government, despite its initial reservations on the practicability and soundness of the demand, came around to the viewpoint of the Muslims and agreed to partition India. The Pakistan that came into being had two geographical units separated by 1,600 miles of Indian territory. The Eastern Wing became the independent Republic of Bangladesh at the end of 1971. Pakistan now comprises the West Wing of the Pakistan created in 1947. Haroon, F. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38103/ 1985-12-01T00:00:00Z This paper deals with the methods used in exploring numerical data as a tool of socio-economic analysis. In applied research, analysis proceeds neither purely deductively nor merely inductively. Rather, it involves a continuous interaction between formulating hypotheses and testing these hypotheses against empirical evidence. Wuyts, M.E. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38104/ 1985-12-01T00:00:00Z Industrialisation, agrarian structures, nationalism, dependency and the role of the state have all been important themes in development studies during the post-war period. The focus has, of course, been mainly on peripheral capitalist economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America, reflecting the rapid internationalisation of capital in different forms during this period. This paper, in contrast, brings these themes much closer to home by examining them in the context of the European periphery during the interwar period, in a country which was a creation of the European powers, namely, Yugoslavia. Wright, P. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38102/ 1984-10-01T00:00:00Z Yugoslavia is one of the rapidly industrialising countries which has had a record of very high rates of economic growth over the past decades and which is now balancing on the brink of bankruptcy. That its grave financial problems have not attracted as much international attention as those of, for instance, Poland, Brazil or Mexico may perhaps be explained by the marginal position that Yugoslavia occupies between East and West, both geographically and politically. A further explanation may be that so far, the crisis has not given rise to major domestic political upheavals. Moreover, the economy is relatively small, the population of Yugoslavia being only some 22 million. Burger, W. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38099/ 1984-06-01T00:00:00Z After attaining independence in 1947; India opted for a mixed type of economy in order to accelerate economic development. The ownership of the means of production was to remain in the private sector. The public sector was to support the growth of private economic activity. A third, cooperative sector was to be strengthened to help the numerous small producers. Investments in the public sector were directed by introducing five-year plans. Brahme, S. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38101/ 1984-03-01T00:00:00Z In the majority of the developing countries a significant part of the privately produced output, i.e. the output generated outside the public sector, is not exchanged through the market. Heemst, J.J.P. van http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38098/ 1983-12-01T00:00:00Z The purpose of this paper is to assess the prospects and likely implications of what is currently hailed as a new vogue, namely the interest in culture and its significance for development. Nieuwenhuijze, C.A.O. van http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38097/ 1982-10-01T00:00:00Z The fundamental aim of this essay is a comprehensive evaluation of the Neo-Ricardian theory of international trade, with a view to grasping its relevance and explanatory power for an understanding of the international exchange process in the context of the capitalist mode of production. Tenjo Galarza, F. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38090/ 1982-03-01T00:00:00Z The main objective of this paper is to present an analysis of certain aspects of footwear production in Ghana, with special reference to its profitability in relation to size of the enterprise and to the organisation of its production process. The analysis is based on data which were collected in 1976 and 1977 during a survey which was intended to gain an idea of the kind of techniques applied by Ghanaian footwear producers in their productive processes. Heemst, J.J.P. van http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38096/ 1982-02-01T00:00:00Z Should State Enterprises have any role in a developing economy? What is their economic rationale as opposed to justification on ideological grounds? Nyanzi, S. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38084/ 1981-12-01T00:00:00Z It is generally acknowledged that, since the 1960s, the hegemonic industrialized countries of the North have entered into an ever-deepening crisis - a crisis which is often imputed to the growing competition by newly industrializing countries of the South whose exports to the capitalist industrial nations of the North and to the oil-rich countries have constantly increased. Kuitenbrouwer, J.B.W. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38087/ 1981-10-01T00:00:00Z Given the extent to which national and international reform strategies assume the necessity of some kind of trade union concession, compromise or cooperation with the 'real poor' to avoid revolution in under-industrialised societies, and given the extent to which national and international revolutionary strategies have stressed the importance of the 'worker-peasant alliance' to bring about structural change, it is odd how little analytical or theoretical attention has been devoted to relations amongst the labouring poor in peripheral capitalist societies. Waterman, P. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38085/ 1981-08-01T00:00:00Z Ghana is an agricultural country where most of the people live in rural areas, the proportion of women being greater than men. Life in the rural areas is difficult, but despite the much talked about drift of people to the urban areas, it is almost certain that for many decades, a large nurrber of people will continue to live in rural areas. Greenstreet, M. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38089/ 1981-08-01T00:00:00Z In recent work by John Friedmann (1976) and by Stöhr and Tödtling (1977, 1978) considerable attention is paid to what Friedmann calls the 'contradiction' between 'territory' (or broadly speaking, regional interests and development) and 'function' (or in simple terms, industrial and services interests and development). The objective of this paper is to clarify these concepts and to see whether they can be used to constitute a framework for the analysis of regional development problems. Hilhorst, J.G.M. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/34927/ 1981-07-01T00:00:00Z India is a land of sacred cows. They are abundant in the fields, are present with gods in every temple, figure prominently in Parliament and Assemblies, are the deciding factor in elections, and are the subject of judgement in the highest court of India. The sacredness has attained such heights that social scientists from allover the world have made attempts;to find an approach to the study of sacred cows. Cultural ecologists (Harris 1966) and economists (Raj 1969, Heston 1971) have argued intensely in favour of the appropriateness of their respective approach to the problem. I attempt here to add yet another approach, which I call a sociological approach. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the cultural meaning of cow, which is held in great reverence , by Hindus, and to show t):lat these values of sacredness are more heavily influenced by the socio-political system than by the economic system. Batra, S.M. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38088/ 1981-03-01T00:00:00Z In this paper an attempt is made to review the effects of colonial rule on the transformation of society in what is now Papua New Guinea, and in particular on the process of class formation. The paper also reviews the ways in which, in the first years after Independence in 1975, by supporting capitalist modernization in the context of Papua New Guinea's growing incorporation into the dominant world economy, the State promoted uneven growth. Kuitenbrouwer, J.B.W.