Ethiopia’s Dilemma: Missed Chances from the 1960s to the Present

This was the keynote address at the Fourth International Conference on Ethiopian Development Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, August 3, 2007.The title An Ethiopian Dilemma stands to evoke an association to the book by Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, An American Dilemma, which played a signal role in helping Americans resolve their longstanding conflict of values regarding racial discrimination. The author hopes to suggest ways in which a social scientist might help Ethiopians get a better grip on their country\u27s problems.Not since the 16th Century has Ethiopia experienced changes so convulsive as in the past fifty years. 20th-century turbulence stemmed from invasions: first Sudan, then Italy, twice. These invasions pushed Ethiopia toward deliberate programs of internal change, what sociologists call defensive modernization. One way or another, however, a push toward modernization was inevitable, given steady engulfment by a global civilization. What was not inevitable was how Ethiopia faced the challenges of becoming modern

Dmitri Shalin Interview with Donald Levine about Erving Goffman entitled Remembering Erving Goffman

Remembering Erving Goffma

X-ray Transients Monitored by the All-Sky Monitor on RXTE: A Tabulation

We present a tabulation of 46 transient x-ray sources monitored with the All-Sky Monitor (ASM) on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). They fall into four broad categories: short (~d), intermediate, and long (>500 d) duration of outbursts, and long period binary systems that flare up at periastron (e.g., Be systems). The mixture of outburst/quiescent cycles and low-level persistent emission in a few systems could indicate conditions are near the limit for stable mass flow in the accretion disk. The two short-time-scale systems, CI Cam and V4641 Sgr, are within 1 kpc of the sun, and hence many more such systems may await discovery.Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, Submitted for publication in "X-ray Astronomy '99; Stellar Endpoints, AGN and the Diffuse Background", Ed: G.Malaguti, G.Palumbo, and N.White, pub. Gordon and Breach (v.2: Additional references added, erroneous figure replaced

An Ethiopian Dilemma: Deep Structures, Wrenching Processes

Please find attached my keynote address presented August 3 at the 4th International Conference of Ethiopian Development Studies at Western Michigan University. Organized by Professor Sisay Asefa, the Conference assembled an edifying blend of thoughtful, forward-looking Ethiopian scholars, and culminated with inauguration of the new Ethiopian Development Studies Association

Farmer Cooperatives Take Cover : The Capper-Volstead Exemption is Under Siege

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. There can be little dispute that food production is of vital interest to any nation’s security and economy. For this reason, the United States Congress, like many other legislatures around the world, has accorded special treatment to the agricultural industry, and particularly to farmers. One example of this special treatment is the Capper-Volstead Act, which provides farmers with immunity from antitrust liability for joint conduct undertaken by and through an “association” of producers

Kinematical constraints of helicity amplitudes

The kinematical constraints of helicity amplitudes are studied using the general ideas of Jackson and Hite. The helicity amplitudes are expressed in terms of a Taylor series expansion from which all constraints at threshold and pseudothreshold can be trivially found. The simplicity of this approach is illustrated by deriving all of the constraints for .Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/32930/1/0000312.pd