Table Of Content

Contents America’s Childhood Number 1, Winter 1993 Vv Preface Martha Minow and Richard Weissbourd Social Movements for Children Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Contexts of Optimal Growth in Childhood Sandra K. Danziger and Sheldon Danziger Child Poverty and Public Policy: Toward a Comprehensive Antipoverty Agenda David Finn Thoughts and Images Felton Earls and Mary Carlson Towards Sustainable Development for American Families Thomas J. Cottle Witness of Joy Maris A. Vinovskis Early Childhood Education: Then and Now David K. Cohen and S. G. Grant America’s Children and Their Elementary Schools Kim Marshall Teachers and Schools—What Makes a Difference: A Principal’s Perspective Jerome M. Ziegler Education: The Crucial Variable for Children? John Condry Thief of Time, Unfaithful Servant: Television and the American Child Richard A. Shweder “Why Do Men Barbecue?” and Other Postmodern Ironies of Growing Up in the Decade of Ethnicity Contents America’s Childhood Number 1, Winter 1993 Vv Preface Martha Minow and Richard Weissbourd Social Movements for Children Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Contexts of Optimal Growth in Childhood Sandra K. Danziger and Sheldon Danziger Child Poverty and Public Policy: Toward a Comprehensive Antipoverty Agenda David Finn Thoughts and Images Felton Earls and Mary Carlson Towards Sustainable Development for American Families Thomas J. Cottle Witness of Joy Maris A. Vinovskis Early Childhood Education: Then and Now David K. Cohen and S. G. Grant America’s Children and Their Elementary Schools Kim Marshall Teachers and Schools—What Makes a Difference: A Principal’s Perspective Jerome M. Ziegler Education: The Crucial Variable for Children? John Condry Thief of Time, Unfaithful Servant: Television and the American Child Richard A. Shweder “Why Do Men Barbecue?” and Other Postmodern Ironies of Growing Up in the Decade of Ethnicity Contents China in Transformation Number 2, Spring 1993 V Preface Introduction: Cultural Perspectives Edward Friedman A Failed Chinese Modernity Helen F. Siu Cultural Identity and the Politics of Difference in South China William P. Alford Double-edged Swords Cut Both Ways: Law and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China Wang Gungwu To Reform a Revolution: Under the Righteous Mandate Andrew J. Nathan and Tianjian Shi Cultural Requisites for Democracy in China: Findings from a Survey Ying-shih Yii The Radicalization of China in the Twentieth Century Myron L. Cohen Cultural and Political Inventions in Modern China: The Case of the Chinese “Peasant” Tongqi Lin A Search for China’s Soul Perry Link China’s “Core” Problem David E. Apter Yan’an and the Narrative Reconstruction of Reality Contents Reconstructing Nations and States Number 3, Summer 1993 Vv Preface John A. Hall Nationalisms: Classified and Explained Charles Tilly National Self-Determination as a Problem for All of Us Katherine Verdery Whither “Nation” and “Nationalism”? Liah Greenfeld Transcending the Nation’s Worth Stanley Hoffmann Thoughts on the French Nation Today Douglas B. Klusmeyer Aliens, Immigrants, and Citizens: The Politics of Inclusion in the Federal Republic of Germany Michael Mann Nation-States in Europe and Other Continents: Diversifying, Developing, Not Dying Ernest Gellner Homeland of the Unrevolution ‘Tom Nairn Internationalism and the Second Coming Martin Kramer Arab Nationalism: Mistaken Identity Benjamin I. Schwartz Culture, Modernity, and Nationalism—Further Reflections Ashutosh Varshney Contested Meanings: India’s National Identity, Hindu Nationalism, and the Politics of Anxiety NOTES FROM THE ACADEMY Noel Annan A Review of John Charmley, Churchill, The End of Glory: A Political Biography Contents The American Research University Number 4, Fall 1993 V Preface Jonathan R. Cole Balancing Acts: Dilemmas of Choice Facing Research Universities Neil J. Smelser The Politics of Ambivalence: Diversity in the Research Universities John R. Searle Rationality and Realism, What is at Stake? Kenneth Prewitt America’s Research Universities Under Public Scrutiny Nanner! O. Keohane The Mission of the Research University Donald Kennedy Making Choices in the Research University Stephen M. Stigler Competition and the Research Universities William C. Richardson The Appropriate Scale of the Health Sciences Enterprise Rodney W. Nichols Federal Science Policy and Universities: Consequences of Success Eugene B. Skolnikoff Knowledge Without Borders? Internationalization of the Research Universities