The dilemma of recognition: Administrative categories and cultural diversity

Governments around the world combat inequality by means of group-specific redistribution. Some pursue redistribution that benefits groups, but also wish to avoid accentuating or even recognizing group distinctions. This poses a dilemma that they try to resolve by adjusting the category system used to target redistribution. There are three types of adjustment: accommodation (the multicultural approach), denial (the ideal-typical liberal solution), and replacement (a compromise). In replacement the targets of redistributive policies are constructed to avoid accentuation or recognition of inconvenient group distinctions, but still allow redistribution that benefits these groups. Replacement is increasingly in demand around the world because the disadvantages of multiculturalism are becoming apparent while denial is hard to sustain in the face of group inequality. The actual effect of replacement is little researched and less understood, however. Does it resolve the dilemma of recognition? Two examples–India and Nigeria–where replacement has been tried ever since the 1950s cast doubt on its viability.     

给你一个自由发展的空间——大连经济技术开发区第一中学小记

在建筑风格上,这是一座与香港大学极为相近的学校,她坐落在素有"北方香港"之称的大连,地处黄海之滨的大黑山脚下,她就是大连经济技术开发区第一中学(简称开发区一中).     

青山终难老美誉应长存——宋雨桂与中国画家村

这是两个与美紧密相连的名词--宋雨桂--青山沟.前者是辽宁省美术家协会主席、辽宁省美术馆馆长,被誉为东方梵高的中国画大师;后者则是辽宁省丹东市宽甸县的一个偏远山区,已被定为国家级名胜旅游区.     

让快乐和创造相伴一生——艺术家李秀忠小记

提到李秀忠的名字,对中国美术界来说应该是很熟悉的.他是油画家、中国画家、美术评论家、中国美协理事、全国美展总评委、辽宁省美协常务副主席、秘书长,是一位实实在在、多专多能的艺术家,同时又是一位甘于奉献、无怨无悔的优秀的美术界领导人.他以个人的创作成果和理论评论的学识和建树以及人格的力量,赢得了辽宁美术界和全国学术同人的称赞.     

Labor relations and technological change at Canadian Pacific Railway

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real For they looked into the future and what did they see They saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea Bringing the goods to a young growing land All up through the seaports and into their hands From “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” by Gordon Lightfoot The authors thank CPR managers and union officials representing CPR employees for their cooperation and patience in explaining the intricacies of the railroad industry. Special appreciation is extended to Jason Copping, Labour Relations Manager, for his facilitating our initial access to the company.     

The Texaco racial discrimination case and shareholder wealth

We analyze the wealth ejfects of the Texaco racial discrimination lawsuit both on the shareholders of Texaco and its major U.S. competitors. Employing a comprehensive data set which included every case docket entry and every Wall Street Journal article on the case as an experimental stimulus, our findings suggest that the overall cost of the case to Texaco shareholders exceeded $500 million, that Texaco's tribulations had little, if any, impact on the share prices of its major competitors, and that Wall Street Journal coverage of the case was highly correlated with significant changes in Texaco stock prices. This last finding provides significant support for Hite 's suppostion that newspaper editors “key ” on ex post stock price changes in selecting the events to be covered in the next day's edition. The authors are grateful to Kee Chung for helpful comments on earlier drafts and also acknowlege the help-ful assistance of the staff of the law library at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis.