Regional and Thematic Index, 2002-2007

A U.S.-based political scientist specializing in the complexities of international freshwater basins considers the role of two fundamental factors (geography and relative power) in the study of hydro-politics. Conventional analyses claim that in asymmetric contexts the more powerful state (in relative power terms) is able to dictate the status quo. Arguing, however, that such traditional (and even some critical) analyses tend to downplay the importance of geography, the author investigates how a state's physical position along a river may provide an otherwise weaker riparian state the means to challenge the status quo. The paper considers three cases (Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, and Aral Sea basins) with lessons for the study of power in hydro-politics.     

National and Regional Population Trends in Georgia, 1989-2002: Results from the 2002 Census

An American geographer and specialist on urbanization and population change in the countries of the former USSR summarizes major results of the first post-Soviet census of Georgia, only recently released. After describing sources of census data and methodological issues warranting attention (e.g., exclusion of most of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and movements of internally displaced persons), he reviews significant national- and regional-level developments in population size, urban and rural distribution, and ethnic affiliation in the country. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: J11, O18, R23. 3 figures, 3 tables, 34 references.     

Index 2009

Special Features
Zhu Weiqun says the essence of the ＂middle way approach＂ is a vicious attempt to divide the nation and the people of China 1：04     

Alan Lomax, 1915-2002

The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life In Australia. By K. Langloh Parker, with an Introduction By Andrew Lang. London: Archibald Constable &; Co., Ld. 1905. By E. Sidney Hartland.

The Negritos of Zambales. By W. A. Reed. Ethnological Survey Publications, vol ii, Pt I. Manila, 1904. By W. Crooks.

Among the Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco : A Story of Missionary Work, in South America. Told by W. Barbrooke Grubb, and his Fellow-Workers in the Chaco Mission of the South American Missionary Society. Edited By Gertrude Wilson, B.Litt London: Charles Murray &; Co., 1904. By E. Sidney Hartland.

L'Origine Des Pouvoirs Magiques dans les Sociétés Australiennes. Par M. Mauss. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1884. By E. Sidney Hartland.

Der Ursprung der Religion und Kunst. Von K. Th. Preuss. Globus, LXXXVI, LXXXVII. Sonderabdruck, pp. 54. By R. R. Marett.