Since 1999, George W. Bush has consistently evoked the legacy of the "greatest generation." Moreover, since September 11, 2001, Bush's use of World War II analogies has intensified. Such analogies capitalize on post-Cold War historical memory and lend credibility to the war on terrorism, yet they characterize the world in a simple, dualistic fashion that evades a critical engagement with history.
The field of "child study" emerged at the end of the nineteenth century with the purpose of disclosing children's "nature" for the benefit of parents, educators, psychologists, and other interested groups. Borrowed from the biological sciences, narratives of biological recapitulation were common in the discourses about child development during this period. Such theories often measured children against "savages," but they also suggested that the study of childhood offered clues into the evolutionary relationships between humans and animals. By emphasizing the relevance of children's "instincts," observers of child development explained child behavior as the tissue that linked humans and animals.
Examines trends in the flows of direct investment to the West Midlands
region of the UK during the 1980s. An analysis of Invest in Britain
Bureau data reveals two trends of particular interest: the marked
increase in the WMR′s share of FDI flows to the UK during the 1980s, and
the unusually large flows to the region from EC countries. Two surveys
on locational factors revealed the attraction of the WMR as being its
central position within the UK and its good national, regional and local
communications. The effect of those flows to the WMR was to alter the
stock position so that, in 1989, 39 per cent of the stock of FOCs
originated from other EC countries and 37 per cent from North America. A
survey of 111 of these companies revealed a number of differences
between the behaviour of FOCs from the EC and North America: in sectors
and functions, employment and training, the sourcing of inputs, export
markets and R&D activity. Hypothesizes that many of the differences can
be explained by the different vintages of the investments. A major
policy implication which arises from the analysis is that the full
benefits of FDI to a region take time to build up. Moreover, local
policy action may be necessary to capture these long‐term benefits.
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